LPL History

Chapter 177 The Royal Family Appoints Han Aid, The Young Phoenix Cries for the First Time to Test the Imperial Blade
"Hello viewers watching the live stream! You are now watching the first round of the 2014 League of Legends Pro League (LPL) regular season! The two teams facing off are Royal Never Give Up (RNG) and WE.A Esports, a newly promoted team from the LPL!"

"I'm commentator Miller!"

"I'm the commentator, Waa!"

Even after he was actually sitting on the competition stage, Shi Senming still felt like he was dreaming.

He turned his head and glanced at Zhou Li on the other side, and their eyes met. The other man's smile gave him a feeling of warmth and eased his nervousness, which was a result of his first time competing.

A dozen days ago, this man named Zhou Li descended upon his home like the sun.

Shi Senming never expected that he would receive such attention from the club, which would even personally send someone to his home to persuade his parents.

What Shi Senming didn't expect was that his parents, who were originally extremely opposed to his playing professionally, suddenly changed their attitude and became very understanding when faced with this man named Zhou Li.

He still remembers his mother holding Zhou Li's hand, her smile as radiant as spring.

"Auntie used to have prejudices against you, but seeing you today makes me realize how wrong I was! You are such a polite and well-mannered child. You can speak both English and Korean, and you even speak more fluently than my nephew who is pursuing a PhD. The key thing is, I don't know why, but when I see you, I feel a special warmth. I can tell you are a good child. I feel at ease leaving my Xiaoming in your care!"

Shi Senming even suspected that his mother might have taken the wrong medicine that day.

Even when Zhou Li suggested taking his parents to visit the club, his mother flatly refused.

"What's so interesting? Xiao Zhou, I believe you. Xiao Ming, from now on you'd better stick with your brother Zhou. If you don't listen to your brother Zhou, don't come back home!"

Shi Senming didn't understand.

He suddenly felt less inclined to pursue a professional gaming career.

He felt like his mother had been bewitched.

And so Shi Senming was inexplicably taken back to WE.A by Zhou Li.

The rigorous training started inexplicably.

I ended up sitting here for no apparent reason.

"Many viewers may not be familiar with the players on the WE.A team! They made significant roster additions before the Summer Split, but today, facing Royal Club, WE.A was incredibly bold, directly fielding rookie players in both the top lane and support positions!!"

"Top laner Flandre, the number one Lucian player in the Chinese server, nicknamed 'Holy Gun Bro,' previously won the City Championship with the Snake team. He is a top-tier top laner."

"Support player Ming has reached the top 50 in the Chinese server with his support skills, but he has no prior experience in professional competitions. I'm a little worried that WE.A has put him in the LPL."

Although Miller was introducing the two newcomers, no one's attention was on Flandre and Xiaoming at the moment.

As the camera panned across the WE.A team members, viewers noticed something surprising when it passed Zhou Li.

[What the heck? My computer screen lit up for a second?]

【Me too. 】

Every time the camera focuses on Li, the screen seems to brighten.

[This Zhou Li is so handsome! Seeing him makes me feel warm and cared for.]

[Does your mom have built-in highlighter?]

With the global popularity of League of Legends, a large number of female players have flocked to the game.

At that moment, female viewers in the live stream started spamming the chat.

Girls, does anyone understand? I fell in love while watching a game!

What's the director doing? Give this contestant more screen time!

I don't know why, but seeing him gives me a feeling of wanting to get close to him.

In the live stream, Miller began introducing Royal Club's new roster for the Summer Split.

"Compared to the Spring Split, Royal Club has made a major overhaul of its roster for the Summer Split! UZI has returned to the ADC position, and the mid lane position will be filled by the popular solo queue player corn. In the jungle and support positions, Royal Club has brought in two players from Korea: support Zero and jungler Insec."

The doll nodded and said:

"Both of these Korean players are incredibly strong! Especially Insec, whom everyone is probably very familiar with. That signature Insec kick in S3 made Lee Sin a top-tier jungler in the eyes of many!"

“Yes!” Miller chimed in. “But we know that WE.A’s jungler, Li, has recently been dubbed the ‘Lee Sin Master’ as well! Some viewers may not have watched the LSPL finals, but Li’s Lee Sin was absolutely phenomenal. His Zhou-style triangle kill technique is still unmatched; it’s truly outrageous. Today’s duel between two Lee Sin master junglers is something to look forward to!”

The doll thought for a moment and analyzed:
"To be honest, I feel this match is a huge challenge for WE.A! After all, they are a team that has just been promoted from the second division, and this team is really very young. The average age of the five players is even less than eighteen years old! Facing the experienced Royal Club, I don't know if this youth storm can be stirred up."

Royal Family Players' Seats.

After enduring a tough spring season, the puppy finally smiled.

With the addition of two strong South Korean players, Royal Club's overall strength has improved by more than one level.

After struggling to avoid relegation in the Spring Split, and then becoming invincible in training matches after the addition of Korean players, Xiaogou has rekindled his hope for his professional career.

Today, their opponent is WE's second team, which consists entirely of rookie players.

This is clearly meant to be a whetstone for them.

"Go! Go! We must win the first match!" - WE.A players' bench.

Zhou Li sensed the tense atmosphere among the crowd and spoke up:

"Why are you so nervous? The royal family is our best whetstone."

Xi Ye chuckled and said, "Just follow Brother Zhou's instructions, there shouldn't be any problems. Although they have two Korean players, they've only just joined the team, so communication issues are bound to be significant, and their teamwork won't be great."

Xi Ye wasn't simply flattering Zhou Li.

After all the training matches they've played recently, everyone has clearly realized just how terrifying Zhou Li's command is when he doesn't give up.

Previously, in a training match against WE's first team, they won all ten games, almost shattering the team's morale. It is said that Smile and Strawberry wanted to retire on the spot.

However, upon hearing Xi Ye's words, Zhou Li spoke up:

I will not be directing the game today.

As soon as Zhou Li finished speaking, everyone in WE.A was stunned.

"Then who's in command?"

"I don't know, you guys figure it out yourselves. You've already made it to the LPL, you need to learn to rely on yourselves."

Saint Gun Bro had a bitter face:

"Brother Zhou, but we're still just kids."

Saint Gun Bro was absolutely right.

Right now, Zhou Li, who is eighteen years old, is the only adult in the entire WE.A.

Xi Ye and Sima Laozei were born in 1997, and were only seventeen years old.

Saint Gun Bro and Xiao Ming were born in 1998, so they are only sixteen years old.

They really are a group of kids.

This team is incredibly young.

As for why Zhou Li is always eighteen years old when he travels through time, it's probably because only at eighteen can one legally find a girlfriend.

The Records of the Grand Historian is quite humane.

However, Zhou Li did not intend to take command. This was not because he was lazy, but because he needed to help these people grow up quickly.

Last season, although he was in charge of directing, it was only because Lu Benwei and others were already relatively mature professional players.

His command only requires him to make overall plans and arrangements in a general direction.

In League of Legends, there are three lanes. Even if he switches the screen so many times he can't keep up with every lane's laning phase, it's impossible for him to take care of every single one.

After all, sometimes accidents happen in a fraction of a second.

The current WE.A players haven't even figured out some basic teamwork issues. It's one thing to give them pointers in daily training, but it's another to hone those skills in actual matches.

Furthermore, if newcomers like Flandre and Xiaoming are given meticulous care from the start, they will only end up being hothouse flowers.

It's not that we should force them to endure hardship, but the key issue is that if we want them to avoid hardship, Zhou Li has to endure a lot of hardship.

If you have to keep a close eye on every single point and give commands in every game, you'll burn out all your brain cells.

The bad habits they developed during their ranking process cannot be corrected simply by verbal reprimands; they will only learn from their mistakes by experiencing hardship.

Then Zhou Li spoke up:

"That's right, just because you're still kids. Kids need to get a beating to learn their lesson."

Amidst the unease of the WE.A players, the game entered the ban/pick phase.

As the blue team, Royal Club eliminated Xiye's Annie in the first round.

WE.A, on the other hand, has banned the current T0 top laner, Kayle.

Royal Club then banned Lulu from the mid lane.

As the red side, WE.A had no choice but to ban Braum, the OP champion of the current version.

This support hero became a T0-level hero not long after its release, and is very strong in the bottom lane.

Royal Club's final ban was again aimed at the mid lane, banning Kassadin.

"Royal Family chose to use all three bans on the mid lane. It's clear that Xiye, although he came up from the second division, is still a star player in the second division."

Hearing Miller's words, the doll spoke up:

"But I feel that Zhou Li is also a very strong player. Royal Club doesn't seem to care much. Maybe it's because they feel that with Insec on the team, after all, he is the world's number one Lee Sin, so they have the confidence. I wonder if Insec will bring out his signature Lee Sin in this game!"

(End of this chapter)