Chapter 171 Righteous Slash

Having Glory as their common language, Ye Xiu and the others naturally had plenty to talk about with Lou Guan Ning and the others from Yi Zhan. They chatted happily, and as Chen Guo said, eating wasn't the main point at all.

They chatted late into the night, still feeling like there was more to say. Lou Guan Ning then invited the four to visit their Yi Zhan team's base the next day. After all, City B was Yi Zhan's home stadium, and since the All-Star Weekend activities were in the evening, everyone was free during the day.

Ye Xiu and the others had no reason to refuse, so they arranged a time for the next day, and then both sides temporarily returned to their residences.

The next morning, Lou Guan Ning simply drove to the hotel himself and picked up Ye Xiu and his group to take them to Yi Zhan's base.

"How is it? Not bad, right?" Lou Guan Ning stood beneath the Yi Zhan base's main entrance, under the team emblem, looking proud. Yi Zhan's emblem was the same as their guild symbol in the game, a stylized image of the famous heavy sword Zhanfeng. The person who processed the image was clearly skilled, as it could still be recognized at the size of a guild symbol in the game. As for the emblem on Yi Zhan's main entrance, it was taller than a person, making the Zhanfeng pattern even larger than the actual in-game item when scaled up.

"Look, over there is our arena." Lou Guan Ning then pointed in another direction, towards a magnificent stadium that rivaled even Tiny Herb's arena.

"Impressive!" Ye Xiu praised. This wasn't just flattery; the stadium clearly showed Lou Guan Ning's ambition for Glory. In the Alliance, not every professional team had its own arena. Many teams rented local stadiums as their home field.

Building a stadium like the ones commonly seen in the Alliance for matches cost hundreds of millions, something not every club could afford. Only the wealthiest teams in the League owned their own arenas, and these weren't just for Glory matches; they were multi-purpose stadiums. On non-match days, they were often rented out for various events, providing a significant source of income for the clubs.

Yi Zhan, as a newly joined team in the Alliance with an uncertain future, had invested a huge amount of money in building their own arena. Lou Guan Ning was by no means a fool who didn't value money; his willingness to do this showed his determination for Glory.

"Want to go see the arena first?" Lou Guan Ning asked.

"There'll be plenty of chances to come in the future," Ye Xiu said with a smile.

Lou Guan Ning paused, then understood and laughed, "You have to show mercy then!"

"How much money?" Ye Xiu asked.

"Damn!" Lou Guan Ning shrunk his head and looked around as if he'd seen a ghost. "If the Alliance caught wind of this kind of conversation, we'd definitely be punished, right?"

"Hahaha, of course." Ye Xiu was even more aware of the Alliance rules. A conversation like that, even knowing they were joking, would be considered an insult to the spirit of competition and result in severe penalties. If they were serious, they would face legal consequences.

"Let's go quickly..." As if standing outside the base would lead to them being discovered by the Alliance, Lou Guan Ning quickly led everyone inside.

If Lou Guan Ning was willing to spend money on a stadium, could the facilities in the base be anything less?

After passing through a refreshing green area, they arrived at Yi Zhan's impressive training center. Chen Guo felt increasingly ashamed. Compared to this, the "mansion" she'd rented with "huge investment" was nothing! The players of Team Happy were truly pitiful...

Thinking this, Chen Guo couldn't help but steal glances at Happy's players. But the three of them looked as normal as could be. After seeing the training center, Bao Zi even complained, "Why is it so far away! Our Happy is much more convenient, just a few steps from the小区 (xiaoqu, residential complex) entrance."

"小区 (xiaoqu, residential complex)?" Lou Guan Ning was at a loss.

"Yeah! Shanglin Yuan, a high-end小区 (xiaoqu, residential complex)!" Bao Zi looked even prouder than Lou Guan Ning did when he was standing under the Yi Zhan team emblem, pointing at their own arena.

"Bao Zi, shut up!" Chen Guo felt even more embarrassed. Although she knew there was a world of difference between them, Chen Guo couldn't help but compare herself to Lou Guan Ning, and the results brought her to tears. But Bao Zi was still feeling proud, making Chen Guo feel like she'd been stabbed.

"Huh?" Bao Zi was bewildered, scratching his head.

"Come, come, please come inside." Lou Guan Ning didn't know what was going on, so he changed the subject by inviting everyone inside.

The interior facilities were naturally luxurious, with recreational areas and fitness areas that Happy completely lacked. Chen Guo felt even more ashamed. Then Bao Zi opened his mouth again, delivering a one-hit kill, "I say, where are the computers?"

"Ah? Almost there..." Lou Guan Ning said awkwardly, speeding up his pace.

Soon, they arrived at Yi Zhan's training room. All the players were already there. This time, it wasn't just the five-man team, but also the other six players Lou Guan Ning had recruited. These people were not well-known, but they did have professional-level skills, having played as substitutes on professional teams. Although they hadn't been directly involved in the feud with Happy, they were members of Yi Zhan, so they were quite aware of the history.

They exchanged greetings, sat down, and quickly got to the point, talking about Glory.

With such a good environment and such good conditions, just talking without practicing seemed inappropriate. After a few words, everyone's hands were itching.

"Want a round?" Lou Guan Ning said.

Before Ye Xiu could respond, a particularly loud burst of laughter came from the hallway outside the training room. "Hahahaha, I'm here again, where's Old Lou? Come out quickly!"

"Huh?" Ye Xiu didn't understand and looked at Lou Guan Ning. He saw Lou Guan Ning looking glum, and in one swift step, he rushed over to close the door. But the other party had already reached the door and pushed it open. "Hey hey! What are you doing? I saw you, don't hide!"

Looking helpless, Lou Guan Ning had no choice but to let him in. Then, a man dressed in dazzling clothes, with a flamboyant air that completely matched the stereotype of a纨绔 (wankua, spoiled rich kid), swaggered in. He casually glanced around the room, clearly familiar with Yi Zhan's players. He greeted Zou Yunhai and the others with some politeness, ignored the remaining six Yi Zhan players, and then his eyes fell on the members of Happy. The two beauties, Chen Guo and Tang Rou, made his eyes light up.

"Oh, Old Lou, recruiting troops again! The quality of this batch seems pretty good!" the man shouted.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?" Lou Guan Ning asked.

"Hehehe, are you afraid!" the man said.

"I'm just annoyed, okay?" Lou Guan Ning said.

"I'm doing this for your own good! Look at your team, with their current results, I'm embarrassed for you even if you're not. Improving your level is what you urgently need right now," the man said with a lecturing tone.

The man's attitude was obviously annoying. If Chen Guo had been in her own territory, she would have exploded long ago. But seeing that this was Lou Guan Ning's place, she held back. Hearing his words, she was surprised, thinking that this guy might actually have some skills.

But before she could say anything, the man waved his hand. "Wait a second, I need to use the restroom, I'll be right back!" After saying that, he ran out the door towards the restroom, as if Yi Zhan was his home.

"Who is this guy?" Ye Xiu and the others couldn't help but wonder.

Lou Guan Ning looked helpless. "He's one of my childhood friends, we grew up together. Now that I've started a team, his fun is finding ways to mess with me, always introducing experts to challenge us. It's so annoying."

"What's wrong with that?" Chen Guo asked, puzzled.

Lou Guan Ning looked depressed. "Because if we lose even once, he can keep talking about it for a whole year!"

"How many times have you lost?" Chen Guo asked.

Lou Guan Ning looked back on it with shame. "Three times... Although the people he finds aren't particularly strong, we're bound to accidentally lose sometime, aren't we..."

"Xiao Bei's loss shouldn't have happened," Zou Yunhai said.

"Bu Ye's loss wasn't much better, okay!" Wen Kebei defended himself while changing the subject.

"Old Lou's own loss was the most significant!" Gu Xiye also shifted the blame.

They blamed and pushed the responsibility onto each other, which was not the correct attitude for a team to have. But it was clear that they didn't take the matter too seriously, but they were annoyed by it, which was why they shifted the blame.

"I wonder what kind of person this guy has found this time!"

"Old Lou, hurry up and lock the door!"

"We locked it last time too, but this guy set up a tent outside the door and almost set up a barbecue grill."

The five-man team chattered, leaving no room for anyone else to interject. Anyone with any sense could see that although Lou Guan Ning and his group showed annoyance towards that guy, they were undoubtedly friends, and close friends at that. Who else could casually barge into the team's training room without even saying hello?

However, judging from the way he acted, he was a troublesome friend.

As the five discussed, the voice of that troublesome friend echoed in the hallway outside the door again. "I'm back, Old Lou, are you ready? Don't run this time, I'm challenging you!"

"Oh, oh, oh, Old Lou, go get him." The other four scattered.

"I don't have time," Lou Guan Ning answered roughly.

"Hehe, I don't think it'll take up too much of your time," the man said with a smile, already entering the door.

"Old Lou, you can't put up with this, go get him!" Seeing that he was targeting Lou Guan Ning this time, the other four started to egg him on.

Lou Guan Ning had an idea, walked around, picked a computer seat and sat down. "Where's your guy, bring him over here quickly!"

As he said that, he took out his account card but first logged into QQ.

"God, help me teach this kid a lesson, a really, really, really hard lesson!" Lou Guan Ning sent a message to Ye Xiu, then flicked the card onto the table. Under the cover of a row of monitors, it slid to Ye Xiu, who was indifferently fiddling with his computer.

"Isn't that too cruel?" Ye Xiu's QQ was indeed online, and he replied.

"Exactly, the crueler the better. Kill him in one second, don't use one and a half!" Lou Guan Ning replied.