Chapter 1382 A Fresh Start for Excellent Era

Excellent Era finally had someone to take over.

The news was released on the same day that Xia Zhongtian and Qiu Fei visited, instantly invigorating Excellent Era fans who had fallen to the depths of despair. They were even more excited when they learned about the buyer's information. Who in H City didn't know the strength of Ming'an Tea?

However, they soon learned the truth at the press conference for the new Excellent Era.

Xia Zhongtian's acquisition of Excellent Era was purely a personal endeavor, with no connection to Ming'an Tea whatsoever. Furthermore, Ming'an Tea was not sponsoring Excellent Era because of this relationship with Xia Zhongtian. The team they were sponsoring was Happy, the team that had defeated Excellent Era to enter the Alliance.

What was going on? The fans, still in the throes of excitement, couldn't calm down to figure it out. Although everything wasn't as good as they had imagined, Excellent Era was still around, and nothing was more joyful than that. The biggest regret, in their eyes, was the departure of One Autumn Leaf. They had hoped that this symbol of Excellent Era could stay and fight alongside them.

But it was too late to say any of that now.

Qiu Fei, Battle Format.

At the press conference, the fans saw the future of Excellent Era. In the new season, Excellent Era would continue to fight in the Challenger League. This time, they were no longer a powerhouse, no longer an insurmountable force in the Challenger League. They would seriously face every team, and with constant victories, they would reach the end, return to the Alliance, and rebuild Excellent Era's glory.

Long live Excellent Era!

That night, the Excellent Era fans experienced a long-lost happiness for the first time in a long time. Their expectations had not been in vain. No matter how small, it was still hope.

The powerhouse was gone, and the new Excellent Era embarked on its journey.

At this time, Glory news reported on the final transaction of Excellent Era under this title. So far, everything related to Excellent Era that people could see seemed to have been completely traded away.

The old Excellent Era Club had been completely rebuilt, and the new Excellent Era had moved to Shida Road, 20 kilometers away. Everything had become very simple, but everything was still there.

Happy, on the other hand, had officially moved into their new base, and each person began to do what they needed to do during the off-season in their respective areas.

"Brother Ye, someone's looking for you." At this moment, another small internet cafe employee rushed up to deliver the message. Now that the upper floor was Happy's base, they wouldn't let anyone up there casually anymore.

"Coming." Ye Xiu responded, left the computer, and took the opportunity to light a cigarette and take a deep puff.

Smoking was prohibited in the training room. Chen Guo had learned this management rule from other clubs, which made Ye Xiu and Wei Chen extremely miserable. However, it was said that veterans should be role models for the team, so the two painfully endured it. What was even more painful was that their exemplary role had no effect, as no one else in Happy besides them smoked.

"Who's looking for me?" Ye Xiu walked up to the small internet cafe employee in a few steps, and half the cigarette was gone.

"He said his surname is Tao." The small internet cafe employee said.

"Surname Tao?" Ye Xiu was stunned. He went downstairs and saw that it was indeed Tao Xuan.

"Want to go up and sit for a while?" Ye Xiu greeted.

"Forget it, I'm leaving soon." Tao Xuan said.

Ye Xiu noticed that he had fairly standard luggage, indicating that he was going on a long trip.

"Are you going to…?"

"I'm tired after so long, so I'm going to relax." Tao Xuan said.

"Where do you want to go?"

"I'm going to travel abroad! For so many years, I've been mostly a homebody. I want to go abroad and broaden my horizons." Tao Xuan said.

"Oh? Are you going to see the Glory Leagues and their Glory teams abroad?" Ye Xiu said.

Tao Xuan was stunned for a long time before nodding, "Maybe!"

"I wish you success." Ye Xiu said.

"You too."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

The cigarette burned out.

In the time it took to smoke half a cigarette, Tao Xuan had already left. He had made a special trip, but it was just a few simple greetings.

Were they still considered friends? Ye Xiu didn't know.

He only knew that everyone had their own path. Perhaps they would intersect, perhaps they would gradually drift apart, but no matter what, the path was their own to walk, and he would always continue to walk forward as always. Tao Xuan, probably too, right?

Ye Xiu threw away the cigarette butt, returned upstairs to the training room, and returned to his seat.

"Who was it?" Su Mucheng, who was now next to him, casually asked.

"Tao Xuan." Ye Xiu said.

"Tao Xuan, what's he doing here?"

"He said he's going abroad to travel." Ye Xiu said.

"Isn't that a bit much? Does he have to hide so far away?" Su Mucheng said.

"Is he hiding? Maybe!" Ye Xiu smiled, put on his headphones again, and connected to the game.

"Where are you all?" Ye Xiu sent a message to the guild, Happy Guild.

They were still in the game.

Even after entering the Alliance and becoming a professional team, Happy, which had started from scratch, couldn't immediately become hands-off managers. The team's resources were too scarce, and they needed to continue to work hard in the game to solve this problem. This was like the early days of the Alliance, when every team's players spent their time outside of matches in the game, training and gathering materials and equipment at the same time. Back then, it was common to see these now-famous IDs in the game.

But now, even if the players did this, the game no longer had the same atmosphere as before. Now, if professional players really wanted to play the game, they had to wear a disguise, and their professional characters mostly stayed in the arena.

Happy's players still had to work hard in the game, even harder, because the opponents they would face next all had the strength to fight the final boss, Excellent Era, from last season. They couldn't explode or create miracles in every match. They still needed to improve, constantly improve. It was like a race, and from the beginning, they weren't on the same starting line as their other opponents.

Happy was working hard in the game, but this time, they weren't the only ones working hard.

"We prepared for this match for a whole year."

Xiao Shiqin vividly remembered what Ye Xiu had said when answering reporters' questions at his first press conference after winning the Challenger League.

Happy had defeated Excellent Era, and everyone said it was a miracle.

But miracles couldn't happen without effort, and Happy had completed the miracle with this kind of effort.

And what had Excellent Era been doing that year?

Excellent Era had also been working hard, but they were working towards the professional league. They had been discussing how they would do things after returning to the professional league.

They had ignored the Challenger League because they thought it was a piece of cake for them. And Xiao Shiqin had also thought the same at that time. If he hadn't had this view, he wouldn't have joined Excellent Era.

Until Ye Xiu and his Happy gradually came to the surface. Xiao Shiqin realized that although the people in Excellent Era didn't care and didn't think Happy was a threat, they always had a fear of Ye Xiu in their hearts. From that moment on, Excellent Era finally began to take the Challenger League seriously, but only with regard to Ye Xiu.

In order to win the final match, Excellent Era had also made efforts, but compared to the year-long efforts of Happy, everything Excellent Era had done was too small.

Opportunity favors the prepared.

This principle was always being said, and everyone could say it. But when everyone was prepared, who would the opportunity be given to? Naturally, it would be given to the one who was more prepared. Happy was more prepared, so they finally seized the opportunity, an opportunity that was called a miracle.

Many people felt that Xiao Shiqin had wasted a year in vain. But in Xiao Shiqin's opinion, he had learned a good lesson this year.

And now, he had returned to Thunder. He would no longer be the one who wasn't prepared enough. He would be more prepared than anyone else, starting from day one, preparing with the whole team.

The early bird catches the worm. Why hadn't he thought of this principle before?

"Captain Xiao, Team Three and Four are in position." The voice in the game pulled Xiao Shiqin back to his thoughts.

"Okay, tell them to pay attention to concealment. Cheng Tai, take a team to the right wing; Yan Qi, go with Cheng Tai."

"Hey, the captain's only been back for a few days, and you're already chasing people away. I want to be with the captain." Dai Yanqi said in a coquettish tone.

"Stop it, hurry up and follow." Xiao Shiqin was covered in sweat. He hadn't seen her for a year, and Dai Yanqi's courage had become even greater. She even dared to tease him. She was clearly Thunder's female devil. He wondered what Thunder would be like if she became the captain in the future.

However, Dai Yanqi was indeed just joking. While saying those words, her Elementalist had already started to move with Cheng Tai's team.

"Captain Xiao, Captain Xiao!" At this time, another character ran back, calling him.

"What's wrong?"

"Another guild has arrived." The person said.

"Which one?"

"It's Happy!"

Happy… Hearing this name, Xiao Shiqin's emotions immediately became complicated, but he quickly stabilized, "How many people, and how far away are they?"

"It's probably a regiment of people. They should be here in five minutes." The person said.

That guy must be in Happy's formation. Compared to the Challenger League last season, it would be more difficult for them to fight in the professional league this time. They would definitely prepare earlier, and they would definitely put in a lot of effort in the game. He was learning from them.

He didn't expect to have a chance to fight again so soon.

"Everyone here, follow me. Don't make contact with Happy yet." Xiao Shiqin said, leading the team away from their original hiding place.

"Traps! Don't leave any traps behind, go and dismantle them quickly!" Xiao Shiqin was as serious and careful as if he were directing a professional match.

The Thunder players felt that their captain had changed after returning from being away for a year.

In the past, his command, his deployments, his tactics, always had a sense of doing his best and waiting for fate. Now, he had a vigor to defy fate.

Thunder would definitely change because of this!