The King's Return

In the next few days, the members of the Mo Jue team will carry out double partner training according to Qin Mo's arrangement. In the morning, everyone will form their own teams to fight against Qin Mo and Xiao Han, and in the afternoon, they will go to the online game arena to familiarize themselves with the rules of the game.

按照联盟的安排,3月10日-4月15日是双人搭档赛,每支战队的报名限制为四组,墨决战队全员报名,其他战队最少的也报了两组，到3月1日报名截止时，联盟公布了所有报名的队伍——十支战正好报名了32支队伍，分成A-H八个小组进行小组循环积分赛。

On March 3, the group list was posted on the official website.

Zhu Qingyue and He Beiguang were in Group A. Coincidentally, Zhu Qingyue's brother Luo Yuan was also in this group. His partner was Wei Guanghua, a melee swordsman.

Liu Hong and Pei Yu were in Group B. This group had the double summoning combination of Qiu Zongping and Yuan Xi whom Qin Mo knew.

Shen He and Li Muran are in Group E. There are Li Dongqing and Zhou Xuewei from Team Yunxiao, Chujian Xinjia Sangjun from Team Dynasty, and Xu Sizhe Tanxi from Team Jinghong.

Xiao Han and Qin Mo are in Group F. Among the four pairs of partners in this group, two pairs of partners whose names I have never heard of, should be newcomers from other teams, but one pair of partners is Qin Mo's old acquaintance - Lin Shuangcheng And Song Changdong, the captain and deputy team of Sword Song Team, happened to be with Xiao Han and Qin Mo.

After the list of groups came out, Qin Mo called everyone to hold a small meeting to briefly analyze the situation of each group.

He did not put pressure on everyone to qualify, but let everyone relax and experience the game.What is more important in this doubles competition is to find out the details of the major teams. There are many new players who have never heard of Qin Mo before. Neither of them participated.

For the Qingyu team, everyone currently understands only the umbrella style of team battles, but Qingyu has eight players who signed up for this year. Except for the twin black umbrella brothers, what is the origin and level of the others? How, everyone didn't know, even Zhu Qingyue couldn't figure out what the senior brother was thinking.

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The night when the group list was released happened to be the weekend. According to the usual practice, there is no need for training on Saturday and Sunday nights. Qin Mo’s arrangement is also for the team members to combine work and rest. After all, the official team battle has not started yet, and small projects The training pressure does not need to be so great, otherwise everyone will be overwhelmed later.

On a rare weekend night, Liu Xiang and Liu Hongzhai watched TV dramas in the dormitory, Pei Yu and He Beiguang went to a nearby billiards club to play, Shen He ran out of toothpaste, Li Muran accompanied him to the supermarket to buy toothpaste, Qin Mo and Xiao Han Staying in the dormitory and not knowing what to do, Zhu Qingyue was bored by himself, turned on the computer after returning to the room, and carefully read the group list again.

He and Xiao He are in Group A. The players in the same group include the two long-distance combination of Team Jinghong, the combination of Luo Yuan and Wei Guanghua of Team Qingyu, and Chen Jiang and He Yue of Team Frost Moon.

Objectively speaking, the combined power of Xuanbing Palace's double whip will be far greater than that of a single long whip, and there will be an obvious effect of "one plus one is greater than two". Master's guidance, there must be a tacit understanding in cooperation, plus Chen Jiang's ability to reach the semi-finals in the previous singles competition, and He Yue's personal ability is also very strong, there should be no doubt that the brothers and sisters will qualify from the group.

The two long-distance players of the Jinghong team, ID "Gusu Xing" and "Moon Shadow Whirling", one is the support of Tingyulou White Umbrella, and the other is the swordsman of Kuangdaomen. The configuration is exactly the same as that of Zhu Qingyue and He Beiguang. Zhu Qingyue Naturally have the confidence to beat this combination.

If you want to qualify, the key lies in the group of seniors.

Back then, when Zhu Qingyue joined Chu Yan's sect, Luo Yuan had already studied with Chu Yan for nearly a year. If his family hadn't suddenly become seriously ill and needed him to go back to take care of him, it would have been Luo Yuan who debuted as a dual support partner with his master. It wasn't Zhu Qingyue, who was less than 16 years old.

Zhu Qingyue temporarily replaced his senior brother in the battle. Due to his weak mental capacity, he cried secretly when he lost the game, and he was nicknamed the "Little Crying Bag".

Luo Yuan disappeared for so many years, until now he suddenly appeared on the field.

Zhu Qingyue actually didn't know Luo Yuan's level, he just knew from his master's description that he was a very talented player.

Zhu Qingyue and Luo Yuan have never fought against each other, but Master's evaluation of Luo Yuan has always been higher than Zhu Qingyue's. This is also the knot that Zhu Qingyue has been unable to let go of over the years. Far away in Chu Yan's heart.Probably because Luo Yuan has never played a game, the people who remain in the memory are better than the people who are close at hand.The big disciple in Chu Yan’s impression is the young man full of faith and ideals in the training camp, but the young disciple in Chu Yan’s eyes is a crying bag who shed tears after losing the game. Therefore, Chu Yan thinks that Luo Yuan It also makes sense to be more powerful than Zhu Qing.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qingyue suddenly felt a little uncomfortable.

Not long after he joined the Qingmu team, his senior brother left, but the shadow left by his senior brother has always been buried in Zhu Qingyue's heart.

Zhu Qingyue was thinking wildly when his phone suddenly lit up. It was a WeChat message from Chu Yan: "Mo Jue doesn't need to practice tonight, right?"

His thoughts were pulled back, and Zhu Qingyue immediately replied: "Yes."

Chu Yan said: "Go downstairs in 10 minutes, and I'll take you to a place."

Did he come directly to the door without asking for his own opinion?Zhu Qingyue was a little puzzled, but he hadn't seen him for a long time, and thinking of Chu Yan still made Zhu Qingyue change his clothes and come downstairs on time.

The familiar car stopped at the door, Zhu Qingyue opened the door and got into the passenger seat, and then asked, "Where are you going?"

Chu Yan smiled: "It's only now, don't you think it's too late? Are you afraid that I'll sell you?"

Zhu Qingyue rubbed his nose embarrassingly. He only wanted to meet Chu Yan just now, but he didn't want to ask Master where he was going to take him.

Seeing the embarrassed look on the young man's face, Chu Yan put away his thoughts of teasing him, attached himself to fasten his seat belt, and started the car.

***

In the night, the light outside the car window quickly slid past and shone on Zhu Qingyue's gentle face, forming mottled light and shadows.

Chu Yan found that the people beside him were silent all the way, obviously having something on their minds.

The scenery along the road became more and more familiar, and it wasn't until the car drove into the underground garage that Zhu Qingyue was sure that Chu Yan was just taking him back to "home".

The new home designed by Zhu Qingyue has been renovated, and Chu Yan has already moved here. However, Zhu Qingyue usually lives in the team dormitory, so he rarely has the opportunity to come here.

When entering the door, Chu Yan naturally possessed him and brought him slippers. Zhu Qingyue changed into his shoes and found that the slippers of the two had the same pattern, a pair of blue and a pair of gray couple models, which were not there when he came last time. Chu Yan should have bought it newly.

The house is very clean, neat and tidy at first glance, without any debris, and all the flowers on the balcony are in bloom, obviously Chu Yan is taking care of them.

The warm yellow light made Zhu Qingyue relax temporarily, and asked, "What did you bring me here for?"

Chu Yan looked back at him, with a smile that was not a smile: "Master has been guarding the vacant room by himself for so long, and he wants to invite the apprentice to come over and sleep with him all night."

Zhu Qingyue blushed slightly: "Can you be more serious!"

The smile on the corners of Chu Yan's lips could not help but widen. He turned around and hugged Zhu Qingyue horizontally, carrying him all the way to the bedroom.

When Zhu Qingyue was picked up, his whole body tensed up immediately, as if he was facing an enemy, he pushed him with a blushing face: "Put me down!"

Chu Yan looked funny, and couldn't help scratching Zhu Qingyue's nose lightly: "Don't be afraid, I just invite you to come back and have a good rest for a night, have you been too busy with training recently?"

He put Zhu Qingyue on the bed, and he sat beside Zhu Qingyue, hugging him gently.

Seeing that he had no further action plans, Zhu Qingyue breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Fortunately, I'm not particularly busy."

Chu Yan said: "As far as I know, the double match is about to start?"

Zhu Qingyue nodded: "It will officially start on March 3, and we will all go to Beijing on March 10."

Chu Yan asked: "Has the group come out?"

Zhu Qingyue suddenly fell silent.

Chu Yan sighed softly, and said, "About your senior brother Luo Yuan, don't you have anything you want to ask me? After holding it all the way, do you still want to hold it until tomorrow?"

——It turned out that he already knew about the situation of the grouping, and he had already seen through his worries.

Zhu Qingyue hesitated for a moment before asking: "Master, do you... Do you always think that senior brother is better than me?"

Chu Yan was startled, and suddenly smiled: "Why does this sentence have a strange smell of jealousy?"

Zhu Qingyue blushed slightly: "Can you answer well?"

Chu Yan put away his smile and said calmly, "What answer do you want to hear?"

This rhetorical question made Zhu Qingyue suddenly silent - what does he want to hear?Want to hear Master say that you are better than your brother?Or listen to the master say, yes, I just think your brother is better than you?

Zhu Qingyue felt a little conflicted in his heart.

Chu Yan said in a low voice: "Qingyue, I know this has become a knot in your heart, why don't you make it clear today - before, I really thought that Luo Yuan was better than you. Luo Yuan joined the Qingmu team at the age of 16 and is very talented , willing to work hard, with a bright personality and full of confidence. In just one month, he learned the support style I taught him and made some innovations. At that time, I always thought that he could be my right-hand man and continue to support Qingmu team Luo Yuan's departure also made me very sad."

Zhu Qingyue nodded lightly. The master's praise for Luo Yuan has not changed after so many years. Obviously, the senior brother is really outstanding.

Chu Yan paused, then continued: "At that time, you were not yet mature, and I forced you to debut instead of him, and I often compared you with him, saying that you were inferior to him, which must have created a lot of pressure on you, right? ?”

Zhu Qingyue remained silent, and the silence at this time was equivalent to acquiescing.

Chu Yan sighed softly, stroked the little apprentice's hair gently, and said: "Actually, I did that just to encourage you to grow up as soon as possible. At 16 years old, you are indeed not as good as your senior brother. I want you Take your senior as an example and work hard to improve your own level, that's why you said that. But later, as the captain of Qingmu, you led the team to play for many years, and now you are not comparable to him. You are world-class No matter how talented Luo Yuan is, there will still be a gap of several years, and his game experience can't be compared with yours at all."

Zhu Qingyue's heart trembled slightly. This was the first time he heard the meaning of "you are better than senior brother" from his master.

It was also at this moment that he realized that the knot in his heart that he had been unable to let go of was not "he is not as good as senior brother", but "in the eyes of the master, he is not as good as the senior brother" - what he cared more about was actually the master's treatment of him opinion, not whether his own level is inferior to Luo Yuan.

It turns out that what I care most about is actually Chu Yan's evaluation. I actually think his evaluation is so important, and I have been entangled for so many years?

The more Zhu Qing thought of this, his cheeks couldn't help getting hot, and he felt that he was really making trouble for no reason.

Chu Yan saw through Zhu Qingyue's thoughts, smiled slightly, and said: "You and Luo Yuan have different positions now. As a master, I will not favor either of you. But...you don't need to fight with Luo Yuan, because In my heart, you will always be my unique treasure, and Luo Yuan will always be my apprentice."

Hearing the gentle voice in his ear, Zhu Qingyue couldn't help but blushed more and more.

Chu Yan's simple words completely untied his knots. He really didn't need to compare himself with his senior brother. His master always said "How amazing your senior brother is". This was just a way to motivate him to grow up, let him It's just learning from seniors, just like parents always say "children from other people's family".

In the master's heart, it's not that he loves the senior brother more than him, but... loves him far more than the senior brother.

Now, their brothers are in different teams, and the duel between the two should not involve the long-retired master.

Thinking of this, Zhu Qingyue looked up at Chu Yan and said, "From your standpoint, it's not appropriate to help anyone. I won't ask you about Qingyu's team's tactics, and you don't want to tell senior about our Mojue situation...that's it Stay neutral all the time, okay?"

Chu Yan nodded: "Okay, I won't help anyone."

Only then did Zhu Qingyue feel relieved, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips.

Seeing his elegant smile, Chu Yan couldn't help leaning over to kiss him, and said in a low voice, "Your brother doesn't know about our relationship yet, do you want me to tell him?"

"..." Zhu Qing said hurriedly, "Don't do it!"

If Luo Yuan knew that the junior brother and the master were together, he would probably collapse.

Moreover, in that case, Zhu Qingyue will have no face to face Luo Yuan, so it's better to keep it secret!