The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"Send a message to each of them on QQ first..." Han Cheng thought for a moment and figured that Sun Hou and Fatty were probably playing games or something, so they should be able to see it. As for Ye Bing, he hadn't seen him on QQ much, and neither had Xu Xiaomeng. He decided to contact them by phone.

Seeing Xu Xiaomeng's phone number in the phone book, Han Cheng called her first, since the numbers were arranged alphabetically by surname.

"Oh, that Little Ma guy talked to me about joining his club. I thought about it and decided to ask for everyone's opinion first, especially yours, so I haven't agreed yet," Xu Xiaomeng replied.

"Well, how about we find a place to discuss this?" Han Cheng asked.

“Alright, I thought you would just say it in the group chat. Let’s go to Monkey’s house then. I had a pretty good time at his house last time…” Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Okay... I'll go to Monkey's house after I contact Ye Bing." Han Cheng thought about what Xu Xiaomeng had mentioned in the group chat. Why hadn't he thought of that? Gathering all this way together would be such a hassle; it would have been better to just mention it in the group. But now that he'd already made the contact, he might as well go...

"Hey, Ye Bing? Did that Little Ma guy tell you about investing in his club?" Han Cheng called Ye Bing again.

"Yeah, I said it."

"Let's go to the monkey's house and discuss it!"

"Okay, shall we go now?"

"Ah."

After speaking with Ye Bing, Han Cheng saw that Fatty and Sun Hou had both returned to him, saying that since they were together, it was all Sun Hou's home. Han Cheng then told them to just stay there.

"Alright, it's time for me to get going." Han Cheng looked at himself in the mirror, suppressing the urge to use his superpowers to go to Sun Wukong's house. Aside from the possibility of attracting some kind of time-space spirit, constantly relying on superpowers for transportation instead of walking might cause his limbs to atrophy...

Sun Wukong's home.

Sun Wukong and Fatty were playing a game together when Han Cheng ran up behind them and looked at their game IDs displayed on their phones.

"TOL: Undefeated? TOL: Unstoppable? You two traitors, you just betrayed our Miracle team like that?" Han Cheng said excitedly.

"What? They changed their IDs?" Xu Xiaomeng quickly came over to take a look. After a moment, she said, "I didn't expect you two to be this kind of people. It's really disheartening. Forget it, our team doesn't need you anymore. Including Qin Li, if we find another one, our team will be full."

"No, Goddess Xiaomeng!" the fat man said innocently.

“That’s right. We both thought you had already agreed, and even if you didn’t agree for now, you would agree later,” Sun Wukong said. “So, to show our sincerity, we’re going to act first and ask for permission later.”

"Who told you that we've already agreed, and that we would agree even if we didn't?" Xu Xiaomeng said with displeasure.

"Hey, don't say that. Brother Ma is a really nice guy. He's treated us to a few meals. You see, the reason we don't join that old guy Xing Batian's club is because we don't like them. After all, Xing Feng is his nephew. But Brother Ma is different. Although we've only known each other for a few days, I know what kind of person he is. Joining his club would be perfect for playing in competitions, right? Although the pay isn't as good as Xing Batian's, we'll win championships in major tournaments someday. What's a little money then? Don't you think so?" Sun Hou began to persuade the group.

"I didn't expect you to be so eloquent, Monkey!" Xu Xiaomeng said. "Alright, we didn't say we wouldn't join this club, but we need to discuss it before making any plans."

"That's right, please sit down, please sit down!" Sun Hou said, but when he saw that Han Cheng and Xu Xiaomeng had already sat down, while Ye Bing was leaning against the side of the sofa, seemingly having no intention of sitting down.

"Alright, let's talk about whether or not we should change the team name!" Han Cheng said seriously.

"Little Orange, why are you so serious? Wait a minute, we'll be done soon..." the fat man said.

“Yes, we came up with this team name ourselves, and we didn’t register it or anything. Little Ma explained to us that his name TOL is an abbreviation of ‘Road to Godhood.’ You see, aren’t we a bunch of newbies on the road to godhood when we play games? And isn’t this English team name pretty high-class…” Sun Hou said while playing.

"Meng, Ye Bing, what do you think?" Han Cheng looked at Xu Xiaomeng and Ye Bing.

"What do I think? Whatever you say goes," Xu Xiaomeng said. Han Cheng immediately felt that asking Xu Xiaomeng was the same as not asking at all.

“I feel that the team name TOL isn’t bad either. When we named our Miracle team, we hoped that we could be like a miracle. Even if the team name is changed now, as long as we have hope in our hearts, we will definitely create miracles. So, it doesn’t really matter whether the team name is changed or not. But in my opinion, since Brother Ma’s club has this name, we should match it. After all, I’ve never seen a team name and club name that are different.” Ye Bing said. This was the most Ye Bing had ever spoken to Han Cheng.

“Yes, yes, yes, Ye Bing is absolutely right! As long as we have hope in our hearts, we can definitely create miracles!” Sun Hou said.

"Yeah, so let's just leave it at that!" the fat man chimed in.

“Okay, let’s change it then. I don’t know about joining Little Ma’s club, Brother Li…” Han Cheng hesitated and looked at Ye Bing, after all, Ye Bing knew Qin Li best.

“Qin Li, he considers himself a member of the team, and he’s always wanted to participate in esports competitions. If we talk to him about this, he’ll probably join the club,” Ye Bing said. “But I think as the club manager, shouldn’t Xiao Ma hire another coach for us?”

"That's fine. As for the coach, is it necessary? Why not just let Brother Li be the coach? He's so good anyway, and we don't usually need him for most competitions, so let him be the coach," Han Cheng said.

“No, he’s not talkative, how can he come up with tactics or anything like that?” Xu Xiaomeng said. “I think you, Xiao Chengzi, would be perfect for him.”

"I... I can't..." Han Cheng said weakly.

"Alright, let's discuss this later. Little Orange, is there anything else you want to say?" Xu Xiaomeng asked.

"That's it..." Han Cheng thought to himself that the main purpose of this small meeting was to resolve the issues of whether to change the team name and whether to join the Sima Yi Club, and now it seemed to have been resolved...

"Alright then, does everyone agree to join Little Ma's Club and change the team name?" Xu Xiaomeng asked the group again.

"Well, I guess you could say I agree," Han Cheng said.

“I have no objection,” Ye Bing said.

"Do we even need to ask?" Sun Wukong and Fatty said, and then continued playing the game.

"Okay, I guess we'll have to sign a contract with Little Ma's club and we'll probably have to get team uniforms and stuff..." Han Cheng said.

"Team uniforms too?" Sun Hou exclaimed excitedly. "Does that mean we'll soon be professional players?"

"Of course," Han Cheng replied.

"Yay!" Fatty and Monkey King clapped their hands, and they won the game.

"Alright, now that we've finished discussing this, I need to give Brother Ma an answer..." Han Cheng said.

“I’ll go with you.” Xu Xiaomeng looked at Han Cheng with her big eyes.

"Uh..." Han Cheng looked at Xu Xiaomeng, "Alright! Ye Bing, what about you, are you going home?"

"I..." Ye Bing hesitated about whether to go home now, but Fatty and Sun Hou pulled Ye Bing and asked her to play games with them. Unable to refuse their hospitality, Ye Bing decided to stay.

Han Cheng and Xu Xiaomeng went back to find Sima Yi, give him an answer, and discuss the specifics of joining the Path to Godhood, which is the TOL Club that Sima Yi mentioned.