The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

"Playing games like this isn't bad. When we participate in competitions, we not only earn money, but we also get a salary," the fat man said.

"Are you stupid? Isn't the prize money split 20/80? We only get 20% of the prize money," Sun Wukong said.

"You're the idiot! It's 20% now, but it'll definitely be more later," the fat man said.

“But that’s already written in the contract,” Sun Wukong said.

"What if the club has other bonuses or something? Besides, the club has such big expenses, so it needs a source of income," Han Cheng said.

"Okay, I got it. I was just thinking about proving my Monkey King skills someday, letting everyone know that I'm the number one Monkey King in the Chinese server!" Sun Wukong said with a look of pure fantasy.

"Tch, your monkey? I could take on ten of them..." The fat man said with a look of disdain.

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After one hour.

"Now that the one-hour training session is over, can we watch a movie?" Sun Wukong asked.

"Let's wait until Brother Ma comes back. It's not like we haven't seen the movie before," Xu Xiaomeng said, still playing a game.

"Uh, okay..." Sun Wukong looked helplessly at the number of matches on his phone, which showed that there were already more than two thousand matches and that it was about to reach three thousand. A special emotion was injected into it.

Han Cheng also has a special affection for the hero Han Xin, regarding him as his life's work. He is fascinated by the spirit of this hero, who is known for his ability to accumulate strength and endure, waiting until he has enough power to strike a decisive blow.

Soon, Sima Yi returned.

“I’ve checked out those two security guards, they’re alright. But I just remembered, the club doesn’t need them right now. The King of Glory strongest team competition is the day after tomorrow, and registration starts tomorrow. But it hasn’t started yet, and you haven’t entered the KPL professional league. You don’t need to live here now, so there’s no need to hire security guards at this time. So I kept their phone numbers and said I’d have them come to work later,” Sima Yi said.

"Isn't Brother Ma afraid they'll go work as security guards elsewhere?" Han Cheng asked.

"Don't worry, I offer high salaries here, they'll definitely be waiting to lose. Even if they don't, I can just make a phone call and they'll definitely come," Sima Yi said.

"Little Ma is indeed cunning!" Sun Wukong said.

"Get out of here, you're the one who's scheming!" Sima Yi said with a look of disgust.

"Isn't this a good plan enough?" Sun Wukong asked again.

"no!"

"I'm so impatient..." Sun Wukong uttered these two words helplessly.

"Oh, it seems like it's time. Training time is over, right?" Sima Yi glanced at his watch and said.

"Yeah, Brother Ma, what about the movie you mentioned?" Han Cheng asked.

"What kind of show do you want to see?" Before anyone could answer, Sima Yi said, "Never mind, I'm afraid you'll disagree, so I'll just put something random on the screen!"

Everyone: "..."

"A new movie, looks pretty good. I haven't seen it yet, I'll watch it with you!" Sima Yi said, and then started playing the movie. The movie began on the projection screen.

"See that row of seats? They're for watching the game and the movie." Sima Yi said, pointing to a row of seats and gesturing for everyone to sit down.

"Is everything ready?" Seeing that everyone was done, Sima Yi turned off the lights and sat down with them.

The movie was only an hour and a half long, and we finished watching it before 10 o'clock.

"Alright, that's it for today's movie. We need to register tomorrow, so everyone should come early, especially Xiao Han," Sima Yi said.

Han Cheng: "..."

"I'll set an alarm for tomorrow and come early, let's see what you have to say then!" — Han Cheng thought to himself.

Sima Yu's family.

"Brother, is everything going smoothly at the club?" Sima Yu asked as he poured water for Sima Yi.

"Not bad, I didn't expect them to be so loyal. Tsk tsk, it seems my money wasn't wasted. When our TOL team conquers all corners of the world and wins the world championship, I'll make sure you live a good life..." Sima Yi said, picking up his water glass.

"Brother, am I not doing well these days?" Sima Yu said. "Brother, don't work too hard. I'll help you manage the shop during the holidays, but I have to go to school during the week, so I can't help you then!"

"Yes, no problem. The King of Glory competitions are all on holidays. They train at their clubs on weekdays, so I don't need to worry about them. The clubs are newly established and very busy right now, but things will get better later," Sima Yi said. "Having such a good sister like you, I'm content. However—"

Sima Yi changed the subject abruptly, "You have feelings for that kid... no, Xiao Han, I need to be a bit more professional now, I can't keep calling him 'that kid,' 'that kid.' But, what exactly are your feelings for him..."

Sima Yu smiled without saying a word. Seeing Sima Yu's reaction, Sima Yi added, "I know I'm a boy, and you might have trouble answering this kind of question, but I'm just worried about you..."

"Brother, you're overthinking it. It's okay. I know what I'm thinking, so don't worry about it." Sima Yu laughed. "As for you, Dad doesn't really approve of you starting this club. He says you're not doing your job properly, but thankfully he still agreed. This is one of the few times in my life that Dad has agreed to your decision."

“Oh, really? It seems Dad still cares about me a lot…” Sima Yi said.

Sima Yi glanced at his watch again and said, "It's getting late, I'll head back now. Goodnight!"

"Okay, goodnight!" Sima Yu smiled sweetly.

At Han Cheng's home.

Han Cheng, as always, meditated and ate in bed. An hour before bed, he would play a game, and by then it would be almost midnight. He had to get up early tomorrow, and Little Ma hadn't said what time they would meet...

"The schedule says eight o'clock, so eight o'clock it is," Han Cheng muttered, then thought for a moment, "What if it's not? I'd better get up earlier! So they won't say I'm late again..."

Meditation finished, then games, then sleep...

— (Note that this is a dividing line, indicating a turning point in the chapter content. If I don't explain it, you might think I'm crazy for making this up...)

the next day.

"Ha, it's only a little past seven, let's grab some food first," Han Cheng muttered. He had originally planned to buy some snacks, but then he remembered his friend who had purpura... so he decided against it...

TOL Club.

"Haha, I'm the first one here this time!" Han Cheng arrived at the club, glanced around, and found that no one was there.

"What goes around comes around, and now it's my turn to laugh at you all," Han Cheng thought to himself. He had gotten up early and walked here today, and although he was a little tired, it was still better than spending money to take a taxi.

"Why haven't they arrived yet?" Han Cheng glanced at the clock on the wall; it was almost eight o'clock, but there wasn't a single person in the club.

Considering the distances between their homes, the club had three keys: one for Sima Yi, one for Han Cheng, and one for Sun Hou and Fatty. Sima Yi's house was relatively close to Ye Bing's, so they could look out for each other. Therefore, Han Cheng didn't believe they had arrived early, didn't have a key, and had gone back.

"Knock knock knock..." Han Cheng heard his phone ring, picked it up and looked at it. It was Xu Xiaomeng calling.

"Hello? What's up?" Han Cheng asked.

"Little Orange, registration is about to start, why aren't you here yet? Qin Li has already arrived." Xu Xiaomeng's slightly anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

"What? Where are you guys? Aren't we supposed to meet at the club before registering?" Han Cheng realized that what he thought was early was actually the wrong place.

“Pingshan City Gymnasium, did you leave early yesterday? Brother Ma said to be at Pingshan City Gymnasium before eight o’clock today…” Xu Xiaomeng said.

"Damn, it seems like Brother Ma did say something like that..." Han Cheng vaguely remembered that Sima Yi had mentioned beforehand that he needed to register at the Pingshan City Gymnasium before eight o'clock today. "I'll come find you guys right away!" Han Cheng said, then hung up the phone. He looked at his watch; it was almost eight o'clock. He thought to himself that the money he had painstakingly saved by walking was going to be spent again...

Waaah, we arrived so early, only to find nothing. I wonder how traumatized Han Cheng must be.