The Road to Godhood in Honor of Kings

At this point, Xing Batian had already left in anger, and he decided to recruit new members.

Inside the Storm Club's training base, the five members of the Stormwind team stared at the black screen in front of them, their heads in dismay. Even in the King of Glory's strongest team competition, they hadn't been so brutally defeated. They were improving, but the TOL team was also improving, and improving so quickly.

Inside the TOL team's training room.

The Stormwind team's crystal shone again. They had scheduled three practice matches, and TOL had already won two. Stormwind didn't want to continue, but if they didn't, TOL would think they were scared and afraid to fight again, which would be even more embarrassing for them. After all, people tend to respect defeat more than surrender.

In the third training match, Sun Hou chose to let Gu Haifeng continue to play, saying it was to train the newcomer and at the same time fulfill Gu Haifeng's wish to play. But in reality, he was using this opportunity to rest and make Gu Haifeng owe him a favor.

In this game, the hero selection was basically the same as the previous game, but this time Gu Haifeng played Zhao Yun in the top lane, while Ye Bing played support.

After losing two games in a row, the opposing team's mentality was already affected, and they started making mistakes soon after. On the other hand, the TOL team pressed on and played steadily, taking the dragon first and then the Lord. The opposing team chose Liu Bei as their jungler, but they still couldn't control the dragon. The balance of economic advantage gradually shifted towards the TOL team, and the Fierce Wind team was powerless to resist. They lost the third game without any suspense.

Violent Wind lost all three practice matches against TOL, and the group remained silent with gloomy faces.

On the other hand, the TOL team was quite the opposite. Everyone was very happy. This was the first time since the club was founded that they had played a training match, and it was such a successful one. It was very encouraging, even though their opponents were not top-level players.

Sima Yi walked up to Gu Haifeng, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Little Gu, you did a great job. It seems like letting you join our club was a wise move. Tsk tsk, keep it up! If we create another team, you can be the captain!"

"Thank you, Manager Sima, I will work hard!" Gu Haifeng said.

"So, Brother Ma, can we go back and rest now?" Han Cheng asked.

"That's right, when have I ever broken my promise? Everyone go ahead, you'll probably be starting school in a few days, so have some more fun and then you can participate in the KPL Winter League later," Sima Yi said. "But I'll still call you if anything comes up."

"Brother Ma, I had already forgotten that our winter break was so short, but you brought it up again, and I remembered that school will be starting soon, boohoo..." Sun Wukong said.

"What's a grown man like you crying about?" the fat man slapped Sun Wukong on the shoulder. "Can't you even manage?"

"Who cried? I was just expressing my sadness. It's terrible to be uncultured, tsk tsk..." Sun Wukong looked at him with disdain.

"Tsk tsk, Fatty, I have everything except for being uneducated, especially when it comes to money, which I can't even count," the fat man laughed.

"Really? Send me a few hundred yuan in red envelopes first!" Sun Wukong stretched out his paw to ask the fat man for money, but the fat man slapped Sun Wukong's hand and quickly ran away.

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Several minutes later, at Han Cheng's home.

"I actually forgot my phone today. It's been at home storing power. Luckily it didn't explode..." Han Cheng muttered to himself, picking up his phone that was storing power. Speaking of which, Han Cheng bought a new phone after receiving his bonus. He uses one phone for gaming and the other for other things. Except for gaming, everything else is managed by this phone.

"Huh? Someone messaged me on QQ?" Han Cheng saw a QQ notification as soon as he opened his screen. Looking closely at the cute profile picture, Han Cheng immediately recognized it, and the nickname "Sima Yu"—it was indeed Sima Yu! Why would he message him? Han Cheng was wondering when a serious problem suddenly occurred to him: he seemed to have forgotten something…

"Oh no, I said I'd treat Sima Yu to dinner yesterday, I've already forgotten. Sima Yu even asked me if I didn't have time today..." Han Cheng muttered. "Never mind, I'll just say I don't have time. Anyway, today's training match was pretty tough..." An excuse came to Han Cheng's mind.

So Han Cheng replied to Sima Yu that he was extremely busy today and didn't even have time to eat, so he would postpone it until tomorrow...

Sima Yu replied instantly. Han Cheng guessed that Sima Yu was probably browsing social media or chatting, so he replied immediately. Sima Yu said it was okay and that he would send her the address later.

However, after telling Sima Yu, Han Cheng felt something was amiss. Actually, he wasn't particularly busy today; he had some free time at noon. What if Sima Yu asked about her brother, Sima Yi? How would Sima Yu view him?

"No, even though we're not very close, I absolutely can't ruin my tall and imposing image!" Han Cheng muttered to himself. So, Han Cheng decided to find another way to strike up a conversation with Sima Yu, then chat casually, pretending it was just small talk, before revealing his true purpose. He would complain about how tired he was that day, and make up a story about what he had been doing that day, which would make the lie believable...

So, Han Cheng casually picked a topic to talk about.

"Are you still there?" Han Cheng asked.

"exist!"

"I was just curious to ask when your school starts." Han Cheng wasn't actually interested in when Sima Yu's school started; he was just looking for a starting point. When chatting with a girl you're not very familiar with, if you initiate the conversation by saying, "Hey girl, I miss you," she'll probably ignore you. The point is to find a starting point, then keep finding topics to discuss, and when one topic is about to end, find the next one. That's how you build rapport, and eventually…

After waiting for Sima Yu's reply, Han Cheng began to complain about his short vacation, how busy he was every day, and how he had even trained alone after training today, forgetting to eat...

"So you're this hardworking, training alone and being so strict with yourself. I thought you didn't want to talk to me today because you ignored me, but it turns out you've been training too hard..." Sima Yu said, then told Han Cheng to be sure to rest and take care of his health. Han Cheng had achieved his goal. He chatted with Sima Yu for a while, pretending to make Sima Yu understand that he really didn't have time, while also gaining her sympathy. Unconsciously, he amplified his importance in Sima Yu's eyes, making her think Han Cheng was a hardworking person, when in fact Han Cheng hadn't been training alone at all...