Chapter 7: You Want to Kill Your Idol? The Amazing Qin Ye “Sister”?

6:30 PM, the Esports Association’s office at the club department.

Zhuo Wenchao and Jiang Xue were in the middle of discussing something when the door suddenly made a sound. A young female teacher wearing a white business dress pushed through the doors. After spotting the two, she couldn’t help smiling and said, “What are you talking about? Still haven’t returned to the dorms to rest?”

Zhuo Wenchao politely stood up. “Teacher Lin, we were just in the middle of discussing matters relating to today’s Rhythm Master tournament. At today’s finals, two first-class players showed up and amazed everyone with their hand speed.”

Teacher Lin was busy in the afternoon and wasn’t able to attend the competition. She couldn’t help assuming and said, “First-class player?”

Zhuo Wenchao said, “The two people got a full score on a level 10 song. The championship, Wu Zewen, is said to be at the performance level for piano. His hand speed was extremely fast. The other person was Liu Chuan from the history department. His hand speed was also equally matched compared to Wu Zewen. Teacher, you are the history advisor. Do you know his situation?”

“Liu Chuan?” Teacher Lin paused for a second. “Regarding this student, it isn’t convenient for me to say. You asking about him, do you wish to get him to join the Esports Association?”

Zhuo Wenchao said, “That’s right. People with quick hand speed will certainly be incredible when trained to play games. The National University League will do official registration next month. Our school team plans to participate in this competition, but at the moment, we are short on players. However, I ran into him when I went with Jiang Xue to the cafeteria just now and told him about our plan. Too bad he wasn’t interested at all in the national competition……”

Lin Fang asked, “What about this Wu Zewen? What did he say?”

Jiang Xue said, “Wu Zewen decided to participate in the Winter Grand Prix Rhythm Master event but was not interested in online games.”

Teacher Lin Fang thought deeply for a while with her head lowered, then said, “Let’s do this, I will get in touch again with Liu Chuan. If he is willing to, I can invite him to take the role of our school team’s coach.”

Zhuo Wenchao and Jiang Xue looked at each other in shock.

The school team’s coach?

What kind of background did this Liu Chuan have? The teacher would go so far as to ask him to take the role of a coach?

Teacher Lin Fang said with a small smile, “Letting him be the coach will truly be using a talented person doing a small job. You guys do not need to worry. For the time being, wait for my news.”

Zhuo Wenchao and Jiang Xue were still speechless for a moment as they watched the female teacher leave the office.

Lin Fang was the advisor for the history department, but at the same time, she was also the Esports Association’s advisor.

C University’s Esports Association was established two years ago. Having developed extremely quickly, nowadays, the large association already exceeded five hundred members with their own office and training room. Under the hard work of Teacher Lin Fang, the school also allocated a large set of funds to the Esports Association. They had also installed many high-end gaming computers in the training room to help the students train. The creation of C University’s esports team had also had some good results in the past two years. The dean* said: a university students’ life after school should be rich. As long as it does not affect their studies, playing a few competitive games and representing the school to compete in a few competitions is something worth encouraging.

Zhuo Wenchao was the Esports Association’s president, so naturally, he was someone who absolutely loved video games. He was very excited about discovering Liu Chuan and Wu Zewen, two good seedlings, at today’s Rhythm Master finals. He was so excited that he wanted to use ropes to tie up the two students and drag them to the Esports Association right away……

Too bad President Zhuo had wasted half a day’s worth of saliva, yet the two people hadn’t changed their mind the slightest.

Lin Fang decided to take the matter into her own hands.

Liu Chuan received a message and turned to walk to the history department’s office. Sure enough, he saw a young female teacher with beautiful delicate features sitting in front of a desk. She lifted her head and beamed at him when she saw him.

Liu Chuan also smiled and said, “Teacher Lin, long time no see.”

Lin Fang nodded. “Please don’t be polite. Sit first.”

Back then, when Liu Chuan was going through the suspension procedure, this teacher had helped him a lot.

Teacher Lin Fang was actually also a C University history graduate. Older than Liu Chuan by a few years, she was considered his shijie. After graduating, she had stayed at the school to become a teacher. Liu Chuan knew her well, so naturally, he dropped the formalities and sat across from her. He said with a smile, “Teacher Lin, what do you need me for?”

Lin Fang beamingly said, “How are you getting along with the new roommates? Getting used to it yet?”

Liu Chuan said, “Quite well.”

Relieved, Lin Fang nodded. “That’s great. You left the school for many years, returning to the campus, there are many places you’ll need to familiarize yourself with again. If you need any help with anything, feel free to ask me.”

“Mn, got it.” Liu Chuan paused for a second and lifted his head to look at her. “Teacher Lin, this isn’t the only thing you wanted to get me for, right?”

Lin Fang smiled. “As expected, I couldn’t hide it from you.”

As she spoke, she took out a newspaper from a drawer and gently pushed it in front of Liu Chuan.

Written at the top of the newspaper were the two words “Esports Weekly”. The front-page headline was written in big, bold letters——

Wulin’s First National University League Competition Will Officially Launch in October……

Liu Chuan quickly skimmed the information.

Lin Fang said, “This was just published last week. Many esport events already have a national university league. Wulin also launching a national university league has become a popular topic. The amount of students who play this game at the school is not at all little. This time, organizing an official national university league would be considered the first time bringing university students to the esports stage.”

Liu Chuan continued thoughtfully looking at the news.

Lin Fang said, “Entering provincials with our team’s level is not an issue, but entering the regional matches will be difficult. That’s why I actually wanted you to……?”

Liu Chuan lifted his head and said earnestly, “Teacher Lin, you already know about my situation. I left the League for half a year. Participating in this kind of competition will not comply with regulations. Besides, my parents also do not wish for me to play this type of game while I am in my last year of school, much less participating in competitions.”

Lin Fang said, “I understand your situation. That’s why I won’t make it difficult for you.”

Liu Chuan was surprised. “What do you mean?”

Lin Fang said with a smile, “How about try being the coach?”

Liu Chuan: “……”

Lin Fang said, “Be the school team’s coach behind the scenes and give directions to the players competing. You don’t need to appear to compete. The course load for Year 4 is not a lot. With your ability, you can handle a few courses with absolutely no problem. So don’t worry about it affecting your studies. In regards to your parents, as long as you don’t talk and I don’t talk, then no one will know about this.”

Lin Fang paused for a bit, then said, “How about that, Liu Chuan? This major competition will be broadcasted live from beginning to end on the internet. Watching the students on our team being abused by other schools live, as a C University student, you also wouldn’t feel happy, right?”

Liu Chuan: “……”

As a C University student, contributing a bit to the school would only be right.

If it weren’t for the open-mindedness of the school and the dean’s tolerance and magnanimity, it would not have allowed a student to immediately suspend their studies for three years just for the sake of competing. C University had retained his student status for three whole years, and he also had many fond memories of this school.

Now that he has returned, to have him sit and watch from the side as the school team compete would really be a bit inappropriate.

Liu Chuan very quickly made up his mind. With a small smile, he said, “School coach, is that so? No problem, but……”

Lin Fang’s eyes lit up. “But what?”

Liu Chuan said, “I don’t want people to know I am Hundred River Flows into Sea. In regards to my true identity, teacher, please help me hide it.”

Lin Fang understood Liu Chuan’s meaning very well.

There were many players in the esports circle. Everyone was familiar with the others’ IDs. After all, during the esport matches, the avatar’s username was shown on the screen. The player’s true identity and background were not known to many people.

The Hundred River Flows into the Sea avatar’s popularity was too high. After staying with the Professional League for nine whole seasons, the fans were countless. Every year the internet’s vote would place him at the very front of the popularity ranking list. If such an avatar appears at the school, it would definitely cause a commotion.

Being watched by the crowd was not a good thing.

Liu Chuan chose a low-key approach that Lin Fang also approves.

Lin Fang said with a smile, “Good, I will help you hide this and won’t tell anybody.”

Liu Chuan put down the newspaper and asked, “Teacher, you mentioned the level of the school team. Entering provincials would be no problem, right?”

Lin Fang nodded. “The school team has four players whose level is not bad. President Zhuo is in the process of looking for new people.”

Liu Chuan thought for a moment and said, “That’s right, I have two excellent people in mind who would be good to play this game. My roommate Li Xiang and Wu Zewen, whom I encountered at today’s competition. I first need to find a way to get them to play the game and properly train them before discussing this again.”

Liu Chuan paused, then added, “If I am the school team’s coach, the requirements for the players will be very strict, and our team’s goal also won’t just simply stop at provincials.”

Lin Fang controlled her excitement and asked, “Then what is our goal?”

Liu Chuan smiled. “The national championship.”

When Liu Chuan returned to the dorm, Li Xiang and the others were surfing on their computers. Once he saw Liu Chuan returned, Li Xiang immediately walked over and patted his shoulder. He gave him a thumbs up. “Liu Chuan, you are really incredible! I saw the forum’s post. You actually got the Rhythm Master’s second place. Quickly, what is the prize?”

Liu Chuan said with a smile, “A phone.”

Liu Chuan took out the prize to let his roommates look at it.

At this moment, there was suddenly a knocking at the door.

Knock, knock, knock……

Knock, knock, knock……

Liu Chuan laughed once he heard this knocking sound: a repeater-like knocking, wasn’t that Wu Zewen?

He turned to open the door to have a look. Sure enough, it was Wu Zewen who was at the door.

Liu Chuan looked at him for a second and said with a smile, “Zewen, this is 301. Did you forget to walk up another floor again?”

Wu Zewen’s ear reddened slightly. He lifted his head to look at him and explained, “No, this time I didn’t go the wrong way. I am looking for Li Xiang.”

Liu Chuan turned his head and saw Li Xiang jogging over with a smile. “Wu Zewen, you looking for me? Quickly come in, come in!”

As a result, Wu Zewen walked around in front of Liu Chuan and followed Li Xiang into Room 301.

Liu Chuan: “……”

After Wu Zewen entered the room, he took out a stack of brand new bills and lowered his head to start counting.

The way the little moneygrubber counted the money was very serious. After counting two times to confirm it was correct, he handed the bills to Li Xiang. “Li Xiang, I’m returning the three thousand yuan to you.”

Li Xiang waved his hand and said, “There’s really no rush to return it to me. You didn’t buy your iPad?”

Wu Zewen nodded. “Mn, I got the prize in the competition today.”

From the beginning, Wu Zewen wanted to buy a tablet to read documents. However, his scholarship would deposit next month. There was a promotion going on recently for the iPad, which was why Wu Zewen went to Li Xiang to borrow a bit of money. He planned to buy the tablet and wait for the scholarship to deposit to return the money. As a result of an unexpected turn of events, Wu Zewen participated in the school’s Rhythm master tournament and won the tablet. Saving him that money, he just simply returned the money to Li Xiang.

Coincidentally, Li Xiang’s computer had Wulin’s official website opened on it. Wu Zewen saw the big “Wulin” icon in the middle of the screen. Curiously, he walked over and asked, “You playing Wulin?”

Li Xiang nodded, “Yeah! I asked you to come to play before, but you had never been interested. This game is actually quite fun to play.”

Wu Zewen said, “I am interested now.”

Li Xiang suddenly was very shocked——how did Wu Zewen suddenly become interested in this game?

From the side, Liu Chuan smiled but said nothing——the little moneygrubber definitely become interested after hearing about the two million yuan prize money.

To attract the little moneygrubber xueba to play a game, taunting and whatnot would be of no use. The proper way was: luring with the prize.

Seeing Wu Zewen’s serious gaze, Li Xiang enthusiastically said, “That’s great, first allow me properly introduce you to this game!”

Li Xiang opened the server and brought a stool for Wu Zewen to sit next to the desk. He then logged in his username. While watching the scenery, he explained to Wu Zewen, “This game has eight major sects. Shaolin, Emei, Wudang, Xiaoyao, Mingjiao, Beggars, Tangmen, and the Five Poisons. Each sect divides into three styles. Adding them up together, there is a total of twenty-four classes. I play the Tangmen Archer. The Tangmen’s Archer is an archer with high explosiveness and high output. The playing style is……”

From behind, Liu Chuan heard him talk about all kinds of nonsense and didn’t know whether he should laugh or cry.

Li Xiang’s understanding of Tangmen was obviously not enough. If Wu Zewen follows Li Xiang to learn, it would really be a good seedling with a crooked rhythm!

Liu Chuan stood behind the two, thinking deeply for a while.

The school team was four players short of two. If he could drag these two to play the game and train for a month, there was still enough time to enter the school team before the university league competitions.

When he told Teacher Lin the goal was the championship, he wasn’t talking big. It was because, with Li Xiang and Wu Zewen, whose hand speed reached the level of new professional players, he had confidence that he could take the team to enter the finals with these two joining.

After all, the difference between the University League’s level to the Professional League was too big. With a few good players, including Liu Chuan personally coaching them, they would definitely achieve good results.

However, Wu Zewen was a novice in online games, and Li Xiang was a fool who insists on playing Tangmen. To be able to change the two people’s views would not be easy.

These two people were similar to highly configurated computers; the internal storage, hard disk, video card and CPU were all high-end. With the hardware foundation laid, it only needed the software. If there was a good teacher teaching from the very beginning, the two novices would surely make speedy progress. If their talents were good enough, they could perhaps become a first-class god!

Liu Chuan thought for a moment and asked, “Li Xiang, you have played Wulin for this long. Do you like any professional players?”

Li Xiang scratched his head and said with a smile, “I really like Ye Se. I think Goddess Ye Se is very awesome!”

When he mentioned his goddess, student Li Xiang’s eyes lit up. One look and you could tell he was a big fanboy.

Liu Chuan: “……”

Goddess?!

Qin Ye was the League’s first transvestite. He created a female account when he started playing the online game. After he began competing, he also conveniently made a female account named “Ye Se”. Never once changing his gender, it obviously caused many people to misunderstood him as a girl.

Liu Chuan controlled his impulse to tell Li Xiang the truth. He calmly took out his phone. Very quickly, he sent a message——

“Qin Ye, interested in abusing a newbie in a game?”

He quickly received a reply: “You aren’t going to abuse the newbie yourself?”

Liu Chuan said: “At the university dorm, it’s not convenient for me to do it myself. His hand speed is not bad, and he’s very talented. Too bad he is very foolish, always thinking that Shaolin would be useless in a match. Open a Shaolin side account to help me abuse him. However, he is a big fan of yours.”

Qin Ye asked: “Do I need to show any mercy?”

Liu Chuan smiled. “No need, abuse him however you want! Abuse him until he spits blood, abuse until he deletes the account! You understand : )

Qin Ye sent a “=” from his side.

=, the equal sign, also meant to wait a moment.

This person, Qin Ye, had a fast hand speed, but his personality was also straight to the point. When playing in matches, his whirlwind hand speed would often cause people to be dazzled. But when he was chatting online, he becomes extremely lazy. If he was not in the mood to type unnecessary words, he would definitely not add another punctuation mark when he could summarize everything in a single punctuation mark.

The = symbol, please wait a moment.

The ? symbol, why.

The …… symbol, I’m speechless.

The number 8[*], see you again!

[*]: In Chinese, 8 sounds similar to bye, so sometimes, it is used to say farewell.

When sending messages through text or QQ with Qin Ye, you’ll have to get used to this type of incredible brief one-worded text style.

After a moment, Qin Ye sent another message with numbers: “1314”

This, however, did not mean a whole lifetime. Instead, it was the arena number.

Because Liu Chuan was close to him, he quickly understood his meaning. If strangers were to chat with him, they would definitely be driven mad by him.

All that only took thirty seconds for the two experts to finish messaging with each other.

Li Xiang was still enthusiastically explaining to Wu Zewen all kinds of information regarding the sects. Liu Chuan put away his phone and walked behind Li Xiang to take a look. Sure enough, he saw the 1314 arena on a row of the newly created arenas. The arena name was very simple and crude——begging for abuse.

Liu Chuan pointed at that arena and said with a slight smile, “Li Xiang, Wu Zewen has not played the online game, so he does not understand just by using words to explain to him. Let’s enter this arena and actually play once.”

Li Xiang saw the arena name, and suddenly excitement course through him. “Okay! I will take a look at this arena! Begging for abuse? To dare take such an arrogant name in the arena area, must be a rookie who doesn’t understand the rules. Zewen, you watch how I kill them!”

“……” Liu Chuan smiled but said nothing.

You want to kill your idol? The amazing Qin Ye “sister”?

Friend, you really think too much……