Chapter 121 Rejecting All

"Did he refuse?" Su Mucheng asked, seeing Ye Xiu sigh and close the QQ chat window.

"Yeah." Ye Xiu nodded, his tone full of regret.

Guo Yang was the first person Ye Xiu contacted in his search for a Qigong Master player. He was a former Excellent Era player who joined Team Howling after Excellent Era was eliminated from the league.

There's no doubt about the strength of a player who could be a starter at Excellent Era. Ye Xiu and Su Mucheng were also his former teammates, and they understood each other well. Integrating Guo Yang into Happy would also be easier than for the average person. So, although Chen Guo wasn't thrilled with this choice, she had to admit that Guo Yang was a good choice in theory.

But unfortunately, Guo Yang firmly rejected Ye Xiu's invitation. Compared to Happy, he had more faith in his future with Howling. Although he hadn't been valued much at Howling before, now that Fang Rui was confirmed to be leaving and Liu Hao, his old teammate from Excellent Era, had arrived, Guo Yang felt that his chance to shine was coming.

"Happy? I think I'll pass!" Guo Yang didn't think much of Ye Xiu's invitation. Although Boundless Sea was a good temptation, Guo Yang didn't think it was enough to convince him. He came from a rich club and used to play with the powerful character Qi Chongyunshui. So, his standards were high, and his ambitions were high. What he was looking for wasn't just a good character for himself, but a strong team and strong characters. The current Howling was a good fit for him. As for Happy, he felt that he didn't need to lower himself to join such a new team. So what if they had Boundless Sea? He wasn't some small-time character who hadn't seen the world.

"Why don't you go look for Song Xiao?" Guo Yang said to Ye Xiu at the end.

This recommendation forced Ye Xiu to close the chat window helplessly. He could of course hear the sarcasm in Guo Yang's words. Song Xiao had a firm position in Blue Rain, a powerful character, and a bright future. There was no reason to choose Happy to test the waters, so Ye Xiu had never considered Song Xiao as an option.

But Guo Yang insisted on recommending him, clearly feeling that his situation was the same as Song Xiao's. It was unrealistic for Happy to look for him, too. Since that was the case, there was nothing Ye Xiu could say. Howling was a top-four team from last season and was on a roll. It really didn't make sense to transfer from such a team to a new team that had just entered the alliance. Ye Xiu had thought that Guo Yang might have the intention of moving because he wasn't valued at Howling, but seeing how optimistic he was about his future at Howling, there was no need to waste any more words.

Zhao Yang had retired, Song Xiao wasn't an option, and Guo Yang had rejected him with great confidence. That left three active Qigong Master players in the league: Ning Yuan from Team Yizhan, Zhao Bin from Team He Wu, and Sun Howen from Team Zhaohua.

Happy's relationship with these three teams in the game was excellent, but the team level was another matter entirely. Of course, Yizhan was an exception. Because of his close relationship with Lou Guan Ning, it would be relatively easy to make a deal with Yizhan. But the problem was that Team Yizhan was basically a group of friends. Lou Guan Ning and his five friends firmly occupied five spots. Even if super gods like Zhou Zekai, Huang Shaotian, and Wang Jiexi came to Yizhan, they would only be the sixth man.

Ning Yuan? Ye Xiu didn't know where Lou Guan Ning had found this person. He must have been brought in to make up the numbers. He hadn't appeared on the field once the entire season. He would probably only play if all five of Lou Guan Ning's friends broke their hands. If Happy really asked, Ye Xiu estimated that Lou Guan Ning would give the person away for free. Anyway, they didn't care. After all, the chances of five people breaking their hands at the same time were quite low.

But Happy wouldn't dare to use this kind of player. Look at this guy, he could be so calm and collected as a useless substitute in Yizhan. It seemed that he was very clear about his role and status as a filler and didn't have any other thoughts. With that kind of mentality, no one would dare to entrust the future of the team to him.

Zhao Bin from Team He Wu and Sun Howen from Team Zhaohua were players from small and medium-sized teams, so it was inevitable that they would be ignored by many. But these two didn't really have any impressive ideas. But in any case, they were at least more reliable options than Ning Yuan.

But if it was a team that aimed to win the championship, being just "more reliable than Ning Yuan" didn't seem to be enough!

Chen Guo looked at Ye Xiu, wondering if he had any other plans. According to the theory of too many monks and too little porridge, excellent Qigong Master players might be buried, but now it seemed that this burial was a bit deep. There weren't even any suitable candidates in the professional circle. Were the good Qigong Masters buried in the game because there was no demand from the teams?

Or, were there excellent seedlings in the youth training camps of some clubs?

For example, Excellent Era?

Ye Xiu should be very familiar with Excellent Era's training camp. And since their team had a Qigong Master main player, if they discovered an excellent Qigong Master seedling, they would likely bring him under their wing. Now that Excellent Era had disbanded, these excellent seedlings still existed. This should also be an option, right?

Chen Guo had always believed that Ye Xiu hadn't started planning after getting Boundless Sea. When he decided to get Boundless Sea, he probably already had some ideas. Guo Yang was the first choice, but he was rejected. But Ye Xiu wouldn't hang himself on one tree.

What would happen next? Chen Guo didn't ask. She just walked silently to Ye Xiu's side. The current Chen Guo was at least more patient than before and didn't start worrying without knowing the full situation.

Ye Xiu was flipping through his QQ friends, but after flipping for a long time, Chen Guo's heart started to cool down.

Could it be that they had really reached the end of the road and had no choice?

Just as she was worrying, she saw Ye Xiu nudge his head to the side and ask Su Mucheng, "Do you have Song Xiao's friend ID?"

"Song Xiao? That's not very likely, is it?" Chen Guo was already stunned when Su Mucheng said that. Hadn't Song Xiao been considered an impossible candidate long ago? Did Ye Xiu have a way?

Although Su Mucheng was a little doubtful, she quickly told Ye Xiu, "No, but is it in the group?"

"Oh, right." Ye Xiu muttered and found Blue Rain's Taoluoshaming from the professional player group. He greeted him in a temporary chat window, but there was no response. Then, Chen Guo saw him pull, pull, pull in the friend bar. After a while, Night Rain Sounds was pulled out.

Huang Shaotian, Blue Rain's teammate of Song Xiao.

Chen Guo felt dizzy for a while, and then she saw Ye Xiu send a message: "Is Song Xiao there? Have him get on QQ."

"Song Xiao? What are you looking for him for? Why are you asking me? You can't be serious! What are you doing? What do you want to do? Are you trying to poach Song Xiao? Are you drunk? How is Song Xiao possible? You should go look for Guo Yang. You guys know each other, and he's not doing so well in Howling right now." Huang Shaotian replied quickly. Chatting with him was fast-paced. As for whether it saved time, that was a matter of opinion. For example, his suggestion now, let alone Ye Xiu had already done it, the whole circle had already talked about it. Everyone thought Guo Yang was especially suitable.

"Why are you talking so much nonsense? Is he there or not?" Ye Xiu didn't seem to be asking for a favor at all.

"Tch, just let you give up on this idea. You wait," Huang Shaotian shouted. After a while, he sent Ye Xiu an invitation. Taking a look, this guy had created a discussion group. Song Xiao had joined, but he also wanted to squat on the side and watch.

Ye Xiu didn't waste any words and straightforwardly said, "What do you think, Song Xiao? Are you interested in coming with me to win a championship?"

"Hahahaha, win a championship? Isn't that the best part? Song Xiao, listen to what he says next," Huang Shaotian said.

"Happy's environment is very good, very quiet," Ye Xiu said.

"Roll, roll, roll, roll, roll!" Huang Shaotian replied first again.

"Haha, I was almost tempted!" As a result, this time, Song Xiao also replied. Of course, almost tempted meant not tempted at all, still a rejection, but these words undoubtedly stabbed Huang Shaotian in the heart. This time, Huang Shaotian didn't reply for a long time. Ye Xiu suspected that they might have started fighting over there.

Of course, Ye Xiu's search for Song Xiao wasn't just a random act. He really wanted to try this possibility. The discussion group wasn't very serious. In fact, the persuasion was still continuing in the temporary chat window with Song Xiao.

"Consider the possibility of Happy winning the championship. Perhaps you'll find it very interesting," Ye Xiu said.

In terms of pure resources, Happy really had nothing to compete with Blue Rain. What they had was this kind of shocking possibility. Perhaps there was someone with a very strong sense of novelty who was willing to take a chance?

"Hehe, I'm a little looking forward to it, but I'm still more looking forward to Blue Rain winning the championship!" Facts proved that Song Xiao was more realistic, more rational, and not very novelty-seeking.

"Don't you want to create history together?" Ye Xiu said.

"History?"

"A new team that wins the championship in its first season in the league. Don't you think it's very exciting and stylish?" Ye Xiu said.

"Uh, I think I'll pass!"

"Young man, how can you not have a bit of vigor? You're so lifeless!" Ye Xiu said.

"I'm fine like this, really..." Song Xiao said.

"Think about it carefully. If you're tempted, contact me anytime," Ye Xiu said.

"To be honest, there was a moment when my heart did beat a little, but I'm still more afraid of regretting it," Song Xiao said honestly, not hiding his true thoughts. But because he said it clearly enough, his rejection wasn't ambiguous at all. This was a person who could face his own mentality and control it.

"What a pity..." Ye Xiu expressed his regret and didn't pester him any further.

"Another failure," Ye Xiu said, shaking his head and sighing.

"That's not a surprise, is it?" Chen Guo said, but she had to admit that when Ye Xiu threw out something like creating history, she almost thought that the impossible was about to become possible. This kind of saying was really easy to make people impulsive.

"It really can't be considered," Ye Xiu said. He was really trying with a dead horse as if it were still alive.

"Now, what do we do?" Chen Guo finally asked this time.

"Hmm..." Ye Xiu responded and, taking advantage of the fact that the group he hadn't closed earlier, he opened another temporary chat window.

"Sleazy Fang, have you ever thought about changing your class? How about Qigong Master? We're just waiting for you!" Ye Xiu said in the new chat window.