Chapter 107 Don't Let Loyalty Harm You

In China, a war of poaching and cutting off funds is taking place, while in the not-so-distant South Korea, a test of loyalty is also quietly taking place.

Li Xianghe picked up a piece of barbecue, dipped it in the hot sauce, and put it into his mouth.

It should have a very strong flavor, but he just felt it was a bit bland.

The online competition stage is coming to an end, and the starting lineup of the SKT team has been basically determined.

On the road, there was no doubt that Park Jae-yoon would be the winner.

Lee Sang-hyuk and Kim Hyuk-kyu have also secured their starting positions thanks to their talent, hard work, and a little bit of goodwill.

Park Jae-yoon is still very satisfied with Lee Sang-hyuk. After all, he is strong enough and not a high-profile person.

However, seeing so many talented young people fail on the road to their dreams, Li Xianghe felt a little uncomfortable.

Today is a rare half-day holiday, so Li Xianghe did not stay at the base for training, but was invited out for a meal.

The one who invited him was Zheng Yanyong.

As Park Ben's destined background board, Zheng Yanyong's youth training career can be described as tragic.

Not only does he have to be used as Park Jae-yoon's target to establish his authority from time to time, but his career is also in a dark period.

But his relationship with Lee Sang-hyuk is surprisingly good.

Perhaps it was out of some kind of sympathy.

Although Zheng Yanyong failed to compete for a place in the first team, with his outstanding ability, it is more than enough for him to be a starter in the second team or a substitute in the first team.

But two days ago, he reached a peaceful termination of his contract with SKT and left SKT.

This incident was truly bizarre to the young people in the youth training camp. Considering the greedy nature of the Korean chaebols, could they let Zheng Yanyong go so easily?

But Zheng Yanyong just left without any resistance.

Although Li Xianghe was also confused, he did not think too much about it. He just felt sorry that another friend of his had fallen on the road to pursuing his dreams.

Just then, Zheng Yanyong suddenly contacted him, hoping that he would come out for dinner.

So Li Xianghe came here.

"Sang Hyuk, why aren't you active in eating? Are you worried about something?" Zheng Yanyong teased as he looked at Li Sang Hyuk who looked worried.

"I'm just a little confused. Brother Yanyong is so passionate about his career, why would he choose to give up like this?" Li Xianghe said softly.

Zheng Yanyong is one year older than him. Although he repeatedly emphasized that there is no need to be particular about these things, Li Xianghe still calls him Yanyong brother.

"Who told you that I gave up my career?" Zheng Yanyong said with a teasing look on his face.

"You didn't give up your career? Will SKT let you go?" Lee Sang-hyuk was shocked.

The only way he could think of for Zheng Yanyong to get out of this unscathed was to give up his career dream and return to ordinary life.

Otherwise, SKT will definitely make him pay a heavy price!

"Want to know where I went?" Zheng Yanyong said with a smile.

"SSQ? KT?" Lee Sang-hyuk mentioned the names of several strong teams he was familiar with that were backed by chaebols.

But given the foundation of these strong teams, they must have their own players, so why bother poaching people from SKT?

"Neither, it's C9." Zheng Yanyong said seriously.

"C9?" Li Xianghe was puzzled. He had never heard of the name of this team.

"You haven't heard of it, right? I know you haven't heard of it." Zheng Yanyong finally had a little bit of pride in his expression:
"C9 is a team from North America, and their background is the military of White Eagle!"

"Brother, I am about to go to North America to compete!"

As Li Xianghe's eyes widened with shock, Zheng Yanyong recounted his experiences during this period.

It turns out that after being bullied by Park Jae-yoon, Zheng Yanyong became somewhat discouraged about his life.

With this mentality, he had no motivation to continue training on the Korean server.

So, with a sightseeing attitude, Zheng Yanyong went to other servers.

As a result, when he was dominating the US server with huge lag, he was matched with a member of C9.

The man was amazed at Zheng Yanyong's ability to perform so well despite the high latency. As C9 was currently lacking a top laner, he added Zheng Yanyong as his friend after the game. Zheng Yanyong was in despair of being bullied at the time, and the olive branch extended by C9 was his last straw.

C9 prepared an online tryout for him. Zheng Yanyong, with red eyes, used the ID "Impact" and used a style that was not at all like Zheng Yanyong's, to defeat all other top laner candidates of C9.

So, he got a contract from C9.

C9 has the background of the White Eagle Military. Not to mention SKT, even the Korean government dare not do anything to them.

Even though SKT was filled with hatred, they could only grit their teeth and say to Zheng Yanyong, "Goodbye, young master."

"It's actually... like this!" Li Xianghe was shocked.

He thought about where Zheng Yanyong would go in the future, but he never expected that he would take such a special path.

"Sang Hyuk, listen to your brother's advice." Zheng Yanyong suddenly became serious and looked directly into Li Sang Hyuk's eyes.

"SKT is definitely not a good place for you. Even the current situation in South Korea is not suitable for the growth of e-sports."

"Esports is a young sport, but young people in South Korea can only bow down to the old guys."

"Just like SKT, if Park Jae-yoon is not brought down, you will never make it to the World Championship!"

There was sarcasm in Zheng Yanyong's eyes, but it quickly softened.

"Sang Hyuk, your talent is the best among the young people I have seen in these years."

"I sincerely hope that you won't be buried in this quagmire and become someone like Park Ben!"

"Come to think of it, Ryu Sang-wook, who once competed with you for the starting position but ultimately lost, seems to have been favored by a European team."

"I think you have the ability to leave Korea and go to another country to build your career!"

Li Xianghe listened to Zheng Yanyong's persuasion and hesitated for a moment.

In fact, he had already had some complaints about SKT's bad atmosphere.

But leaving your hometown is a big deal after all.

And, He Kui...

"Sorry, Brother Yanyong, if possible, I would like to try it in South Korea." Li Xianghe raised his head and his eyes finally regained their firmness.

Zheng Yanyong didn't seem surprised by this and said with a smile: "I knew you would say that."

"In that case, let me give you some advice."

Zheng Yanyong took out his phone and opened an app, which was filled with the hieroglyphs that Li Xianghe had been studying hard recently:

"This is Huaxia's League of Legends auxiliary software, which contains a lot of strategies and experience."

"As the hometown of League of Legends, China has a very high level of attainment in this game. In particular, there is a team whose operations and tactics are breathtaking."

Li Xianghe was stunned and asked subconsciously: "Is it Blue Rain, Azur Rain?"

Maybe he was obsessed with learning Chinese during this period, so when he pronounced the word "Blue Rain", he did not use Korean, but the pure Chinese pronunciation.

Zheng Yanyong was startled, then suddenly smiled with relief: "You are an expert!"

When he had almost finished his meal, he stood up and walked towards the front desk, his voice coming from afar.

"Brother is going to North America soon, so I will use the famous quote of Kevin Garnett, the North American basketball star, as my parting words!"

"Don't let loyalty get you down!"

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(End of this chapter)