Full-time master: I have a spirit behind me.

The jacket has a black base, a red logo, gold embroidery on the seams, a bright red national flag on the shoulder, and a large Honor logo on the back, with the word "Hua Xia" written in both Chinese and English.

The white shirt inside also has a huge Honor logo.

"Brother Mu Qiu, how is it?" Li Wen turned his head and asked with a smile.

[Handsome.] Su Muqiu gave a thumbs up: [No problem, let’s go.]

"Ok!"

Li Wen took a deep breath and walked out of the room. Outside the door, other national team members were waiting in the corridor wearing the same coats and shirts.

Ye Zheng raised his hands helplessly while Su Mucheng was straightening his collar. "It's almost done... Today is just the draw for the group stage."

"You have to be more alert and not sloppy." Su Mucheng warned without even raising her head.

[Xiao Wen...] Su Muqiu spoke through gritted teeth.

"Go give that ungrateful guy a slap, right?" Li Wen shrugged.

[Very good, you all know how to answer quickly, go up and give him two slaps! ] Su Muqiu choked for a moment, but quickly recovered.

It was no wonder that Li Wen was the one who answered the question first. It was because during the training period together, Su Muqiu had repeated such remarks too many times.

Speaking of which, Brother Ye is indeed a bit ungrateful.

Li Wen tilted his head, but both of them seemed to be enjoying it.

"Okay, if you're ready, let's go and draw lots." Ye Xiu sighed. The group of people were stunned for a moment, followed Ye Xiu and Xiao Shiqin, and got on the elevator leading to the underground parking lot.

The bus belonging to the Chinese team had already been waiting there.

"We have to discuss something before the draw. Otherwise, I'm a little worried..." After everyone was seated, Huang Shaotian focused everyone's attention with a serious face.

"What are you doing?" Sun Xiang rolled his eyes: "You made me nervous for a moment."

If other people said they were worried, everyone would indeed be nervous, but if Huang Shao said he was worried, it would probably be that he had just thought of some joke to tell.

"Xixi, stop messing around. I really have a serious proposal this time." Huang Shaotian waved his hand.

"Haha, the last time you made a serious proposal, it seemed like you were asking Feng Xianjun to propose to the World Alliance to add a voice chat function for both parties. The time before that, you suggested canceling the competition seats and it would be best if both parties competed face to face..." Fang Rui sneered. This time, he decided to stand on Sun Xiang's side.

Mr. Huang's serious proposals have never been very serious.

"I'm serious this time." Huang Shaotian shook his head: "Let's draw lots, who should go up?"

"Who should go on? Not the team...captain?" Zhang Jiale subconsciously wanted to respond, but soon discovered that something was wrong.

Yeah, damn, who should go up?

The official World Invitational Committee does not have any specific candidate requirements for this, but in general, the captains of the national teams should come forward to draw lots.

But, mainly…

The captain of the Chinese team is a warlock!

According to the rules of the martial arts world, if you open boxes and fight bosses after looting corpses, if you don't kick out a warlock in your team, you are considered a lucky leader. Back then, Wei's Hand of Death was also revealed in one go...

Regarding the issue of drawing lots, Yu Wenzhou may have really not considered it enough.

"Hiss, that's indeed a serious suggestion." Sun Xiang nodded: "How about, let the team leader..."

"The four big hearts are not good enough. Old Ye, Old Xiao, Old Zhang, and Old Yu have enough debts. If we let them play this time, I'm afraid all the seeded players in our group will be squeezed together. We can just play as hard as we can..." Chu Yunxiu shook her head.

"Then let's go to Big Sister Yunxiu, right?"

"Big Sister Yunxiu has Mercury retrograde this year and has been jinxed by villains. Although her luck has turned around, she'd better forget about asking for good fortune." Xiao Shiqin shook his head.

"Lao Fang?" Chu Yunxiu narrowed her eyes.

"Do you think a thief is much better than a warlock?" Tang Hao sneered.

"That's much better than being a reckless man, right? I'm afraid that you'll damage other people's equipment after you go up there, or get pinned to the ground and beaten for showing off your wealth." Fang Rui immediately retorted.

"Okay, okay, if it really doesn't work, let Captain Wang..." Yu Wenzhou thought for a while.

"That won't work, right? There's a live video. Lao Wang's image isn't that good, right?" Huang Shaotian refuted his captain's suggestion for the first time: "No, no, no, I think I'm more suitable. I think there are a few points you can refer to..."

“Shut up now! I’m afraid you’ll annoy the people on the organizing committee and I’ll give you a warning.” Ye Xiu felt helpless.

"Why are you making personal attacks?" Huang Shaotian was unhappy.

"To be honest, you were the first to attack the Human King."

"Fuck, aren't you also making personal attacks?!"

"I'm your senior, I call him Wang Dayan. Do you think he dares to refute me? You were still in the training camp when I called him Wang Dayan." Ye Xiu brought up the seniority.

"I think I'm fine?" Zhang Jiale looked around and thought it would be a good idea to leave this kind of exposure to his own family, Yu Jin!

"Sanya, are you in your right mind? What made you say such a thing?" Huang Shaotian immediately turned his head and sneered.

Zhang Jiale's face darkened: "I've won three championships! Three! This should be over now, right?"

“I’ve already said that the Challenge Tournament champion doesn’t count as a champion. Wait until you have a real record before you tell me about it!” Huang Shaotian rolled his eyes.

"Duel, duel!"

"I am still a Qigong master! I am participating in this as a Qigong master!"

"Well, I think I can do it too!" Sun Xiang stood up.

"In Yueyun, Yueyun was demoted. In Jia Shi, Jia Shi was eliminated. In Samsara, Samsara didn't even get the runner-up spot... Damn it, now quickly report to the organizing committee and kick this troublemaker Sun Xiang out!"

“You…” Sun Xiang rushed towards Zhang Jiale: “How good do you think you are!”

"I won three championships in Embers! Three!"

"I've already told you that the Challenge Tournament champion doesn't count as a champion!"

"You haven't gotten it, either!"

Sun Zheping was listening to music with headphones on, not joining in the quarreling of the kids at all. Su Mucheng pulled Li Wen to sit in the back row, watching them quarrel with a smile, while Zhou Zekai tried to pull Zhang Jiale and Sun Xiang apart.

After all the noise, everyone was a little tired...

"Pick one from Mu Cheng, Xiao Wen, and Xiao Zhou..." Ye Xiu said tiredly.

"I vote for Sister Mu Cheng!" Li Wen raised his hand immediately.

"Hmm..." Zhou Zekai looked at Li Wen's expectant eyes, nodded, and raised his hand.

"Then let's go with Mu Cheng. It's fine if the girl draws lots. Let them see what a Chinese beauty is."

"I agree, I agree. Mu Cheng's makeup looks good today!"

[Xiao Wen, remember to give Fang Rui a promotion and a raise when you return! ]

Brother Mu Qiu’s preferences are really simple... Li Wen laughed.

The hotel was not too far from the e-sports venue, just over ten minutes away, which made Zhang Xinjie nod slightly and write down the recommended time to go out during the competition in his notebook. The draw ceremony was held in the main hall of the center, and this might be the only chance for some teams to enter the main hall...

All sixteen national teams entered the venue and sat down by team at the bottom near the stage.

For the Chinese national team, there are two relatively familiar teams. One is the Norwegian national team, which is sitting a little far away, and the other is the England national team, which is one team away.

"There are five teams called seeded teams. In addition to us, there is the American national team that seems to look down on us, and the Korean national team that has a similar attitude to them.

In addition, there is the Russian national team over there, and the Swiss national team..." Xiao Shiqin whispered: "In addition, the strength of the Japanese national team should not be underestimated, so we have to be careful."

"No matter how careful you are, you will eventually encounter them." Sun Zheping said calmly: "If you encounter them, just crush them to pieces."

"When we play against the Japanese national team, leave me a starting spot." Fang Rui stretched his muscles and said, "I'll let them know what a combat thief is."

"Give me a seat too." Li Wen thought for a moment and said in a low voice.

"We'll draw lots then." Tang Hao nodded. Although he was not a native of City N, he had also been to the memorial hall. If he got the chance, he would definitely not let it go.

"The idea of ​​drawing lots is good."

"give it a like."

"When the time comes, it will all depend on your own abilities..." Everyone here started discussing in whispers.

As for the polite words spoken on the stage by the representatives of the tournament team and Honor officials, no one heard them.

In the e-sports arena, the idea of ​​friendship first is naturally not feasible. The trophy in the center that symbolizes the championship and the first place is everyone's pursuit and vision.

"Well, the draw ceremony will begin now. Please invite representatives from each team to come on stage and draw lots..."

"Then, I'll go!" Su Mucheng stood up with a smile and walked toward the stage from the aisle.

Other national teams also sent out players, some were captains, some were team leaders, but also some were members of the team.

But without exception...

"There is no warlock!" Sun Xiang smiled secretly and looked at Yu Wenzhou.

Yu Wenzhou didn't have any excessive emotions about this. Instead, he smiled and nodded: "Indeed, even the Dark Night series doesn't have it. It seems that everyone is really taboo about this..."

"Judging from their appearance, there seem to be quite a lot of people from the clergy department."

“Pastors account for the largest proportion.”

"Superstition, pure superstition..."

The lottery machine is connected to the competition screen. When the ball in the machine falls, it will directly enter the group on the screen through the sensor device.

According to the English initials of the countries, it was soon Mu Cheng's turn to draw lots.

【Group C】!
This is not the first time that the words Group C appear. In addition to the Huaxia team, there is already a team waiting in Group C.

【Australian national team】.

The Australian players couldn't help but look over here, and their expressions weren't very good.

As for encountering seeded players at the beginning, everyone tries to avoid it as much as possible, so as to preserve their own cards and strength, and look forward to going all out in the knockout rounds.

Everyone was expecting all the seeded teams to be placed in the same group, and fight to the death when they officially entered the knockout stage, but it can only be said... the opposite happened.

As each team determined their grouping, all the blank spaces on the field were filled.

Group A: United States, Japan, Sweden, Netherlands.

Group B: Russia, England, Norway, Canada.

Group C, China, Australia, Germany, and Denmark.

Group D: South Korea, Switzerland, France, Italy.

"It's quite balanced. Groups A, B, C and D each have a seeded team, and Group D has two. It seems that the competitive environment in Group D is a bit worse." Zhang Jiale breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don't be careless, and don't let your guard down just because the opponent is not a so-called seeded team. There have been enough failures in history. Don't let this happen to us," said Sun Zheping.

Ye Xiu nodded: "Sun Zheping is right. Play every game well. Don't get too arrogant. Don't get too emotional because of the opponent in the next game. Stay calm. If someone is not in a good condition, I will let him calm down for a while. Do you understand?"

Although the words sounded calm, they were serious enough for professional players.

Calm down for a while. How long is this calm down period?

At most, if I play all the games, there will only be 15 games in total, and I can't be sure that I can play in every game. There are too many monks and too little porridge, too many wolves and too little meat...

Everyone took a deep breath.

Seeing their originally frivolous state disappear, Ye Xiu and Xiao Shiqin's faces showed more smiles, but also a bit more solemnity.

The World Invitational Tournament officially begins.

The first player of the Huaxia team is confirmed...

[Denmark national team].

"Let's go, first familiarize ourselves with the location of the venue, then complete today's training task, and then gather in the conference room after returning to the hotel." Ye Xiu stood up and walked towards the exit.

But after taking two steps, he realized something was wrong. It seemed like someone was shouting something on the stage, and his teammates were looking at him strangely.

Ye Xiu thought about it and silently took out the translator.

"Girl over there, wait a moment, let's take a photo together..."

……

Ahem, no one reminded me.

Ye Xiu silently took two steps back and sat back in his seat.

He covered his mouth with his hands, trying to hide the twitching corners of his mouth, while Su Mucheng beside him kept shaking her shoulders with laughter.

"Stop laughing..." Ye Xiu sighed speechlessly.

"Pfft..."

"Hahahaha!"

"This is so funny. Actually, this guy is pretty nervous, right?"

“Indeed hahahaha…”

I don’t know who laughed first, but it started a chain reaction and the whole place started laughing.

[Actually, this guy is a little nervous. This might be his first time to be a pure leader without playing.] Su Muqiu was happy: [Did you take a picture of it just now? He doesn't have many embarrassing moments!]

“No…” Li Wen shrugged, trying hard to suppress his smile: “It’s a bit regrettable.”

Well, the first person to laugh out loud was Li Xiaowen. (End of this chapter)