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

"Well then, see you after the break!" The commentator said with a smile, ending the halftime break. After the cameras stopped working, he breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at the guest next to him, "Ming, we've had such good luck this time. I didn't expect that the life-or-death match between Thunder and Void would be our turn to commentate. I thought it would fall into the hands of Pan Lin and Li Yibo again."

“Indeed.” Ming smiled, but then frowned. “However, I think I heard that they didn’t even apply for the main stage commentary qualification this time?”

Not only Pan Lin and Li Yibo, but very few people signed up for the commentary qualification. Including them, there were only two pairs of newcomers who had just entered the industry. In the end, the qualification naturally fell into their hands.

"Have they gotten too big for their britches after becoming famous?" the commentator said with a hint of sourness. "They were the ones who provided commentary for the second World Invitational Tournament, so they look down on these small tournaments..."

"Too……"

The two were chatting and laughing as they headed to the lounge for a drink of water when they happened to run into the on-site director complaining to someone from the live streaming platform in the hallway: "The viewership is really low today, even though we're competing for the last playoff spot this year."

"There's nothing we can do about it. Everyone's gone to watch the college football league... It's a pity we didn't get the chance to be the live director for that match." The director sighed.

The commentator and the guests were both taken aback. They exchanged a glance and quickened their pace in unison, heading back to the lounge to retrieve their phones.

National College League? What the heck? Who would watch a game played by a bunch of college students who probably can't even compare to a youth training camp?

The commentator and the guest exchanged a glance. Although it was a tournament organized by a professional league, it was not a professional tournament at all. The two arrogant people hadn't even bothered to learn about it.

The two frowned and opened the live streaming app. As soon as they opened it, they saw a push notification on the homepage for the National College Student Glory League...

The screen on the phone was showing the commentary booth, with Pan Lin and Li Yibo prominently featured. The two were chatting and laughing: "Although he has been retired for a long time, Huang Shao's ability to seize opportunities is still outrageous."

"That's right. By the way, I heard that Young Master Huang also applied for an art major?"

"That's right, I saw on his WeChat Moments that he said his eye for beauty had finally found a purpose again..."

"But I think I heard before that Huang Shao wanted to apply for... a music major, especially vocal music? I think he also wanted to join the choir?"

"Well, maybe other people just can't keep up with the rhythm of his singing..."

What the hell? !
The two exchanged a glance, then looked down and opened the Glory Professional League website, finding the news about the University League at the very bottom.

Universities from various provinces gathered in City B for a two-week elimination round to determine the finalists. The participating teams were all university esports teams from their respective provinces.

But isn't there something wrong with this list?

"Damn it, these two are still badmouthing me! I just think that art can best showcase my talents. I'm going to make them treat me to dinner after the competition. Hey, Lao Tian, ​​which restaurant is good? You can give me a recommendation later!" Huang Shaotian tilted his head and shouted to Tian Sen, who was watching the competition from the other side.

“…” Tian Sen hesitated for a moment, looking somewhat troubled.

"Is it because you're a local that a restaurant recommendation made things so difficult for you, causing you to waste so much time?"

"Sorry, I didn't hear what you said just now." Tian Sen nodded: "That's no problem..."

Huang Shaotian's old friends all burst into laughter, and he began his verbal battle with them once again.

"What's going on over there? It's a bit noisy." Fang Minghua smiled as he glanced at the situation. "Oh, Huang Shaotian is over there. That makes sense... By the way, Xiao Wen, what skill is your daughter planning to learn?"

“Well…” Li Wen thought for a moment, “It depends on what Xiaoxue likes.”

"Yeah, my husband's starting to show signs of pushing his kids too hard these days..."

"Come on, come on, send your child to our kindergarten so we can guarantee a happy childhood," said Lao Wei, who had come to watch the game with the team, with a cheerful laugh.

"Their child is a boy," Zhang Jiale whispered, glancing at the expressionless Sun Zheping as she spoke.

Old Wei fell silent, looked to the side, and didn't even want to acknowledge Fang Minghua.

"No, Senior Wei, we don't need to do this, do we?" Fang Minghua gave a wry smile: "K City is so far away, and my wife doesn't want to go through with this either."

"Get lost, get lost! I'll delete you from my friends list in a minute, so you'll give up on this idea completely," Old Wei said with a dark face.

"That's right, that's right." Zhang Jiale tossed her black hair, but sadly realized that she no longer had red hair, and even her proud little braids were gone.

Li Wen hesitated for a moment, then silently shifted his gaze to the side.

Hmm... it's true that less contact is better.

Chu Xue brought Li Xue to B City for this league, but they didn't come to watch the opening ceremony. Instead, they took their daughter back to their maternal grandparents' house and advised them not to wander around. They said it was fine in B City, otherwise, Chu Xiong and Lou Guanning might cause some trouble.

After Lou Guanning and his team had their fill of professional gaming, they kept the Yizhan team on the team. Although their results weren't great, they remained active on the professional stage and never got eliminated.

pretty good……

"By the way, I heard that Lao Wu and the others went back to China?" Qin Tianran looked around. "Didn't they come this time?"

"Of course they didn't come. They were already several years out of college when they were playing professionally." Old Wei yawned. "But Old Wu and the others didn't go to H City; they came to our K City..."

"Holy crap, really?" Qin Tianran was stunned for a moment: "That old guy didn't tell us either!"

"You just got back to China and haven't had time to settle in yet, right? Oh, I forgot to tell you, Lao Wu is now our Ember team's data analyst and coach." Lao Wei laughed smugly.

Qin Tianran was taken aback: "Then the little deer..."

“Little Deer is also in our Embers. That kid is very interested in the Mechanic class.” Lu Liang patted Li Wen on the shoulder: “He’s our Little Wen’s chief disciple now. He’ll be passing on the White and Black skills to Little Deer from now on. You guys better be prepared to get a beating!”

hiss……

Qin Tianran never expected that his joke would actually come true.

Li Wen smiled and nodded. Not only Qin Tianran and the professional players around him were surprised, but even the members of the Ember team were surprised. When Wu Xuefeng contacted them, Lao Wei had to confirm several times whether it was April Fool's Day.

Wu Xiaolu has now become the eldest sister of the next generation of Ember team members. She takes care of each of her younger brothers and sisters every day, just like an older sister, and the younger members trust her a lot.

I heard that my trip to K City after returning to China was at the request of my classmate, Wu Xiaolu.

Moreover, Xiao Lu is not just Li Xiaowen's little disciple... The former professional players participating in the university league sat far apart, laughing and chatting about interesting things that happened over the years. Those with partners were smug, while those without partners... well, they sat together with those without partners, looking sourly at their friends who were either showing off their girlfriends, fiancées, wives, or talking about their children.

Tang Hao was able to have a few words with Fang Rui calmly, but it was only for a couple of sentences before he started making sarcastic remarks again.

Tang Hao also got a girlfriend, a girl who came out of the Howling Team's youth training camp. They established a relationship not long after getting to know each other, and the Howling Team even promoted them at the time.

However, in the year that girl debuted, she was targeted by a lot of people... especially a certain player from a certain Jhin team.

These are all purely personal grudges.

After retiring, Liu Hao went to university to study broadcasting. He was just chatting with Sun Xiang, saying that he wanted to develop into a guest commentator in the future.

Sun Xiang, who majored in history, developed an unstoppable interest in history and literature after the World Invitational Tournament that year. He would post his reading reflections in the retirement group every day, and Lao Wei almost managed to remove him from the group chat.

Zhou Zekai, Jiang Botao, and Sun Xiang were also in the same group, but the three of them were not in the same major. Zhou Zekai studied music, while Jiang Botao studied instrumental music, just like Zhou Zekai.

Old friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time chatted and laughed, while the school team members who came with them looked at their former idols with shining eyes, occasionally going up to chat with them.

……

"Oh, right, for the opening ceremony of today's University League, we've also invited a special guest!" Pan Lin said with a cheerful smile, "Let's warmly welcome the head referee of this National University League, former professional player, Ye Xiu, Ye Shen!"

The league teams were taken aback, and everyone looked at Ye Xiu, who was standing on the stage looking somewhat listless, but still had a smile on his face.

"That guy is still such an eyesore." Lion Yihai muttered, leaning on Su Mucheng's shoulder. "If he bullies you, just tell me, and I'll have Xiao Wen bring some guys to beat him up. Hmm, why does this guy look so awful..."

“We…” Su Mucheng blushed: “It’s fine.”

"Oh, speaking of which, Mu Cheng, you're graduating soon, right? What are your plans after graduation?" Su Muqiu asked softly, "You're studying photography, right? Do you want to be a photographer?"

"Mm!" Su Mucheng smiled. "I'm planning to buy a motorhome so Ye Xiu and I can travel around after graduation... Although I've been to many cities as a professional player, I haven't really had a proper chance to explore. We want to travel around and take some photos..."

Su Muqiu's savings are more than enough to support his dreams, and he could even support a lazy bum on the side.

Su Muqiu looked at Su Mucheng's sparkling eyes under the light and couldn't help but smile.

Good.

Never mind, as long as my sister is happy.

Su Muqiu sighed.

"I wonder if Ye Shen has anything to say to the members who participated in the first University League this year?" the host asked with a smile.

"Huh?" Ye Xiu was slightly taken aback, and looked at the inscription card: "This sentence isn't on it?"

"Improvisation on the spot," the host said with a smile.

Ye Xiu scratched his head: "Well... there's not much to say, is there? I glanced around when I was in the audience just now, and most of them were familiar faces. Come to think of it, I didn't expect Han Wenqing to be going to school too..."

The on-site director quickly gave a wink to the others, and someone immediately handed over the microphone with trembling hands.

Han Wenqing glanced at it, but didn't mean to make things difficult for anyone, and took it: "After all, a high school education isn't very good, but it should be better than someone else's."

Well... he is indeed stronger. Ye Xiu ran away from home at the age of sixteen, while Han Wenqing finished high school. Then, the professional league started when the third region was established.

"Now that I've finished all the missing pieces, I can go to university next year."

"Academic qualifications are still quite important these days. It's always good to learn more. Living only in one circle can be boring." Ye Xiu didn't seem to care and said with a smile, "Ah, right, judging from this, I can participate in next year's university league too..."

"Didn't you say you wouldn't make a comeback? Have some shame!" Huang Shaotian reached out and shouted.

“Well, this isn’t a professional league, is it?” Ye Xiu smiled. “This year, you guys just have to do your best. I think Xiao Wen and the rest of the Ember team are pretty complete, as are some of the Hundred Blossoms team. You guys need to be careful.”

"Isn't this just making us the target of hatred?" Zhang Jiale muttered.

"What, are you scared?"

"Me? Afraid? Are you kidding me?" Zhang Jiale sneered, pointing at the contestants who debuted in the golden generation of the fourth season: "Which one of those who debuted in the fourth season hasn't been taught a lesson by me?"

"Speaking of which, Ye Shen and Mu Cheng got married, right? When are you planning to have children?" the host asked with a smile. "Then Ye Shen and Mu Cheng can form a commentary and guest duo, and even tell the children, like in that joke, that everyone below has been beaten by their fathers."

"This is a bit too much of a target of hatred, even though it's all true." Ye Xiu smiled, the League's number one face tank was still putting on an act.

"Come on, let him come down and fight one-on-one!"

"We're both getting on in years, the eldest brother won't laugh at the second brother, let's get started now!"

Laughter erupted from below, and the contestants shouted with laughter.

Since retiring, the original rivals no longer exist, and everyone is now the best of friends.

Every year, Lao Wei brings people to the retired athletes' home, from Han Wenqing, who retired earliest, to Li Wen, Zhou Zekai, Sun Xiang, and others who retired not long ago...

Everyone chatted about interesting things from all over the world, and every now and then someone would have a little banter, but they would quickly make up without wanting to be teased by others.

Those with families will share the trivialities and joys of life, and those with similar interests will argue because they support different teams.

They are also slowly growing up, leaving behind their professional gaming identities to become ordinary fathers or mothers.

However, they will always remember that they once dedicated their youth to that goal, fighting alongside their most trusted teammates and the opponents they most wanted to defeat on the same stage.

They are all the best professional players.

(End of this chapter)