Chapter 1: Storm Chapter 91: Aftermath
Xu Jingming felt a little regretful that his master blocked the last attack. But after calming down, he understood: "In a one-on-one situation, Master only used a single sword before, and the combination of shield and sword is Master's real strength. Even the shadowless thorn can't threaten Master now."
After leaving the battle space, Xu Jingming returned to the official live broadcast room of Xia State and came to the position of relatives and friends in the stands.
"team leader!"
"Jingming!"
"Old Xu!"
"Suck it!"
All the people greeted him with smiles. No one felt sorry, after all, they all knew that Liu Hai was the best in the world and much stronger than Xu Jingming.
Yang Qingshuo smiled and said, "When we first formed the team, I didn't dare to think that we could make it to the finals. In the Spark Cup National Competition... we got second place in the country! We were runner-up and defeated so many powerful teams."
"We won without any effort." Heng Fang hugged Yang Qingshuo, "After being eliminated so many times, I knew that this time we could win thanks to Lao Xu and Sister Yi."
"It was thanks to the captain," Wang Yi said. "I finally had a breakthrough in the semi-finals. If I hadn't been in the Limu team, I would have been eliminated in other weaker teams, and my breakthrough would have come much later."
"We are a team, and teammates can only be stronger if they cooperate with each other." Xu Jingming said, "It is because of Sister Yi that we can reach the finals."
"My dear masters, I am the one who gets something for nothing in the team." Li Miaomiao bowed and thanked them. "Thank you, everyone. Thank you so much for making me famous. And do you know how much the download volume of my single "Pear Wood" increased during the Fire Seed Cup?"
Wang Yi and others were not sure.
Heng Fang simply went to check the song downloads.
"Fifty-six million times." Li Miaomiao said happily, "These are paid downloads! This is more than the number of downloads in the past few years. And it also boosted the sales of my other songs. It's really great."
"The cumulative paid downloads of our team song are less than 100 million times." Heng Fang looked at the song download data and immediately said, "As a member of the Limu team, I feel it is necessary to help my sister-in-law promote it."
"We need to promote cats well." Wang Yi nodded, "I agree."
"Brother Xu, our publicity is not hot enough." Yang Qingshuo looked at Xu Jingming, "Brother Xu, you have to do the publicity. After this competition, your popularity will definitely go off the charts. You should promote my sister-in-law more, and her songs will definitely become more and more popular. Li Mu is our team song, so we need to promote it even more."
"Announce, definitely announce." Noticing Li Miaomiao's gaze, Xu Jingming immediately said decisively.
At this time, the burly Liu Hai appeared with a smile and walked over.
"Captain." Xu Hong and Dai Tongda immediately greeted him upon seeing him.
"Master." Xu Jingming , Yang Qingshuo and Heng Fang were all surprised and went to greet him.
Liu Hai looked at Xu Jingming with a smile: "This competition was good, and the last stab was even better. Did you make a breakthrough in your spearmanship?"
"A slight breakthrough." Xu Jingming nodded. After he returned to the battle space after the game, he immediately checked his personal combat power panel.
"It's a good thing to have a breakthrough." Liu Hai nodded, "But there's still a big gap between you and me, your master. Keep up the good work! I'm waiting for you... to defeat me. As a master, I hope that you disciples can surpass me one day."
Yang Qingshuo and Heng Fang looked at each other and said, surpass?
I feel like the gap is getting bigger and bigger.
Xu Jingming stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "Master, I want to ask, when you fought with me, how much strength did you show in the end?"
"Hmm..." Liu Hai thought for a moment, "50%."
"Fifty percent?" Xu Jingming could barely determine the difference between his own and his master's abilities.
"Keep working hard." Liu Hai smiled and looked forward to it. Maybe it was because of his age, or maybe it was because he had been a master for too long, he really enjoyed teaching his apprentices, and watching his apprentices become successful made him happier than seeing his own breakthroughs.
He tried every possible way to break down the fighting skills and teach them to his disciples as clearly as possible.
During the teaching process, he himself gained more and more profound insights, and his realm became higher and higher. When the virtual world came, he became the world's number one. But what he hoped most was that his apprentice could catch up with him and surpass him.
"Captain, get ready. As the champion team, we have to go on stage to receive the award." Xu Hong glanced at the prompt and immediately reminded.
"Do we still have to go on stage to receive the award? What a hassle." Liu Hai immediately summoned all the members of the Liu Hai Senior Team.
As the champions of the Fire Seed Cup, the first national competition of Xia Country, the Liu Hai senior team went on stage with happy smiles and began the award process.
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Xu Jingming and others in the stands looked on with envy.
"Five hundred million in prize money." Liu Chongyuan was amazed and jealous. The prize money was being awarded.
"Our bonuses have also arrived." Yang Qingshuo has been keeping an eye on his personal account and immediately reminds everyone when he finds any changes in the account.
"Wow……"
"So much money! So much money! After all these years, I finally made a fortune!"
Heng Fang and Liu Chongyuan were both very happy, and Liu Chongyuan even cried for joy, as he had never made a lot of money before.
"As a substitute player, I get 9.6 million after tax?" Li Miaomiao was also very happy. "The competition officials are really straightforward and directly withheld the tax for us."
Xu Jingming and Wang Yi watched with a smile, both relatively calm.
Wang Yi originally earned a lot, and Xu Jingming received enough rewards after participating in the HuoZhen Cup. Since the battle against Tie Lianyun, Xu Jingming's rewards have been high in every battle. The higher his popularity and the more fans he has, the more rewards he gets.
After a few games, Xu Jingming was already well-known throughout the country. After all, the number of viewers of those games exceeded one billion.
In terms of the fame of martial arts players, Xu Jingming is definitely among the top in China, even better than Wang Yi, who has a very high national popularity. In the past, any real-life competition, in terms of influence in China, could not compare to the virtual world Fire Seed Cup Competition.
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The Blue Star Alliance envoys also began to leave after watching the award ceremony.
"This battle is an eye-opener for us." The leading white old man smiled and said, "Xia Country's masters are indeed extraordinary, whether it is Liu Hai, the world's number one, or the younger generation, the gun master and the goddess archer, they are all excellent. I believe that when the entire Blue Star civilization enters a new era, Xia Country will definitely make greater contributions to Blue Star civilization."
Director Zhou smiled and said, "Xia Country is a part of Blue Star. We will naturally fight for the entire Blue Star civilization with all our strength."
"With great power comes great responsibility," said the Roman envoy. "Among the top five masters in the world today, two are from Xia. You can imagine how powerful Xia is, but on Firefly Mars, Xia is not doing enough."
"In terms of experts, the White Eagle Federation also has two on the Starry Sky Ranking." Director Zhou said, "And in terms of the power contributed by the Firefly Star, it was agreed upon at the beginning that each party would bear its share. Our Xia Country has not lacked any strength, but the funds provided by the Tianzhu Country have only fulfilled one-third of the promised amount so far."
The Indian envoy said: "We are already working hard, our burden..."
"We'll discuss this at the next alliance meeting." The leading white elder said, "Anyway, this Xia Country finals was still very enjoyable to watch."
"You are all welcome to come again next time. Xia Kingdom has always been a country of etiquette and welcomes all friends." Director Zhou said.
The envoys left quietly.
Director Zhou and the deputy directors also disappeared and left the live broadcast room.
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Xia Country, Life Evolution Bureau.
Director Zhou and three deputy directors gathered in the conference room. Deputy Director Liang Qian attended the meeting via projection.
"The Spark Cup Competition has ended." Director Zhou looked at the people present, "We must determine the second batch of national key cultivation lists. According to the rules, the five of us will discuss it first. The results of the discussion will be submitted to the highest authorities."
"This training is different from the first batch. In the first batch, everyone was trained with the same intensity. Now that we have seen the strength and progress of the masters , we will focus on training the first three people, and the remaining seventeen people will be trained with the same intensity as the previous batch."
"So the list of the first three people is particularly important. First of all, who should we choose as the first person on the new list?" Director Zhou said.
"The first person on the new list will definitely be chosen between Fang Yu and Xu Jingming." Deputy Director Liang Qian said in the projection.
"I agree with choosing Fang Yu. He is only 20 years old this year. He has no professional competition experience in the past, but he has grown to where he is now. He is also the only master in the country whose Evolution Compatibility exceeds 100%. 103% Compatibility... Everyone should know that it is normal to reach the limit and have difficulty breaking through in the later stages of cultivation." Deputy Director Wang Shuqi said, "When everyone is stuck at the limit and unable to break through, Fang Yu with 103% Compatibility will be the strongest one, because his body is superior to other players in all aspects."
"Such a genius must be cultivated and cultivated vigorously," said Wang Shuqi.
