Discussion and Tang San

"Zhu Qing!" Seeing the lovely Zhu Zhuqing before him, Lu Yuan called softly, his eyes filled with tenderness.

"Xiao Yuan!" Zhu Zhuqing murmured softly, undisguised delight on her cool face. She had not seen Lu Yuan for more than three months, and she had truly missed him terribly.

If this were not the wrong place, she too wanted to burrow into Lu Yuan's arms like Wang Qiu'er and enjoy that warmth.

"You've worked hard these past three months, Zhu Qing," Lu Yuan said warmly.

"It wasn't hard. Everyone performed very well. We advanced as the Heaven Dou Empire's first-place team this time, and we didn't let you down," Zhu Zhuqing said.

"First place, huh? Then we can have a bye in the first round of the finals. That'll give you all some extra time to rest," Lu Yuan said with a smile.

Zhu Zhuqing nodded gently. The top two participating teams from each empire would receive byes in the first round, so they could rest for another two days.

Traveling nonstop these past few days had been rather tiring as well.

Looking up at everyone, Lu Yuan smiled faintly and said, "It seems everyone has completed the task I gave you. I said that as long as you won every match in the advancement round, I would give each of you a gift you'd be satisfied with. How about this? Once the finals are over, I'll give you those gifts and surprise you then."

At Lu Yuan's words, everyone was delighted.

They really would have forgotten about it if Lu Yuan had not mentioned it. But since he had specifically emphasized it now, these gifts were clearly no ordinary things.

After all, Lu Yuan had never been stingy when he made a move. He could not even be bothered to