How About Joining Our LCK?

With Xu Junyan's skill, as long as he put in even a little effort, climbing the Korean server ranked ladder was as easy as a fish taking to water.

There were ten placement matches in total. Xu Junyan did not play top lane, instead going straight for jungle Nidalee. He got over twenty kills in all ten games, ending each match in an average of just twenty-five minutes.

After finishing his placements, he had already reached Platinum V—and he had spent less than a day in total.

Xu Junyan did not rest. For him now, the faster he climbed, the better. Only then could he find himself a good team before the spring season arrived.

After staying up all night again, he raised his rank to Platinum I. The system directly skipped him over Platinum IV and Platinum III. Luckily, LOL ranked had rank skipping; otherwise, at these low ranks, Xu Junyan would have wasted at least several more days.

He drew the curtains, blocking out the faint morning light spilling in through the window, then draped his coat over himself and closed his eyes to rest.

Pulling an all-nighter was fine, but he could not neglect sleep either. Only by resting well and keeping his spirits up could he climb with even greater momentum.

By the time he woke up, it was already afternoon.

Though he had just suffered RNG's merciless purge and the indifference of his former teammates, it did not affect Xu Junyan's sleep quality in the slightest.

Quite the opposite—he slept unexpectedly soundly. When he woke, he felt refreshed and clear-headed.

After briefly washing up in the restroom outside, Xu Junyan went to the counter and bought a cup of instant noodles from the young internet café attendant. He also borrowed a kettle of hot water from her.

Perhaps because of his striking looks, the attendant agreed especially readily. Not only did she personally help carry everything to the private room, but she eagerly asked whether he needed anything else. She was practically ready to squeeze into the room and sit beside him to play games. Xu Junyan could only turn her down at the door with a helpless laugh.

The private room soon filled with the curling fragrance of instant noodles. After he finished eating, a cleaning lady came to clear things away and clean the entire room. Taking advantage of the break, Xu Junyan stepped outside with his phone and scrolled through it with his head lowered.

The first message came from Twitter.

Kim Min-ah: "Junyan Oppa, what happened? I saw a lot of bad comments online. They all seem to be blaming you, and it's even spread to the Korean internet."

Xu Junyan pursed his lips slightly and instinctively replied, "Do you believe them?"

The reply came unusually quickly.

Kim Min-ah: "Of course I don't! Although I haven't known Junyan Oppa for long, I can tell that you're not that kind of person!"

Xu Junyan stared at the message. A faint warmth passed through his heart, though his smile was somewhat bitter.

Even a host from another region who had only known him for a short while could say something like that, yet Yu Shuang, whom he had nearly ended up dating, had sent him a message of questioning and demands that he apologize first without even thinking. How ironic.

At that moment, Xu Junyan could only feel fortunate once again that RNG had made their move so early, allowing him to see many things clearly ahead of time.

Kim Min-ah: "Junyan Oppa, although I don't know exactly what happened, you have to stay strong. I'll believe in you. There must be other people silently supporting you too. Of course, I also have a little suggestion. Do you want to hear it? /playful"

Xu Junyan sent over a question mark in confusion.

Kim Min-ah: "How about joining our LCK? /grinning /grinning"

Xu Junyan froze. Go to the LCK?

That was a path he had never considered before.

After all, ever since the regions were established, there had been quite a few Korean imports in the LPL, but the LCK had never brought in Chinese imports.

The main reason was naturally that LCK players were generally stronger, and they did not think much of the LPL, a region that had never won a championship.

Besides, even if the LPL produced an exceptional player capable of attracting an LCK team's interest, that player would not travel so far to compete in the LCK. The LPL would definitely offer a salary countless times higher than what they could earn in the LCK. There was no doubt about that.

However, after Kim Min-ah brought it up, Xu Junyan was genuinely a little tempted. With the system's brand-new title system supporting him, as long as he performed well, getting noticed and signed by an LCK team did not seem difficult at all.

Still, at most, this could only be listed as his second backup plan. Like many others, if possible, Xu Junyan did not want to leave his homeland to compete.

Xu Junyan: "Thanks for the suggestion. I'll consider it."

Ding dong!

Kim Min-ah: "Hehe, if Junyan Oppa comes to play in the LCK, as long as you bring enough Beijing Roast Duck, I can teach Junyan Oppa Korean for free!"

Xu Junyan asked speechlessly, "If I have to bring you roast duck to eat, does that still count as free?"

Ding dong!

Kim Min-ah: "Hehe, you caught me. Then I'll charge you! Tuition will be three roast ducks... no, five! At least five!"

Xu Junyan was thoroughly amused. He found this popular LCK female host, whom he had only met a few times and chatted with a handful of times, especially adorable.

After ending his casual chat with Kim Min-ah, Xu Junyan narrowed his eyes and casually opened Weibo.

Since the news had already reached the Korean internet, it was clear just how much RNG had invested in completely crushing him this time.

Only one day had passed. He wanted to see what other tricks RNG had pulled to slander him.

He did not need to waste any effort searching. The top trending topic on Weibo was directly related to the matter.

What an absolute joke. The match-fixing bastard is still talking tough—he actually posted on Weibo saying that the innocent will prove themselves! /sarcastic

Xu Junyan calmly tapped into it and swept his eyes over the countless comments without changing expression. Then he suddenly noticed one mocking comment: "Everyone has already accepted that he fixed matches, yet he's still talking tough. This kind of rotten rat dropping deserves to die."

"Everyone has accepted it?"

Xu Junyan narrowed his eyes, a little puzzled.

At the meeting that day, although Uzi and the others had not stepped in to help him or speak up for him, they had not seemed to intend to kick him while he was down either.

Had something new happened now?

He casually opened one person's account—mid laner Xiaohu's Weibo. There were no new posts. His most recent one was still from half a month ago: "Sorry, everyone. We didn't play well at this World Championship."

He scrolled down to the comments section.

Those old comments cursing and criticizing RNG for playing terribly in the semifinals had all disappeared as before.

In their place, the top comment had over ten thousand likes. It read: "Brother Hu, have you seen the news online? Give us the inside scoop. Did that guy fix matches? Was he the reason our RNG lost that game?"

Below it was a reply from Xiaohu himself.

RNG.Xiaohu: "Don't make wild guesses. It was just an argument, a bit of a verbal conflict. There was nothing else."