Defeated Before Victory

Nangong Wan came over to Chen Ping's side and smiled. "My friend, might we have a talk?"

Chen Ping gave him an indifferent glance, then looked at the clock on the wall and shook his head helplessly. "Alliance Leader Nangong, if my brother and I don't head back now, we'll be delayed. Even if we're going to talk, let's wait until I've claimed the overall championship."

Delayed?

Nangong Wan was overjoyed when he heard that. These two brats who had turned the Xishui Alliance's Zone Division tournament upside down were worried about their school's curfew?

So that was all it was.

Still, aside from a school curfew, there really was nothing else that would make these two young men rush off the moment their match ended.

Nangong Wan smiled faintly. "Since you aren't willing to say more, little brother, then we'll have a proper talk after you win the overall championship for our Xishui Alliance."

"There's something I can tell you in advance. If you bring this honor to our Xishui Alliance, then aside from the tournament rewards, the Xishui Alliance will also give you a generous gift of its own."

Chen Ping immediately asked seriously, "Is this generous gift really that generous? I want a ton of Gini Titanium Magnesium Alloy. I wonder if—"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

When Nangong Wan heard Chen Ping ask for a ton of Gini Titanium Magnesium Alloy right off the bat, he nearly choked to death.

An alloy of that grade cost tens of thousands of Gold Soul Coins per pound at market price. This brat had opened with a demand for an entire ton—two thousand pounds! That was tens of millions of Gold Soul Coins!

"Looks like this gift isn't all that generous after all. But Alliance Leader Nangong, I'll remember this generous