In the first round-robin match on May 1, Nirvana tied with Fenghua 1:1 at home. According to the schedule, Nirvana will play the next two games away, against Guiji on May 3 and Liushuangcheng on May, and they will face the strongest opponents in Group A.

This roller coaster-like schedule was planned by the league long ago, and Xie Mingzhe had also prepared himself mentally.

With Nirvana's current strength and the reaction and awareness of the two commanders, it is very thrilling to win against a strong team at home with the new scene and new cards. It is almost impossible to score points in an away game. After all, strong teams such as Guiji and Liushuangcheng have gone through years of training, and the players' cooperation and tacit understanding are much higher than Nirvana. Coupled with the home advantage and targeted tactical arrangements, Nirvana's next two tough battles will be very difficult to fight.

Of course, even if it's difficult, we have to go ahead with it.

Xie Mingzhe made full tactical preparations before the game. However, he did not want to use a new deck in the lineup against Guiji and Liushuangcheng. Instead, he aimed to integrate the team and let everyone practice cooperation. This idea was also supported by his master. Getting points in the away game was an unexpected surprise, and not getting points was also a normal result. The key is to accumulate experience and adjust the mentality by playing against strong teams.

May 3rd, Nirvana vs. Onihei.

Chen Qianlin made his first public appearance as a coach.

The relationship between Tang Muzhou and Xie Mingzhe has been exposed, so there is no need for him, as their master, to hide it any longer.

He thought that he had retired for many years and was already an outdated player, not many people knew him. However, what Chen Qianlin never expected was that after so many years, there were so many people who remembered him. As soon as he arrived at the backstage, he was surrounded by reporters.

Reporters rushed to pass the microphone to him: "What made Lin Shen decide to return after five years of retirement?"

Chen Qianlin replied calmly: "My brother and his apprentice wanted to set up a club, so I helped them."

A reporter joked, "You and your younger disciple are on the same team, aren't you afraid that your older disciple might have objections?"

Chen Qianlin said: "My eldest disciple has established the Fenghua Club himself. He is already a mature captain and does not need me, his master, to give him instructions. He will not have any opinions."

Some reporters also asked harshly: "After five years away from the professional league, are you still so confident in your tactical awareness? Don't you think you can't keep up with the times?"

Chen Qianlin looked at the reporter calmly. His light-colored eyes were as clear as water, and he could almost see the other person's shadow. The reporter felt guilty, but he still said calmly, "Five years ago, you were the strongest player in the wood element, but the league has changed in the past five years. There are countless powerful newcomers. Now that you are back, the tactics and playing styles of the past may not be applicable to this season! Doesn't Lin Shen have this problem?"

This explosive question immediately caused everyone on the scene to fall silent.

Although Chen Qianlin laid the foundation for the Wood deck and his position in the League is difficult to surpass, he has been away for five years after all. During such a long period of time, the League has changed dramatically, and he has to face the embarrassment of "not keeping up with the times" and "unable to adapt to the new season."

When Chen Xiao heard this, he suddenly became angry and was about to stand up and confront the reporter, but was stopped by Chen Qianlin with a cold look.

The reporters all looked at Chen Qianlin, waiting to see how he would answer this question.

Chen Qianlin said calmly, "This reporter friend is right. I've been away from the league for too long, and my old tactics are outdated now. But..." He changed the subject, looking at the reporters, and said, "Everyone has seen Nirvana's performance this season. Have you seen any game where Nirvana used outdated tactics from five years ago?"

This sharp rhetorical question left the reporters speechless.

In Nirvana's recent matches, their tactics were indeed very novel. It could be said that they were the team with the most novel tactics in the entire league! Therefore, the problem of Lin Shen's outdated thinking did not exist at all.

Chen Xiao discovered that his brother seemed to be even better at arguing with reporters than he was, and he immediately grasped the key point.

He had no choice but to take a step back and let his brother perform on his own.

Chen Qianlin continued, "As the head coach, I don't need to personally arrange the tactics for every game. I don't want Nirvana's commander to be a robot who only listens to the coach's instructions. Ah Zhe and Chen Xiao will have their own ideas - to guide them into the door and discover their greatest potential. This is what I should do most as a coach."

Master Lin was calm and composed when facing the reporters, which really showed the demeanor of a great master.

This answer also won warm applause from all the reporters. The reporters who wanted to embarrass him retreated with red faces, and the next questions were much milder. Of course, there were also some reporters who loved gossip, asking: "How is your relationship with Shao Bo now? Do you still keep in touch after the lawsuit was lost?" "Have you thought about taking back the copyright of your own cards this time when you came back?"

Hearing these sharp questions, Chen Qianlin remained extremely calm, not even frowning, and said in a calm tone: "I don't want to talk about the past. For me, the most important thing now is to do a good job as a coach and help Nirvana Club get good results."

The reporters had no way to ask further questions and had to disperse.

On the way back to the backstage, Chen Xiao walked beside his brother and asked in a low voice: "Brother, do you really not care at all?"

Chen Qianlin looked at him and said, "If you accidentally fell into a pit, would you stay in front of the pit, fill it up with soil, and then continue to move forward?"

Chen Xiao was stunned, but after thinking about it carefully, it made sense. The past cannot be changed, so it is better to look forward, learn from the lessons and not make the same mistake again. In fact, even if the copyright of his brother's cards is taken back now, most of the cards are not applicable to the eleventh season. The Sanctuary is relying on those old cards to make a living, and it will soon come to an end. Why should he be upset because of this?

Chen Qianlin was just too lazy to make new cards. If he really wanted to... In order to help Qin Xuan play in the Grandmasters Tournament, he personally made two new cards. It only took him one day to make the two cards, "Blood Rose" and "Black Elderberry", which helped Qin Xuan make it all the way to the top 32. It can be seen that his talent did not disappear with the passage of time - he just became indifferent and didn't want to come back to play in the competition.

Chen Xiao felt a little sorry for his brother, but he admired him more.

I can't compare to my brother's broad-mindedness and calmness. If it were me, I would probably fight Shao Bo to the end.

***

Chen Qianlin showed up in person during the away game against Guijiu. Old Zheng was very considerate and personally came out to greet him from the backstage. He gave Chen Qianlin a big hug and smiled and patted his shoulder: "Qianlin, welcome back!"

As players who debuted at the same time, the five people known as the "Five Series Forefathers" have a very good private relationship. The "Qianlin Restaurant" opened by Chen Qianlin in the game was their base. At that time, they were all under 20 years old and often gathered together to discuss the cards of each series. After making new cards, they would also practice battles with friends.

The love of youth is free of impurities and appears especially pure and precious in today's fiercely competitive league.

Zheng Feng sighed: "So many years have passed, we have all grown old, and even our disciples have become great masters."

Chen Qianlin said: "Don't say this in front of Ling Jingtang, he doesn't have any disciples."

Zheng Feng laughed and said, "Yes, poor Lao Ling."

At this moment, Ling Jingtang of the Temple of the Gods suddenly sneezed loudly.

The two chatted, and the younger generation could not get a word in, so Xie Mingzhe had to sit with Gui Sirui and said with a smile: "Gui Shen, today's two consecutive games are Guiyu's home court, you must not show mercy."

Gui Sirui was stunned: "I thought you were going to be polite and say show mercy, you really don't play by the rules!"

Xie Mingzhe continued with a smile, "If we get beaten more often by strong teams, we won't be so nervous in the playoffs."

Gui Sirui was a little surprised - this guy had a good attitude, as if he had already expected that Guiyu would not be polite to them.

Since Tang Muzhou of Fenghua specially took out new cards to target Nirvana in the last game, Guiju also took out new cards in this game. It was all because Tang Muzhou got off to a good start.

As it turned out, Xie Mingzhe's hunch was correct, and Guijiu's home court was extremely difficult to play.

In the past, Guiyu's marking flow was controlled by Wei Xiaotian, who would mark the opponent's key cards and kill them instantly. But now, their strategy has become more flexible. Everyone has a marking card, plus late-stage cards such as the Ghoul and Puppet Master, and two new single-target critical hit demon cards made by Liu Jingxu. Nirvana's core cards were killed instantly within 5 minutes of their appearance, and they have been at a disadvantage since the start.

In the second game, Nirvana changed his strategy and let Chen Xiao take charge of a head-on confrontation, but in the end he still couldn't defeat Guiyu's concentrated fire and assassination.

This was the first time since the start of the Nirvana tournament that the score was 0:2, but everyone was very calm, especially Xie Mingzhe, who smiled and said during an interview with reporters: "I expected it, so I don't feel surprised or sad." "0:2 is nothing to be afraid of. Many teams also lost 0:2 against Guijiu at home. The important thing is that we can learn something new from it and accumulate experience for future games."

Chen Xiao said that he still needs to train more and will try his best to get points when Nirvana plays against Guiyu at home. As for Chen Qianlin... after the game, reporters couldn't find him at all. It was said that he was taken to dinner by Lao Zheng.

The next match against Liushuang City is very similar to Guiji's home court - Liushuang City is famous for its strong team competition. Last season, it defeated Fenghua to win the championship. This season, it is also in strong form and currently ranks first in the Group A points table.

What was rare was that the great Su Yang also showed up, and brought his super cute twin daughters. So the style of the backstage painting became very weird, with a group of old men scrambling to hold their daughters.

Xie Mingzhe really likes children. He picked up two little girls wearing the same pink princess dresses and cute pigtails and fed them candy. Tang Muzhou, who came to the backstage, happened to see this scene and couldn't help but smile and said, "You like children very much?"

Xie Mingzhe's face was full of gentle smiles. He rubbed the heads of the two little girls and said, "The daughter of Master Su Yang is so cute."

Tang Muzhou asked: "Do you like your daughter more?"

Xie Mingzhe nodded: "Sons are too naughty, daughters are better."

Tang Muzhou thought, if we are together, we can't have children directly, but we can do IVF, and then use our genes to have a pair of lovely girls. If you think IVF is too troublesome, you can adopt a few children - anyway, the money has been saved, and he can afford to raise as many children as he wants. Xie Mingzhe likes children so much, he will definitely be a good father.

Noticing that his senior brother's eyes were very gentle, Xie Mingzhe thought that he also liked children - he never expected that Tang Muzhou's thoughts had already expanded to raising children together in the future.

When the game was about to start, Su Yang came over and took the two daughters away. He said to Tang Muzhou, "Xiao Tang, I'm so sorry about that day. I didn't read the news carefully. I thought you were sending red envelopes in the group and married the person in the scandal."

Xie Mingzhe was speechless: "...Senior, the target of the scandal is me! Haven't you finished reading the news?"

Su Yang was stunned: "I always only read half of the gossip."

Tang Muzhou smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. If we really get married in the future, we will definitely invite you to our wedding."

Su Yang said: "It's a deal then, I'll give you guys a big red envelope when the time comes!"

Xie Mingzhe: “????”

You guys? Is the word "you" used incorrectly? There are only me and my senior brother here, so "attending your wedding" sounds weird! Sure enough, this great player is a first-class player, but he always speaks out of context. I really don't know where he came from, just like the home has been disconnected from the Internet for many years and just connected to the wifi...

Master Su Yang, who had just connected to the Internet, smiled and carried his daughter to find the four disciples of Liushuang City - seeing Chen Qianlin was of course the first priority, but asking for a few red envelopes for his daughter was the most important thing.

The four disciples saw their master's daughter, so they couldn't come empty-handed. The little girl's arms were filled with red envelopes. Su Yang was very happy and said in the group: "I have four disciples and two daughters. Who among you is more successful than me? [I have reached the peak of my life]

Ling Tang was shocked: "Get out!!!"

Zheng Feng: "My daughter is very cute, but you are not cute at all."

Nie Yuan said: "Don't make such comments in a group with many singles."

Su Yang, who was denounced by everyone, immediately shut up.

However, Xie Mingzhe heard from his master that Su Yang's sudden appearance was not only to see his old friend Chen Qianlin, but also to show off his daughter - the official paid a large sum of money to invite him back to serve as a commentator for the playoffs.

He was not happy at first, but now Chen Qianlin has returned as a coach, and he is the only one missing from the five departments, so he just agreed and came here today to sign the contract.

Xie Mingzhe is in a complicated mood. This "often offline" great Su Yang will definitely be funny as a commentator...

The playoffs will probably be more exciting than the regular season!