Building a Gaming Empire From Scratch

Because Xu Chun had scheduled the training session for the evening.

Lincoln didn’t understand, but since training was always arranged by Xu Chun, with a heart of respecting professionals, Lincoln agreed without any other questions.

After dinner, logging into the virtual world, Lincoln arrived at the familiar small arena and saw that there was someone standing beside Xu Chun.

“Who is this?” He asked with puzzlement.

“This is my dad.” Xu Chun introduced to Lincoln, “Dad, this is my boss Lincoln.”

“Matthew, nice to meet you.” Xu Chun’s Old Dad took the initiative to extend his hand, and warmly shook hands with Lincoln.

“Lincoln, nice to meet you.” Lincoln shook hands while looking at Xu Chun with confusion.

Xu Chun explained: “Our practice these two days has progressed too slowly. Also, I feel that I can’t let you experience the thrill of cold weapon fighting without getting hurt at the same time, so I went to ask my dad for help and advice.”

Lincoln knew that Xu Chun’s father was an expert with a blade, and he could easily dominate people like Xu Chun.

Therefore, without wasting any words, Lincoln thanked him and began the usual practice with Xu Chun.

They fought for half an hour, both getting injured, and Lincoln even accidentally got killed once.

This scared Old Xu, who was watching from under the arena.

It wasn’t until they stopped to rest, discussed their fight for a while, and were ready to continue when Old Xu suddenly stopped Xu Chun and said, “Let me try it.”

Since it was the virtual world and there was no risk, Lincoln and Xu Chun had no reason to object.

Standing on the arena with a blade, Lincoln did not feel any difference.

In fact, because Matthew, who was approaching his fifties, was slightly shorter than his son Xu Chun, he seemed even less threatening.

Due to his unconscious respect for the elderly, Lincoln went for a strike but subconsciously held back some force, and was easily blocked by Old Xu’s casual swing.

“Use your full strength, don’t worry.” Old Xu encouraged Lincoln.

Having suddenly changed opponents, and facing an elder, Lincoln definitely didn’t feel comfortable letting loose right away.

But as every offensive move he made was easily blocked or dodged, Lincoln naturally began to increase his strength, swinging the blade faster and harder, until he went all out!

Old Xu also finally seemed less relaxed than at the beginning, his movements became wider, and he began to move more on his feet.

However, even so, he inevitably got hurt, with slashes on his shoulder and left arm.

But Old Xu remained expressionless, and his movements were not affected at all.

Lincoln saw Matthew getting hurt and wondered if he should hold back a little. He even wished he could get hurt so as not to damage the elder’s pride!

But Matthew had no intention of hurting him, and even when occasionally counterattacking, he only did so to force Lincoln to withdraw, leaving Lincoln no chance to get hurt.

As for holding back a little?

In your dreams!

In this fast-paced attack and defense, he had already pushed his speed and strength to the limit. Under such circumstances, he couldn’t decide how much force to hold back at will.

The only consequence of holding back would be the fight ending immediately.

He worried about the elder’s pride but didn’t realize that Old Xu’s moves were becoming cleaner and more efficient.

Xu Chun, who was observing from the side, saw everything: his dad was becoming more and more composed, and sometimes even before Lincoln swung his blade, Old Xu’s eyes were already focused on the point where their blades would collide.

Under this kind of prediction, even though he seemed to move slower than Lincoln and use less force, he easily fended off every one of Lincoln’s strikes.

Toward the end, he was even too lazy to move his legs!

Just in that small area, he made small adjustments to his footwork and posture to facilitate the exertion of force.

Xu Chun’s eyes were nearly popping out!

All they saw on the arena were the two men’s blades constantly flashing, with sparks flying everywhere!

This scene would never be seen in reality!

In reality, a fight would usually be decided in a few moves, and even with many superpower-like enhancements in the virtual world, combat mode is more like running and fighting at the same time.

Once both sides stand against each other, the outcome is often determined in a few moves.

But now, the two people on the arena were actually engaged in a crazy slash-for-slash battle!

This could only mean one thing: Lincoln had been completely “seen through.”

However, this kind of outrageous ability, even in reality, was considered to be part of the “grandmaster rumors.” And it seemed that even in those rumors, the most exaggerated manifestation was just getting the upper hand against the enemy. How could it be like this?

Wait a minute!

Is my dad a grandmaster?!

Xu Chun suddenly felt stupefied.

Unlike Xu Chun’s shock, Lincoln, who was in the midst of it, only felt exhilaratingly carefree!

Awesome!

It was so awesome to fight!

It was the first time he felt that all his hard work paid off since he had practiced for so long, and all his achievements were fully displayed, making him incredibly delighted at this moment!

Even if he finally got slashed by Matthew’s strange sword on the back of his weapon and dropped it, it did not affect his mood at all.

He had just wanted to praise, “Uncle, your kung fu is amazing!”

He saw Xu Chun jump onto the arena, look at Old Dad in shock, and say, “Dad! Are you a Grandmaster?!”

After thinking for a moment, Old Xu replied, “I guess.”

What do you mean, “I guess”?

Xu Chun almost laughed out of exasperation.

Why didn’t you tell me about such an important thing before? I am your own son, after all!

Then he remembered how, in order to come to Cloud Dream, he had actually competed in a sword fight against a Grandmaster.

There were only dozens of Grandmasters in total in Daxia!

What hatred, what grudge did he have with them?!

Xu Chun had a stomach full of questions and complaints, but he could only discuss it privately, as now was not the time to talk about it.

He looked at Lincoln, who had an excited face and still thought that he had “shown off his skills” and “performed at his best.” Although it was a bit unbearable, Xu Chun still explained to him what had just happened.

In a nutshell, “You were fed a move by my Dad.”

It was even worse than that, but there was no need to go into details.

With Xu Chun’s explanation, Lincoln finally realized what had happened, and sincerely exclaimed, “Are all Grandmasters this terrifying?”

He had thought that the experts in the company were only a step away from being Grandmasters, and that their usual claims of being “far from a Grandmaster” and “too far behind” were just the modest words of the strong.

But now he realized that those people might not have been modest…

What he thought was “a step away” might actually be a terrifyingly huge gap!

Fortunately, Lincoln himself had no intention of becoming a great expert, so he wasn’t discouraged. He was even quite happy, as the plan seemed to be going smoothly?

However, instead of deciding directly, he looked at Xu Chun.

Xu Chun immediately understood Lincoln’s meaning, and looked at Old Dad.

Matthew simply nodded his head – this was the purpose of his trip.

Inject the real danger of cold weapons by directly engaging in armless cold weapon combat in reality?

This was truly rash behaviour!

He could not allow Xu Chun to do such a dangerous thing, and even if Lincoln himself went unarmed in his plan while Xu Chun wore armor, Old Xu could not accept it.

If his skills weren’t up to par, he must never attempt such things!

But since his son had agreed to it and even had reached the final stage, he could not suddenly break the agreement and force his son to go back on his word.

So, it was up to him as the father to step in!

And so, the matter was settled.

Tomorrow Lincoln would fly together with Xu Chun back to his hometown, training continuously for three days until the training plan was thoroughly completed and the sensory data was fully collected.

They would tie up this long, but incredibly important project.

Then they would fly directly to Chang’an, begin their tourism and exploration with the first batch of team-building employees, and visit the ancient wine master they had already contacted to taste the ancient brewing method.

When this group of people returned, they would directly form the [Virtual Chang’an] Project team, officially launching the production of the Chang’an project!

He had also thought of the crucial plot arrangement.

Although there was still a need for complicated communication and discussion with the team members, the most crucial time point had been set and would not be changed.

The players would enter the game in 754 AD, which is –

The 13th year of Tianbao!

This was precisely one year before the outbreak of the An-Shi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty.

It was also the last time An Lushan entered Chang’an before his rebellion!