I'm sorry if I've annoyed readers here, I was not unable to post chapters since the last two days because I lost my Maternal grandfather two days ago. I was quite heartbroken and couldn't write chapters for a while so please forgive me...
Xuan Yuan grunted weakly as he removed the gaming console on his head. He'd been playing for more than 3 days without going to school. Nowadays, it is quite normal to see teenage players skip school to play the game at home. . After all, you could earn a decent amount of money that rivals the Salary of a white collar job just by exchanging Gold coins in game. With such a benefit, Who would want to waste the time they'd have used to earn a decent amount of money while enjoying themselves on learning boring things in school?
Students have lost the reason to keep going to school and only a few students are attending school per day and the school is getting increasingly thinner with some students even dropping out permanently.
Once the Union of schools worldwide sued the Floating dreams studio to the world court which ruled the studio not guilty so long as the game doesn't pose any threat to human health. In the end, the studio emerged victorious when the court ruled that whoever wants to play is allowed to and whoever doesn't want to isn't forced to play...
Xuan Yuan went to the dining room to have a cup of water before leaving to prepare for school...
"You should rest sometimes Xuan Yuan. You shouldn't endanger your health all in the name of playing games!" His mother said as they ate breakfast in the dining room.
"Don't worry Mum" Xuan Yuan assured.
"By the way, do you know about the Sword Mage?" His mother asked. "I heard he's one of the famous players in Jade Spear city"
"What about him?" He feigned ignorance.
"I heard he's a Swordman with frightening combat power and ridiculous abilities" She elaborated.
"I've heard about him, but I've never encountered him before" He replied.
"What is your level in game now?" She asked.
"Tier 1, Level 48" He lied. It was not that he wanted to hide the truth from his mother but he didn't want her to be overly worried about him so he had to keep her in the dark for now.
"You see, my son. I don't need you to become a strong or famous expert player. I only want you to experience the nice things you never enjoyed in your childhood" She said. "So do jot endanger yourself and only play normally" She continued while caressing his palm.
"OK Mum" He promised.
He left for school after finishing his breakfast.
At school, he met Tang Ren who was also entering the class and greeted him.
"Brother Xuan" Tang Ren greeted. He was a violent person, but he always respect those who are stronger than him. Since Xuan Yuan had shown incredible combat skills, he'd earned his respect. He bore no grudge whatsoever about what happened in the past.
"Brother Tang Ren" Xuan Yuan returned the greeting...
He walked into the class with Tang Ren and went to his seat.
"Hy" Qingyuan appeared in front of his seat smiling sweetly.
"Qingyuan, you're early" Xuan Yuan said.
"Yeah! I had a surprise to show you so I rushed to school"
"You broke through??" Xuan Yuan muttered in astonishment.
"Yes!" Qingyuan nodded in reply. He'd noticed the moment Qingyuan appeared. As a Void realm expert, his five senses had been enhanced to an inhuman degree so he'd sensed immediately that Qingyuan's movements didn't look as sluggish as before and they looked more refined like that of an expert.
"I broke through this morning when we were training!" She boasted.
Just then the others also arrived in front of him with Xingyao wearing a sullen look on herb face.
"I'm sorry Xuan Yuan but I couldn't breakthrough no matter how much I tried" Xingyao said sadly.
"It's nothing. It's not something that just happens. I'm even surprised you guys managed to improve in just a few hours of training" Xuan Yuan consoled sincerely.
"Still, Qingyuan and Shen Rou broke through earlier. I'm ashamed to even stand before you" She said.
"If you're so ashamed, then reach the flowing water realm before them" He said.
"Yes! I will!" She promised firmly.
As for Yue Ying, she was already playing naughtily with the other two unashamed of the fact that she's still not in the Body refinement realm yet...
After a few hours, they all left the school and returned home to resume playing the game.
Xuan Yuan didn't rush to play the game when he got home, instead he sat on his bed and closed his eyes. After training so much in game especially with a Mana domain, his senses in real life had been affected indirectly such that his senses were more sharper than they were previously. He could even hear the clanging sounds of the utensils as his Mother washed them. He continuing trying to perfect his senses in real life to solidify his standards at the Void realm...
Meanwhile, in the game, a group of nine players stood in front of a three storeyed building about 10 metres high on the main street of Jade spear city. A plaque bearing
"Let's head inside" The Assassin said as she led the Team into the building.
The Advance tracking centre was a place developed by the game designers to allow players to track themselves. Instead of manually searching for a player, you can easily get the player's locations from the centre so long as you have the money.
The cost required to search for a person is 100 Gold coins. Such an amount is even more than the daily income of a Player. After removal the expenses incurred, he'd be left with about 25 Gold coins only. He'd need about 4 days worth of savings before he'd be able to track a player once...