Versatile Sword Cultivator

Chapter 133 – Chat by the lake

"Forget it, let's not talk about that. Let's discuss the game instead. What do you think of my Moon Shadow Guild's strength?"

Jiang Luoyu changed the topic, seemingly unwilling to reveal too much information.

The fact that she was willing to share this much with Lin Jichen was already quite astonishing. Even Su Wanling didn't know these things.

"Moon Shadow Guild? It's alright. Even though it's all girls, it's already quite impressive," Lin Jichen commented.

Jiang Luoyu was not satisfied and said, "I don't want this kind of polite, neutral comment. I want the truth, without any bias. Just treat us like a professional guild team."

Lin Jichen was a bit surprised but quickly understood what Jiang Luoyu wanted to know. She wanted to make Moon Shadow Guild the strongest.

"Alright then, to be honest, your Moon Shadow Guild is currently leading other guilds by a significant margin in the early stages of the game. The average realm of your team is also among the highest."

Lin Jichen then changed his tone and said seriously, "However, your guild lacks top-tier experts. To be blunt, don't take this the wrong way, but female players generally lag behind male players in terms of technical skills in the gaming world. This isn't meant as discrimination; I have no such intention."

Jiang Luoyu wasn't angry or upset. Instead, she acknowledged, "You're right. I'm not that sensitive. Go on."

Lin Jichen felt relieved and continued, "If you want your guild to truly become strong, you need to recruit genuinely skilled female players. For example, those with strong potential or high combat skills, or even those without these attributes but with great determination."

"Great determination?"

"Yes, even if an ordinary player lacks combat skills or innate talent, as long as they are passionate about the game and willing to practice diligently every day, they can also grow into experts. This is called 'diligence makes up for lack of talent.' Of course, you can't expect them to be top-tier, but they can at least become the backbone of the guild."

The more Jiang Luoyu listened, the more she felt it made sense, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

"Do you have any recommendations? Like, do you know any players with impressive potential?"

"How would I know that?" Lin Jichen answered guiltily. "Isn't there a ranking list? The top thousand players on the talent ranking list are all pretty good. You can hold a recruitment event and select female players from within this top thousand, offering them good terms. Their future prospects should be promising."

"That makes sense. Why didn't I think of that? What about the cultivation ranking list? Many guilds are recruiting from that list," Jiang Luoyu asked.

"That list is full of players who only know how to grind and level up. Most of them use the simplest Human Dao Foundation for their foundation, which has a major drawback: unstable foundations. Their future strength will be greatly compromised, and their cultivation won't match their actual power. Don't trust that ranking. The talent ranking is where the future experts will truly emerge."

"I understand. Thank you for the reminder. You've really taught me a lot today. I'll follow your advice and recruit in Mu Xian Province."

"Why only recruit in Mu Xian Province? You can recruit in all four provinces. Right now, people can't afford the teleportation fees, but in the future, a few hundred Spirit Stones won't be a problem."

"You're right. You really know more about the game than I do. I'll definitely seek your advice more often in the future," Jiang Luoyu praised.

Lin Jichen secretly smiled bitterly. How could he not know, being a reborn individual?

"I just play the game a lot. In other areas, you should give me more advice. I'm only good at gaming, not much else," Lin Jichen admitted awkwardly.

In terms of gaming, he could indeed be Jiang Luoyu's teacher, but in other areas, he was far behind.

Despite his past life's experience, Lin Jichen had always been focused on honing his gaming skills and lacked social experience and knowledge.

For example, he knew nothing about business. He had no business experience in his past life. After being reborn, could you expect him to become a business elite? To strategize and dominate? Would you believe that?

The recent shop opening was a disaster because of his lack of experience, forcing him to close it just two hours after opening.

He wasn't a god. So what if he was reborn?

What you didn't know in your past life, you still wouldn't know in this life.

Even if you could foresee the future and knew which industries would be profitable, you still had to learn the basics of business.

Those who were nothing but pure gamers in their past lives.

After being reborn, they suddenly became geniuses, mastering everything, running listed companies, and earning billions annually.

Moreover, they would smoothly crush all competitors, avoid all traps, and never suffer losses.

Is that reasonable?

Of course, having a system cheat is another story.

For example, some people have fragments that help them, which makes sense.

But Lin Jichen was just a simple reborn individual, with no system or fragments, only his past life's memories and the Heaven-defying Fate talent.

"Alright, let's help each other out and be each other's teachers," Jiang Luoyu agreed happily and immediately taught Lin Jichen some essential business skills and useful competitive strategies.

After listening, Lin Jichen felt enlightened, realizing how little he knew about business and how close he was to wasting such a good shop.

The two of them started chatting by the lakeside, discussing the game and business. Before they knew it, dawn had arrived.

Lin Jichen had also successfully cleared his red name status.

"Thank you, President Jiang, for keeping me company during such a boring soak."

Lin Jichen smiled as he got out of the lake and changed his clothes.

Jiang Luoyu accidentally saw Lin Jichen's bare torso and quickly looked away.

"It's nothing. I learned so much about the game from you today. These few hours of chatting have been incredibly beneficial for me. I should be the one thanking you."

"President Jiang, you taught me a lot too. Didn't we agree to help each other?" Lin Jichen smiled.

Jiang Luoyu tilted her head cutely, "So, are we friends now?"

"Of course, we've been friends for a while, haven't we?" Lin Jichen replied.

"Then why do you keep calling me President Jiang? Friends shouldn't be so formal," Jiang Luoyu pouted.

Lin Jichen realized and awkwardly laughed, "Sorry, sorry. What should I call you then?"

"Just call me Little Jiang. And I'll call you... Little Lin, how about that?"

Jiang Luoyu initially wanted to suggest calling each other by their given names, Luoyu and Jichen, but felt it was too intimate, so she chose a more friendly nickname.

"Call me Big Lin."

Lin Jichen had been called Little Lin by Ren Lan countless times and didn't want to hear that nickname again. He wasn't small at all!

Unexpectedly, Jiang Luoyu teased, "What's big about you? You're clearly younger than me. I'll call you Little Lin."

Lin Jichen was exasperated.