[Cây Bút Vàng 2020] Cửu Âm Chân Kinh, bạn và tôi – thanh xuân của chúng ta

Hello!!! I just turned 24 this year. It can be said that starting to play online games at the age of 20 is considered late. Either I don’t have a talent for this, or I’ve had little exposure and haven’t kept up. Maybe that’s why my gaming path hasn’t been paved with roses. From the moment I downloaded the game, I played the wrong web game. It’s heartbreaking to mention. I played for a whole session, and only after a master pointed out the wrong game would I know, otherwise I would have been playing for years. Personally, I’m extremely, extremely bad at gaming…

Time flies, 3 years and 4 months have passed since I entered this virtual world. It can be said that this is a step that changed my life later. From a kid who only cared about studying and didn’t like games, to knowing how to play games and completely changing my attitude towards online games. Basically, I fell for one word… BEAUTIFUL.

Nine Yin Manual captivated me with its magical beauty.

A quick review of what I’ve experienced over the past 3 years. Not very good, but I know a little bit about everything. This game is different from the games I’ve played in the past because it doesn’t require leveling. Instead, your character will “grow” based on your strength. For example, when you first enter, you’ll be Bat Kham Nhat Kich (very weak), and the highest level right now is Phan Phac Quy Chan (super cool). If you want to increase your strength, you have to practice internal energy, which is divided into 2 branches: sect internal energy (anyone can practice because it’s free) and giang ho internal energy (this one costs a little bit of money and is more cool).

Playing Cuu Am, you will be able to dance 7749 martial arts, flying light-body skills like in a swordplay movie. If you are strong, you can rush forward to be a shield, if you are weak, you can support from behind. Regarding occupations, there are all kinds of jobs from farming, silkworm farming, fishing, to pharmacists, poison masters, and even begging to earn money. When it comes to money, an important part that cannot be ignored is – ingots (silver ingots) – the currency in the game. This depends on how you play and your luck, so you can earn a lot or a little. Or one thing is that you can sell it to other players, and convert it to VND. The most ecstatic part of the turkey after 7749 cross-boom martial arts that glow in all colors is the fashion section. The “best” is called Phong Vat Chi – sparkling with many different beautiful effects. Next are the sect costumes, status costumes, which are equally beautiful. As for houses, weddings… there are still many things to mention until next year. To experience it, we invite you to explore this beautiful land of Cuu Am!

Anyone who plays games wants to find at least one companion. Someone who can share joys and sorrows and support each other in the game. Me too, since playing games I have found valuable companions. Especially, there I met her. A girl who impressed me at first and made me exclaim “wow so cool”. She is really strong, cool and strong girl type. Even though she is also a newbie, she is willing to help me with things I am still vague about. I call her “sister”, she takes me to fight monsters.

We met in the beautiful time of late autumn in September, when the chill occasionally hits the South in the early mornings. It’s not cold enough to give off steam like the cold outside, but just enough to make people exclaim “oh, it’s a bit cold today”. What could be more interesting than lying under the blanket, logging into the game to do one mission after another. Well, this is actually my hobby.

She invited me to the new server. Yeah! Actually, she was the first friend in this virtual world, so if she went to another server, I would definitely go with her. A week later, the new server was released, and we really went. Going to the new server started a new life in the virtual world that Cuu Am brought. Busy running missions, overcoming dungeons, and fighting bosses.

Same server but not on the same path. You have your new friends. I have my new friends. We still chat and care about each other little by little. The two of us are in two different states, but thinking back now, it’s strange that we were so close. Because even the closest people, if you don’t have a connection to communicate anymore, that relationship will become strangers. Real life is like that, let alone the virtual world. The way to cut off a relationship is to be silent. If you keep silent, even acquaintances will become strangers. It’s hard to keep the original intention.

. In the past three years, I have had a few relatives in the game and also lost some ‘used to be close’ people. It’s not strange because life changes, the environment changes, people also change. At that time, they liked you, they were compatible with you, but now they don’t. That’s all. Gains and losses a few times. Or simply, I’m a bit bland, bland in the way that even if you soak in seawater for a hundred years, it probably won’t be salty. At first, it was very exciting, but as you get more and more involved, it gradually becomes bland. If you can’t adapt to the story, I will suffocate you to death because of my blandness.

I don’t know what terrifying force has made our relationship last until today. Thinking back is scary. At first, we only communicated through games. That’s right, just games. Online, we talked offline, then that’s it. Gradually, we added each other on Facebook and talked more. Actually, I don’t know when we became closer.

Sisters just like that ask about each other, help each other with tasks, do silly things together, share joys and sorrows together.

There were times when we both stayed up until dawn to make clips to participate in events organized by the game’s fanpage because the deadline for submitting entries was approaching and we were both busy so we only did it when the time was right.

There were times when we planned to meet in real life, but it was stormy or we had to do something unexpected, so we had to cancel.

There were times when I was in jail because of my drug addiction. She dragged a bunch of clones into jail with me to help me practice qigong… in jail. Yes! Practicing qigong in jail. I was high and she still indulged me, really.

There were times when the two of us struggled all day in the forbidden area and were beaten to death by assassins and bosses. “You play the guitar, I’ll tank the boss.”

My name is also called by you – Fox.

The first time I met you in person was in 2018, the second year we knew each other. I was smiling as we walked, so happy, so interesting. Happy because it was the first time I met someone I only knew online. And because that person was you. This cute thing.

The first time we met, we felt awkward and a bit shy.

The second time we met was a feeling of waiting.

The third time we met was a feeling of familiarity.

The fourth time we met, we wondered why we couldn’t live closer to each other to make it more convenient to meet.

The fifth time we met, we felt like we would live together if possible.

The sixth time…

The seventh time…

Eighth…

Do you remember the future plans we built? Reality is harsher than we thought, but let’s try together to make our dreams come true.

I am a weak person, but for you I want to be stronger. At least I can be your support. Because the longer I know you, the more I know you are not as strong as you show on the outside. You are also a little childish, a little cute, a little bit of a girl.

Thank you for the times you took the bus from Thu Duc to Binh Duong to visit me. I’m afraid of buses and can’t go far.

Thank you for being there for me through thick and thin these past three years.

Thank you for the little gifts you gave me.

Thank you for the inspiration you have given me.

Thank you for drawing beautiful memories with me.

Thank you for being my friend for the past three years.

Thank you for being so compatible in game and in real life.

Thank you Cuu Am for bringing you into my boring life to enrich it both in game and in real life.

Thank you for adding so much spice to this relationship with me, little by little, and nurturing it to grow to what it is today. From a stranger, we are now as close as family. Being together, we can express all the crazy things hidden inside us without hesitation.

There are choices that people will regret when looking back. Entering the game, you and I also had injuries and sad stories in this place. But if I could choose again, I would still choose this path because here I met you. I never thought I would see you in the flesh. I never thought I would sit down with a friend in the game to eat, drink and laugh happily. I used to feel the fading of some relationships I had, so today, 3 years, I really cherish this relationship, cherish the short days we met. You told me that we could argue, get angry with each other and then laugh together to resolve the problem, but don’t stay silent and leave. I myself hate the silence, misunderstanding and quietly leaving each other.

Life is busy, myself, my brother and the brothers and sisters I met through the game have all gradually given up their swords. Some go to work, some go to school. Occasionally I still log into the game. Looking at the clan channel, there are no familiar things.

No more gang leader who spends all day calling people to fight on the gang channel.

No more chat lines of people teasing each other.

No more serious and tense meetings of dozens of people, discussing tactics to fight the enemy.

No more failed guild wars, losing bases, guild leaders blaming themselves, then sitting alone sadly in the afk room.

No more karaoke sessions on alo-alo where as soon as the leader sings, everyone trolls the photo and bans the chat.

No more times when the whole group is making noise: “Whoever logs in to buff me for a fight”, “I’m busy tomorrow, everyone log in to do quests for me”, “The group lost their group, replace them quickly”, “The enemy went to Thanh Do and teleported back quickly”, “Come into the group to fight X, he stole my tree”…

No one will criticize me for being a chicken every time I go to the forbidden area and get bitten to death by a monster.

No one told me I had AIDS because I couldn’t fly over the cliff or climb the wall to keep up with everyone else.

No more nights hugging frogs, putting on the pedestal and sitting and chatting with each other.

I really miss the time with everyone at Quan Long – Nghich Thien of Lao Tam sida. Our leader is an “old” person but extremely mischievous, always devoted to his teammates. If my previous daily habit was to come home from school, open my laptop, watch movies, YouTube and eat, after getting to know everyone, I was motivated to go online much more. Bringing food to the table while online, eating, and chatting, it was so much fun.

Thank you everyone for stopping by so we can meet at the most beautiful time of our youth. Maybe for everyone it’s just a game, and when we stop, that’s it, but for Cao it was a very beautiful youth. At that time, we were together every day, even though we were everywhere in this S-shaped country, but when we entered the game, we had a new home together, sharing joy and sadness, protecting it together. Now life can’t be tied to the game forever, people who work and go to school are too busy. We have broken up, but we still keep in touch and tease each other on Facebook, it’s not necessarily sad to break up, right?

It’s almost Tet, I wish Quan Long – Nghich Thien in particular and all of Cao’s friends in general a peaceful new year. Thank you everyone, whether relatives or enemies, for your love for Cao – whether love or hate. Thank you for accompanying us on a small part of our youth! Hello Quan Long, goodbye Nghich Thien.

Just online game.

Game is fake love is real.

Beating the boss and passing the level is fake, fighting is fake, having dark circles under the eyes is real, staying up late is real, laughing and talking to each other is real, being heartbroken is real, being hurt is real, cherishing each other is also real.

“Hello, I’m new to the game, can you show me how to do the quests?”

Chengdu, one evening, a newbie was leading another newbie to fight monsters…

What a beautiful picture frame, isn’t it?

Yes!!!

—White Fox—