Chapter 161: Volunteer
Nighttime neared as Benton watched over the fifty newest inductees into the Rising Tide Sect.
The experience was not a pleasant one. They all writhed in agony. He was pretty sure he hadn’t previously actually seen anyone make a motion he’d describe as writhing, but that was the only word that fit.
It was like they wanted to sit still, but they were in so much pain that they couldn’t. Ergo writhing.
Before they’d started the process, they’d all appeared completely positive that improving their spiritual roots would be worth the pain. He dearly hoped that they all kept that same opinion when they finished.
Benton was almost positive he wouldn’t if he were them.
Be that as it may, it was his second time in a very short period watching over a large group undergoing the improvement. He was, frankly, getting a little bored.
Honestly, he was really eager to begin setting up the sect buildings. It wasn’t like anyone or anything could attack the arena while he was outside nearby. He could get all the pavilions and the required housing placed before morning. They could be fully using the grounds tomorrow.
The problem was that his new sect members were completely vulnerable as their bodies went through the upgrade. A single rank one beast could kill everyone in the stands without anyone raising a finger against it. Even if such an outcome was extremely unlikely, Benton just didn’t feel comfortable leaving them alone.
Besides, these people were suffering for the good of the sect. It was his responsibility and his duty to watch over them. He just wished the job wasn’t so boring.
Since he’d told all the veteran sect members to rest until tomorrow with the only acceptable activity besides sleep being cultivating if they wanted to, he didn’t expect anyone to relieve him of that boredom.
Literally just as he’d finished having that thought, Yang Xiu showed up at that arena. He should have known.
“Master, this disciple has a question.”