Chapter 75: Everyone’s Master
Everyone had just finished an intense, deadly fight against the Gatekeeper of Hell—Cerberus’ fragment. And although it was Xu Tao who finished things up, the fatigue from the battle wasn’t something they could ignore.
Upon arriving at the Beginner’s Village, the first thing they did was empty their inventories. They had a lot of trash items they needed to get rid of to free up inventory space.
"Seven hundred gold for all that?! Come on, isn’t that too cheap? There are rare items mixed in!" One complained to the local vendor NPC, not knowing that prices were fixed and non-negotiable.
"Give me this, this, and... this! Oh, also a bottle of that!" While others went on a shopping spree.
"Hmm... This looks better than what I have and comes with a cultivation bonus... I’ll go with this!"
They bought some essentials like Qi Gathering Pills, recovery potions, and food items—and, most importantly, to get more proper-looking equipment. Especially for Henrietta and Uriel, who hated their set equipment’s appearance.
As they returned to the training grounds, some of the guards quickly spouted used-up excuses to log out temporarily, clearly hoping for a short rest.
"Sure, you can. Take your time."
And of course, Xu Tao knew exactly what they were thinking. Still, he let them go.
After all, he wasn’t a devil—he still had some conscience. No, who am I kidding? It’s because the more tired one is, the less effective their cultivation gets.
Forcing them would simply backfire if they didn’t have the will to cultivate themselves.