Escort Commission

'2,300 Gold Coins… not bad. I still have more to be collected later, too.' Bai Tian left the room with a smile on his face.

"By the way, do you have any plans now that you've sold your materials?" Fiora suddenly asked him.

"I plan on getting my Class Advancement next," he said.

"I see… The nearest Holy Cathedral from our location would be at Galadriel. In that case, there's currently an ongoing escort commission from Red Iron City to Galadriel, and they leave from this place in two days. If you accept this commission, you'll be able to travel there safely, and you will even get paid for it." Fiora said to him.

"Two days, right? Sure, I will join this escort commission." Bai Tian agreed.

"Great! Then I will sign you up for it. You just need to show up here in two days at 7 AM."

"Sure."

Bai Tian left the Adventurer's Guild shortly after and made his way back to the other store.

Meanwhile, Fiora went to meet with the Guildmaster of Red Iron City's Adventurer's Guild.

"What's wrong, Fiora? For you to seek me, it must be urgent." The Guildmaster was a middle-aged man with a fit physique.

"This isn't really urgent, but I'd like the Guild to be on the lookout for a certain Adventurer."

"Oh? Which lucky fellow managed to pique our Little Goddess' interest?"

"He just registered as an Adventurer, Black Heaven." Fiora said.

"Black Heaven? What an ominous name. What is so special about him?"

"Well, for starters, he'd just defeated Freya during the practical exam while being only level 32. I think he has tremendous potential." Fiora said.

"What! He defeated Freya at level 32?! What kind of legendary class does he have?!" The Guildmaster was shocked to hear this news, and he quickly became excited.

"That's the thing. He doesn't have a special class. In fact, he's a Martial Artist."

The Guildmaster held a dumbfounded look on his face as he spoke, "Did I hear you correctly? You said he's a Martial Artist?"

Fiora nodded, "I know, I was surprised at first, too."

The Guildmaster then laughed, "Fiora, no matter how much potential they may have, Martial Artists have limited capabilities compared to every other class out there, so there's no reason to pay special attention to a mere Martial Artist."

Due to their inferior capabilities and how they always ranked the lowest, Martial Artists are commonly discriminated against by others.

"You don't understand, Guildmaster. He's not an ordinary Martial Artist!"

"Just forget about it, Fiora. If he's truly as talented as you say, he'll make a name for himself without our help. I know you've helped us recruit a lot of talented Adventurers, but nobody will take a Martial Artist seriously even if they show some promise."

Fiora had a dispirited look on her face after getting the Guildmaster's response.

"I understand, Guildmaster. Sorry for bothering you." In the end, Fiora decided to just leave things as it is, as what the Guildmaster said was not entirely wrong.

'If only he wasn't a Martial Artist…' She sighed inwardly.

Meanwhile, Bai Tian returned to the store to collect more money.

"Welcome back, Esteemed Guest. We have finished inspecting the materials." The manager said, and he continued, "For the Quality Rabbit Fur, we will pay you 800 Gold Coins. 20 Gold Coins for the Taurus Skin, and 10 Gold Coins for the Red Bear Fur. In total, it will be 850 Gold Coins. What do you think?"

Bai Tian didn't expect the Red Bear Fur to be worth so much.

"Sounds good." He nodded a moment later.

"Thank you, Esteemed Guest. If you ever have more things to sell, we will always be willing to take them off your hands."

After leaving the store, Bai Tian's total wealth increased to 3,167 Gold Coins and 117 Silver Coins.

'Now that I have some decent wealth, let's replenish some supplies for the journey to Galadriel.'

Sometime later, he entered a potion store.

The potion store was small and empty. Unlike other stores, there was no merchandise on display. Instead, the walls were covered with papers of information for medicine and potions.

[Small Health Potion: 5 Silver Coins]

[Quality Health Potion: 50 Silver Coins]

[Super Health Potion: 1 Gold Coin]

[Small Mana Potion: 10 Silver Coins]

[Quality Mana Potion: 1 Gold Coin]

[Super Mana Potion: 3 Gold Coin]

[Small Stamina Potion: 5 Silver Coin]

[Quality Stamina Potion: 50 Silver Coins]

[Super Stamina Potion: 1 Gold Coin]

[Minor Strength Potion: 5 Gold Coins]

[Minor Magic Potion: 10 Gold Coins]

[Minor Stamina Potion: 7 Gold Coins]

After looking at the papers, Bai Tian walked to the front desk and asked the middle-aged man working, "Do you sell any Qi Potions?"

He didn't see any listing on the wall, but he still wanted to try his luck.

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "Qi Potions? Those are incredibly rare yet hard to sell at the same time since nobody has a use of them. You won't find them in the majority of potion stores."

"Is that so… Then do you know where I can buy them?"

"Like I said, you won't find them in ordinary potion stores. The major stores in the capital will probably have them, but if you want to acquire some, your best bet would be to find an Alchemist who can craft them. There's none in this city, but there is one at Galadriel."

"Galadriel, huh? I understand. Thank you for the information." Bai Tian left the potion store without buying anything shortly after.

'I have two days until I start making my way to Galadriel, but there's nothing else that I need to do in this city.'

Since he had nothing to do, Bai Tian decided to log off the game for the first time since the game launched over a week ago.

After he logged off, Bai Tian started to cultivate. As much as he wanted to keep playing without rest, he still needed to progress his cultivation in order to keep up with his lies, as people would find it suspicious if he comes out of seclusion without any progress.

Once there was only several hours until the meet up, Bai Tian stopped his cultivation and pulled out a laptop from his secret spatial ring.

He then started surfing the internet to see the newest trend on High Fantasy Online as well as gathering information, as he realized that he was lacking in that department while every other player has been sharing information since day one.