Above the Grey Jewel, John was sitting while sorting the items Bowler had shopped for him. The other players were either practicing martial arts, training game skills, or in the water grinding for exp.
The aquatic monsters in the water nearby the ship were around level 35 to 45 basic or elite grades. Though these monsters were at higher levels compared to the monster near Thepuergua's port, they were considered weak already by the current players. But they kept on spawning so they still supplied a decent number of exp points.
John formed a party with one of the groups grinding beside the ship, so he received exp points despite doing nothing on the ship. No one dared to complain about his abuse of authority. But he did send his avatar and summoned creatures to go down into the water to help the group, so people could not complain that he was entirely idle.