The Magician might have been He Pu's friend, but he wasn't someone Xu Huo could trust without reservation. Anyone whose strength in the game approached that of a Super Player was an extremely dangerous presence in their own right. It wasn't wise to put his trust in someone he'd only met a few times.
The matter of the square pyramid would have to wait.
Mr. Dong brought fresh bandages and medicine. With Xiao Yuan and the painted woman's help, he treated all of Xu Huo's wounds again.
The wounds were quite deep. Even after using a Self-Healing Agent, they wouldn't heal easily; he would need several days just to recover from the external injuries.
"The guests heard you were back, sir. They'd like to see you," Mr. Dong said once he had finished treating the wounds.
"Did they say when they were leaving?" Xu Huo asked.
"They booked dinner for tomorrow morning," Mr. Dong replied.
It seemed they weren't planning to leave anytime soon.
"Let them stay as long as they don't wander around the Ancient Castle. I won't see them," Xu Huo said.
During the days he spent recovering, Xu Huo barely went downstairs. Apart from familiarizing himself with his new items each day and replying to the invitations sent by Lady Lily and the other charity-minded ladies who had heard he was back, he spent the rest of his time learning about other Sub-districts.
Besides D03-019, which he had just visited, he also looked up guides for C-class instances in other Sub-districts. His access at the C- and D-class Wormhole Points didn't extend beyond the C-class player section, so he couldn't view B-class player content. But he could buy some B-class guides through bounties.
He wasn't short on money. He hadn't spent much of the two hundred million