Two and a half years later.
The Star Dou Great Forest!
"Steamed buns! Big steamed buns!"
Huo Yuhao looked up.
He watched the buns steaming inside the bamboo basket and couldn't help swallowing.
He tightened the straps across his shoulders and continued through the Fatui camp, home to the most popular organization of the era.
He made his way to an overhang at the center of the camp.
Beneath it stood an openwork structure and a platform made entirely of wood, decorated with quite a few vases.
A green awning stretched across the front, enough to block the blazing sun.
"To the stars and the abyss! Welcome to the Adventurers' Guild, Huo Yuhao."
Behind the counter, a Robot in a green-and-white uniform greeted Huo Yuhao with practiced ease.
"Hello, Katheryne. I'm here to turn in a commission."
"I've finished the job of catching the Soft Bone Rabbits breeding out of control in Xiangyang Village. Here are the heads. You can count them."
As he spoke, Huo Yuhao took out the Storage Soul Tool assigned to the commission.
He laid more than a hundred drained Soft Bone Rabbit heads on an oilcloth.
Katheryne gave her practiced smile and gathered up all the heads.
"Thank you for completing today's commission. Here is your reward."
"Katheryne, could you exchange the reward for nourishing medicinal herbs again? I'll pick them up tomorrow."
"Of course! How is your mother doing, though? Were you satisfied with the treatment from Doctor Bai, the physician I recommended last time?"
Gratitude filled Huo Yuhao's eyes at Katheryne's concern.
Two years earlier, the Adventurers' Guild, established jointly by the Star Luo Empire and the Fatui, had spread throughout the empire.
That was when he had come upon its branch in Xinluo City.
Katheryne there had recruited him as a member