Starting Unlimited Evolution from Grinding

Chapter 224: The Practice of Collaborative Learning

When they arrived at Gentle Breeze Manor, the sky had completely darkened.

However, two mana lamps were installed at the entrance of Gentle Breeze Manor, their bright light illuminating the surrounding path.

Therefore, even in the dark night, it remained just as conspicuous.

Approaching this inn, it somewhat resembled Gothic-style architecture infused with some "forest cabin" elements, appearing both noble and elegant, vibrant yet not vulgar.

Pushing open the main door, a crisp wind chime sound rang in their ears. A breeze blew in from outside, making the wind chime sway, its pleasant sound particularly clear in the quiet lobby.

The inn's lobby looked quite simple, not very large in area, with no tables or chairs arranged. Emerald green vines clung to the walls, and the floor seemed to be paved with special [Jade Sandstone] tiles. Stepping on them would leave brief, leaf-like green light traces.

Everyone walked to the inn's front desk, where a smiling mature woman stood behind the counter.

"Welcome to Gentle Breeze Manor. I'm the owner of this establishment, Vicky. A total of 5 guests?"

"That's right, please..."

Lin Mo thought for a moment: "Please book five rooms."Although from a cost-saving perspective, they could book double rooms—having Sherfilia and Finnie share one, Lena and Ellie share another—this would present a problem: practicing skills at night might become somewhat awkward.

So it was better to simply get five single rooms for convenience.

"How long will you be staying?"

"One month for now."

The owner Vicky behind the counter raised her eyebrows in surprise.

As a relatively famous inn in Fargard City, many people came to Gentle Breeze Manor daily, with over half being young people similar to these guests. However, most only came for the experience and wouldn't stay long, as the prices here were quite expensive.

"Our daily accommodation fee is 16 silver coins. For long-term stays, we can offer you some discounts... The monthly rent for one room is 4 gold coins, so five rooms would be exactly 20 gold coins."

Lena beside them was instantly shocked.

So expensive!

In Roland Town, the best inn accommodation cost only about 2 silver coins. Even in Silverstream City, the price wouldn't exceed 5 silver coins. But here, one night cost a full 16 silver coins!

Lin Mo was also somewhat surprised. A big city truly lived up to its name—the cost of living was just high.

However, compared to his current savings and income, this amount of money didn't matter much.

Feeling comfortable while staying was what mattered most.

So he straightforwardly took out 20 gold coins from his backpack and handed them to the owner before him.

"Alright, please wait a moment..."

Vicky accepted the money, operated something for a while, and soon a young girl came running over. She bowed slightly to Lin Mo and the others: "Honored guests, please follow me."

Following the young girl into the interior of Gentle Breeze Manor, the decorations inside were equally serene and elegant. Arriving at the room doors, the young girl didn't take out keys but instead said: "Please stand in front of the room door, guest."

Lin Mo did as she said and stood there. With subtle mana fluctuations, the door before him automatically opened.

"Oh?"

Lin Mo raised his eyebrows in surprise—facial recognition?

"Is this through magical imaging technology? By prerecording impressions and comparing them to verify the guest's identity?"

Finnie clearly had some understanding of this and explained the principle behind it.

"Yes."

The young girl nodded: "Then, please return to your rooms to rest first, honored guests. I'll notify the kitchen to prepare meals."

The accommodation fee at this inn naturally included meals.

And it wasn't the fixed three meals a day type, but rather whenever needed, the kitchen could prepare food fresh.

One could only say that expensive things were indeed different—the service was truly quite considerate.

"Well then, everyone go check out your own rooms first..."

Lin Mo said this while walking into his own room.

The room didn't have those flashy floor tiles, but the entire room's arrangement looked quite exquisite. The room size was approximately 80 square meters, which was very spacious for a single room.

The room's furnishings were relatively simple, but everything necessary was present.

A dining table with two chairs, a large bed, several cabinets, and a desk.

On a multi-tiered shelf nearby were some fresh snacks, pastries, fruits, and alcohol.

Lin Mo walked over to check—the quality was quite good.

On the desk was a pile of books: one about Fargard City's introduction, one about nearby villages and towns, and an adventurer's handbook containing content adventurers cared about, like the city's forging shops and alchemy stores.

Additionally, there was a thin booklet. Lin Mo flipped through a few pages—it was an introduction to this inn.

Finally, there were several novels compiled by bards. Judging by the titles, they were all relatively classic heroic stories.

Lin Mo turned his head. Opposite the large bed, about three meters long and wide, next to the entrance hallway wall, was a bathroom.

The bathroom door was actually semi-transparent, but there were curtains inside that could be drawn or not as one preferred.

Overall, although there was still considerable markup, this inn's configuration could indeed be considered luxurious.

"Lin Mo!"

Ellie's anxious voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Lin Mo walked to the doorway, and the little wolf-girl had already barged in. He looked at her somewhat puzzled: "What's wrong? Weren't we supposed to check our rooms first?"

"Ah, what's there to see about this..."

Ellie clearly didn't care about this because she had thought of a more serious problem.

"This inn's soundproofing is so good, and there are no keys—it uses magical image recognition to open doors. So how am I supposed to come over at night?"

Lin Mo thought about it and realized it was true. If the room had soundproofing barriers, then even knocking at the door wouldn't be heard, right?

However, the inn probably had a solution for this problem.

Shortly after, the young girl from before returned with freshly prepared meals from the kitchen.

So Lin Mo took the opportunity to ask.

"It's like this..."

The young girl smiled and replied: "If someone outside needs something from a guest in the room, there's a special reminder button outside the door. Pressing the button will send a notification to the guest inside the room."

"Let me try!"

Ellie's ability to take action was always so high. Before the other person finished speaking, she eagerly went outside the room door and closed it.

Then, a doorbell-like sound rang in the room.

"Quite convenient."

Lin Mo nodded with satisfaction.

In this magical world, using mana—this miraculous energy—they had indeed developed many convenient things for daily life.

"Then I'll take my leave first. If you need anything, guests, there's a service button in the room. Press it, and I'll come over immediately."

"Alright."

Lin Mo looked in the direction she pointed. Sure enough, inside the room, right next to the bedside, there was also a "button."

This button, specifically speaking, should be a type of mana triggering device.

Pressing it would generate mana fluctuations, thereby affecting the other end connected by mana.

Although the meals prepared by the kitchen were portioned individually, with everyone getting the same, they all brought their food to Lin Mo's room to eat together.

Fortunately, the table in this room was large enough to comfortably seat all five people.

At the dinner table, Finnie seemed somewhat nervous.

After all, she had lived her entire life in Silverstream City with her mother. Now suddenly leaving Lady Behira and coming to another city—although she wouldn't say it out loud—she was actually quite uncomfortable inside.

Of course, Finnie wouldn't regret her choice. Even if she went back to a few days ago, she would still resolutely follow Lin Mo without hesitation.

"Well... it's getting late, everyone should go back and rest early."

When the meal was almost finished, Ellie stood up and reminded everyone.

Lena and Finnie didn't think much of it, but Sherfilia's gaze immediately fell on the little wolf-girl, subtly pursing her lips.

"Thieving wolf."

She silently complained in her heart but didn't say anything, standing up and following her young mistress to leave.

These two days, she had more important things to do. Young Mistress Finnie had just left her hometown and must be very uncomfortable now. Sherfilia needed to accompany her more.

So everyone gradually left the room, including Ellie.

Of course, less than 5 minutes later, she came back again.

"You've already bathed? So quickly..."

Lin Mo opened the door, somewhat puzzled.

"Not yet, I came over to bathe here."

While saying this, Ellie slipped into the room, closed the door behind her, and directly walked into the bathroom.

Naturally, she wouldn't draw the curtains. The little wolf-girl boldly took off her clothes, letting hot water wash over her body.

...

Lin Mo's fists clenched.

Such behavior was practically deliberate provocation.

It seemed that saying was indeed true—three days without discipline, and they'll tear the roof off.

During the nearly week-long journey, this little wolf-girl had forgotten the times she had begged for mercy in disarray. It was time to properly loosen her skin.

...

As it turned out, even with skills helping Ellie continuously improve her attributes, her numerical values were still far inferior to Lin Mo's.

At first, she was quite stubborn, but before long, she was already slurring nonsense.

Perhaps because of the soundproofing barriers, she was even less restrained than usual, her bright singing voice resounding throughout the entire room.

[Shared Cultivation] proficiency +1

......

After evolving into a new skill, the speed of skill leveling seemed to slow down again.

Reaching level 2 directly in one night seemed somewhat difficult.

However, compared to the original [Joint Cultivation], the [Shared Cultivation] skill should have enhanced effects.

But the specific effects probably wouldn't be known until tomorrow...

As for now, Ellie, who had started rolling her eyes, clearly couldn't provide any answers.

What was somewhat regrettable was that the additional effects of the evolved [Shared Cultivation] hadn't shown obvious results yet. Lin Mo hadn't learned any of Ellie's skills.

Thinking carefully, this made sense. The skill description itself said "small probability." Such things definitely couldn't be achieved in one attempt. With more attempts later, he would eventually gain skills.

Early the next morning, Lin Mo woke up earlier than usual.

Although he hadn't slept much during the previous days of travel, given his current constitution, without intense battles, he didn't need that much sleep for recovery anyway.

Ellie's condition also looked quite good, recovering surprisingly quickly—probably because she had randomly gained constitution attribute yesterday.

After briefly stretching, according to Ellie's description, in terms of physical sensation, the effect of [Shared Cultivation] was indeed significantly better than [Joint Cultivation].

They needed to continue working hard, practicing frequently, to help her improve her strength more quickly.

Given Lin Mo's current strength, if he wanted to take on more challenging missions, aside from Sherfilia, the others couldn't be of much help.

Of course, being new here, Lin Mo didn't plan to take risks either.

It was better to first take on some safer missions to adapt to the new environment and life.

Before that, he needed to visit the adventuring company first—time to greet an old friend.

After washing up and having breakfast, Lin Mo led everyone out of the inn and headed toward the northwest of the city.

Fargard City was indeed a very large city. The Gentle Breeze Manor Lin Mo chose, like those adventuring companies, was located in the high-end district of the adventurer area. Even so, this small area belonging to high-end adventurers still covered hundreds of square kilometers.

Since they weren't in a hurry, and the team included slower members like Finnie, it took over half an hour to finally reach their destination.

Crossing through an adventurer street, following an alley all the way forward, when they reached the end, the view suddenly opened up.

Just like residential communities on Blue Star, a large area was enclosed by fences. On the main gate was painted a golden lion.

The famous Lion Adventuring Company of Fargard City was located here.

"Quite impressive..."

This was to be expected. Based on their first meeting impression, although he wasn't clear about the other's specific strength, just from that aura belonging to powerful experts, it was evident that the Lion Adventuring Company's leader's strength should be no less than Chairman Vic's.

That meant a genuine Elite Level professional.

There should still be a gap compared to Flora, but possibly even stronger than Chairman Vic.

And not just the leader—the strength of other company members couldn't be underestimated either. After all, when dealing with those undead creatures before, they performed very easily, with almost no one getting injured.

"Sorry, folks, this is Lion Adventuring Company's territory. We're not currently welcoming outside visitors."

When they reached the main gate, they were stopped by adventurers at the entrance.

Compared to the proper guards at the city gates, these adventurers were clearly just taking turns guarding the gate—not professional—so their tone was more casual.

Of course, this was just their personality, not meant maliciously.

So Lin Mo didn't mind either, smiling and explaining: "I'm a friend of your company leader, here to see him about something...."