After that, everyone's cultivation resumed as planned.
"Can I go to the comfort room?"
"Ah, it's my turn to go get lunch!"
"Master, my wife's calling me. Can I leave for a while?"
And with every possible excuse in the book—some legitimate, some obviously not—people came and went, before continuing on their unchanging cultivation journey.
With their "zealous" training, their game characters rapidly progressed through Bronze Level 6, 7, and 8.
But their real-world cultivation wasn't rising quite as fast. After all, there was a significant disparity in efficiency between the two. It was a matter of course that their real-world progress lagged behind comparatively.
Still, Qi gathering via the Heavenly Martial Path game was far faster than ordinary cultivation in the real world. The density of the Qi inside the game was just that much higher.
"Master, I've reached Bronze Level 10!"