Li Yao didn't waste any time, he made his purchases and went straight into action, at least showing his earnestness for the matter through his actions.
Li Yao paid great attention to detail, especially in The Ancient God World, a place almost identical to reality where high-level NPCs possess superior intelligence. Don't assume that just discovering a quest means you can rest easy.
Your impatience, your blind arrogance, and all such things, could influence the NPCs' judgments and thus determine the direction of the quest. Of course, it would hardly matter with straightforward NPCs, but with the stricter ones, you might even lose the quest.
Ordinary players also witnessed what true wealth is. Just for a potion slightly better than the Advanced Healing Potion, they would spend thousands of Gold Coins—a sum almost unimaginable for them.
