One is foolish to be jealous and envious of others, fearing they will surpass them. Only by constantly learning from the strong can one continue to improve. Just like Sun who released his PK videos to find opponents, he continuously sought out stronger people to challenge and pursue greater progress, slowly becoming recognized as a genius.

Even a genius has to climb to the top step by step.

By frequently sparring with Sun, Nie Yan could learn many skills and improve gradually.

In any case, he had to keep Sun around, but also give him room to grow, allowing him to follow the path of his previous life.

Another point was that the future Sun, besides being very skilled, possessed unparalleled popularity among thieves. He was a figure of immense influence, able to summon tens of thousands of master-level thieves with a wave of his hand. One could imagine what such a thief could bring to the Ni Ren (Amazing People) Tribe.

The Ni Ren Tribe's glory needed countless geniuses to create!

"Nirvana Flame, Guild Leader, please take me as your apprentice. Teach me how to play a thief," Sun stammered for a long time before finally making up his mind, looking at Nie Yan with hopeful eyes. In Sun's view, Nie Yan and Tang Yao were both frighteningly high level. Furthermore, he had witnessed Nie Yan and Tang Yao's prowess outside the Idambeido Black Flame Forest, where they killed enemies every ten steps. In his eyes, Nie Yan was like a god, high above and unattainable. Today, after exchanging blows, he was defeated by Nie Yan without any suspense. Therefore, he proposed that Nirvana Flame be his master so he could learn some skills. However, he was a little uneasy, thinking that Nie Yan probably wouldn't agree. After all, someone like Nie Yan wouldn't pay attention to a small fry like him.

Nie Yan hadn't expected Sun to make such a request. The genius thief of his previous life wanted to acknowledge him as his master. Nie Yan couldn't help feeling a little guilty. The key was that Sun had been too dazzling and outstanding in his previous life.

"I know this is a very demanding request, but I will definitely work hard and not disgrace my master's name. Nirvana Flame, Master, please accept me," Sun said sincerely, looking up at Nie Yan.

Nie Yan could see a strong desire for knowledge, unwavering faith, and determination to overcome difficulties in Sun's eyes. In addition to talent, geniuses also possess some excellent qualities that are difficult for ordinary people to achieve.

Was Nie Yan worried that Sun would disgrace his name? Of course not! Looking at the slightly immature and childish Sun in front of him, Nie Yan recalled that Sun was a very sentimental person. In his previous life, when his friend was killed, he infiltrated the Righteous Faction's fortress alone, hunted down dozens of people, and escaped unscathed. This was one of his glorious achievements. It was difficult to bind a genius with interests, but geniuses could also be restrained by emotions. He could start cultivating a relationship with Sun now. If Sun really recognized him as his master in the future, that would be great.

Was Nie Yan qualified to be Sun's master?

There was absolutely no problem in the next three years. After all, if a thief wanted to truly reach the level of a grand thief or higher, in addition to talent, they also needed extraordinary perseverance and persistence. Even Sun would need more than three years. As for future development, it would depend on individual talent. In these three years, Nie Yan could find some powerful masters to spar with and wouldn't stop there. Perhaps he could barely maintain his advantage for five or six years. After five or six years, if Sun's talent really reached an inhuman level and surpassed Nie Yan, then... it would be normal for the student to surpass the master, wouldn't it? If Nie Yan could truly comprehend the essence of Shadow Dance and continue to maintain his advantage, that would be even better.

Seeing that Nie Yan hadn't made a decision yet, Sun became anxious.

"Nirvana Flame, Master, please accept me," Sun pleaded.

"It's not impossible to accept you, but don't call me Nirvana Flame, Master, in the future. I'm not much older than you. You can call me Big Brother," Nie Yan said. Taking Sun as his apprentice was truly an amazing thing.

Sun let out a cheer. He still had the heart of a child, and his ecstatic appearance made Nie Yan smile.

"Give us the things you brought, and then help me send some things back first. Have your guild leader put them in the guild warehouse, and then come back. We'll take you leveling," Nie Yan said. He could take this opportunity to take Sun leveling and cultivate their relationship. At the same time, they needed someone to run between the leveling spot and the city, helping them send back the equipment they obtained and bringing them consumables from the city. Their red names were too severe and they didn't know when they would be cleared. It would take at least three or four days, and Tang Yao would probably need at least five or six days.

Previously, Nie Yan had been waiting for Divine Judgement and Sacrifice to cool down so he could do the thieving skill quest. According to the original plan, he could set off as soon as the game opened tomorrow. However, he had encountered such a thing just now, using up Divine Judgement and Sacrifice. That quest could only be postponed indefinitely.

Nie Yan suddenly understood some of life's principles. Regardless of whether you were reborn or not, no matter how well you planned your future path, how perfect and flawless it was, there would always be unexpected and uncontrollable things that would disrupt your plans. You could only rely on your efforts and everything you had accumulated to walk forward step by step, steadfastly. No matter how disrupted the plan was, as long as the pace and confidence of moving forward didn't change, that was enough.

"Big Brother Nirvana Flame is going to take me leveling? That's great!" Hearing Nie Yan say he would take him leveling, Sun jumped up excitedly. "I'll send the things back right away."

In terms of personality, Nie Yan found it difficult to associate Sun with the influential genius thief of his previous life. Therefore, unknowingly, he first ignored Sun's past deeds and regarded Sun as a teenager.

"This child is quite interesting," Yao Yao said to Nie Yan. She thought Nie Yan would coldly reject Sun, but she didn't expect Nie Yan to accept him. It seemed Nie Yan was quite soft-hearted.

Besides the fact that Sun was a genius-level thief in his previous life, the shining points in Sun's personality were also one of the reasons why Nie Yan accepted Sun. If he was the kind of person who would be ungrateful and break his promises, no matter how talented he was, Nie Yan would tell him to get lost.

Sun gathered all the equipment that Nie Yan wanted to send back into his backpack. Because he was too excited, he almost missed a few items when sorting the full backpack. He quickly packed them up, smiled awkwardly, and then started reading the return scroll.

Beneath the halo of genius, he was just a slightly reckless little kid.

After Sun went back, Nie Yan thought for a while. He didn't know how long it would take for his red name to disappear this time. According to the current situation, he wouldn't have a chance to return to the city in the next few days. The money in the Starry Night Potion Shop had already sold for a lot, at least several dozen gold coins. It would be too much of a loss if he kept it there. Game coins would depreciate.

Nie Yan thought for a while and asked Guo Huai to withdraw some gold coins from the Starry Night Potion Shop, then go to Moonlight City and other large cities to buy some real estate in future prime locations and transfer them to his name. This way, Nie Yan wouldn't have to worry about the money on hand becoming worthless. Buying real estate was a sure way to make a profit.

Guo Huai was very surprised when he heard Nie Yan say he wanted him to buy real estate in other cities and asked, "Why don't you buy real estate in Calore City? Going back and forth to other cities to buy real estate will incur teleportation fees! That's too much of a loss."

"Who said I didn't buy real estate in Calore City? Just do as I say. We will develop into other cities in the future. Having real estate in other cities will be much more convenient at that time," Nie Yan said with a slight smile. He had bought a full twenty-two pieces of real estate in Calore City. At least twelve of these places would be future golden properties, and the remaining ones would also be valuable. The reason why Nie Yan had so much money was largely related to his foresight. He bought a large number of valuable items at the auction house and then sold them at the appropriate time, earning a lot of revenue. Outsiders estimated that the Starry Night Potion Shop's daily income was about 20 gold coins, but in fact, Nie Yan's income was far more than that. The exact amount would only be known after Bird Doesn't Lay Eggs had settled the accounts.

After hearing this, Guo Huai was shocked. It turned out that Nie Yan had already purchased real estate in Calore City. Although he didn't know how much assets Nie Yan had, he could be sure that with Nie Yan's huge wealth as a backing, the Ni Ren Tribe would have more opportunities for development in the future. Great prospects were right in front of them.

After instructing Guo Huai, Nie Yan also instructed Bird Doesn't Lay Eggs. It was almost time to recruit alchemists from the market, but they shouldn't recruit them on a large scale. They could just secretly recruit some. Nie Yan also provided Bird Doesn't Lay Eggs with a list, which would make it easier to find the targets. Although the major guilds also raised some alchemists, they didn't pay much attention to them, and there were not many restrictions. It would be strange if that group of alchemists could withstand the Starry Night Potion Shop's money offensive. After all, the Starry Night Potion Shop's reputation was there, and if they offered enough benefits, many alchemists would definitely be willing to switch jobs.

Once they recruited enough alchemists and the things produced by the alchemists began to be accepted by the market, they could open a shop specializing in selling alchemical items. This way, profit would be guaranteed, and they would earn no less money than the Starry Night Potion Shop.

After a while, Sun ran back, panting, "I'm back."

With everyone present, Nie Yan said, "Let's go. Let's use this time before the game closes to grind a little more and clear some red names."

The group traversed through high-level maps, heading towards the distant mountains and forests. As they went deeper and deeper into the high-level map area, Sun became excited. Were they really going to grind monsters in a level 30 map? Would it be very dangerous? But this kind of dangerous stimulation was even more fascinating.

Perhaps every player who chose the thief class had a bit of fanaticism and a dangerous factor in their personality.