Chapter 1 Nie Yan's Loot

Nie Yan went up and picked up the equipment dropped by the Scale Frog. It was a level 30 Gold staff for mages, and a Master Potion Recipe.

Elemental Convergence Potion: After drinking this potion, the casting time of elemental magic skills is reduced by 10%. Required ingredients: Wind Spirit Grass, Coagulation Potion, Decomposition Potion, Mercury.

A journeyman apothecary can make this Elemental Convergence Potion. If this potion is successfully made, one bottle should sell for more than two silver coins, which is quite expensive at the current level. He opened the permissions for Niao Bu Sheng Dan. The potion recipes he got from farming the Ghoul Overseers before had already been taken from his personal warehouse by Niao Bu Sheng Dan. Presumably, he had already made some and started selling them.

Finding a good recipe can often bring huge economic benefits to a pharmacy and attract a large number of people, driving the sales of other potions in the pharmacy. The recipes that Nie Yan obtained by grinding monsters above his level were mostly unavailable on the market.

Nie Yan put away the journeyman potion recipe, then threw the Gold staff to Tang Yao.

Tang Yao's voice rang out. He frowned, and a very coquettish voice came out.

"Yaozi, can you take me to level up?"

"I'm farming monsters in a level 50 map. I don't have time." Tang Yao was unusually unmoved by her beauty.

"Yaozi, is it fast to level up on a level 50 map? Take me with you."

"I said I don't have time." Tang Yao hung up the voice chat with a snap. Life was lonely. At first, he said he was leveling up in a level 20 map, but no one believed him. Now that he was on the level rankings, people were still swarming him when he said he was leveling up in a level 50 map. So snobbish! Tang Yao was quite rational when it came to these women. It was okay to tease them when he had nothing to do, but he would never put any effort into them.

That was just Tang Yao's personality.

As a childhood friend, Nie Yan knew Tang Yao quite well. Although Tang Yao seemed very flirtatious, he was definitely not the kind of person who would go weak in the knees at the sight of a woman. That was true in his past life, and probably the same in this life.

Tang Yao whistled. After getting on the level rankings, he felt extremely comfortable. Yu Lan and the others were asking how Tang Yao was leveling up so fast. Tang Yao replied that he was grinding monsters with Nie Yan, so they didn't think anything of it. In their eyes, Nie Yan could not be measured by ordinary standards, and they were all envious of Tang Yao.

After leveling up, Tang Yao's damage when attacking the Scale Frogs became more and more obvious.

Flames danced, and another Elite Scale Frog fell to the ground. Nie Yan looked at the experience points. He was only one step away from level 13. Since Tang Yao was getting more experience, his experience points gradually exceeded Nie Yan's. Nie Yan couldn't help but sigh. Mages leveled up faster than thieves, including when leveling up in a team. Players who were red-named received an extra experience bonus for farming Scale Frogs, but the experience Nie Yan received was still not as good as Tang Yao's.

After killing three Elite Scale Frogs, they would not respawn until tomorrow morning. Nie Yan and Tang Yao continued to farm Sub-Elites, and their experience points soared.

"I haven't gotten what I want yet."

"What are you looking for?"

"This place drops the Maniac Killer Medal, which is an ornament. It only has a certain probability of dropping when you're red-named. If the red name disappears, there will be no chance."

"Maniac Killer Medal? What's it for?"

"The Maniac Killer Medal is the best ornament in the early stages. It has bonuses to many stats," Nie Yan said. If he had the Maniac Killer Medal, it would be much easier to level up or PK in the future.

Nie Yan's equipment wasn't good enough, and he didn't have enough skills. This was because he hadn't done many dungeons, so he needed to find this kind of rare item to improve his stats.

Tang Yao's level was rising rapidly, which had attracted the attention of many people. He had just entered the top ten of the level rankings, and soon he leveled up, and soon he leveled up again. By the time he was about to log off, Tang Yao's level had risen to level fourteen, only one step away from Po Tian, who was first on the level rankings. Nie Yan also leveled up to level fourteen, but his level was not displayed.

The entire Green Land Empire was talking about it.

"That Yaozi is on steroids! He's leveling up so fast!"

"Judging from his momentum, he's going to surpass Triumph's Guild Leader, Po Tian, soon."

"Support Yaozi! Surpass Po Tian!"

This kind of momentum where the level was rising steadily was really terrifying.

Although Triumph was rich and powerful, had a powerful guild, and a strong network of contacts, they had often cleared the area when leveling up outside, and their behavior was too arrogant, which aroused dissatisfaction among many players. Therefore, there were still many people standing on Tang Yao's side.

The Triumph Guild was also busy. Under Po Tian's instructions, some guild members began to investigate who Yaozi was. However, Yaozi had not been famous before, and his level had suddenly risen so sharply, which might just be good luck, finding a good place to grind monsters. Po Tian didn't take it to heart. After this period, if that Yaozi didn't have any strength, his level would definitely drop slowly. What was there to worry about? No one could shake Triumph at present, and no one could shake him. Being the first in level did not mean being the first in strength.

In Po Tian's eyes, his opponents were Ban Xing De Hu Li, Ai Qing Sha Shang, and a few others, but definitely not this Yaozi!

Tang Yao and Nie Yan killed the last Scale Frog, and stopped when their levels were only one step away from level fifteen. The game would be closed in half an hour.

"I have to go to Carol first. It's too dangerous for you to be here alone, so log off first. We'll meet here again when we log on tomorrow."

"Okay. Do you have any plans after logging off today?" Tang Yao asked.

"No, why?"

"A few old classmates from junior high said they wanted to get together. They're also playing Conviction. If you want to build a guild, you can call them too," Tang Yao said. Several of his junior high school classmates used to joke around together and had a good relationship. Even after they were admitted to high school, they still contacted each other occasionally.

Nie Yan thought for a while and said, "It's okay to get together." Recalling those days in junior high school, they were carefree and memorable.

"I'll call you tomorrow, then I'll log off first."

"Bye."

Tang Yao logged off, and his figure gradually faded away. Nie Yan used a Town Return Scroll, and a white light flashed, returning him to Carol City. His backpack was now full of equipment. However, most of it was level 30 equipment, which he couldn't sell now. Nie Yan planned to use all the equipment he obtained to fill the guild warehouse. If the players saw a large number of high-level silver and gold equipment in the guild warehouse, they would have no doubt about the guild's strength.

After sorting out his personal warehouse, he put the gems and other things together, and sorted out the other sundries. Nie Yan walked towards the Starry Night Pharmacy. He hadn't checked the pharmacy's business situation for so long, and he didn't know how it was going.

Nie Yan's first impression when he walked into the Starry Night Pharmacy was that it was crowded. There were too many people, coming and going in a constant stream, especially now that the game was about to close, and the flow of people was even more dense.

Scanning the shelves of the Starry Night Pharmacy, Niao Bu Sheng Dan's work was quite good. The shelves were filled with a wide variety of potions. Most common potions could be found, and some rarer potions were also sold in special counters.

Niao Bu Sheng Dan came down from upstairs and found Nie Yan in the crowd. He quickly whispered to Nie Yan, "Boss, you're here."

"How's the situation now? It looks like business is pretty good," Nie Yan said. He looked at the accounts in the Starry Night Pharmacy and was shocked. The Starry Night Pharmacy's turnover had reached 56 gold coins. The pharmacy's profits were still quite high, and it could be described as making money every day. This was also related to the hot sales of anti-petrification potions, which accounted for a large proportion of sales.

"The operation is still normal. We've recruited another group of apothecaries in the past few days. There are now 27 Journeyman Apothecaries and 131 Apothecary Apprentices in the pharmacy. Our laboratory upstairs is not enough. And the store is too small, and some players can't even squeeze in," Niao Bu Sheng Dan said with distress.

It cost 20 gold coins to upgrade a level 3 shop. Nie Yan thought about it and decided to spend 20 gold coins to continue expanding the pharmacy. He would use the remaining money to grab one or two golden plots in other cities.

Many of the plots in Carol City had already been bought, and although there were some left, there was not much room for appreciation. Buying those plots would be useless in the future, so it was better to use the good steel on the blade and go to other cities.

"It is said that Triumph Guild, Holy Light Flames, and the Holy Judgment have also opened pharmacies nearby, but they are still level 1 pharmacies, and they don't have many apothecaries, and there doesn't seem to be many people," Niao Bu Sheng Dan said with pride. The pharmacies of so many big guilds had just started to develop, and their pharmacy was far ahead of the players.

"You should pay attention to the movements of your apothecaries and be careful of them being poached," Nie Yan reminded. It would not be worth it if the apothecaries they had worked so hard to train were poached by others.

"Yes, I've noticed this. I've signed a special agreement with the apothecaries upstairs. If they jump to other pharmacies, they will have to pay more than five times the compensation. We've invested so much in them. If they jump, the compensation alone will scare them to death," Niao Bu Sheng Dan had a very business-minded brain.

"I'll upgrade the shop," Nie Yan said. Since Niao Bu Sheng Dan had already thought of it, he didn't have to worry about anything.

System: Are you sure you want to upgrade your shop to a level 3 shop? This upgrade requires 20 gold coins.

Yes!

System: The shop has been successfully upgraded.

The Starry Night Pharmacy quickly expanded, more than doubling in size, becoming a three-story building. The second floor was an apothecary-exclusive laboratory, and the third floor was a warehouse. The shop also became spacious at once, and the hall could be described as magnificent.

The rapid expansion of the Starry Night Pharmacy would quickly open up the market in Carol City, seize the market share of potion sales, and become the leader in this industry.

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