While they were talking, two people started arguing at the entrance of the Apothecary Guild. One was wearing cloth clothes with an Apothecary Guild badge, but it was a low rank, probably an apothecary apprentice. He was young, not even twenty years old. The other was an elemental mage, over thirty years old, tall and burly. Compared to him, the apothecary apprentice looked like a small child.

"It's not my fault the potion failed this time!"

"Not your fault? Is it my fault, then?"

"They were messing with me while I was brewing!"

"Our guild leader gave you so many herbs, and this is the crap you churned out? You can't even make back the cost of the ingredients. What good is your hidden skill? Go back and eat shit." The elemental mage cursed, not mincing words. He slapped the apothecary apprentice and threw some of the potion-making tools on the ground.

The apothecary apprentice stepped down from the platform, staring at the elemental mage with hatred in his eyes.

"What are you looking at? I'll slap you again if you keep staring. Get lost!" The elemental mage's eyes were like copper bells as he glared at the apothecary apprentice.

The apothecary apprentice took a deep look at the elemental mage and silently began to pick up his things.

"You spineless bastard!" The elemental mage kicked the apothecary apprentice. The apothecary apprentice staggered but didn't say a word as he continued to gather his things.

"That guy is too weak. He doesn't even dare to make a sound after being kicked," Shen Fa Wang Xi said, unable to stand it.

"There's nothing wrong with his approach. When you can't win, you can only endure it. When you can win, it's not too late to beat them back." A gleam flashed in Nie Yan's eyes. That apothecary apprentice was quite the patient one. The more patient a person is, the more terrifying they are.

Shen Fa Wang Xi looked up at Nie Yan. Nie Yan's words made him shudder. Nie Yan was probably also not someone who would suffer in silence. If anyone offended Nie Yan, Nie Yan would definitely seek revenge. Suddenly, Nie Yan's eyes revealed a look of surprise, as if he had found a treasure.

"It's him. What a small world," Nie Yan muttered. He recognized the apothecary apprentice in front of him, but not as a friend, but as an enemy. In his previous life, this apothecary was a loyal lackey of the Triumph Guild. A tenth of the Triumph Guild's high-level potions came from him, and some of them were his unique potions. Nie Yan had suffered quite a few losses at the hands of the wealthy Triumph Guild, and those hateful potions were one of the reasons. When Nie Yan was in the wild, he had encountered a team from the Triumph Guild. At that time, a group of Triumph Guild members were escorting this apothecary to do a mission. Originally, Nie Yan and his friends shouldn't have suffered a loss, but who knew that these Triumph Guild members each had some tricky and strange potions in their hands? Obviously, Nie Yan and his friends were badly defeated.

The apothecary apprentice in front of him was called Niao Bu Sheng Dan. Because this name wasn't very pleasant, the Triumph Guild subordinates didn't dare to call him by his name directly, so they gave Niao Bu Sheng Dan a nickname, Yao Wang (Medicine King). This name was quite fitting, as Niao Bu Sheng Dan's potions had indeed made great contributions to the Triumph Guild.

However, at this time, Niao Bu Sheng Dan was only an apothecary apprentice, having just been kicked out of the Dark Ranger Guild. It would be at least a month before he was taken in by the Triumph Guild and valued by the Triumph Guild's higher-ups. It was precisely because the Triumph Guild's guild leader had shown him kindness that he was wholeheartedly devoted to working for the Triumph Guild. In fact, Niao Bu Sheng Dan's character wasn't too bad.

"Is a Yao Wang who's still an apothecary apprentice worth anything?" Nie Yan thought to himself. The reason Niao Bu Sheng Dan was able to succeed was inseparable from the Triumph Guild's vigorous cultivation. It was precisely because the Triumph Guild provided a large number of medicinal materials that Niao Bu Sheng Dan was slowly cultivated and became a veritable Yao Wang. At that time, the name Yao Wang was quite famous.

With Nie Yan's financial resources, supporting a Yao Wang shouldn't be too difficult. Nie Yan wanted to slowly build up his own power. Apothecary shops, equipment shops, and auction houses were all essential. The most important thing was to gather talent. Recruiting Niao Bu Sheng Dan at this time was undoubtedly the best opportunity.

The elemental mage cursed at Niao Bu Sheng Dan for a while before turning around and leaving, still muttering curses.

Niao Bu Sheng Dan lowered his head and picked up the things on the ground, his eyes coldly sweeping over the elemental mage's back.

"What's the name of that elemental mage?" Nie Yan walked to Niao Bu Sheng Dan's side, looking down at Niao Bu Sheng Dan, who was picking up things.

"Razor. What's it to you?" Niao Bu Sheng Dan glanced at Nie Yan.

"Don't you feel humiliated? People without strength will be despised. Come with me, I can make them look at you with new eyes and regret their actions today."

"Why should I believe you?" Niao Bu Sheng Dan looked up at Nie Yan. He was a little baffled by Nie Yan's appearance. A stranger walked up to him and wanted him to go with him with just a few words. Wasn't that too simple?

"Based on my intuition, I believe you shouldn't be a useless waste. You must be very unwilling to be kicked out of the guild. It just depends on whether you have the courage to change. You have nothing to lose anyway, I don't need to trick you, do I?" Nie Yan finished speaking and turned to walk away.

Nie Yan waited for Niao Bu Sheng Dan to chase after him. If he were Niao Bu Sheng Dan, he would never give up an opportunity that was placed in front of him.

"Wait."

Niao Bu Sheng Dan's voice came from behind. Nie Yan smiled slightly.

Looking at Nie Yan's back, Niao Bu Sheng Dan's expression changed uncertainly. Being kicked out of the Dark Ranger Guild was the biggest disgrace in his life. He didn't quite understand Nie Yan's intentions. Nie Yan's appearance was too strange. Niao Bu Sheng Dan was very wary of Nie Yan, but one thing was certain: he was penniless now, and the money he had in reality was only enough for him to live for two or three months. A barefoot person wasn't afraid of someone wearing shoes. Even if he was cheated, so what?

Niao Bu Sheng Dan was a cockroach living at the very bottom. As long as he had a chance to survive, he would live on.

Niao Bu Sheng Dan stood up and followed him.

Shen Fa Wang Xi, who was on the side, looked at Nie Yan and Niao Bu Sheng Dan's backs, lost in thought. Nie Yan's ambition was probably not something that could be satisfied by just forming a team. But that was also good, it was good to enjoy the shade under a big tree.

"What do you want me to do?" Niao Bu Sheng Dan asked, following behind Nie Yan. It seemed that he didn't know how to do anything except brew potions. Even the simplest potion brewing, he often messed up, wasting a lot of materials. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been kicked out of the Dark Ranger Guild.

"Of course, it's still brewing potions. What's your hidden skill?" Nie Yan asked as he walked.

"After successfully making a potion, there's a 2% chance to enhance the effect of that potion." Niao Bu Sheng Dan quickened his pace, following behind Nie Yan. For some reason, he had a strong premonition that from the moment he followed Nie Yan, his fate was quietly changing. He didn't know whether the road ahead was good or bad, but he had to keep going.