Nie Yan's thoughts expanded. It wasn't just Soth Valley; similar situations occurred when other dungeons opened. When the City of Gold opened, the price of equipment with +5 or higher dark resistance multiplied tenfold. When the Ghost Canyon opened, the price of equipment with +7 or higher focus multiplied twentyfold. And so on, there were many examples.

After rebirth, opportunities to make money and get rich were everywhere. Why worry about not being able to earn money?

Nie Yan went to the auction house, opened the auction directory, and in the potion section, he found a large number of Black Phenol Potions, more than one hundred and eighty bottles in total. Each bottle was priced at around two copper coins. There weren't many places where this potion was used, so these finished potions weren't selling for much. Nie Yan didn't hesitate to buy all one hundred and eighty-plus bottles. He also looked at the potion recipe section and saw fifty-six Black Phenol Potion recipes, each priced at twenty-odd copper coins. He also bought them all in one go.

At this time, Black Phenol Potion was a marginal item, but soon, players would discover its value. Once Soth Valley opened, by the time they turned around and wanted to buy Black Phenol Potion, they would find that the price of Black Phenol Potion had soared to an unacceptable level.

In the days to come, the price of Black Phenol Potion could maintain at least ten copper coins per bottle, and often higher prices could be auctioned.

After acquiring these things from the auction house, Nie Yan headed towards the personal warehouse to store these items. It was too much trouble to carry them on his person.

Five alchemist players wearing Silver Moon badges walked past Nie Yan, talking as they went.

"It's strange. I wanted to buy a Black Phenol Potion recipe to practice my skills, but I didn't expect the Black Phenol Potion recipe to be sold out. I could only buy a Silver Phenol Potion recipe."

"How is that possible? Not many people buy that stuff. When I looked at the auction house this morning, there were still fifty or sixty recipes that hadn't been sold."

"Why would I lie to you? If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself. Even the finished Black Phenol Potions have been bought up."

"That's really strange."

...

Hearing the discussion of these five alchemist players, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Nie Yan's mouth as he walked past them.

When he arrived at the personal warehouse, Nie Yan stored all the Black Phenol Potions and recipes into the warehouse. He bought some consumables, including Acceleration Scrolls, Strength Scrolls, Underwater Breathing Potions, etc., and then teleported to Tarrak Town, heading towards Lake Rando.

There was still half an hour before logging off. He would try to turn in the quest before logging off!

After eating an Acceleration Scroll, Nie Yan's speed increased a bit. When the Acceleration Scroll's time ended, he waited for it to cool down and then used another one, maintaining a high-speed running state.

If Nie Yan's behavior were to be spoken out, it would definitely provoke the wrath of gods and men. Ordinary players were reluctant to use luxury items like Acceleration Scrolls easily, even when encountering danger, while Nie Yan was using these Acceleration Scrolls just to run faster and save some time.

The murloc tribe appeared at the end of Nie Yan's sight. When he approached the murloc tribe, he found that it had become a ruin, with murloc corpses everywhere. These corpses would be refreshed tomorrow. The people of the Triumph Guild had already left. The murloc tribe with its scattered huts looked particularly desolate in the afterglow of the setting sun.

If he killed the entire murloc tribe, he could get at least ten Silver equipment pieces, and if he was lucky, he could get one or two Gold equipment pieces. In addition, there were a lot of murloc scales and hides for making equipment.

"The Triumph Guild's people are quite fast," Nie Yan thought, feeling a sense of crisis. He had too many enemies. While he was developing, his enemies hadn't stopped either!

Nie Yan passed through the murloc tribe and plunged into Lake Rando, swimming quickly towards the Physician Bravens.

More than ten minutes later, he saw an old man fishing on the shore of the central island in the setting sun.

"I wonder what reward I'll get this time," Nie Yan thought, swimming faster.

"Young man, you've come. How is the matter I entrusted to you?" Physician Bravens said when he saw Nie Yan coming ashore.

"I found them. These are the ninety Fine Silks you wanted. I hope these things can help you." Nie Yan traded the Fine Silks to Physician Bravens.

"Finally collected enough Fine Silk. Tomorrow, I can return to Hilton Fortress. The warriors of Hilton Fortress will remember what you have done for them. May the Holy Light protect you, generous and benevolent adventurer. Darkness will eventually be annihilated, and light will fill the entire earth," Physician Bravens said happily, putting the Fine Silk into his pocket.

System: Hilton Fortress Reputation +11.

Nie Yan looked at the system prompt. The higher the reputation value in a certain area, the easier it was for players to receive quests in that area. They would also enjoy certain discounts when buying things. He wondered when he could go to Hilton Fortress to have a look and not waste these eleven reputation points.

"May God bless the warriors stationed at Hilton Fortress." Nie Yan also pretended to pray piously. These quest dialogues were indispensable.

"These things represent my heartfelt thanks, generous and benevolent adventurer. I wish you a safe journey," Physician Bravens said.

System: You have received 16,523 experience points.

System: You have obtained Swift Return Boots (Gold).

Nie Yan thought he could get three rewards, one for every 20% completed. He didn't expect to get only one item. Maybe handing in the quest all at once resulted in fewer item rewards, but the item attributes were better. It was actually a Gold-grade equipment piece!

Nie Yan looked at the attributes of the Swift Return Boots.

Swift Return Boots (Gold): Required Level 5.

Attributes: Defense 19-21, Resilience +11, Movement Speed +12.

Weight: 2 lbs.

User Restriction: Thief, all factions can use.

Adding eleven resilience and twelve movement speed, good stuff! Each point of resilience increases the upper limit of health points by two and defense by one. Eleven resilience is twenty-two health points and eleven defense, plus twelve movement speed. It's simply a top-quality item for beginners.

His level 5 shoes were settled.

Nie Yan put the Swift Return Boots into his backpack, thanked Physician Bravens, and looked at his own experience points. It was already at 97%. He would level up soon.

With more than ten minutes left, Nie Yan ran towards the place where water spiders refreshed, practicing frantically for more than ten minutes, killing some water spiders. However, the experience points only rose to 98%. He wouldn't be able to level up today. He would just kill a few monsters casually early tomorrow morning, and he should be able to level up.

Forget it, he was logging off. Seeing that there was less than a minute left in the game time, not enough time to kill another monster, Nie Yan disconnected from the game and put down the helmet.