“Are you not afraid that I’ll pocket your materials?” Nie Yan asked, a little surprised that Fallen Angel would dare hand him such valuable materials.

“What’s there to fear? Just based on that dagger in your hand, it’s probably worth more than my weapon. Would you care about these materials I have?” Fallen Angel was quite perceptive. Nie Yan’s dagger was worth at least tens of gold. He could tell at a glance it was extraordinary. Besides, someone as famous as Nie Yan wouldn’t disregard his reputation. If Nie Yan really did steal his things, he could just post a video on the official website, and Nie Yan would be ruined.

Nie Yan thought for a moment. Anyone who could come up with so much money to synthesize a weapon at this stage couldn’t be too bad off in terms of wealth and strength. Helping Fallen Angel synthesize a weapon was just a simple task for him. It could also be considered making a good connection for the guild.

“Give me the materials,” Nie Yan said. He wondered what kind of sword Fallen Angel wanted to make that required so much money.

“Okay.” Fallen Angel requested a trade with Nie Yan, placing the materials on the window.

There were over a dozen items, all sorts of odds and ends. Nie Yan estimated that these materials were worth at least ten gold coins.

Seeing these things, Nie Yan immediately understood what Fallen Angel wanted to make.

“The Flame Cross Greatsword?” Nie Yan asked in surprise. This sword was a Level 30 weapon, one of the best among all Level 30 weapons. He glanced at Fallen Angel. To be able to obtain so many high-priced materials, he either possessed some influence or was very rich.

“You know what I want to make?” Fallen Angel was stunned. He hadn’t even put up the blueprint yet. How did Nie Yan know? Could someone have already synthesized this greatsword before? He put the blueprint up as well. “This is the greatsword’s blueprint.”

“This sword isn’t bad, but the Strength requirement is rather high.”

“I know, it requires 280 Strength. When I reach Level 30, I’ll just get some Strength Gems, and it should be enough.”

Nie Yan confirmed the trade, then turned around and traded the materials to Kady, asking him to forge the Flame Cross Greatsword.

Kady took the materials and the blueprint, studied them, and began to forge the weapon.

“You’re the boss of the Ni Ren Tribe, right?”

Nie Yan’s current image made it hard to keep a low profile.

Nie Yan nodded and said, “Yes.”

“Is your Ni Ren Tribe’s elite squad still recruiting?” Fallen Angel asked.

“The elite squad is full right now. If you want to join the guild’s elite squad, you’ll have to first enter the second-tier squad based on your strength. If your performance is good, you’ll have a chance to enter the elite squad. The Ni Ren Tribe’s second-tier squad isn’t bad either. They’re already preparing to explore the Shadow Swamp,” Nie Yan said. Could it be that Fallen Angel wanted to join the Ni Ren Tribe?

Fallen Angel was taken aback. An ordinary large guild’s elite squad had only just started exploring the Shadow Swamp. He didn’t expect the Ni Ren Tribe to be progressing so quickly. The second-tier squad was already exploring the Shadow Swamp. Originally, he was just asking casually, but now he had the idea of joining the Ni Ren Tribe.

“I’ll go back and discuss it with a few friends. If they’re willing, maybe we’ll join your guild,” Fallen Angel said. He played the game with a group of friends, so his decision alone didn’t count.

“Okay.” Nie Yan nodded. After chatting for a while, the blacksmith Kady had finished the greatsword. It was a greatsword that was two yards long, simply magnificent.

“Four gold and twenty silver total,” Nie Yan said to Fallen Angel, placing the greatsword in his inventory.

The two confirmed the trade.

“You saved me so much money, let me give you half,” Fallen Angel said gratefully.

Nie Yan waved his hand and said, “Forget it.”

Fallen Angel thought for a moment and didn’t insist. Maybe the other person didn’t even care about one gold coin. He thought to himself, should he persuade his group of friends to join Nie Yan’s Ni Ren Tribe? The Ni Ren Tribe seemed very strong.

They had been unable to decide which guild to join. Some said to join Kaiser Triumph, others said the Sacred Roman Empire. They were still observing. As for the newly risen Ni Ren Tribe, although they were investigating, they had no intention of joining. A newly risen guild, no matter how popular it was, couldn’t compare to those established large guilds in terms of foundation.

Nie Yan traded the materials to Kady, asking him to help make the Headless Horseman Doro’s Riding Crossbow.

“Respected Demon Hunter, there may be a 5% chance of failure in crafting this crossbow. Are you sure you want me to make it?” The blacksmith Kady said a little nervously.

“Yes,” Nie Yan nodded. A 5% probability was already very low. If it failed, he could only blame his bad luck.

“Respected Demon Hunter, you’ll need to pay a 30 gold crafting fee. This is the most intricate crossbow I’ve ever seen. Please wait a moment, it may take about an hour,” Kady said, taking the materials from Nie Yan.

Fallen Angel was just about to say goodbye to Nie Yan when he heard the conversation between Nie Yan and the blacksmith Kady, and his heart trembled. Demon Hunter? Was that a title? At this stage, it was rare to see players with titles. No wonder Kady was so respectful to Nie Yan. Also, what kind of crossbow required a 30 gold crafting fee? Nie Yan could enjoy a 40% discount because of the Demon Hunter title, so how much would ordinary players have to pay to make this crossbow? Wouldn’t the cost be as high as fifty gold coins! Then wouldn’t the value of this crossbow be hundreds of gold? One hundred gold coins could buy several Level 30 Dark Gold sets!

Fallen Angel gasped. He thought spending seven gold coins to synthesize a greatsword was already a great accomplishment, and he could even feel a little proud. An average wealthy player would have a dozen or dozens of silver at most. Who knew that compared to Nie Yan, seven gold coins were nothing at all.

It would take an hour. Waiting here was too much of a waste of time. Nie Yan told the blacksmith Kady that he would come back in an hour to pick it up, then said to Fallen Angel next to him, “I’ll be leaving first.”

“Okay, I should go back too. My friends are still waiting for me to team up,” Fallen Angel nodded.

The two walked out of the blacksmith shop, and Nie Yan went straight to the Starry Night Pharmacy.

Watching Nie Yan’s figure gradually disappear into the distance, Fallen Angel was lost in thought.

The Starry Night Pharmacy had expanded in scale, accepting a huge number of players every day. Although the shop had been expanded a lot, it was still not enough. Nie Yan selected two pieces of land in other locations and upgraded two more Level 2 shops, turning them into branches of the Starry Night Pharmacy, diverting the players who came to buy medicine. Next to the Starry Night Pharmacy, Nie Yan upgraded a Level 2 Alchemy Miscellaneous Goods Store, specializing in the sale of various alchemy items. Although this industry hadn’t caught fire yet, it still had great potential for development in the future.

After upgrading the Starry Night Pharmacy, Nie Yan also took out about a hundred gold coins from the Starry Night Pharmacy and bought ten sets of Splash Magic Bombs in Teso Town to prepare for leveling up.

Although a hundred gold coins seemed like a huge amount, after the Splash Magic Bombs were used up, the things harvested and the money picked up while leveling up in the Eternal City would be worth at least fifty or sixty gold coins. In fact, the consumption of leveling up wasn’t that great. If one or two high-quality items were dropped, it would be possible to make back the capital.

But in the entire Carol City, Nie Yan was probably the only one who dared to spend so extravagantly.

The Starry Night Pharmacy’s income was increasing every day. In the future, the business would only become more and more popular, becoming Nie Yan’s inexhaustible ATM.

Nie Yan prepared some essential consumables for leveling up. It was almost time, so he walked towards the blacksmith Kady’s place.

“Respected Demon Hunter, I have completed your commission. This is the newly made riding crossbow.” The blacksmith Kady took out a huge crossbow and placed it on the table.

This riding crossbow was about 1.5 yards long, with magic nanmu as the main body. Everything that could be seen was intricate machinery, covered with various simple and unadorned magic runes, looking very grand and beautiful. A thin metal wire stretched out, pulled tautly. It was stretched from what was known as the most resilient black-patterned gold. Inlaid in the center of the riding crossbow was a fire essence core, with a ball of crimson flames constantly fluttering and burning. Once an arrow passed through it, it would be imbued with fiery fire elements.

The riding crossbow also had requirements for the material of the crossbow arrows. Ordinary inferior arrows couldn’t be used. At the very least, it needed arrows sold by NPC shops that cost one gold per quiver.

If this riding crossbow was a little bigger, it would be a bit like the siege crossbow used to defend cities.

Such a big guy was indeed a little startling.

Nie Yan tried to lift the riding crossbow, and found that he could barely lift it. This guy weighed 56 pounds! With his current strength, he couldn’t use it at all.

He looked at the properties of the riding crossbow.

Headless Horseman Doro’s Riding Crossbow: Sub-Legendary item. Requires 800 Strength.

Item Properties: Attack 307-327, 30% piercing damage, 30% chance of 3x critical damage, comes with 100 points of fire damage, Fivefold Penetrating Shot.

Range: 52 yards.

Rate of fire: 25.

Weight: 56 pounds.

User Limitation: Thief, Knight, Warrior.

The attack wasn’t bad, and the range was also quite long. If there was such a huge crossbow set up in one place, it would be as effective as a fixed turret, and the damage would be extremely terrifying.

But 800 Strength, the requirement was too high.

A pure Strength Berserker, adding all his attribute points to Strength, learning a bunch of passive skills that added Strength, getting a set of Strength-adding equipment, and embedding Strength gems into the equipment, would need to be at least Level 50 to reach 800 Strength.

As for a Thief wanting to reach 800 Strength, it seemed a little distant, unless they could get a set of divine equipment.

Nie Yan put the riding crossbow into his backpack. He would put it away for now and consider the problem later. He took back the riding crossbow blueprint from the blacksmith Kady.

Nie Yan came out of the blacksmith Kady’s place, his mood was very different. He finally had a sub-Legendary item that belonged to him. In his previous life, he had never even gotten a sub-Legendary item. He could only watch others showing off the properties of their godly equipment on the official website with envy.