Chapter 1 The Reward

Ignatius was the owner of the leather goods store. Nie Yan had spread the news about the monster siege through him last time, and Ignatius had a very high status in Hilton Fortress. According to the progress of the game in his previous life, the NPCs in Hilton Fortress would basically be killed or injured after the monster siege. However, in this life, due to the timely rescue from various cities, about one-tenth of the NPCs in Hilton Fortress remained. Several powerful warlords and high-ranking warlords were still there. This was all due to Nie Yan's efforts. The leaders of Hilton Fortress would definitely give some rewards, otherwise, it would be too ungrateful.

Ignatius was looking for Nie Yan, probably for the reward.

Falkner's warhorse would not be able to be summoned again for another day, so Nie Yan could only activate Gale Steps and rush towards Hilton Fortress on foot.

Soon, Nie Yan entered Hilton Fortress. Brilliant Knife Light and the others had already set off as a group to clean up the monsters. Their target was the Krusso beast in the Dark Cave outside Hilton Fortress, a giant beetle from the underground, a level 90 Lord.

A Hammer to Seal Love went there to find out the exact location of the Krusso beast and collect information before Brilliant Knife Light and the others led the team to set off.

Nie Yan was very relieved of the leadership abilities of Brilliant Knife Light and Water Color Smoke. He walked towards Ignatius' leather goods store.

In the past few days, the gem market had become hot again. Players realized that they had been deceived. The so-called hidden store was just a fabrication. There were rumors outside that the Century Financial Group had orchestrated this conspiracy. They spread rumors to hype up the price of gems. After the price of gems plummeted, they bought a large number of gems, and when the price of gems rebounded, they sold them in large quantities to earn the difference.

Originally, the Century Financial Group could have proven their innocence by collecting some evidence, but when the price of gems plummeted, they did buy a large number of gems, making a small profit. This made it even harder to clear their name. Cao Xu didn't expect this. He only regarded buying gems as an investment method. He didn't expect someone to deliberately slander him. But he had too many enemies, and they couldn't determine who did it. The acquisition of gems was not secretive enough, and he could only swallow his anger.

Century Financial Group, Mage Alliance, Sacred Guardians, Godsfall Sword, Radiant Sacred Flame, all those with vision had a hand in the gem market, investing varying amounts of capital. Players couldn't investigate who was behind this conspiracy. Those who sold gems regretted it, and those who didn't sell gems secretly rejoiced.

After experiencing a roller coaster, the gem market began to rise strongly, with prices more than twice as high as the previous peak.

"I'm losing money! If I had bought when the price of gems was at its lowest, the price would have increased several times, and some gems even increased dozens of times!" a thief player lamented.

"Unfortunately, I didn't have money at the time, otherwise I would have bought them. It's too late to regret it now."

"We need a few fire resistance gems for the Nightmare instance, what should we do?"

"Buy them, what else can we do? If we don't buy them, the price of gems will continue to rise."

"Damn, all the money was earned by the Century Financial Group."

The players vented their resentment on the Century Financial Group. The Century Financial Group was the largest financial group in the virtual industry, and its reputation was already bad, so they didn't care about one more crime.

The pent-up rigid demand in the gem market for so many days suddenly exploded. All the gems sold in the market were bought, and the price of gems began to skyrocket, reaching a point where they were hard to find. They needed gems the most for going to instances. If the fire resistance, ice resistance, physical defense, and other attributes of ordinary equipment were not enough to meet the requirements of the instance, they would be wiped out. So they had to use gems and potions to make up for it. Potions were obviously not as cost-effective as gems. If gems were inlaid on equipment, they could increase fixed attributes, and equipment inlaid with gems could be sold for money. Potions were consumables, and they were gone after use.

"Nie Yan, should we start selling now?" Guo Huai sent a message to Nie Yan, the gem market was already very hot.

Nie Yan looked at the price of gems, which was already more than twice the original price. If the price was too high, it would exceed the limit that players could bear, so he said, "Start selling, be careful not to expose yourself."

"Understood, you can rest assured and leave it to me." Guo Huai said excitedly, the gems in hand would soon be converted into gold coins. The Mad Rogue Tribe had been tight on funds to raise money to buy gems and owed a lot of usury. Now these problems could be solved together. After paying off the usury with the money earned, the remaining money would be enough for them to spend for the next year.

"Don't sell all the gems at once, sell one-twentieth every other day. Sell 70% and keep 30% for our own use, to inlay equipment in the guild warehouse." Nie Yan said, the less the amount of gems circulating in the market, the higher the price they could sell for.

After receiving Nie Yan's instructions, Guo Huai immediately notified his confidants in various cities to start selling!

They put the gems in small batches into the auction house. The auction started quickly. Because there were too few gems and too many players who needed gems, these gems were immediately snatched up by the players.

The enthusiasm of the gem market exceeded Nie Yan and others' expectations. In addition to the Mad Rogue Tribe, the Century Financial Group, Mage Alliance, and other forces also began to sell. Since this matter was led by the Mad Rogue Tribe, the Mad Rogue Tribe bought high-end gems. The Century Financial Group, Mage Alliance, and other forces bought the leftovers, so they were not as profitable as the Mad Rogue Tribe.

Guo Huai asked the players below to collect information and make statistics.

This time, after deducting the 30% that the Mad Rogue Tribe kept for their own use, the money earned could definitely reach more than 20 million, and if the market was good, it would not be a problem to reach 25 million. The remaining guilds, Holy Roman Empire, Garan Temple, Radiant Sacred Flame, and Berserker Alliance, could each earn about 3 million gold coins. The Century Financial Group and Mage Alliance were expected to earn 2 million gold coins each. Sacred Guardians, Godsfall Sword, and other participants could earn about one million gold coins. In addition, there were more than a dozen other guilds, estimated to earn only a few tens of thousands of gold coins each.

The Mad Rogue Tribe ate meat, and everyone else followed to drink soup. Although the Century Financial Group, Angel Corps, and other forces also made money, there was no way to avoid that.

But the Mad Rogue Tribe was the biggest winner!

Forty million gold coins seemed like a lot, but relative to the total amount of gold coins held by all players, it was nothing.

Nie Yan didn't have to worry about absorbing so much money would have any impact on the overall environment.

Guo Huai monitored the sales of gems in various cities. Basically, the gems were bought as soon as they were put up, and gold coins poured into their pockets.

About 3% of the gems were sold, selling for about 1.6 million gold coins. After selling some more tomorrow, they would be able to pay off all the usury they owed.

"Great, this is a seller's market, a monopoly with huge profits." Guo Huai sighed. The gems sold today were acquired for more than 200,000 gold coins, an 800% profit, which was really scary.

"Send me the pictures of the gems stored in the warehouse so I can take a look," Nie Yan said, he wanted to see the inventory.

"Okay." Guo Huai sent the pictures to Nie Yan.

The pictures were quite spectacular, with rows of gems, densely packed, page after page, with more than thirty pages in total, full of jewels and dazzling.

"We have a monopoly on fire resistance and poison resistance gems of five qualities or higher. In addition, we also have a monopoly on physical resistance gems of six qualities or higher. There are also attack-boosting gems, etc. There are about sixteen kinds of gems that only we are selling, no one else. These gems will definitely sell for a good price. The others are slightly inferior," Guo Huai said, he introduced the general situation.

"Sell them slowly, don't be too impatient. Haste makes waste." Nie Yan said, it was not easy to have such a chance to make money, so they had to maximize profits. Players had been fooled once, and they wouldn't fall in the same place twice, so this trick could only be used once.

"The elites in our guild have also made a lot of money, a few thousand gold coins for those who made less, and tens of thousands of gold coins for those who made more. Roughly calculated, they have also earned several million gold coins combined," Guo Huai said, the Mad Rogue Tribe had also tasted the sweetness.

"This is a good thing." Nie Yan smiled slightly. If the Mad Rogue Tribe had money, it would not be able to truly strengthen the entire guild. While the guild has money, it must ensure that every brother in the guild has money. In addition to using the equipment in the guild warehouse, the brothers in the guild would not have no money to buy good equipment when they encounter it outside. When every brother has money and good equipment, the overall strength of the guild can be improved.

If these gold coins were in hand, Nie Yan would not put them in the guild warehouse to wait for depreciation. In addition to upgrading the Starry Night Pharmacy, he would also recruit production professional players on a large scale, expand the industry below, and purchase land everywhere to build shops and expand the Starry Night Pharmacy, grocery stores, etc., so that the branches would be located in every prosperous village and town.

Nie Yan had a much better understanding of the map than ordinary players. He could easily predict which villages and towns would become prosperous and which would decline. He knew exactly which maps at levels 80, 90, and 100+ were suitable for leveling, where to farm treasures, and where to collect raw materials.

This was the benefit of foresight. The 20 million gold coins could allow Nie Yan to expand the scale of his industry by more than five times, and he could earn several times or even dozens of times more money in the future. In addition to expanding the scale of the industry, he could also continue to spend money, buying things with appreciation potential and hoarding them. Anyway, with the money in his hands, he would definitely not lose money.

There will be another update before 12 o'clock tonight.