Chapter 115 Xie Yao's Birthday

More than a dozen pieces of level 50 good equipment, all Dark Gold grade or above, would be worth at least a thousand gold on the market. In addition, there were sixty or seventy pieces of equipment that were decent and could also be sold for a good price.

The equipment dropped by the players of the Ni Ren Tribe was all picked up.

"How many people did we lose?" Nie Yan asked Knight's Elegy.

Knight's Elegy did some statistics and said, "About a thousand or so, most of them were killed by area-of-effect spells."

"How many jars of black gunpowder were lost?" He had heard several explosions during the battle. Fortunately, most of the black gunpowder was preserved.

"Five jars were destroyed, and the rest are all gathered here." Knight's Elegy pointed to the black gunpowder stacked among the crowd. He felt a little ashamed to face the Executive Guild Leader after losing so much.

These jars and cans of black gunpowder were neatly placed there. Moving these big guys took a lot of effort. Each jar weighed about twenty pounds, and with the jar, it was almost thirty pounds. Even a strong warrior would be exhausted after carrying it for a distance and would have to be replaced by someone else. It wasn't convenient for two people to carry it together.

"Only five jars, the loss isn't too great." Nie Yan counted and saw that there were still seventeen jars left. These seventeen jars of black gunpowder would be enough until they could produce their own black gunpowder.

After a while, Sun, Brilliant Scarlight, and the others arrived, a total of more than thirty top players. If they hadn't arrived, Blood Battle Blades, the Mage Alliance, and the Sacred Guardians wouldn't have left so easily.

"We're late." Brilliant Scarlight said apologetically. When they were riding their horses, they heard several deafening explosions from afar. At that time, they were extremely nervous, thinking that all the black gunpowder had been destroyed. Fortunately, only a little bit was destroyed.

"Not too late." Nie Yan said with a smile. Five jars of black gunpowder weren't enough to hurt them too badly.

Nie Yan and the others were on full alert, staying where they were to guard the area. They had less than a thousand people left. If they were ambushed again, it would be troublesome.

After a while, the remaining five thousand people arrived, and the escort team for the black gunpowder immediately became stronger. The team then slowly set off, heading towards Undead City Fortress.

Undead City Fortress had a teleportation array that could directly teleport to Cripps Fortress. After more than an hour, Nie Yan and the others finally arrived at Undead City and then teleported the black gunpowder to Cripps Fortress.

Guo Huai found five Advanced Alchemists, one Advanced Pharmacist, two Advanced Runemasters, and one Advanced Enchanter. He signed death contracts with them, specially opened a secret laboratory in Cripps Fortress, found all the materials, and settled them down.

Nie Yan handed over the level 1 Goblin Mechanical Magic Cannon design blueprint to them, and they immediately began to work. It was expected that the Ni Ren Tribe's first Goblin Mechanical Magic Cannon would be born in six days.

Nie Yan checked the secret laboratory. It was located in the residential area behind the Ni Ren Tribe's guild headquarters, buried deep underground, with only a secret entrance. Inside, it was very spacious, a magnificent hall with a nice environment. All kinds of experimental equipment were available, and hundreds of materials were sorted and placed in categories, with someone replenishing them every day. Nine advanced production profession players were working hard.

After arranging all this, Nie Yan was finally relieved. He looked at the time and it was almost time to log off.

Nie Yan took off his helmet and got up.

It was morning again. Today was Xie Yao's birthday. Her birthday banquet would be held at the Molo River Hotel under the Longyue Consortium, at around two o'clock in the afternoon. Xie Yao's relatives would attend. Nie Yan was a little embarrassed, but he was also calm. He would have to meet Xie Yao's parents, relatives, and friends sooner or later.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and went to a jeweler to pick out a necklace, which was very exquisite.

He had already received his admission notice from the First Military Academy. Nie Yan could choose any of the two trump card programs, only the top three students in total could have such qualifications. In this life, he had finally fulfilled his father's dream without regrets.

He went to his father's company and met with Chen Ge. The Ares Tribe was developing smoothly. They had just given several guilds of the Tuoba family a hard time. They had already captured their first fortress, and using it as a base, they had begun their conquest.

The rise of the Ares Tribe was eye-catching. In addition, several other guilds had risen in other cities, such as Sword of Purgatory, the Light and Darkness Empire, and so on.

Nie Yan recalled the names of these guilds. Sword of Purgatory was a guild in Moonlight City, which was still relatively weak. It would take at least a month for them to develop. As for the Light and Darkness Empire, it was a guild in Carrol City in his previous life. Nie Yan thought that his appearance had caused a butterfly effect, causing this guild to disappear in the river of history. He didn't expect the Light and Darkness Empire to have gone to the City of Light and Flame, and it seemed to be developing better than in his previous life.

History had produced a wonderful deviation at the moment of Nie Yan's appearance.

It seemed that the Ni Ren Tribe's future wouldn't be lonely.

Nie Yan stayed at his father's company until a little after one in the afternoon before driving to the Molo River Hotel.

The Molo River was the most prestigious hotel in Huahai, a six-star hotel, a 167-story building with a flowing shape. Each floor of the building could rotate, automatically disassemble and assemble, change the layout of the rooms, and enjoy the scenery from all directions. Next to it was the most famous commercial street in the world. Molo River, Molo was taken from the religious scriptures and meant dream. The shape of each shop on the street was very unique, strange and varied, as if you had come to a magical world.

In such a place, it could be said that every inch of land was worth a lot of money. The Molo River Building alone was worth billions. The financial strength of the Longyue Consortium was amazing. The Nie family had just risen, and its total assets were only a fraction of the Longyue Consortium. Naturally, it paled in comparison to such a large consortium.

When Nie Yan arrived at the door, he passed the identity verification, and a female server wearing a cheongsam came up.

"Sir, please come with me." Her voice was very crisp.

"Okay." Nie Yan nodded and followed behind her.

The female server led Nie Yan into the elevator, which went straight to the 131st floor. After passing through a corridor covered with a red carpet, he entered a hall. Although it was still early, the hall was already crowded with people. They smiled and greeted each other. The men were wearing suits and leather shoes, and the women were wearing gorgeous dresses. The upper class and business elites of Huahai and even the entire federation gathered here.

This open hall could definitely accommodate thousands of people. Nie Yan looked around and didn't recognize anyone, so he found a seat by the window and sat down.

He had never attended such a grand banquet. When his father was alive in his previous life, he was a纨绔子弟 (wankuzi弟 - playboy), and his father wouldn't bring him to formal banquets. After his father passed away, he had even less chance to attend such banquets.

Although he was a little out of place, Nie Yan was calm. He ordered a glass of juice, sat in the corner leisurely, and looked out the window. The beautiful sea view in the distance came into view, the blue water and blue sky, which made people feel refreshed.

Looking at the hall, who knew how many of these well-dressed elite people were scumbags. There were many beauties here, each with a charming figure, wearing low-cut, backless evening dresses, like a hundred flowers blooming, vying for attention.

It was common to see one or two pot-bellied middle-aged men, holding beauties who were more than ten years younger than them, and couldn't help but sigh that a flower was stuck in cow dung.

Nie Yan could understand why the classmates in the class were so heartbroken after hearing that Jiang Yingyu had married a rich businessman, wishing they had been born a few decades earlier.

He looked at the time, it was almost two o'clock, and Xie Yao should be arriving soon.

Nie Yan quietly sipped his juice. A soothing music sounded in the hall, and the people who were chatting quieted down. They looked at the front of the hall. A beautiful girl appeared in everyone's sight. She was wearing a white dress, and under the light, she was magnificent. The upper body was a little tight, setting off her beautiful figure. It was an off-the-shoulder dress, with delicate shoulders, collarbones, and white arms, like carved from white jade, without a trace of flaws.

She was elegant and moving, like a beautiful elf.

As soon as Xie Yao appeared, she immediately became the focus of everyone's attention. Many people couldn't help but let out secret praises, making all the women present jealous. Xie Yao was only eighteen years old now. If she were a few years older, she would definitely be charming and alluring.

Xie Yao was holding someone's hand. It was a man, in his forties, heroic and tall, with a very similar expression between his eyebrows and Xie Yao's. People could guess at a glance that he was Xie Yao's father. Xie Yao's mother would have to wait a while to appear.

There were some other people next to her, who were Xie Yao's relatives.

The people present congratulated one after another, and Xie Yao responded with a smile, appearing very polite, her eyes constantly scanning the crowd, looking for something, but she didn't find it, revealing a hint of disappointment.

The banquet began.

Too many people were gathered around Xie Yao and her family. It wasn't appropriate for Nie Yan to squeeze in now. He would wait and see.

His eyes swept over the guests one by one. A figure in a seat by the window in the distance attracted Nie Yan's attention. Nie Yan's body trembled, and he clenched the cup in his hand. The blue veins exposed on his arm showed the unrest in his heart at this moment.

That person was about forty years old, tall, giving people a feeling of being strong and stalwart. He was wearing casual clothes, which seemed more casual compared to the people around him in suits and leather shoes, but he had an air of majesty. There were two people standing next to him, wearing black suits, standing straight. The bodies hidden under the suits were like leopards ready to pounce at any time. It could be seen at a glance that they were battle-hardened guys. These were his two bodyguards.

This person, Nie Yan was very familiar with him, the chairman of the Century Financial Group, Cao Xu!

~~ Two months of continuous bursts, from being as strong as an ox to being a frail weakling, full of tears...