Chapter 1 Nie Yan Prepares to Depart

Just as Nie Yan was preparing to leave, Guo Huai sent him some news. Guo Huai had just received statistics indicating that some members of the Ni Ren Tribe had successfully advanced in their classes. Those who succeeded included Sun, Shui Se Yan Tou, Xi Huan Jiangnan, Xia Chong Yu Bing, and Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun. Among them, Sun advanced to become a Grand Thief, Shui Se Yan Tou became a Great Swordsman, and Xi Huan Jiangnan and Xia Chong Yu Bing became Grand Magisters. These four were within Nie Yan's expectations. But who was this Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun? Nie Yan was a bit surprised. He had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, without any warning.

Nie Yan had never heard of him in his previous life.

"Who is this Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun?" Nie Yan asked. It wasn't particularly unimaginable for one or two powerhouses to suddenly emerge from within the vast Ni Ren Tribe.

"I'm not too sure either. Some time ago, Shui Se Yan Tou, Cui Can Dao Guang, and the others took Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun to a few dungeons and gave him some pointers. I didn't expect that kid to have good comprehension skills. His strength even surpasses some of the older members," Guo Huai said. The guild needed new people to constantly emerge from below so that the entire Ni Ren Tribe could continue to grow stronger.

This was also the butterfly effect caused by Nie Yan. Cui Can Dao Guang, Shui Se Yan Tou, Dai Tou Da Ge Qi Zai… In his previous life, these experts rarely gathered together. No one could have imagined how much energy they could unleash after they came together. They stimulated each other, and their progress was much faster than in their previous lives. A few casual pointers to the people below could greatly benefit the ordinary players of the Ni Ren Tribe.

Recently, some unfamiliar faces from his previous life had also begun to attract attention, such as Wu Dao, Qi Shi De Wan Ge, and so on. Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun was the most outstanding among them. They were unknown in their previous life, but after having the Ni Ren Tribe as a platform, they rose rapidly, dazzlingly. Wu Dao, Qi Shi De Wan Ge, and others were also trying to advance to their first class advancement.

The Ni Ren Tribe could be said to be full of stars now. Especially these newly rising stars, which made him feel quite gratified.

"Have we signed an agreement with Yu Wang Ran Zhi Qing Chun?" Nie Yan asked. As long as these newly emerging members were strong enough, he didn't mind giving them very generous contract prices.

"Not yet. We're still in negotiations, but he's already nodded in agreement. He said that if it weren't for the guidance of Shui Se Yan Tou and Cui Can Dao Guang, and without the Ni Ren Tribe as a platform, he wouldn't have been able to achieve his current success at all. He believes in gratitude, so he didn't care much about the contract price. But according to my intentions, we should give him the highest contract price, so I came to ask for your opinion."

"According to your intentions, give him the highest contract price. Tell the brothers below that as long as they are strong enough, the Ni Ren Tribe will give them the most generous treatment!" Nie Yan said. In any case, funding was not a problem. The welfare of the guild members must be improved, especially for these top-tier players, who would be the backbone of the guild in the future. They couldn't be allowed to feel that staying in the Ni Ren Tribe was a loss.

The Ni Ren Tribe had been fighting fiercely with Zhan Dao Shi Xue during this period, otherwise their first class advancement players would probably have exceeded a hundred long ago. But the foundation of the Ni Ren Tribe was still there. Once the situation stabilized, the number of first class advancement players would quickly increase.

After chatting with Guo Huai for a while, Nie Yan hung up the voice call.

Nie Yan looked at his level, which was only a pitiful Level 47. As the guild leader of the Ni Ren Tribe, it was indeed a bit shabby. He needed to level up to Level 50 as soon as possible to advance to Grand Thief. He searched his mind for a suitable leveling spot.

Death Ripple was one of the few items that could ignore defense. Its damage was fixed and only effective against living beings. So he had to find some creatures with lower health to kill, and they had to be rich in experience. Also, it was best if they had a relatively slow movement speed, so that he would have enough time to cast the Death Ripple skill.

Nie Yan left Kalore City and summoned the Faulkner Warhorse in a secluded place. The Faulkner Warhorse sped across the wilderness.

He happened to encounter a group of a hundred or so players who were teaming up to go to a high-level map, probably to deal with a Lord-class creature, otherwise they wouldn't have mobilized so many people. This group of players belonged to various guilds, but most of them were solo players.

In his previous life, Nie Yan often participated in such teams. Usually, one or two people would take the lead and hire a large group of players to help them clear the Lord. The items dropped by the Lord would belong to them, and they would pay the players gold coins or credits.

Such team activities were quite common. When he was financially struggling in his previous life, Nie Yan often participated in such teams to earn commissions. If he encountered some wealthy patrons, Nie Yan, at his level at the time, could often earn five or six hundred credits for participating in an activity, which was enough for him to use for a long time.

Looking at this team advancing in the wilderness, Nie Yan's thoughts seemed to return to the past.

The past was gone. Nie Yan sped away.

Looking at Nie Yan's back, this group of players caused a commotion.

"That seems to be Nie Yan, the guild leader of the Ni Ren Tribe. I've seen many videos of him. It must be him. That warhorse is the Faulkner Warhorse!"

"Should we chase after him? I heard that Zhan Dao Shi Xue's bounty for killing him has been raised to more than eight thousand gold coins, and any piece of equipment dropped from him is worth at least several thousand gold coins."

"Killing him could get us at least ten thousand gold coins."

"We have so many people, should we give it a try?"

"Are you courting death by chasing after the guild leader of the Ni Ren Tribe? Not to mention how the Ni Ren Tribe will deal with us, can we, with just over a hundred people, even deal with that Nie Yan? Zhan Dao Shi Xue couldn't stop him with thousands of people. Do you think we can stop him with just these people?"

Hearing this player's words, a few people who had suggested chasing Nie Yan shrank their heads. They were indeed blinded by greed and forgot that the player on the other side was someone they couldn't afford to provoke at all. It was one thing for them to hunt down players from the Ni Ren Tribe. After all, the Ni Ren Tribe couldn't record all their names and retaliate one by one. Almost all the experts in Kalore City had a hand in it. The Ni Ren Tribe couldn't possibly dig out everyone. But if they chased after the guild leader of the Ni Ren Tribe, then this matter would be a big deal. Did they still want to gain a foothold in Kalore City? The Ni Ren Tribe couldn't deal with all the ordinary players, but dealing with a few of them was still very simple.

When they looked into the distance again, Nie Yan had already disappeared over the horizon.

Nie Yan continued to rush towards the south of Kalore City, crossing a vast grassland without stopping. He had been speeding for about twenty minutes, which, calculated at the speed of ordinary players, would take at least an hour and a half of running.

He passed through Level 50 maps, Level 60 maps, and Level 70 maps, but Nie Yan still didn't stop.

Various giant creatures roared past Nie Yan, and countless scenes flashed by.

While riding the horse, Nie Yan looked at the task status. He still had a task to do: find the Abak Set and go to Earl Kelfield. This task had a ten-day limit. He received this task before going to the underground world. Counting the time, about five and a half days had passed.

He understood that as soon as he met Earl Kelfield, he would trigger the task plot. He didn't know what kind of situation he would encounter, so it was better to level up first to be more confident.

He also glanced at the Assassin Alliance. The Ni Ren Tribe's expenditure in the Assassin Alliance had reached a staggering 250,000 gold coins. Counting two gold coins per kill, the Assassin Alliance's number of kills reached 128,382.

This was an astonishing number, considering that the entire Assassin Alliance currently had only more than 36,000 people.

The people with the most completed tasks were: first place, Wang Zhe Tian Xia, with a total of 1,328 kills; second place, Luo Nan De Qingwa, with a total of 1,021 kills. There were also fifty or sixty people with seven or eight hundred kills.

The two rogues had the most kills, because rogues had an absolute advantage in ambushes and kills. They would retreat after killing someone.

Wang Zhe Tian Xia, Nie Yan suddenly remembered such a person. In his previous life, it was rumored that he had been a soldier and received special training. He didn't know if it was true or not, but his reputation was undoubtedly great. Wang Zhe Tian Xia once served Dark Ranger, then transferred to Radiant Sacred Flame, and then transferred to Triumph Empire. During his time in Triumph Empire, his reputation once surpassed Sun and Ying Sha, becoming one of the Shadow Dancers. Later, for some unknown reason, he fell out with Triumph Empire and left Triumph Empire. In a fit of anger, Triumph Empire issued an assassination order against Wang Zhe Tian Xia. In the process of being chased, Wang Zhe Tian Xia managed to kill thousands of people with his excellent assassination skills, causing Triumph Empire to lose face. Later, for some reason, Wang Zhe Tian Xia suddenly disappeared. It was rumored that Wang Zhe Tian Xia was betrayed, and Po Tian tracked him down to his real-life location. Then, foreign killers appeared and killed several of Wang Zhe Tian Xia's brothers, while Wang Zhe Tian Xia himself escaped.

The matter did not end there. Later, the bodies of Po Tian and another person nicknamed Ye Mao were found in their villa. There were no other injuries on their bodies, only two blood holes left in their throats. It was determined that they were pierced by sharp weapons such as daggers. The murderer had undergone special training. The police retrieved satellite data and found that the other party had used hacker methods to completely erase the satellite cameras in that area. The murderer was not tracked down, and many people guessed that Wang Zhe Tian Xia did it, but they had no evidence. From then on, Triumph Empire was taken over by Po Tian's son, and Wang Zhe Tian Xia never appeared again.

This was one of the only few malicious incidents that occurred after the launch of Faith, and the news media had reported it extensively.

Po Tian was in the same group as Cao Xu of the Century Consortium. Nie Yan, in his previous life, naturally paid attention to these news. After Wang Zhe Tian Xia disappeared, many players were very sorry. If he hadn't disappeared, he could have been called a legendary thief. There wouldn't be only Sun and Ying Sha, but also Wang Zhe Tian Xia. If Wang Zhe Tian Xia hadn't appeared on the Assassin Alliance's rankings and been seen by him in this life, he wouldn't have remembered him at all.