Chapter 161 Goblin Gaines

With his sensitivity to architectural layouts, Nie Yan quickly found the store that sold consumables and walked inside.

The one selling medicine was an elderly goblin. He was extremely short, only reaching a person's waist. His skin was wrinkled, he wore a black cloth robe, and his figure was hunched. Each step was difficult.

To Nie Yan's surprise, this old goblin was actually from the neutral faction.

In many high-level towns in Greenland, a large number of neutral NPCs would also appear. They sold all kinds of things, rarely issued quests, and would not be involved in the wars between the evil and the lawful or the good and the lawful.

Goblin Gaines: Level 60 Elite.

The old goblin sized up Nie Yan, a substantial gleam flashing in his eyes.

Nie Yan felt as if he had been seen through. He gripped the random teleport scroll. This old goblin was probably not simple. He felt the Diary of Bennett in his hand tremble. A small cyan-gray light团 (tuán - ball, sphere) rose from the pages of the diary, circling around Nie Yan.

"Respected guest, what do you need?" the old goblin asked.

An item bar appeared in front of Nie Yan, with many potions listed, including Intermediate Slow Recovery Potion, Magic Spring Water, Bread, etc. Nie Yan bought some, filling a backpack. His eyes fell on the last item in the item bar, a strange blue potion. It was contained in an extremely bizarre open-mouthed bottle. The potion inside was muddy, with many suspended solids floating in it.

Nie Yan checked the potion.

Soul Potion: Specific effects, unknown. Price: 600 gold coins.

Seeing Nie Yan's gaze fall on the potion, the old goblin said, "This is a soul potion. It is said that after drinking it, one can see through the most profound memories in a dead person's soul. Many pharmacies sell it."

The old goblin and Nie Yan looked at each other. That kind of deep gaze seemed to pierce straight into his heart.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and clicked on the Soul Potion. Purchase quantity: 1.

This soul potion might be related to his quest. If he could obtain quest clues, spending 600 gold coins was worth it.

Seeing that Nie Yan had bought a bottle, the old goblin said, "When a creature's spirit is attached to an item, that item will possess powerful magic. Necromancers use these kinds of things to make many soul vessels with evil magical power. Young man, the diary in your hand, never let it be seen by a necromancer."

"Thank you, respected sage," Nie Yan said respectfully. He stretched out his right hand, and the point of light flew into his palm. He grasped the light团 (tuán - ball, sphere).

After replenishing his consumables, Nie Yan bid farewell to the old goblin, left the pharmacy, and strolled through the other shops in Graveyard Town to see if there were any special items for sale. The items sold in the evil and lawful shops were completely different from those in the surface shops.

After passing six shops and a large number of player stalls, Nie Yan did manage to find some good things.

Soul Pendant (Quality 3): Required Strength, 300. Hangs from the belt.

Attributes: Adds fifty extra backpack slots, only allows placement of consumables, +2 Dark Vision, +3 Dark Acuity.

He had found this from a level 45 player. It was said that this kind of soul pendant was very common in the underground world and that many necromancers could make it. Underground players often got lost, unable to find villages to replenish consumables for several days. Therefore, their need for backpack space was far greater than that of surface players, so their backpacks were often larger, and they had an additional pendant to increase backpack space, unlike surface players.

This thing wasn't bad. By stuffing all the consumables into it, backpack space would naturally be freed up a lot.

In addition, he also discovered that the scroll maker had Beginner Death Ripple scrolls for sale, 2 gold coins each. They deal 1000 damage to all creatures within a 20x20 yard radius, but are ineffective against mechanical units and dark creatures. Requires 100 Intelligence to cast.

Fortunately, Nie Yan's Intelligence had already exceeded 100. In the underground world, the effect of the Death Ripple scroll was very small, because most of the creatures in the underground were dark creatures. Therefore, the Death Ripple scroll was useless, so it was sold so cheaply, but it still couldn't be sold. However, if it were taken to the surface, it would definitely be a good thing for grinding monsters and leveling up, even better than some advanced scrolls. He could take some with him when he left.

In addition, Nie Yan also received news that the backpacks in the underground world were much larger than the backpacks on the surface. If he had known this earlier, he should have had someone get him a set of super backpacks.

Nie Yan thought of Ren Sheng Ru Xi, but he didn't dare to directly whisper Ren Sheng Ru Xi, so he could only find someone to relay the message and bring Ren Sheng Ru Xi over.

"Big Brother, did you need me for something?" Ren Sheng Ru Xi rushed over anxiously.

Nie Yan had Ren Sheng Ru Xi help him buy five 50-slot backpacks at the Graveyard of the Dead, and his backpack space immediately increased a lot. When he handed the money to Ren Sheng Ru Xi, Nie Yan became nervous. If Ren Sheng Ru Xi ran off with the money, he really wouldn't have a place to find him. However, Ren Sheng Ru Xi did not disappoint Nie Yan's trust and bought the backpacks back.

After this incident, Nie Yan's trust in Ren Sheng Ru Xi increased a bit. In the future, he could still let him handle some small matters.

Although Ren Sheng Ru Xi was very surprised why Nie Yan didn't buy them himself, he didn't ask too much.

After chatting with Ren Sheng Ru Xi for a while, seeing that three hours were almost up, Nie Yan said goodbye to Ren Sheng Ru Xi, and then left Graveyard Town with the crowd.

After Nie Yan left Graveyard Town, he disappeared into the darkness, and flew towards the north of Graveyard Town.

He opened his hand, and the light团 (tuán - ball, sphere) in his hand had disappeared. After searching for it, he found that it was floating around him.

Since encountering the old goblin, this light团 (tuán - ball, sphere) seemed to be more active than before.

"Let's level up and grind monsters first," Nie Yan thought, preparing to level up a few more times. At this time, a mysterious and blurry voice sounded in his mind. This light团 (tuán - ball, sphere) kept floating north, as if guiding him.

Nie Yan followed behind the light团 (tuán - ball, sphere), walking further and further away. Every time the light团 (tuán - ball, sphere) floated forward a certain distance, it would wait for Nie Yan to catch up before continuing to advance.

Quest Progress: Bennett's spirit is guiding you. Respected warrior, go and find traces of Empress Finaas.

After looking at this state, Nie Yan pondered for a moment. Empress Finaas's level was definitely not low, and it was probably not appropriate to go at this time. However, he could go and take a look first, and if something went wrong, he could use the random teleport scroll to escape. Before coming to the underground world, he had prepared a whole set of random teleport scrolls, which would definitely be enough.

After passing through an endless wilderness, he entered a mountainous area. He circled around in the mountainous area for a long time, and he had already lost his sense of direction in the darkness.

System: You have discovered Spider Canyon.

A system prompt sounded. Nie Yan looked ahead. In the darkness, giant spiders crawled back and forth. A huge black spider crawled towards where he was.

Nie Yan cast a Detect.

Rum Spider: Level 60, Health 2000/2000.

Spider-type monsters have relatively low health, but their venom is very terrifying, and can cause the whole body to become paralyzed. Therefore, spider-type monsters are often listed by players as one of the most difficult monsters to deal with. Try to avoid them when grinding monsters and leveling up.

Nie Yan summoned the Golden Earth Dragon, picked up the mounted crossbow, and shot at a Rum Spider.

Dududu, five arrows hit a Rum Spider, and the Rum Spider immediately pounced on Nie Yan.

Under Nie Yan's control, the Golden Earth Dragon stood in front of Nie Yan, and a mouthful of hot dragon breath spewed onto the Rum Spider's body.

A damage value of 823 floated above the Rum Spider's head. Nie Yan, behind the Golden Earth Dragon, continuously cast Undead Rite on the Rum Spider.

System: Command failed.

System: Command failed.

......

The Rum Spider angrily spat a mouthful of venom on the Golden Earth Dragon's body. The venom adhered to the Golden Earth Dragon's scales, making a sizzling sound, but it failed to corrode the Golden Earth Dragon's scales.

The Golden Earth Dragon had very strong poison resistance, and the Rum Spider's venom only caused 321 damage to it.

Soon, a Rum Spider fell to the ground.

Seeing that the command was unsuccessful, Nie Yan continued to attract the next Rum Spider. After walking all the way and killing dozens of Rum Spiders, he finally successfully commanded a Rum Spider. Soon, the spider army under his command began to expand.

With such a large group of Rum Spiders, his leveling speed immediately soared.

Grinding level 60 monsters naturally gave a lot of experience.

About an hour later, a crisp system prompt sounded. He finally reached level 40, and added all his attribute points to Agility. In addition, he also added Dexterity, Dual Wield, and Dagger Specialization. He checked his own health, and it had reached 2500.

Since acquiring the Chapter of Peace and the Chapter of Benevolence, the speed at which Nie Yan's health increased had obviously accelerated a lot.

The Golden Earth Dragon led the swarms of Rum Spiders to start sweeping, and continued to walk towards the depths of the canyon.

After killing about one or two hundred Rum Spiders, he walked to a protruding rock and looked towards the belly of the canyon. The swarms of Rum Spiders in the distance made Nie Yan dumbfounded. The monsters in front could be described with the two words "dense and numerous." Big and small, they were like a carpet, covering the ground.

If there was a mage here who knew area-of-effect magic to grind monsters, that would be great, especially a fire-type mage. Fire-type magic has special bonus damage against spider-type creatures.

Nie Yan looked around. The surroundings were all cliffs. If it were ordinary players, they would definitely have to clear out the spiders here before they could pass. If he used the Crawler Ring, he should be able to pass by sticking to the cliffs.

He thought for a moment. It was not easy to find such a good place to level up, so he would level up a few levels first.

Nie Yan sorted out his backpack, and took out seven scrolls from it, two advanced and five intermediate. It seemed that he would need to buy more advanced area-of-effect magic scrolls next time.