Chapter 1 Inside the Building

Nie Yan and Tang Yao entered the building. Cracks riddled its mud walls, making it look as if it could collapse at any moment. Several NPCs stood inside, dressed in various desert-dweller outfits, their faces covered with cloaks. They sold all sorts of goods and materials, mostly specialties of the desert.

Nie Yan led Tang Yao past the NPCs and deeper inside, until they reached a secluded corner. He pushed open a dilapidated wooden door, revealing a narrow tunnel leading underground. Nie Yan began to descend.

"What are we doing here?" Tang Yao asked, puzzled. The tunnel was rather dark, and he couldn't see the path under his feet, so he could only follow Nie Yan by feel.

The dark, narrow passage seemed to lead to an unknown destination.

"There's an NPC inside who sells scrolls. We're going to buy a few," Nie Yan said. His Dark Vision ability was quite high. In the darkness, his eyes narrowed into slits, emitting a faint blue glow, allowing him to see everything clearly.

So they were just coming here to buy some scrolls. Tang Yao felt relieved, but the location of this scroll vendor was rather hidden. It would be impossible to find if you were deliberately looking for it. Only a few players might stumble upon it by chance.

In Faith, many hidden secrets could be discovered within the architecture of the various cities, towns, and villages. Like the House of Sosomi Luo that Nie Yan had found before, or this Scroll Master Davina. These NPCs often sold items that couldn't be bought elsewhere.

Scroll Master Davina was an eccentric woman. Many legends about her circulated in this desert village, but no one knew that she was hiding beneath it. She had a strange temperament, and no one wanted to associate with her. Players who came here were limited to purchasing ten items per day. If you bought ten items and tried to buy more, she would chase you away, acting rudely. The things she sold were very rare, and occasionally some exceptional items would appear. Players often found many good things here.

The two of them traveled through the narrow tunnel. After a few minutes, they saw a dim yellow light ahead.

"We're here," Nie Yan said, heading toward the distant light. His pupils dilated as he surveyed the surroundings. It was a cramped space, about 3 by 5 yards in size. Bookshelves lined the walls, filled with various scrolls, stacked high. Many were still unfinished. A desk stood in the center of the open space, and only two or three people could fit in the remaining area. Scrolls were scattered all over the floor, making the place look extremely cluttered.

A person in a long black robe sat at the desk. The robe concealed her appearance, but it was clear that she was a woman. A somewhat pale hand held a light gray pen, meticulously drawing on a scroll. Strange and intricate patterns emerged from her pen.

She was huddled among a pile of scrolls, her figure so lonely and isolated from the world.

"Is that the Scroll Master?" Tang Yao asked, stepping forward toward Davina.

Nie Yan reached out to stop him, saying, "Wait! Don't move!"

Stopped by Nie Yan, Tang Yao's foot hovered in mid-air, not touching the ground.

Nie Yan bent down and picked up the scrolls scattered on the ground, holding them in his arms. Then he walked to the bookshelf and placed the scrolls inside, arranging them neatly, one by one, with great care.

Scroll Master Davina, still drawing on her scroll at the desk, completely ignored Nie Yan's actions, as if she didn't notice him at all.

In his past life, some players had stepped on the scrolls on the ground as they walked past. Not only did they not buy any scrolls, but they were also driven out by Scroll Master Davina. This was a hidden condition: players had to show sufficient respect to Scroll Master Davina to buy scrolls from her.

Picking up the scrolls scattered on the ground was Scroll Master Davina's test for Nie Yan and Tang Yao.

Nie Yan was tidying up the scrolls on the ground, and Tang Yao immediately understood, helping Nie Yan organize them.

Soon, the scrolls on the ground were picked up, and the place was finally a little tidier.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao walked towards Davina.

"What do you need?" Davina's somewhat hoarse voice rang out.

Nie Yan scanned the dazzling array of goods. There were a total of fifty or sixty different kinds of scrolls here: single-target magic scrolls, area-of-effect magic scrolls, and various rare magic scrolls.

Many of the scrolls were quite good. Some scrolls that sold for hundreds of gold coins on the market were only a few dozen gold here.

Since he could only buy ten scrolls here each day, his eyes quickly locked onto one of them.

Advanced Entangling Vines Scroll: Summons vines to bind enemies, weakening them while they are bound. Range: 30x30 yards. Duration: 30 seconds. Scroll reading time: one syllable. Price: 20 gold coins.

Nie Yan bought ten directly, paying 200 gold coins.

Spending so much money at this crucial moment was a bit extravagant, but the reward for the quest Nie Yan was about to do was not just 200 gold coins.

"Which scroll did you buy?" Tang Yao asked. He was dazzled by all the scrolls here. Each one was a good item, but the prices were a bit expensive, ranging from dozens to even hundreds of gold coins.

"Ten Advanced Entangling Vines Scrolls," Nie Yan said. The main reason he came here to buy these scrolls was to do a quest.

"Ten Advanced Entangling Vines Scrolls? Nothing else?" Tang Yao asked, stunned. There were so many scrolls here, each one very useful and valuable. Why buy only Entangling Vines?

"Let's go. We'll buy other scrolls next time," Nie Yan said, leading Tang Yao out of Davina's room.

Not many people knew about this Scroll Master Davina in his previous life. He had learned about her from a friend. Since Davina only sold ten scrolls each day, people often came here to snatch them up. There were more monks than gruel, so few people were able to get their hands on the scrolls.

Nie Yan hadn't managed to get many scrolls in his previous life, so he didn't have a deep impression of Davina. It wasn't until he was about to do the quest that he remembered to buy a few scrolls from here.

Nie Yan wondered if he should have Guo Huai send people here every day to buy some scrolls, even if they were just sold on the market, they could make a lot of money. For example, an Advanced Entangling Vines Scroll could easily sell for fifty or sixty gold coins. The only annoying thing was that if this kind of item circulated on the market, it would attract a lot of trouble. If enemy players bought it and used it on his own people, that would be too depressing.

He could first store the purchased scrolls in the guild warehouse. If the Nirvana Guild's finances ever reached an unsustainable point, then he could take them out and sell them.

Nie Yan contacted Guo Huai and told him to come here to purchase some Advanced Entangling Vines Scrolls. After leaving the small town, the two summoned their horses and galloped away, rushing into the distance.

"Where are we going?"

"The center of the desert, the Corin Badlands," Nie Yan said.

The Corin Badlands was a desolate place in the center of the desert. Nie Yan had heard some background information about it in his previous life. It was said that the Corin Badlands was originally a barren wasteland. A giant Corin airship manufactured by goblins was shot down by the Griffin Knight Corps of Greenland while flying in the sky. The Corin airship fell from the sky and crashed into this wasteland. The wreckage scattered everywhere gave this wasteland some unique 'architecture.' All sorts of broken steel frames could be seen everywhere.

There was a relatively famous boss here, the Ghost Princess Aina, a level 60 Lord-class creature. She herself did not use any attacks, but she summoned powerful evil mages, summoning twenty or thirty at a time. Ghost Princess Aina refreshed once a day. Many people came here to snatch the boss in his previous life, and it was often crowded every time he came.

Looking into the distance, the wreckage of the Corin airship was scattered everywhere in the desert. Some of these wrecks were dozens of yards high, and some were just a few parts, scattered throughout the wasteland, which showed how spectacular the Corin airship was in the first place!

System: You have discovered the Corin Badlands.

"It's nearby. Let's get off the horses," Nie Yan said, looking at Tang Yao: "I remember you have an acceleration skill. What's it like now?"

"Wind Chaser, speed increased by 80%, lasts 120 seconds, can only be used on myself," Tang Yao said. This was the only acceleration skill he could use.

Mages' acceleration spells gave more speed bonuses, but their 80% movement speed increase might not even be as good as a rogue's 30% speed increase, but one Wind Chaser was enough.

"Wind Chaser? Not bad, come with me, drink a bottle of invisibility potion," Nie Yan said, entering stealth mode.

Tang Yao drank a bottle of invisibility potion and followed him in stealth.

One by one, ghosts wandered past in the distance. They were in a shadowy state, their faces blurred. Nie Yan kept a distance of about twenty yards from them, not daring to use Super Appraisal to check these ghosts. The level difference was too great, and Nie Yan was afraid that these ghosts would discover their presence.

After passing through a barren area, seven burly ghosts appeared in the open space ahead, three yards tall, holding huge iron hammers, looking fierce and ferocious.

The well-known ghost creature in his previous life, Ghost Berserkers, were monsters that ignored physical attacks, level 60 elites.

Ghost Berserker: Level 60 Elite, HP 8000/8000.

Their health was very low, but they were immune to physical attacks. Warriors couldn't attract their aggro. They often charged towards the magic class at the start of the battle and slashed wildly, killing all the magic classes. The remaining melee units were finished because the melee units' attacks were ineffective against the Ghost Berserkers.

Countless teams were wiped out in front of these seven Ghost Berserkers in his previous life.

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