Nie Yan flipped to the fourth page. The thick page, made of an unknown material, was covered with densely packed Ancient Common Tongue characters. It described the techniques for advancing to Grand Thief and Shadow Dancer, cultivating thief consciousness, and training skills. The level of detail was truly rare. Those who possessed these skills could, to some extent, unleash several times their own combat power. Many things couldn't be found in the official website videos of his previous life, and some techniques even Sun and Shadow Killer had never mastered.

This was the most complete version of the Grand Thief and Shadow Dancer training manual!

With this, he wouldn't have to fumble around blindly. It contained more than a hundred techniques, including the Shadow Dance Steps (Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced), the Dance of Death, and more. Mastering just two or three of these would allow him to roam freely, and mastering five or six would allow him to dominate the martial world.

Nie Yan wasn't thinking of learning everything. Having five or six skills would be enough, as some of the things were just too difficult.

He turned to the fifth page, which contained miscellaneous anecdotes, including the whereabouts of the Archmage Grant's set, the origin of the Somodo Greatsword, and mentions of things like the Water of Life, Holy Blood Vials, and Magic Mana Vials.

Items that had only appeared in legends were all described here.

After a brief look, he continued to turn the pages.

He opened the sixth page, which was engraved with a magical starburst pattern that emitted a dazzling light. A starburst pattern was imprinted in Nie Yan's mind, and countless memories of distant ages flooded his brain, catching him off guard.

He could only passively accept these things. After a long while, he finally absorbed everything.

System: You have gained Erudite Knowledge.

System: You have gained the title of Great Scholar.

A skill and a title? Nie Yan quickly checked his skill bar and found that he had a passive skill, Erudite Knowledge. He discovered that this skill encompassed everything, granting the player a 200% intelligence bonus. It would be great if a mage learned Erudite Knowledge, but unfortunately, he was a thief. The Erudite Knowledge skill allowed Nie Yan to instantly learn all the languages of the good and lawful races, such as Elvish and Orcish. It also came with a divination spell, which could be cast once every ten days to foresee major changes in the country, such as upcoming historical events. In addition, the Great Scholar title gave the player +50 reputation with all good and lawful nations and cities and allowed them to use any city's teleportation for free. Anywhere, the Great Scholar could enjoy the protection of any guard within fifty yards. He could ride horses in cities and had the right to order city guards to deal with NPCs below the rank of Baron!

NPCs and players below the rank of Duke in Carol City had to treat Nie Yan with respect. If there were any verbal insults, the guards would drag them off to confinement, ranging from one to five days depending on the severity of the offense and the amount of reputation they had in Carol City! During this time, they couldn't level up and could only stay obediently in jail!

This was the power of a Great Scholar, the supreme authority!

From then on, Nie Yan would become a true privileged noble. Unlike other titles, many of which only granted privileges in a specific city or country, Nie Yan's Great Scholar privileges were universal in both the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire.

Even the governors of various cities wouldn't dare to offend a Great Scholar easily because Nie Yan possessed powerful divination skills!

Seeing the last item, the ability to imprison players, Nie Yan secretly rejoiced. It wouldn't be bad to use this skill to trick Po Tian. As long as he didn't insult Po Tian first, if Po Tian opened his mouth to insult Nie Yan, then he could wait to be dragged away by the guards.

Unfortunately, he could only trick him once, but that was enough. The psychological impact of this was far greater than the punishment Po Tian himself would receive.

If the Great Scholar successfully predicted several major battles and prevented losses for Greenland and Saturn, he could advance to Great Prophet!

He turned to the seventh page, which featured a summoning circle that could summon a warhorse, along with a picture of the warhorse. Nie Yan glanced at the picture of the warhorse. It was a tall, handsome warhorse, protected by metal chainmail, and looked extremely fierce and robust.

Seeing the picture of the warhorse, Nie Yan couldn't help but feel a shock. Faulkner Warhorse! The Faulkner Warhorse was one of the most valuable breeds of Greenland warhorse, produced in the Fenaas Plains, and was known as the Royal Pegasus. It provided a speed bonus of over 300%, running like the wind. In his previous life, even the cheapest horses sold for dozens of gold coins, and the Faulkner Warhorse was even more ridiculously expensive, costing over 50,000 gold coins at the Royal Stud Farm. However, even with enough money, it wasn't guaranteed that you could buy one, because buying a Faulkner Warhorse required the title of Marquis and a reputation of 50 or more in Carol City.

These things were all daunting. It seemed that even the presidents of several large guilds in his previous life could only sigh in despair at the sight of such an expensive horse.

Nie Yan wanted to see what the Faulkner Warhorse would look like after being summoned, but it couldn't be summoned here.

After taking a look, there was one more page to the Chapter of Order.

He turned to the eighth page, and a brilliant light burst forth from the book.

In the light, Nie Yan saw ancient battlefields filled with clashing metal, countless majestic buildings standing tall, demons and angels dancing in the sky... Scenes flashed by, and a sense of heavy history washed over him. All of this seemed to be telling an ancient and distant story, full of desolation and vicissitudes.

All of this had vanished into smoke, long gone.

System Announcement: The first volume of the Chapter of Order has been opened. Divine light shines, and the expansion pack – Sealed History has been activated.

System Announcement: The system will be upgraded in one hour. Players must prepare to log off within one hour.

Below was a large amount of information about the Era of Shared Governance. The human kingdoms of Greenland and the Saturn Empire would usher in a historical turning point. The entire kingdom would fully open up land mounts. The knights of the empire would sing triumphant songs and drive out all evil creatures.

In addition, after the Sealed History expansion pack was launched, some things would be adjusted. In order to allow new players to level up faster, the experience required for leveling would be greatly reduced, and the drop rates of low-level gold equipment, Dark Gold equipment, skill books, and game coins would be increased. In addition, beginner fortresses would be opened one after another, with five beginner fortresses in the first batch. These five beginner fortresses were guarded by evil creatures, and whoever cleared them first would own them. In addition, places such as the Elemental Hall and the Sanctuary would open up the learning of advanced magic. The difficulty of the tests for learning advanced magic would be slightly reduced, but would still be very challenging. At the same time, a large number of expansion packs related to the Sealed History would be launched one after another, namely level sixty and level one hundred and twenty, even if the leveling speed was accelerated now, that would still be a long way off.

He hadn't expected that opening this page would trigger the expansion pack. Nie Yan's activation of the Sealed History meant that history had once again deviated. He was annoyed by this. He knew he shouldn't have opened the last page for the time being, so that history would be easier to control. He thought that after collecting the first volume of the Chapter of Order, the Sealed History would be opened after a while, but he didn't expect that he still had to open the last page!

This seemingly simple thing was about to affect the entire game's progress!

While Nie Yan was opening the Shadow of Darkness, a major earthquake was erupting outside.

"Damn, who opened some Chapter of Order?"

"Don't know."

"The system is going to be upgraded. It is said that leveling will become easier. I don't know if that's true."

The players were all shocked by the sudden system upgrade and were discussing it. They were guessing who the player who opened the expansion pack was. Those teams that were preparing to enter dungeons everywhere gave up on the dungeons and returned one after another. Those who were in dungeons also sped up their progress, but an hour was definitely enough time.

The major cities were crowded with people, and everyone was discussing the upcoming expansion pack. Because they knew that leveling would become much easier after the expansion pack was launched, they were not leveling at this time, and they were all wandering around the cities.

"Nie Yan, did you cause the system upgrade?" Guo Huai sent a message asking. He knew that Nie Yan had the Chapter of Order, but he didn't know the specific situation.

"I did it. After you log in tomorrow, quickly gather all the top players in the guild. I want six hundred people," Nie Yan said. Since the system upgrade was inevitable, he had to take the opportunity to make some profit, otherwise it would be too much of a loss.

"Okay, no problem," Guo Huai said. He understood that Nie Yan might have something big planned.

"Also, find Po Tian's location for me. See if he's in the city and report it to me immediately! It would be best if you could also find out the location of Ye Po Shengun," Nie Yan said. His plan to trick someone was about to begin. With Po Tian's fiery temper, it would be strange if he didn't fall into his hands. As for Ye Po Shengun, based on his understanding of Ye Po Shengun in his previous life, this guy wouldn't be fooled so easily.

"What do you want to do with him?" Guo Huai asked in a daze. There was no way to deal with Po Tian in the city. Was Nie Yan planning to negotiate?

"I will make him suffer a heavy fall. Just watch," Nie Yan said with a slight smile. This system upgrade was an opportunity for major development for the major guilds. Especially in a few days, when Radiant Sacred Flame and the Holy Roman Empire would be competing for control of the fortress, if he could send Po Tian to jail, it would be very beneficial to their competition for control of the fortress.

"Okay, I'll go check immediately," Guo Huai said. Although he didn't know what Nie Yan wanted to do, seeing Nie Yan so mysterious, he was probably going to trick Po Tian. With Nie Yan's character, he would never take action without a well-thought-out plan. He was a little excited. Po Tian was probably going to be tricked.

After a while, Guo Huai sent a message saying that Po Tian and a group of people were at the Carol City Central Auction House.

"Shadow Killer seems to be there too!" Guo Huai said. He was also very surprised when he heard this news.

Nie Yan narrowed his eyes and said with a faint smile, "It wouldn't hurt to meet him too."