Chapter 1 Nie Yan's Arrangements

Nie Yan arranged for Ci Dao to stay nearby, about two hundred meters away. If anything happened, Ci Dao could arrive within two minutes after a phone call.

With a master like Ci Dao around, the safety of Nie Yan's family would be greatly assured.

Nie Yan chatted with Ci Dao for a while, learning that Ci Dao had six brothers with him, all veterans of the battlefield. All six were wounded, and two had contracted a special bacteria that required large amounts of medication daily to relieve their pain. A complete cure would cost at least five hundred million, and required a specialized military doctor. Ci Dao could only earn commissions as a mercenary to buy medicine and keep them alive. By now, they had basically given up hope, and Ci Dao could only do what he could.

Nie Yan thought, should he help Ci Dao solve their problems in the future? With Ci Dao's character, he would surely repay Nie Yan with his life.

Ci Dao was a man of his word, a man of loyalty!

This was what Nie Yan valued most!

After arranging this matter, Nie Yan returned home to find Xie Yao busy with something.

"I asked my father to order a gaming pod for me, what do you think?" Xie Yao said, pointing to the two gaming pods in the room.

Nie Yan looked around. There was one more gaming pod in his room. The two gaming pods were the same model, just different colors, one silver-white and one light blue. The two gaming pods stood side by side against the wall.

Gaming pods placed together could be connected, so if something happened to the player in the pod next door, it would be immediately relayed to the player in the other pod.

"Not bad, it's much more convenient to have two gaming pods," Nie Yan said with a smile. This way, he could know what Xie Yao was up to.

Xie Yao smiled and said, "This way, we can contact each other more often."

With two gaming pods together, even if one party was in a communications-restricted area, they could contact each other using external communication devices.

"How's your quest going?" Nie Yan asked, feeling ashamed that he had been busy with his own affairs and the matters of the Ni Ren Tribe (Amazing Adventurer Society) and had not asked about Xie Yao's situation.

"The third ring of Karl's Blessing is too difficult, I need to be a slightly higher level to do it. You gave the Ni Ren Tribe contract players a list of quest trigger locations for sub-legendary and legendary equipment, and I triggered the Saintess Christina Set quest. I've already started it, and I have to go to another city tomorrow," Xie Yao said. She was surprised when she received the list. Where did Nie Yan get it from? It had two or three hundred quest trigger points, all information that couldn't be found on the official website. If the top players of the Ni Ren Tribe could collect all the sub-legendary and legendary equipment in these places, they would become a force that other guilds would tremble before. This powerful equipment would help them reach the pinnacle!

To recall the trigger points of these equipment, Nie Yan had used up a lot of brain cells. Memories from his past life were recalled bit by bit. For some of the more vague ones, he could only record a rough outline and let the players of the Ni Ren Tribe find them themselves.

In his previous life, players talked about nothing more than equipment. Whose equipment was strong, where they got it, whose equipment was sub-legendary and how much it was worth, its history, origin, and so on. Nie Yan had been a mercenary and often went to dungeons with many teams, so he had heard about many things. Occasionally, he would also go to the official website to look at the equipment that players showed off. Most of them were already bound sub-legendary and legendary items. After they showed them off, they didn't have to worry about being robbed. The attributes of each piece of equipment were truly shocking. These powerful attributes could greatly satisfy the holder's vanity, and they would introduce the origin and history of the equipment.

In his previous life, Nie Yan could only envy the equipment that these people showed off. In this life, the situation was different. He finally had the ability to collect these equipment!

Nie Yan didn't expect the players of the Ni Ren Tribe to be able to find all of these equipment, as long as they found one-tenth of them, it would allow the top players of the Ni Ren Tribe to soar in strength, which would affect the entire Ni Ren Tribe.

Christina was one of the divine equipment series in his previous life. The last two Boss-level monsters required thousands of powerful teammates to kill, and it was one of the most difficult divine equipment to collect. In his previous life, a famous female Holy Word Mage, Mo Dao Shi Yi Ye Qiu Min, only collected three pieces. She found it difficult to continue with the later stages, but at that time, she was also a top-level existence. Three pieces of legendary equipment were not to be trifled with. If the set was complete, it would be even more incredible. She also showed off the later quest stages of Christina, and this set of powerful divine equipment that could not be completed became her eternal regret.

Nie Yan didn't expect Xie Yao to choose this quest. For the last two stages, he could summon the players of the Ni Ren Tribe to help Xie Yao do them, but for the previous stages, Xie Yao could only find her own way, they couldn't help much.

"Good luck, try to find the complete Christina set," Nie Yan encouraged Xie Yao. That set of divine equipment was a very difficult challenge for Xie Yao.

"Yeah, Nie Yan, you have to work hard too. I know you're tired, you have a heavy burden on your shoulders, everyone in the Ni Ren Tribe is watching you. I'll take care of myself in the game. I hope to share some of your burden, but unfortunately, there are many things I can't do," Xie Yao said apologetically.

Xie Yao believed that Nie Yan was searching for a large number of equipment and items every day to strengthen himself and the Ni Ren Tribe, and at the same time, he had to find money everywhere to provide funds for the Ni Ren Tribe, which was not easy. Although the Ni Ren Tribe had gathered a large number of elites, those elites had not really grown up yet. Like the Fa Shi Alliance (Mages' Alliance), Zhan Dao Shi Xue (Bloodthirsty Battle Blade), and Tian Shi Ba Ye (Angelic Overlords), their development was not achieved overnight. These guilds had existed for five or six years or more, and some had even existed for more than a decade. They had gathered a large group of loyal fans and supporters in various virtual games. Once the game started, they entered collectively. Before long, their guilds were established, and they began to expand their influence and frantically recruit people. The Ni Ren Tribe was established a long time after the game started, its foundation was not solid, and it had fought in succession. If it hadn't been for Nie Yan's strong support, the Ni Ren Tribe would have collapsed long ago. It wasn't until the Ni Ren Tribe unified Carol City that the Ni Ren Tribe embarked on a normal path of development, and the elites of the Ni Ren Tribe had a relatively stable development environment.

It was no exaggeration to say that the Ni Ren Tribe was supported by Nie Yan alone. Of course, Guo Huai's management team also played a great role, but Nie Yan was crucial. Whether it was the Molten Forest at the beginning or the later Battle of Cripps Fortress, the Ni Ren Tribe almost suffered a complete disaster, but Nie Yan turned the tide and created the Ni Ren Tribe of today. What Nie Yan had done was self-evident.

"It's okay, it's not very busy. I just grind monsters every day, get some equipment, occasionally fight a few battles, and go back and forth from the underground a few times," Nie Yan said with a smile. It was a pity that he didn't have enough time. If he had enough time, he could do a lot of things. His time was arranged relatively tightly, but not as exaggerated as Xie Yao said.

Nie Yan said it so easily, but Xie Yao refused to believe it. Nie Yan had done so many things, everyone in the Ni Ren Tribe saw it. No one would believe that Nie Yan said he wasn't busy at all.

Seeing Xie Yao's expression, Nie Yan knew that he couldn't explain it. He looked at the time and said, "It's time to enter the game."

"Yeah," Xie Yao replied.

The two entered the game. When Nie Yan entered the game, he received a system notification.

System: Player Yao Yao has entered the game.

Xie Yao's game entry information was automatically sent to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan smiled slightly, feeling a warm sense of comfort in his heart because he knew that Xie Yao was by his side.

Nie Yan summoned his Falkner Warhorse and headed towards Hilton Fortress, galloping across the open prairie.

About twenty minutes later, Nie Yan received a message from Guo Huai that Wang Zhe Tian Xia (King Under Heaven) had applied to join the Ni Ren Tribe. From then on, there was another Wang Zhe Tian Xia on the Ni Ren Tribe's list of strong players.

Nie Yan sent a message to Wang Zhe Tian Xia.

"If you have time, go to dungeons with them, I'll introduce you to a team," Nie Yan said. Wang Zhe Tian Xia was new, and he was not familiar with the players of the Ni Ren Tribe. He would slowly integrate into the Ni Ren Tribe in the future.

"I'm not interested in dungeons or teams," Wang Zhe Tian Xia said.

Nie Yan thought about it. In his previous life, Wang Zhe Tian Xia had always been used to traveling alone. Although his brothers were quite strong, they couldn't keep up with his pace.

"Then forget it, let's do a quest together sometime," Nie Yan said. He had to find some reason to make such a master willingly stay in the Ni Ren Tribe.

Wang Zhe Tian Xia was silent for a moment and said, "My brothers have already moved into the Bìshuǐ Yúnjiān (Azure Waters Cloud Dwelling) villa... Thank you."

When Wang Zhe Tian Xia said thank you, he seemed a little stiff. He never thanked anyone, Nie Yan was the first.

Nie Yan smiled and said, "This is a clause in our employment agreement, you don't have to thank me."

"According to the agreement, from now on, Ci Dao and Wang Zhe Tian Xia are your shadows. If you need anything, just tell us. This is our duty as mercenaries," Wang Zhe Tian Xia said. His words were straightforward. Nie Yan gave money, and he did things.

Shadow, shadow, Nie Yan murmured the word. Ci Dao had made his obligations clear. Wasn't what Nie Yan needed a shadow? There were many things that Nie Yan didn't have time to do, and the shadow could help him do them. There were some things he couldn't do, and the shadow could do them for him!

~~I have some urgent matters these past three days, and I am out of town. I will be able to return tomorrow evening, and I estimate that I will be able to resume normal updates the day after tomorrow.