Chapter 15 Land King

Currently, a few gold coins were a huge sum for a team, even a guild. After all, the income from an elite team's next dungeon run was at most only a few dozen silver coins, and after being divided among so many members, there wasn't much left. Furthermore, most players weren't very wealthy. Their money was used to buy various equipment, skill books, potions, consumables from shops, and so on, often spending nearly all of it, leaving them with hardly any money to donate to the guild. However, all aspects of the guild required expenditure, especially the construction of the guild warehouse, which had already drained their finances. Occasionally, they even had to use credits on the black market to buy some game currency to make ends meet.

At this time, guilds needed funding the most. The game currency on the black market had long been sold out and was impossible to buy. Players couldn't even support themselves, and there were very few who had spare game currency to sell. The guild was like a massive money-devouring machine, causing the guild leaders endless worry. However, without continuous investment, the guild would soon fall apart. Nevertheless, they were extremely optimistic about the guild's prospects, as it would be very profitable in the future. Once the guild wars were launched, each city would introduce fortresses, with guilds as the units. Whichever guild captured and held a fortress would own it and be able to collect taxes on all transactions, land, and shops within the fortress. At that time, the guild's income would be terrifying.

Because of the broad prospects, the guild leaders, although pained, continued to invest large amounts of money and energy into their guilds. Under such huge expenditures, they couldn't afford to buy land and open shops. The only reason they started opening shops was because they saw the popularity of the Starry Sky Pharmacy and began to follow suit. Due to insufficient funds, the land they bought was in remote locations, and their pharmacies were only at level one. Moreover, most of their pharmacists' production needed to supply the guild's needs first, and the rest would be sold, so business wasn't very good.

In the future, production professions wouldn't be limited to just pharmacists. Tailors, Mechanical Alchemists, blacksmiths, and other professions already existed, but they hadn't yet developed in the short term. When these professions were in the apprentice stage, they produced almost nothing. The items they made at the beginner level were too bad, and no one wanted them. For example, the weapons made by blacksmith apprentices were only about the level of beginner equipment. The best weapons made by beginner blacksmiths were only of bronze quality, and they wouldn't earn much money even if sold on the market. So, for the time being, only pharmacists were more popular, after all, even low-level potions would have some effect after use.

Nie Yan was definitely going to get involved in tailoring, alchemy, and blacksmithing, but he didn't have much spare money. He would invest the current money in land first. After he had land and shops, there were still many freelance blacksmiths on the market. If that didn't work, he could just use a lot of money to poach people from other shops and guilds. This was something Cao Xu often did in his previous life.

Nie Yan withdrew all the remaining money from the shop, about thirty-six gold coins, and then teleported to Nissode City, the second-largest city in Green Land. Carol City, Nissode City, and Black Rock of Glorious City were Cao Xu's main sphere of influence in his previous life. Cao Xu bought more than 50% of the land in these three cities. Nie Yan was buying land in these cities, which was tantamount to undermining the foundation of Cao Xu's development.

When he ran to Nissode City, Nie Yan found that the small pieces of land there were almost sold out. No one had touched the large pieces of land worth more than 10 gold coins.

Nie Yan took a fancy to a piece of land located in the center of Nissode City, worth 28 gold. The price was so terrifying that even the major guilds couldn't afford such a piece of land for the time being. Nissode City had far fewer people than Carol City, and although commerce was prosperous, there weren't many wealthy people.

This piece of land in the city center could be called the Land King. When commerce prospered in the future, opening an auction house here would become a landmark building in the city. Buying this piece of land was equivalent to buying half of Nissode City!

Nie Yan bought it without hesitation. When the land appreciated in the future, the monthly property holding tax would also be a large expense. The main brain was smart. The starting price of a piece of real estate wasn't high, but the future property holding tax was very high. There was a fixed tax every month, which could flow for a long time. Some players who were poorly managed and couldn't afford the property holding tax would sell the real estate, thereby promoting commercial circulation.

In addition to that, Nie Yan bought some cheaper land and returned to Carol City with one gold coin left.

Nie Yan looked at his status. The effect of killing level thirty elites to reduce his crime value was very significant. His red name had faded and was now in a yellow name state. When in a yellow name state, the NPCs in the city would warn and antagonize the player. Other than having an impact when accepting quests, it didn't matter at other times.

When in a red name state, there was a chance to drop a Killer Maniac Badge when killing level thirty elite Scaled Toads. However, Nie Yan wasn't very lucky and didn't get it, which he felt was a pity. He could only try again tomorrow. If he still couldn't get it, then there was nothing he could do. Perhaps his red name points weren't enough to meet the requirements for dropping the Killer Maniac Badge. After all, that accessory had excellent attributes and a very low drop rate.

Looking at the skill bar, the Arbitration of the Gods on the Chapter of Courage had finally changed from dark to bright, and it could be used.

Nie Yan had been waiting for this skill, which could only be cooled down every ten natural days, for a long time!

Nie Yan was very excited. If he activated the Arbitration of the Gods and Reckless Charge at the same time, with a bit of luck, the damage would be amazing. These two skills, plus Thieving Hand, should be enough to meet the requirements of the next mission.

The Arbitration of the Gods combined with Reckless Charge was terrifying. The Arbitration of the Gods could instantly increase Nie Yan's health by 500 points, so his health would reach nearly 900. Thirty percent of that was 270, and then he could use Reckless Charge for a critical hit...... As long as there were no misses, this skill could kill people instantly.

Nie Yan's vision was being realized little by little. Perhaps he wasn't the strongest now, but when he completed all the ideas in his mind and appeared in front of the world, he would make everyone tremble for him.

That would be a brand new thief built with his ten years of experience and countless geniuses' imaginations!

In this life, he would no longer leave any regrets. He would become something above Shadow Dancer, something called a god!

He glanced at the time, hurriedly finished his business, told Niao Bu Sheng Dan about it, and then Nie Yan logged out of the game.

After brushing his teeth and washing his face, he drank a can of nutrient solution and tidied up the house a bit. The phone rang.

"Nie Yan, I'm downstairs at your house, come down quickly."

"I'll be right there." Nie Yan put on his clothes and went downstairs. When he walked to the entrance of the residential area, he saw a black sports car, which was extremely large with a streamlined structure, like a steel beast. This was a limited edition domestic Fierce Tiger, representing the highest level of domestic technology. The price was more terrifying than many foreign cars. It was equipped with a miniature nuclear battery, with a maximum speed of 1,800 kilometers per hour, which was more terrifying than an airplane. The whole body was made of bulletproof materials and could instantly break through a cement wall more than thirty centimeters thick.

Tang Yao walked out of the car, patted the big guy next to him, and asked, "How is it? Fierce Tiger, awesome, right?"

Nie Yan glanced at it and nodded, "It's okay, this guy isn't yours, is it?" In his previous life, Nie Yan's father had also ordered a Fierce Tiger, which was indeed very cool.

"Why don't you even have a little surprise? What a failure. Indeed, it's not mine, it's my dad's. The rich are different. I have to pay 20,000 yuan in rent to borrow his car for a day." Tang Yao spread his hands. The money Tang Yao spent after he was sixteen was all earned by himself through part-time work and stock trading. His father had never given him a penny, so he spoke in this tone without any qualms. "But driving this car is too awesome and cool. I want to crash into cement walls and obstacles when I encounter them."

Nie Yan couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, and said, "If your dad knows you're treating his car like this, you're done."

Tang Yao spread his hands and said helplessly, "There's no way, I have no status. I'm not as valuable as his car at home. Okay, let's stop joking, get in the car, they've been waiting for a long time."

Tang Yao gradually realized that when he talked to Nie Yan, he used to be in a dominant position, but now, this subordinate relationship had quietly changed. However, he didn't think there was anything wrong with the current relationship. Nie Yan's position in his mind was slowly rising.

After getting in the car, there was no sound. The Fierce Tiger started and sped away like lightning.

The place where they were gathering was a restaurant in the suburbs of the provincial capital. After the Fierce Tiger switched to automatic driving, it would take at most half an hour to get there.

Bishui Yunjian Restaurant, known as the crown of the provincial capital, was actually a high-end entertainment club covering dozens of acres. It was fully equipped with various entertainment facilities and was an ideal place for people to gather and spend money.

The Fierce Tiger stopped in the square. Looking around, the square was full of cars of all kinds. Although the Fierce Tiger was good, it wasn't the best model. Among the thousands of cars in the square, there were at least ten that were more powerful than the Fierce Tiger.

"There are so many rich people." Tang Yao turned to Nie Yan and said, "Let's go."

"I can't afford to spend money in this kind of place, so you'll have to pay for everything," Nie Yan said.

"Stop pretending to be poor. If you sell the game currency in the game, you don't know how much money you can make. You still have the nerve to sponge off my money."

"I will never touch the game currency. It can make money in the game. Every penny can turn into more money," Nie Yan shook his head and said.

Tang Yao thoughtfully nodded and said, "I understand, just like the money in my stock market. Generally, I spend no more than 30,000 yuan a month at most, and it's earned from part-time work. The money in the stock market is generally not touched. Okay, I sponged off your equipment in the game, so I'll pay for everything today."