Chapter 1 He Finds the Fishing Doctor

Nie Yan chatted with Shitou for a few more words and hung up the call. He had already arrived on the island and found the fishing doctor, Blevins.

"Young man, how many Fine Silks have you collected?" Doctor Blevins asked when he saw Nie Yan return.

"Respected elder, here are the thirty Fine Silks I found. Please take a look," Nie Yan replied according to the standard quest language.

"Young man, thank you for your generosity. To thank you, here are thirty Silks. Take them. Also, I've decided to impart a skill to you," said Doctor Blevins.

System: Do you want to learn the Intermediate Combat Bandage skill taught by Doctor Blevins?

Nie Yan's heart leaped. This was the skill he wanted. He clicked confirm without hesitation.

System: You have learned the Intermediate Combat Bandage skill taught by the Archmage.

Intermediate Combat Bandage: Craft and use an Intermediate Combat Bandage. Required materials: Ten Silks. Each combat bandage restores 20 health points over 10 seconds. Can be interrupted after 3 seconds. Can be used on teammates.

Ten Silks was twenty copper coins. Although a little expensive, it was a lifesaver in a crisis!

System: Quest Doctor Blevins's Request completed 20%.

Nie Yan was stunned. Logically, he had handed in thirty Fine Silks, so the quest should have been completed. How could it only be 20%?

"Young man, thirty Fine Silks are far from enough. I need more Fine Silks. Can you help me find them?" Doctor Blevins said.

"I am willing to serve you," Nie Yan quickly replied. It seemed that the quest to reward the Intermediate Combat Bandage skill was just a fragment of the quest. He wondered what other quest rewards there were later. "Respected elder, here are five Rare Fine Silks that I found. I wonder what use they are?"

"Fine Silks can only become Rare Fine Silks after processing. Each Rare Fine Silk is equivalent to six ordinary Fine Silks," the old man explained, asking Nie Yan, "Do you decide to hand them over to me?"

"Yes," Nie Yan said. Five Rare Fine Silks were equivalent to thirty ordinary Fine Silks. Grinding for so long on Water Spider Leaders wasn't as worthwhile as killing a single Water Spider Leader.

But this was normal, because killing Water Spider Leaders was too dangerous. It was impossible for Nie Yan to complete it alone.

System: You have obtained thirty Silks.

System: You have obtained the Silver Headhunter Leather Armor.

System: Quest Archmage's Request completed 40%.

Nie Yan was pleasantly surprised to see the second system prompt. He opened his backpack and found a piece of silver-white leather armor.

This leather armor was made from the skin of an unknown animal. The texture was tough, shimmering with a silver-white luster, and it didn't need to be identified.

He looked at the attributes.

Silver Headhunter Leather Armor (Silver): Level requirement: Level 5.

Attributes: Defense 13-17, Strength +5, Agility +5.

Weight: 3 pounds.

User restriction: Thief, Paladin, limited to Good, Lawful, Light alignment.

The defense of Silver-grade equipment is about 30% higher than ordinary equipment of the same level, and it also comes with two additional attributes. If this Silver Headhunter Leather Armor were put up for auction, it could sell for at least 5 silver coins at the current market price.

A level 5 dagger, plus level 5 Silver Headhunter Leather Armor. When he reached level 5, Nie Yan would be able to trade his old weapon for a new one, and his equipment would be completely new.

Nie Yan suddenly felt more motivated to level up.

The quest rewards this old man gave were really generous. There was still 60% left to complete. Killing monsters to collect ninety Fine Silks would kill him. He decided to spend money to buy Fine Silks. Ninety would be three silver coins. It seemed that his money was far from enough.

How could he make money quickly? Nie Yan racked his brains, recalling the strategies he had seen online before.

A flash of inspiration struck Nie Yan's mind. He suddenly remembered something that was said to be the most useless item when the game first launched - Bat Teeth. Bat Teeth were the materials for making level 0 novice weapons. The weapons made had very low attack, and basically no one would use them. Except for some people who were learning Forging would occasionally buy some Bat Teeth to train their beginner Forging skills, other people would not buy them at all. Throwing five groups of one hundred Bat Teeth to the NPCs would only sell for one copper coin, so many Bat Teeth were thrown on the ground in the level 3 Bat monster spawn area and no one would pick them up.

Some players would rather throw away Bat Teeth than take these broken things and occupy backpack space. Only those players who didn't have money would collect them and sell them to the NPC store.

But Nie Yan knew another use for Bat Teeth. There was a High-Level Blacksmith in Carol City who could trigger a hidden quest to buy Bat Teeth. Every ten, which was half a group of Bat Teeth, could be exchanged for one experience point and one copper coin. That High-Level Blacksmith bought them in unlimited quantities. Later, after that NPC was discovered by the players, the price of Bat Teeth skyrocketed.

This business was doable, Nie Yan couldn't help thinking. He only needed to go to the Bat monster spawn area and put up an advertisement to buy Bat Teeth at the price of one copper coin per group, and a large number of Bat Teeth would soon be delivered to his door. He would then hand over all the Bat Teeth to that High-Level Blacksmith in exchange for rewards. This way, he could make money and level up. How could he have forgotten about this!

No sooner said than done, Nie Yan rushed towards Tarrak Town. He returned to Tarrak Town, took two silver coins from his personal warehouse, threw all the harvested unused equipment into the auction house, and went to the appraiser to appraise the Soft Leather Handguards that the Golden Electric Eel dropped. It was a level 0 +2 Agility Handguards.

For level 0 equipment, the attributes were already quite good. Nie Yan put on the Handguards. This was the first Bronze equipment he could wear.

The Handguards emitted a faint cyan light. Nie Yan set the equipment light to hidden. It was better to be low-key. It was easy to be targeted in the wild if the equipment was too good. He took the teleportation point to Carol City, and then ran non-stop towards the Cardi Blacksmith Shop in the center of Carol City.

There were more than sixty blacksmith shops in Carol City, dealing in various ironware businesses, from siege equipment to weapons and equipment, and even horseshoes, could be bought. As for the Cardi Blacksmith Shop, the location was relatively remote, and it was one of the most inconspicuous blacksmith shops.

The High-Level Blacksmith Cardi issued a quest to collect Bat Teeth. In his previous life, it was discovered by a Paladin player. After knowing that the High-Level Blacksmith Cardi issued this quest, he bought a large number of Bat Teeth, and then went to the High-Level Blacksmith Cardi to exchange them for money and experience. He wanted to hide this secret, so he did it very secretly. As the Paladin bought more and more Bat Teeth, the players were very strange. What exactly was this Paladin buying a large number of Bat Teeth for? Later, a Thief tracked him to this place, and this secret was made public. However, at that time, the players were already more than level ten. The price of Bat Teeth skyrocketed, and no one was willing to sell Bat Teeth at a low price. It was obviously not worthwhile for them to turn back and do this quest. Recalling how many Bat Teeth they had thrown away before, they could only sigh in regret. Because he discovered this hidden quest and secretly did it for a long time, that Paladin made a lot of money.

But now, the only one who knows this secret is Nie Yan!

Nie Yan entered the Cardi Blacksmith Shop. This was an extremely narrow shop, but it was one of the few blacksmith shops designated by the Greenland military.

Just after entering the blacksmith shop, Nie Yan saw an NPC blacksmith apprentice.

"Respected guest, what do you need?" the blacksmith apprentice stepped forward and asked.

"I want to see Mr. Cardi."

"I'm sorry, my master is out," the blacksmith apprentice apologized.

"I have something to do with him. When will he be back?" Nie Yan asked. The blacksmith apprentice's answer was what he expected. This was how the quest was triggered.

"Please tell me what you want, and I can pass it on to him," the blacksmith apprentice looked at Nie Yan, a look of vigilance in his eyes.

"Please tell Mr. Cardi that I can help him solve his current trouble."

"Please wait a moment," the blacksmith apprentice hurriedly ran out the door.

After a while, the blacksmith apprentice and a strong middle-aged blacksmith walked in. The middle-aged blacksmith had a messy beard, was naked to the waist, and had strong muscles all over his body. His skin had turned dark red due to years of being scorched by flames.

"Respected Blacksmith, I heard that you have encountered some troublesome things. Can you tell me about it? I might be able to help you." Nie Yan thought, these quest languages should be fine.

"Entering autumn, the battle situation at Hilton Fortress is becoming more and more intense. We need more weapons to meet the needs of the front line. I need a batch of supplies, a very large quantity, and I have no idea where to start," the blacksmith Cardi said in distress.

"What supplies do you need? I might be able to help you find them."

"I need a large number of Bat Teeth. If you have Bat Teeth, I am willing to buy them at the price of two copper coins per group," the blacksmith Cardi said. For him, these Bat Teeth were very important supplies.

NPCs are just programs set by the mainframe, without much intelligence. They are only responsible for issuing quests and receiving quests. As a hidden NPC, the blacksmith Cardi will not announce this quest to the public.

System: Are you willing to accept the commission of the Blacksmith Cardi?

Yes!

System: You have accepted the commission of the Blacksmith Cardi.

"Please rest assured, I will definitely help you find this batch of supplies." Nie Yan bid farewell to the Blacksmith Cardi, went to the teleportation point, and teleported to Modo Town.

There was a large area of Bat monster spawn points near Modo Town, which was the most concentrated place for level 3 Bat monsters.

The town was crowded with people, at least several hundred.

"Grouping up to go to the level 3 dungeon, Warrior's Tomb, level 3 and above, mages with magic damage over thirty, whisper me."

"Grouping up to grind Bats, level 3 fire mages join!"

Players were looking for teams. Some players found teams, while some players were like headless flies. Players with good equipment could often find teams quickly, while players with poor equipment were avoided by those teams.

Teams set off one after another.

It was morning in the game. Once the players formed a team, they would usually grind monsters for the whole day, and only disband near dusk.

Nie Yan set up a stall next to his personal warehouse and hung up a sign: Buying Bat Teeth, one copper coin per group.

As soon as the sign was hung up, many players gathered around. Most of them often grinded Bats in this area, and had a lot of Bat Teeth in their backpacks. They would gather a hundred and sell them to the NPC at once. Although one copper coin was small, a mosquito was still meat. They saw that Nie Yan was buying Bat Teeth at a price of one copper coin per group, which was much more cost-effective than selling to the NPC.

Bat Teeth, which were thrown everywhere, could actually be sold at such a high price. Selling Bat Teeth could also earn a lot of income.

Ordinary players' daily income was not high, plus the cost of buying equipment, drinking medicine, etc., their assets were only a dozen or twenty copper coins. They were naturally very willing to have more income.

"Hey, brother, I have three groups of Bat Teeth here. Do you want them?"

"Yes, I want as many as you have," Nie Yan nodded, glanced at the dozens of people watching, and found that five or six people were already sorting their packages. The other few were rushing to open their personal warehouses, for fear that Nie Yan would have collected enough and would no longer want them.

"What are these Bat Teeth for?" some players asked tentatively.

"For practicing beginner Forging skills," Nie Yan replied.

"How can you use so many for practicing beginner Forging skills?"

"I have dozens of friends who are all learning Forging, and asked me to buy them together. Those who are ready to sell, start trading. Those who are not selling, don't watch here," Nie Yan replied casually.

"This is mine, two groups."

Nie Yan looked at the trading column, put on two copper coins, and clicked confirm.

"This is mine, three groups."

Players traded with Nie Yan one after another, three or four groups for the most, one or two groups for the least. Some who had not traded yet were standing there anxiously. Those who had sold or thrown away Bat Teeth to NPCs all regretted it.

While trading, Nie Yan stored the Bat Teeth he collected into his personal warehouse. His backpack only had twenty slots, which was not enough at all.

More and more people came to trade with Nie Yan. Those players who sold Bat Teeth told their friends to come over with Bat Teeth.

Before long, Nie Yan had collected more than two hundred groups of Bat Teeth.

Nie Yan quickly sent out an advertisement, saying: "Everyone, wait, wait, I've run out of money, I have to go get some money from my friend first, I'll be back in a while, fifteen minutes at most, everyone come back in fifteen minutes, still here."

"There's still mine..."

"There's still mine..."

Nie Yan pushed through the crowd, walked out, and took a breath. These players were too enthusiastic.

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