Chapter 107 Water Color Smoker

The leader of the Withering Leaf Studio, Shui Se Yantou (Water Color Smoker), ranked third on the professional player rankings, even higher than Love Killer. These big studio boss-level figures were only known by name, not in person, to most players. Shui Se Yantou had always kept a low profile, unlike Love Killer and Half-Awake Fox, who focused on dominance. Withering Leaf Studio had always been a high-end elite group, hired by various large consortia to lead them through tasks and dungeons.

They made no distinction between enemies and allies. They would do whatever the employer asked, as long as they paid enough. It was said that Withering Leaf Studio was creating huge amounts of wealth for the Tuoba family every day.

"I don't have time today, let's talk when I get back," Nie Yan said. Logically speaking, a set of level thirty gold equipment shouldn't have warranted this much attention from the boss of Withering Leaf Studio. Could there be something else?

"You're amazing." Tuoba Shijie rolled his eyes. In the game, any guild leader would be overjoyed to hear that Shui Se Yantou wanted to meet them. The power of Withering Leaf Studio was beyond doubt, and since they had no conflicting interests, such friends were the most valuable to win over. Nie Yan actually said he was busy and refused directly.

Tuoba Shijie sent Nie Yan's reply to Shui Se Yantou.

After a while, Nie Yan's voice communicator rang. It was Shui Se Yantou. He clicked accept.

"Hello, this is Shui Se Yantou." Shui Se Yantou's voice was gentle yet authoritative.

In Nie Yan's memory, the bigshots of Withering Leaf Studio were extremely protective and fierce. In his past life, a guild had killed a member of Withering Leaf Studio, and Shui Se Yantou had broken off their business relationship and led people to plunder the other side's fortress. Shui Se Yantou's most memorable line to players was, "Whoever touches someone from Withering Leaf, I'll take their life." Because of that incident, Withering Leaf Studio became famous.

Nie Yan's impression of Shui Se Yantou was that he should be a boorish, aggressive person, but he was actually quite refined and gentle.

"Hello," Nie Yan replied, guessing why Shui Se Yantou was so eager to meet him.

"I have some business dealings with Love Killer, and I know about the Assassin League. Name your price, I need a Prince title." Shui Se Yantou said. The future of the Assassin League was foreseeable. Joining such an organization would greatly help the development of Withering Leaf Studio, but if they didn't, many of their future deals might be taken by the Assassin League. After all, no matter how strong Withering Leaf Studio was, it couldn't compete with such a professional player organization. Right now, the Assassin League's strength far surpassed Withering Leaf Studio.

Nie Yan thought for a moment and understood. Shui Se Yantou must have learned about the Assassin League from Love Killer and wanted to join as well. With Withering Leaf Studio's strength, it was not much weaker than Love Killer's Mad Battle Alliance. Shui Se Yantou needed a Prince title, which was crucial to Withering Leaf Studio's future position in the Assassin League.

Love Killer knew that Shui Se Yantou wanted to join the Assassin League and wanted a Prince title. He couldn't make the decision on his own, but Withering Leaf Studio was too important to the Assassin League. If Withering Leaf Studio joined, the Assassin League's professional player base and business would expand by at least thirty percent. Love Killer couldn't possibly turn Withering Leaf Studio away, so he passed the ball to Nie Yan.

"Don't worry, I promised Love Killer, I won't reveal your identity." Shui Se Yantou's words dispelled Nie Yan's doubts.

"I can give you a Prince title, but Withering Leaf Studio has to do something for me." Nie Yan thought for a moment. Since Withering Leaf Studio was asking for his help, why not take this opportunity to benefit Nirvana Flame.

"Speak, if I think the two are equivalent." Shui Se Yantou said. One of Withering Leaf Studio's principles was equivalent exchange, never making a loss.

"Let Withering Leaf Studio join Nirvana Flame." Nie Yan asked for the sky, watching Shui Se Yantou's reaction.

"That's impossible." Shui Se Yantou refused directly. The reason why Withering Leaf Studio had such a wide range of business was because they hadn't joined any faction. If they joined Nirvana Flame, they would lose a lot of customers.

"If you join the Assassin League, you can win a lot of customers for Withering Leaf Studio. What does it matter if you lose some after joining Nirvana Flame?" Nie Yan said, as if he knew what Shui Se Yantou was thinking. This was a bigshot-level figure. If he could pull him into Nirvana Flame, Nirvana Flame's strength would instantly approach Holy Empire. However, he also understood that Nirvana Flame was currently too weak, and not attractive enough to Withering Leaf Studio. In his past life, Withering Leaf Studio remained neutral at first, then was hired by Cao Xu and became an important force under Cao Xu. He absolutely couldn't let that happen again in this life. He could slowly recruit Withering Leaf Studio, bit by bit.

"It's temporarily impossible." Shui Se Yantou shook his head.

"First let Withering Leaf Studio join Nirvana Flame for a month. Nirvana Flame will buy all the equipment replaced by Withering Leaf Studio at market price. All the Honor Points obtained by Withering Leaf Studio from expert-level dungeons will belong to Nirvana Flame. Nirvana Flame will not interfere with any of Withering Leaf Studio's business. We'll talk about further cooperation after a month, how about it?" Nie Yan said. Anyway, Withering Leaf Studio's business would continue as usual, so Shui Se Yantou would be more psychologically accepting. "There's also one more thing, I'll let some promising members of Nirvana Flame join your dungeon groups, and run dungeons with you. Of course, there will be compensation."

There were many talented and promising players in Nirvana Flame. Letting them run dungeons with Withering Leaf Studio would allow them to grow faster under the influence of Withering Leaf Studio.

After listening to Nie Yan's words, Shui Se Yantou pondered for a long time, considering it carefully. Nirvana Flame's conditions not only didn't affect their business, but also solved the problem of selling their equipment. This was beneficial and harmless to Withering Leaf Studio. Although taking people to dungeons was a bit troublesome, if a newbie who knew nothing came, they would only drag them down. But they still had to give something in return for Nie Yan to agree to give him a Prince title in the Assassin League. He thought that if Nie Yan sent a newbie, they could simply let them do nothing, just follow behind the team and slack off.

Such an important matter concerning future development naturally required Shui Se Yantou to have sufficient time to consider.

"I agree to your proposal, let's sign an agreement." After a while, Shui Se Yantou made a decision, he had already sought the opinion of the leader of the Tuoba family.

The Tuoba family seemed very interested in the background of the newly rising Nirvana Flame.

"Go to Nirvana Flame headquarters, I'll have Wang Feng De Wo Niu (Watching Snail) add you." Nie Yan said, feeling delighted. Shui Se Yantou had agreed, which would be a major opportunity for Nirvana Flame.

After the two signed the agreement, they entered their fingerprints to confirm, and the agreement took effect. Nie Yan pulled Shui Se Yantou into the Assassin League. The number of Princes was originally set by Nie Yan. With the addition of Shui Se Yantou, the Assassin League had one more Prince.

It seemed that the number of Princes might have to be increased in the future. There were quite a few players with strength and influence on the professional player rankings, and the Assassin League's influence would definitely attract more studios to join. But apart from the few founders, later people generally wouldn't get any shares.

Not long after Shui Se Yantou joined the Assassin League, messages appeared in the Assassin League one after another.

System: Player Kuye Fengxing (Withering Leaf Windwalker) has joined the Assassin League.

System: Player Kuye Zhang Shuo (Withering Leaf Zhang Shuo) has joined the Assassin League.

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The Assassin League gained more than six hundred people in a moment. Looking at the number of people, there were already more than three thousand nine hundred players who had joined.

The joining of Withering Leaf Studio would also drive the vigorous development of the Assassin League.

Looking at the list of players below, several people in the professional player column and the client column already had Baron titles. Among them, Luo Nan De Qingwa (Frog in Distress) was progressing the fastest. He had only been in the Assassin League for a short time, but he was only one step away from a Viscount title. Mainly because he had a lot of good things there, which he placed on the Assassin League's trading platform for trading. After being bought by clients, the Assassin League extracted a percentage of the transaction, so his contribution points quickly increased. After his title was promoted, clients had already offered a high price for him to lead them through quests.

The Assassin League's revenue was already around 50 gold coins. If calculated according to a 60% split, Nie Yan would get thirty gold coins. This huge money-making machine was only just beginning to show its potential. According to news from Fa Lan, venture capital firms had taken a fancy to the Assassin League and were trying to acquire it, but of course it was rejected by Fa Lan. It was impossible to sell the Assassin League, Fa Lan and the others weren't fools.

Nie Yan negotiated the details with Shui Se Yantou, and Shui Se Yantou took the players from Withering Leaf Studio to Nirvana Flame headquarters.

Nirvana Flame headquarters in Carol City had just upgraded to a level two guild, making it much more spacious, with people coming and going in an endless stream, showing the vigorous vitality of a new guild.

"Leader Xiaochong (Little Bug), I'm here to turn in a guild quest."

"Me too."

A group of guild members surrounded Zhao Li, who was now in charge of guild quests, and responsible for distributing quest rewards to some guild players. For example, if the Starry Sky Pharmacy needed some herbs, he would release a quest among the players to collect such herbs, and the rewards would be paid with guild contribution points.

"Is Wang Feng De Wo Niu (Watching Snail) here?" A voice rang out from the guild door.

A group of Nirvana Flame players looked towards the guild door. Dozens of players were standing at the guild door, wearing neat sets of equipment, at least gold-grade, shimmering with dazzling metallic luster. The players gasped one by one, what a fierce group of people!