Chapter 129 Niyans Home

Crossing a plaza and entering the most bustling commercial street in the center of Hilton Stronghold, a luxurious three-story villa came into Nie Yan's view at the corner where the commercial street connected to the plaza. It was surrounded by a wall, and inside were planted all kinds of plants, a riot of flowers, and butterflies fluttering about. This area covered a vast expanse, roughly 30x30 yards.

The beautiful scenery here was like a paradise in the middle of a bustling city.

Such a villa standing in the center of the commercial district was obviously extremely conspicuous.

If this piece of land were converted into a shop, it would be worth a lot of money. Unfortunately, Nie Yan could use the villa, but he had no right to demolish it and convert it into a shop, because this building had a very long history and was a landmark building. Even several wars had failed to destroy it.

It was said that six legendary mages had blessed it with a protective barrier, so it was not damaged during the monster siege.

This three-story villa was also good as a temporary residence for the Niu Ren Tribe in Hilton Stronghold, Nie Yan thought, walking towards the entrance of the villa.

A large group of players gathered at the entrance of the villa, discussing something.

Nie Yan was very surprised. What were these people doing here?

Walking to the side, he heard the players' discussion.

"Niyans Home, is this Niyan some NPC, or is it Mad Rogue Nie Yan?"

"It shouldn't be Mad Rogue Nie Yan, this villa is an important landmark in Hilton Stronghold. This area is all commercial street. When it develops in the future, it will definitely be very valuable. Even if Mad Rogue Nie Yan has money, he should buy a shop, not a villa with no practical value."

"It is said that this villa has a history of more than two thousand years, and has changed more than twenty owners. Some NPCs say that there is a treasure hidden in the villa. If that's the case, it makes sense for Mad Rogue Nie Yan to buy this villa."

Hearing these discussions, Nie Yan looked at the doorplate at the entrance of the villa. He saw a wooden sign hanging high on the pillar beside the door, simple but very delicate, with the words "Niyans Home" written on it.

Generally, as long as an NPC has a name and surname, they will mark their name on a wooden sign at the entrance of their residence.

This villa belonged to Nie Yan, so naturally such a wooden sign was hung up.

After a while, the patrolling guards came and dispersed the players gathered here. In the future, within five yards of the villa gate, it would be private territory, and players were prohibited from approaching without Nie Yan's permission.

Nie Yan walked around in the villa. The villa was very spacious, with all kinds of furniture and other things. There was also a large open space in the garden.

Nie Yan posted a message in the Niu Ren Tribe, saying that this villa would be used as a temporary foothold for Niu Ren Tribe players in Hilton Stronghold. It could accommodate hundreds of people.

The guild group chat was buzzing with lively discussions. How awesome it was to have such a detached villa in the bustling commercial district of Hilton Stronghold!

The official website's forum also exploded. Everyone envied Nie Yan's detached villa. Several wealthy players even offered to buy it from Nie Yan for five or six hundred thousand gold coins, but Nie Yan refused. Nie Yan was not short of money, and besides, this villa was not allowed to be traded to others.

This villa was a symbol of his status in Hilton Stronghold. In the future, Niu Ren Tribe players who came to Hilton Stronghold would settle here. This building would also become one of the honors of the Niu Ren Tribe. Currently, no player can enjoy such glory in a city.

Just now he heard players say that there was a treasure in the villa, but Nie Yan did not believe it easily. After all, these words were just rumors circulating casually, but it was impossible to say that he had no thoughts in his heart at all.

Nie Yan searched all the rooms in the villa. The furnishings here were very simple, but elegant. He did not find any secret passages, so he could only give up, clearing out the hall of the villa and arranging the tables and chairs slightly so that it could be used as a conference hall in the future.

"I heard you got a villa in Hilton Stronghold?" Can Ruo Dao Guang sent a message to Nie Yan asking.

"It was a reward for a mission. In the future, it will be used as a temporary foothold. I'll have Guo Huai send someone over to manage it," Nie Yan said.

"That's not bad. We just need an office in Hilton Stronghold," Can Ruo Dao Guang said. He had heard the news before and thought it was a rumor, but he didn't expect it to be true. With such a villa, it would be much more convenient to do things in Hilton Stronghold in the future.

"How's your side?"

"We've already killed two monsters, and now we're killing the third one, a level 90 Lord, but that's all it is," Can Ruo Dao Guang said with a relaxed smile.

Nie Yan smiled. It wasn't that the level 90 Lord was too bad, but that the elites of the Niu Ren Tribe were too strong. In his previous life, Nie Yan had never seen any guild with a lineup like the Niu Ren Tribe. Coupled with the invincible equipment on Can Ruo Dao Guang and others, challenging a level 90 Lord was indeed not a difficult task.

Guo Huai had just received news that the Mage Alliance, which had arrived in Hilton Stronghold earlier than the Niu Ren Tribe, had killed a total of seven level 80 Lords, and the Holy Guardians had killed six level 80 Lords. Their main shield warriors were not on the same level as Can Ruo Dao Guang, Leng Ao Ying, Yi Yan, and others, so they did not dare to challenge such high-level Lords like the Niu Ren Tribe.

This was the gap!

The top group of people in the Niu Ren Tribe far surpassed other guilds.

"Be careful, don't be targeted by the Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians. Also, there are those guys from Bloodlust. Be careful of their sneak attacks," Nie Yan said. Can Ruo Dao Guang and the others had already watched the video of his fight with Bloodlust, and Can Ruo Dao Guang and the others should have realized the seriousness of the situation. If those five thieves had the intention to sneak attack them, it would definitely be impossible to defend against them.

The Niu Ren Tribe's actions of killing level 90 Lord-level monsters must have been known by the Mage Alliance and the Holy Guardians, and it was hard to guarantee that they would not come to trip them up. Can Ruo Dao Guang and others had to guard against it.

After Nie Yan chatted with Can Ruo Dao Guang for a while, he cut off the voice call, and then connected to Guo Huai's voice call, preparing to arrange some things in Hilton Stronghold, including the management of the villa and how to use the six pieces of land.

"How are the gems selling?" Nie Yan asked Guo Huai.

"All the ones we put up have been sold out. The market demand is still very large. The better quality gems are all with us. Players can't buy them at all. I guess a lot of people are anxious. Do you want to sell some more?"

"Sell about 5% more gems, and transfer 100 gold coins to me."

"What are you doing with so much money?" Guo Huai was stunned for a moment and asked.

"Building auction houses. I just got six pieces of land in Hilton Stronghold. Three of them are good for building auction houses. You can handle the remaining three. I'll hand over the management authority to you."

"You got six pieces of land in Hilton Stronghold? Isn't the land in Hilton Stronghold not for sale?" Guo Huai asked in surprise.

"I did a mission here," Nie Yan briefly described the process of obtaining the six pieces of land.

Guo Huai nodded and said, "I see, I'll transfer the money immediately." Now it was very easy for the Niu Ren Tribe to raise one or two million gold coins. The funds were not tight at all.

After a while, one million gold coins were transferred. With one million gold coins, Nie Yan immediately built auction houses on those pieces of land. It cost about 100,000 gold coins to build a level 1 auction house now, and about 300,000 gold coins to upgrade to a level 5 auction house. Three magnificent auction houses stood up.

Auction houses were definitely the most profitable industry. The geographical locations of these three auction houses were excellent, and they were the first to open. The three stores were chained together, which was easy to form a sense of recognition in the minds of players. As long as Nie Yan managed them well and did not encounter any problems, he could at least occupy 80% of the entire Hilton Stronghold market.

As for how to use the remaining three pieces of land, Nie Yan and Guo Huai discussed it and decided to open stores for raw material collection, equipment processing, alchemy enchanting, and other things. Compared to auction houses, these industries earned less, but they were also popular industries.

How much money could be made in Hilton Stronghold remained to be verified by time, but the future popularity of Hilton Stronghold would definitely not be less than that of Calore. Making a lot of money was a certainty.

After arranging all six pieces of land, Nie Yan prepared to kill one or two monsters and continue leveling up. He was only one step away from level 100. After reaching level 100, he could impact the Holy Shadow Dance.

"Nie Yan, where are you now?" Xie Yao sent a message.

"I'm in Hilton Stronghold. How's your mission going?" Nie Yan asked. Xie Yao had been doing missions during this time. When he sent messages to Xie Yao, it showed that the other party was in the mission process. Although he could forcibly connect to the voice call, Nie Yan still chose to hang up to avoid Xie Yao's mission process being affected.

"I've completed part of it. I've collected three pieces of that set of equipment. The fourth piece can only be collected after level 100," Xie Yao said.

"Come over and level up together," Nie Yan thought for a while and said. Xie Yao's leveling speed was definitely not slow. A thief and a long-range high-attack Holy Word Mage, if the two cooperated, their leveling speed would definitely be faster.

Nie Yan looked at Xie Yao's level. She was already level 79, and with the three Legendary pieces she already had, her spell damage must be ridiculously high.

"Okay, I'm about twenty minutes away from Hilton Stronghold," Xie Yao said. She summoned her horse and ran towards Hilton Stronghold.

When he was impacting level 100 in his previous life, Nie Yan had spent some time near Hilton Stronghold, and he still had some impression of the environment here. In his memory, after Hilton Stronghold was besieged by monsters, some underground players gradually arrived on the ground and had several major mixed battles with the surface players. Later, after the monsters were cleared, the area near Hilton Stronghold completely became a battlefield for mixed battles between surface players and underground players.

The mixed battles between camps were probably about to begin.