Chapter 1 Feeling the Bloodshadow Warriors Leave

Feeling those Bloodshadow Warriors leave and gradually walk away, Nie Yan heaved a sigh of relief, canceled his fake death skill, stood up again, and entered stealth mode.

He glanced around. Not a single Bloodshadow Warrior noticed that he had come back to life. They were still wandering around, patrolling.

Nie Yan stealthily walked towards the tent area ahead. There were paths between the tents, about two or three yards wide, and a few Bloodshadow Warriors passed by from time to time. It wasn't easy to hide in this tent area. In ordinary stealth mode, he would easily be discovered. Nie Yan used the Gnome Transformation skill on the Gnome Ring, and his body quickly shrank, becoming only about a third of its original size. The surrounding things suddenly became huge, as if he had arrived in a world of giants.

Nie Yan stuck to the corner of a tent and stealthily crept towards the distance.

One by one, Bloodshadow Warriors passed by not far from Nie Yan, but none of them noticed the small gnome in the corner. He didn't know how long he had been shuttling between the tents, but when Nie Yan reached a crossroads, two teams of about seventy or eighty Bloodshadow Warriors walked towards him. With so many Bloodshadow Warriors passing by, it would be easy for them to discover Nie Yan's existence.

Watching the Bloodshadow Warriors getting closer and closer, Nie Yan couldn't help but feel a little anxious. He had nowhere to go. He glanced at the tent next to him, and saw a figure shaking inside.

Nie Yan flashed and walked into the tent, hiding behind the door curtain. Generally, Bloodshadow Warriors would not enter these tents. He could wait for these two teams of Bloodshadow Warriors to leave before going out.

Nie Yan looked at his surroundings. The tent had a space of about 10x10 yards, which seemed extremely open. In the center of the tent were placed rows of cabinets. These cabinets contained strange and various crystal bottles, filled with colorful liquids, which appeared mottled and blurry under the refraction of light. These cabinets were about two people tall, dividing the tent space into several areas. In the distance, there was also a table with many bottles and jars and other things placed on it. In the center of the table was an experimental rack, on which was placed a volumetric flask. A light blue liquid was constantly boiling, bubbling, and a plume of white smoke floated from the mouth of the flask into the air.

This was clearly an alchemist's laboratory.

As Nie Yan was thinking, a burst of hurried footsteps came from beside him. Nie Yan quickly hid behind a cabinet and looked towards the source of the footsteps. He saw that the person who came was very short, only reaching the waist of an average person, with a stubbly beard, a face full of wrinkles, and wearing a somewhat tattered red robe, with holes left by burns from potion experiments. This short old man should be an alchemist of the Bloodshadow Legion. As he walked past Nie Yan, he muttered something to himself, but unfortunately he was speaking Lochian, a very minor language, which Nie Yan couldn't understand at all.

The old alchemist walked towards the table in the distance, seemingly preparing to concoct some potion.

Nie Yan tossed a Detect at the old alchemist.

Alchemist Affleck (Member of the Bloodshadow Legion): Level 90 Special NPC, cannot be attacked, health 500/500.

This was a strange NPC. Generally, once an NPC's alchemist level reached master level or above, the main brain would automatically set the NPC as non-attackable. If he forcibly and actively attacked the NPC, he would be severely punished.

Nie Yan remembered that if he forcibly attacked a production profession NPC above the master level who had no attack power, he would violate the Scholar's Spirit Treaty of Atlantean Continent, and would no longer be able to use any special items, blood potions, or the like. Scholar's Spirit referred to the fact that an NPC who had reached the master level or above in a certain production profession skill would enjoy certain privileges.

This NPC was a member of the Bloodshadow Legion. Nie Yan didn't dare to show himself easily, in case he revealed Nie Yan's location, that would be troublesome.

Nie Yan scanned the extremely messy potion laboratory, searching it with a treasure-hunting mentality, to see if there was anything good.

In this kind of scene, there were often some pretty good things that appeared.

Many of the bottles and jars in the laboratory were not labeled with names. Nie Yan, who knew nothing about potions, had no idea what these things were, so he simply ignored them. He began to search through the cabinets, his movements were very light, not daring to make any noise.

Just then, a Bloodshadow Warrior wearing golden armor lifted the door curtain and walked into the potion laboratory.

"Respected Master Affleck... is the Life Winter Potion I requested ready?" the Bloodshadow Warrior wearing golden armor asked. He spoke in Ancient Common Tongue, a little fragmented and difficult to understand.

The short alchemist Affleck replied in Ancient Common Tongue, "In the second drawer of the third cabinet."

Their Ancient Common Tongue was not very proficient, but they could barely communicate.

The chat ended, and the Bloodshadow Warrior walked towards the place where Nie Yan was hiding.

The other party was getting closer and closer. Nie Yan guessed that this guy was at least an elite level. With his strength, he was no match for this Bloodshadow Warrior.

Seeing that there was nowhere to hide, Nie Yan looked up. The top of the cabinet above did not touch the top of the tent. Nie Yan jumped up high, stretched out his left hand, and shot out a strand of spider silk. The spider silk stuck to the top of the cabinet. With a leap, he jumped to the top of the cabinet and hid himself.

Unexpectedly encountering such a scene, Nie Yan couldn't help but feel a little nervous. The Bloodshadow Warrior seemed to have discovered something. He glanced around and searched the potion laboratory, but found nothing. A trace of bewilderment appeared on his face. Following Alchemist Affleck's instructions, he rummaged through the cabinet and found what he wanted.

He took the item, said goodbye to Alchemist Affleck, and walked out of the potion laboratory.

Just as Nie Yan was about to jump down from the top of the cabinet, he suddenly noticed that on the top layer of the opposite cabinet were placed several tattered sheepskin scrolls. He didn't know what they were. They looked quite old. Because they were not often cleaned, they were covered with a thick layer of dust.

Nie Yan's heart stirred. The main brain usually set up various treasure-hunting possibilities for players. These sheepskin scrolls must have something fishy about them!

Nie Yan jumped towards the top of the opposite cabinet. The distance between the cabinets was about three yards. Nie Yan jumped over, landed easily on the top of the opposite cabinet, and held on firmly, his movements were very light, and he didn't make a sound.

He bent down and scooped the sheepskin scrolls into his hands. He took a look. There were two in total. These two sheepskin scrolls were the recipes for the Life Winter Potion and the Novice Vigor Potion.

The Life Winter Potion was a potion that increased the effect of ice magic. It had a strong ice magic amplification effect. After drinking a bottle of potion, the ice magic amplification was 30%, lasting for thirty seconds. It belonged to the category of high-level potions, and only high-level alchemists could make it.

However, players' knowledge of the Life Winter Potion was not limited to the single effect of ice magic amplification. This potion was simply an excellent recipe for high-level alchemists to reach the master-level alchemist. Because for every successful bottle of Life Winter Potion a high-level alchemist made, they could obtain two skill proficiency points, which was more than ordinary high-level potions, and the raw materials were relatively easy to find. A level 60 player team could get dozens of copies by going to the Frigid Snow Mountain, so the recipe for the Life Winter Potion was very popular among high-level alchemists.

However, because the recipe for the Life Winter Potion was relatively difficult to find, the price of such a recipe was quite expensive, and very few high-level alchemists could afford it.

Seeing this Life Winter Potion recipe, Nie Yan's first reaction was that it wouldn't be long before Starry Night Potion Shop would have its first master-level alchemist!

With this Life Winter Potion recipe, a high-level alchemist could reach the master level within half a month.

As for the Novice Vigor Potion, what was a little different from ordinary instant recovery potions and instant recovery magic potions was that the Novice Vigor Potion could simultaneously restore health and magic, and it was instant. This was very refreshing for magic-based professions. In battle, they would often lack both magic and health. Using an instant recovery potion and an instant recovery magic potion separately would be too time-consuming. Using a bottle of Novice Vigor Potion would simultaneously restore 35% of health and 35% of magic, which could allow magic-based players to instantly recover some combat power.

In the later stages, players' health and magic would easily reach six or seven thousand, seven or eight thousand, or even tens of thousands. Using a bottle of instant recovery would only restore a few hundred points or one or two thousand points of magic, which was not as cost-effective as using a Vigor Potion, because the recovery of Vigor Potions was calculated as a percentage.

The Novice Vigor Potion belonged to the master-level potion category. Generally, master-level recipes were very expensive and rare.

Nie Yan remembered that in his previous life, he and a large group of friends went to a level 100 dungeon more than twenty times before they were lucky enough to get a master-level recipe. After selling that master-level recipe, the money they got allowed this group of people to upgrade their equipment by a whole level.

Only master-level alchemists could make the Novice Vigor Potion. Intermediate Vigor Potions and Advanced Vigor Potions probably required grandmaster-level and great grandmaster-level alchemists to make. Nie Yan calculated that the cost of a bottle of Novice Vigor Potion was about 20 gold coins, and a finished product could be sold for about 50 gold coins on the market.

Generally, Vigor Potions, like instant recovery potions, were used to save lives, and would only be used at critical moments.

Nie Yan put the two recipes into his backpack and looked at the information about the Starry Night Potion Shop. Since the Mad Rogue Tribe unified Carol City, the number of high-level alchemists in the Starry Night Potion Shop had increased sharply, reaching as many as thirty-seven. Many high-level alchemists saw the development potential of the Mad Rogue Tribe and the Starry Night Potion Shop and joined one after another, which made the alchemist team of the Starry Night Potion Shop grow rapidly. But the only regret was that the Starry Night Potion Shop did not yet have a master-level alchemist. Nie Yan made up his mind that he must cultivate a master-level alchemist as soon as possible when he returned, which was very important for the development of the Starry Night Potion Shop!