Chapter 1
There were many types of slaves. They possessed low or intermediate intelligence and certain innate abilities, allowing them to perform many tasks assigned to them. Generally, the activity areas of production-class slaves were limited to major cities, while combat-class slaves could assist players in battles.

Nie Yan didn't need combat-type slaves because, unlike summoned creatures, slaves couldn't be resurrected once they died. They were like servants; if a servant died in battle, they couldn't be revived.

He planned to hire three slaves to help manage the various shops in the city and handle some tasks on his behalf.

The slave market was extremely dirty and chaotic, filled with tents. Cages lined both sides of the central street. Inside the huge wooden cages were NPCs with listless expressions. Some were old, some were young, but their eyes were filled with numbness. Some slaves who were strong and burly were bound with ropes.

The sturdy slave owners brandished whips, lashing out at the slaves in the cages at the slightest displeasure. Shouts and cries rose and fell.

Nie Yan felt somewhat uncomfortable with this scene. He thought about it; the magical world was so cruel. Faith vividly presented some realities to the players. In such an environment, could you still firmly believe that everything you originally adhered to was right?

This was the world created by Faith. You had to abide by its rules!

Nie Yan examined the information of some slaves. Most of them didn't have good talents and abilities, only capable of performing ordinary butler duties. Some slaves who were strong and burly did have good combat talents and could help their masters fight.

Nie Yan didn't need combat-type slaves. He strolled along, peering into the cages on both sides, selecting good slaves. He needed some with better talents, preferably slaves with special abilities. He would rather not have slaves with mediocre abilities.

"Honorable sir, do you need slaves? The slaves I have here are the best in the entire market." A fat slave owner sidled up to him, grinning obsequiously. His eyes were squeezed into slits by his flesh, and his cheeks twisted strangely when he spoke, making him repulsive.

Nie Yan frowned and was about to refuse when he suddenly saw a familiar figure in a cage – it was the little boy, Kalenna, from before.

Kalenna stood with two companions. One was a petite girl, who looked quite pretty, about the same age as Kalenna. The other was a boy, a little older than Kalenna, about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a strong build and bulging muscles all over his body, probably a combat class.

When Kalenna saw Nie Yan, his eyes lit up, and he walked towards the cage.

"Honorable sir, hello," Kalenna said respectfully from inside the cage.

"Why are you here?" Nie Yan asked, puzzled. He had given Kalenna a thousand gold coins earlier. He shouldn't have ended up in this situation.

"The despicable Berwick, he took the money you gave me and captured me," Kalenna said, staring hatefully at the fat slave owner Berwick beside Nie Yan.

"Sir, don't believe this slave's words. He's a liar and a thief." The slave owner Berwick's eyes flashed with a fierce and brutal light. Once Nie Yan left, Kalenna would be in trouble.

Nie Yan roughly understood the situation. The slave owner next to him was at least an elite of level eighty. Nie Yan had no time to meddle in these trivial matters.

"Honorable sir, if you can take us away from here, we are willing to be your slaves and do anything for you," Kalenna pleaded. Nie Yan was his last hope.

Nie Yan remembered that, in this situation, buying a slave would result in higher loyalty, reaching above ninety. Under normal circumstances, buying a slave would only give you around seventy loyalty. If the master treated them badly, there was a possibility of rebellion. The probability of a slave rebellion was relatively small, but it still existed.

Nie Yan looked at Kalenna's talents.

Evasion: Kalenna possesses amazing evasion abilities and can avoid being damaged by monsters.

Running: Kalenna is good at running, with a running speed of 528.

Searching: Kalenna is better at searching for lost items and mineral veins than ordinary people.

Nie Yan pondered for a moment. Kalenna's three talents were a little different from those of ordinary NPCs and were very rare. Kalenna wasn't the kind of NPC who needed to stay in the city all the time. He could move around in the wild and even go to some advanced maps, but he didn't have much combat ability and wasn't good at fighting.

Nie Yan looked at the talents of Kalenna's two companions. The petite girl was named Delphinie, and her talents were evasion, drawing, and affinity. Affinity was good at coordinating relationships between NPCs. Drawing included drawing various blueprints, copying blueprints, and so on.

Seeing the drawing talent, Nie Yan's heart stirred. Delphinie could copy blueprints. Generally, a blueprint could be completed in a few hours, while high-level blueprints would take one or two days. If blueprints like the Frost Catapult could be copied, it would be of great significance to the Nirvana Guild.

Seeing Delphinie's talents, Nie Yan immediately made up his mind to buy them!

Looking at the other child's talents, the stronger boy was named Bernadine. Although he was very young, he had a strong build, and his skin was as black as charcoal.

At first glance, Nie Yan thought Bernadine was a combat-class slave, but after looking at his information, he found that he was a production class. His talents were evasion, running, and mining.

Bernadine was good at mining. If he was equipped with a good pickaxe, he could mine ore.

"Mr. Berwick, how much are these three slaves?" Nie Yan asked, looking at the fat-headed Berwick.

Berwick rolled his eyes. He was about to speak, but Nie Yan interrupted him, saying, "Mr. Berwick, I hope you can give a fair price. I think the Consul would not allow a Demon Hunter and Great Scholar to be scammed in Hilton Fortress."

Berwick smiled awkwardly and said, "Honorable Demon Hunter and Great Scholar, the prices of my slaves are absolutely fair. The total for the three slaves is one hundred and twenty gold coins."

"Berwick, you despicable fellow, someone came here to ask about the price just now, and you said it was only sixty gold coins!" Kalenna pointed at Berwick, his face flushed with anger.

Nie Yan didn't want to argue with Berwick anymore. He found the guy disgusting. Nie Yan gave him one hundred and twenty gold coins and said, "Here are one hundred and twenty gold coins. They're mine now."

Seeing Nie Yan pay the money so readily, Berwick looked somewhat annoyed. He hadn't asked for a higher price, but the transaction was already completed. He took the one hundred and twenty gold coins, walked to the side of the cage, opened it, and glanced at Kalenna and the other two, saying, "You have a new master. Get lost."

Kalenna and the others glared at Berwick, wanting to rush up and fight him, but they understood the fact that they were no match for Berwick.

Nie Yan said to Kalenna and the others, "Let's go."

Nie Yan walked out of the slave market. Buying three slaves was enough. He found that the loyalty of these three slaves had all reached above ninety-five. Kalenna had the highest loyalty, at ninety-nine, Delphinie had ninety-six, and Bernadine had ninety-five. With such high loyalty, there was generally no chance of rebellion.

These three slaves had to be used well. The little girl Delphinie could be responsible for copying blueprints, and Kalenna and Bernadine could search for mines outside. Occasionally, they could run errands for him in various cities. The Nirvana Guild was equivalent to having three more special production classes.

Walking out of the slave market, Nie Yan was lost in thought. The number of production classes in the Nirvana Guild was increasing. The Starry Night Pharmacy was developing well, producing many high-level pharmacists. The other production classes in the Nirvana Guild were also developing rapidly. The number of personnel was still expanding, reaching an astonishing level. They were fighting independently, receiving different tasks every day, and were busy with their respective work. In fact, the various production classes were closely related. In the later stages, making an item wasn't something that a single pharmacist, alchemist, or machinist could complete. It often required dozens of people and several occupations to complete together, such as the Goblin Magical Cannon, Frost Ironclad Catapult, and so on.

An idea formed in Nie Yan's mind. Why not simply put all these professions together and establish something similar to a production guild, gathering pharmacists, alchemists, machinists, blacksmiths, tailors, metallurgists, miners, and all these professions together? It would be best to build a building somewhere, divided into different areas, with pharmacists, alchemists, and so on, all categorized and placed together, so that they could divide labor and cooperate, which would be very convenient.

Of course, building such a building would cost a lot of money, at least tens of thousands of gold coins. However, spending these tens of thousands of gold coins would definitely be worth it. How much of an effect would it have to bring all these production occupations together? It would definitely drive up the surrounding land prices and bring wealth to the surrounding shops.

Nie Yan decided to put such a building near the Starry Night Pharmacy. Anyway, there were still two or three large plots of land nearby that hadn't been rented out, because ordinary players simply couldn't afford such a large area. Nie Yan hadn't thought about what to use these plots for before and had just built a level one shop on them to avoid them being reclaimed by the system. Now that he had an idea, he could go back and do it.

Nie Yan perfected the production guild that was about to be born. A grand plan slowly formed in his mind.