Chapter 187 Starry Night Pharmacy

Niao Bu Sheng Dan saw Nie Yan and quickly greeted him. He was wearing a silver-white pharmacist's robe with a golden Bauhinia pattern embroidered on the collar. It was exquisitely made and had a silver feather pinned to it, the symbol of an intermediate pharmacist.

"Boss, you're here," Niao Bu Sheng Dan said with delight.

"You've been promoted to intermediate pharmacist?" Nie Yan asked, surprised. Niao Bu Sheng Dan was busy with the pharmacy every day, yet he still had time to advance.

"My proficiency as an intermediate pharmacist is already halfway there. Only three people in the entire Starry Night Pharmacy have higher pharmacist skill proficiency than me," Niao Bu Sheng Dan said proudly. He spent much less time than the other pharmacists in the store making potions, but his pharmacist level hadn't fallen behind. This was quite an achievement.

Yao Wang was finally about to explode with potential. Who knew when he would give Nie Yan a surprise.

"Business looks good," Nie Yan said, noticing the bustling atmosphere of the Starry Night Pharmacy, with at least a few hundred people inside.

"Potion sales have been particularly strong these past few days, with a net profit of about 300 gold coins per day. In addition, we've supplied more than 600 gold worth of potions to the Ni Ren Tribe. The three branches in Calore City have already started to generate profits, with an income of more than 100 gold coins per day. Also, according to your requirements, we've opened branches of Starry Night Pharmacy in thirty-two locations across six cities, and we've made some connections with the local big shots. They've indicated that they won't interfere with the operation of the branches for the time being. We're already recruiting pharmacists. It'll probably take a while before we can turn a profit," Niao Bu Sheng Dan gave a general overview of the Starry Night Pharmacy's situation.

Nie Yan nodded approvingly. "Not bad." He was very satisfied with Niao Bu Sheng Dan's work.

"I get a high salary from the boss, so of course I have to work for the boss," Niao Bu Sheng Dan said solemnly. Because of Nie Yan, he had completely escaped his predicament, from a pharmacist's apprentice who had been kicked out of the Dark Ranger Guild to a popular intermediate pharmacist. The change in his circumstances filled him with emotion and gratitude towards Nie Yan. Just a few days ago, the president of the Dark Ranger Guild had come, wanting to hire him back with a large sum of money, but he had refused without hesitation. A person can't forget their roots.

Nie Yan asked, "How many intermediate pharmacists are there now?"

"Eleven intermediate pharmacists. According to my statistics, there are only about sixteen intermediate pharmacists in the entire Calore City, and two-thirds of them are here with us," Niao Bu Sheng Dan said. Calore City was currently the area with the largest number of players and the most active trading in the entire Greenland, because even in the entire Greenland, Starry Night Pharmacy was the undisputed overlord of the potion industry! "Would you like to meet a few of the intermediate pharmacists? They've always been guessing who their behind-the-scenes boss is."

"Not for the time being," Nie Yan said. Niao Bu Sheng Dan's management was very good. As long as he and the Ni Ren Tribe collected some high-level potion recipes and sent them to Starry Night Pharmacy, Starry Night Pharmacy would have good development. When he was free and had time in the future, he would meet them.

"Alright then," Niao Bu Sheng Dan nodded in response.

After chatting for a while, Nie Yan left the Starry Night Pharmacy, took his 200 gold coins from the Assassin's Union, and went to Tesoy Town to buy a thousand splinter magic bombs and some Mist Dust. This time, he estimated he could level up to his heart's content in the Eternal City.

"Damn it, Undying Scoundrel got the Murderous Maniac Medallion! Why is my luck so bad!" Tang Yao sent a voice message to Nie Yan. He had farmed for so long without getting a Murderous Maniac Medallion, but Undying Scoundrel got it as soon as he went over. How could Tang Yao not be depressed?

"Maybe you haven't killed enough people. Scoundrel's kill count is over a hundred," Nie Yan said. He finally confirmed that you needed a kill count of over a hundred to get the Murderous Maniac Medallion. Of course, luck also played a part.

"I knew I should have killed a few more people from Triumph," Tang Yao said. At the time, his kill count wasn't far from one hundred, and now that he thought about it, it was a huge loss.

"Send me the stats of his Murderous Maniac Medallion," Nie Yan said. The stats of the Murderous Maniac Medallion varied depending on the class. The one Undying Scoundrel dropped should be magic-based.

"Okay," Tang Yao replied, sending over the stats of the Murderous Maniac Medallion.

Murderous Maniac Medallion (Special Item, Magic): Beginner. Requires killing one thousand players two levels higher than yourself to advance to Intermediate.

Item Description: Those who possess the Murderous Maniac Medallion can increase the level of the Murderous Maniac Medallion by killing, but will also be cursed and have their defense reduced.

Item Stats: Attack +20%, Defense -20%, Will +5, Ignore Level +3, Penetrating Damage. Attached Skills: Beginner Elemental Burst, releases an elemental missile, dealing 3 times your magic attack, skill cooldown 10 minutes. Beginner Elemental Siphon, draws magic value from an enemy at sixty points per second, not exceeding 50% of the opponent's total magic value. Skill cooldown 3 minutes.

Restriction: Limited to personal use, bound on pickup, cannot be traded, cannot be dropped, can be destroyed.

Only the person who dropped the Murderous Maniac Medallion could use it. It was directly bound upon pickup, so other players couldn't use it.

The Murderous Maniac Medallion was an accessory, occupying an accessory slot. This thing was very good, and could be considered a top-quality item in the early stages.

"What a perverted item, 5 points of Will and Ignore Level +3, and it's penetrating, dealing 120% damage to light armor. It comes with two perverted skills, especially Magic Siphon. What a loss," Tang Yao regretted it so much that his intestines turned green.

The Murderous Maniac Medallion for thieves was different from the magic-based one. Nie Yan looked at his kill count, which was definitely enough. He would go to the Scale Frog spawn point to get the Murderous Maniac Medallion first.

"You can follow the people in the guild and kill a few more players from the Victorious Empire, try to drop a Murderous Maniac Medallion. Anyway, it's nothing for you to kill some Victorious Empire people, and the same goes for Zongheng Tianxia, don't let them have a good time, kill them until all the people in their guild quit!" Nie Yan thought for a moment. The Murderous Maniac Medallion was quite useful, especially the Ignore Level stat, which was very important to Tang Yao.

If Tang Yao got more Ignore Level stats, they could challenge higher-level monsters in the future.

"That works too, anyway, Po Tian won't be able to catch up to my level in a short time," Tang Yao said. This Murderous Maniac Medallion was quite tempting.

"Then be careful, I'm going to get a Murderous Maniac Medallion too."

"Is your kill count enough?"

"I killed more than one hundred and fifty in the Molten Forest!"

"You're fierce, I didn't participate, what a loss," Tang Yao complained dejectedly.

Nie Yan smiled and said, "That was for safety, we still have to do a quest." The quest that could only be done with the Angelic Tribunal and Steal skill, he had been planning it for a long time, and now that he had the Molten Core, he was even more confident. That was also a piece of a legendary item, but better than the Shadow of Sogoth, he absolutely couldn't let it go. As for the quest about the legend of the Ten Holy Knights in Silent Gulf, he would wait until he was a higher level to do it. Going there now was basically suicide.

Nie Yan left the city and headed towards the Scale Frog spawn point.

After a while, his voice message rang, it was from Half-Asleep Fox.

"You made quite a big commotion this time, you're awesome, you buried more than 20,000 people from the Victorious Empire in the Molten Forest," Half-Asleep Fox exclaimed. He thought the Ni Ren Tribe would be suppressed in this Molten Forest incident, because the advantage was completely in the hands of Triumph, but he didn't expect Nie Yan to lure out a Lava Behemoth from somewhere, killing more than 20,000 people from Triumph. The situation between the two sides immediately reversed, the Victorious Empire was silenced, and the Ni Ren Tribe was booming.

"Turn of the tide," Nie Yan said with a faint smile.

"This isn't just a matter of luck, I admire you, especially the part where you killed Hei Zhuo, it's a divine skill," Half-Asleep Fox said sincerely. He wasn't being falsely flattering. It was estimated that the only thief who could do what Nie Yan did, easily killing his opponent among five or six hundred people, was him and no one else.

"You're complimenting me here, could it be that you have some ulterior motive?" Nie Yan said with a smile. Half-Asleep Fox was a cunning and treacherous guy, who never visited without a reason.

Half-Asleep Fox blushed, coughed, and tried to cover up his embarrassment, saying, "I'm here to kindly remind you, according to the intelligence I've collected, the Victorious Empire and Holy Light Flame have been making frequent moves recently. Their leaders have been contacting each other frequently, and it's said that they also have some connections with the Angel Corpse of the Satun Empire in the Orc Empire. Don't underestimate the Victorious Empire too much."

Hearing Half-Asleep Fox's words, Nie Yan frowned. He wasn't worried about Angel Corpse. The journey from the Satun Empire to the Greenland Empire was too far, and it was impossible for them to come over. As for Holy Light Flame, it was indeed worrying. This was also a major guild that was no less powerful than the Holy Roman Empire and the Victorious Empire.

"I'm here to talk about an alliance. If the Victorious Empire and Holy Light Flame make a move, we can unite and advance and retreat together," Half-Asleep Fox said, finally getting to the point.

Advance and retreat together? A sly glint flashed in Nie Yan's eyes. "Could it be that you've had some friction with the Victorious Empire and Holy Light Flame, so you want to pull the Ni Ren Tribe into your gang?"

Half-Asleep Fox's thoughts were exposed, and he smiled sheepishly, saying, "Just a little conflict, the Ni Ren Tribe can't always be passively defending, right? I heard that a small fortress is going to be opened soon, is your Ni Ren Tribe not interested?"

Half-Asleep Fox's seeking cooperation with Nie Yan proved that the Holy Roman Empire was beginning to take the strength of the Ni Ren Tribe seriously.

Nie Yan's mind raced and he said, "I agree to the cooperation between the Holy Roman Empire and the Ni Ren Tribe, but you need to come up with a concrete plan."

Although the Ni Ren Tribe was rising, it was still alone. If it could get some reliable allies, it would be beneficial to the morale of the Ni Ren Tribe players and to future development.