Chapter 1 A Good Deal

Seeing the eager expressions of these players, Nie Yan thought for a moment. It wouldn't hurt to get some items for them. It wouldn't take much time, and he could make some money in the process.

Even though the Niu Ren Tribe and Starry Night Potion Shop were raking in gold, there was no need to pass up easy money.

"Write down what you want on a list and give it to me. I'll buy it and resell it to you, with a 50% markup on all items. This is a one-time deal. I won't be coming here again," Nie Yan said. Since he was wearing a black cloak, no one recognized him, so he didn't mind charging high prices.

Hearing Nie Yan's words, some people hesitated. 50% was a bit much to bear, but most people decided to buy anyway after a moment's thought. After all, the items in this mysterious shop were very useful to them.

Generally, people who came to this place were rich. They weren't short on cash. Hearing Nie Yan say that he wouldn't be coming again, they all prepared to buy more and had their subordinates transfer money.

Soon, the crowd compiled many lists and handed them to Nie Yan.

Normally, a proxy purchase agreement would be signed for such transactions to avoid the buyer reneging after the proxy bought the items. However, Nie Yan simply ignored this procedure. If these people didn't want the items after he bought them, he could keep them for himself anyway.

Nie Yan glanced at the lists and found that the items these people wanted him to buy were generally worth tens of thousands of gold coins, with some large orders even exceeding one hundred thousand gold coins. The total amount was around five or six hundred thousand gold coins. Nie Yan received a 50% discount from Vages when purchasing items in this mysterious shop, and he was selling the items with a 50% markup. This meant that his profit margin was almost 100%. In other words, he would earn five or six hundred thousand gold coins from this one transaction.

There were so many rich people, Nie Yan couldn't help but sigh. Many of the higher-level players were very wealthy. Many had assets of hundreds of thousands of gold coins, and some even had millions. They often had dedicated gold farming teams supporting them, especially the leaders of some top teams, who were very rich and had a high demand for high-level items.

Hearing that someone was offering proxy purchases at the mysterious shop here, many team leaders and wealthy players were rushing over from various cities. They had long coveted the items in this shop in Okoron Fortress.

Nie Yan took the lists, went inside to buy the items, and then sold them to these people according to the lists. After running around for about twenty minutes, all the items were distributed, and the money was in hand. His backpack contained an extra five or six hundred thousand gold coins.

He had just completed one transaction, and there were still many people clamoring for Nie Yan to purchase items for them.

After running three trips, he had nearly one million three hundred thousand gold coins in hand.

These onlookers finally left with lingering reluctance. Nie Yan breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the money in his backpack. This speed of making money was even faster than the Starry Night Potion Shop, and it didn't require any cost. It was easy to imagine how amazing the value of a marquis title was.

However, the spending power of these players had a certain limit. After buying things, they wouldn't buy again for a long time, and the items in the mysterious shop weren't affordable for every player.

Nie Yan used this one million plus gold coins to purchase a large number of items from this mysterious shop, then entrusted Guo Huai to sell them. He estimated that he could earn quite a bit more.

After taking care of things here, Nie Yan walked towards the teleportation array of Okoron Fortress and disappeared into the array.

After spending more than one hundred gold coins, Nie Yan appeared in the teleportation array of the Orc King City.

Nie Yan came out of the teleportation array and looked outside. The area was a plaza filled with players, who were gathered in groups chatting.

The players here were completely different from humans. They were burly, with green skin and sharp fangs like beasts; these were orcs. A little taller than orcs, with a bull's head and a simple and honest appearance, these were minotaurs. Orcs and minotaurs were ugly, so fewer people chose them. Many people who chose these two races had special preferences or were acting on a whim. However, their talents were better than humans, such as the orcs' strength talent and the minotaurs' war blood recovery talent. This was one of the ways these two races attracted people. They were more suitable for warrior-class players.

Of course, the Orc Empire didn't only have ugly creatures like orcs and minotaurs. There were also some handsome elves, with pointed ears. The males were unbelievably handsome, and the females were all beautiful. If a player chose an elf, their appearance would be adjusted upward by 10%-30%, which attracted many female players to join. Of course, there were also male players, but relatively few. Although they understood it was a virtual world, the pursuit of beauty was eternal. The elves' concealment talent was more suitable for thieves, and there were also many mages and priests.

Walking on the streets here, everything was filled with exotic customs. Although the architecture here was somewhat similar to that of the human empires, it also had its own unique style. For example, they particularly liked totems. The buildings and street tiles were covered with strange totems. Although there were many, they didn't seem complicated. Instead, they had a simple and pleasing aesthetic.

Nie Yan occasionally encountered some players from the Greenland Empire, but they were rare.

A team of orc guards in bright, snow-white armor passed not far from Nie Yan. They were fully armed and all above level 180, no less impressive than the guards of the Greenland Empire.

Occasionally, one or two nobles of the Orc Empire would pass by. They were mostly shamans in luxurious clothing, with somewhat obese figures. In this tribal alliance country, shamans were a very esteemed profession.

Nie Yan was very unfamiliar with this place. He had never been to the Satreen Empire in his previous life. At that time, the teleportation fee of two or three hundred gold coins was a significant burden for him, because his gold coins were basically sold for credits. He was often in financial straits, and it was difficult to even change equipment.

Now that he was here, he had to slowly get familiar with it, since he would be staying here for a long time.

Nie Yan hid in his cloak and weaved through the crowd. If Angellic Feather and Cao Xu knew he had come to the Satreen Empire, he wondered what they would think. They would probably be restless.

Guo Huai had told him that the Niu Ren Tribe had set up a meeting point in the Orc King City, in a residential building on the south side of the city.

Guo Huai had informants in many guilds in the Satreen Empire. His intelligence network was very complete and very secretive, with single-line contact. Nothing that happened in the entire Satreen Empire could escape the Niu Ren Tribe's notice. And Angel Corps and Century Financial Group were his main focus.

Currently, the Niu Ren Tribe's financial resources were quite astonishing. With enough capital as a backing, Guo Huai's intelligence network in the Satreen Empire was expanding rapidly, and he had even bribed several top-level players from Angel Corps and Century Financial Group.

In his previous life, Century Financial Group used its powerful financial resources to gradually disintegrate War God Tribe, but now, the tables had turned, and Nie Yan was using the same plan to infiltrate Angel Corps and Century Financial Group.

Nie Yan walked through several streets and entered the alleys in the southern part of the Orc King City, looking for the location that Guo Huai had mentioned.

"Have you made contact in the Satreen Empire?" Guo Huai sent a message to Nie Yan, asking.

"Not yet, I'm on my way there," Nie Yan replied as he walked.

"I've already had them waiting there. Two are my confidants, and the other has a very high position in Angel Corps, ranking in the top ten on the power rankings. He basically knows everything that happens and every decision made within Angel Corps. During your time in the Satreen Empire, he will be responsible for your safety. If Angel Corps wants to send people to surround or assassinate you, he will definitely give you advance notice."

"Can this guy be trusted?"

"Absolutely trustworthy. I signed an agreement with him and had him and his family move here. Everyone is on our side, so what are we afraid of?" Guo Huai said with a smile. By doing this, that player would never dare to betray them.

"Not bad, how did you dig up that person?" Nie Yan asked.

"It was just good luck. He was upset in Angel Corps, had a falling out with a player, and Angellic Feather may have been a little biased, which made him think about leaving the guild. Later, my people contacted him, persuaded him, and that's about it."

Nie Yan nodded. These kinds of guild disputes were common. If the guild leader handled things a little improperly, it could have serious consequences. Guo Huai brought that person to his side, and this method gave Nie Yan some ideas. The Niu Ren Tribe had so many people, from all over the world, many of whom often contacted each other in reality. Why not establish a studio to provide everyone with a stable income? This would make the Niu Ren Tribe more cohesive.

With the Niu Ren Tribe's current financial resources, it was enough to establish a studio, turn the top players of the Niu Ren Tribe into professional players, and pay them high salaries. Of course, there were also many players who didn't want to be professional players. Many were very rich in reality and didn't want to leave their cities. That was fine; he would let those who were willing come.

He wondered how many people he could recruit to the studio he was going to establish. Nie Yan told Guo Huai about his ideas.

"The idea is feasible, but you have to be prepared. It will cost a lot to turn them into professional players," Guo Huai thought for a moment and said. Establishing a studio would indeed make the Niu Ren Tribe more cohesive, and everyone's pace would be more consistent.

"That's okay, Tianxia Group can afford it," Nie Yan said. Tianxia Group's business was expanding rapidly, its financial resources were rapidly increasing, and it was striving to catch up, vaguely showing a tendency to catch up with Longyao Financial Group and Zhengrong Financial Group. This amount of money was nothing to Tianxia Group now.

"Since you have a plan, I support your decision. When are you planning to start preparing to establish the studio? I'll go help you."