“How much defense do you have?” Chu Chenghao asked Xu Yan, who was standing beside him. Xu Yan was quite high-level and a suitable main shield warrior candidate. Defense attributes were very important, which was why Chu Chenghao asked.

Xu Yan, Fei Zhe, and Xia Tianyu exchanged glances. Fei Zhe and Xia Tianyu nodded. Since they were forming a group, they had to be open and honest. These important stats couldn't be concealed.

Having received Fei Zhe and Xia Tianyu's approval, Xu Yan said, “I just changed some equipment. My current defense is probably around seven thousand.”

“Damn, over seven thousand!” Chu Chenghao stood up abruptly, exclaiming in surprise, “Are you sure it's over seven thousand? You didn't misread?”

The surrounding classmates couldn't help but be moved. Over seven thousand was an extremely abnormal number for Xu Yan's current level.

“With over seven thousand defense, we can totally go to the Spider Cave. Not to mention the Spider Cave, we can even go to the Dark Night Canyon!”

“With over seven thousand defense, you can be a main MT in some big guilds.”

“As expected, people from the Niuren Tribe (Bullshorn Tribe) are all freaks. With over seven thousand defense, he can't even be a second-tier team's MT.”

They naturally attributed the reason to Xu Yan being a member of the Niuren Tribe (Bullshorn Tribe), from which he could get good equipment, which was why his defense was so high. With such a powerful shield warrior, the equipment of everyone in the group could be improved by at least two levels within five days.

“Damn, with your current defense level, Fu Guangtao has no chance against you at all.” Chu Chenghao said with emotion, “If I were you, I would have beaten him up badly already.”

Next, Chu Chenghao asked about Fei Zhe and Xia Tianyu's situations. After hearing their answers, he was dumbfounded.

It was understandable that Xu Yan's defense was so high, but why were Fei Zhe and Xia Tianyu, who weren't from the Niuren Tribe (Bullshorn Tribe), so strong as well? These stats made everyone present feel ashamed of themselves.

Xia Tianyu and Fei Zhe glanced at Nie Yan, who was sitting in the distance, and didn't reveal the reason.

“We'll have to rely on you guys in the future. Actually, the talent of our classmates in the command department is very good, but we just haven't had a good team. I think our team will definitely be able to develop. Let's choose one of you three to be the captain,” Chu Chenghao said. After knowing Xu Yan, Xia Tianyu, and Fei Zhe's strength, he gave up directly and didn't compete.

“Let Xu Yan be the captain, and Chu Chenghao be the vice-captain,” Xia Tianyu suggested.

“I agree.”

“I agree!”

Chu Chenghao didn't expect Xia Tianyu and the others to nominate him. He was a little surprised, “I can't do it, how am I qualified?”

“Chu Chenghao, don't decline.”

“We trust you.”

Under the strong request of everyone, Chu Chenghao couldn't refuse and had to agree.

In this way, this group of people united together, while Zhao Shiyu, Fu Guangtao, and others became isolated.

Nie Yan smiled knowingly when he saw Xu Yan and the others pulling these classmates over. These classmates in the command department would definitely grow into elites in various fields in the future. Bringing this group of people together and building good relationships with them would definitely be very helpful for the future.

Having lived two lives and gained rich life experience, Nie Yan understood that social networks were very important. Xu Yan and the others were doing him a very important favor. What Nie Yan had to do was build good relationships with these classmates and consolidate his position in the class. Nie Yan's future goal was to become the leader of these people, and if possible, to have them work for him.

Nie Yan chatted with these classmates about everything under the sun. He was ranked first in his studies, and his strength was obvious. These classmates were somewhat flattered and naturally very willing to interact with him.

The whole day, Nie Yan's interactions with these classmates in the command department could be considered relatively harmonious.

In the evening, Nie Yan entered the game and continued to do quests in the Ancient World to improve his strength.

The Ancient World was full of dense jungles. Beams of light shone down from the gaps between the leaves, leaving mottled light and shadows on the ground. It was a magical world.

Nie Yan sorted out the items he had obtained from killing monsters these past few days. The number of various production profession skill books inside had reached more than one hundred and eighty, of various types. There were also some relatively rare production profession skill books. He hadn't studied the uses of these things. In addition to these production profession skill books, there were also several large-capacity backpacks. Nie Yan replaced his old backpack with these new ones, and his backpack space had reached an astonishing 720 slots. Under normal circumstances, it would definitely be enough.

The low-level herbs that Nie Yan had previously collected were becoming less and less. They were all used by him to make various potions and train his potion-making expert skill. The low-level herbs were gradually becoming insufficient, so he could only continue to collect golden orchid grass at the old location to gather raw materials. After accumulating some golden orchid grass in his backpack, Nie Yan continued to use the golden orchid grass to make potions. Although he had never worked as a pharmacist before, Nie Yan quickly became familiar with the process of making medicine. Bottle after bottle of mana recovery potions were born in his hands, and then discarded by him.

These mana recovery potions could only be used by himself, but he was a thief and didn't need any mana, so these mana recovery potions were useless. He simply threw them away to save space.

It was estimated that it was very rare for someone to be able to complete the entire process from collection to production by himself. Nie Yan gradually realized how powerful it was to combine production professions with combat professions. Having this kind of systematic production profession skill could give a player a strong ability to sustain in the wild. Ordinary players had to return to the city every five or six days because their consumables would often run out. But after Nie Yan learned gathering and potion-making, he could collect herbs and other things at his fingertips and make them into potions. If he went to some places where herbs were relatively abundant, he could even stay in the wild forever and be self-sufficient.

Nie Yan's gaze fell on the items in his inventory. There were still several skill books inside that were obviously very useful, such as Scroll Making Master, Mechanic, and so on. Without exception, all of these production profession skill books stipulated that the items made could only be used by oneself.

This gave Nie Yan some ideas. Learning these production profession skills and using them to make items could make himself even stronger.

In the Ancient World, various materials were very abundant. Gathering these materials and training his production profession skill levels should be very fast. He might as well stay in the Ancient World for a longer period of time and raise all of these production profession skills to master level or above. It was estimated that this would allow him to become a thief with a super abnormal endurance ability. This would give him more confidence in successfully changing his class to Saint Shadow Dancer.

Nie Yan analyzed the professional system of each production profession. Herb Gathering and Potion Making were a system, which could use wild-grown herbs to provide him with potions. Blank Scroll Making and Scroll Making Master were a system. The various cloth scrolls that players obtained when fighting monsters could first be made into blank scrolls of various qualities, and then used with the Scroll Making Master skill to make various types of scrolls. In addition, Ore Gathering, Metallurgy, Forging, and Mechanics were a system. Players could gather ore, smelt it into various weapons, or forge it into metal semi-finished products, which would then be processed into various machines by a Mechanic.

In addition to these systems, there were some other systems, such as Decomposition, Enchanting, Alchemy, and so on.

If he could really raise the skill levels of all of these production skills, he would truly become an all-profession master! He could play a supporting role and greatly improve the combat effectiveness of players.

Nie Yan followed the area where golden orchid grass grew and continued to collect it. Gradually, he passed through a chaotic stone beach around a stream, and a patch of green grass appeared in his vision ahead. Under the sunlight, these plants looked like they were carved from emeralds, translucent, and so tender green that it seemed like water was about to drip out.

Seeing these plants, Nie Yan's eyes lit up. It was emerald golden orchid grass! These herbs were one level higher than golden orchid grass and could be used to make advanced and master-level instant recovery potions. They were also the raw materials for many kinds of intermediate and high-level potions. If he could collect a large amount of emerald golden orchid grass, Nie Yan estimated that he could raise his potion-making master skill to advanced level today!

Emerald golden orchid grass was everywhere here!

However, above that grassland, there was a wandering ghost. It floated in the air, wandering around, and from time to time, it emitted bursts of cold air, and the plants on the nearby ground were immediately covered by patches of frost.

Nie Yan didn't know what tier creature this ghost was. He slowly sneaked over and stopped more than thirty yards away from the ghost, casting a detection spell on it.

Frost Spectre: Tier 3 Creature.

The Frost Spectre's health was about 500,000. Nie Yan frowned. It was actually a tier 3 creature. He didn't know how strong the Frost Spectre was, and whether he could deal with it. Up until now, the strongest creature he had encountered was only a tier 2 elite, which was only slightly stronger than an ordinary tier 2 creature. It was obviously not on the same level as this Frost Spectre.

Nie Yan hesitated for a moment and made a decision. He had to start dealing with tier 3 creatures sooner or later, so he might as well give it a try now.

This Frost Spectre was obviously a frost-type monster, so its frost resistance requirement was estimated to be relatively high.

Coincidentally, Nie Yan had previously learned several skills that increased frost resistance, and he also had the Frost Orb. If his frost resistance attribute was high, it would be much easier to deal with frost-type creatures. In addition, he also had some master-level frost resistance potions in his backpack. It could be said that he was fully prepared.

Nie Yan sneaked towards the Frost Spectre, following behind it from a distance, looking for a suitable opportunity.

The Frost Spectre's lifeless eyes looked around.

Even from a distance, Nie Yan felt the surrounding temperature drop by more than ten degrees. His body felt bursts of cold, and his movement speed was also slightly slower. The most troublesome thing about frost-type creatures was the slowing effect.