Chapter 1 The Domination of the Pharmaceutical Market

Nie Yan had almost completely controlled the potion market, and no amount of capital could shake his dominance.

Due to the rising prices of potions, guilds like Zhushen Zhi Jian, Sacred Guardian, and Angel Domination were forced to spend huge sums to purchase potions in bulk from Nie Yan's Starry Night Potion Shop. The massive daily expenditures made them gnash their teeth in hatred, but they were helpless.

After the potion market was monopolized for a few days, a series of chain reactions occurred. Major pharmacies saw Nie Yan's determination to control the potion market, and they understood that with their strength, they could never compete with Nie Yan. Many pharmacies reluctantly chose to withdraw, some switching to other industries, while others transferred their shops to realize profits.

Notices for pharmacy transfers became more frequent in the market. Nie Yan, sitting on a massive capital of tens of millions of gold coins, undoubtedly became the biggest buyer. Even the so-called tycoons like Angel Domination and the Century Financial Group couldn't compare to Nie Yan. Eighty or ninety percent of the shops being transferred on the market fell into Nie Yan's hands.

A vast commercial empire was beginning to take shape!

Nie Yan checked the time. It had been nine days since he received the news that the Council of Elders had granted him a fief. Within ten natural days, he had to go to the Council of Elders to receive the fief. With such ample financial resources, he could begin constructing the fief.

After arranging the affairs of the Niu Ren Tribe, Nie Yan checked the intelligence coming back from various locations. Qin Han's skeleton army had been in a state of inaction. It would still be possible for him to rush back after Qin Han launched an attack. Thinking of this, Nie Yan headed towards the Council of Elders of the Glorious Empire.

The Council of Elders of the Glorious Empire was still solemn. On the street in front of the Council of Elders, some players walked past with their heads lowered, not daring to make any noise.

Nie Yan walked into the Council of Elders and noticed some anomalies. Emperor Jobye and Elder Redwin were not there. The elder who received Nie Yan was named Manville. His position in the Council of Elders was relatively low. He was relatively young, looking like a middle-aged man, and he was burly and walked steadily.

Elder Manville led Nie Yan through a hall. Nie Yan looked inside and saw that the usually heavily guarded hall was now empty. All the guards had been withdrawn, and the Council of Elders was very quiet.

The unusual situation made Nie Yan a little puzzled, but after thinking about it, some things were beyond his control. Everyone in the Council of Elders was a Legend-grade NPC. They could kill Nie Yan with a flick of their fingers. Rushing around in the Council of Elders was obviously not a wise thing to do. Nie Yan followed behind Elder Manville, his eyes occasionally glancing around. Although the atmosphere was a little unusual, nothing special happened.

As they walked, Elder Manville said to Nie Yan, "Great Prophet Nirvana Flame, Emperor Jobye has left the Glorious Empire and gone on a long journey. Before he left, he entrusted me to give these things to you." As he spoke, Elder Manville traded three items to Nie Yan.

Nie Yan looked at the three items. They were a map, a thin contract, and a crystal shard.

Nie Yan clicked confirm on the trade and asked, "Honorable Elder Manville, do you know where Emperor Jobye has gone?"

"I regret that I know nothing about Emperor Jobye's whereabouts," Elder Manville shook his head.

Seeing that he couldn't get any information, Nie Yan had no choice but to give up. These things had happened too strangely. The undead army had spread to most of the Glorious Empire, but the Council of Elders of the Glorious Empire had not only taken no action, but now even Emperor Jobye was gone.

Although he knew the situation was wrong, Nie Yan didn't dare to search recklessly. The Council of Elders was too sensitive of a place. If Nie Yan did something he shouldn't have done here, it would affect not only him, but the entire Niu Ren Tribe.

"Alright, thank you, Honorable Elder Manville," Nie Yan nodded.

System Announcement: Player Nirvana Flame has obtained the fief of Abernathy Great Prairie and has been granted the title of Duke. He will be the Lord of Abernathy Great Prairie.

A system announcement rang out, and the players couldn't help but discuss it. Everything Nie Yan had done had amazed and awed the players. First the Great Prophet, then the title of Duke, and now the acquisition of a large fief. In their minds, no one could challenge Nie Yan's legend.

This system announcement undoubtedly added another layer to Nie Yan's many glorious halos.

The major forces were also paying attention to Nie Yan's every move. The news of Nie Yan's acquisition of a fiefdom made all the forces take notice. As soon as they received the news that Nie Yan had obtained the fief, they immediately checked the location of Abernathy Great Prairie. When they knew the exact location of Abernathy Great Prairie, some were happy and some were worried.

Those guilds that were far away from Abernathy Great Prairie naturally didn't think much of it. Those guilds that were closer to Abernathy Great Prairie were a little worried. They didn't want to be annexed by the Niu Ren Tribe. The most worried were probably Angel Domination and the Century Financial Group.

Abernathy Great Prairie was located between the Glorious Empire and the Saturn Empire. The Niu Ren Tribe occupying it meant that they could threaten them at any time.

At the Angel Domination guild headquarters, Cao Xu, dressed in a black decorative robe, appeared in the central hall.

"Brother Fan, long time no see," Cao Xu said, looking at Angel On Wings, who was wearing blue leather armor in front of the hall.

"Long time no see, Brother Cao, I hope you've been well," Angel On Wings nodded. The two exchanged greetings.

"You must already know about Mad Rogue Nirvana Flame just getting the fief of Abernathy Great Prairie. What do you think?" Cao Xu asked directly.

"Abernathy Great Prairie is located on the border between the Glorious Empire and the Saturn Empire. If we summon ordinary mounts, it will take us at most three hours to reach the City of Orcs. As for catapults, they move slower, but they can reach our territory within twenty hours. I'm restless now. Do you have any good ideas, Brother Cao?" Angel On Wings asked. He understood that Angel Domination and the Niu Ren Tribe would have a war sooner or later. He was not afraid of war, but he couldn't lose the initiative before the war even started.

"Not for the time being. The protection time for the territory is too long, three months. We can only hope that the Monet Financial Group won't lose so quickly and will consume some of the Niu Ren Tribe's strength. In addition, we will coordinate our defenses and hope to survive for three months, and then destroy Mad Rogue Nirvana Flame's territory," Cao Xu said. He had been operating in the Saturn Empire for so long, and had acquired more than thirty guilds, accumulating considerable strength and occupying three cities, second only to Angel Domination, which occupied five cities.

Angel On Wings nodded. He had already begun to prepare various methods to deal with the Niu Ren Tribe, but at this time he was unwilling to mention them to Cao Xu. Those were Angel Domination's secrets. Cao Xu also had his own ideas. They were not as harmonious as they seemed on the surface. The Century Financial Group held shares in Angel Domination on the one hand, and was a partner of Angel Domination on the other hand, but it was also a competitor.

"The Niu Ren Tribe has just devoured the potion market and formed a monopoly. Recently, we have also had to use the expensive potions sold by the Starry Night Potion Shop. Now the Niu Ren Tribe is powerful. If they expand their territory, the first to suffer will definitely be the two of us," Cao Xu said.

"Don't worry, Brother Cao. I understand this."

The two giants of the Saturn Empire discussed for a moment and began to study plans to deal with the Niu Ren Tribe.

Nie Yan could imagine how much pressure the announcement of the Abernathy Great Prairie fief would put on the two behemoths in the Saturn Empire. After clearing out the Monet Financial Group, it would be the Century Financial Group and Angel Domination's turn!

Nie Yan took Dazzling Knifelight, Water Color Smoker, Desire, and three other Niu Ren Tribe players, took a teleportation array to Nysode City, and then rode flying mounts towards the Abernathy Great Prairie.

After about two hours, after passing through a towering mountain range, Nie Yan and others entered the sky above a great prairie. Looking towards the distant horizon, the vast prairie was endless. Occasionally, there were one or two small lakes in the middle, clear as mirrors, and groups of creatures roamed on the prairie.

"Is this Abernathy Great Prairie?" Dazzling Knifelight asked, with an unbelievable expression. This vast prairie was all Nie Yan's territory? This was too amazing!

"Yes, everything our eyes can see is!" Nie Yan smiled slightly.

The map showed that the area of Abernathy Great Prairie was even larger than Carol Plain.

They continued to fly on their flying mounts. After flying for a full five minutes, the distant prairie was still endless.

What a large area!

Dazzling Knifelight and others couldn't help but click their tongues.

While flying in the sky, continuous white tents occasionally appeared on the prairie. These tents were inhabited by the natives of Abernathy Great Prairie. There were nearly 500,000 NPC native residents on this vast prairie. Nearly 200,000 of them were human tribes, and the other 300,000 were orc tribes. However, no matter which tribe they belonged to, from now on they had to respect Nie Yan as their lord, otherwise they would be simultaneously defying the Glorious Empire and the Saturn Empire, and would be regarded as rebels by the two countries and sanctioned by the empires.

Nie Yan had many privileges in this territory, including making laws, and even adjudicating the life and death of any NPC in this land. Although the power was great, Nie Yan did not want to become a tyrant. To gain a foothold here, it was impossible to implement tyranny. First, he had to win the support of all the NPCs and build a powerful army in order to truly stabilize his rule.

Looking at this vast and boundless land, Nie Yan was filled with enthusiasm. Let the new development begin in this territory!