Chapter 1 The Guild Chat

Nie Yan and the others returned to Niu Ren Tribe. Knowing that they had returned triumphantly, the guild chat of Niu Ren Tribe exploded with activity.

"Sacred Guardian has really lost all face this time. Let's see how arrogant they can be in the future."

"That's right, remember how Sacred Guardian sent people to Krips and killed so many of our brothers! Now it's finally their turn. Just thinking about it makes me feel relieved."

The battle of Krips greatly boosted the morale of Niu Ren Tribe. Although several fortresses were still under siege by Qin Han's skeleton army, they vaguely saw a glimmer of hope and firmly believed that Niu Ren Tribe would win!

In the following period, Sacred Guardian experienced a peak of guild withdrawals. With the Krips Fortress taken, Sacred Guardian's prestige was completely lost. Many players felt they had no face to stay in Sacred Guardian any longer. In just five or six days, as many as fifty to sixty thousand players left Sacred Guardian, which was good news for Niu Ren Tribe.

Nie Yan was coordinating the various guilds to resist Qin Han's skeleton army when Guo Huai suddenly sent a message, revealing information from the Light and Dark Empire that Qin Han was building a massive siege force. He had gathered thousands of production-class players from various places, divided them into dozens of groups, and was frantically building siege machines. It seemed a big move was coming.

"How many catapults can they build each day?"

"Probably only seven or eight," Guo Huai said. The production capacity of the Mone Financial Group was definitely no match for Niu Ren Tribe. For every ten Ironclad Catapults produced by Mone Financial Group, Niu Ren Tribe could produce twenty or thirty more!

"Let's drag it out with them. We'll also go full throttle and build Ironclad Catapults and Magic Cannons with all our strength!"

"Well, the materials are a bit scarce."

"Buy them on the market. As for the money, I'll find a way. Was the news about Mone Financial Group expanding Ironclad Catapult production leaked from inside the Light and Dark Empire?" Nie Yan asked in a voice message.

"It was Guangming Yongzui (Light and Dark Eternal Sin) himself who told us. That kid is trying to curry favor with us. He probably feels that following Qin Han won't last long," Guo Huai said with a smile.

Nie Yan pondered for a moment. Guangming Yongzui's ambiguous attitude was worth considering. If the Light and Dark Empire could be separated from the Mone Financial Group, the Mone Financial Group would be weakened a lot. Nie Yan suddenly had a plan and said to Guo Huai, "Let Tang Yao, Xie Yao, and Yu Wang (Desire) pay more attention to the fortresses of Sacred Guardian and Zhushen's Sword (Sword of the Gods). Remember, hit and run. Don't let them track you down. All the fortresses of the guilds under the Mone Financial Group, except for the Light and Dark Empire, can be visited."

Hearing Nie Yan's words, Guo Huai frowned, but immediately relaxed, revealing a knowing smile, and said, "I understand. I'll send a message to them immediately!"

Nie Yan's meaning was clear. They would continuously send people to harass the fortresses of all the guilds under the Mone Financial Group, deliberately sparing the Light and Dark Empire. In addition, they would spread rumors that Guangming Yongzui and Nie Yan had some personal relationship. It was estimated that it wouldn't take long before Qin Han would suspect Guangming Yongzui.

Tang Yao, Yu Wang Ranzhi Qingchun (Desire Tainted Youth), and the others set off excitedly after receiving Guo Huai's orders. They were very happy to do these things.

In the following period, some guilds under the Mone Financial Group were attacked everywhere. Tang Yao, Yu Wang, and others would generally break into a fortress, wreak havoc, and quickly retreat before the elite teams of the Mone Financial Group arrived, never lingering. After a few days, the Mone Financial Group suffered heavy losses, while the Light and Dark Empire was unscathed.

After such a long time, some seeds of unrest had been planted by Nie Yan, and after a while, they would erupt.

Niu Ren Tribe lost another ten fortresses, submerged in Qin Han's skeleton tide. However, Qin Han's skeleton army also lost more than 1.3 million troops.

As time passed, Nie Yan gradually felt that the moment to launch a full-scale counterattack was getting closer and closer.

Nie Yan made some full preparations. On about the seventh day, he received a system notification.

System: Respected Great Prophet, after emergency consultations between the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire, you will be granted the Abernathy Prairie located north of the Moroccan Mountains, which will be your fief. During the three-month protection period, anyone who infringes on your fief will be an enemy of the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire. Please report to the Council of Elders within ten natural days to receive your fief.

When he received this system notification, Nie Yan was stunned for a moment. When he was first promoted to Great Prophet, he had not heard Emperor Jobia mention the fief. He thought that owning a personal fief was a legend, but he didn't expect it to be true.

It turned out that the fief was not granted by the Greenland Empire alone, but had to be jointly granted after consultations between the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire.

Nie Yan didn't know much about the Abernathy Prairie, so he searched the official website for information.

The Abernathy Prairie is located in a region bordering the Greenland Empire and the Saturn Empire. It is a vast grassland inhabited by six nomadic tribes, with human tribes and orc tribes each occupying half of the territory. There are occasional frictions, but generally, it is relatively stable. The area is very large, equivalent to the size of a Carol City, with about seventy nomadic settlements equivalent to village or town size.

As a lord of the territory, Nie Yan could build towns and fortresses anywhere, and could hire the local indigenous residents to form his own NPC army, which was a very cool thing. In addition, the Abernathy Prairie contained rich mineral deposits, with a total of more than seventy low-level mines, more than thirty medium-level mines, and more than ten high-level mines. These mineral deposits were Nie Yan's private property, and other players were not allowed to mine them, otherwise, it would be considered theft and they would be arrested by the NPC guards and imprisoned. Nie Yan could freely build mines and hire NPC miners to help him mine.

In addition, the Abernathy Prairie would become a bridgehead for Niu Ren Tribe to attack Angel Corp., because the Abernathy Prairie was only two hours away from the nearest territory of Angel Corp.

Nie Yan had to report to the Council of Elders to obtain the fief. After obtaining the fief, Nie Yan's fief would have a three-month protection period. During this period, other guilds could not attack his territory. These three months must be used well.

Looking at the map of the Abernathy Prairie on the official website, Nie Yan already had a blueprint for construction in his mind. But before that, he had to raise a large sum of money, as building a territory and hiring a large number of NPCs to form an army was a very large expense.

Nie Yan couldn't help but look forward to the development of his future territory.

These things had to be started step by step. Nie Yan looked at the time. He didn't have time today, so he logged out of the game.

Recently was a very long holiday. The First Military Academy, except for some senior students, had stopped classes, and most people had returned home one after another, including Nie Yan and Xie Yao, who returned to Huahai.

Xie Yao went to see her parents. Nie Yan ate something at his own villa and then rushed to the headquarters of Tiangxia Group.

During this period, Tiangxia Group's business expanded rapidly and was extremely busy.

The scale of Tiangxia Group had expanded two or three times, but Nie's father insisted on not going public and firmly controlled the financial power of Tiangxia Group in his own hands. Nie's father managed the affairs of the various companies, and Nie's mother was in charge of finance. The entire Tiangxia Group seemed well-organized.

Nie Yan was very surprised by the development speed of Tiangxia Group. Of course, he also contributed a lot to it. Although Niu Ren Tribe had been severely damaged recently and many fortresses had been destroyed by Qin Han's skeleton army, because they had prepared early, Tiangxia Group's virtual assets in Faith had not suffered too much loss. They had already obtained huge profits in the early stage and had enough financial reserves. Once the skeleton army was cleared, they would be able to recover quickly.

Nie Yan drove into the headquarters of Tiangxia Group. Tiangxia Group had acquired a large area of land nearby and was building office buildings. There were construction sites everywhere. In the future, the headquarters of Tiangxia Group would definitely be several times larger than before.

Nie Yan was very happy about such changes. Tiangxia Group was growing vigorously and should be able to break away from the track of his previous life.

Even if the Century Financial Group still attacked Tiangxia Group as it did in his previous life, Tiangxia Group would definitely not be as vulnerable as it was in his previous life.

Nie Yan took the elevator to the top floor, passed through the dense security measures, and entered his father's office.

Nie's father was busy working with his head down. Hearing someone come in, he looked up and saw that it was Nie Yan, revealing a happy expression.

"Why do you have time to come back today? Did you skip class?" Although Nie's father said so, he was not as serious as before. Looking at Nie Yan, he felt gratified. Nie Yan was taller than before.

"I have a holiday for the next few days. I can play at home for five or six days," Nie Yan said. There were not many words between father and son, but he could feel a plain but very real warmth. He had missed too much in his previous life.

"I'll call your mother and ask her to come over," Nie's father said, taking out his phone and calling Nie's mother.

Nie's mother came over quickly.

"Mom, I'm back," Nie Yan said when he saw his mother.

"It's good that you're back. Our family of three finally has a chance to reunite. Xiaoyan is taller and stronger than before," Nie's mother said, her eyes a little wet.

Looking at his loving mother, Nie Yan couldn't help but feel touched. His eyes were a little red. He was ignorant in his previous life. He wanted to support his parents, but they were no longer there. In this life, he had to go far away again and didn't have time to accompany them. He felt very guilty.

"Why didn't you bring Yao Yao to show Mom?" Nie's mother asked. She already knew about the relationship between Nie Yan and Xie Yao.

"I'll bring her over tomorrow," Nie Yan said a little awkwardly.

Having experienced the joys and sorrows of his previous life, such a reunion was especially worth cherishing for Nie Yan.