Stepping into the teleportation point, Nie Yan teleported back to Carol City, turned into an alley, and activated his stealth mode. After confirming no one was tailing him, he twisted and turned through the alleys before arriving at Cadi’s forge.
Learning from past experiences, he would never reveal the location of Cadi’s forge to anyone.
Nie Yan transported the batches of bat teeth he had collected and sold them to Cadi.
More than two hundred and thirty sets sold for four silver coins. Within just half an hour, two silver coins had doubled to four, and he also gained over nine hundred experience points. Checking his level, he saw it had increased by 5%.
After handing over all the bat teeth, Nie Yan returned to Modo Village to continue purchasing bat teeth.
Seeing Nie Yan arrive as promised, the players rushed to trade with him, fearing he might leave again.
Because of Nie Yan’s actions, Modo Village became extraordinarily lively.
“Don’t worry everyone, after finishing this morning’s purchases, I’ll come back around eight tonight,” Nie Yan sent out the advertisement. With a whole day of monster grinding, the players would definitely collect a lot of bat teeth by evening.
Soon, he had acquired more than two hundred sets. As the trading slowed, he picked up another hundred or so sets. When no more players came, Nie Yan teleported back to Carol City.
Two thieves were following Nie Yan suspiciously. He had purchased so many bat teeth and seemed insatiable. It was hard not to attract attention.
Noticing the tail, Nie Yan slightly curled his lips. No thief could tail him successfully yet.
Nie Yan turned into an alley, entered stealth mode, and quickly vanished.
When the two thieves approached, Nie Yan had already disappeared.
“Where did that guy go?”
“Can’t find him.”
“Bro, what do you think he needs so many bat teeth for?”
“Who knows? Definitely not for forging skills. Forging doesn’t require that many bat teeth. He’s going to buy more this afternoon. Let’s check then.”
The two thieves exchanged a few words near the wall and then turned to leave.
A few yards away from the two thieves, a figure slowly emerged from the wall—Nie Yan, who had been in stealth. Nie Yan had been no more than two yards away, yet the two thieves hadn’t noticed him at all.
Watching the thieves leave, Nie Yan smirked coldly. Wanting to uncover his secrets? That was just wishful thinking. He wouldn’t foolishly expose the advanced blacksmith Cadi. He turned and disappeared into the alley.
After selling over three hundred sets of bat teeth to Cadi, Nie Yan’s bag now contained seven silver coins. At this stage, this was a considerable fortune.
Nie Yan then went to Carter Village and Yimei Village to purchase bat teeth and sell them to Cadi, earning twenty-six silver coins.
Nie Yan experienced a phrase: a flood of money.
“Wow, so satisfying.”
Early money was crucial for a player’s future development.
In his previous life, a paladin earned nearly ten gold coins from this trade. At first, Nie Yan found it hard to believe, but now he understood. Once players knew Nie Yan was buying bat teeth at a high price, they would definitely stop selling them to NPCs. Nie Yan could earn even more money in the future!
With money came confidence. Nie Yan headed toward the largest auction house in Carol City. There, at least bronze-level equipment was auctioned, along with various rare skill books and materials. Most of the transactions there were conducted by teams that frequently raided dungeons.
Nie Yan first bought ninety silk threads at a slightly lower price on the roadside, storing them in his warehouse for future quests, then entered the auction hall.
The largest auction house in Carol City was built magnificently. Inside the hall, dozens of tall pillars supported the massive roof. The hall covered an area of about a hundred yards, resembling a grand temple.
Nie Yan had visited here many times in his previous life. He easily found a corner seat in the auction hall, picked up a bidding device, and started browsing the magical screen in front of him for various item prices.
Page by page, the magical screen listed various goods categorized neatly, allowing players to easily find what they wanted.
Nie Yan clicked on the miscellaneous category. This section offered general items used by all professions, such as protective daggers, small round shields, backpacks, etc.
Each player could equip five backpacks, with spaces of sixteen, twenty, twenty-four, twenty-eight slots, etc. Larger spaces meant higher prices.
Each player had a basic twenty-slot backpack. On the market, a sixteen-slot backpack could cost more than ten copper coins. Twenty-slot backpacks were even more expensive. However, money was no longer an issue for Nie Yan.
Money spent could be earned back. Letting it rot in your pocket was the least valuable approach.
Nie Yan intended to use this money to equip himself with the perfect gear.
There were only eleven twenty-slot backpacks being auctioned in the large auction house, each priced around twenty copper coins. Nie Yan bid on four twenty-slot backpacks.
Driven by Nie Yan, the twenty-slot backpacks slowly increased in price. Eventually, he secured all four at twenty-two copper coins each.
“Tailors sure make a fortune,” Nie Yan couldn’t help but think. However, to become a successful profession, one needed connections. Joining a guild that continuously provided materials allowed them to practice their profession skills without worries. Tailoring was no exception. Although many combat players also learned profession skills, they ultimately couldn’t match professional profession players.
Nie Yan hadn’t sunk to the point of becoming a profession player yet.
Spending one and a half silver coins, Nie Yan then turned to the page specifically for rogue items.
His eyes scanned for interesting items. He bought anything useful without hesitation, even if it was slightly expensive.
+3 Agility Bronze Soft Leather Leggings, +2 Strength Bronze Azure Leather Armor, +2 Balance Bronze Horsehide Boots, +3 Strength Bronze Silver-edge Dagger. Nie Yan spent a high price to buy these four level 0 bronze equipment pieces. After changing into them, he looked brand new. With all bronze gear, each piece was enough to bankrupt an ordinary player. If not for the money earned from that quest, Nie Yan wouldn’t have dared to spend like this.
After changing into the gear, he checked his load. Sixteen pounds, still in the light load state, which didn’t affect his movements.
Nie Yan also bought three rogue skill books. The first was the passive skill Stealth Enhancement, granting an additional +3 bonus to stealth and hide; the second was the attack skill Stun, stunning the opponent from the front for 3 seconds, not waking up after the attack, with a 30-second cooldown; the third was Bash, stunning the opponent from behind for 6 seconds, but waking up after the attack, with a 60-second cooldown.
These three skill books were the level 0 basic skills for rogues, but each was worth up to twenty copper coins on the market. Rogues were very poor in the early stages, almost as bad as mages, since buying skill books almost drained their funds.
Rogues couldn’t do without skill books, but each was expensive. They could only live frugally and save up to buy skills, sometimes having to wear shoddy gear. Those rogues who were wealthy in real life had to purchase from trading platforms.
Only after enduring this tough period and buying the skills could the true power of rogues’ strong control skills be revealed.
In his previous life, Nie Yan had struggled step by step, but now he easily overcame this hurdle.
After learning the three skill books, his skill slots became much richer. Nie Yan browsed the skill book page again, looking for other skill books. A rare skill book caught his eye.
Skill Book: Parry.
Skill Description: Using a dagger to parry an enemy’s physical attack.
Skill Execution Requirements: Action (requires weapon).
Skill Cooldown Time: 30 seconds.
User Restriction: Rogue, Warrior, Paladin, usable by any faction.
Nie Yan couldn’t forget this skill book, which was a dream for many melee professions. It was a treasure for melee professions. In any situation, whether in battle or in player versus player combat, a parry skill was almost a life-saving move.
The Parry skill was dropped by demon-type monsters, with a probability no higher than one in a hundred thousand.
In his previous life, among a hundred level 60 melee professions, only one or two had learned the Parry skill. Its value was only slightly lower than that of critical strike skills.
No matter what, he had to buy it!
Nie Yan glanced at the auction price, two silver coins, and it was still rising. Each bid required at least fifty copper coins.
Most bidders for rare skills were wealthy players or leaders of teams and guilds. Often, they didn’t care about a few silver coins for a skill book.
Two silver and fifty copper coins, three silver, three silver and fifty copper coins…
The heated bidding for the Parry skill attracted players’ attention.
“It’s a rare skill!”
“No wonder it’s so expensive.”
Three silver coins were about the revenue a team could earn from clearing a regular level 3 dungeon, which was usually around three silver coins, with the highest being five silver coins.
No one raised the bid for a while. If no one raised the bid within ten minutes, the Parry skill book would go to the current highest bidder.
“Four silver coins,” Nie Yan raised the bid once. He was determined to get this Parry skill.
“Four silver and fifty copper coins,” someone else raised the bid again.
Such a price already intimidated most players.
Now it was a matter of who was willing to spend more. “Five silver coins,” Nie Yan raised the bid again. He had many opportunities to earn money, so he wasn’t worried about spending a little.
“Damn, who’s that rich? It’s just a Parry skill book.”
The players were already murmuring privately. A rogue skill book auctioned at such a price was terrifying.
“So many rich people.”
After a long time, no one raised the bid again. It seemed the other person had been scared off by Nie Yan’s bid. Ten minutes later, the Parry skill book went into Nie Yan’s bag.
After learning the Parry skill, Nie Yan spent thirty copper coins to buy a bottle of rogue-specific poison for daggers, which could be used three times, reducing the opponent’s defense by 10% after poisoning.
After finishing his purchases, most of the equipment he had previously obtained was sold. Nie Yan still had sixteen silver coins left in his bag.
With so many new skills added, Nie Yan’s familiarity with rogue skills allowed him to use them effortlessly, greatly enhancing his strength.
Compared to when he first entered the game, Nie Yan was more confident now. With his previous gaming experience, he could plan his future development path and follow it accordingly.
Nie Yan used the silk in his bag to make ten bandages for emergencies. He also bought some bread to restore stamina and prepared a backpack of low-level instant healing potions and slow recovery potions.
Intermediate Combat Bandages skill: Skill proficiency 10/500.
Where should he go to level up next? Nie Yan immediately thought of several suitable locations for rogues to level.
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