Chapter 138 Assembling the Spoils

After about five days, Nie Yan emptied all the treasure chests on the few familiar maps around Calore City. He checked his treasure-opening level and saw that his Pickpocketing skill proficiency had reached 52% of the Advanced rank. This skill was improving so quickly. In a few more days of opening chests, it would reach Master rank.

In these five days, Nie Yan had opened as many as 1,337 treasure chests. A few times, he had almost encountered danger, but fortunately, while Nie Yan wasn't good at other things, his ability to escape was first-rate, so he managed to avoid any real trouble.

He estimated that he and Tang Yao had only explored about 30% of the Advanced maps around Calore City. He hadn't dared to let the Netherhawk enter many of the towering mountains for fear of flying monsters.

However, the profits from these areas alone had already left Tang Yao stunned. They had transported several batches back to Calore City. The value of this equipment was inestimable. He realized that specializing in opening treasure chests was such a lucrative endeavor.

"Let's sort through everything and see what we've got," Nie Yan said. To save time, he had just stuffed everything he found into his backpack and continued searching for the next chest, without taking the time to examine them individually. He and Tang Yao's backpacks were already full.

The two found a safe place to land, Tang Yao put away the Netherhawk, and they both activated Return Scrolls. After two flashes of white light, they returned to Calore City.

"Where do we go?" Tang Yao asked, appearing in the teleportation array and looking at Nie Yan beside him.

"To the Starry Night Pharmacy's laboratory. We'll move all the equipment from our personal storage over there and see what we've got," Nie Yan said, feeling a little excited at the thought of checking out the equipment.

The two walked towards the Starry Night Pharmacy. In the distance, a magnificent building came into view.

This building was 50 yards high and covered a vast area, with no other building nearby that could surpass it, not even the Credit Point Exchange Hall in the distance.

Tang Yao clicked his tongue in amazement and said, "The Starry Night Pharmacy is already the most iconic building here. It must have cost a lot of money to build a Level 10 pharmacy."

"Upgrading to a Level 10 pharmacy, plus buying all kinds of equipment, cost at least 200,000 gold coins, but the Starry Night Pharmacy has already earned that money back for me," Nie Yan said with a smile.

"How much can the Starry Night Pharmacy earn in a day?"

"Now, after deducting operating costs and raw material expenses, the net profit is about 50,000 gold coins a day. In addition to the daily revenue, the Starry Night Pharmacy provides the Nirvana Flame Guild with potions worth at least 60,000 gold coins every day," Nie Yan said with some pride. In the entire game, the Starry Night Pharmacy was definitely the number one pharmacy without a doubt. At the same time, the number of pharmacists at the Starry Night Pharmacy was unparalleled; no other pharmacy could compare. With a full 3,000 pharmacists, nearly 50 of whom were Advanced pharmacists, it was truly a place overflowing with talent.

Tang Yao clicked his tongue. The net profit of the Starry Night Pharmacy in a single day was equivalent to the net worth of some small guilds.

"I heard that Angel Corp established a pharmacy called the Light of Heaven Pharmacy, and it's already starting to gain some scale," Tang Yao said. He had heard people in the guild's group chat discussing this, so he had remembered it.

"How many pharmacists do they have?"

"More than 300 pharmacists, five of whom are Advanced," Tang Yao said.

"They're still far behind the Starry Night Pharmacy," Nie Yan said with a smile, but Angel Corp's actions had caught his attention. He pondered for a moment, narrowing his eyes. He couldn't take down Angel Corp, but he could have the Starry Night Pharmacy mess with the Light of Heaven Pharmacy.

As the two spoke, they entered the Starry Night Pharmacy's trading hall, which was bustling with activity.

"Let's go in," Nie Yan said, leading Tang Yao up the stairs of the Starry Night Pharmacy to a laboratory on the fifth floor. It hadn't been assigned to a pharmacist yet, so it seemed very spacious.

Nie Yan and Tang Yao moved all the stuff they had collected in the last few days over and dumped it on the table. There was a loud crash as a large number of items piled up, filled with glittering treasures that dazzled the eyes.

"Sort out all the equipment and put it in the guild warehouse," Nie Yan said. It would take at least an hour or two to sort through everything.

The two got busy, and soon, about five or six hundred pieces of equipment had been selected.

Tang Yao casually browsed the attributes of the equipment and said, "There's a lot of good stuff here."

"Because those maps haven't been explored, there are a lot of Dark Gold and Gold treasure chests. I remember opening more than 20 Dark Gold treasure chests and more than 120 Gold treasure chests," Nie Yan said. Normally, Gold and Dark Gold treasure chests were very rare. Some people might not encounter one for more than ten days, and some might never see one in their lives, but he had opened so many in just five days.

Tang Yao was responsible for transporting the equipment to the guild warehouse. The newly added equipment caused an uproar throughout the Nirvana Flame Guild. This was all Level 100+ equipment!

"Where did the boss and the others get this equipment?"

"I don't know. Could the boss have hired two or three thousand people to collect this equipment? How could there be so much? Even if we kept grinding monsters, we wouldn't be able to get this much. Look at the attributes of this equipment. A lot of it is Gold and Dark Gold. Doesn't the official website say that the drop rate for Level 100+ equipment is very low?"

They wouldn't be foolish enough to ask Nie Yan where this equipment came from. Inquiring about such secrets might make them be suspected as spies sent by other guilds.

After removing the five or six hundred pieces of equipment, there were still piles and piles of gems, scrolls, and skill books left, making it difficult to pick anything out.

"It's an Advanced mage skill, Mana Conduction. Let me see the attributes... I can learn it now!" Tang Yao said excitedly, picking out a gold-stamped skill book from the many skill books.

Mana Conduction was a rare skill. At Level 1, Mana Conduction lasted for 10 seconds, during which time the casting time of all spells was reduced by half.

"Learn it," Nie Yan said. He was just about to search through the pile of skill books for something he could use when he heard Tang Yao exclaim again.

"Damn, it's a Magic Empowerment skill book. Good stuff!" Tang Yao exclaimed, revealing a look of ecstasy.

The Magic Empowerment skill was very precious and rare below Level 100. The drop rate was slightly higher on maps above Level 100, but it was still relatively rare. Magic Empowerment could increase Tang Yao's spell damage by about 30% for 20 seconds.

Tang Yao put the two skill books aside and continued to frantically search through the skill books for something he could use. One gain after another made him ecstatic.

"Damn, it's Judgment Sanction! I'm rich!"

"Damn, it's Flame Collision! Awesome!"

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Tang Yao laughed out loud, eventually selecting fifteen of his skill books from the skill books, stacking them in a pile, and placing them aside. He could learn seven of them now, and he would have to improve his stats and equipment to learn the remaining eight.

"I have to forget some skills. I have to get rid of some trash skills. Nie Yan, help me take a look," Tang Yao said. With these powerful Advanced skills, he would naturally have to clear out some of the trash skills he had learned before.

Nie Yan looked at Tang Yao's skill bar and said, "Get rid of Dark Corrosion."

"Why get rid of that skill?" Tang Yao asked, stunned. "Dark Corrosion is quite useful. It can reduce the enemy's defense."

"You just got Death Corrosion. Once you level Death Corrosion to Level 2, Dark Corrosion is trash. You basically won't use it," Nie Yan said. Although he hadn't played as a mage in his previous life, he had fought mages thousands if not tens of thousands of times, so he knew mage skills like the back of his hand.

Tang Yao looked at the skill effects of Death Corrosion and then at the skill effects of Dark Corrosion. The two effects were roughly the same. Level 1 Death Corrosion was only slightly worse than Level 6 Dark Corrosion. He decided to listen to Nie Yan and forget Dark Corrosion.

On Nie Yan's suggestion, Tang Yao forgot three skills and then began to learn skills frantically. Streaks of white light flashed on his hands as he learned all these skill books.

"Awesome, it's the first time I've learned seven rare skill books at once," Tang Yao said with a satisfied expression, like the afterglow of an orgasm.

Nie Yan also began to search through the skill books for skills he could use.

"These are for Holy Word Priests, and these are for Elemental Mages." Tang Yao sorted out some of the skill books. The skill books that came from maps above Level 100 were generally rarer at this level.

"Give these to the brothers in the guild," Nie Yan said, putting a pile of skill books aside. He took five books from the pile of Holy Word Priest skill books. These were for Xie Yao.

"There's a Thief's Shadowmeld here," Tang Yao said, finding a Thief's skill book.

"Keep it for me," Nie Yan said. The Shadowmeld skill was similar to Gale Step and Shadow Dance. After activating the skill, it had a three-second invincibility effect, but with some differences. After using the Shadowmeld skill, movement speed was reduced by 50% and hiding ability was increased by 50%. It was a rare skill.

There were at least a hundred more skill books. Nie Yan still had to look at them one by one and classify them. It was a very time-consuming task.

"Elemental Mage's Elemental Resonance, Priest's Advanced Heal, Heal Wounds, Mana Siphon, Intermediate Resurrection, Paladin's Protection, Nie Yan, our guild's team is going to be awesome. For the next period of time, our guild's elite team will definitely be far ahead of other guilds' teams," Tang Yao said, unable to suppress his ecstasy. He understood the importance of these skills to a team. They could greatly increase a team's survival rate when running dungeons.