Chapter 193 The Power of Money

For Nie Yan, the mutated energy crystal was no longer out of reach. There were three in the guild warehouse, obtained by Dao Guang and his team when they went to dungeons. Because mutated energy crystals were so rare, requiring a large amount of guild contribution points to obtain, no one had claimed them. If Nie Yan wanted to use one, he could get it at any time.

Nie Yan had Guo Huai find someone to bring over a mutated energy crystal and then fed it to the Light and Darkness Sacred Dragon.

Just like when he fed the Golden Earth Dragon, the growth rate of the Light and Darkness Sacred Dragon increased from 25 points to 30 points.

According to Hall, the Light and Darkness Sacred Dragon was the king of earth dragons. He wondered how strong its attributes would be when it grew up.

As players leveled up and were able to go to maps of Level 170 or 180, many energy crystals began to appear on the market. Consequently, he occasionally heard of people getting super pets similar to the Golden Earth Dragon. However, the Golden Earth Dragon was still incredibly powerful for ordinary players. But as time passed, the Golden Earth Dragon was no longer as awe-inspiring as before. On the battlefield, due to the existence of ironclad catapults, the Golden Earth Dragon was no longer an invincible behemoth.

At times, the Golden Earth Dragon's strength was indeed insufficient, and it often became cannon fodder. He wondered how strong the Light and Darkness Sacred Dragon would be when it grew up. With a growth rate of 30 points, it would be more powerful at Level 100 than a Level 150 Golden Earth Dragon, and it would also have both light and dark magic. As the king of earth dragons, the skills it comprehended were much more powerful than the Golden Earth Dragon's. It was said that it could even learn powerful forbidden spells.

As a Thief, Nie Yan couldn't cast large-scale forbidden spells like Mages, Priests, and Paladins. Having a pet that could cast forbidden spells wasn't bad!

However, leveling up the Light and Darkness Sacred Dragon would also be a hassle. He should wait for now and deal with it later. When he got the third dragon egg, he would level them up together to save some trouble.

Just as Nie Yan was about to go capture the remaining Violet-Eyed Earth Dragon, Guo Huai suddenly sent him a message.

"Nie Yan, I just found a good way to accumulate respect points for the Greenland Empire," Guo Huai sent excitedly.

"What's a good way?" Nie Yan asked. Three hundred respect points was no small number.

"This method requires a lot of money. I don't know how much it will cost to get 300 respect points," Guo Huai said.

"Money is a small problem. Tell me what the method is," Nie Yan said. Asskickers United had no shortage of money. He could throw out millions of gold coins with a wave of his hand. If spending a few million gold coins could buy him 300 respect points, it would be very worthwhile. Summoning the Direwolf was a very powerful skill. It could turn any wolf-type monster in the wild into his mount and summon it at any time. Besides its function as a mount, this Direwolf could also assist in attacks like a pet. The Great Prophet's reward skill was naturally extraordinary.

"You'll know it's not a small problem after I tell you," Guo Huai shook his head. "Have you heard of an elder in the Greenland Empire's Elder Council named Catherine?"

"I know a little bit. She seems to be in charge of charity, often distributing items to the poor. She has a very high reputation among the NPCs. It seems she also issued some quests, collecting various supplies for her in exchange for experience or respect points." Nie Yan's eyes lit up as he spoke. Respect points were exactly what he needed! How could he have forgotten about this quest!

"Someone calculated that to get 300 respect points, you would have to spend at least five or six million gold coins, or even tens of millions, because the rewards for each quest cycle are uncertain. Sometimes you get money, but most of the time you only get a little experience. Every thirty cycles, you can randomly get an item, but at most it can only make up for some of the losses. It's said that someone didn't believe it and did 300 cycles, but only got some experience, respect points, and a few pieces of equipment. In the end, it wasn't worth it, so few people do that quest anymore."

But Nie Yan was different. He was going for the respect points, so even if he spent a few million gold coins, it wouldn't matter. Under this premise, the quest was worth doing.

"I'll go to Carol City and take a look. Find me some people," Nie Yan said. Naturally, he wouldn't do the errand work of collecting things himself. He could have the brothers in the guild help him complete it. Of course, Nie Yan wouldn't let them work for nothing.

This was the benefit of being a guild leader, having enough financial resources and strength to make many things easier.

Nie Yan teleported to Carol City and headed straight for the Elder Council.

As soon as he teleported to Carol City, Nie Yan felt that something was wrong. The sky was gloomy, and the dim light was inexplicably oppressive. Looking up at the sky, the northeast corner was covered with dark clouds, and dull thunder rumbled from time to time. Was it just a rainstorm coming?

Carol City was located near an arid plateau, suspended in the sky, and was usually sunny. It rarely rained, let alone thunderstorms.

Nie Yan had a bad feeling. Since becoming the Great Prophet, although his senses had become much sharper, he felt like he was almost having a nervous breakdown. He thought of every phenomenon as a sign of an impending disaster. Nie Yan didn't think he could really predict the future like the NPC prophets.

Aside from the strange weather, Carol City was the same as usual, with people coming and going in a constant stream, a prosperous scene.

Ignoring these thoughts, Nie Yan went straight to the Elder Council and entered the side hall.

"Great Prophet Nirvana Flame, hello, may I ask what brings you here?" The speaker was a mature woman in her thirties, wearing a long, floor-length dress, noble and elegant. This woman was Catherine, one of the members of the Elder Council.

"Hello, Elder Catherine. I would like to do something for the people of the Greenland Empire," Nie Yan explained his purpose.

"That's wonderful. You are truly a kind person. The people of the Greenland Empire will remember your kindness." Catherine showed a happy smile when she heard Nie Yan's words. "Due to continuous rainstorms near the City of Fire, many houses have collapsed, and many residents have been severely injured. They need a lot of dragon blood grass. Great Prophet Nirvana Flame, would you be willing to help me find ten stalks of dragon blood grass?"

Quest Progress 1: Are you willing to accept Catherine's request to find dragon blood grass?

Yes!

Nie Yan clicked confirm and accepted the quest.

"Bring me ten stalks of dragon blood grass," Nie Yan said in the group chat. Less than half a minute after he spoke, ten stalks of dragon blood grass were delivered to Nie Yan's hands. Nie Yan handed the ten stalks of dragon blood grass to Elder Catherine.

"I sincerely thank you." Catherine accepted the ten stalks of dragon blood grass Nie Yan handed over and rewarded Nie Yan with more than five thousand experience points. This amount of experience was nothing to Nie Yan. The amount of experience he needed to level up now was simply astronomical!

"The Far North has suffered thirty days of severe cold. Respected Great Prophet Nirvana Flame, would you be willing to help me find thirty bolts of coarse cloth?"

Nie Yan accepted the quest without hesitation. In less than half a minute, thirty more bolts of coarse cloth were delivered. After turning in the quest, he received some respect points this time, which was not bad.

The quest was still in progress. Nie Yan just needed to keep accepting and turning in quests. Whatever he needed to find, the people below would soon be able to find it for him. Asskickers United was such a large guild, possessing a large amount of resources, so naturally they wouldn't be stumped by such a small matter.

Nie Yan realized that the Greenland Empire was so full of disasters, and they needed resources everywhere, endlessly. He didn't know how much stuff he would have to turn in to accumulate 300 respect points.

After doing thirty cycles, Nie Yan had only gotten five respect points.

"Respected Great Prophet Nirvana Flame, thank you for doing so much for us. May the God of Light bless you. This is a gem I obtained while traveling in the Karuin Plains, to express my gratitude." Catherine took out a red gem.

Nie Yan glanced at it. It was a rose gem, worth two or three thousand gold coins at most, while he had turned in items worth no less than hundreds of thousands of gold coins!

Sure enough, doing this quest was not worth it. Someone actually persisted in doing 300 cycles, that guy was really rich. Even if someone was as wealthy as Nie Yan, they wouldn't come here to do this absolutely losing business if it wasn't for collecting 300 respect points.

He could only continue doing it until he collected enough 300 respect points.

If it were ordinary players, they would be annoyed to death just collecting these things, doing it cycle after cycle, until they were all desperate! Nie Yan was a little more relaxed since he didn't have to collect the items himself, just stand here and waste some words.

Three or four hours passed quickly. Nie Yan did more than two hundred cycles, almost catching up with the previous guy. He spent millions of gold coins and gained thirty-five respect points. Although he also got a lot of experience, he only leveled up by 2%. As for the items he got, only one deep blue gem was worth some money, and he would be thankful if he could sell it back for a few hundred thousand gold coins.

As he went deeper into the quest, Nie Yan gradually realized some problems. What was the intention of the main brain setting up such a quest? It shouldn't be that simple, right?

Later on, Catherine might give him something good, or perhaps give him some clues about the quest.

Before Nie Yan, there were quite a few people who thought the same as Nie Yan, otherwise no one would have persisted in doing 300 cycles, but they all retreated in the end because this quest was like a bottomless pit that could never be filled, no matter how much money they put in, it would eventually disappear like a stone sinking into the sea, without even a splash.

Nie Yan was probably the most financially powerful person to do this quest.