Wizard: I have ten trillion nanomachines

Inside the merchant ship was a well-organized trading area, with stalls lining both sides. In addition to shops selling information, there were also vendors selling magical plant seeds, alchemy equipment, and even witchcraft scrolls.

Because merchant ships often sail to places where wizards gather, and because different places have different ecological environments, some special products will be produced.

Things are valued for their rarity; even people from far away will come to buy useful and extraordinary materials.

Over time, a trading area appeared inside the merchant ship.

Many of the shop owners there paid for their stalls or shops from the merchant ships, and of course, there were also shops owned by the ship's crew.

However, since there are currently no powerful supernatural groups in the Thorn Islands, he is the only customer in the entire trading area, apart from internal transactions.

In this situation, merchant ships would not stay for long, but because of the presence of Lokunlun, they would still have to stay for a while.

The purchasing power of a fully qualified wizard may be greater than that of a hundred apprentices.

And that is indeed the case.

Luo Kunlun put away the thick intelligence file on the sea beasts, his fingertips tracing the texture of the leather cover. He already had a plan in mind: the five mid-level sea beasts of the first ring in the Southern Abyss Sea could serve as nourishment for his breakthrough.

As you walk along the ship's passageway, you gradually hear the cacophony of voices and the sound of chains being dragged, and then the sign for the slave quarters comes into view.

In stark contrast to the cleanliness of the trading area, rows of iron cages stood neatly arranged under dim lighting, holding all sorts of people, including young men, women, and children. Most of them were ragged, their eyes filled with numbness and fear, and the iron chains on their wrists and ankles bore deep bloodstains.

The guards in charge of the slave quarters bowed deeply upon seeing Luo Kunlun approach, their faces plastered with obsequious smiles: "Sir, are you here to select slaves? We have strong, sturdy knights and artisans with special skills—all carefully chosen elites!"

"Even slaves like high knights and alien races can be bought; they're excellent materials for live experiments!"

Luo Kunlun's gaze swept across the iron cage, and his mental energy quietly spread out, instantly understanding the physical and mental condition of these slaves.

Most of the slaves here are ordinary people who are physically weak and sickly due to long-term abuse, and their spirits are low. Even if such people are bought and brought back to the archipelago, it will be difficult to put them into production quickly.

However, mortal slaves are the cheapest; they can be bought with gold coins or similar items, costing very little.

Luo Kunlun pondered, continuing his journey deeper into the slave quarters.

"Sir, take a look at this!" The man quickly led him to a large iron cage, inside which were held more than a dozen strong young men, all of them burly and dressed in tattered clothes, but their eyes clearly showed that they were not ordinary people.

"These are from Blackrock Island. There's a small country there that recently had a civil war. I don't know the specific reasons, but anyway, these are all losers, and quite a few of them are officers like the captain."

Seeing this, Luo Kunlun nodded. What he needed was not just manual labor, but manpower that could quickly adapt to breeding and transportation work.

Knights were usually nobles, who were educated and therefore good candidates.

"I want all of these, as well as the places I passed through before, and all those people."

Upon hearing this, the man was first taken aback, then overjoyed. "Sir, you are truly generous!"

He was naturally pleased; mortal slaves were the hardest commodity to sell because they were everywhere, a pure buyer's market.

If a whole route can't be sold out, the rest can only be sold at a low price to groups with special needs.

Now, someone has bought all these difficult-to-handle items.

All I can say is that he truly deserves to be called a formal wizard.

This amount of money is nothing, not even a drop in the ocean.

"By the way, is there anything better here?"

"Yes, of course, I'll take you to see it right away."

As he spoke, the slave trader led Lokunlun to the deepest part of the city, bringing him to an iron cage covered by a curtain.

Besides this iron cage, there is also a small iron cage here, which is also covered with a curtain.

Without even pulling back the curtain, Luo Kunlun could tell what was inside.

Inside, six humanoid beings were imprisoned, chained together.

Five of them were huddled together, clearly close, while the remaining one was huddled in a corner.

They are in relatively good physical condition and have no obvious injuries.

Lifting the curtain reveals a young couple with three children and a woman.

They are called humanoid because their physical functions and vitality are stronger than those of ordinary humans.

This is innate, not something a knight develops through skill.

In addition, their ears are pointed.

Elf?

"Where did they come from?" Luo Kunlun asked, pointing to the six people in the iron cage.

The slave trader quickly checked the register and replied, "Sir, they are residents of Qingyu Island."

"That island was breached by pirates last month. We happened to be passing by and took in the survivors."

"These are rare species, and they have the bloodline of forest elves."

Forest spirits, also known as forest people, are not creatures of this world; they were brought here by ancient wizards.

They are humanoid, but longer-lived, taller, and superior to humans in every way; they are an extraordinary race.

Because of their skill in cultivating, accelerating growth, and improving plants, they were taken along as servants by ancient wizards, who also took as much as possible with them when they left. Those who remained in this world were essentially people with degraded bloodlines.

Even those with degraded bloodlines possess extraordinary talent for cultivating plants, making them quite valuable to native wizards in the wizarding world.

"A talent for plants?" A hint of interest flashed in Luo Kunlun's eyes. He needed manpower to assist in the potion making work. If some plants could be artificially cultivated, it could make up for some of the materials needed to make potions.

"I'll take them all. How many magic stones do they cost in total?"

Slaves with extraordinary bloodlines are the most valuable and are usually traded for magic stones.

"But let me make this clear first," Luo Kunlun continued, "No matter how powerful the Senren bloodline was, that was a long time ago. The bloodline in these people has long been diluted beyond recognition, otherwise you wouldn't have been able to capture them."

Adult forest dwellers of pure blood have a lifespan of around a thousand years, longer than formal wizards. They also possess powerful physical functions and the ability to cast spells, making them true first-generation beings.

Of these six people, apart from the one in the corner, the rest were at most just stronger ordinary people.

"Ah, this..." Upon hearing this, the slave trader was taken aback at first, and then said awkwardly, "That's true, but after all, it's a supernatural being, and you, sir, are a formal wizard with plenty of ways to purify its bloodline."

"The simplest thing is to let them reproduce, especially this one." He pointed to the woman in the corner, with long, light pink hair decorated with a few small, light-colored leaves.

"This slave has a slightly stronger bloodline than the others, and his physique and appearance are both of the highest quality. Moreover, he has never been sexually active, making him an excellent breeding tool."

"In this way, we can create offspring with the bloodline, and then extract and purify their blood. This will continuously refine the bloodline..."

Before he could finish speaking, Luo Kunlun interrupted him, "If it were that easy, those superior bloodlines wouldn't have disappeared."

"In short, these people combined are worth at most forty magic stones, and that's the highest I can offer."

Upon hearing this, the slave trader knew he could no longer negotiate.

To continue would be to be ungrateful.

"By the way," Luo Kunlun pointed to another cage and said, "that cage also contains goods, right? My mental perception tells me that there's a crippled apprentice inside."

"I bought so much from you, how about this as a bonus?"

"Okay!" he quickly agreed. A cripple, whose only use was his soul, was no problem to be an extra.

After that, Luo Kunlun began to pay the bill.

"You have a good eye, sir! These are all good stuff!" The slave trader rubbed his hands together, calculated the number of people, and quoted a price: "Thirty-seven magic stones and seven thousand gold coins in total."

"Deal." Luo Kunlun took out magic stones and gold coins and handed them to him without haggling.

After paying the money, Lokunlun went to the trading area again and instructed the slave traders to send the people to the dock.

He needs to purchase a batch of magic potion seeds.

Shadow Flower, Star Leaf Grass, Moonlight Vine...

He bought everything that was suitable and could be grown on the archipelago.