All-out Tower Defense: My Card-Drawing Talent is a Bit Strange

"Yes, let me see your stock." Seeing that the little girl admitted to being a slave trader, but seemed somewhat reserved, Yang Fei figured she wasn't the kind of vicious person, so he simply let go.

When Yang Fei was studying the "Tower Defense World" materials compiled by his predecessors on Azure Star, he learned that local merchants always looked down on people from other worlds like them, either demanding exorbitant prices or showing utter disdain for these "chosen ones." Their appearance was also fierce and menacing, with their faces covered by black cloth, making them look like people who shouldn't be messed with.

And yet he actually encountered such a little girl with such a good temper, what else could he not accept? No matter how outrageous the setting was, it couldn't stop the fact that in this day and age where profit was the priority, being able to buy slaves was the most important thing.

Xiao Yu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Yang Fei's request. She took off the storage bag at her waist, then infused it with a wisp of true energy, took out a card, and tapped it a few times with her true energy. A figure popped out of the card and landed in front of Yang Fei.

"This is an elf from a magical world. She used to be a great ranger in her world, equivalent to a fourth-level martial artist in this world. That means she has the potential to advance to the fourth level of martial artist. What do you think?" Xiao Yu patted the elf's head with one hand, revealing her beautiful face to Yang Fei.

Yang Fei stared at her, her appearance mirroring that of a female elf from some fantasy world, without uttering a word. He could only say she was no wonder a frequent subject in doujinshi; she was indeed quite beautiful, with long black hair, light green skin, and a curvaceous figure, her build similar to his own. Even dressed in tattered clothes and covered in filth, she was still more beautiful than the goddesses of his own planet.

Name: Villanelle

Race: Forest Elf, Demi-human

Realm: Mortal (Injured, malnourished, heart of a strongman shattered; after recovery, his potential is at least to reach the fourth level of martial artist; specific growth potential is unknown)

Age: 331 years old

Loyalty: ??? A person in need of rescue; you need to buy them to unlock initial favorability.

Status: Slave (tentative)

Skills: Archery proficiency, shooting master, jungle survival expert

Introduction: From an unknown magical civilization, their civilization was discovered by a passing cultivator. Seeing the planet teeming with forests, he desired to turn it into his own training ground. He then single-handedly swept through the entire alliance of civilizations, enslaving all the elves, who were later sold off cheaply to merchants of the Shattered Wild Empire.

Upon seeing this "elf lady," well, the introduction of a three-hundred-year-old elf lady, Yang Fei became somewhat solemn. A cultivator at the Foundation Establishment stage single-handedly swept through the Civilization Alliance. It seems that the experts on Azure Star were right; the level suppression did indeed exist, and it might be even more terrifying than imagined.

However, this has nothing to do with Yang Fei for the time being. These are not things he should care about right now. As long as he can become stronger in a safe and stable way, that's enough. As he said before, he never asks for eternity, but he can hope for immortality.

"What does this elf need?" Yang Fei examined the elf lady several times before slowly speaking to Xiao Yu. Actually, Yang Fei originally wanted to ask how many gold coins this elf slave needed, but considering that this elf was clearly not an Abyss species, buying her might not increase her loyalty due to the Tentacle Tower's aura. Therefore, it was best to show his gentlemanly manners from now on to avoid directly discussing the price and triggering the elf girl's first loyalty assessment.

Xiao Yu smiled and was about to instinctively offer a high price, but the prompting of the supreme will resurfaced in her memory. Perhaps offering a low price would be most appropriate, but would it be inappropriate to offer too low a price?

Judging from this big shot's attitude, he clearly wants to show off in front of this elf. If the price is too low, it won't highlight his extravagant and powerful aura! If the price is too low, perhaps the elf won't care about being saved by this big shot. He has to make the elf feel the big shot's kindness!

"What price should we offer?" Xiao Yu's little head was racing with thoughts: "When I bought this batch of severely injured elf slaves, I offered 30 copper coins for each mortal, 2 silver coins for each Qi Sensing Realm martial artist, 5 silver coins for each non-ranked martial artist, 10 silver coins for each first-ranked martial artist, and 1 gold coin for each fourth-ranked martial artist."

"I've raised them for so long and given them a lot of medicine to help them recover to a minor injury state. I could probably charge five times the price, but that would be too expensive."

"Judging from the fact that this big shot is still using the initial city wall and his aura is only at the Qi Sensing Realm, he is probably a descendant of some super big shot who came here to train. That's why the Supreme Will is so respectful and dares not offend him."

"How about tripling the price? This big shot has already built so many walls, he should be able to afford it. We won't lose out, and it'll make the elves feel his immense generosity!"

Xiao Yu's entrepreneurial spirit burned brightly as she rapidly calculated gains and losses. However, she was ultimately just a child of about ten years old. After thinking for a long time, she returned to her immediate interests and reluctantly offered a price that would allow her to make a small profit.

"Three gold coins. If you can accept that, then our transaction can be completed." Xiao Yu spoke slowly in a soft, sweet voice, her tone slightly lacking in assertiveness, as if she were afraid of touching Yang Fei's bottom line, appearing somewhat hesitant.

Yang Fei didn't reply, but just looked at the elf in front of him. This made Xiao Yu a little unsure of Yang Fei's attitude. Could it be that she had offered too high a price? No, three gold coins should be a good deal for someone who can make such good use of the city wall.

Even if he's not a descendant of a super tyrant, it shouldn't be too expensive for a formal lord who can extend the city walls at will. At the Qi Sensing Realm, with a number of walls exceeding the initial city walls, he's definitely a formal lord, so it shouldn't be expensive!

"Is there anything else?" Just as Xiaoyu was pondering and about to bring up the discount, Yang Fei suddenly spoke up. Xiaoyu was taken aback and didn't react for a moment. When she realized what Yang Fei had said, she was stunned.

So this big shot didn't think it was too expensive; he just felt he didn't have enough people under his control, so it wasn't worth trading now. He was waiting to bring out more people! No wonder the Supreme Will made me bring all my slaves; it turns out they were waiting for me here.

In fact, Yang Fei didn't speak up not because he thought it was expensive, but because he was overjoyed when he heard the price of 3 gold coins. He was so surprised that a fourth-level martial artist was so cheap.

Although it's much more expensive than the white defense tower, this is a sentient being that can grow and has its own thoughts. It even comes with an initial level. As long as it cultivates the True Qi Technique, I believe it won't be long before it recovers its strength.

Even if she's injured now and needs to spend some money to heal the elf, and then spend time cultivating a relationship with her to increase her loyalty, then it's still a pretty good deal for her.

Knowing that he had only just reached the Qi Sensing Realm and that it would take several months to reach the next non-entry-level realm, while this elf was already a 4th-level martial artist, several minor realms higher than him, the 3 gold coins were definitely not a loss.

If slave prices are like this, Yang Fei now only hopes that this little girl-like merchant has brought enough slaves so he can take this opportunity to splurge.

In truth, Yang Fei was overthinking it. If it weren't for the gold coins from the golden gift pack, this price would have been enough to break through his defenses. Keep in mind that a white arrow tower that could also injure a martial artist only costs 10 silver coins; this thing's price of 3 gold coins was already far too high.

Even after becoming a formal lord, a normal lord would have to think twice before spending three gold coins to buy slaves, let alone buy multiple ones. It's more common to use the money to buy more defensive towers and smoothly get through the early stages.

Training citizens and spending large sums to buy slaves are things that are only considered when the monster siege is stalled. At that time, the sky island is usually slightly larger than the initial sky island, with enough arable land to support enough people. In addition, the output of various farmland and spirit field buildings can also be used to train your own warrior citizens.

Moreover, purchasing such slaves has another consequence: the issue of the slaves' injuries and the psychological problems they face after being captured and enslaved.

If you want them to recover quickly, it will probably cost a lot of money. Even if these slaves who have entered the martial arts realm can slowly recover under the nourishment of the spiritual energy in the surrounding environment, it will still take a considerable amount of time.

Secondly, but that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is the food problem for these people. If the people in the martial arts realm don't have experience killing monsters and the spiritual energy in the surrounding environment is insufficient to maintain their daily cultivation, it would be best for them to consume True Qi Rice.

To cultivate quickly and improve one's realm, one must consume True Qi Rice or rapidly gain experience by killing a large number of monsters. Such consumption is beyond the reach of ordinary lords.

However, for a Sky Island like Yang Fei's, which is about to face an siege of millions of slime monsters, a dozen or even a hundred elves might actually be a manageable expense.

However, Xiao Yu was unaware of this matter. There was a reason why she only took out this fourth-tier elf. Firstly, it was the best slave she had, and taking it out would show her respect for this powerful figure.

Secondly, she didn't think Yang Fei had too many gold coins. Even if he was a descendant of a super big shot, since he chose to be sent to this world for training, he would naturally have to abide by the rules of this world. It was unlikely that he would have any obvious cheating behavior.

A lord who is clearly in the early stage of the Qi Sensing Realm, and judging from his age, probably doesn't have much talent. He shouldn't be considered a direct descendant of that super big shot, so he probably really can't come up with too many gold coins.

However, Yang Fei clearly didn't understand the intricacies of this world. This person, who hadn't even become a formal lord, knew that gold coins were valuable, but he had acquired too many before, which caused his concept of spending gold coins to deviate from that of a normal lord.

After all, not everyone can awaken their talent on their own without advancing in rank. There are none on Azure Star, nor are there any lords from other worlds.

Even among the original inhabitants of the tower defense world, very few people can awaken their talents on their own. Those who can awaken their talents on their own and obtain the reward of that golden gift pack have all become super big shots.

Seeing that Yang Fei's serious expression seemed genuine, Xiao Yu carefully put the card containing Vera Nair back into her storage bag, and then took out two smaller cards from the bag.

Then, with a few light taps on both cards, he released the four pitiful, beautiful elves: "These four elves possessed the strength of a Tier 2 martial artist before being captured. They may need some time to recover. 60 silver coins each, how much do you need?"

"Any more?" Yang Fei looked at the four elves, somewhat dissatisfied. Why were they only at level 2? Did he look like he couldn't afford them? Why were they lowering his combat power level?

"Huh?" Xiao Yu was also a little confused. Did this lord mean he wanted to buy some more of these Tier 4 level items? You're showing off your wealth, and then you buy some foreign race items that look good but are useless and can hardly advance as cultivators? Would your boss like that?

However, I think this has nothing to do with me. Since others need it, I have no reason not to trade. What kind of merchant would I be if I didn't trade? It's just that I lost the 4th-tier spirit. I still have plenty of other spirits.

Xiao Yu then took out five smaller cards and released 25 Pokémon at only Tier 5 level, each costing 30 silver coins. Yang Fei was still not satisfied, so he opened a crack in the city wall to let these Pokémon enter the Sky Island. After that, Yang Fei continued to look at Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yu used the gap in the city wall to see a forest of defensive towers behind him. It seemed that this person was really not short of money, so she smiled awkwardly and took out several more cards.

This time, there were 100 non-ranked Pokémon. She slightly raised the price from 15 silver coins to 20 silver coins per Pokémon. After Yang Fei let these Pokémon enter the Sky Island, he took out 32 gold coins and 90 silver coins and gave them to Xiao Yu to settle the current accounts.

"Anything else?" Looking at Yang Fei's expectant eyes, Xiao Yu was speechless. Boss, you're a real boss!

Besides, you're just going to give me this money like that, no bargaining? It seems I guessed right. He wanted to show off in front of the elves and display his generosity, so naturally he couldn't bargain!

Since that's the case, I certainly can't ruin the image of a big shot. However, I really don't have any non-ranked or ranked spirits left, so I can only take out my remaining 100 spirits at the Qi Sensing Realm and 100 ordinary spirits.

When the 6 gold coins and 90 silver coins were handed back to Xiaoyu, together with the 32 gold coins and 90 silver coins paid earlier, there were a total of 39 gold coins and 80 silver coins, almost 40 gold coins. Is this big shot really that generous?

"Is that all?" After arranging for the Pokémon to enter the Sky Island, Yang Fei looked at Xiao Yu again. Xiao Yu's lips twitched. Goodness, this big shot doesn't seem satisfied yet! What should we do then?

The locals don't really like non-human slaves. Xiao Yu didn't buy much to begin with, but she heard that the merchant group was going to pass through some otherworldly lords' sky islands, and that they especially liked slaves, so she bought some herself.