Chapter 59

Chapter 59 Slave Warehouse

Chapter 59: Slave Warehouse

Locke left Li Jin Secret Language with nine hundred magic stones.

To synthesize a level 4 Mandrake vine, you need 27 Mandrake vines, and it takes a total of 18 hours to synthesize a Super Mandrake vine.

If I work hard, I can synthesize about 40 pots of super mandrake vines in a month and harvest 1,200 magic stones.

This is a relatively good income, because a wizard budding into Lilith’s Hut is forced to take out a new contract loan, which is only 1,000 magic stones.

Locke was walking on the street with two gray dwarves, and suddenly realized that he didn’t need to use such a difficult method to synthesize level 4 Mandrake Vine and then find Li Jin Secret Language to sell it.

This will squeeze out the time you spend synthesizing various types of gems, and also squeeze out the time you originally used to synthesize various miscellaneous items and explore new synthesis formulas.

As a breeder’s assistant, I can use a more cost-effective method – planting.

“If I buy a few useful slaves and rent a few acres of land, I can open a botanical garden of my own,” Locke pondered. “As a breeder’s assistant, I do have the qualifications.”

“I happen to have the relevant information.”

“Each Mandrake vine can produce at least seven offshoots each year and can be propagated by cuttings.”

“Furthermore, a single mother Mandrake vine can reproduce up to seven offspring vines in its lifetime. By the sixth generation, it only has 80% of the mother vine’s magical energy, and by the seventh generation, only 30% of the mother vine’s magical energy.”

All the teachings that Witch Sophia had given him appeared in Locke’s mind one by one.

Locke pondered, “So, a Mandrake vine can only reproduce through five generations of cuttings, a total of thirty-five branches.”

“It’s almost impossible for an ordinary wizard apprentice to propagate by cuttings, but I’m a breeder’s assistant. I can make sure all these relatively basic magical vines survive.”

“That is, one Super Mandrake vine can produce seven Mandrake vines every year.”

Locke also considered the Mandrake vine, which bears fruit once a year and produces 2-3 seeds each time.

It can produce stably for about five generations. By the sixth generation, there will be a lack of magical energy and the output will degenerate to a certain extent.

In other words, a Super Mandra vine can produce some seeds a year, and the survival rate of these seeds is relatively high.

With his current planting techniques, as long as he had one Super Mandrake vine, he could obtain about ten of its offspring every year.

Moreover, after planting, it can be harvested for a total of five years.

Locke did a quick calculation and found that if he wanted to continue selling 40 pots of Super Mandrake vines to Li Jin Mi Yu every month through planting, he would need to plant at least 50 Super Mandrake vines.

Considering issues such as seed preservation, it is best for him to plant about 60 seeds.

That would require 5 mu of land.

This also happens to be the limit of my ability as a breeder’s assistant.

“Growing Mandrake vines can improve my actual level of breeding, and it can also be considered an experiment in the field of life magic botanical magic.” Locke pondered, “It won’t really affect my studies. On the contrary, because of the practice, it may have a promoting effect.”

“Also, only in this way can I launch new synthetic plants in the future without arousing suspicion from others.”

“I can earn magic stones safely.”

Locke calculated the approximate cost of growing the vines in this way, which was roughly the average cost of each Super Mandrake Vine, which was about 5 magic stones per vine.

After all, to buy farmland rich in earth element particles, you need to buy special nutrient soil, high-quality fast-growing agent gel, and some primary pharmaceutical products that increase plant survival rate.

Locke was secretly shocked because this was not even including his own cost as a breeder’s assistant.

If you hire a breeder assistant yourself, you will have to spend extra money every month, which is a lot of magic stones.

The cost of the Mandrake vine will go up a bit further.

But the Mandrake vine itself cannot be sold. Even if one is sold for 5 magic stones, it is not certain that anyone will buy it.

No wonder this vine has been completely replaced by the Tifrogane vine.

Now only breeders who grow Tifera root vines can make money.

But I can get 30 magic stones for each super Mandra vine, and if the cost can be reduced to 5 magic stones, I can get a net profit of 25 magic stones for each vine.

You can get exactly 1,000 magic stones in a month.

This is a magical plant with a very large profit margin.

Locke thought, “Since I’m just the breeder’s assistant, I don’t need to spend extra money on hiring people. I can conduct my own breeding experiments, which also helps me practice and improve my skills. It’s pure profit. The monthly cost is only 200 magic stones.”

“It’s totally doable.”

“I could definitely try and set up a small plantation myself.”

The status of a breeder’s assistant in Lilith’s Hut is equivalent to that of a first-class wizard apprentice, so Locke does have the right to open his own plantation.

The higher-ups at Lilith’s Lodge would most likely agree to him creating a small botanical garden around his wizard mentor’s laboratory (those wooden houses).

Thinking of this, Locke headed towards the slave warehouse in the Chimera Market. If he wanted to open a plantation, he would need a lot of slaves to work.

The gray dwarves are a race with damaged minds and cannot do anything too complicated, so they are indeed not suitable.

He needed some slaves like the flower fairies in Witch Sophia’s botanical garden. Of course, the flower fairy slaves were of too high a level and too expensive, and he was not yet at the level of using that kind of slaves.

The death of even one of those flower fairy slaves would mean the loss of thousands to tens of thousands of magic stones, which is a very high cost. They have a racial talent for planting and are naturally highly compatible with nature. They are the favorite slaves of high-level breeders.

Only a breeder like Witch Sophia could afford a slave from a tribe of flower fairies.

Locke, accompanied by two gray dwarf servants, walked into the street where the slave warehouses were located. He saw that the slave warehouses were located on both sides of the street, each with a storefront. They were large in scale and covered a considerable area.

On the street where the slave warehouse was located, there were hundreds of iron cages holding different slaves.

Wizards from all over the world would stop here and buy the slaves they wanted.

Locke took a quick look and saw that at first glance, there were at least dozens of slaves of different races in the iron cages on the street. They were placed outside, probably just for display.

Among them are dwarf slaves who are good at forging and suitable to be assistants in alchemy workshops, forest deer slaves who are suitable to be assistants in potions, and human slaves who are suitable to be experimental subjects, because most wizards are humans.

There are even female human slaves who have been trained in special skills, wear revealing clothes, have slim figures, and have been transformed through certain enchantments and are full of charm.

This kind of slaves usually undergo spell transformation in the direction of enchantment school. They are disposable items for wizards, specially used to satisfy some human wizards who find life boring after long-term research and want to change their taste.

Of course, there were also special slaves of other races and genders.

The moment Locke walked over, he attracted the attention of many shop assistants in the slave warehouse.

Most of these shop assistants seemed to be just ordinary people, at most third-class wizard apprentices, and were just traders promoted by the masters behind the slave trade.

A short goblin clerk, dressed in the black and white waiter’s shop uniform, was about to come and serve Locke.

But before he had taken a few steps, he was snatched away by a tall and thin male dark elf with a cockscomb hairstyle, who was also wearing the black and white shop assistant’s uniform.

This dark elf is a third-class wizard apprentice.

The male dark elf waiter pushed aside the goblin waiter and stood in front of Locke. He bowed politely to Locke and gave a gentleman’s salute. “Good evening, young and outstanding wizard.”

“I am Benny the Dark Elf. Please allow me to serve a great man like you.”

He glanced at it cunningly and saw the four badges on Locke’s chest, the breeder’s assistant badge and the platinum star badge of Li Jin Secret Language, which symbolized that the other party might be a big customer.

“What kind of slave do you want?”

Locke didn’t want to waste time talking to him, and said indifferently: “Well, I need slaves who can work, farm, and use some medium-difficulty farm tools.”

“Also, their intelligence must be at least average, so they can understand my instructions,” Locke added. “Growing magical plants still requires some skill.”

Benny, the dark elf waiter, saluted Locke again and said, “I understand. An outstanding breeder like you needs a capable assistant.”

“Dear guest, low-level slaves like the gray dwarves are indeed not worthy of your status.”

The two gray dwarves beside Locke blinked stupidly. They felt that they should be angry, but because there were too many wizards here, they could only tremble in fear.

Benny, the dark elf waiter, said, “I recommend three types of slave assistants: wood elf slaves, dwarf giant slaves, and mermaid slaves.”

“Wood elves are the most common elven race. They live in forests, have a natural affinity for nature, and are skilled in planting. Furthermore, they are physically strong and have long lifespans. They can be used as skilled, high-level slaves, and generally have a high learning ability.”

“Dwarf giants are a special breed of giants, dwarfs among giants. Merman slaves have a high affinity for water elemental particles…”

Locke frowned slightly. These three types of slaves were typical high-priced slaves with special talents.

It’s not suitable for me at the moment.

If you have extra magic stones, you can buy more courses and better magic resources.

There is no need to spend extra magic stones on purchasing slaves.

Locke interrupted the waiter’s chatter and said indifferently: “All I want is a slave from the botanical garden. I need to consider the cost-effectiveness.”

“None of the three you recommended is suitable.”

(End of this chapter)