It was getting dark, and it was approaching evening.

Leno and Dinas return to the stone house in the visitors' area of the inner circle where they are temporarily staying.

The most important thing, of course, is to settle the snowwing cat.

Li Nuo placed the magic cat cage on the first floor, next to the cat basin where the snow-winged cat eats and drinks, not far away is the cat rack for the snow-winged cat to climb up and down and play at will, and the cat scratching board used to sharpen its claws.

The Magic Courier is a magical creature that does not need to be excreted.

They only eat and drink, and never produce waste.

Li Nuo naturally saves the trouble of buying and taking care of cat litter.

And trivial things like getting sick, bathing, vaccination, and shedding don't need to be a headache for Li Nuo, because the snow-winged cat, as a magical creature, has no such condition at all.

It is worth mentioning that the magic cat cage that Li Nuo bought has the function of a "teleportation beacon".

The Snowwing Cat can reach the cat cage from any part of the world through the "Messenger Plane" as a relay.

In this way, Leno can communicate with Dinas at home at any time. The two of them no longer need to worry about going beyond the maximum range of "soul induction".

Once the Snowwing Cat is settled, Dinas manipulates the house's magic blender to make dinner, while Leno begins his own sabotage.

At the moment when Hideaway lifted the magic lock on the diary, Li Nuo spent 3,000 energy points to obtain the knowledge in the diary.

This step helped him unlock "Nautical Science (Level 10)", "Marine Meteorology (Level 8)", "Dragon Age Archaeology (Level 3)", and "Marine Diving (Level 6)".

In addition to "Dragon Age Archaeology", the other three academic skills are temporarily unusable.

Leno put what he had bought from Headway on the table.

The first item is the Tooth of the Hatchling, which costs 13,000 energy to deconstruct.

Li Nuo took out the hammer in his magic pocket, placed the young dragon's teeth on the table, and struck them on the teeth, successfully destroying them.

The 13,000 energy reward has arrived, and today's energy cost is basically back. At the same time, [Archaeology of the Dragon Age] level +1.

The second item is the mottled dragon scales, which cost 7,000 energy to deconstruct.

Concocted in the same way, using a hammer to destroy the already fragile dragon scales, Li Nuo successfully obtained the energy reward, and the experience of "Dragon Age Archaeology" increased, but it was not upgraded.

The next four items give 11,000, 13,000, 16,000, and 40,000 energy points, respectively.

The half-cut slab with the dragon's language gives the most, with 40,000 points.

As a result, Li Nuo unlocked "Dragon Linguistics (Level 1)" and "Dragon Age Archaeology" was simultaneously upgraded to Level 6.

The content of the words on the slate was recognized by Li Nuo.

The content is very speechless, to the effect that "when a certain dragon hiccups today, he accidentally vomited something he ate too much".

Li Nuo cleaned up the waste in the study and clicked on the personal panel to take a look.

[Soul Strength] 4185

[Energy] 124011/56(40+16)

3,000 gold coins for 93,000 energy!

It's also too profitable.

Li Nuo had a hunch that he would frequent Headway's store in the future, and encouraged this good store owner who was obsessed with selling genuine goods with real gold coins.

The energy value is abundant, and half of the knowledge skills are in place, and tomorrow you can buy the island if you get the knowledge and skills related to mineral resources.

Li Nuo came to the first floor and asked about Dinas's book funds.

cash and cash equivalents, totaling 236,500 gold coins.

Thereinto:

136,500 gold coins in cash.

Eight Sage Particles, totaling about 100,000 gold coins.

There are three funds to be credited in the future:

The first is an indemnity from the Hotamus Metal Branch, as well as an enforcement gratuity from the Wizarding Law Enforcement Department.

Li Nuo and Selena have discussed that the other party will help him fight for compensation. Selena promised that Hotams would refund the fare in full and compensate the same amount as the fare price, totaling 4,000 gold coins.

In addition, there will be a reward for assisting the Law Enforcement and Ministry of Magic in dealing with Captain Berkeley, assisting the wizarding delegation to protect the negotiation site, assisting the law enforcement team in protecting the passengers on the emergency ship, etc.

Selena will help Li Nuo with this, which is about 2,000 gold coins.

This gratuity will be credited with the compensation, so it will be credited as a lump sum.

The second amount of funds that will be credited to the account is the intermediary commission for the sale of life potions + the payment for the magic scroll.

According to the soul contract signed between Li Nuo and Merster, 10% of the transaction value of the life potion belongs to Li Nuo.

According to gross estimates, at least 12,000 gold coins will be credited to the account every month for 6 months.

If the price of Life Flasks increases, the amount will increase accordingly.

The third was related to a secret transaction between Meeval, totaling 450,000 gold coins.

Overall, there is a temporary abundance of funds on the books.

But after paying for the island, Leno and Dinas will be in a state of making ends meet.

The cost of building an island is quite staggering, and if you add in the gold coins needed to cultivate the "Metal Fusion" meditation method, then the future expenses can be described as a bottomless pit.

Li Nuo had to find a legal way to make money in advance.

In the middle of the night, Dinas begins her daily meditation training. The snow-winged cat coils up in a soft ball in the cat cage and falls asleep.

It's rare that Li Nuo doesn't do daily meditation.

He sat in his study, facing the stardust and the bright moon, thinking about how to make money.

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…

Early in the morning of the fourth day of his arrival in the Suman Islands, Li Nuo went out alone.

Dinas remained in the visitor area of the inner circle.

She's about to start her class to prepare for the wizard rank exam for the promotion of the third ring to the fourth ring.

Thanks to the fact that Li Nuo had brought her a large amount of rebirth magic in the past two months or so, her meditation method cultivation speed was like divine help.

Just this morning, Dinas woke up and happily told Li Nuo, who was lying beside her, that her spiritual ocean had widened to 100 meters. This corresponds to 100 "Spirit" stat points.

She still has about 2,100 points of rebirth magic in her current spiritual ocean. Except for the 1,000 mana points to be kept as a backup, the remaining 1,100 mana points were enough for her to widen the spiritual ocean to 105 meters.

With another 6,000 to 8,000 points of reincarnation magic, Dinas will be able to widen the spiritual ocean to 120 meters, meeting the minimum requirements for promotion to the Four-Ring Reincarnation Witch.

Before that, she had to complete all of her courses as a senior wizard student before she could officially apply for the wizard level exam.

For a witch like her who doesn't possess deconstruction, exams are a hair-losing thing.

After a brief discussion, the two decided that from today onwards, Dinas would not go out and devote herself to preparing for the exam.

For example, buying islands, building islands, and making money, Li Nuo took care of them all without complaint. The other party gave him all his delicate body, so Li Nuo had nothing to complain about. (Note: High-risk content has been omitted.) ）

Arriving at the trading area of the inner circle in the public vehicle of the inner circle as usual, Li Nuo's goal today is to acquire knowledge skills related to the island's resources and speed up the progress of the island's exploration, after which he will start making money.

Regarding making money, after thinking about it in the middle of the night, Li Nuo already had a feasible plan in his heart, and it was the kind that made money quickly, legally, and safely.

Not only that, but from yesterday's discussions with Headway, he vaguely saw some opportunities that might make him rich, an opportunity that would require a deep understanding of the world's monetary system before he could determine whether it was viable.

This matter has to be considered in the long run, and there is no urgency for the time being.

"Meow~"

When Li Nuo was hurrying down the street, the sound of a snow-winged cat sounded in his head.

This is the effect of "Soul Contract: Magic Messenger", as soon as someone sends him a message, he will hear a gentle "meow".

Li Nuo reached into the magic pouch and took out the magic whistle and put it to his mouth to blow it, while raising his left arm horizontally in front of him as a perch.

The snow-winged cat fluttered its wings and emerged in mid-air, transforming from a phantom into a physical entity and landing on his left arm, its white fur and wings reflecting the bright sunlight.

According to the guidance of the clerk yesterday, Li Nuo touched the other party's little head, and took some delicious rations from his pocket to feed the other party.

The snow-winged cat squinted its eyes, happily drilled into the palm of Li Nuo's hand, took the initiative to untie the leather buckle on its body with its cat's claws, took out the letter in the leather bag and handed it to Li Nuo.

Li Nuo held the letter, touched the other party's little brain melon, fed two small snacks, and praised the other party a few words.

The snow-winged cat was obviously very useful, meowing a few times to say goodbye to Li Nuo, and its body turned from real to virtual, turning into a bubble and disappearing into the air.

At this point, a standardized process for receiving letters from magical messengers has been completed.

Li Nuo tore open the letter and looked at its contents.

The letter was sent by Carandi, who had sent his means of correspondence to several of the witches with whom he had a relationship last night.

The female shopkeeper of the "Green Herbal Cream" branch has now arrived at the headquarters of Hotams. She received a quote and sample from Münster. In her letter, she promised to finalize a trade contract with Merster today.

Li Nuo was not surprised by this result.

He put the letter away and waited for the moment when the contract between the two parties was concluded.

Looking up at the end of the street, Li Nuo's destination for this trip was there.

It was an association of magical miners called Vein Elemental.

The Guild Gate is a large bronze arch that looks like an entrance to an underground mine. On the huge signboard above the door, there is a magical animation of a pickaxe hitting the rock, and the style is rough and full of metallic texture.

Here in the Suman Islands, there are countless people who want to make a fortune by exploring ore veins and mining.

Due to the poisonous and strange properties of seawater, the rocks, sands, and soft mud that can be preserved in the corrosion of seawater have their own special characteristics.

They may be distinguished by their amazing corrosion resistance, hardness or toughness, or they may be some extraordinary property acquired by the action of seawater.

In short, the deep sea water, although annoying, is also a powerful tool for the production of minerals.

The most typical mineral produced from deep-sea water is "laplite".

Cereal can be refined into a cyanosteel alloy.

Due to its high hardness, moderate toughness, and corrosion resistance, it is often used by metal wizards to create the outer armor plates of magic ships.

Everything that has been soaked in seawater for a long time will have a green steel alloy for its shell. It is conceivable that lapisone, an ore distributed on deep-sea islands and the seabed, is in huge demand.

There are many extraordinary ores such as lapisanite, which are produced by deep sea water, and they are collectively known as "deep sea ores", which is one of the specialties of the Suman Islands.

In addition to the veins of the seabed, only the islands of the Suman archipelago produce deep-sea ores.

That's why Leno paid special attention to an island's ore reserves.

In a sense, the price of the island is equal to 70 to 90 per cent of the total proven value of the island's deep-sea ores.

Considering that the operation of the deconstruction core system to reduce the consumption of deconstruction is related to the knowledge and skills he has mastered, Li Nuo has to deconstruct the books related to minerals in depth anyway.

In the "Mineral Element" Magical Miners' Association, there is something Li Nuo wants.

The first thing he saw when he stepped into Mineral Elements was a magic bulletin board that was circulating price information over the hall.

According to the category of deep-sea ores, the average transaction price and number of transactions of each ore in the past seven days, as well as the statistical data of the past six months, are listed on the bulletin board.

(Note: The price data is borrowed from an online game with a complete industrial system and market system.) The ore price is only counted once, and it will be released according to the needs of the plot. ）

Lapastone is the best-seller, and its price has been stable for a long time between 100 and 200 gold coins per ton. The higher the grade of lapislite, the more cyanosteel alloys are refined, and the more expensive the unit price of lapismanite.

The grade of the ore is an important factor affecting the unit price, which causes the minimum unit price of lapislane to be doubled from the highest unit price.

The same is true for other deep-sea ores.

For example, dry coke, a deep-sea ore rich in crystalline gelatinous and silver-like metals. Crystalloid gelatinous minerals are soft and can be used as magic wire conduits. Silver-like ore-like metals are very tough, and when added to cyanosteel alloys, they can be used to make extremely hard refined cyanosteel alloys.

As a deep-sea ore, the unit price of dry coke stone is 150 gold to 250 gold per ton.

Li Nuo threw the deconstruction technique at the magic bulletin board, consuming 1,000 energy points, and recording all the price data for nearly half a year.

Once he had done that, like a death wizard eager to make a fortune by prospecting for ore veins, he ran to the counter and asked how to use magic to explore ore veins.

Death wizards are very popular in the exploration industry, and their popularity is second only to metal, rock and earth wizards, and elemental wizards.

Metal-based wizards rely on their ability to sense metal materials to locate veins hidden deep underground.

Geotechnical wizards and elemental wizards use their control of geotechnical energy to search for the location of underground ore veins.

Death wizards are a different kind of thing.

Relying on their own characteristics of not being afraid of death, they went deep into the seabed and underground to investigate the situation of the veins there.

Imagine that while other wizards are wearing full magical protective gear in order to dive to the bottom of the sea, the death wizard does not say a word, turns into a skeleton, and sinks to the bottom of the sea, completely unworried about the negative factors such as lack of oxygen.

The convenience between the two can be described as worlds apart.

Of course, the premise is that the death is an undead creature transformed by a wizard who can resist the pressure and corrosiveness of the sea. Otherwise, before he could sink to the bottom of the sea, his skeletal body would be crushed into slag by the sea.

Li Nuo has no interest in diving and prospecting for the time being.

He's only here to learn about minerals.

The good news is that due to the popularity of the prospecting industry, "Mineral Elements" seized the market opportunity and changed from a mineral mining magic organization focusing on mineral prospecting and mining to a service-oriented magic organization that provides membership services.

Behind the "mineral elements" is the Pangula family.

They used to make money only by mining and selling minerals. It's a down-to-earth way to make money, but it's hard and tiring, and it's often worrying about the backlog of minerals.

Now, they have found an asset-light, high-turnover way to make money, and that is to lease out prospecting equipment and mineral extraction permits.

Those who register as basic members will obtain a first-class mineral mining license within the validity period of the membership, and can search for and mine on their own islands and in the waters near the islands.

The registration fee for basic membership is 10,000 gold coins per year, and the threshold is relatively low.

However, the magic equipment for prospecting and mining is counted separately, and it is only rented and not sold. Rental is charged on a daily basis, starting at 1,000 gold per day.

There are also three grades of intermediate, senior and special members on the basic membership, which correspond to the second, third and fourth levels of mineral mining license respectively.

Li Nuo paid a membership fee of 10,000 gold coins, registered as a basic member, and received a complete set of books related to minerals from the counter.

There are six books in this set, and the cover reads "The Call of Deep Sea Minerals - Mineral Elements Foundation Members' Exclusive Reading".

On the grounds that he planned to read the book first, Li Nuo declined the teller's proposal to lease prospecting equipment.

He also didn't immediately use deconstruction to put the book in his mind, which had to do with the method of controlling variables.

Li Nuo drove to the Island Exchange, found the salesman Nelly, and went to the east side of the archipelago accompanied by the other party.

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…

Near the No. 1 Snow Mountain Island.

Leno and Nelly use a flying spell to hover in the air and look out at the snow-capped summit of a snow-capped mountain.

Facing the No. 1 snow-capped mountain island full of cave entrances on the mountain again, Li Nuo's heart was a little excited.

Whether or not you can determine whether there are undiscovered ore reserves on an island through the reduction of deconstruction consumption in deconstruction depends on this moment.

If his previous speculation proves to be true, then a broad road that is enough to make him sit on tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of gold coins, is waiting for him.

"System, launch deconstruction on Snow Mountain Island No. 1." Li Nuo silently said in his heart.

[System News:]

[You are about to launch a deconstruction technique on "Snow Mountain Island No. 1". 】

[Based on [Archaeology of the Dragon Age (Level 6], the amount of energy required for this deconstruction is reduced by 2%).] 】

Well, 2%, level 6 "Archaeology of the Age of the Dragon" reduces the cost of deconstruction by 2%.

Li Nuo made a note of the 2% figure and looked sideways at Nelly, who was flying beside him.

"Let's take a turn around the route of the last expedition, and I want to observe the islands under 100,000 gold coins again."

"No problem, sir, please come with me."

Nelly took the lead and flew ahead, and Li Nuo followed the opponent half a step behind.

After walking around the whole circle, Li Nuo used deconstruction to record the deconstruction consumption of 600 islands.

Among them, 300 are priced below 100,000 gold coins, and the other 300 are deconstructed by Li Nuo when he passed by.

Of the 600 islands, only 3 islands have reduced their deconstruction consumption due to the existence of "Dragon Age Archaeology".

These three islands are the snow-capped mountain islands numbered from No. 1 to No. 3.

After the first round of shopping, Li Nuo reached into his magic pocket and used deconstruction to learn the mineral vein element textbook that he had just arrived.

[System News:]

[You spend 1500 energy points to deconstruct the target, and unlock the following academic skills:]

[1. Deep-sea minerals, level 5.] This skill will help you identify deep sea ores. 】

[2. Ore Exploration, Level 5.] This skill teaches you to use the Prospecting Equipment. 】

[3. Ore Mining, Level 5.] This skill teaches you to use ore mining equipment. 】

When the three knowledge skills were started, Li Nuo and Nelly just returned to the starting point of the trip, hovering near the No. 1 Snow Mountain Island again.

Leno throws a deconstruction technique at the island.

This time the system news made Li Nuo excited!

[System News:]

[You are about to launch a deconstruction technique on "Snow Mountain Island No. 1". 】

[Based on [Dragon Age Archaeology (Level 6)" and [Deep Sea Ore (Level 5)], the energy cost of this deconstruction is reduced by 7%.] 】

Level 6 "Archaeology of the Dragon Age" reduces the cost of deconstruction by 2%.

Level 5 "Deep Sea Ore" reduces deconstruction costs by 5%.

Li Nuo turned his perspective to look at Island No. 113456, which has nothing to do with the dragons.

The island is priced at 250,000 gold coins and has proven reserves of 2,400 tonnes of croisine, with a low ore grade, with an estimated total value of 357,100 gold coins.

Li Nuo previously deconstructed the island, which required 1.2 billion energy points.

But now...

[System News:]

[You're about to use deconstruction on "Island 113456."] 】

[Based on "Deep Sea Ore (Level 5)", the cost of this deconstruction is reduced by 0.2%. 】

2,400 tonnes of low-grade lapislite.

Level 5 "Deep Sea Ores". 0.2% reduction in deconstruction consumption.

Li Nuo nodded secretly and wrote down this string of data.

He looked at another island and threw out the deconstruction again.

[System News:]

[You're about to use deconstruction on Island 113457.] 】

[Based on "Deep Sea Ore (Level 5)", the cost of this deconstruction is reduced by 0.4%. 】

Leno asked Nelly:

"What are the ore reserves of Island 113457?"

Nelly thought for a moment and responded:

"About 5,000 tons of lapissine, sir. The ore grade of that island is comparable to that of Island No. 113456. The entire island is sold for 500,000 gold coins. The Pangula family will come with an exploration report. ”

5000 tons of lapislamite. Level 5 "Deep Sea Ores". 0.4% reduction in deconstruction consumption.

Assuming that the ore reserves on the island have been fully proven, then the only thing that can affect the reduction of deconstruction consumption is the size of the ore reserves on the island, as long as the knowledge skill level remains the same.

So it is not difficult to draw a preliminary conclusion:

Under the premise of having a level 5 "deep-sea ore" and the island's ore reserves are proven, the deconstruction consumption will be reduced by 0.2% for every additional 2,500 tons on the island.

Whether this conclusion is accurate or not requires Li Nuo to test with a large number of samples.

Li Nuo looked at the saleswoman beside him:

"I'd like to go around here a little longer, Nellie. It will take a lot of time, and I won't go back until late at night. I wouldn't mind if you wanted to leave. ”

"It's alright, sir, it's my job." Nelly said in a calm tone.

Li Nuo nodded:

"Then you can take me around again."

"Okay, please come with me." Nelly fully demonstrated her professionalism and once again led Li Nuo on a circumnavigation tour on the eastern side of the archipelago.

Time passes quickly in throwing out destructuring and analyzing system messages.

After dark, around 8 p.m.

Leno and Nelly return to the inner circle.

After Li Nuo made an appointment with the other party to meet tomorrow morning, he returned to the stone house in the inner circle.

Dinas prepared dinner ahead of time. The Snowwing Cat had already eaten it in advance, and according to Dinas, as soon as the little thing arrived, it pounced on the cat food as if it was going to starve to death...

Li Nuo ate and drank to his heart's content, stroked the cat for a while, locked himself in the study, and began to use mathematical methods to analyze the data obtained today.

Due to the information civilization education he received before the crossing, Li Nuo still has some achievements in data analysis and application.

He called up all the system information in his mind, drew a table on the paper in front of him, filled in the data, and made a mathematical model.

In a sense, grasping the objective laws of things through mathematical analysis is as fascinating as magic. Li Nuo would like to call the mathematical knowledge in his head the magic of the mathematics department.

Due to the relatively small number of variables, Li Nuo obtained a very simple mathematical formula after calculating the process of "hypothesis → composition→ solving→ analysis → testing".

In a nutshell:

For every 0.1% reduction in deconstruction consumption, there are 2,000 tons of ore reserves on the island.

By bringing the deconstruction consumption reduction of an island into the formula, the determination of the ore reserves of an island by the deconstruction core system can be calculated.

Comparing this numerical relationship with Nelly's stated proven ore reserves, it is possible to see how many ore reserves have not been discovered by the Pangula family.

The calculations for the 600 islands continued into the night, and Li Nuo was so excited that he couldn't sleep.

The exploration error of the Pangula family gradually increased as the island area expanded.

The larger the island, the more ore reserves were undiscovered by the Pangula family.

This may be due to the veins being buried too deeply.

The deeper the vein, the more difficult and expensive it is to explore. As a mature family of gold and stone, the Pangula family has its own set of calculation schemes to measure costs and benefits.

For such deeply buried veins, abandoning exploration is the wisest option. Otherwise, the cost of exploration could be ridiculously large, even more than a tenth of the ore reserves.

In this case, exploring the veins is a loss-making business.

But!

This is for wizarding forces like the Pangula family, which are based on metal, rock and earth magic.

Although Li Nuo does not know metal and rock and soil magic, he has the art of deconstruction, and obviously does not need to spend a lot of time and money to explore deep ore veins like the Pangula family.

He only needs to spend energy and roughly deconstruct the island to get a vague information about the distribution of ore veins.

Far more accurate information on the distribution of veins than the Pangula family exploration report will undoubtedly increase the value of the island.

Li Nuo calculated precisely:

By buying low and selling the island high, he can make at least 50% of the profit.

In other words, if he spent 100,000 gold coins to buy the island, he can get 150,000 gold coins after deducting the handling fee for selling the island.

And that's just for the small islands.

As the size of the island increases, the accuracy of the Pangula family's exploration decreases, and the more ore reserves that cannot be discovered, the greater the island's value-added space.

After calculating, Lino concluded:

Small islands that sell for less than 100,000 gold coins have a 50% profit margin.

Selling for more than 100,000 and less than 1 million for medium-sized islands with a profit margin of 70%.

Large islands with a price of more than 1 million yuan have a conservative estimate of 90% profit margin.

This shows how seriously skewed the exploration results of the Pangula family are.

Or rather, how horribly accurate deconstruction is in terms of exploring ore reserves.

Of course, this discovery was based on the help of deconstruction, but it was also due to Li Nuo's own mathematical analysis.

The largest magical bank in the Unas Ring, "Witching's Court", has a branch in the inner trading area of the Suman Islands.

It offers fixed deposits with an interest rate of 3%, which is much lower than the 50% profit margin on buying and selling small islands.

In terms of a conservative investment strategy, it would be better for Li Nuo to buy the island with idle funds than to save money in Witch Ringbox.

Therefore, Li Nuo decided that after earning money in the future, he would keep his and Dinas's expenses, and use the rest to buy island land.

When the time is ripe in the future, he will use the deconstructed ore vein information to sell the island in his hand.

As for whether the information of the vein branch can be convincing to the public and recognized by the buyers of the islands, or whether it will be splashed with dirty water and slandered by the Pangula family, and hated and suppressed by the other family, this is another matter.

It's a world of extraordinary power.

In many cases, a person's voice and weight are related to his own strength.

The strength is low, telling the truth may be a mistake, and selling the real thing may be regarded as a fake.

But as long as the strength is high, the lies told may also be taken as a guide.

Li Nuo's information advantage obtained through deconstruction once again showed Li Nuo the charm of intelligence.

Selling the islands can bring Li Nuo tens of millions of gold coins.

This needs to be supported by sufficient personal strength.

In order to make his plan to resell the island go smoothly, Li Nuo decided to start the primitive accumulation.

It starts tomorrow.

(End of chapter)