The advancement of a mage is not like what some mediocre people imagine, that one can become a master just by defeating small monsters and accumulating combat experience.

  Almost every successful mage relies on extensive knowledge and huge experimental data.

  Without the data support provided by the Kolanburg Library and accumulated by generations of mage predecessors over thousands of years, even a genius like Jia Lan, even with a head full of theories, can only sigh at the vast sea of ??mysteries.

  Clifford didn't know that so many ideas had flashed through Jia Lan's mind in such a short time.

  He was just proposing tentatively, but he didn't expect Jia Lan to agree.

  He had long noticed Jia Lan's extraordinary abilities in the fields of pharmaceuticals, alchemy, and enchantment.

  This can be seen from the fact that the various potions and alchemy products that Jia Lan brought out are completely different from those basic products on the market that do not have private property rights, and Jia Lan's uniqueness can be seen.

  He speculated that there must be a powerful team of magicians behind Jia Lan.

  As long as he can get a few rare alchemical product formulas from this team of senior magicians, such as the light staff that Jia Lan just mentioned, it will be enough to support an alchemical workshop and feed an alchemical store.

  Unlike his old friend Clark, who focuses on the pharmacy industry that is beneficial to the mercenary guild, Clifford's plan is more ambitious!

  In this pioneering era that advocates adventure, industries such as archaeology, exploration, and the development of former civilization ruins all require a large number of special alchemical products and magic equipment, which ordinary craftsmen cannot meet the needs of adventurers and mercenaries.

  Once he can intervene in this blank market full of hungry demand and get involved in this high-end field, what he can get will not only be the benefits, but also the increase in fame, reputation and influence.

  This makes Clifford have to pay attention.

  Both parties have their own needs, so they naturally hit it off.

  Clifford didn't even bother to host the regular auction that had already started, and planned to discuss with Jia Lan, wishing to build an alchemical workshop tomorrow.

  However, Jia Lan smiled and appeased the enthusiastic Clifford, saying that he still needed to make some preparations for the establishment of the alchemy workshop, and he would confirm with him after he was ready.

  However, he did not intend to leave Clifford idle, and naturally gave him the responsibility of sending people to the Thousand Towers City New Sarn to recruit alchemists and alchemy craftsmen, as well as the storage of various conventional alchemy raw materials.

  After finally calming down the excited Clifford, Jia Lan realized that the auction had already begun.

  While he was casually watching the auction in the auction house below from the balcony of the VIP reception room, he mentioned the Eternal Hammer Waste Warehouse that Clifford had just mentioned.

  Clifford was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered.

  Judging from the previous situation, this young magician not only has outstanding strength in the fields of medicine, alchemy and enchantment, but also seems to have extraordinary abilities in the fields of archaeology and identification.

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  This made him involuntarily look forward to the things in the Eternal Hammer Waste Warehouse.

  Those items were all sent by the Eternal Hammer Auction House during its auctions over the years.

  Most of them were strange items whose value could not be determined after appraisal by appraisers.

  For such items whose origins were unknown and whose functions could not be determined, if the bidders insisted on auctioning them, the auction house would usually suggest that they conduct an "unreserved auction" and put them in several small auction houses of the Eternal Hammer for those who wanted to try their luck on Taobao.

  Maybe if they were lucky, there would be a fool willing to spend money to buy them and collect them.

  But in many cases, more than half of the items in the auction will fail to sell.

  Except for a very small number of people who are willing to bear the high appraisal fees and auction handling fees and choose to take back the items, the vast majority of people simply give up their unsold items and use them directly to pay Eternal Hammer as auction fees.

  This "zero no reserve auction" model is specially launched by Everlasting Hammer to compete with several other large auction houses for market share.

  First of all, "no reserve auction" has almost no operating costs. It only needs to vacate a few small auction houses to regularly exhibit those strange items.

  No one can say whether a few rare and mysterious treasures that people don't know will suddenly appear among these items.

  Even if only one treasure appears among a thousand items, it is considered a profit.

  Secondly, this form is also to cultivate customer groups.

  Most of the bidders who choose the "no reserve auction" are adventurers and mercenaries. Because they cannot afford the appraisal fee, they are also unwilling to sell the strange trophies obtained from adventures on the street at extremely low prices like vendors in flea markets, so the Eternal Hammer also gives them an opportunity.

  These low-level mercenaries and adventurers will always grow, and perhaps several famous big names will emerge.

  And the Eternal Hammer that once "helped" them will also win their trust and become their loyal customers.

  When they have real good things in their hands, the first choice is naturally the Eternal Hammer.

  Therefore, cultivating customer groups with almost zero-cost operations is a sure-win behavior.

  Since the appraisers of the auction house can occasionally pick out a few good things from these worthless unsold items, they cannot be thrown away directly.

  Over time, these strange unsold items have accumulated more and more, and they have to vacate warehouses to store them.

  Although they were just some worthless weird stuff, they were much better than the junk in the flea market and could be considered the best among the junk.

  Therefore, when Jia Lan expressed his interest in these items, Clifford immediately made the decision to hire Jia Lan as the special appraiser of the Eternal Hammer, who was responsible for appraising the items that were not auctioned off.

  Clifford promised that if a good item was identified and successfully auctioned, the two parties would split the profits 50-50 after deducting the auction cost.

  And if it was the item Jia Lan needed, he only had to pay the cost price.

  As he was talking, Jia Lan's eyes were suddenly attracted by an item being auctioned in the auction room below.

  Seeing that Jia Lan was interested in the auction item, Clifford smiled and said, "If Mr. Jia Lan is interested, you can also try to bid for it!"

  At this time, the auctioneer in the auction hall was waving a small golden hammer and introducing the auction item incessantly: "... This is an exquisite silver mask inlaid with three precious gems: a diamond-shaped diamond, a square sapphire and a round ruby!"

  Perhaps the customers participating in the auction this time were mainly adventure professionals, so they were not very interested in this pure antique collection and reacted indifferently.

  The auctioneer had been jumping up and down for a long time, but no one bid.

  "Although this mask is made of silver, its origin can be traced back to the aristocracy of the pre-civilized Kingdom of Bruland. It is said that it was a prop used by the ladies of the time to cover their faces when attending masquerade balls, and it is of great collection value..."

  The auctioneer was obviously a little anxious, as this was related to his commission, so he could only continue to encourage customers: "... The starting price is only 50 gold talans, and each increase in price must not be less than 5 gold talans. The three gems on the mask alone are worth more than 50 gold talans!"

  Jia Lan couldn't help laughing, and couldn't bear to watch the auctioneer continue to waste his breath.

  He picked up a small iron rod and tapped it lightly on the triangular iron in the corner of the balcony, making a crisp sound. "Very good! This guest bid 55 gold talans! Is there anyone bidding? Is there anyone else..."

  Unfortunately, he asked several times, but no one was willing to bid for this antique mask.

  In the end, he could only knock the thick wooden board in front of him three times with the auction hammer in his hand in frustration, announcing the end of the auction and that Jia Lan had won the antique mask.