Although he knew the risks, Jia Lan resolutely decided to use his abilities to help the old mercenaries recover their combat effectiveness, even though this might accelerate their life consumption.

  This move not only reflects respect for the old warriors, but also a kind of lofty respect for them.

  However, after waking up from the Eternal Ice, although he was unexpectedly freed from the constraints of exploring the mysterious field, Jia Lan's spellcasting ability dropped from the original level 1 to level 0, and what he can currently use is limited to more basic abilities.

  After obtaining the collections of the three old mercenaries, Jia Lan, despite his own fatigue, conducted a meticulous inspection of their equipment.

  Although these equipment are not magical weapons, and the best ones are just ordinary fine products, they are sufficient for use.

  In order to improve the physical fitness of the old mercenaries, alchemical potions such as primary armor potion, primary tree skin potion, primary bear toughness potion, primary bull strength potion, and primary cat elegance potion are enough to restore their strength to the peak state of their youth in a short period of time, or even beyond the peak.

  As for equipment, Jia Lan's enchantment skills and rune engraving techniques are enough to improve these ordinary or even dilapidated equipment to an unexpected level.

  As the night deepens, the main month of January, "Valette, the Moon of Alert", will sprinkle the earth with slightly fluctuating light gray moonlight. This strange fluctuation often makes those hidden and dark corners inadvertently revealed.

  In fact, January is not an ideal time for thieves to act, because no matter how they hide their whereabouts, Valette's strange moonlight fluctuations will always make their figures appear particularly abrupt in the shadows.

  Fortunately, with the rich experience of Old Jimmy and the magical effect of the alchemy potion given by Jia Lan, he successfully returned and completed the task beyond expectations-bringing the Brown family back.

  This surprised Jia Lan very much. He originally only planned to let Old Jimmy find out the location of the Brown family and ensure their safety. There were a series of plans and multiple plans for rescue in the future.

  However, Old Jimmy only went out once and brought all the Brown family back.

  This was due to Old Jimmy's excellent investigation and hostage rescue skills, and also to the fact that the Browns were ordinary people without special abilities, and the other party was not vigilant and did not guard them strictly.

  In any case, the safe return of the Browns was always gratifying.

  Everyone happily welcomed the family who had been frightened for more than two months, and learned the details of the incident from their frightened narration.

  The mastermind behind all this was indeed the Pharmacist Guild.

  They bribed the members of the Civil Affairs Council of Coran City and reached a deal with them, persuading them to use their official powers to assist them in carrying out this dirty kidnapping and extortion operation.

  However, after discovering that the Brown sisters, who had the detailed formula of the violet ointment, were bound by some mysterious magic contract and could not reveal the formula through words, text, actions or demonstrations, the Pharmacist Guild changed its strategy, detained the Browns, and forced them to continue to produce potions in order to lead out the "Master Lemley" behind the Browns.

  The Brown family, who had spent two months in fear in the Pharmacist Guild, were carried out of the guild by Old Jimmy after their bodies were reduced to half of their normal size using the Primary Human Reduction Potion.

  Except for the obese Aunt Brown, no one else caused trouble to Old Jimmy, who used various alchemical potions.

  The young Brown sisters were terrified, and after holding back their tears for a while, they finally burst into tears: "Old... Teacher... They took away the potion formula!"

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  Although the people of the Pharmacist Guild could not master the detailed proportions of the formula by interrogating the Brown sisters due to the restrictions of the secret contract, this did not prevent them from finding out the ingredients of the violet ointment when preparing the medicinal materials for them.

  After all, the violet ointment is only a primary potion, and the medicinal materials are not complicated. The main ingredients and auxiliary ingredients add up to only a few.

  Moreover, the Pharmacist Guild can even gradually analyze the approximate ingredients and dosage of the violet ointment from the amount of medicinal materials used by the unsuspecting Brown sisters every day.

  But with just these, they still need some time to experiment in order to fully master the formula and preparation process.

  However, this period of time will not be too long, at most a few months, the pharmacists of the Pharmacist Guild will be able to fully master this formula.

  By then, with the power of the Pharmacist Guild in Kelan City, this special potion formula will be in their pockets.

  Jia Lan gently comforted the Brown sisters and the Brown couple who were anxious and afraid that he would hold them accountable, and asked Captain Casey to temporarily arrange for them to stay and rest at the Iguana Fang station.

  After thinking for a while, Jia Lan smiled and said to Casey and others: "Now that the Browns have been rescued, we can start to deal with the Apothecary Guild and the annoying Storm Wolf Mercenary Group!"

  "First, I need to purchase the following materials: 2,000 kg of blue steel, 100 kg of cold iron, 150 grams of refined gold and mithril, 50 kg of high-purity refined copper, 5 kg of three-leaf euphorbia gum, and 100 electric crystals or magic crystals. Please try to help me get these materials."

  Jia Lan quickly wrote down the list of required materials and handed his personal crystal card to Casey.

  Then, he gave Old Jimmy a task: "I need you to investigate the relationship between the Apothecary Guild and the Storm Wolf, as well as the forces behind them. In addition, please pay attention to the members of the Civil Affairs Council who are in contact with the Apothecary Guild."

  Old Jimmy nodded in response, then took two steps back and hid in the shadow of the corner.

  The experienced thief was in high spirits and eager to vent his regained strength, so carrying out this mission was a good opportunity for him to release his passion.

  After Kathy took the list, her face turned slightly pale.

  Although she had heard of materials such as blue steel, cold iron, refined gold and mithril, she had never seen them with her own eyes.

  These materials were extremely expensive, and their value was several times or even dozens of times higher than the same weight of gold.

  She took a deep breath, nodded to confirm and kept the list of materials properly.

  She deeply realized that the mysterious profession of magician was indeed beyond the reach of ordinary people.

  Jia Lan further proposed: "We also need a large and hidden venue as a workshop, and secretly recruit a group of craftsmen and hired workers."

  His dark eyes flashed with a strange light: "Learning from the experience of others, walking your own path, and leaving your opponents with no way out, this is the wisest strategy. Therefore, I need a list of potions sold by the Apothecary Guild."

  The people present could not help but feel a chill.

  Why did this young magician, who had always maintained a gentle attitude and treated people politely, suddenly exude such a strong evil aura?

  In the eyes of the Iguana Fang mercenaries, Jia Lan's smile seemed to be shrouded by a layer of creeping black fog.

  Under this layer of black fog, they vaguely saw sharp horns and swaying arrow tails.

  However, Jia Lan did not immerse himself in this atmosphere. He continued to plan: "Before that, I need to go back to the academy. Please send all the materials to the library, and I will coordinate this with the guard."

  He turned to Casey: "By the way, I have put your equipment in the conference room. Please try it on when you are free. In addition, I have prepared a batch of new alchemical potions for you. You can try them first."

  Then, he told Dave to pack the alchemical tools in the conference room and send them to the academy after the materials were in place, and took the Brown sisters away from the Iguana Fang station.

  Soon after, Dave rushed out waving a silver-shining battle axe, extremely excited.

  After Jia Lan coated his black fine iron battle axe with "refined silver", its sharpness doubled.

  On the axe face and the axe handle, black magic materials were used to draw vine-like rune patterns, making the battle axe look both delicate and mysterious.

  These runes have "electric shock" and "mad slash" effects respectively: the former has a certain chance of triggering electric shock when in contact with the enemy; the latter can burst out a swift attack that is difficult to block.

  Casey's long sword was also enchanted, but the effect was changed to "freezing cold" and "wind".

  Although Jia Lan's current ability is not enough to enchant high-level powerful effects, and the power, duration and triggering probability are all low, he has mastered a variety of skills with his rich knowledge of arcane magic.

  Even low-level enchantment effects can produce amazing combat effectiveness when accumulated.

  With the support of this batch of enchanted equipment and alchemical potions, the combat effectiveness of the Iguana's Fang Mercenary Group members will be significantly enhanced.