As soon as Jia Lan saw Clifford's expression, he guessed what he was thinking and said with a smile, "I won't sell this piece of flame magic copper. I'll keep it for other uses."

  Clifford was very disappointed when he heard this. He forgot that Jia Lan was a magician.

  This kind of magic material in the hands of a magician would definitely not be resold, not to mention that Jia Lan was a magician with great alchemy.

  "But I have other good things. You can put them in your auction house for auction!" Garland shook the horseshoe in her hand.

  Clifford swallowed his saliva and looked at the coffee table in front of Garland involuntarily.

  Yes! Just now, Jia Lan bought a lot of sundries with the piece of flame magic copper. Since a broken metal plate is worth a fortune, I think the other things won't be junk, right?

  Clifford suddenly felt a little regretful. If he had known this, he should have gone to the flea market to buy back all the weird things...

  Clifford, who was more and more depressed the more he thought about it, couldn't help but glared at the innocent appraisers under his command.

  These guys were the chief appraisers sent by the head office. They didn't even find that there were ancient magic treasures hidden in the flea market that looked like a garbage dump!

  What's the difference between this and a piece of gold wrapped in mud placed under their noses, but being picked up by others?

  Over the years, it is estimated that many treasures in the flea market have been missed by them.

  But the horseshoe in Jia Lan's hand made Clifford curious: "What is this? Is it a horseshoe made of some magical metal?"

  "This is a damaged 'floating horseshoe'! If I'm not mistaken, this is the standard equipment of the mountain knights of Zolan Castle in the pre-dawn of civilization!" Jia Lan gently knocked on the two horseshoes, making a crisp ding-ding sound.

  Jia Lan continued, "Zoran Castle is located near the gemstone vein deep in the Sea Wall Mountains. The mountain environment is very rugged and steep. In order to maintain high-speed mobility and mountain combat capabilities, the mounts of the Zoran Castle mountain knights are equipped with this alchemical secret equipment."

  "The floating horseshoe should have been shiny silver. Wearing its mount, you can float in the air and move without being restricted by the terrain..." Jia Lan said regretfully, "But because of the decay and erosion caused by being buried underground, the floating runes and wind magic array engraved on the horseshoes have been destroyed, so now they are ineffective."

  Ancient magic treasures are the most talked-about topics among adventurers and civilians, and there are also treasures excavated from ruins on the market.

  As far as Clifford knows, a few years ago, a Barbarian Bull Orc found half a pair of two intact flying horseshoes from the ruins of the Sea Wall Mountains. As a result, he nailed the two horseshoes on his hooves and changed his job to become a unique Skywalker Berserker!

  I heard that the Barbarian Bull Orc later became the chief of the Barbarian Bull Orc Tribe and became a famous hero!

  And now, Jia Lan actually said that this inconspicuous tattered horseshoe was the legendary flying horseshoe that created a Skywalker hero, which made Clifford very excited!

  Although Jia Lan said it was damaged, since he said he would put this horseshoe on the Eternal Hammer auction, it means that he is sure to repair this magic treasure!

  Jia Lan put down the floating horseshoe and said regretfully: "I can try my best to repair it, but due to material limitations, I can't restore its original function. At most, it can float at a height of one foot above the ground..."

  That's also very powerful, okay?

  Think about it, how powerful will a knight who can ignore the terrain restrictions of rivers, swamps, rocky beaches, soft mud, etc. be?

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  Clifford can foresee that once Jia Lan repairs this horseshoe, all knights will be crazy about it!

  Money?

  It's so vulgar to mention money in front of such a treasure!

  They will get this legendary magic equipment at any price!

  With this magic equipment, Clifford has the confidence to hold a large-scale magic item auction that will alarm the Eternal Hammer headquarters!

  "President Clifford, these things are useless to you. You can only dismantle some materials."

  When Clifford's expectant eyes fell greedily on the pile of rags in front of Jia Lan again, Jia Lan shook his head and said, "The others are still intact, such as this 'Staff of Light'..."

  Jia Lan picked up a metal staff about one foot long and continued, "Just tap the head of the staff, it can release bright light that is enough to illuminate a radius of 10 meters, and dim light with a radius of 10 meters, like a torch. The brightness is roughly equivalent to the sunlight at noon... But it's worthless."

  "What...what? You said it's worthless!?" Clifford almost cursed. Do you know what this kind of adventure equipment that can provide stable and long-term lighting in underground ruins means to adventurers? It means safety!!!

  Especially when entering ruins hidden by monsters that are afraid of light, holding this thing is like a protective umbrella. You can enter the monsters' treasure house effortlessly and choose treasures at will!

  Facing President Clifford's excited expression, Jia Lan was stunned for a moment, then said thoughtfully: "Is there no alchemist who can make the 'Staff of Light' now?"

  'Staff of Light'? Clifford stared at Jia Lan with wide eyes.

  Jia Lan nodded and waved the short metal staff in his hand: "This is an alchemical product very similar to the Staff of Light. It has low lighting brightness and short duration. It is a disposable product with relatively low manufacturing cost... It is similar to the nature of a torch, but it can last for more than 6 hours."

  Clifford's eyes flashed: "Then can you mass produce it?"

  "It is not difficult to make this kind of low-level alchemical product, but it takes a lot of time. If I rely on myself alone, the lighting staff I make is barely enough for my own use and cannot be sold to others." Jia Lan thought about it with some embarrassment, and continued: "After all, alchemical products are different from low-level potions that do not require high abilities. It is impossible to train ordinary employees to assist in production. Besides, I personally don't have that much time to be responsible for the manufacture of alchemical products."

  Clifford laughed: "What if there is a group of alchemists to assist you?"

  Jia Lan raised his eyebrows unexpectedly and asked: "I don't quite understand what you mean."

  "New Sharn, the city of a thousand towers in the Right Sword Bay of Breland County, is a famous alchemy holy land in the seven continents, and the headquarters of the Alchemy Guild is also there!" Clifford laughed and said, "We can hire a group of New Sharn alchemists and alchemy workers. Although we need to pay them a lot of salary, if we can build an alchemy workshop, any investment is worth it!"

  Hearing that he could recruit alchemists, Jia Lan couldn't help but be moved.

  His own strength was too weak, and it was too time-consuming to make some items. For example, the alien world equipment he was trying to improve recently, if he had a group of helpers, the progress would be improved tenfold or a hundredfold.

  Jia Lan thought about it and nodded that it was necessary to build an alchemy laboratory for future development.

  With his current ability, the alchemy products he could make were mostly low-level, but they should be enough in the early stages of development.

  He is not like he was under the protection of his teacher now. He is very poor now.

  Although the prospects of Cole Pharmaceutical seem good, the annual output value has reached nearly 30 million gold coins based on the current production capacity.

  But the problem is that after deducting the cost of Cole Pharmaceutical, the reserved working capital and development funds, the remaining amount that he can withdraw at will is not even enough to complete the infrastructure he envisions for Cole Pharmaceutical.

  If Jia Lan really follows the habit of presiding over more than a dozen super-large experimental bases under his teacher's name, it will not even be enough to purchase the equipment for one of the laboratories.

  The construction cost of a large alchemical furnace in the alchemical test base alone is probably more than 30 million gold coins.

  So let alone those hardware facilities that burn money, the annual funds of 30 million gold coins, even if used as project establishment funds for experiments, are not enough to squander on several projects.

  Especially when encountering a crazy mage who attempts to build a starry channel or attempts to reproduce the technology of the ancient Nesser arcane civilization, that little money will be even more useless.

  When Jia Lan was reviewing the project plans of the mages for his teacher in the previous civilization, he encountered a madman who planned to study the "Nesser energy core" and build a floating continent...

  Just as the mages said self-deprecatingly: "Magicians are the richest people in the world, but the poorest people in the world are also mages, because as mages, they are always short of money!"

  In comparison, Jia Lan now has almost nothing, and can be regarded as a model of a spellcaster who started from scratch.

  Because of the lack of various arcane infrastructure, his arcane strength is only theoretical, and it is extremely slow to improve.

  So far, he has only recovered to the peak state of a high-level mage apprentice, and has never been able to break through the rank limit and restore his strength as a 1st-level mage.