Chapter 80

Selling things at the academy is actually quite simple. The academy itself has an auction system. You just need to hand over the items you want to auction to the academy staff, who will appraise them and confirm their attributes. Once that's done, the items will be listed on a server-like system, where students and even staff can bid on them.

Sometimes, Ji Ran really can't tell if the technological development in this world is fast or slow... Well, the system of this academy should not be considered ordinary technology, but rather magical technology.

After a month of schooling, Ji Ran has come to understand Tianlan Feng (Azure Wind) to some extent. In the past, several alchemy masters and various Gold-tier powerhouses designed and manufactured a powerful magic device based on an ancient relic. The coverage of this magic device is the entire academy, and some of its functions can even extend to the entire Baise City. The examination system, student ID system, and others are all developed based on this magic device.

The auction system is the same. As long as you log in the information of the auction item, it can be queried at terminals scattered throughout the academy, and then bids can be placed. In a certain sense, the effect of this system is no less than a campus network...

To be honest, this magic wand can be considered a practice piece, and it's not a pity to sell it. So, Ji Ran found an auction shop and handed over the magic wand.

The academy staff member responsible for the auction also has a certain level of strength. After receiving the magic wand, he had a serious expression and carefully examined it for a long time before looking at Ji Ran with wide eyes in surprise.

"The attributes of this magic wand... are astonishing. It can be used at the initial Silver tier, and its effects can even match those of some high Silver-tier magic wands. Moreover, the control required is quite low, making it a magic weapon that exceeds its own tier. If we put it up for auction, the starting price we estimate is 3,000 gold coins. Are you satisfied with this?"

A starting price of 3,000? This already exceeded Ji Ran's expectations. What could be unsatisfactory about this price?

"Satisfied! It's fine, put it up for auction." Thus, the magic wand that Ji Ran named the "Replication Wand" was listed on the academy's auction server.

Then, in the next moment, many people saw this news.

"The power enhancement and mana recovery levels have reached grade 5 or even grade 6, it can store three grade 4 spells, and it has a spell replication function twice a day... Although the most suitable user is a grade 4 mage, it won't be outdated even at grade 5 or 6!"

A group of wealthy mages in the academy immediately went crazy.

You see, the advancement of spellcasters is slower than that of warriors before the Gold tier. Therefore, the number of Silver-tier warriors is much greater than that of mages. Only at the Gold tier checkpoint do warriors find it easier to get stuck, unable to advance for their entire lives, which balances the number of Gold-tier spellcasters and warriors. This results in the largest number of mages being at the initial Silver tier within the academy.

And how many of the mages who can study at Tianlan Feng come from families with no money? Of course, not everyone can take out 3,000 gold coins without a change in expression, but the number of mages who can do so is not small...

This world is a distorted one, with a much greater wealth gap than in Ji Ran's original world. For ordinary people, one or two gold coins might already be a huge sum, but some people can use thousands of gold coins as pocket money.

It's easiest to make money from these rich people.

So, the price of Ji Ran's Replication Wand started to rise. 3,050, 3,100, 3,200...

In less than two hours, the price of the Replication Wand had already risen to 4,000.

Ji Ran was almost scared out of his wits. So many rich people in this world? 4,000 gold coins! The annual tuition for Tianlan Feng is only 100 gold coins, which already prevents countless children—okay, teenagers—from attending school. And some people can use 4,000 gold coins to buy a magic weapon!

What an unfair world! Ji Ran fiercely clenched his fist and stared at the price of his Replication Wand—dare to go any higher!

The price continued to rise, but the speed slowed down. Although the rich people had money, they couldn't spend it recklessly. Moreover, a group of mages had a good grasp of the value of magic weapons. 4,000 gold coins was already close to the actual value of this wand, but it still couldn't be bought—after all, rarity makes things valuable, and a magic weapon with such low control requirements could naturally be priced higher.

Even if you have money, you shouldn't be a fool, right? These mage students had very precise calculations in their minds.

The auction time was 24 hours, and Ji Ran also endured 24 hours of agony. He naturally wouldn't stay by the auction terminal all the time waiting for the result, but even when doing other things, he was somewhat distracted.

4,000 gold coins, not to mention this world, he hadn't seen such a large sum of money in his previous world—converted, it's 20 million yuan! Of course, the prices in this world and his original world can't be simply converted, but it was definitely a huge sum of money that he would never see in his lifetime.

When the 24 hours were up, he quickly went to the auction shop to check. His Replication Wand sold for 5,200 gold coins!

After paying a 5% handling fee, he obtained 4,940 gold coins. Such a sum of money was a huge amount to him.

Rich! How should he spend the money? Ji Ran was somewhat at a loss. Move to a high-end dormitory? Buy all those cooking ingredients he had longed for? Just find a place to live a life of luxury?

A petty bourgeois atmosphere arose...

After being excited for a long time, he finally calmed down. This sum of money was a huge amount to him, but for many other students, it was just a year's pocket money... Is such a small goal a bit too unambitious?

The road he has to walk is still long, and this amount of less than 5,000 gold coins is far from enough.

Forget about the money for now! There are still many materials left, so let's make a few more magic items!

Ji Ran doesn't plan to sell magic items anymore. Although this is a quick way to make money, selling one or two can be fine without raising suspicion, but selling too many would cause serious problems. Possessing valuable items can bring trouble, and Ji Ran doesn't want to be targeted at this time.

Although he has already made a name for himself, the value of a Gold-tier sword technique is different from that of mass-produced high-quality magic items.

In the remaining days, besides finding Lawrence to exchange sword techniques, working as an assistant for Sergei, and occasionally going to the library to read books, Ji Ran spent most of his time on refining magic items.

Refining magic items not only brings him wealth but is also an important way to improve his strength. Now that he has enough money, the most important thing is to improve his strength.

The amount of materials is not small, but it's not enough to refine a large number of magic items. But even a few items are enough to bring a significant change to his strength.

A pair of wrist guards, a flying knife, and a set of inner armor. These are the three items Ji Ran prepared for himself. Of course, he not only refined magic items for himself but also for Lydia.

Lydia's control ability is clearly not as good as his, so she can't control too many magic items. In fact, control ability improves with level, but it is also limited by talent. Lydia can currently control up to three magic items made by Ji Ran—while for ordinary magic items, one is already the limit.

Actually, there are people who specialize in training control ability and use more magic items to dominate at the same level, but this is undoubtedly putting the cart before the horse—improving one's own strength is the fundamental. However, having stronger control ability will definitely bring more advantages.

Control ability is actually equivalent to the strength of the spirit, which is somewhat different from mental power. Spellcasters are stronger in this aspect than warriors, but some mentally resilient warriors can also achieve very high control ability.

Lydia is a mage, but her strength is not very high. Mental resilience... is not very relevant to her now. Therefore, even with the magic items that Ji Ran made, which require very little control ability, she can only control up to three.

A magic wand and a bracelet are the two magic items Ji Ran prepared for Lydia. The magic wand is not as effective as the Replication Wand, but it has much higher potential. The power enhancement reaches the mid-Silver tier level, and the attached attributes are spell storage and stacked casting.

This spell storage is different from the previous Replication Wand. The Replication Wand has fixed three grade 4 spell slots, while this magic wand has a space that can store a grade 5 spell. In this space, you can store grade 4, grade 3, or even grade 2 spells—the number will be much greater.

At first glance, it might not seem much different, but upon closer calculation, this storage method is much stronger. In terms of flexibility, it is far superior to the previous magic wand.

The effect of stacked casting allows you to chant a spell, store it without casting it, and then cast another spell, which will burst together with the stored one—when the spells are well combined, the effect will definitely be greater than the sum of their parts.

This magic wand requires even less control ability, and a grade 2 mage can勉强 use it. However, in return, the initial attributes of this magic wand are not as good as the previous Replication Wand, but its potential is much higher. It is perfect for Lydia to use.

The bracelet is a defensive magic item that can trigger a shield with the strength equivalent to a grade 5 spell, the specific strength depending on the attack received. Whether it's a physical attack or a spell attack, it is within the defense range of this shield. Of course, this item consumes a lot of magic crystals, so Ji Ran also bought several high-grade magic crystals for Lydia.

Don't look at this item's single attribute, which seems not very outstanding, but if you take it out, it will definitely make those mages fight over it.

A triggerable shield! Currently, all the spells and magic items of mages are actively triggered! Only mages or magic items above the Gold tier have early warning functions to guard against sneak attacks. Below the Gold tier, there are many examples of mages being killed by sneak attacks—some even by street thugs in the chaos.

With this shield, mages don't have to worry about attacks from the shadows, and their safety is naturally much higher.

It's easy to imagine that Ji Ran truly cares for his little sister, Lydia.