After all, aside from creating custom witchcraft, he could also sell First Rank Witchcraft here.
It's worth mentioning that the witchcraft obtained after Golden Paper Limit Breaking is considered a new witchcraft, so it was no longer bound by confidentiality agreements.
In other words, after he had a Zeroth Rank Lower Magic bought out by other shops, all he needed to do was to break the limit once more, and he could sell it here again.
It could only be said that selling knowledge was an extremely suitable way for him to make money, especially since he had the Golden Paper.
He took a quick look around Darren's Commission, where the value of First Rank Witchcraft ranged from ten thousand to four hundred thousand Magic Stones, a huge variance.
The reason for such a big gap is that here, too, the selling of witchcraft was divided into exclusive buyouts and ordinary purchases.
If we talk about ordinary sales alone, the price of First Rank Witchcraft was usually between ten thousand and twenty thousand Magic Stones.
This mode of transaction required the buyer to sign a non-disclosure agreement.
As for buyouts, the price was obviously much higher, generally around twenty times the ordinary selling price.
Frequently, selling time after time in ordinary sales would definitely be more profitable in the long run than a buyout.
After all, based on the price difference, selling it about twenty times could earn you the same amount of Magic Stones as a buyout.
However, in practice, this was not always the case.
Many witchcraft spells were not as popular as one might imagine.
Sometimes, a spell might hang unsold for many years, with the number of times sold possibly in the single digits.
So while ordinary sales are generally better, whether to choose an exclusive buyout or ordinary sale still required judgment based on the actual situation.
His consciousness withdrew from the inquiry crystal.
Colin turned his head to look at Shelley beside him.
Shelley happened to finish her inquiry as well. She pushed up her thick glasses and said softly, "Wait a moment, I've accepted a few custom commissions and need to deal with them at the counter."
'A few…?' Colin was somewhat astonished.
Each custom witchcraft commission had a reward starting at least at one hundred thousand Magic Stones, and many were not without millions!
He accompanied Shelley to the counter.
The only wizard behind the counter wore a happy expression as he saw Shelley approach, smilingly saying:
"Ice Maiden, you've come to take commissions again."
"Hmm." Shelley nodded calmly and then told the wizard the names of the commissions she wanted to take.
"Alright, please wait a moment," the wizard said respectfully, secretly delighted that he had the good fortune to encounter the Ice Maiden during his duty shift—this could mean a commission of at least a thousand Magic Stones for him!
"Here you are!" After some operations, the wizard respectfully handed over four crystals to Shelley.
Shelley skillfully stowed away the crystals.
Colin took another look at the plainly dressed Shelley.
The Witch who resided in the laboratory was actually a hidden wealthy woman!
Those who dealt in knowledge in this world were indeed never poor!
But it was not apparent in her day-to-day appearance at all, Colin thought as he stroked his chin. Shelley was delicate and beautiful, but it was all thanks to her natural features.
In terms of dress and appearance, she was quite simple. The black robe she wore daily was just an ordinary Wizard Robe.
There were no traces of witchcraft, not even a stain-repellent effect, with some corners even becoming somewhat faded from constant exposure to the Cleaning Technique.
Strictly speaking, even Renee's daily attire was of a higher class than Shelley's, as at least her maid outfit had a constant stain-repellent effect.
'Maybe she is investing all the Magic Stones into research,' Colin thought.
Colin did not delve deeper, as it was neither here nor there.
After acquiring his membership at Darren's Commission, Colin went back to his routine life.
Traveling daily between the True Knowledge Society and home, leading a particularly regular lifestyle.
Only now, he rescheduled the meditation time that he had previously canceled and allocated it for practicing the Hodgia Meditation Method.
Moreover, after weighing his options, he temporarily paused his regular Knight training and reassigned that time for practicing other witchcraft.
With these adjustments, he found that aside from his Knight abilities stalling, his progress in other areas hadn't slowed down too much!
The time he needed for the Hodgia Meditation Method was even less than he had anticipated.
This was mainly because he was now a First Rank Wizard and no longer needed to use Magic Erasure Potion to rid his body of magic power before practicing another meditation method.
To avoid magic contamination causing bodily mutations and leading to a decline in talent, all he had to do was carefully separate his Spirit into two Magic Seas during practice—thus greatly improving his efficiency.
Additionally, since the Hodgia Meditation Method was the third meditation method he had learned, he was well-versed in all aspects, and his practice efficiency was astonishing.
In this manner, another week passed within his regular life.
December 22nd, bright sunshine.
Accompanying the clear weather was a piece of good news.
After two weeks of tireless effort, Colin had finally broken the limit of the Water Jet Skill and another Zeroth Rank Lower Magic, Air Bomb, to Zeroth Rank Upper!
Around two in the afternoon, he finished his practice, preparing to head out to Copper Rose Street to sell them.
'Well, I could also stop by Darren's Commission on the way to see if there are any commissions suited for myself,' Colin thought as he locked the laboratory door.
In fact, not all of those custom commissions had that many restrictions.