"However... it's truly incredible. Obviously, this is gold of extremely high purity, so why can refined gold be extracted from it? And although the density is very high, the mass is nearly half of what it was before. Where did the other substances and mass go? What exactly are those impurities?"
The process of refining refined gold is very "Cultivation Immortality," but not at all "scientific," and not even "wizardly."
Jeming picked up the stone tripod and carefully checked it to ensure there were no residual substances inside.
He also used the Magic Network Terminal to check the amount of exhaust gas and material handled by the laboratory just now. Although many "impurities" turned into black smoke and disappeared, even when accounting for the mass of those exhaust gases, there was still a significant amount of mass that vanished into thin air during the refinement process.
"This really is... a curious phenomenon."
If Jeming had encountered this situation only in the Cultivation Immortality World, he might not be so interested, but this is the Wizard World. Based on what he learned from the Basic Alchemy Manual, the material structure of the Wizard World is similar to his previous life, composed of various fundamental particles.
So theoretically, something like gold, even if purified to its limit, could only be "gold." The possibility of refining further into refined gold does not exist.
But now is not the time to study these matters. If it were only to verify whether the refining method can truly refine refined gold, Jeming wouldn't spend such a high cost.
After all, just renting the laboratory has consumed most of his remaining points balance, so now he needs to use this bit of refined gold to recoup his costs and even earn extra to obtain initial startup capital.
Thanks to the Wizard World's extreme emphasis on knowledge, as long as Jeming isn't foolish enough to directly sell raw materials, no one would dare to investigate the production process or principles and such.
As for how to monetize this, Jeming initially planned to do it gradually, but when he "browsed the net" just now, he found quite a promising sales channel.
Standing at the Magic Network Terminal at the edge of the laboratory, he entered a command and connected to the academy's internal Magic Net.
Jeming used his spiritual power to search for material information related to "stability," "isolation," "anti-magic," and "anti-detection."
The search results popped up immediately.
The academy's internal database indeed contains various types of isolation materials, which are widely used for laboratory protection, sensitive area shielding, storing valuable items, and even some special equipment manufacturing.
What delighted Jeming the most is that these materials are not only expensive but also considered semi-consumables in a certain sense.
According to the data, while basic isolation materials are quite cheap, those advanced isolation materials are astonishingly expensive, and some particularly special materials require a sky-high number of points to redeem!
Because of the constant need to conduct various experimental procedures, the Wizard System seems to have a significant demand for materials that can resist various energy and spiritual power invasions. Moreover, due to frequent accidents causing high losses, they are practically consumables with enormous demand.
"Haha… hahaha…" Jeming couldn't help but laugh wildly in his heart.
His "refined gold" is stable enough to be almost unaffected by any energy, and even compared to the isolation materials in the database, it can be considered a high-grade product.
As for costs, if you exclude the intangible value of knowledge from other systems, there's only the consumption of gold, the laboratory rental, and labor costs.
The laboratory cost can't be saved; each session costs at least five points, but this was within his prior planning. Labor costs can be ignored, and as for the remaining gold costs...
Jeming checked the price of purchasing gold directly on the Magic Net, and his facial muscles couldn't help but twitch: "One point can exchange for a cubic meter of non-extraordinary metal… Goodness gracious!"
While gold is precious in the eyes of ordinary people, for wizards, it still falls within the category of non-extraordinary metals.
"So… this is what it feels like to master core technology? It's truly fascinating!"
After the excitement passed, Jeming began to calculate.
He doesn't need to refine a large amount of refined gold; that would consume too much True Essence, and having too effective isolation materials might attract attention.
He just needs to refine a small amount of refined gold and then use alchemical coating techniques to "plate" a thin layer of refined gold onto a base of ordinary metal, which would grant it strong isolation properties.
This refined gold coating consumes much less pure refined gold compared to solid refined gold blocks, and the effect won't be excessively superior.
With this decided, Jeming wasted no time and spent his last remaining points to buy a cubic meter of white iron.
This is a very common metal material, with generally average attributes in all aspects, but its high malleability makes it a base material for various alloys.
As a knock sounded on the laboratory door, Jeming opened it to find a silver-white Demonic Puppet holding a massive iron block standing outside.
He instructed the Demonic Puppet to place the white iron in the center of the laboratory, watching as it blended back into the silver-white walls of the hallway outside.
The white iron, true to its name, had an overall white coloration.
Jeming took out his Alchemy Disc, placing it face down on the white iron block, closed his eyes to focus his mind, and roused a truth rune from the depths of his Sea of Spirit.
More than half a month had passed since the first class, and Jeming had constructed a second truth rune in his Sea of Spirit.
As an apprentice in Alchemy, the core design of the second truth rune represents the concept of "fusion" in alchemy, which is also the main reason why Jeming started his actions today.
What Jeming needed to do was simple: the main material is the white iron, which he would shape into standard iron plates, and the refined gold would fuse with the white iron to act as a thin film, "plated" on the surface through alchemy.
As for the sale, it's even simpler. The Magic Network Terminal in the laboratory has a feature to list products for sale, and interested wizards would directly purchase them online. The proceeds would automatically transfer to Jeming's account.
However, before selling, these items need to undergo testing by the academy to confirm their specific properties and isolation level before they can be sold.
But these matters have little to do with Jeming. He merely needed to hand over all the products and original test samples to the Demonic Puppet outside the laboratory, and then he could just wait.
He glanced at the time; there were only a few minutes left until the laboratory rental period ended.
Destroying the stone furnace he had crafted and clearing all traces, he ensured the low-level laboratory returned to its original state.
As he stepped out of the laboratory door, the extensive alchemy work had left Jeming somewhat physically weak, but his spirit was exceptionally invigorated.
"My initial thoughts were correct. The Great Dao Book Pavilion holds knowledge about artifact refining, talisman crafting, arrays... so much knowledge. Once I find the right materials and methods to realize them in this world, I will become the wealthiest Alchemist in the Wizard World!"
It felt as if countless points and rare resources were beckoning to him.
(There's an extra update today, another chapter to come.)