I, a cultivator, have ended up in the wizarding world.

Chapter 16 Refining
The so-called laboratory was a small room of only a dozen square meters. The walls were not made of metal, but of rough stone, and the floor was covered with a simple rune floor.

In the center of the room was a simple workbench with a magic lamp hanging above it. In the corner were some commonly used basic equipment such as small crucibles, bellows, and water tanks.

Most importantly, some basic runes are engraved on the four corners of the room and on the door frame.

"Is this a simple isolation and detection array?"

After locking the door, Jemin felt the faint energy fluctuations brought about by the activation of the magic circle.

This level of magic array might not be able to prevent powerful detection by high-level wizards, but if someone tries to break through the array's shield, it will cause a disturbance, making it sufficient as a warning system.

The entire laboratory was quite rudimentary and basic; apart from the internal protective and isolation arrays, it was practically useless.

However, after a careful inspection, Jemin also discovered a pleasant surprise: "There's actually a standalone magic network terminal in the lab?"

In one corner of the laboratory, there sits a machine exactly like the one in the mission hall that connects to the magic network.

With practiced ease, Jemin activated the machine using his badge. He discovered that the contents were even more abundant than those in the mission hall. In addition to the usual missions, the various laboratories would also buy or sell the necessary supplies and products to each other.

"Even the buying and selling of basic supplies comes with free delivery service, which is much better than in the mission hall."

Although the mission lobby also offers the same basic resource buying and selling services, it cannot help with delivery; buyers have to pick it up themselves.

If it's some high-end resources, that's fine, but for some more common supplies, the purchasing power of points is terrifyingly strong.

Furthermore, Jemin discovered that, through the tasks and purchase requests posted between various laboratories, signs of a "forum" reminiscent of his previous life had emerged.

Unfortunately, the value of knowledge in this world far surpasses all other things, and most discussions only scratch the surface. As a result, despite its long history of development, the "forum" remains just a rudimentary form.

Even so, the scattered information revealed in these discussions was very helpful to Jemin.

"The knowledge purchase and payment system is incredibly sophisticated; even CNKI and the like can't compare..."

After being engrossed in the magic network for a while, Jemin finally came to his senses: "Goodness, I've been online for so long that I'm a little excited. So, it seems that the most important function of this kind of low-level laboratory, besides ensuring privacy, is being able to access the internet at any time..."

After reaching this conclusion, Jemin stared at the terminal machine connected to the magic network in front of him and fell silent: "What is this? A private internet cafe? The internet fee is way too expensive!"

After internally grumbling for a while, Jieming stopped wasting time and began to address his main objective for the day.

He took out his piece of gold, which had been shaped countless times by alchemy, from his toolbox. Instead of using the crucible provided by the laboratory, he took out a stone from his own toolbox.

According to the knowledge in the Great Dao Library, those who want to refine refined gold at the first level of Qi Refining need to use the power of tools.

The simplest of these is a specially made furnace with a unique internal structure that can concentrate heat to aid in refining.

Jemin took out the alchemy plate and placed the stone on it. Before long, the stone turned into a small cauldron the size of a rice cooker.

"This hand shaping feels so smooth. Sure enough, it can perform better when the internal circulation is released," Jemin thought to himself.

He placed the gold into the stone furnace he had crafted, concentrated his mental energy, and mobilized the hard-won true essence within his body. "The Geng Metal Refining Method… This is a basic metal purification method from the Great Dao Library. The principle is to use the high purity of true essence and the subtle guidance of divine sense to remove impurities from the metal and extract its core essence. Unfortunately, with my cultivation level, I can only refine a small amount, and it has high requirements for the properties of the materials. Fortunately, gold is stable, so it's barely usable."

The laboratory's heating array was activated, and a ball of flame appeared out of thin air on the experimental table.

He placed the stone cauldron on top and Jemin gradually channeled his true essence into the piece of gold.

When the true essence enters the gold, it acts like the highest-grade solvent, quickly permeating every particle of the gold.

At the same time, his divine sense was as precise as a scalpel, sensing the core "golden nature" and the complex "mortal nature" within the gold.

This process consumed a great deal of true energy. Jieming felt his pitiful true energy draining away like a flood, bringing waves of obvious weakness.

His face began to turn pale, and fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Fortunately, he has now learned meditation, which allows him to draw elemental power from the outside world and transform it into true energy to replenish himself.

Jemin gritted his teeth and continued to maintain the output of his true energy and the subtle guidance of his divine sense. At the same time, he used the simple equipment in the laboratory to assist him, following the methods of the Geng Metal Refining Method.

Every step requires extreme focus and control. He can feel the "ordinary" elements inside the gold being repelled and stripped away under the guidance of true essence and external force. They turn into invisible dust particles, which are extracted from the surface of the gold and burned at high temperatures in the stone furnace.

Time passed second by second, and Jemin's true energy was almost completely exhausted, and his physical weakness reached its peak.

He felt dizzy, and the faint buzzing sound from the isolation array seemed to grow increasingly distant.

at last!

Just before the true essence was completely exhausted, all impurities inside the gold were stripped away.

The fist-sized piece of gold in the furnace had shrunk to the size of a fingertip, shimmering with a restrained light.

It worked!
Jemin leaned weakly against the workbench, panting heavily.

Without time to check his results, Jemin sat cross-legged on the ground, meditating, and unleashed the full power of the Truth Runes in his mental sea, attracting external elemental forces to transform into true essence to replenish his body's consumption.

After more than half an hour, Jemin, who had recovered to a fairly good state, stood up and carefully used tweezers to remove the small golden piece from the stone cauldron.

It felt cold to the touch, yet incredibly heavy.

It is no longer ordinary gold, but a substance that embodies an ineffable concept of eternity and stability.

After examining the information from the Great Dao Book Pavilion, Jieming confirmed that this was "refined gold," a metallic essence that could only be extracted using special methods in the cultivation world!

Jemin looked excitedly at the fingertip-sized piece of refined gold in his hand. This should be the first time he had come into contact with extraordinary materials since he came to this world.

(End of this chapter)