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

Chapter 17 Expectation
"But... it's really unbelievable. It's clearly gold with extremely high purity, so how can we refine it into refined gold? And although the density is very high, the mass is almost half of what it was before. Where did the other substances and mass go? And what are those impurities?"

Although the process of refining gold is very much like "cultivating immortality," it is not "scientific" at all, and not even "wizard-like."

Jemin picked up the stone cauldron and examined it carefully, confirming that there was no residue inside.

I then checked the amount of waste gas and the amount of material that the laboratory had just processed through the magic network terminal. Although a lot of "impurities" turned into black smoke and disappeared, even with the addition of the mass of the waste gas, a lot of the mass still disappeared into thin air during the refining process.

"It's...a truly intriguing phenomenon."

If it were just a simple cultivation world, Jemin might not be so interested in encountering this situation, but this is the wizarding world. According to the knowledge he learned from the basic alchemy manual, the material structure of the wizarding world is similar to that of his previous life, both being composed of various basic particles.

Therefore, theoretically speaking, even if gold is purified to the extreme, it can only be "gold" and there is no possibility of refining it into a substance called pure gold.

However, now is not the time to study these things. If it were just to verify whether the refining method could really produce refined gold, Jemin would not have gone to such great lengths.

After all, renting the laboratory had already consumed most of his remaining points. Now, what he needed to do was to use this little bit of refined gold to recoup his losses and even make an extra profit to obtain the initial start-up capital.

Thanks to the Wizarding World's extreme emphasis on knowledge, as long as Jemin isn't foolish enough to sell raw materials directly, no one will dare to delve into the manufacturing process or principles.

As for how to monetize it, Jemin originally planned to take it slow, but while "going online" just now, he found a pretty good "marketing channel".

Enter the command at the magic network terminal by the laboratory wall to connect to the academy's internal magic network.

Jemin used his mental power to search for information related to "stability", "isolation", "magic resistance", and "detection resistance".

The search results popped up immediately.

The college's internal database does indeed contain a wide variety of insulating materials, which are widely used for laboratory protection, shielding of sensitive areas, storage of valuable items, and even the manufacture of certain special equipment.

What surprised Jemin the most was that this type of material was not only expensive, but also, in a sense, a semi-consumable.

Data shows that while basic insulation materials are very cheap, advanced insulation materials are ridiculously expensive, and some special materials even require an exorbitant amount of points to redeem!
Because of the frequent need to conduct all sorts of haphazard experiments, the wizarding system seems to desperately need materials that can resist the erosion of various energies and mental forces. Moreover, due to the frequent accidents that cause excessive losses, they are even considered consumables, with huge demand.

"Hahaha...hahahaha..." Jemin couldn't help but laugh wildly in his heart.

His "refined gold" is so stable that it is almost unaffected by any energy, making it a high-grade material even compared to the isolation materials in the database.

As for costs, if we deduct things like knowledge from other systems that are difficult to measure, and only consider the consumption of gold, laboratory rental, and human resource costs, then...

There's no way to cut corners on the lab aspect; it costs at least five points each time. But that was already within my original plan. Human resource costs are negligible. As for the remaining gold costs…

Jemin checked the price of buying gold directly on the Magic Network, and his face twitched involuntarily: "One point can be exchanged for one cubic meter of non-supernatural metal... Holy crap!"

While gold is precious to ordinary people, it is still considered a non-extraordinary metal to wizards.

"So... this is what it feels like to master core technology? It's truly fascinating!" After the initial excitement, Jemin immediately began to make plans.

He doesn't need to refine large amounts of refined gold, as that would consume too much of his true essence, and if it were too effective as a partition material, it would attract attention.

He only needs to extract a small amount of refined gold, and then use alchemical adhesion techniques to "plate" this refined gold onto an ordinary metal substrate, which will give it strong insulating properties.

This refined gold plating consumes far less real gold than pure refined gold ingots, and the effect is not excessive.

Thinking it over, and without further hesitation, Jieming decisively spent his last few points to buy a cubic meter of galvanized iron.

This is a very common metallic material with relatively ordinary properties in all aspects, but it has high plasticity and is the base material for various alloys.

As the laboratory door was knocked on, Jemin opened it to find a silver-white golem standing outside, carrying a huge iron block.

Directing the puppet to place the white iron in the center of the laboratory, Jemin watched as the puppet re-integrated into the silver-white wall of the corridor outside the laboratory.

White iron, just like its name suggests, has an overall color that is predominantly white.

Jemin took out the alchemy disc, placed it upside down on the tin block, closed his eyes, concentrated, and mobilized the truth runes deep within his spiritual sea.

More than half a month has passed since the first class, and Jemin has also constructed the second Truth Rune in his mental sea.

As an apprentice in alchemy, the core symbol of the second Truth Rune represents the concept of "fusion" in alchemy, which is also the main reason why Jemin is only taking action today.

What Jemin wanted to do was quite simple: the main material was galvanized iron, and most of the galvanized iron was made into standard-sized iron sheets. The refined gold was then fused with the galvanized iron and "plated" onto the surface of the iron sheets using alchemy as a thin film.

Selling is even simpler; the laboratory's magic network terminal has a product listing function, and wizards who need it can buy it directly online, with the remaining balance automatically transferred to Jemin's account.

However, these items need to be tested by the academy before they can be sold, to confirm their specific properties and isolation levels.

But these things had nothing to do with Jemin. He simply handed over all the products and the original test samples to the puppet outside the lab, and all he had to do was wait.

I glanced at the time; there were still a few minutes left before my lab session ended.

Destroy the stone furnace you made, clean up all traces, and make sure this rudimentary laboratory is restored to its original state.

The moment he stepped out of the laboratory, Jemin was physically weak from the large amount of alchemy he had done, but his spirit was unusually high.

"My initial idea was correct. The Great Dao Library contains so much knowledge about weapon crafting, talismans, formations... Once I find the right materials and methods to realize it in this world, I will become the richest alchemist in the wizarding world!"

He could almost see countless points and rare resources beckoning to him.

(Bonus chapter today, one more chapter to go.)
(End of this chapter)