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But it was all worth it, because he truly turned silver into gold, achieving a breakthrough from zero to one.
If researchers at the Kassel College were to witness this scene, they would surely exclaim that it was grotesque.
Because Gu Ran simplified many steps, and with the easy intervention of the Blood Source Imprint and Norton's ability to command metal, he actually turned silver into gold in just a few minutes.
Absolutely outrageous!
If he were to manufacture Philosopher's Stone bullets, his efficiency would be off the charts!
An excited Gu Ran took out another silver coin and turned it into gold.
Since I had no experience the first time, the transformation was an equal-volume transformation, so it consumed a lot of my mental energy.
The second conversion was of equal mass, resulting in a much smaller metal volume, but requiring far less mental energy.
Next, he looked at some jewelry designs online and used his ability to command metals to transform the gold into jewelry.
In just two minutes, the silver was transformed into a gold bracelet, exquisite and luxurious!
"Wow~ If this technique gets out, I can become a master of counterfeiting in the jewelry industry in no time!" Gu Ran hadn't been this happy in a long time. He felt that instead of slaying dragons, he could become a master metal craftsman.
If silver can be turned into gold, then brass, and even iron, can certainly be turned into gold as well.
However, the worse the metal, the more spiritual energy is required to turn it into gold.
These two transformations alone consumed nearly half of Gu Ran's mental energy.
"It's only because I'm not short of money, otherwise I would be turning silver into gold every day..."
The market price of one gram of silver is only four or five RMB, while the price of one gram of gold can range from two or three hundred RMB when it's cheap to one thousand RMB when it's expensive!
From now on, Gu Ran decided to play with converting gold whenever he had free time!
He returned to Norton Hall feeling quite pleased with himself, only to find Lee Eun-sook looking miserable.
After much pleading, the vice principal finally let the pretty wine-pouring girl go.
"You stinky oppa, why did you leave me over there at the clock tower!" she said, disgruntled.
Gu Ran smiled and took out the brand-name gold bracelet he had just made from his pocket, and gave it to Li Enshu.
"This is a gift for you, as an apology!"
Li Enshu took the bracelet, and it felt heavy as soon as she held it. She was stunned for a moment, but when she saw Gu Ran's happy expression, she immediately understood.
"Oppa, you did it?"
"Of course!" Gu Ran took out a gold coin, the one he had finished first.
Lee Eun-sook took the gold coin, glanced at it, and secretly put it in her mouth to take a bite. Then she felt a little silly, thinking that the density should be enough to confirm that it was real gold.
She exclaimed excitedly, "I'm going to post on the forum and let those who don't believe in you know how amazing you are!"
Many people know that Gu Ran wants to turn silver into gold, but many are not optimistic about him.
This time, Lee Eun-sook is going to slap them in the face!
"No, keep it low-key, keep it low-key, this matter should be kept low-key." Gu Ran stopped the young woman's boastful behavior and showed her what it meant to be low-key as a Chinese person.
We'll keep quiet and make a fortune; it's best we keep it to ourselves.
Lee Eun-sook seemed to understand but not quite, and finally agreed not to tell anyone. However, since the event had to be celebrated, she went to the school cafeteria to order a cake.
But as soon as he turned around, Gu Ran couldn't wait to share the matter with Su Xiaoqiang on QQ.
"You might not believe it, but I successfully turned silver into gold today!"
Then I sent her a picture of gold coins.
Su Xiaoqiang hadn't actually reconciled with him yet, nor was she paying any attention to him, but Gu Ran knew he couldn't just sit idly by and wait for his girlfriend to get back at him, so he kept taking the initiative to contact her.
When he was in Stockholm, he sent her pictures of cherry blossoms, telling her that spring break was over and they would have to wait until summer vacation to meet, and that she shouldn't miss him too much, but that he would always miss her.
I also sent her a panoramic view of the city hall, which looked like a ship at sea.
I would occasionally send her a few selfies.
But every message she sent went unanswered; Su Xiaoqiang never replied to a single one.
But Gu Ran knew that she must have seen his messages.
Because if she really didn't want to see his messages, she could just block him on QQ.
The fact that she didn't do that proves she still cares about him.
Gu Ran was not discouraged. It was Su Xiaoqiang who took the initiative to pursue him. She had completely lost her girlish modesty.
Now that they're having a disagreement, it's my responsibility to coax her back.
And after all, this was his own fault.
Although Su Xiaoqiang did not reply to his messages, she would update her QQ space.
For example, Gu Ran was on a mission for a few days, investigating Deadpool's whereabouts, and didn't send her any messages for those days.
So she shared a song on her QQ space, titled Teresa Teng's "I Only Care About You".
Gu Ran only discovered this post after completing the task, realizing that the girl missed him.
So he messaged her to tell her he was doing a mission these days and that she shouldn't worry, and then said he wanted to see her photos.
That same day, Su Xiaoqiang created a private album on QQ Space and started posting some photos of her daily life in it.
To access this album, you must answer the questions correctly.
Su Xiaoqiang's question is: One day, an idiot said some things to me that he shouldn't have said. What day was that?
After seeing the question, Gu Ran first admitted that he was an idiot, and then entered an eight-digit answer, which was the day he left Su Xiaoqiang during winter break.
The answer is correct.
The album is full of photos of Su Xiaoqiang, which seem to have been taken by Liu Miaomiao. They are quite sophisticated, as they were taken with a DSLR camera.
Every photo is taken from the perfect angle.
Sometimes it's a photo of her reading at home, and sometimes it's a selfie of her eating dessert at the rooftop clubhouse.
She was actually telling Gu Ran in this way that she was doing well.
But Gu Ran was also wicked. He deliberately sent Su Xiaoqiang a message, asking her which idiot had angered her, and also asking her what the password to her private photo album was, pretending that he didn't know.
Su Xiaoqiang didn't reply to him, but instead posted a QQ status update with only four words: "Knowing it already."
She saw his visit in the visitor log.
In fact, the two of them have an unspoken understanding that the cold war will only continue when they are apart, and they will definitely make up after they meet again.
Because they still love each other deeply.
Chapter 230 Freshman Summer Vacation
One evening, during an alchemy chemistry class.
The experiment we're going to do today is to extract aluminum from aluminum cans.
For Gu Ran, this level of refinement is just a matter of using a single word.
However, because of the watchman's commandments in the chemistry lab on campus, one cannot use magic words.
Gu Ran had no choice but to purify it step by step according to the experimental procedures.
Chemistry experiments are not actually that difficult; you just need to follow the steps carefully.
The only difficulty is that it can be dangerous if you have a bad memory.
Every time Lu Mingfei does a chemistry experiment, he's like the chemistry teacher in "Fight Back to School"—he has absolutely no memory.
He is also prone to nervousness.
He nervously held the flamethrower, about to melt the can, when his hand trembled and he accidentally burned Zero's hair next door.
With lightning speed, Gu Ran pulled a shuriken from his pocket and shot it out, severing the burning end of Ling's hair.
Although the shuriken didn't stop the flames from burning, it turned Zero's long hair into short, shoulder-length hair, but at least it saved more of her hair.
So she simply thanked Gu Ran and said she would treat him to dinner later.
With Qi Lan's help, Lu Mingfei hurriedly turned off the flamethrower.
He said to Zero in a flustered manner, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I, I, I didn't mean to."
"It's alright, just treat me to a meal," Ling said casually.
"And me too," Gu Ran chimed in, "Let's make this clear first, I don't want German food. Whatever Ling eats, I'll eat!"
"Fine..." Lu Mingfei agreed with a bitter face.
When they went to the restaurant, Zero didn't hold back at all and ordered two servings of caviar and two servings of lobster tails.
So Gu Ran also ordered two servings of each of the two dishes.
As he ate, he complained, "This caviar is nowhere near as good as the one I had in Stockholm!"
"Then don't eat it, give it back!" Lu Mingfei snatched the plate of caviar from him; he hadn't ordered the caviar himself.
Gu Ran smiled and didn't try to take it from him.
She eats slowly and deliberately, just like a noblewoman from the Russian Empire.
Lu Mingfei licked the plate clean, completely disregarding table manners.
Gu Ran complained about Lu Mingfei's grades, saying that the brat was always playing games and even staying up all night: "If you keep going like this, you'll fail a lot of subjects in the second semester."
"Sigh!" Lu Mingfei's face fell as soon as this was mentioned, and he lost his appetite for caviar and lobster tail.
“I can help you,” Zero said expressionlessly, “but you have to treat me to dinner.”
"I... I'll think about it." Lu Mingfei looked at tonight's bill, weighing the pros and cons...
Gu Ran said, "You don't want to be like Finger and study until the ninth grade, do you?"
"Huh?" Lu Mingfei was taken aback. "Isn't he a top student this year?"
Gu Ran asked, "Do you think Fingel will graduate this year?"
"Definitely not!" Lu Mingfei covered his face and laughed. "But I'm not cut out for studying, so what should I do?"