"This is truly a golden finger that lives up to its name."
After a brief sigh, and confirming there was no one else at home, Ding Yun retrieved the half-section of the golden finger and fused it with her left index finger. She then carefully examined the manual that appeared in her mind.
Detailed instructions that appeared after fusing with the golden finger.
[Golden Finger Manual: Touchstone]
"This is a golden finger that can transform all things in the world into gold. It is gold in the truest sense, not an illusion. It can only transform in one direction, and objects that have become gold cannot be restored. Please use with caution.
When spiritual power is sufficient, it can be consumed. If spiritual power is insufficient, it will consume merit and luck, or even the soul.
Please control your greed and use with caution!
To use, simply chant 'Touchstone.'"
It had to be said, this golden finger was truly simple, direct, and unfussy, not at all flashy.
The name not only contained the appearance of the item.
But also its specific function.
"Fortunately, this thing is completely controllable, so there's no need to worry about accidentally turning any living person into gold. As for how much spiritual power it consumes, let's experiment and see if it's within my tolerance. Then I can consider other aspects."
After reading the manual, Ding Yun immediately stood up and looked around the room. Concerned about the golden finger's severe drain on spiritual power, she was particularly careful.
She picked up an apple, silently chanted "Touchstone."
The next second, Ding Yun felt a small, negligible portion of her spiritual power vanish. Simultaneously, her left index finger, which was holding the apple, emitted a faint golden glow. Then, in the next moment, she felt her left hand suddenly drop.
She almost couldn't hold onto the apple that had just turned into gold.
The density of gold is very different from that of an apple. A normal apple weighs about half a catty, but a piece of gold the size of a normal apple.
Would weigh about five to six catties.
This was assuming the apple was relatively solid with a lot of water. If the apple was soft and less watery, the resulting gold would likely be even heavier.
"It's quite substantial. It seems this 'Touchstone' doesn't really adhere to the conservation of mass. Half a catty of apple directly turned into five or six catties of gold. If that's the case, then if I perform 'Touchstone' on cotton, how much gold would a catty of cotton yield!
Uh, I should try with more different things. Da Feng Novel Network.
It's better to have a better understanding."
After thoughtfully placing the golden apple on the table, Ding Yun continued to search for other unimportant items in the house that wouldn't matter if they turned into gold.
Preparing to continue her experiments.
She continued trying for over an hour.
Finally, her home acquired a bottle of golden mineral water, a golden Daodejing, a bracelet transformed from brass to gold, a golden longevity bowl, a pack of golden tissues, and a large, complete golden dumbbell.
Through continuous experimentation.
Ding Yun quickly discovered that brass required the least spiritual power to transform into gold for the same volume. Next was wrought iron, the material used for the dumbbell. Then came the ceramic bowl. Finally, the tissues, Daodejing, and mineral water required roughly the same amount of spiritual power.
These items required a significant expenditure of spiritual power.
Based on the current situation, Ding Yun roughly deduced that the denser the object, and the more metallic it was, the easier it was to turn into gold. The farther it was from gold, and the less dense it was, the harder it was to turn into gold, thus consuming more spiritual power.
With this in mind, it seemed a bit more reasonable; the missing mass was compensated for by spiritual power.
As for the changes in these items after turning into gold?
The bracelet, dumbbell, and ceramic bowl had normally transformed into gold. Even the patterns on the dumbbell were clearly visible. Apart from a change in properties,
Everything else was the same as before.
The brass bracelet was the same.
The original patterns on the ceramic bowl had become bas-reliefs, and they were carvings that couldn't be felt but were visible to the eye.
They looked particularly exquisite.
The mineral water underwent a bit of a difference. It didn't turn into gold entirely; instead, the plastic bottle turned into gold. The cap could still be screwed open normally, and the water inside had become very fine golden sand.
It was peculiar, and Ding Yun couldn't explain the principle.
As for the Daodejing and the facial tissues.
The Daodejing didn't turn into an unopened golden book. Instead, it became a book made of gold that could still be flipped through normally. Each page could be opened normally, although the pages were not as soft as paper but had become somewhat stiff. However, with a little force, they could still be rolled up and even creased.
Additionally, the original text on the book.
Had transformed into bas-reliefs, imprinted on the golden pages.
It looked incredibly luxurious and extravagant.
It was just very inconvenient to look at. The original black characters had become golden bas-reliefs, and one had to find a light that was neither too bright nor too dim, and not directly facing the sun, but slightly angled away, to clearly see the text.
The facial tissues were in a similar situation to the Daodejing.
After Ding Yun struggled with a knife with all her might and finally managed to open the facial tissue box, she found sheets of clearly visible golden tissues inside. Each golden tissue could be further divided into four layers, as her facial tissues were composed of four layers. It was incredibly well-designed.
With the verification complete.
Ding Yun immediately felt much more at ease. With this golden finger, no matter how much she fell out with her original body's so-called birth parents, or how her son was suppressed by them, she wouldn't have to worry about being driven to a dead end.
However, the most urgent matter now was to sell some gold and at least have some money on hand. Without money as a fallback, it was truly disheartening to do anything.
Therefore, Ding Yun soon grabbed her phone and went out.
She went out and bought three hundred catties of clay, costing less than two yuan per catty. Three hundred catties added up to only about five hundred yuan, and that was the price including delivery.
It would be cheaper without delivery.
Once the clay arrived home, Ding Yun naturally molded it all into the shape of gold ingots and gold bars.
Then she transformed them into gold.
There was no other way. If she bought iron ingots, copper ingots, or other such items and transformed them into gold, the specifications would still be those of iron or copper ingots, and they would look strange when sold. Furthermore, buying a specific size of iron block and soon after selling gold of the same size and appearance, while not necessarily being discovered or investigated deeply, was still a potential risk.
In comparison, using clay.
Was much more flexible and convenient.
She could mold it into any shape she desired.
And no one would associate clay with gold. Overall, it would certainly be much safer.