407: Chapter 401 The Expensive Cost of Crafting Storage Bags 407: Chapter 401 The Expensive Cost of Crafting Storage Bags The five-colored metal wire was no longer than an inch or so.
To say it was as fine as a hair would, in fact, be an exaggeration; likening it to a spider’s silk would be more fitting.
The instant that this five-colored metal wire had been refined, the gold that was consumed by Chen Hai’s flames and turned into a golden stream of air, instantly transformed into black ash.
This phenomenon appeared somewhat eerie.
It was as if all the essence contained within the gold had been forcefully absorbed by that five-colored metal wire.
Although, with the lesson from the first time, in the following days, when Chen Hai refined Fine Gold, he enclosed the gold between two porcelain basins, creating a sealed space.
A day’s worth of refining, though the consumption of gold was still inevitable, was no longer as severe.
Every morning, Chen Hai would head to the hotel, and before he formally began refining Fine Gold, he would replenish the gold’s weight to exactly one kilogram.
In Chen Hai’s estimation, this strand of five-colored metal wire probably didn’t even weigh one gram.
“Is this thing, Fine Gold?”
“One kilogram of gold, just to refine this tiny bit of Fine Gold, the cost seems a bit high!”
He examined the five-colored metal wire closely, turning it over and inspecting it meticulously for a good while.
This past week, just purchasing gold alone had cost him a staggering three to four hundred thousand.
If just this strand of Fine Gold was enough to refine a Storage Bag, the cost, naturally, wouldn’t be too much of a concern!
But the problem was, according to the refining method given by Hongming for his Storage Bag, aside from the main material of Giant Kun skin, the auxiliary material of Fine Gold needed to be woven into threads, integrated with the Giant Kun skin like veins, and fused into one entity.
Chen Hai estimated that to meet the Fine Gold requirement for the Storage Bag, he would need at least hundreds of strands as fine as the one he held in his hands.
Even without considering the loss, if every kilogram of gold could successfully be refined into a thread like this one,
he would need at least several hundred kilograms of gold to refine all the Fine Gold needed for the Storage Bag.
At the current price of gold, just for the materials alone, it would cost him tens of millions.
Thinking of this gave Chen Hai quite a headache.
From the Wang Dehui incident, he had come into eighty million, and he had only invested ten million into Peach Blossom Wine Industry.
His account at HSBC in Xiangjiang held no shortage of funds, and he had thought that with so much money in hand, even if he just lay around every day, he could live in luxury!
Back in Capital City, the Future Information Consulting Company already had over a dozen clients who had booked appointments to seek divination from him.
But Chen Hai stayed in his hometown of Liuyuan County, utterly indifferent to the prospect of heading over to Capital City!
The reason for this was that with tens of millions in savings, he felt he no longer needed the small sums of money he could get from offering divinations to others.
But now, even if he spent all his savings on buying gold, he had no idea if the eventually refined Fine Gold would be enough to successfully complete the Storage Bag.
“Kid, under my guidance, you have already successfully refined Fine Gold, and now, we are even!”
“If it’s nothing important, don’t bother me; I need to continue my slumber.”
“Of course, if you feel bad for taking my benefits and wish to continue offering me Blood Food as a tribute, you could wake me up…”
The Hongming Blade was carelessly placed on the bedside table a few steps away by Chen Hai.
It was already aware of Chen Hai refining Fine Gold the moment it happened.
Still that somewhat punchable tone, its voice rang directly in Chen Hai’s mind.
“Hongming, thanks!” Chen Hai nodded and added, “You have your long sleep; I definitely won’t summon you unless it’s necessary!”
In the matter of refining Fine Gold, his gratitude towards Hongming was truly heartfelt.
He was very aware that without Hongming’s continual guidance, he probably wouldn’t have been able to refine Fine Gold.
Even he, with his fire control, found it so; other people in the real world shouldn’t even think about refining Fine Gold from Gold.
After all, at the moment of Fine Gold’s creation, all the Gold nurturing it would turn to ashes in an instant.
This bizarre scene didn’t at all comply with the law of conservation of mass and was completely out of line with scientific logic.
Forced to explain this phenomenon, one could only say, if in doubt, quantum mechanics…
“By the way, Hongming, can I ask, was Gold everywhere in your era?
Was it basically worthless?”
Recalling the amount of Gold needed to craft a Storage Bag, Chen Hai couldn’t help complaining and directly asked.
He knew that Hongming had mentioned before that in its era, official disciples within great sects each had a Storage Bag!
To merely attempt crafting the most basic Storage Bag would require at least a few hundred kilograms of Gold.
For mid to high-end Storage Bags, if they still required Fine Gold as a material for refining, Chen Hai hardly dared to imagine the amount of Gold required.
“In my era, Great Powers could capture stars and moons,” Hongming replied disdainfully.
“Some stars were made entirely of Gold.”
“Do you think they lacked Gold?
Do you think they couldn’t obtain enough Fine Gold?”
To Hongming, Chen Hai simply saw too little and was somewhat ignorant.
Fine Gold was just a common artifact refining material, not even counting as a material with spirituality.
And yet, in the eyes of this kid, such an ordinary thing seemed like something incredible…
If Hongming had eyes, it definitely would’ve rolled them in contempt at Chen Hai at this moment.
“Directly capturing stars…” Chen Hai sighed helplessly with a bitter smile.
The limitations of the era constrained his thinking.
If Hongming hadn’t provided this explanation, he couldn’t have fathomed such an outrageous possibility.
Afterwards, Hongming did not respond anymore.
It was unknown whether it was playing dead or had truly fallen deep into sleep.
“Storage Bags like this would absolutely be priceless today.”
“Not to mention tens of millions, even billions or tens of billions, this item would definitely be worth the money.”
“I hope the funds I have will be enough to purchase sufficient Gold to finally succeed in refining a Storage Bag!” Chen Hai muttered, sighing.
He glanced around, and seeing no traces of Gold residue nearby, he straightened his clothes and strode towards the door of the guest room.