HLM -Chapter 765 Golden Appearance

There was no need to rush the apprenticeship. On Saturday morning, after meeting up, Wang Bo led everyone, along with the beasts, toward the gold mine.

“Why aren’t we driving? The Raider could easily drive us in,” Kidd complained.

Wang Bo glanced at him sideways. “Don’t you think you need a bit of exercise? Walking a few extra steps won’t hurt. You just graduated a year ago—how much weight have you gained? Ten kilos?”

Kidd grinned foolishly. “Hehe… hehe.”

The group chatted as they walked leisurely, and it wasn’t tiring at all. Especially in spring, the scenery at the foot of the mountain was beautiful, with occasional mountain streams and wild deer or rabbits, making the walk quite pleasant.

Finally, they reached the foot of the gold mine mountain. The group was tired and each found a spot to sit and rest.

Kidd found a large rock to sit on, but it was unstable. He then picked up a fist-sized rock to use as a cushion.

When he casually glanced at it while preparing to place it down, his eyes went wide, and he froze for more than ten seconds. He shouted, “F-F-Fuck! Everyone come look! Isn’t this a gold ore?!”

No one paid him any mind—only Wang Bo knew that it truly was a highly gold-rich mineral.

This rock had been deliberately placed there by him. Ever since realizing the effect of the Heart of the Gold Mine, he had been constantly monitoring this area through his sandbox simulations.

However, from his observations, the effect of a Level One Heart of the Gold Mine wasn’t very strong. There weren’t many precious ores with high gold content on the surface, let alone nugget gold.

Most of the rocks at the foot of this mountain were ordinary gold ores. They could reflect sunlight, but their gold content was relatively low.

From a plane, many rocks seemed to glimmer, but on the ground, these truly gold-rich ores were rare. After two days of effort, he had found a small gold nugget, which he placed here. Choosing this spot to rest was intentional—he wanted to attract the group’s attention to discover the gold.

To make his reaction appear natural, Wang Bo treated Kidd’s shout as a joke. He pulled his badge from his pocket, which shone brilliantly in the sunlight, and laughed, “You mean this?”

Juan complimented him, “Boss, you’re really responsible—even while out playing, you never forget your badge.”

Uncle Bing patted his pocket. “I brought mine too.”

Kidd shouted, “Didn’t you hear me? Come look! Damn it, it’s gold! A gold mine!”

“Calm down. Did you find a diamond mine? This is the Southern Alps, not the Alps. Where would there be a gold mine?” Bowen said, annoyed.

Kidd ran over and handed the stone to him. “Look!”

He held a gray rock, half of which glimmered with pure gold. It was fist-sized and heavy; Kidd was clearly struggling to hold it.

Bowen took it, eyes widening like Kidd’s had. “Shit! Is this really gold ore?!”

Hani picked up another rock and tossed it to him, laughing. “You guys planning to team up against us? No way…”

“I swear on my damn head—this is gold ore!” Kidd protested.

Seeing his serious expression, the group immediately gathered around. The stones were passed from hand to hand. Hani’s eyes widened: “My God… this… this really seems to be gold ore.”

“Definitely!”

Wang Bo feigned doubt. “Have you guys seen gold ore before?”

“No need. Try the weight. Only gold ore is this heavy, because gold’s density is huge—five to six times that of granite. Look at this stone, it seems to have a high gold content,” Bowen said.

This gold ore was indeed rich in gold. It gleamed even under sunlight, a high-grade ore—the kind of nugget gold that could become a gold rain nugget.

Little Bartier scanned the ground for a while and then picked up a rock. “There really is gold here, and it’s very concentrated.”

Everyone turned to look and saw a clean gold nugget in Little Bartier’s palm.

This was the small gold nugget Wang Bo had placed here, which he had painstakingly found. Little Bartier had the luck of finding the most valuable piece.

“Fuck!”

Gasps of awe immediately filled the air.

“I’ve seen gold—both ore and refined high-quality gold bars. This is pure gold,” Little Bartier said seriously.

“How… how do you know?”

Little Bartier smiled slightly. “My father explained it. Some meteorites contain gold particles. When a large meteorite passes through the Earth’s atmosphere, intense friction and oxidation burn off many impurities. But gold, being chemically stable, doesn’t easily react, even at high temperatures.

“The meteorite melts, and the gold flows together. Once cooled, it forms pure gold, ready for market circulation. Rare, but no need to refine it.”

He paused, then added, “I think this gold in my hand could sell for 100,000 to 200,000.”

Kidd was astonished. “You’re not excited?”

Little Bartier shrugged. “Why get excited? It’s only tens of thousands. This is the boss’s gold. My father said a good financier doesn’t get emotional over someone else’s wealth.”

Hearing this, Wang Bo made a decision and said to Eva, “Darling, children’s education is crucial. We must be their first teacher in life.”

Eva was confused. “Why are you suddenly thinking about this?”

Wang Bo said seriously, “Look at Bartier and then think about those sons of Atulu… thank God Atulu isn’t here today, or he would be desperate!”

Bowen muttered, “Boss, aren’t you excited?”

Wang Bo wasn’t—the outcome was already expected. But he needed a reason to justify it: “I don’t know if this is gold. If not, why get excited? If it is, then judging by the glimmers we saw from the plane, there’s a lot on this mountain.”

“Boss, you’re going to get rich!” Kidd trembled. “This has to be gold! My God, those glimmers we saw from the plane—how much is that worth?!”

Wang Bo laughed. “You’re not even as smart as Little Bartier. Little Bartier knows—don’t get emotional over money. Money is important, but many things in the world are more important than gold! So… are you sure this is gold?”

“Of course!” several people shouted in unison.