To Zhang Xiao's surprise, Zhang Chengdao was even more astonished than he was. His wife had actually thought of it before he did?
Li Qingshu said with a smile:
"Have you forgotten? Cloud gold-the cloud gold that caused such a stir."
Zhang Chengdao's eyes lit up, then he looked chagrined:
"I only looked through precious materials. I never thought to check the rejects!"
With his parents' explanation, Zhang Xiao finally gained a rough understanding of the bizarre material called cloud gold.
The explosion of technology in modern society had inevitably affected the supernatural world as well. The changes of the past hundred years were even greater than those of the previous two thousand.
The Daoist Order had also changed under this tremendous impact, with countless ingenious ideas emerging from the collision between the supernatural and the mundane.
Standardized vehicles, modernized lifestyles... and the creation of all kinds of new materials.
Cloud gold had emerged against this backdrop.
Its creator had originally drawn inspiration from women's flying implements-the Feather Garment, Sash, and Cloud-Rosé Cape-to develop a metal that was both lightweight and incredibly strong.
To build... a Flying Battleship!!!
When Zhang Xiao heard "Flying Battleship," his jaw nearly hit the floor. Holy crap! This guy was hardcore!
Unfortunately, after all that effort, the material he produced was indeed light and strong, but apart from those two advantages... it had nothing going for it.
Its yield was extremely low, it could not be reshaped, and it was incredibly difficult to forge. Most importantly, it offered no help whatsoever with the Mystic Order's spellcasting and demon subjugation...
Simply put, it provided no bonuses.
And so, after exhausting his fortune and only managing to build a kayak, the material was finally consigned to the scrap heap, becoming a famous cautionary tale.
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