Gale grew excited; he had finally come up with a plan.
Artificial Titan blood, it sounded a bit far-fetched. But with the Hammer of Kaz'goroth in his hand, Gale could attempt anything, and creating Titan blood shouldn't be a problem.
"You all continue your cultivation, I suddenly have an inspiration."
Gale dropped a sentence and hurried back to Shalani'er, locking himself in his wooden hut to design the upgrade plan for the eternal holy grail.
Nalarex looked at the others, "I also have to leave, Andu Talla still needs me."
Navoli and the others nodded. Most of Gale's initial accompanying mages and guards had duties to attend to. Sethonis and Lu'anna guarded Gale's Tower; Metri, Carlos, and Kana were stationed in Sin'dorei; Salador was garrisoned at Sharpshooter Camp; Luden watched over Morning Light Tower; Antalia was Andu Talla's administrator; while Rielly and Nalarex were mage and druid mentors.
Only Navoli, Draksa, and Meijia had no official duties and could stay within the barrier for extended periods to accompany Gale.
Seizing this opportunity, they also cultivated here. The Natural Force within the barrier significantly increased their cultivation speed, surpassing other areas and reaching the same speed as Sin'dorei.
Nalarex often returned here to cultivate for this very reason. His return this time happened to coincide with Gale's creation of the Natural Force, and he obtained an epic-grade armor.
After seeing Nalarex off, Navoli and the other two resumed their cultivation. The Natural Force within the barrier was slowly recovering, and at its current rate, it would take at least a year and a half to reach its previous level.
Artificial Titan blood was not a simple project. The minerals in the Well of Eternity water were complex, and whether it would even work was still unknown.
Therefore, Gale needed a long and meticulous experimental process.
This experimental process lasted for over a hundred years. He used Arcane Essence as the main material, then mixed in individual metal particles to see if they could meet the standard of the well water. Then he tried various metal particle mixtures with different ratios. This was an extremely tedious but critical process.
Even though Gale used Arcane Baptism to keep himself constantly clear-headed, the long hours of experimentation still left him deeply fatigued. Fortunately, the results came out, although they were somewhat disappointing.
Metal particles were utterly useless for replicating the well water, meaning Gale's century of experiments had been in vain.
Gale was both frustrated and relieved; frustrated by the wasted time, but relieved that at least the experiment had yielded a result. Since mixing in metal particles was proven wrong, Gale focused all his energy on purifying Arcane Energy.
When Arcane Energy is condensed, it becomes Arcane Essence. However, Arcane Essence is still a gas, far inferior to the Well of Eternity water. Physics tells us that the process of gas turning into liquid is called liquefaction, and liquefaction can only be achieved by two methods: compressing volume or lowering temperature.
Gale first conducted compression experiments. Using extremely precise micro-manipulation energy, he continuously condensed Arcane Energy, transforming it into Arcane Essence, and then compressed it further, finally reducing a yoga ball-sized Arcane Essence into a single drop of water.
While maintaining the pressure, Gale tested the water's energy. It was still quite a bit less than the Well of Eternity water, but already very close.
This was understandable; after all, Titans possessed divine power, and if the Well of Eternity water was Titan blood, it must inherently carry divine power. Although the divine power it carried was minuscule, divine power was still divine power, possessing the ability to change essence.
The experiment was successful, but it couldn't be applied. Gale relied on powerful micro-manipulation to generate such immense pressure, and if this pressure were placed inside the eternal holy grail, it would surely burst the Grail.
Gale then tried lowering the temperature. With Nash's Fang, this experiment was much easier. Similarly, a yoga ball-sized Arcane Essence, under the cooling effect of Nash's Fang, also transformed into a single drop of water. After testing, there was no significant difference from the volume-compressed version.
However, the temperature was a bit too low! It required approximately -100 degrees to achieve liquefaction.
At -50 degrees, an Extreme Cold Storm could be cast. If the temperature inside the eternal holy grail dropped to -100 degrees, wouldn't anyone using the eternal holy grail freeze to death first?
It seems only a two-pronged approach will work!
Gale used the same materials to replicate the Holy Grail, then created an adamantine inner lining. Within the lining, he set up runes for volume compression and temperature reduction, which perfectly liquefied the Arcane Essence into water. Then, on the outer wall of the lining, he set up runes for sturdiness and thermal insulation to prevent the inner lining from bursting or the temperature from becoming too low.
After some experimentation, Gale finally found the optimal solution.
Now, only one final step remained.
That was how to infuse Arcane divine power into the liquefied water. The first step was to find the Arcane divine power.
Gale experimented with the Well of Eternity water, and after consuming a large amount of it, he extracted a trace of Arcane divine power.
Then, he used the Hammer of Kaz'goroth to infuse this trace of Arcane divine power into the inner lining. As a result, the condensed water was almost identical to the Well of Eternity water.
Artificial Titan blood was successfully created!
Gale did not place the inner lining inside the eternal holy grail; there was still free well water available for use. The speed at which the inner lining condensed artificial well water was truly touching; it would take about a hundred years to fully restore an inner lining.
Therefore, using artificial well water now would be more trouble than it was worth.
To be on the safe side, Gale planned to craft over a hundred inner linings to simultaneously produce artificial well water. Even if the Well of Eternity exploded as it did in history, a hundred inner linings would allow Gale to use one inner lining of artificial well water each year.
At the same time, Gale set a restriction on the inner lining. Only when the inner lining was placed inside the eternal holy grail could the artificial well water within be used. Otherwise, it would be impossible to pour the artificial well water out.
And by placing the inner lining inside the eternal holy grail, the eternal holy grail would become a divine artifact. The enhancement in quality would activate the Arcane divine power within the inner lining, increasing the spell power of the user.
However, plans change faster than they are made.
Nalarex arrived from Andu Talla, "Lord Gale, Lady Singsong requests your presence at the Temple of the Moon. Her brother has arrived from Suramar."
"Garrosh?"
Gale was somewhat surprised, "Isn't he a guard in Suramar?"
"Not anymore!" Nalarex said, "Mr. Singsong has been invited by Captain Ravencrest and is preparing to go to Black Rook Hold to serve as the Captain of the Guard."
"Oh?" Gale's expression shifted, "I understand."
He tidied up his wooden hut, then followed Nalarex back to Andu Talla. Along the way, he subtly inquired about the situation of his allies, paying particular attention to the Tauren.
Nalarex thought Gale was just trying to understand the situation, "The chieftain of the Highmountain Tribe is old, but his son, Huln Highmountain, has already come of age. Hu'en is a powerful warrior, deeply loved by the Tauren, so there's no need to worry about the Tauren with him there."
Gale's heart tightened. Had Huln Highmountain already come of age?
It seemed the great war was approaching.
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