Chapter 134 - 133: Loophole in the Water Creation Skill

Chapter 134: Chapter 133: Loophole in the Water Creation Skill

After Jelica returned the tin water jug to Gaode, the two parted ways. Although she found the Leakless Water Gaode gave her quite tasty, Jelica didn’t think too much of it.

However, just a few minutes after returning to her room, she suddenly realized something: despite not having drunk a Physical Strength recovery Magic Potion yet, her Physical Strength had inexplicably recovered by a large margin. And it wasn’t just her Physical Strength—a brand-new surge of vitality was welling up from within her body. Physically and mentally exhausted from mining, Jelica now felt as if she were being nourished by a long-awaited rain after a severe drought. She wondered what was going on.

In his room, Gao Degang opened *A Few Hypotheses on Speciality Awakening*.

"As everyone knows..."

A sudden ring of the doorbell pulled his attention away. Gaode opened the door in confusion, only to find that his visitor was actually Jelica, whom he had just parted ways with.

"Ms. Jelica, is there something the matter?"

"The thing you just gave me to drink... what is it? Do you have any more? Or rather, where can I buy it? I’d like to buy some," Jelica asked, staring at Gaode with burning eyes.

The sensation of the fatigue of her body and Spirit being swept away simultaneously after drinking the Leakless Water had left a profound impression on Jelica. Therefore, she couldn’t wait even a moment longer and immediately came knocking on his door again to purchase more.

"She has realized the wonderful effects of the Leakless Water and wants to buy some as a backup. I’d love to sell it, but I can’t..." Gaode’s thoughts raced at lightning speed.

"This is something I brewed myself based on an ancestral secret recipe. The ingredients are precious, the process is troublesome, and it takes an extremely long time to make, so I haven’t produced much.

"There’s still a little left. If you want, I can give you some more.

"However, they cannot be preserved in the usual way. Once made, they will evaporate within a day, so it’s best if you drink it right away," Gaode said, laying the groundwork in advance.

Hearing this, Jelica nodded in understanding. Such a special item was bound to be precious and rare.

"Wait a moment." After saying this, Gaode nimbly went inside, brought out the previous tin water jug, and filled it with about half a pint of Leakless Water.

This small amount would be gone in a few gulps. It wouldn’t drag on until evening when the Water Creation Skill+ time limit expired, causing any unconsumed Leakless Water to vanish into thin air. Otherwise, even with his prior explanation, such a phenomenon would still look highly suspicious.

Handing the tin water jug back to Jelica, Gaode’s Detection clearly picked up that her eyes were lighting up.

"Its taste is indeed very special. It’s like a fruit drink, yet it tastes better than any fruit drink I’ve ever had, not to mention its wonderful effects..." Jelica couldn’t help but praise the Leakless Water once more.

She took out her coin purse, preparing to pay. Gaode hurriedly waved his hand and said generously, "No, no, consider this little bit a gift. How could I possibly accept your money?"

Jelica’s upbringing made her unwilling to accept things from others for nothing. Under normal circumstances, if someone refused her money, she would rather not take the item at all. But this time, she hesitated for a moment before choosing to put her coin purse away, softly saying, "Thank you."

After sending Jelica off once again and closing the door, Gaode slowly walked upstairs, only to suddenly stop dead in his tracks.

"A fruit drink..." He thought of Jelica’s description of the Leakless Water just now. It was this exact description that suddenly blew his mind wide open in that instant.

"If this water is not consumed, it will disappear after one day."

This was the restriction of the 0th Ring Magic, Water Creation Skill. Prior to this, Gaode had always subconsciously interpreted it as: if the water produced by the Water Creation Skill was not drunk within a day, it would disappear due to Nature.

He wondered if he shouldn’t simply and crudely interpret "consumed" as "drunk." For example, if he added the water to flour and kneaded it into dough, the water wouldn’t be drunk, but would it be considered consumed? The probability was high that it would be. He reasoned that a moist loaf of bread wouldn’t suddenly lose all its moisture out of thin air after a day and revert into dry flour.

He figured that following this line of thought, there had to be methods to preserve the Leakless Water produced by the Water Creation Skill+ and bypass the one-day time limit. For instance... brewing a fruit drink.

The ingredients for brewing a fruit drink were simply fruit and water. By mixing fruit with water, allowing it to ferment, and adding flavorings, one could obtain a fruit drink. If he used the liquid produced by the Water Creation Skill+ to brew a fruit drink, it would be equivalent to "consuming" it. This would serve as a bizarre loophole to bypass the one-day preservation limit of the liquid produced by the Water Creation Skill.

Once the idea surfaced in his mind, Gaode could no longer sit still. If he didn’t hurry up, the Leakless Water was going to expire. He immediately grabbed his keys and left the room once more. Young people were inherently vigorous and hasty when taking action.

First, he went to the academy’s trading district to purchase several types of fresh seasonal fruits and some yeast used for brewing fruit drinks. He also bought a few exquisite small clay pots. In total, it only cost him 7 Silver Coins. The prices within the academy were still quite reasonable.

After buying the necessary materials, Gaode hurriedly rushed back to Building Thirty in the First District. He first opened the large clay pot containing the Leakless Water to take a look. Out of the total two gallons (about 9.6 liters) of Leakless Water, there was only about one gallon left, all because he had fearfully chugged a massive amount earlier to prevent it from going to waste. Gaode didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

However, one gallon was still quite a lot. Not daring to waste any more time, Gaode immediately sprang into action.

He washed the several types of fresh seasonal fruits he had bought. He peeled those that needed peeling, cored those that needed coring, chopped them into pieces, and placed them separately into the clay pots. Subsequently, Gaode evenly poured the remaining one gallon of Leakless Water into the clay pots containing the different fruit chunks. He then added an appropriate amount of yeast and stirred the mixtures evenly.

Under normal circumstances, brewing a fruit drink also required adding flavorings like honey and sugar to adjust its taste. But Gaode added absolutely nothing apart from the fruits. Firstly, the flavor of the Leakless Water itself was already special enough, so there was no need to gild the lily. Secondly, he worried that adding too many ingredients might successfully preserve the Leakless Water, but also alter its effects at the same time.

There was no doubt that in the process of brewing a fruit drink with the Leakless Water, the fewer ingredients added, the higher the probability of retaining the effects of the Leakless Water while preserving it. This was also the reason why Gaode had chosen multiple different fruits.

He wasn’t entirely certain that the added fruits wouldn’t alter the Leakless Water’s effects. He figured that by making several different batches of fruit drinks, there would surely be at least one fruit that had the minimal impact on the Leakless Water’s effects.

After doing all of this, Gaode placed the lids on the clay pots, leaving a small crack open, and quietly waited for them to ferment.

"I will check on them again tonight. If the liquid in the clay pots still exists by then and hasn’t disappeared, it means my idea is right," he thought.