Chapter 99
Ye Bai recalled the time she was attacked by the dragonman lich in the underground city, and the moment she was struck by a giant rock. She nodded heavily, “Yes, without it, I would have almost died there.”
“Just being able to come back is great. You were gone for ten days, and I thought…”
“Ten days?!” Ye Bai couldn’t help but interrupt Di Linna, her eyes widening in surprise. “Has it really been ten days already?”
“Of course,” both Di Linna and Lu Xi confirmed.
Ye Bai fell into a daze. In her memory, she had only experienced two days and nights in the divine realm. Was there a time difference between the two worlds? But she hadn’t felt any significant change in day and night. Or perhaps the time in both worlds was the same, and the exhausting process of traveling back and forth had consumed the time?
Di Linna continued, “Anyway, it’s good that you’re fine. I thought about the matter of the weaving tribe’s fabric, and it’s not something to rush. Thirty days seems a bit unreasonable…”
As she spoke, it seemed Di Linna wanted to extend the task deadline. However, at that moment, Ye Bai had already taken out a black cloth pad from her backpack with a smile.
“Take a look at this.”
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Chapter 71
“This, this is…”
When Ye Bai revealed the cloth pad, Di Linna’s gaze froze. All her attention was completely drawn to the pad, and she instinctively stepped forward.
“The weaving tribe’s fabric, just as expected.”
Ye Bai didn’t hesitate and directly handed the exquisite cloth pad to Di Linna.
The cool, flowing sensation transferred to her hand, causing Di Linna to shiver involuntarily. She carefully spread the pad in her hands, trying to steady her trembling palms as she examined every thread and pattern on it.
Ye Bai and Lu Xi watched quietly from the side, not wanting to disturb her.
After a while, feeling the dim light around her, Di Linna suddenly snapped back to reality. She raised her head and glanced at Ye Bai and Lu Xi waiting nearby, quickly saying, “I’m sorry, I got a bit too absorbed.”
After saying that, her gaze uncontrollably fell back on the black fabric in her hands, reluctant to look away.
This was the first time Ye Bai had seen the elegant and composed shopkeeper lose her composure like this. She smiled at Di Linna and said, “Now that you have the item, you can take it back to the tailor shop and study it at your leisure.”
“Okay, okay…” Di Linna’s cheeks flushed with excitement. She struggled to pull her hands away from the fabric and looked at Ye Bai, “Thank you, my lord.”
The last “my lord” was no longer laced with sarcasm; it was sincere.
[High-level tailor ‘Di Linna’ requests to join your territory. Do you agree?]
[Yes]
Ye Bai smiled and selected yes. After watching Di Linna hurriedly leave with the fabric, she bid farewell to Lu Xi and left the herbalist’s shop.
Ye Bai wandered around the nearby market, confirming that the traveling merchant hadn’t arrived yet.
It had been ten game days since she went to the divine realm. The traveling merchant should be arriving within the next couple of days. There were still fifteen days until the next wave of refugees arrived, and by then, she could upgrade her territory to level 4, transforming Bai Ye Village into Bai Ye Town.
The change from village to town would be significant, marking a huge leap in both production and living standards.
“Greetings, my lord!”
“Good to see you, my lord!”
As Ye Bai observed her thriving territory, she made her way to the Tree of Creation. Villagers passing by greeted her warmly, and the enthusiasm made her feel like a true lord rather than just the village chief.
‘Lord’ Ye Bai waved back at the villagers and arrived at the Tree of Creation, touching it gently.
[Bai Ye Village]
Lord: Bai Ye
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Health: 95
Sanitation: 92
Happiness: 95
Wow! She was surprised to see how high the happiness level was in her territory.
Recalling the villagers she had seen earlier transporting large barrels of ale with handcarts, Ye Bai couldn’t help but smirk, realizing what had contributed to such high happiness…
With all three key metrics stable above 90, Ye Bai opened the villagers’ page and found that the loyalty of the villagers had risen to over 80.
Loyalty represented the goodwill of the residents. As long as their various needs were met at a high level, loyalty would steadily increase.
Among the names of the villagers, a few were bolded, standing out as they represented the professionals in the territory.
Ye Bai glanced over and noticed that there were now two more names compared to when she left.
One was, of course, the newly joined Di Linna, and the other was surprisingly the blacksmith Wade. Ye Bai had expected it would take him another five or six days to level up, but he had become a full-fledged professional during her ten days in the divine realm.
This caught Ye Bai off guard. After a moment of thought, she recalled Felix, whom she had sent to the blacksmith shop. Was it a coincidence, or did the bloodline of the Sun’s offspring have such remarkable effects?
Regardless, having a blacksmith trained in her territory ahead of time was undoubtedly a good thing. It also meant that the energy crossbows she had purchased from the traveling merchant could now be crafted.
Long before, Ye Bai had built a smelting facility and prepared the refined copper and iron needed to make energy crossbows. She had also bought some branch wood from the traveling merchant last time, so she immediately arranged for the blacksmith shop to start mass production.
After taking care of these tasks, Ye Bai checked in on the barracks. After ten game days, the thirty militia members had completed one-third of their training. At this rate, they would need another twenty days to finish.
Once she had dealt with all the miscellaneous tasks, Ye Bai logged off and returned to reality, downing a bottle of nutrient solution. Spending five days in the divine realm had made her feel hunger for the first time in this interstellar age.
However, due to the increase in her personal level in the divine realm, her mental strength had also improved, so this hunger didn’t have a significant impact on her body.
With the enhancement of her mental strength, Ye Bai felt her physical condition changing as well.
Glancing at the time until the spaceship arrived at the Illusion Sea System, she noted there were still two and a half days left, corresponding to five game days.
After drinking the nutrient solution and using a cleansing service, Ye Bai took some time to rest and calculated that by the next day in the game, she would be back online.
Not long after logging in, Ye Bai was about to head to the merchant guild in her territory when she suddenly saw a dazzling light erupting from the tailor shop in the industrial area.
[Your high-level tailor ‘Di Linna’ has had a moment of inspiration during her research and has become a ‘Master Tailor’ professional.]
[Your villager ‘Calvin’ has had a moment of inspiration while observing and has become a ‘Tailor’ professional.]
Then, the long-awaited server-wide announcement rang out:
[Congratulations to Bai Ye Village for cultivating its first master-level professional!]
At the same time, Ye Bai received a notification from the achievement system.
[You have completed the achievement: Master-level Talent]
[You have received the title: Hall of Tailoring]
The two consecutive system notifications left Ye Bai momentarily stunned as she realized what had just happened.
Since Di Linna had joined the territory as a high-level tailor just yesterday, and after a night of studying the weaving tribe’s fabric, she had broken through to master level, the system counted her as cultivated by Bai Ye Village!
Even Calvin, who originally worked in the tailor shop, had been promoted to a tailor professional just by observing.
Master level is the pinnacle of a profession. Most legendary equipment comes from the hands of masters.
Although Di Linna had crafted the Crocodile King’s Bracers for Ye Bai before, she had mentioned that it was her peak work. Now that she had reached master level, the probability of producing high-attribute legendary items would greatly increase!
Ye Bai wondered if Di Linna had been trained as a high-level tailor in Meluo City before, but putting herself in Di Linna’s shoes, she felt a twinge of guilt at having her cultivated talent poached, especially right after being poached and immediately breaking through to master…
That fruit was plucked, and it made Ye Bai’s conscience ache a little.
However, that slight pain quickly vanished when she saw the effects of the title [Hall of Tailoring].
Attraction of special talents increased by 10%, attraction of sewing and weaving special talents increased by 20%; efficiency of the territory’s tailor shop increased by 50%; crafting level of the territory’s tailor shop increased by 30%.
“Oh wow!” Seeing the title effects, Ye Bai couldn’t help but cheer and quickly changed direction, running toward the tailor shop.
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