Chapter 611 Flowing Clouds Around Phoenix Skirt
Three days passed in a flash. Although the weaving of the "cloud cloth" was extremely difficult, Tilan managed to learn it. Even Aunt Elina said that this was the most talented student she had ever seen.
It was indeed taking advantage of her talent, Tilan thought, because she could see more details than others and perceive more subtle magical flows and changes, so it would be easier for her to understand, which made it easy for her to master and learn certain secrets several times faster than others. Promising
to visit again after the celebration, Tilan and Dolores came to the venue of the celebration. This is the Hecui Forest with the largest area on the planet. As one of the earliest star regions to be developed in the southern star region, the trees here are also particularly tall. After continuous improvement and cultivation by the elves, giant trees with a diameter of hundreds of meters are common here.
"Please enter the venue through this channel and undergo identity verification." Led by the staff of the organizer, Tilan and Dolores entered the venue, but today she made a slight disguise.
Then, a girl with fine silver hair appeared, and even her eyes turned into a mysterious dark gray.
"This is my qualification certificate." Tilan took out a chip card and inserted it into the card slot designated by the staff beside her. Soon, the data popped up.
"Angelia, human adaptor, natural sequence 6, special entry..."
"Special entry." The staff looked at the data suspiciously, and then contacted the superior with the communicator before letting her go.
"It seems that special entry is rare." Dolores entered with Tilan.
"It should be someone who doesn't need to participate in the preliminary screening. I remember that some major competitions will specially invite some famous players, or simply give certain factions a certain number of preliminary exemptions." Tilan recalled.
"Okay, let's go in." When Tilan was about to enter the crowded venue, Dolores stopped her.
"Wait a minute, I'll help you check if there's anything wrong." Dolores said as she carefully helped Tilan to tidy up her collar and hair, combed out the wrinkles, and then curiously touched Tilan's exceptionally straight silver hair. Unlike the shiny metallic silver, this silver color is more like a delicate rock gray, but it's not so dull, giving people a sense of just the right softness and straightness.
'I always feel that this hair color is more in line with your current temperament.' Dolores thought about it and commented.
"It's not that black is bad, but black hairstyles are either girlish or particularly solemn and old. There is rarely such a light fantasy feeling. Maybe it's because black hair is the most common color in reality."
"Come on, Heshia~"
"Yeah." The girl nodded.
Then the two walked into the venue together. This is a clearing in the forest surrounded by eight giant trees. On the wide branches of the giant trees are rows of audience seats. Each giant tree can accommodate tens of thousands of people, overlooking the competition site below.
At this time, there are many bird-like flapping-wing aircraft in the sky above the open space. They flap their wings and wander in the forest. The cameras they carry with them record the information of the venue from all angles, and there is a special central AI control to project the wonderful and interesting pictures in the sky above the open space. If the audience is not interested in these, they can also use the local LAN to directly call various positions and perspectives to choose their favorite players to watch.
Now the competition has not yet started and is still in the preparation stage. Like other players, Tilan first came to the material pick-up point to pick up the "Liuyun Silk" and blending raw materials required for this competition.
"Each player can take up to 2 kilograms of "Liuyun Silk", which is also one of the rewards for the players in the competition." In the outside world, one kilogram of Liuyun Silk is about 10,000 to 20,000 federal coins. It is an extraordinary material of the dark silver level. If it is made into Xiaguang cloth, the quality is often around the Huijin level. If it is carefully woven by some masters, it may reach the quality of the condensed bead level, and the price has directly doubled by nearly a hundred times.
"So, learning a craft is really profitable." The girl sighed.
"Hehe, Heshia is really obsessed with these things." Dolores smiled softly with her hands covering her mouth.
It seems that since they met, Tilan has been envious and surprised by those businesses and products that can easily earn hundreds of times the profit.
"In fact, in business, it is very common for gross profit to be ten times the cost, but it is not so simple to operate it in practice." She thought about it and explained her experience to Tilan.
"For example, the most common catering, the exquisite food priced at 200 on the menu, the cost of its ingredients may be only 30 yuan. The important thing is the chef's craftsmanship and the laborious process that is saved. The same is true for luxury goods. Many luxury brands have costs and selling prices that are hundreds of times higher, but their individual markets are not very large, and they have to invest a lot of costs in maintaining the brand tone and attractiveness."
When the two talked about the way of business operation, the competition was about to begin.
First, there was the opening speech of the organizer, followed by the special guest, "Elegy of Thorns" Inoer, who sang a classical elf song to announce the beginning of this celebration.
Fireworks rose, and with the melodious sound of bagpipes, many flapping-wing birds flew up in the forest, hovering in the sky, forming a gorgeous array from time to time, and finally swooped down, passing through the audience seats between the giant trees, attracting countless audiences to cheer and scream. Finally, the host of the first competition came on stage and announced the start.
Sitting in the pre-assigned octagonal wooden stake workbench, these wooden tables are like independent compartments, with various equipment for the competition inside. The contestants will mix dyes and pre-treat the flowing cloud silk here. After two hours, when the sun sets, these workbenches will rise with the contestants, facing the distant "fire and flowing clouds" and then start weaving the glow cloth.
It is difficult to see any difference in the first stage, so the viewing value of this first item is not high. Many viewers just curiously follow the camera to pass by the busy contestants, and then talk to each other about their respective origins and guess the result of this competition.
"Miss Du Er from 'Qinglafang' is here too. I saw her participating in a fashion design competition in the Cuiyue Galaxy a while ago."
"That's Pushkin from 'Gray Iron Alchemy'. Hasn't he been studying classical alchemy? Why is he participating in this kind of competition?"
"Maybe he thinks that the key to weaving the glow cloth is the combination of special dyes and the retention of magic. He happens to be an expert in related fields."
"I see. The person who has the greatest chance of winning this time is Morris, who has advanced to Natural Sequence 7 at the age of 39, and is a young master of the 'Moon Owl Forest' faction." Someone pointed at the man with short dark blue hair on the projection screen. His hair was all combed to one side, and he was wearing a non-orthodox style plaid short-sleeved shirt. Some people would believe that he was a niche artist.
"Morris is not only extremely talented, but also has a quarter of elf blood. His grandmother was one of the most famous 'Glow Cloth' weavers in the Moonthorn Star Region 40 years ago. It is said that she was a student of Master Elina."
The audience was talking about the situation of each contestant. Some of them also looked at Tilan's group, probably because the two girls were very beautiful.
On the workbench, Tilan was selecting the appropriate parts of the 'red grass stems' and 'orange flame chrysanthemum petals' used as dyes, and then crushed them one by one to extract the juice, and then filtered it. Dolores could also assist at this stage. After that, the extracted juice
was left to stand, and then other raw materials were mixed with air to ensure the color of the dye was fixed and the properties were stable.
After standing for a while, carefully take out the clear part of the upper layer of the juice, add the raw materials just prepared, pour in and mix, and then the liquid in the basin becomes viscous and no longer so transparent.
Keep stirring and heat slightly to speed up the reaction, but the fire temperature should not be too high.
After that, it is also left to stand for a while, and then it will reach the second stage.
Looking at the delicate and rich orange and red in the basin, Tilan was slightly satisfied. After thinking about it, she decided to use her talent to purify the liquid in the basin again, so that the impurities could be separated and settled at the bottom. Although the difference between this and the dyes of other contestants on the surface was not much, the actual purity and quality inside had reached a completely higher level.
While waiting by the stage, the girl thought again. If she didn't have the talent of a singer, but only relied on crystal purification and the talent of healing, she would probably go far towards a career in pharmacism and treatment in the future.
Maybe that kind of life would be quite comfortable and simple, without having to go through so many complicated things like now.
Just as Tilan's fantasy continued to extend, the time for the second stage was up.
With a slight prompt sound, the workbench where each contestant was located slowly rose and gradually came to the sky above the forest. Here, you can look at the sunset in the distance without any obstacles. At this moment, the sky is full of fiery red flowing colors. It is the best time to weave the glow cloth.
Let's start, the girl thought, and then took out the cloud silk that had been soaked for a long time. First, she shook it lightly to filter out the excess water droplets on it, and then hung it up, and then introduced it into two different dye basins, one deep red and gloomy, and the other orange gold like flames.
Then the cloud silk that had been immersed in the dye was pulled out and reflected in the sunset glow. The special dye on it came into contact with the sunset glow, and began to produce a special brilliance and gradually reacted.
You can't weave before there is no reaction, nor can you weave after the complete reaction. In this process, you have to continuously construct tiny brand textures, weave the two colors of flowing cloud silk together, and form a new special texture. At this time, the magic reaction will be integrated and solidified under the guidance of the texture. The two colors of silk threads are woven together, shining and undulating, like the undulating waves on the sea, which is particularly beautiful.
This is the most critical moment in the entire competition. Every contestant began to treat it with full concentration, and Tilan was the same at this moment. She sat in front of the spinning machine, like the goddess of fate in classical mythology, her eyes carefully looking at every detail in front of her, and at the same time her hands manipulated, constantly guiding the magic in the silk thread to make it uniform and interconnected, and waves of complex and luminous silk light also appeared on the woven cloth.
During the whole process, she almost forgot the time. When a piece of cloth was completely woven and there was no silk thread in her hand, she woke up.
How long has it been? The girl came back to her senses from her immersion and looked into the distance in a trance. At this moment, the sunset had completely fallen and the sky was almost dark. In her arms was a piece of orange-red cloth that looked like clouds in the sky, as if the weaving process of this cloth was to capture the sunset in the sky.
Is it finished? She was a little at a loss, as if the one who was fully devoted to spinning just now was not herself.
Seeing that Tilan had finished spinning, Dolores, who had been standing by her side, holding her breath and not disturbing her, came closer.
"It's done, Heshia." Her voice was full of encouragement and admiration, and then she carefully stroked the natural-looking cloth in the girl's arms.
"It's so beautiful, even I am a little moved." As the eldest daughter of a luxury brand company, she has seen many masters' works, but it is the first time that a piece of cloth like this has made people excited even before it is cut.
"What kind of clothes should be cut and sewn?"
"You can design them, I'll just cut and sew them." The girl blinked.
It was a rare opportunity to rely on Dolores, and Heshia would not miss this opportunity. Although the two were very good friends, the girl knew that if one side always outperformed the other and gave help without asking for anything in return, such a relationship would eventually become unbalanced and difficult to maintain.
"Since Heshia trusts me so much, I have to work hard." Dolores was not polite about this. After all, time is precious now, and it is not the time to make excuses.
So she quickly sat aside and sketched the pattern. She had been preparing for this in the few days before the competition, thinking that if Tilan did not have a good design plan, she would provide the ones she prepared, but now it seems that Tilan has already decided to use her design.
The material of the Xiaguang cloth itself is excellent. If you choose other ordinary cloths to match it, it will be out of place. Therefore, when designing, it is best to use solid-color clothes. However, solid-color clothes are often the most challenging.
If there are few incoordinating places, they will easily stand out. As the night slowly fell, soft lights lit up on various workbenches, and many flapping-wing aircraft with blue and white lanterns shuttled through the forest, making the night not only not dark, but also a bit of fantasy fairy tale beauty.
Although the contestants all have certain strengths, only 70% of the members who can really weave Xiaguang cloth in the previous stage, and many people still wasted most of the materials, leaving only semi-finished products or defective products.
After entering the cutting stage, the remaining members were also divided into several factions. Some matched other colors of fabrics to simplify the design difficulty, while others, like Tilan, tried to use uniform fabrics to complete the work.
About half an hour later, Dolores finished drawing the preliminary pattern, and Tilan began to cut according to the above drawing. This was not too easy for her who mastered exquisite swordsmanship. After just a few drawings, the cloth in her hand was split under the special sharp blade. Some other contestants had to spend extra effort to cut these tough Xiaguang cloth silks because of inconsideration. After all, it was an extraordinary material. Only the flowing cloud silk could block many swords and stabs.
In the rustling sound of cutting, Tilan spliced the cut cloth according to the drawing, and then took up the sewing. It is worth mentioning that she did not use any needles and threads, but directly spliced them together, and after splicing, the silk threads and textures were connected, and there was not even any extra traces. This amazing skill immediately attracted the attention of many people.
"What kind of skill is that, and it can be achieved to this extent."
"Is this the 'perfect dress' in Eastern mythology?"
"What's her name, and which extraordinary faction is this secret?"
People kept asking, and the picture of the girl sewing a skirt was also projected over the entire venue.
Seeing this gorgeous dress gradually taking shape, and then it floated up lightly, Tilan closed her eyes slightly, and then pulled with one hand, the remaining cloud silk beside her flew up, one by one into the air, and then pierced into the fabric texture of the dress like a dragon and a phoenix, constantly shuttling back and forth, gradually forming a gorgeous pattern texture.
"This!" Now not only the audience, but also many other contestants who were busy participating in the competition were surprised and shocked by this scene, looking at this side intently.
The special thing about the Xiaguang cloth is its texture, so even if it is cut, no one would think of embroidering on it, because this would destroy the original structure and dissipate the special branding texture constructed by it, which can be said to be a waste of natural resources.
But the scene seen today simply broke the inherent impression. Although the gorgeous white texture was taking shape step by step, it did not destroy the original effect of the Xiaguang cloth, as if each silk thread was carefully calculated when penetrating, avoiding tearing the originally connected silk threads, and only passing through the tiny gaps and holes.
Even some masters cannot master this skill, but it appeared in the competition today. Many people felt that there was no hope of winning after seeing this scene, so they simply stopped and watched and appreciated it carefully.
Finally, after a few minutes, the texture on the dress gradually became clear, and everyone could see the whole thing clearly.
A white phoenix was embroidered on the orange-red long skirt, with its gorgeous tail feathers wrapped around the side of the skirt, spreading its wings on the back, and its head and neck circled in front of the body again, and the phoenix's head and neck stayed on the side of the chest, complementing the long tail feathers diagonally below the opposite side.
[Liuxia Raohuang Skirt] (Legendary Color Crystal Level): It is dyed with Flowing Cloud Silk, 'Red Grass Stem' and 'Orange Flame Chrysanthemum Petals', and woven into fabric with magic power soaked in Sunset Fire Cloud. It is then cut with flawless craftsmanship and matched with the secret embroidery of the Five Phoenixes. It comes with four enchantment effects: [Liuxia Fire Repellent Lv.6] [Light Body Lv.5] [Golden Silk Toughness Lv.5] [Phoenix Attracting Qi Lv.5].
The [Light Body] effect comes from the Flowing Cloud Silk itself, [Flowing Cloud Fire Repellent] and [Golden Silk Toughness] come from the Cloud Cloth, and [Phoenix Attracting Qi] comes from the last Phoenix Embroidery. Generally speaking, if the made dress has [Flowing Cloud Fire Repellent Lv.4] and [Golden Silk Toughness Lv.3], it is qualified. Such clothes can be said to be of the upper middle grade of the Golden Grade category.
If the lightness property of the 'Flowing Cloud Silk' can be retained, it will be a stable Condensed Pearl Grade extraordinary creation. However, only some Grandmaster-level figures can achieve such a perfect fusion of various properties, and fully manifest them. After all, the raw materials are only Dark Silver Grade, and being able to cross the gap to reach the Color Crystal Grade is already the limit.
Amidst many exclamations and cheers, the brilliance of this dress overwhelmed all other works present and became the champion of the first item of this competition. It was also from this night that the temporary name 'Angelia' spread throughout the star field.
(End of this chapter)
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