Chapter 634 - 431: The Plant That Can Be Made Into Cloth (2)
With that, she brandished the small sickle in her hand and flashed a set of pearly white teeth. "My dear little grasses, Big Sis is here! Time to accept my love."
Inside the System Space, the System couldn’t help but shiver. ’Holy crap, where did this weirdo come from?’
Meanwhile, far away in a mountain range, the party from the Kuma Messenger Tribe all felt their noses itch, as if they were on someone’s mind.
The Healing Witch was meditating atop a large beast. His robes bulged with the Crystal Cores they had obtained from hunting Fierce Beasts in the Extreme Cold Forest.
Thanks to the Yan Yan Tribe, they were returning from their selection trip without having recruited a single promising witch or Beastman Warrior.
But when they thought of the Crystal Cores in the Lord Witch’s possession, the eyes of the Beastman Warriors burned with renewed fervor.
Obtaining those Crystal Cores was a far greater contribution than recruiting any witch or Beastman Warrior.
The beastman captain had clearly realized this as well. Though his expression was placid, the smile on his lips never faded.
’Bringing back something so precious this time puts me so far ahead that my rivals won’t be able to catch up, even on their beasts.’
’With these Crystal Cores, my status in the tribe is bound to rise to a new level. I’ll be one step closer to the Clan Leader’s position.’
At this thought, he was so excited he nearly laughed aloud, but he clenched his fists and managed to suppress it.
「In the Polar Forest.」
Wu Yue filled her small back basket with the plants that could be made into cloth, then diligently dug up many more and stored them in her System Space.
Many of them even still had dirt clinging to their roots.
She planned to try planting them when she returned. If they could be cultivated, cloth could be mass-produced.
"System, once I figure out how to make cloth, I’ll use the very first piece to make you some clothes."
Wu Yue said to the System in a rare display of conscience.
The System, who was crunching on its last candied hawthorn, felt a sense of dread at her words. ’My host’s first attempt at making cloth? The finished product is guaranteed to be a disaster.’
"How could you possibly give it to me? The first piece absolutely must go to the most prestigious witch in the tribe! He’s surely heard of this kind of cloth before. If he finds out you can make it... tsk, tsk, tsk..."
After a moment of thought, Wu Yue nodded. "Alright, you have a point."
For some reason, even though the System’s logic was flawless, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something was off.
Upon returning to the tribe, Wu Yue eagerly bid farewell to her companions from the Collection Team and hurried to her yard.
She dumped the plants from her basket and took a deep breath. ’Jeez, this stuff is really heavy.’
She wiped the sweat from her forehead. "System, what’s the next step?"
The System’s small figure, just about to climb into its little bed for a nap, staggered. It took a long moment before it wobbled back to its feet.
"You don’t know how to do it?"
Wu Yue replied with a confidence that belied her ignorance. "Of course I don’t! When would I have ever seen this stuff before?"
’If she hadn’t flipped through one of her reward books out of boredom, she’d never have recognized it in the first place.’
"You were talking such a big game earlier, I thought you’d already mastered the crafting process. Turns out you’re a complete amateur. Heh."
’Dog Host, I was so wrong about you.’
After a round of bickering, Wu Yue finally pried a simplified crafting method out of the System at the cost of two candied hawthorns.
And why simplified?
Because it truly was simplified. Apart from the general steps, there were absolutely no specific details.
Want details?
No problem!
Just hand over the points.
Was Wu Yue the type of person to get bogged down by minor details?
Absolutely not. So she resolutely decided to figure it out herself.
The dream was beautiful, but reality was harsh. During the very first step—peeling the plant’s outer layer—she cut her hand. The plant’s skin was incredibly tough.
No matter how careful she was, by the time she finished peeling the plants from her basket, her hands were covered in small cuts.
They stood out against her delicate, fair skin.
But in the next moment, a flash of witch power flared from her palm, and the nasty-looking cuts instantly vanished.
The cleaned plant skins lay quietly on the stone table, but looking at them, Wu Yue’s heart sank.
"What are you thinking about? Your face is all scrunched up like an old Grandma’s."
A deep, magnetic voice sounded by her ear as a scorching hot body pressed against her left side. The searing heat from the Beastman made Wu Yue feel as if that half of her body was about to catch fire.