Chapter 115

He entered the tailor shop.

Feng Xiu and the others were sewing leather armor, and were surprised to see Zhao Chi.

"Lord, do you have some new arrangement?"

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "Don't mind me. I've come to improve a piece of fashion."

Saying so, he took out a pair of silk stockings, along with a set of materials needed for the improvement.

Feng Xiu asked, "My lord, is it that 'Super-Smooth Silk Stocking Improved Technology'?"

"That's right."

"Huh? That improved technology is very difficult. We were just discussing it. We don't know what level we'd have to advance to before we could master it skillfully."

Zhao Chi smiled and said, "It is indeed difficult, but don't rush. Just accumulate slowly. Your attributes are all very high — far more impressive than ordinary people."

This was no flattery.

It was the sincere truth, and fact.

High attributes were also an enormous help to craftsmen.

After all, when crafting items, every kind of attribute played a role at the same time.

Compared with ordinary human craftsmen, they would grow faster, craft more efficiently, and produce better-quality items.

Under the astonished gazes of these five female tailors, Zhao Chi entered crafting mode.

System prompt:

【You have entered crafting mode】

【Please select crafting content】:

【1. Craft】

【2. Strengthen】

【3. Improve】

【4. Enchant】

【5. Repair】

Zhao Chi selected 【3. Improve】.

At that moment, his head began to feel slightly dizzy again.

The next instant, he felt himself entering a very strange state.

As if he had slipped into a daydream.

His eyes stayed fixed on the silk stockings in front of him, with a strong urge to improve them.

In his peripheral vision, he could see Feng Xiu and the others continuing to craft leather armor, but glancing at him curiously as they worked.

Zhao Chi had experienced this feeling many times at the academy, yet every time it still felt wondrous.

He cast aside the distracting thoughts, concentrated his focus, and began the improvement.

The improvement was very complex.

One had to disassemble and reassemble without destroying the original fashion item.

And use new materials to make all sorts of combinations.

The quantity of materials, the weaving method, the moment of intersection, the direction of arrangement, the strength of the technique — none of them were the same.

It required a professional tailor to accumulate a great deal of experience before one could basically master it.

But Zhao Chi had stumbled upon some "hints."

Although "Flower-Plucking Jade-Substitution" could not be activated, he could see those data points that could not be transferred.

The data was pale gray and very hard to make out.

But he could be certain that this data was also hidden data.

Among them were two key data points.

They seemed to be related to success rate and output quality.

When his operating technique was correct, the success rate would rise sharply, and the quality would also climb slowly.

If his steps were wrong, the success rate would clearly drop, and the quality would fall along with it.

But strangely,

this success rate and quality were not perfectly in sync.

Sometimes the success rate rose noticeably, yet the quality plummeted.

Sometimes the success rate was almost about to hit zero, yet the quality was astonishingly high.

It left him completely baffled.

But he was not a professional tailor right now — his sewing skill was very low.

He could not penetrate the mysteries within.

He could only try to raise the quality as much as possible while maintaining the success rate.

After all, being able to complete the improvement successfully was currently the heaviest priority.

If the crafting failed, the materials would be wasted. The silk-stocking fashion item might even be scrapped.

As for quality, that was something to consider only after a successful improvement.

Zhao Chi improved with great care.

But he knew the quality would probably not be very good.

After all, he wasn't a professional.

It was like handing an ordinary person a piece of sheet music and asking them to play the piano on the spot.

It was very hard.

Being able to play it through at all is already not easy.

Zhao Chi doesn't expect to produce a standard improved version.

As long as the quality can be kept at "rough-quality items" level, it counts as a success.

If it's "inferior," that's also acceptable—at least better than a crafting failure.

With this mindset, Zhao Chi relaxed.

The success rate also rose a little.

He didn't know how long he'd been at it.

The system emitted two notifications:

【You have succeeded in improving "Ultra-Smooth Silk Stockings"】

【Your level has been raised to Level 2, gaining 1 Enhancement Point】

Zhao Chi let out a breath and exited crafting mode.

He leveled up.

Crafting items also grants experience.

The greater the crafting difficulty and the higher the quality, the more experience gained.

Zhao Chi succeeded in improving the Ultra-Smooth fashion item—the difficulty was high, so the experience was naturally substantial, letting him level up directly.

He chose to enhance Life, and Life increased by another +5%.

Next.

Zhao Chi picked up that pair of pale-white silk stockings and carefully examined their attributes.

【Name】 Ultra-Smooth Silk Stockings

【Quality】 Rough

【Durability】 3.8

【Color】 Transparent with a Hint of White

【Attribute】 Female-only: Movement Speed +7.5%

【Improvement】 Female-only: Defense +37.5%

【Description】 The ultimate smoothness improved version of silk stocking fashion, greatly enhancing the stockings' smoothness, allowing them to slide away a large amount of enemy attacks.

Rough quality! Matches expectations!

Really not bad.

Zhao Chi looked at the gossamer-thin, weightless silk stockings in his hand and felt it was quite miraculous.

Such a light, fragile fashion item could actually provide so many bonuses.

Ordinary silk stockings have no bonuses.