Chapter 1597: Her Her Her Her (2)

When crafting equipment or fashion items, if you have a primary material, you can forcibly substitute it or another material in the crafting process.

But the success rate will drop.

The attributes will also drop.

If it weren't made of Gu Qing Silk but ordinary cloth, the finger sleeves would only have 10 durability, and wouldn't have that extra 5% finger-strength bonus — much weaker.

But with Gu Qing Silk, it's immediately different.

In the face of such a powerful material bonus, that tiny bit of weakening means nothing.

But this is also a forced choice.

If Gu Qing Silk is used entirely, the material alone brings 30 extra refinement points.

If some leather is used, the proportion of Gu Qing Silk drops, and the refinement points from the material also drop — less than 30.

So it can only be done this way.

But even so, it's still very strong.

Su Qin 【Th-th-th-th-th-th… Zhao Chi, what's going on here?】

Zhao Chi 【That's exactly what's going on】

Su Qin 【So only you can make this?】

Zhao Chi 【Theoretically no, but… it requires at least a Master-level Tailor to craft, and it needs my guidance, plus special materials】

Su Qin 【Then… could you make 4 more for me? I want to equip Li Qi and the others with one too】

Zhao Chi 【Silly woman, of course I'm going to make them for you — why else would I refine them?】

Su Qin 【Oh… hehe, I knew you were good to me】

Zhao Chi 【Of course I'm good to you, so let's get started】

Su Qin 【Understood!】

Zhao Chi 【Do you have an Efficiency Shirt? Put it on】

Su Qin 【Oh, I do, it's in the system space, right away!】

Zhao Chi 【You'll need to buy some rare materials — I don't have many on hand, I never specifically stocked up on rare materials for these finger sleeves】

Su Qin 【No problem, I'll contact them right away】

Within half an hour, Su Qin contacted over a dozen families, scrounging together nearly 1,000 sets of rare materials, which combined with the several hundred Zhao Chi had on hand, was enough.

The two of them entered crafting mode.

Full-power crafting!

This was Su Qin's first time crafting together with Zhao Chi.

Four Speed-Craft Talismans passed, and Su Qin was already dizzy beyond endurance.

A violent wave of nausea hit her.

She ran to the entrance of the tailor shop and threw up all over the ground.

But she forced herself to endure the discomfort, rinsed her mouth, and returned to the tailor shop.

Because she knew Zhao Chi was also enduring the discomfort to craft these super powerful finger sleeves for her.

202 pieces had already been made.

Zhao Chi 【Don't force yourself, go rest first】

Su Qin 【I'm fine, Zhao Chi, I can push through】

Zhao Chi 【There's no need. I'm not leaving after just one session — I'll always be by your side. Let's sleep first, and continue in 100 minutes. Otherwise, if you're too dizzy, I can't craft on my end either】

Su Qin 【…Okay, having you is really wonderful】

Zhao Chi 【Having you is wonderful too】

By 5 PM, Zhao Chi had crafted a total of 1,285 pieces of the Gu Qing Silk 「Super Strong Super Enduring Finger Sleeves」.

Honestly, this efficiency was much lower than Zhao Chi had imagined.

After all, Su Qin didn't have the special talent that Qiyue and the others had, nor the Driving Technique attribute stacking. Otherwise, something that only needed 1.5 hours to finish would surely have exceeded 2,000 pieces by now.

But these 1,285 pieces were enough for all of Su Qin's elves to use.

There would even be quite a surplus.

The previous fashion items like stockings and high heels boosted the elven archers' overall attributes, making them more agile, able to move quickly, and enhancing their tactical ability.

But these super finger sleeves were fashion items that could thoroughly and completely boost the elven archers' combat power.

Previously, when Su Qin used Energy-Gathering Arrows combined with Li Zhu's Power Shot, their arms would be wrecked within a short time, which had a huge impact.

Now, they could absolutely endure two more rounds!

Su Qin heard Zhao Chi's thoughts and laughed, 【More than 2 rounds? Didn't you just say there's a 10x difference between having finger sleeves and not? I think we can endure at least 8 rounds, but we'll have to test the actual effect】

Zhao Chi 【Then your combat power has definitely increased】

Su Qin 【Yes, we can also switch out our bows. I can have Lu Yi custom-order a batch of bows with greater draw weight — our combat power has definitely increased a lot compared to before】

Zhao Chi 【That's good. Let's call it a day for now, I'll come back in a few days to help you make more】

Su Qin 【No problem, you've really worked hard today. I never knew before that crafting fashion items was this exhausting for you — how on earth did you push through?】

Zhao Chi 【I'm not sure either, I just kept going and somehow got through it】

Su Qin 【You've worked so hard, I'll be even better to you from now on】

Zhao Chi 【You've already been very good to me, it's fine】

Su Qin 【There's one more thing to tell you — I've already renamed Li Zhu, she'll be called Li Ju from now on】

Zhao Chi 【Huh? What happened?】

Su Qin 【Hehe, the carpenter captain sister in your territory is also called Li Zhu, so I changed it on my end】

Zhao Chi 【That doesn't matter, there are plenty of people with the same name around】

Su Qin: 【I've already changed it. From now on, just remember to call her Li Ju.】

Zhao Chi: 【Got it. Let's go to sleep now. I feel like the room's spinning.】

Su Qin: 【Okay, going to sleep right away.】

He woke up from a nap. It was 6 p. m.

It was time to head to Li Ruanyu's territory.

During the afternoon's crafting, Zhao Chi had arranged it with Li Ruanyu during a break between crafting sessions.

Li Ruanyu's voice was very gentle; no trace of displeasure could be heard.

Li Ruanyu: 【Oh! That many Experience Fruits again? Not bad, send them over.】

Zhao Chi: 【Around a little after 6 p. m., is that okay?】

Li Ruanyu: 【Of course it's no problem. You can come by whenever you have something. Though I'm not sure if I'll have something to go out for at 6, but it doesn't matter — even if I do go out, I can have Song Qi receive you. But it's not certain either, we'll see how things go at the time.】

Zhao Chi: 【Okay, big sis.】

Since Su Qin's side was done, Zhao Chi could now go find Li Ruanyu.