Chapter 253

"Did I fall asleep? What time is it?"

"It's past eight, my lord. Please come up quickly."

"Past eight?"

Zhao Chi hurriedly sat up.

But he found more than ten women still around him.

They were all sitting around, with most of their bodies hidden beneath the water's surface, only their shoulders and heads showing.

But the water was really too clear.

Everything beneath the surface could be seen very clearly.

Whatever colors — black, pink, red, white — were all plainly visible.

They seemed to sway along with the rippling of the water's surface.

But ever since their loyalty had risen, they had become very calm and composed in front of Zhao Chi.

Seeing Zhao Chi's gaze, they merely gave friendly smiles, without deliberately blocking or turning away.

Zhao Chi hurriedly clamped his legs together.

"Tang Ruan, help me get my clothes."

Tang Ruan was holding a set of cloth clothes in her arms, and first handed over a bath towel.

"My lord, wear this new set. Yours is a bit dirty — I've already washed it and hung it up. Let me dry you off first."

"Alright, thank you."

Tang Ruan gently draped the bath towel over his head and softly dried his hair.

Then his upper body.

"I'll do the lower part myself."

"Hehe, alright, though I could do it too."

Zhao Chi gave himself a few quick wipes and swiftly put on his clothes.

Outside the hot spring, there were many damp footprints.

Clearly, quite a few women had come to bathe and then left.

And he himself had just been lying there brazenly, fast asleep on his back.

Tang Ruan was still smiling as she watched him.

Zhao Chi felt a bit embarrassed.

He quickly found a topic: "Didn't you all stay up all night yesterday building this hot spring? How come you're up already?"

Tang Ruan laughed and said: "We didn't actually build it all night. We finished before four o'clock — after all, with so many people building at once, the efficiency was very high. And we all soaked in the hot spring, so we need even less sleep. Plus we're all still very happy right now, so we're even less drowsy."

Zhao Chi saw that their morale was indeed very high.

It seemed the excitement brought by being able to resurrect could last for a while longer.

That worked out perfectly.

Zhao Chi called out to Fang Li in the hot spring: "Fang Li, this hot spring can be modified now, did you see that?"

Fang Li laughed and said: "I saw it long ago. We originally wanted to modify it this morning, but when we saw you inside, we waited quite a while and you still didn't wake up, so we simply came in to soak."

Zhao Chi sighed and said: "Remember to wake me next time. Then you all can modify it later — once it's modified, the new hot spring will have stronger effects."

He then said to Tang Ruan: "As before, call more people and prioritize modifying the hot spring. All other work can be set aside for now. I'll temporarily leave the affairs of the territory to you."

Tang Ruan nodded: "Understood, my lord. Are you going out?"

"Mm, yes. I probably won't be back until later."

"Alright, I understand."

Zhao Chi was going out mainly to buy things.

One was to see if the trading house had any stockings fashion blueprints, and the other was to buy materials to remove the stickiness from spider silk.

In the original world, spider silk was mainly composed of protein.

But for the pale yellow spider silk produced by Gu Qing, Zhao Chi really wasn't sure what the composition was.

It might also be protein.

Since it wasn't early anymore, he left a message directly for Li Ruanyu.

Zhao Chi 【Instructor Li, I have a question to ask. Usually we use "Swan Mushroom Paste" to remove the stickiness from sewing materials — would we use the same thing to remove the stickiness from spider silk?】

He had originally expected to have to wait a while.

He didn't expect Li Ruanyu to reply instantly.

Li Ruanyu 【You're using spider silk as a sewing material? That's very difficult. What kind of spider silk? Wolf spider silk? Wood-venom spider silk? Or what?】

Zhao Chi 【Spider-woman's silk】

Li Ruanyu 【Spider-woman silk has decent strength, but it's too fine. If you want to try, you can mix in 7% "Moon Gel" and soak at room temperature for one hour. Absolutely do not rub or wash it — just soak it.】

Truly worthy of a professional tailor.

She knew the answer to such a detailed question.

Otherwise Zhao Chi might have had to go to the library to look it up, or brazenly go ask sewing instructors from other grades.

Both of these materials were considered common materials and weren't expensive.

Having gotten his answer, Zhao Chi thanked her with satisfaction.

Zhao Chi 【Thank you, Instructor Li】

Li Ruanyu 【You're welcome. The situation outside is special right now, so try not to go out. Do you need these materials? I'm heading nearby anyway, so I can bring them to you.】

Li Ruanyu offering to bring the materials for Zhao Chi saved him the trouble.

But Zhao Chi didn't just want to buy materials — mainly he also wanted to look at fashion blueprints.

After all, that was his true purpose.

Zhao Chi: 【No need, Instructor Li. I still need to head to the Exchange to look at blueprints.】

Li Ruanyu: 【What blueprints do you need? I'll buy them for you. It's chaotic outside right now, so just stay in.】