Chapter 59: Requirement (1/2)

Chapter 59: Requirement

Translator: IreneEditor: X

There was one lady who was about Ai Hui’s age. Her elemental needle technique was like a group of active silvery-white fish and her embroidery cloth was like a calm lake. The elemental needles nimbly jumped in and out from the cloth, as if they had a mind of their own.

There was another seamstress whose elemental needle was like a hissing arrow released into the sky,. The embroidery cloth in front of her seemed like it had been woven with silver silk. It was entirely bright, and a very hollow tut-tut sound was made whenever the elemental needle poked through.

Another middle-aged lady had her embroidery cloth pinned beside a weirdly shaped stove. Each time, the elemental needle would sweep across the fire within the stove before carrying a flame with it and piercing through the cloth, leaving beautiful golden marks.

What he witnessed today completely subverted his prior knowledge of embroidery.

The old man was very pleased with Ai Hui’s answer, but the lady beside him was not. The old man could say that, but when Ai Hui said it, she became unhappy and snorted coldly, “A bunch of nonsense! Training method? To you, embroidery is a kind of training method?”

The old man knew things had gone awry and that she was truly angry. To say that embroidery served as an effective practice exercise to a master who had dedicated her whole life to it, how could she not get angry?

Darn! He would have exposed her identity to his disciple earlier if he had known. The old man tried his best to give a hint with his eyes.

Ai Hui saw his gestures, but…what did they mean?

“Mingxiu,” the old lady called coldly.

A sweet-tempered, beautiful lady appeared. “Master!”

The observing ladies had earlier been quiet out of fear. A few timid ones started to slip away from the scene.

The old lady said inhospitably to Ai Hui, “My workshop is not for anyone to come to as they please. Ten days. I’ll let you in if you can weave a light muslin.”

The surrounding ladies inhaled deeply in unison, faces full of sympathy. Ai Hui could barely thread a needle and had not learned how to move the needle. How could he possibly complete such a challenging task?

Ai Hui could tell from their reactions that spinning muslin was definitely difficult and was certain he had said something wrong to offend the owner of the workshop. He was, however, not overly alarmed since there was no point in panicking.

“Yu Qin!” The old man’s face changed as he said unhappily, “Aren’t you making things difficult for him? He’s new to embroidery. How is he going to weave in ten days?”

“I have my rules,” The old lady responded persistently. “If you’re unhappy, leave with him.”

Ai Hui saw the redness in his teacher’s face and chipped in hurriedly, “I’m willing to accept the test.”

His teacher was angry, but Ai Hui was not at all upset. A small test meant nothing. In the Wilderness, he had to request for a very long time if he wanted to learn something. He even had to trade items for tutelage at times.

No one was obligated to help you. You had to fight for everything yourself. Water, food, money, and sunlight.

The old lady’s requirement was very normal and was considered friendly when compared to those of the master elementalists. No money was needed either.

The old lady was somewhat surprised by Ai Hui’s attitude, but kept a straight face. “Mingxiu, demonstrate the Twin Weaving Technique.”

“Yes.”

Mingxiu smiled courteously at Ai Hui. “I’ve seen you, junior!”

Mingxiu had been observing Ai Hui and had seen that he showed no signs of panic from the beginning. He had been calm all along. She knew, of course, exactly which of Ai Hui’s sentences offended her master, but had no way of reminding him at this point of time.