The Interstellar Queen of Scavengers

Chapter 152: Chapter 152: Changes in the Spiritual World

After careful consideration, Ji You decided to make ten pairs of small earrings. Therefore, she cut five stones into twenty equally sized small pieces, then polished these small pieces of stone until they were smooth. Utilizing the convenient tools of the interstellar era, Ji You made some unique small accessories with flower holders in the shape of beautiful and delicate clovers, symbolizing luck.

Ji You did not directly carve on the pink stones but first firmly glued the pink stones to the flower holders... At this sight, each pair of earrings looked both beautiful and unique.

Then came the crucial part.

How to transform them into Soul Devices?

Carving.

Every time a Soul Device was successfully crafted, it was because she used spiritual power to carve.

In her first few attempts at making Soul Devices, Ji You had actually been quite at a loss. As for the success, it was purely by fluke. Originally, how she had used her spiritual power was completely unknown to her. Each time she fully immersed herself in the creation, she naturally began to use her spiritual power.

How should this state be described?

Mystical.

Very mystical.

Just like writers and artists who need to stimulate inspiration during creation, when will this inspiration occur? Creators cannot control it at all.

At this moment, Ji You felt that making these things also needed inspiration which she couldn’t control, but there was one thing she could completely control: allowing herself to calm down and sincerely begin the hands-on crafting.

Previously, Ji You had been improvising, starting to carve directly onto the materials. But this time, she did not immediately carve on the pink stones, instead, she planned to design the patterns first, and then carve them onto the pink stones later.

Ji You first pulled out a simulation board and drew several patterns on it. She herself didn’t realize that once she focused and got absorbed in doing something, her spiritual world transformed into a completely different scene—

As the brush stopped, after some deletions and reductions, Ji You finalized ten pattern types, corresponding to the ten pairs of small earrings, featuring flowers, birds, fish, and insects that she was particularly skilled in crafting...

Among these, five pairs were lotus, plum blossom, chrysanthemum, rose, and orchid. The other five pairs were trees of various shapes.

After completely finalized the patterns, Ji You then picked up the carving knife and brush, attempting to carve on the pink stones. As soon as she lifted the carving knife, her brows furrowed.

Something was wrong.

She couldn’t feel any movement in her spiritual world.

What was going on?

Were those lazy Spiritual Silks slacking off again?

If it had been before, when Ji You’s Spiritual Threshold was lower, she wouldn’t have been able to communicate with her Spiritual Silks, nor see them. But now, after a brief training with Teacher Mu, she could easily enter the Spiritual World and check on her six lazy Silks.

Ji You closed her eyes and felt around for a while; suddenly, a virtual space, distinct from reality, appeared before her eyes. Ji You focused and was taken aback:

What’s going on?

Where are the lazy ones?

Gone?

And—

The towering figure of Iron Plate stood in the Spiritual World, resembling a black sun emitting fluorescent light, illuminating the entire illusory world.

Ji You was flabbergasted!

What—

What’s going on?

Wasn’t Iron Plate deep in her mind before? How did it suddenly appear in her Spiritual World?

Or?

Had Iron Plate always been hidden in her Spiritual World, but she had previously been unable to sense this illusory space, thus mistaking that Iron Plate was hiding deep in her mind?

But?

That’s not right, if Iron Plate had always been there, why hadn’t she seen it in the Spiritual World before?

Ji You frowned, carefully pondering.

Could it be—

Is there a specific rule for the appearance of the Iron Plate?

What could that rule be?

In the past, the Iron Plate appeared because I ate Butterfly Honey and then it would clearly emerge in my mind. But now, I didn’t eat any Butterfly Honey or other natural food. So how did it appear?

The more Ji You thought, the bigger her headache grew.

[Iron, be straightforward!]

[Can’t you just speak more directly?]

[Be straightforward as a person, even more so as iron!]

Ji You pondered deeply, feeling that she missed something. Right, where have her lazy Spiritual Silks gone? And what about Xiao You? Why hasn’t she spoken when the Iron Plate has already appeared?

Focusing closely, Ji You finally realized that her Spiritual Silks were not absent. They were entangled around the Iron Plate, blending with its patterns, making them hard to spot without close observation.

Ji You: ”...”

Ji You said, ”Boss, Second, Third... what are you all doing?”

The other silks did not move; only Boss lazily flicked its tail, signaling a response.

Ji You: ”What are you all lying around for? I’m about to start crafting the Soul Device. Get to work!”

The Spiritual Silks pretended not to hear and quietly remained coiled around the Iron Plate.

Ji You: ”...”

Feeling humiliated, Ji You annoyed said: ”Don’t you all want tasty treats anymore?”

Instantly, the heads of the Spiritual Silks moved slightly, but none got up or detached from the Iron Plate.

Taking a deep breath, Ji You decided to ignore them and directly started sculpting. She picked up the carving knife, keeping an eye on the Iron Plate in the Spiritual World while she carved.

One stroke, another, and then another.

...

As she continued, the Iron Plate in the Spiritual World emitted an ever-increasing radiance.

Unknowingly, Ji You had fully immersed herself in the carvings, making more and more strokes; the pattern gradually took shape. She was just missing the last stroke to complete the entire picture.

In a corner that Ji You failed to notice.

Suddenly—

The Spiritual Silks, which had quietly remained still, tightly clinging to the Iron Plate, simultaneously flicked their tails, yanking Old Five, who was slightly delayed, off the Iron Plate.

Clap—

Old Five, who was at the end of the Iron Plate, was caught off-guard and fell off.

Old Five was completely stunned.

It became furious, circling the Iron Plate non-stop, determined to climb back on. However—facing the united force of the other silks, Old Five’s resistance was futile.

Finally—

Old Five hung its head, reluctantly leaped, and jumped out into the void beyond.

As Ji You was about to complete the last stroke, she suddenly felt a Spiritual Silk crawl over, winding around the tip of her pen. It circled around the entire pattern.

Then—

The entire pattern instantly became lively and vivid.

On this tiny pink earring, a lotus bud about to bloom silently took shape, lifelike, as if it were a real lotus greeting the sunrise, ready to blossom.

A sense of satisfaction rose in Ji You’s heart.

She succeeded.

No testing needed, she knew she had succeeded.