The Avalon Of Five Elements - Chapter 410

Chapter 410

Translated by: TYZ

Edited by: Kevin

Chapter 410 - Glimmer of Autumn Moon

The appearance of the loom had completely changed . No matter how Mingxiu looked at what Ai Hui was fiddling with, she could not link it to an ordinary loom .

If this thing was a loom, it would be the oddest looking loom in the world .

Whenever the previous loom was switched on, the hollow at the centre of it would be filled with a glow, resembling the peaceful surface of a sea . In the current loom, the hollow had disappeared and was replaced by a peak-like object .

"Wait for a while more . "

Ai Hui’s voice came from beneath the loom . Apparently, he had crawled under the base of it .

After a while, Ai Hui crawled out from the base . His entire body was covered in dust, but he not mind at all . "It’s fixed!" Ai Hui said cheerfully .

"You have fixed it?" Mingxiu had a puzzled look on her face .

"Yes," Ai Hui nodded his head with confidence . When he noticed Mingxiu’s facial expression, he immediately knew what she was thinking . He replied with satisfaction, "Oh, I feel that the previous loom has a lot of room for improvement and I conveniently made some modifications to it . When Master made this loom, a lot of theories that he applied to it were not fully developed yet . As such, the previous loom can be considered an outdated version . "

Mingxiu was filled with complex feelings . To her, this was not only a loom but an inheritance to commemorate her master and mistress . Originally, she did not wish for anything on this loom to change at all, as she did not care whether or not the loom was useful . If it was a random blacksmith who wanted to make this many modifications to it, she would not have allowed it .

However, the one who modified it was her junior, a person who had the same sentiments as her towards the inheritances from their master and mistress .

"I think Master and Mistress would want us to carry forward their theories, not leave them in the corner of a warehouse for us to commemorate them with . "

Ai Hui’s voice was very calm . The sentimental feeling in Mingxiu’s heart was soothed by Ai Hui’s voice . She smiled saying, "Junior is right . Junior, come and introduce me to this brand-new loom . "

Looking pleased with himself, Ai Hui replied, "In the previous loom, the operating path of every needle is fixed . Master has created a brilliant yet complicated setting for them . However, this setting has a flaw, that is, its low operating efficiency rate . The modifications I’ve made are inspired by God-subduing Peak . Look at its shape, does it look somewhat like the God-subduing Peak? God-subduing Peak’s elemental energy flow follows the five elemental cycle that grows and multiplies without an end . Using it in the loom, it optimizes the use of elemental energy . Then, how do we move the needles? I solved this issue by using the theories behind sword formations . Can you see that every needle actually resembles a small flying sword? A sword formation can make swords do complicated maneuvers and its operating efficiency is extremely high . Unlike swords, the difficulty of controlling the needles is much lower . The loom will work as long as you can stabilize the flight path of the needles . " 

"It’s so powerful?" A doubtful looked appeared on Mingxiu’s face .

"This is a brand-new model . Its efficiency rate far surpasses the previous model . If Senior doesn’t believe me, you can give it a try . " Ai Hui said proudly .

"I will definitely give it a try," Mingxiu cast a glance at Ai Hui, "If your modifications fail, that means you have destroyed Master’s and Mistress’s inheritance . Ahhh…"

Mingxiu’s words made Ai Hui feel bad . However, he was very confident with his modified loom . "Do you want me to give it a try first?" Ai Hui asked .

"No need," Mingxiu rejected Ai Hui’s offer with confidence . She had been trained in embroidery since she was very young . She had fiddled with all kinds of new looms in the market and she was extremely knowledgeable in this aspect .

She placed her palms on the imprints and channeled her elemental energy into the loom . A buzzing sound came out of the loom as the mini peak on the table suddenly shot out a few finger-sized beams of light . Then a radiance was emitted from the peak and flowed down the peak like liquid . Everywhere it passed through began to buzz loudly .

Mingxiu suddenly yelled in surprise, "Oh my god! There are so many needles!"

Mingxiu understood a lot of types of looms very well . The science behind each loom was quite different . However, the logic behind the number of needles would always be the same . The more needles there were, the higher the grade of the cloth that was produced .

The previous loom that was left behind by her mistress had a total of one hundred and eight needles . This was already a huge amount . Now, there were so many needles within the peak that Mingxiu could not tell how many there were .

This entire peak was made up of needles!

Ai Hui’s proud voice rang across Mingxiu’s ears .

"Nine hundred and seventy-two needles . This is already the limit of its capacity . If more needles are added in, the size of the loom will be terrifying . "

Mingxiu was thoroughly shocked by the number of needles in the loom . For a moment, she forgot to channel her elemental energy into the loom and the buzzing sound immediately became softer .

Upon seeing this, Ai Hui quickly reminded her, "Don’t stop . Since this loom has more needles, you must channel enough elemental energy into it to activate the needles . "

Mingxiu’s mind jolted . She quickly regained her composure and continued to channel her elemental energy into the loom .

The shock she felt had yet to disappear . An unprecedented feeling arose in her mind . To her surprise, she discovered that she could easily sense the specific position of every needle .

Every single position of the nine hundred and seventy-two needles could be clearly sensed!

Mingxiu felt incredulous . How did her junior do it?

Just as this question flashed across her mind, a whizzing sound rang across her ears . Traces of fine glowing silk erupted from the peak . They were so resplendent that she was entranced by them .

Wait!

This indescribable feeling of familiarity came silently and suddenly .

This was… [Waterfall Weaving Technique]?

Her junior’s irritating and proud voice rang across her ears again .

"Do you find these needles familiar? Since there are too many needles, the usual weaving technique will not work . That’s when I thought of Mistress’s [Waterfall Weaving Technique] . Don’t tell me you don’t know Mistress’s masterpiece?"

"I don’t know? Of course I know!"

However, Han Yuqin, the person who created [Waterfall Weaving Technique], controlled a total of nine hundred and forty-seven needles! Up till now, she held the record for the most number of needles controlled at once .

This loom had nine hundred and seventy-two needles . That was twenty-five more needles than her mistress’s record!

Mingxiu felt that her brain was in chaos . Her ten years worth of experience and knowledge about embroidery had been overturned in an instant .

"Focus!"

Ai Hi’s reminder brought Mingxiu back to her senses . She took in a deep breath of air and got rid of the distracting thoughts in her head . Following which, her gaze became focused .

Wisps of light rose from the peak, resembling a school of fish that were swimming nimbly and swiftly . An observer would see a dazzling and gorgeous waterfall falling down the peak .

The focused Mingxiu could immediately sense the marvels of the loom . [Waterfall Weaving Technique] was a technique that she was very familiar with . Even though she could not control nine hundred and forty-seven needles like her mistress, she could still control six hundred needles . There were very few people of her age and base level that could achieve this feat .

However, she had never controlled so many needles before . The surprising thing was that she did not feel it was strenuous at all to control so many needles . The pain of controlling several hundreds of needles had completely disappeared . These needles were unusually tame and obedient . Every needle would react the instant she jolted her mind .

Mingxiu became excited as she understood what this meant .

Elemental energy flowed into the loom in an unending stream . Traces of fine needle gleams were swirling around the peak and interweaving with each other, releasing a magnificent burst of sparks in every direction . Deafening sonic booms, hollow sounds of wood and hissing sounds created by the silk yarns rubbing against each other were produced at random .

Ai Hui was entranced by the process .

The needles were moving in a very shocking way . The way the elemental energy fluctuated had certainly amazed him as well . Even though he was the one that created this loom, he could never weave at such a level .

Senior Mingxiu’s achievements in the field of embroidery were displayed in great detail at this instance .

A piece of pure white cloth was formed and it swirled around the peak like a huge, snow-white fish . Countless brilliant glimmers of various colors gathered at the tail of the cloth . Needles were flying around each other with a terrifying speed at the tail of the cloth . Looking from afar, the cloth looked like a huge, snow-white fish that had a tail like colorful fireworks .

The length of the cloth was slowly increasing .

The elemental energy in the air was slightly changing as well . The moving piece of cloth absorbed elemental energy from its surrounding as the elemental energy undulations coming from it became stronger and stronger . Like a whirlpool, the swirling piece of cloth was devouring its surrounding elemental energy endlessly .

Ai Hui’s face displayed astonishment . Anything that could cause changes in Nature’s elemental energy was definitely an extraordinary object!

A layer of faint glimmer enshrouded the white-colored cloth .

The needles gleaming at the tail of the cloth became increasingly magnificent . Beads of perspiration appeared on the tip of Mingxiu’s nose and her forehead . Her gaze remained focused .

Ai Hui was slightly nervous as well . He knew that when a piece of cloth was about to be finished it was at its most critical stage, and this moment was where mistakes could be made the easiest . At this stage, Mingxiu was already very tired and the elemental energy in her body had been almost completely depleted . A moment of carelessness would cause her to fail and waste all the effort she had put in .

Destroying the entire bolt of cloth while one was finishing it up was a common occurrence in the world of embroidery .

The densely-packed needle gleams began to give off fine, whizzing sounds . The whizzing sounds got louder and louder . At this moment, the needle gleams were moving at a speed that human eyes could not see while the whizzing sounds had turned into crisp and deafening sonic booms .

The deafening sonic booms made Ai Hui so nervous that he was gasping for air .

When the last streak of needle gleam pierced through the white cloth, all the sonic booms disappeared .

The piece of white cloth hovered above the peak while its entire body was emitting a glow . The glow was actually concentrated elemental energy .

Mingxiu lifted up her palms as she gasped for air . Her forehead was dripping with perspiration but her eyes were filled with excitement .

"Impressive! Impressive! I didn’t expect myself to weave Glimmer of Autumn Moon!"

Ai Hui froze momentarily . After a while, he returned to his senses and asked with incredulity, "This… this is Glimmer of Autumn Moon?"

In any case, Ai Hui had spent a reasonable amount of time in the embroidery workshop to know what Glimmer of Autumn Moon was . Glimmer of Autumn Moon was a top-grade cloth material . Naturally, it could emit a gentle and cold glimmer, resembling the magnificent glimmer of an autumn moon .

The concentrated elemental energy surrounding the hovering white cloth gradually disappeared and became a gentle glimmer, resembling the glow of a moon . Nothing could be more beautiful than the glimmer .

Mingxiu was mesmerized by the piece of white cloth as well . "Yes, this is Glimmer of Autumn Moon . "

Every top-grade cloth material had its unique characteristic . Glimmer of Autumn Moon could only be produced using nine hundred or more needles at the same time . The weaving technique required for this cloth was extremely complicated . Since Mingxiu could only control up to six hundred needles, the piece of cloth she produced was actually Glimmer of Moon, which was a grade lower than Glimmer of Autumn Moon . The lustre of Glimmer of Moon did not contain the cold gleam that Glimmer of Autumn Moon uniquely possessed . Furthermore, the uses and prices of these two materials was extremely different .

Mingxiu never expected her first bolt of Glimmer of Autumn Moon to be produced in such a situation .