A Coarse Gray-White Ramie Outfit

"It's called ramie. Its bark can be used to make clothing, paper..."

"Brother A Chu, what is paper?" Hearing that this plant was not for eating, Little Moon Spirit was a little disappointed, still unaware of Wu Chu's inward teasing.

This girl was a dignified Celestial Immortal, yet she was becoming more and more like a little foodie. Wu Chu did not know whether his influence on her was somewhat bad.

But for him, having a little helper to cook for him was definitely wonderful.

With a light cough, he suppressed that selfish thought and casually said, "Paper is something used for writing. It is one of the most important vessels for the inheritance of civilization. My phone has methods for making paper. Once we make it, you'll understand what it is."

"What a magical phone!" Little Moon Spirit exclaimed. "Brother A Chu, does the phone have answers to everything?"

"Of course not! Does Yibao look like an omniscient and omnipotent Spirit Treasure True Spirit to you?"

Little Moon Spirit shook her head. Before she could answer, Wu Chu jumped down from the cloud and had her help cut several bundles of ramie. He happily tossed them onto the cloud, carried them back to the little wooden house by the lake, then threw them into the lake and weighed them down with stones to soak.

This was so the ramie bark could be peeled off more easily later.

Papermaking also required a great deal of water, and the wastewater produced during the process was a major pollutant. Although making paper from ramie caused less pollution than making paper from bamboo, Wu Chu still did not want to bring this trouble up to the treetops.

For some time afterward, Wu Chu used the images Yibao had restored from his memories onto the phone to make the tools he needed.

With references to work from, making them was not difficult.

Compared to that, making ramie cloth was even simpler, since there was no need to dye it anyway.

Moreover, after listening to Wu Chu's explanation, Little Moon Spirit had an inspiration and directly used her spells to help him complete many troublesome steps.

For instance, the step of combing out the fibers was completed directly with Little Moon Spirit's magic power.

With a gentle tap of her little finger, the ramie bark seemed to come alive, scattering apart and turning into strands of ramie fibers that floated through the air.

The weaving process was even simpler. Under Little Moon Spirit's control, the fine ramie strands flew through the air like needles threading thread, weaving across one another and intertwining. Watching the fibers gradually form a piece of dense ramie cloth in midair, Wu Chu did not know what to say. He simply gave her a thumbs-up and added, "Good heavens."

"Little Moon Spirit, are you actually the Weaver Girl?"

"Brother A Chu, what is the Weaver Girl?"

"Oh, she is a fairy maiden in the heavens, a female immortal who is very skilled at making clothes."

"In the heavens?" Little Moon Spirit raised her head at the sky in confusion. "There are immortals in the sky?"

"..."

After a moment of silence, Wu Chu gave an "Ah" and nodded. "There are immortals in the sky too! Legend says there are Thirty-Three Heavens above, and if you keep climbing up Mount Buzhou, you can see them. I just don't know what sort of immortals live up there."

Wu Chu also had no idea who controlled the Heavenly Court during this era, or whether the Thirty-Three Heavens, like those treasures, were still in the process of gestation.

He only knew that long after the chaotic war among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans ended, Di Jun and Taiyi would enter the Heavenly Court, establish the Demon Clan Heavenly Court, and contend with the Witch Clan for supremacy.

That era was also known as the Witch-Demon Calamity.

And now, the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity had only just begun. That time was still far away.

Of course, he had learned all this from various Primordial World stories. Who knew whether this Primordial World would truly develop as those stories described?

In any case, Mount Buzhou was far too distant. Whether he would ever have the chance to visit it in this life was still unknown, so there was no point thinking so much. He was just talking big.

Sure enough, Wu Chu's casual bragging once again made Little Moon Spirit think: Brother A Chu is amazing! He knows so much! So there are heavens above the sky!

Only Yibao wore a speechless expression, rolling her eyes. She felt that Little Moon Spirit, this little demoness, had such cultivation yet so little knowledge that she truly did not know what to say.

In Yibao's eyes, anyone with even a little common sense could tell that Wu Chu was all bark and no bite. Yet Little Moon Spirit had actually thought he had some kind of "Ordinary Illness." It was impressive that her little brain could even come up with that.

Sigh! She really was a little fool!

Of course, Yibao was being unfair.

Little Moon Spirit had only taken human form not long ago. And Purple Jade Daoist, whom she met after transforming, was also a shut-in who knew little about the outside world. That was perfectly normal!

How could Little Moon Spirit know how dangerous society was? How black Yibao's heart was? How thick Wu Chu's skin was?

If she had known, how could Yibao have possibly tricked her out of her Merit Power back then?

Wu Chu ignored Yibao's expression and accepted Little Moon Spirit's worship with complete peace of mind. Smiling, he said, "Little Moon Spirit, cultivate diligently. If there's a chance, you can take me around this world and let me experience its sights and customs. What do you think?"

Praised by Wu Chu like that, Little Moon Spirit immediately grew a little shy. "Once Brother A Chu's cultivation recovers, you will be stronger than me. Then Brother A Chu will have to take me along."

"Easy enough! Easy enough!"

Wu Chu laughed heartily, making Yibao roll her eyes again.

Half an hour later, Wu Chu finally shed his animal-hide clothes and put on a cool coarse ramie outfit along with a belt. The fabric was not as rough as he had imagined; it was even comparable to linen clothing from later generations. This was all thanks to Little Moon Spirit's skillful hands.

This girl's practical ability was clearly far stronger than her ability to think.

The only thing Wu Chu was not entirely satisfied with was the underwear. The material was too coarse, making it obviously less comfortable than cotton.

He wore trousers beneath and a long robe over them. Though the gray-white robe could not be as soft and flowing as Little Moon Spirit's gauze dress, it still carried an unrestrained, otherworldly air.

Wu Chu spread his arms, turned in a circle, and asked with a smile, "Little Moon Spirit, what do you think?"

"Mm, it looks better than animal-hide clothes!" Little Moon Spirit nodded.

"I like how honest and straightforward Little Moon Spirit is, always saying whatever is on her mind."

But Yibao ruined the mood from the side, putting on a vomiting expression. Wu Chu quietly pressed her back into the phone with one hand. How could he let her spoil everyone's enjoyment?

Just then, a beam of golden light descended from the sky and fell upon Wu Chu and Little Moon Spirit, with a small portion entering Wu Chu's phone.

Of the golden light that landed on Wu Chu, one part entered his sea of consciousness, while another flowed across his coarse ramie clothes and ramie-woven belt.

Though the merit was not much, leaving only several golden streaks on the ramie clothes and belt, it could at most be considered mid-tier among low-grade Merit Spiritual Treasures. Still, Wu Chu could sense a slight change in the outfit, as though it had become more fitted and softer.

However, the arrival of this merit left Wu Chu somewhat puzzled.