Loan
The clothes Sheng Xin had casually tossed to him looked very similar to the black cloud-patterned training uniform Shi Kuan wore. Li Chuan touched the fabric and discovered it was of very high quality. He gave it a hard tug, but the material didn’t tear at all.
“Myriad Realms Ring, is the material of this clothing something special?” Li Chuan asked.
The Myriad Realms Ring, which had its own evaluation function, scanned the garment before responding:
[This is made from the silk of the Spinning Sky Spider.]
It didn’t elaborate further, so Li Chuan had no choice but to head to the library to search for books related to the Spinning Sky Spider.
He pulled out a few books from the index and skimmed through them. After that, he gained a reasonable understanding of this creature.
The Spinning Sky Spider was originally a common native organism in a primitive world. It was just a spider without any intelligence.
Later, it was discovered by people from a mutated agricultural world and brought back to their own world for artificial cultivation, eventually producing a silk material even more extraordinary than traditional silk.
Clothes made from Spinning Sky Spider silk were light and thin but provided exceptional insulation. They could maintain a consistent internal temperature of around 20°C in environments ranging from -50°C to 150°C. Wearing a full-body outfit made from this material while walking through scorching winds would prevent heat damage and could even withstand a full-force blow from a 100-kilogram adult male.
The material was waterproof, electrically insulating, and radiation-resistant. It had excellent elasticity and strong defensive capabilities. When Li Chuan previously punched a large hole in Shi Kuan’s uniform, if Shi Kuan had been wearing one made from this spider silk, there’s no way Li Chuan could’ve damaged it.
Even when Shi Kuan used the “Shattered Star” technique on Li Chuan, if Li Chuan had been wearing this clothing, he would’ve been completely unharmed.
The mutated agricultural world exported Spinning Sky Spiders and exchanged them for large amounts of Heavenworld Coins from other main cities. The Human Race’s main city also purchased breeding stock for the Spinning Sky Spiders and began industrial-scale cultivation, producing a fair number of garments.
The City Guard’s uniforms were made from this silk.
When the City Guard encountered scorching winds while on duty, they would immediately put on face masks and continue their duties fully equipped.
Despite mass production, Spinning Sky Spider silk was still hard to obtain, and finished clothing remained rare. Currently, it was only distributed for free to those working dangerous jobs, such as the City Guard. Others had to purchase it if they wanted a garment made from the silk.
Academy students could purchase Spinning Sky Silk garments at a 20% discount:
- Undershirt: 50 Heavenworld Coins
- Jacket: 70
- Pants: 70
- Hat: 30
- Gloves: 10
- Overcoat: 150
The piece Sheng Xin had casually thrown over was worth 50 Heavenworld Coins.
At first, Li Chuan thought Shen Nianxiang’s monthly salary of 200 Heavenworld Coins was very low, but after learning about the pricing in the Heavenworld and comparing it to the real world, he found that the exchange rate between Heavenworld Coins and human currency was about 1:100. And the human currency had roughly the same purchasing power as the Renminbi from Li Chuan’s previous life.
By those standards, Shen Nianxiang’s monthly salary equated to twenty thousand yuan in his past life. Being a City Guard was a very high-paying job.
And the garment Sheng Xin gave him was worth a full five thousand yuan. A truly generous gift of significant value.
After confirming the clothing’s worth, Li Chuan fell into brief contemplation and then sent a message to Shi Kuan: [Mr. Shi, how did you send me the lecture materials before we even added each other as friends?]
Shi Kuan quickly replied: [The Myriad Realms Ring had already registered the new student advisors before distributing materials to you all.]
Li Chuan: [Then do you have Sheng Xin’s contact information? I need to speak with him about something.]
Shi Kuan: [You live in the same dorm building. If you have something to say, go find him yourself. Why are you asking me? I’m just your cultivation class instructor. I’m not responsible for your personal affairs.]
Li Chuan: [Sheng Xin is shy. He doesn’t want others to know he’s concerned about me. If I go to his dorm directly, I’m afraid Tang Chengyun and the others will look down on him. I’m really doing this for his sake.]
Staring at the message, Shi Kuan didn’t know how to respond to Li Chuan’s effortless twisting of facts.
Shy? Sheng Xin?
The pride of the Sheng family. Nephew of the former governor of the Human Race’s main city. His father was a tycoon who managed the city’s material supplies. The whole family was dripping with wealth.
He had been around big names since childhood. Everyone he knew was a prominent figure in the human world. That guy, shy?
As for Tang Chengyun? He was barely good enough to carry Sheng Xin’s shoes. He dared to look down on Sheng Xin?
Shi Kuan was about to refuse when Li Chuan sent another message: [If you won’t give me his contact, I’ll have no choice but to shout in the hallway, “Sheng Xin, could you come to my room for a moment? You have the guts to care about me in secret but no courage to see me in person?” Is that okay with you, teacher?]
Shi Kuan: “…”
He was wrong. Compared to Li Chuan, Sheng Xin really was shy!
