Ordinary observers in fast time travel

Chapter 1139 Weird
Shi Jia didn't know how Lu Tianxue tamed Dai Yuxuan. After leaving the training ground, he immediately returned to his dormitory.

The design of the spirit sword customized for the Green Wings team has been modified, and now only its manifestation remains.

At his current speed, it takes him three to four hours to materialize one spirit sword. If he doesn't eat or rest, he can materialize the remaining three spirit swords in one day.

However, that's impossible. If he doesn't have other work, he can only manifest two at most a day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon.

After spending a day and a half materializing the spirit sword, Shi Jia contacted Liu Yuan.

"Shi Jia, junior, so fast?" Liu Yuan was genuinely surprised. He had been keeping track of Shi Jia's every move during this time and knew that he hadn't had much time to manifest his spirit sword.

"Well, I'm going out for training tomorrow, so I worked overtime last night to finish your orders." Shi Jia smiled. "Please check them, senior."

"Training? Is it going to the Black Zone with the Blue and Green Team?" Liu Yuan didn't seem to be in a hurry at all.

"Yes." Shi Jia nodded and reached out to help him take out six swords from his bag. "Senior, please check them."

"No need, I have great faith in my junior's abilities." Liu Yuan smiled and took out a sword with the character "Yuan" written on the hilt, which happened to be his own.

Upon closer inspection, he was immediately drawn to the patterns on the scabbard. "Junior, did you design all these patterns yourself?"

Shi Jia smiled and said, "Want to look again? I designed it based on ancient patterns. Senior, take a closer look and see what's on it?"

"It's beautiful, and it feels very harmonious. It's as if these patterns were naturally grown on the scabbard." Liu Yuan looked more closely, "Huh? Is that a lion or a tiger? There looks like a tortoise here? Is that a nine-tailed fox? Is that a white crane?"

The patterns on the scabbard were actually a bunch of birds and beasts, but so many birds and beasts piled together did not look messy at all, but rather very harmonious.

Shi Jia nodded, "Yes, it's the Hundred Beasts Painting. I designed it for a long time."

Of course, this was designed later, not completed on the day of the assessment. Even with his extraordinary abilities, he couldn't arrange so many animals in just three hours.

Liu Yuan was surprised to hear this, "Junior Shi Jia, you've worked hard. It seems that the originally agreed-upon 200 Qingjing was still too little?"

"No, no, this is just my own idea. I hope you don't think I'm being nosy." Shi Jia waved his hand. His goal wasn't to make more money. He was thinking about how one day in the future, all the beasts on the sword sheath would "come alive"! Just like the reliefs on the stone pillars in the Temple of Painting.

Of course, this is just a hypothetical scenario and has no practical use yet. Well, it's not entirely useless; at least it elevates the defensive capabilities of the scabbard to a new level.

"Ahem, senior, why don't you take a look and try drawing your sword?"

"Alright!" Liu Yuan gave him a deep look, drew her longsword, its cold light flashing. The moment the sword was drawn, he subconsciously closed his eyes.

The sword has some weight, as if it were actually made of fine iron rather than painted with a brush. There are also some dark patterns on the blade, and the edge is sharp and has a chilling aura.

Yes, this isn't a description, it's a statement!

Liu Yuan's sword is designed with four formations: Wind Control, Frost, Sharpness, and Fortitude. When attacking enemies, it also has a freezing effect.

Liu Yuan's eyes sparkled. "Thank you, I really like it."

"I'm glad you like it." Shi Jia smiled. "However, even if you don't like it, there's no way to change it."

"Haha." Liu Yuan laughed happily. "I didn't expect my junior to be able to joke. Don't worry, I'm very satisfied, and I believe my teammates will be satisfied too."

"Hmm. Senior, why don't you take it back and let the others take a look?" Also, shouldn't we pay the remaining balance now?
"No need." Liu Yuan shook her head and took out a mustard seed bag. "There are 800 cyan crystals inside. Consider the extra 200 cyan crystals as your design fee, junior. Don't refuse, junior. We might need your help to customize spiritual artifacts for us in the future."

"Alright, I'll accept it." Shi Jia was very happy. Tsk tsk, these spirit stones are so easy to earn, even easier than being a spirit purifier! He looked down and counted the spirit stones, then looked up and found Liu Yuan still looking at him. "Senior? Is there something wrong?"

"Did the junior just say that he's going to the Black Zone for training with the Blue team tomorrow?" "Yeah."

"Would you mind if our Greenery Team came along?" Liu Yuan asked. "We just got a new spirit sword and need to do some training to adapt to it."

"Um, I'm just following orders. If you want to go together, shouldn't you contact our captain?" Shi Jia asked, puzzled. What did this have to do with him?
Liu Yuan smiled and said, "Junior is right. If you don't mind, I'll contact Lu Tianxue later."

Shi Jia shrugged. "That's the senior's prerogative."

"Alright, then I won't bother you any longer, junior." Liu Yuan left with some regret. Of course, Shi Jia didn't understand what the other party was regretting.

The next day, Shi Jia packed his luggage into a mustard seed bag and then met up with the rest of the Qinglan team.

Whether it was my imagination or not, the atmosphere was a little strange when Shi Jia arrived.

"Captain, I'm here." Shi Jia greeted Lu Tianxue, who looked at him for three seconds before nodding. "Everyone's here, let's go."

After she finished speaking, she got into the car first.

The others followed closely behind, and Dai Yuxuan, who had previously mocked him, looked at him with even colder eyes. Liu Zhan patted his shoulder but said nothing.

Only Cheng Zi smiled at him and said, "Junior Shi Jia, get in the car quickly."

Feeling slighted by this cold treatment, Shi Jia felt a little uncomfortable, but he didn't say anything. Once on the bus, he found only the seat by the door was left, so he sat down and closed the door behind him.

After the car door closed, the car started and drove towards the airport.

The journey from the green zone to the black zone involves passing through the yellow, orange, and red zones. It's a long distance, taking at least two days by car. Therefore, they need to fly to the red zone and then take a car to the black zone.

Once inside the Black Zone, deep within the area inhabited by the Orange-Rank Turbid Beasts, cars could no longer be driven, and one had to rely on walking.

The atmosphere was very somber throughout the journey. Everyone intentionally or unintentionally distanced themselves from him, and in the end, the person who got closest to him was actually Cheng Zi, a girl.

Shi Jia didn't mind, and it was a good opportunity to discuss the customization of the long whip with Cheng Zi.

"How about this?" Shi Jia handed the draft to Cheng Zi.

Orange's eyes lit up after looking at it. "How come I never thought a whip could turn into a staff?"

"Yes, and there are several ways to achieve this change. The one that consumes the least energy is this mechanical one. I set the whip to have 1080 segments. You see, as long as you use energy to activate this switch, the even-numbered segments will rotate and engage with the odd-numbered segments, making the whip incredibly strong."

"When you trigger it with energy again, the bite releases, and it returns to its soft, whip-like form."

"However, this design is very intricate and requires a lot of effort. If you use this approach, the design fee will increase by 50 Qingjing!"

"50 Qingjing! Why don't you just rob me!" Cheng Zi stared wide-eyed at Shi Jia with the look of someone looking at a swindler.

"How can you say that! If we use this solution, your whip will have an extra function!" He wasn't a money-grubber. He just wanted to make his work more perfect, was that wrong?
"I don't care, I've already paid the design fee, and I absolutely won't pay more!"

“Alright, let’s use the original plan then, the solidified array.” Shi Jia said with some regret, “It’s just that you’ll have to expend more energy.”

"Is there no other way?" Cheng Zi asked.

"Well, you don't have to use this formation, as long as you master the art of using energy and can compress it instantly to make the whip hard."

Cheng Zi shook her head. If she had that ability, why would she need a magical artifact? Couldn't she just use a strip of cloth as a weapon?