As time passed, the number of people in the Textile Academy grew, and new weaving techniques gradually spread, along with the name of Princess Ding Yun, whose fame traveled across the land with her crafts.
However, to Ding Yun's surprise, people discussed more about her age and how long she had left to live, rather than the brilliance of her weaving techniques.
Some even thought that the name of her shop, "Weaver Girl's Pavilion,"
implied she was the Weaver Girl descended from heaven.
Few truly focused on the craftsmanship itself.
Fortunately, Ding Yun's sole desire was to gain influence, and she didn't care what kind of influence it was.
Thus, overall,
she was satisfied with the current outcome.
After less than two months passed since the New Year, the one-year period was up. That night, the Weaver Girl card that had merged with Ding Yun detached from her body, transforming back into a card and returning to the gacha machine in her mind.
At the same time, the gacha machine glowed again,
indicating that her free draw had been credited.
Since it was free, Ding Yun, as a matter of course, activated the gacha machine again. The next second, another golden card appeared. Don't be surprised; Ding Yun had initially thought golden cards represented legendary treasures and good luck.
However, after carefully rereading the gacha machine's manual and card archive, she discovered that golden cards were the lowest tier of cards drawn from the machine.
For instance, the first Weaver Girl card, while seemingly famous, was actually just an ordinary celestial maiden responsible for weaving in heaven, similar in rank to the embroiderers or maids in their households.
Weaver Girl was precisely a job title.
See, without even a proper name, how could she have any status? She was likely on the same level as Soldier A or Soldier B.
So, drawing another golden card now,
Ding Yun was not the least bit surprised.
After all, no matter how low her rank, she was still a celestial maiden, and thus, different from ordinary mortals.
[Sweeping Fairy Card]
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Ding Yun was dumbfounded upon seeing the card's name. What on earth was a Sweeping Fairy? Did heaven need cleaning? Or was she a female version of a broom spirit?
Like the ones in "The Seven Fairies"?
Fortunately, the relevant description soon appeared,
finally resolving Ding Yun's confusion.
[Sweeping Fairies are the most versatile celestial maidens in heaven, going wherever they are needed. What happens to the leftovers after heavenly feasts? Sweeping Fairies handle it. What about the peach trees in the Peach Garden that shed a few leaves every few hundred years? Sweeping Fairies handle it. What about battlefields left behind after celestial beings or demons fight or vanquish monsters?
Sweeping Fairies handle it.
Overall, the main responsibility of a Sweeping Fairy is to clean up all scenes that other celestial beings or demons are unwilling or too lazy to deal with, ensuring the cleanliness of heaven!]
[A little secret addition: each Sweeping Fairy rotates their post every thousand years. They only burn the accumulated garbage when they switch posts. The Sweeping Fairy you drew still has three years before it's time to throw away the trash!]
After reading the description, Ding Yun's brows remained furrowed:
"So, the real benefit of this card is that I can acquire the garbage accumulated by this Sweeping Fairy over nine hundred and ninety-seven years? Well, it's heaven's garbage, after all. It'll be good for fertilizing plants."
Although Ding Yun felt a little disgusted, she still chose to use the card. The next second, the Sweeping Fairy card turned into light and merged with Ding Yun. Simultaneously, Ding Yun learned what immortal arts the Sweeping Fairy knew.
She also sensed a storage space for garbage and wondered where all that garbage came from.
The Sweeping Fairy's skills were even more lackluster than the Weaver Girl's, as she only possessed one skill: Cleaning. It cleaned wherever pointed, leaving things immaculately clean, down to the atomic level.
Not a speck of dirt or a hint of odor remained.
The cleaned-off items were all swept into their exclusive garbage storage space, which they could then take to the incinerator outside the Sun Palace when their shifts changed.
A single Solar True Fire would burn anything.
If anything survived, it would definitely be something precious, as celestial beings wouldn't casually discard it.
As for the garbage storage space, it truly contained a mountain of garbage, mainly categorized into five types. The first was various withered branches and fallen leaves, originating from the major immortal fruit gardens, celestial god gardens, and the like. All plants followed certain patterns; since the plants grown in heaven flowered and bore fruit, they would naturally wither and shed leaves, only the time span far exceeded that of earthly plants.
Some withered branches and fallen leaves were normal.
The second was leftover food and drink. Heaven had no concept of "clearing the plate." Many celestial beings enjoyed gathering together.
Some would drink tea, some would eat fruit,
and others would hold banquets.
If a guest finished all the food and drink in front of them, it would be considered shameful and make the host feel awkward, as if they hadn't prepared enough.
Therefore, heavenly banquets typically aimed to leave a little, but not too much, as leaving too much would make the guest feel unsatisfied, hence leaving so much.
This pile of garbage mainly consisted of tea, wine, fruit pits, and husks, with relatively little actual food residue.
Ding Yun found it disgusting and didn't examine it closely.
The third was various medicinal dregs and waste pills, the residues from some celestial beings refining pills. Although there were young attendants to clean them, they only cleaned the pill furnaces, and the final garbage was handed over to the Sweeping Fairies.
The fourth was battlefield remnants. This category was the most diverse and chaotic, containing weapon fragments, soil, and rocks stained with the blood of demons and celestial beings. Occasionally, there were even ruins of palaces. Fortunately, there were no corpses; celestial being corpses were handled by specialized personnel, demon corpses were taken for alchemy or cooking, and the weaker ones had already turned to ash during the war, leaving no trace.
As for the fifth category of garbage, it was primarily the excrement of various low-level celestial birds and beasts. These creatures couldn't abstain from food and needed to consume food to cultivate, so naturally, they produced some excrement.
Heaven didn't need these droppings to fertilize fields and grow vegetables.
Thus, they naturally became garbage.
Upon seeing this, Ding Yun had largely figured out the specific uses for this garbage. For instance, the soil stained with blood could be mixed with the medicinal dregs and waste pills.
She would see if it could be used as fertilizer for medicinal fields.
First, she'd try planting the fruit pits and residue of immortal fruits. If they didn't grow, she'd try planting medicinal herbs or crops.
The excrement was also simple; it could be used to fertilize fields!
The leftover food and drink were similar. In any case, Ding Yun wouldn't eat leftovers from others. She'd use them as fertilizer to grow new produce, and then she wouldn't have any psychological barriers.
This way, most of the garbage had a purpose.
As for the remaining weapon fragments, stones, and the like, she'd figure out their uses later. There was no rush.
After contemplating the specific uses of the garbage, Ding Yun also specifically used the cleaning spell to cleanse the entire princess's mansion.
Only then did she sleep soundly.