"Monster pattern?"
Shen Yunyao looked at Ye Feng in confusion, not understanding what he was referring to.
She took the handkerchief from Ye Feng and examined it, murmuring, "Ye Feng, this monster's pattern... it doesn't seem that complicated!"
"Hmm... in terms of the patterns on its body, this monster isn't the most complex," Ye Feng nodded. "Before this one, there was an unknown bird resembling a vulture, and its body was covered in all sorts of crisscrossing patterns, far more complex than this monster's!"
"That doesn't make much sense... Embroidery on a handkerchief goes from simple to complex, from easy to difficult. Logically, this monster pattern should be more intricate than the previous ones!" Shen Yunyao looked puzzled.
"It's the eyes!" Ye Feng quickly interjected.
"Eyes?" Shen Yunyao looked up at Ye Feng with a puzzled expression.
"That's right!" Ye Feng let out a soft sigh. "Although the structure and patterns on this monster's body are relatively simple, its eyes are very strange... No matter which angle you look at this monster from, its eyes are fixed on you! And this, I suspect, is the key to embroidering this pattern! I failed three times this morning while embroidering the eyes!" Ye Feng explained rapidly to Shen Yunyao.
"Ye Feng... listening to you say that... this monster's eyes... are indeed very strange..." Shen Yunyao exclaimed after a closer look. "No matter what angle I look from, it's staring right at me!"
By this time, the pattern on the handkerchief had almost vanished. Seeing this, Ye Feng immediately imbued his arcane energy into the fine needle and began embroidering again. The patterns on the handkerchief would disappear after a period without arcane energy to sustain them. To recreate the last seen pattern, one had to start from the very beginning...
Ye Feng's movements were swift, and soon he was back at the monster pattern. Shen Yunyao watched him embroider with surprise! Normally, people using arcane energy to embroider handkerchiefs were extremely careful, prioritizing stability over speed. After all, any mistake would require starting over. Yet, Ye Feng's speed was incredibly fast, as if he were in a rush, but he made no errors, his movements fluid and graceful...
While Shen Yunyao was astonished, Ye Feng was intently staring at the monster's eyes, feeling a sense of dilemma. He was once again in the same predicament... these eyes, which stared at him from every angle, left him clueless as to where to begin embroidering... He had tried several times before, from different areas and angles, but as soon as he inserted the needle, he would inevitably fail... with no chance to make a second stitch.
"This is troublesome... I have no idea from which angle to start the needle... It feels like no matter where I start, it's wrong..." Ye Feng muttered, holding the handkerchief in his left hand and the fine needle in his right, looking frustrated.
"Ye Feng... I heard Uncle Luo Ming say that when embroidering this monster pattern, you can't rely solely on your eyes... it seems to require a certain 'feeling'," Shen Yunyao recalled and spoke up.
"Can't rely on eyes? A feeling?" Ye Feng frowned, not fully grasping the concept.
"At that time, I had just advanced to Gold rank... I was still far from Gold fifth rank, so I didn't understand and didn't ask further..." Shen Yunyao's face flushed slightly, speaking with some embarrassment.
"A feeling..." Ye Feng mumbled, staring at the monster's eyes for a long while. He frowned, and finally, he closed his eyes.
Under Shen Yunyao's astonished gaze, Ye Feng replayed the pattern of the monster's eyes in his mind. He felt that these eyes were exceptionally peculiar...
Suddenly, a peculiar thought flashed through Ye Feng's mind. Without conscious effort, the arcane energy in his right hand transformed into countless fine threads, flowing down the needle and slowly moving towards the eyes of the monster pattern on the handkerchief.
Sweat beaded rapidly on Ye Feng's forehead. As his arcane energy made contact with the monster's eyes on the handkerchief, he felt as if his mental power wasn't just controlling the arcane energy to touch the handkerchief, but was entering a black hole... being madly siphoned away... A wave of dizziness washed over him.
Watching Ye Feng, whose forehead was covered in large beads of sweat and whose body was trembling slightly, Shen Yunyao grew very anxious but dared not interrupt him...
As wisps of fine arcane energy entered the monster pattern's eyes on the handkerchief, the eyes grew brighter and brighter. Finally, with a flash of light, the entire monster pattern vanished!
The next second, Ye Feng opened his eyes. His arcane energy involuntarily circulated, bathing his entire body in a luminous glow.
"Ye Feng... you... you've reached Gold fifth rank?" Shen Yunyao exclaimed, sensing the change in the arcane energy fluctuations emanating from him.
"Phew... phew~!" "Yes... it seems so!" Ye Feng plopped down onto the roof of the Humvee, breathing heavily. He was also somewhat taken aback by the changes in his arcane energy.
This was because throughout the process, the fine needle in his right hand had not moved; it was the arcane energy that had moved.
"So... when embroidering this monster pattern, one can't use a needle to embroider; it requires direct control of arcane energy to complete the embroidery?!" "Is this what Uncle Luo Ming meant by 'feeling'?" Shen Yunyao seemed to understand.
Ye Feng didn't respond to Shen Yunyao. He was examining the handkerchief with surprise. The moment he completed the monster pattern embroidery, a strange scene abruptly appeared in his mind. Although it lasted only an instant, the impression it left was extremely profound!
"Uh... Yunyao, when breaking through to Gold fifth stage... do you see a strange scene flash by?" Ye Feng paused and then asked Shen Yunyao.
"A strange scene?" Shen Yunyao blinked, her expression bewildered.
"Mmm... how to put it... when I just finished that monster pattern, a strange scene flashed in my mind..." "It seemed to be a white staircase leading upwards... looking up, I couldn't see the end... and at the very top, there seemed to be a door... Woo~~"
Ye Feng couldn't finish his sentence. Shen Yunyao's face suddenly changed drastically. She took a step forward, directly covered his mouth with her hand, her expression filled with urgency, even a hint of panic.
"Shhh, shhh!" Seeing that Ye Feng had no intention of speaking further, Shen Yunyao removed her hand from his mouth, stepped back slightly, and quickly made silencing gestures towards him. Shen Yunyao scanned her surroundings with a look of panic, as if facing a great enemy. After a long while, she let out a soft sigh, her expression slightly relaxing.
"Yun Yao, you... what's wrong?" Ye Feng looked at Shen Yunyao, bewildered.
"Ye Feng, what you just said, absolutely do not speak of it again. It will cause great trouble!" Shen Yunyao took a deep breath, scanned the surroundings once more, and spoke to Ye Feng with a grave expression.
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