It’s clear that Miss Yagumo really likes that kind of beautiful clothing style.

But thinking about it, after all, this aesthetic has surpassed the times by who knows how many years already. That elegant and luxurious dress is truly a dimensional reduction blow...

Gu Mo naturally wouldn’t refuse this, but instead, he was awakened by the little request of the Monster Maiden. He suddenly realized that perhaps this might have some market potential. The love of beauty is something everyone possesses, especially for women; it’s just a matter of more or less, and there’s room to work with.

It seems this world is a bit special and peculiar, showing that among those demons, divine spirits, and other beings, it seems they are basically all female... So why did I overlook this? This is obviously a huge market.

In the near future, I could send gifts and build relationships.

For example, preparing a compensatory gift for the reportedly bad-tempered Flower Demon in the Sunflower Field is also appropriate.

As for the distant future, this is...

emmmmm... Speaking of, is starting a fashion brand in this era a mistake? Although I’m not expecting to make a fortune, since the plan is to take a high-end route, making more friends in the process might even trade some favors in return?

With this whimsical idea, after Miss Yagumo left happily, Gu Mo seriously pondered it. He knew his idea seemed a bit strange and somewhat fanciful. But he also thought it might not be impossible, since it’s not much effort anyway.

What if? What if?

If it succeeds, that’s great. If it fails, there won’t be much loss—after all, it’s just something done casually.

Thoughts turning in his mind, Gu Mo was about to turn back when he almost collided with a silver-haired girl who rushed out, her long side ponytail brushing against his face. He gently sidestepped and raised an eyebrow slightly: "Why the rush, is something the matter..."

Shenqi didn’t answer, but pushed past him to peek outside from the door, glancing at the vacant ground outside.

The morning sunlight softly shone down, and the dawn filtered through the dense foliage, scattering shimmering patches of light on the flat ground. The mountain forests exuded a fresh scent, the sky clear and bright, like jade, or a massive ink painting spreading its deep blue over everything.

The previously pervading mist was long gone.

This was Gu Mo’s casual use of the "Praying for Clear Weather" technique, which completely dispelled the earlier "Mist" spell. As a result, the sky was clear, the clouds pure, the distant mountains shrouded in mist; truly a perfect spring scene, everything appearing bright and fresh.

The silver-haired, silver-eyed girl surveyed the surroundings, her cheeks slightly puffed.

She turned to the young man in displeasure: "Was it that demon who just came again... What is she doing here?"

Why is she here again!

Surely, I can’t let my guard down. I just went back to check on the Demon Realm when I wasn’t assured, confirmed there was no problem, and then returned immediately, only to find a demon aura outside that immediately raised red flags, making me rush out.

Although when I came out, only the dispersing, faint demon aura remained outside.

And Gu Mo was leisurely walking back while seemingly lost in thought. It appeared brief, so they shouldn’t have been entangled much, just a short conversation before leaving...

However, Shenqi remained somewhat vigilant.

Though she didn’t have much else in mind now, she had somewhat childish thoughts. After so long, finally meeting another of her kind in the world was naturally like a little girl finding something especially cherished, subconsciously wanting to protect it, unwilling to let others take it away.

That’s pretty much what it is...

At least for now, that’s what it is.

"Oh, Miss Yagumo came to bring me a message. Earlier, I inadvertently caused some trouble for our neighbor over there, and she came to mediate as an intermediary..." Gu Mo explained succinctly and then glanced at the somewhat grumpy silver-haired girl, thought for a moment, and patted her head.

"It’s nothing, really. I think Miss Yagumo is a nice person, though it seems like you don’t get along with her much when there hasn’t been any conflict..."

"Hey, don’t pat my head, I’m not a child anymore."

The silver-haired girl squinted her eyes, grabbed his wrist, interrupting his words, and protested dissatisfiedly. What’s the deal with patting my head—it feels like treating me like a little kid.

"Ah, sorry, sorry..."

Gu Mo awkwardly laughed a few times, mainly because their height difference was quite fitting, with the silver-haired girl standing in front, not particularly tall, rather petite. It was just right to extend his hand and pull off the head patting move, so he did it thoughtlessly.

Shenqi just protested a bit but wasn’t too angry.

After exchanging a few words, the two of them walked into the house one after the other.

The residence was originally quite large, and the internal space had been expanded several times. Although the exterior still looked somewhat rustic like a primitive wooden house, the interior resembled a refined mansion. This was mainly because Gu Mo kept customizing rooms according to his needs, using various projection manifestations, in combination with space opening methods.

Although the current basic attributes and skill levels have decreased significantly, this body of his is much better than many clones from other worlds. Created by the silver-haired girl’s puppet, with spirituality residing within the body, he can generally wield the capability of approximately 18 points.

Moreover, the successful advancement in the Earth Fiend Technique directly eliminated the issue of skill level dropping too much.

——Although the condensing progress is not yet complete, the Skill Badge has not yet been truly acquired.

——But this does not mean that he cannot use it. The condensing progress bar is just an intuitive representation of the mastery process, and the Skill Badge appearing on the ability page only indicates he has fully mastered it.

Speaking of which, Gu Mo already has one skill that has reached the maximum level, which is "Projection Magic (Max Level)." To his slight surprise, there was no level 6, level 7 after LV5, it went straight to the max level, meaning that apart from the lowest entry-level and the highest perfection realm, the normal skill levels are divided into five distinct levels.

Based on his personal experiences, the newly condensed Skill Badge does not have additional level bonuses, just perfectly meeting the standard line for entry-level mastery.

LV0 is when the ability is exercised just right, without increase or decrease, square and proper, the skill intensity is just as it should be, the range is just as large as it should be, and the consumption is just as much as it should be...

And when proficiency accumulates enough, understanding of the skill becomes full, and attainment deepens, one can gain an "enhancement +1" effect on the basic skill. So from LV1, the skill intensity begins to increase, range increases, but consumption may decrease comparatively.

Because understanding becomes more detailed and subtle, naturally the energy use also becomes more efficient, more proficient.

Thus, and so on.

Gu Mo also, based on his own experience, divided the different skill levels from LV0 to LV5 into intuitive definitions, respectively mastery, proficiency, expertise, and so on... As for the final max level, naturally, it is the pinnacle of perfection, reaching a point where the skill’s essence is impeccable.

However, even though projection magic is maxed, able to create objects at will, not only can it be passed off as the real thing, but it can also persist long in the world, yet somehow it doesn’t seem possible to replicate a certain Red A’s operations. It can’t replicate Infinite Swordsmanship nor can it copy Treasures, there seems to be some core technology missing.

It’s not something that simple projection magic elements can fully assemble on their own.

Gu Mo arrived at an outdoor test field in the backyard, where puppets were coming and going, assembling a large sailing ship. They had basic human shapes but were only roughly crafted wooden dolls, like carved wooden effigies brought to life as puppets.

After all, they were just labor units for doing heavy work; naturally, he hadn’t spent much effort on finely crafting them. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

"Not bad..."

With a glance at the progress, Gu Mo didn’t shy from offering praise. Unfortunately, these puppets were devoid of spirituality, mechanically repeating labor as per their preset programming, showing no morale boost from their master’s praise, no work efficiency buff, everything staying just as it was.

"Is this the ship? It’s so big..."

Nearby, Miss Shenqi curiously circled around several times, looking quite interested.

"But why make this? Are you planning to go to sea?"

Gu Mo, amused by her circling the large ship, replied, "No, I just wanted to create a tool for travel, making it more convenient to go out later..." The analysis and understanding of magic ship construction had progressed for quite some time, and after gaining the Technique’s support from Human Intelligence Integration, the basics were directly completed.

Which means he could already construct a Magic Ship.

However, the associated spells had a prerequisite of modifying the ship-formed vehicle first, and not yet able to recreate the newly learned skill, he could only comply with the skill’s requirements, preparing to build a ship first and then casting spells to turn it into a Magic Starship.

Although the latter part of the magic ship art was still under analysis, if a magic ship were constructed using that Legendary Spell, it would have better performance, reportedly reaching nearly one-hundredth of light-speed in space travel speeds... but for now, just using it like this, his current activities didn’t require leaving the planetary environment.

"Travel tool..."

The silver-haired girl tilted her head, looking at the ship before her, seeming a bit puzzled.

"Of course, meaning long-distance travel, by then you’ll know..." Gu Mo spoke quite earnestly, "Such a large ship, it could serve as a mobile house, we can move everything aboard after, floating in the sky, seeing everywhere."

Before he finished speaking, the silver-haired girl’s eyes lit up, seemingly imagining the scene, nodding vigorously like a pecking chick, very interested.

Interesting! Very interesting!

She just liked it that way, it sounded fun!

"What do you think?" Gu Mo, already knowing her nature, watched the girl with a smile, confidently asking, wanting to hear her evaluation.

"Good ship!" Shenqi earnestly said, seemingly blurting out this evaluation without much thought.

"..."

"..."

Good ship...

The young man opposite strangely found his expression became subtle suddenly, feeling a sudden urge to abandon the plan.

emmmmm... must be over-sensitive, don’t overthink it.