Interstellar Travel: Becoming a Dress-Up Game Designer

Chapter 173

The women's version is blue-gray, paired with a beige cloak. The cloak has sunflower embroidery on the edges, which looks very nice.

The matching jade pendant features a Pixiu flying among clouds, while the waist belt is embroidered with peony and magpie totems.

The hairstyle features a double snake bun, with a pink peony hairpin at the back and a silk begonia flower at the front, complemented by two hair combs and two tassel hairpins.

She held a mandarin duck handkerchief and a small red embroidered ball in her hands.

Her makeup, with its delicate, arched eyebrows, was pink and tender with a touch of coquettishness.

Paired with cool blue-gray tones, the whole person becomes mysterious and unfathomable, like a secluded orchid in a remote mountain valley. When you see it, your eyes light up, but you are reluctant to pick it and take it home, for fear that the dust will pollute it.

The third outfit for men is a Tang Dynasty round-necked robe, with a golden taotie beast brooch at the waist, decorated with a circle of colorful gemstones, and many ruby ​​beads hanging below.

The garment is navy blue, adorned with numerous brocade patterns depicting galloping horses, woven together with bright plum-red threads that blend seamlessly with the fabric. It exudes a shimmering, understated luxury.

The sleeves are narrow, with taotie embroidery edging, and gold thread brightens the overall look. It's paired with a hat adorned with a ruby, echoing the floral patterns on the dress.

He holds a fan in his hand, on which is painted a vast landscape, with the inscription: "Jade Gentleman in the Wilderness".

The women's clothing is a high-waisted ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) in sky blue. The silk ribbons are made of yellow silk, and the dress is plain. The outer gauze garment is inlaid with silver threads, making it shimmer and very beautiful.

When Lin Shuying was designing it, she thought, "She truly is a descendant of the dragon; she really loves sparkly things, hahaha."

The pleats of the ruqun (a type of traditional Chinese dress) are very large and loose, so when the player puts it on, it lifts slightly off the ground, revealing white embroidered shoes with peonies underneath. The skirt flutters gracefully as the player walks.

She paired it with a deep purple shawl, which contrasted sharply with the overall look.

Her hair was styled in two small buns on either side of her head. The rest of her hair was loose, with two braids on either side of her ears. Each bun was adorned with a butterfly velvet flower and a pink gemstone camellia hairpin. She wore a pink headband that hung down, with two large pearls at the ends.

There is a headband with pearl tassels in the front, which is worn over the hair and flows down to the back. The pearl tassels at the back are scattered and move with the hair.

The camellia hairpin on the braid is the same style, just a little small, which makes the whole hairstyle look very delicate.

In the special effects, the two stroll hand in hand through the mountains and fields, where orchids and irises bloom everywhere, and birds sing sweetly. The beautiful woman walks slowly ahead, waving a small silk fan in her hand, seemingly attracted by a butterfly, her lotus-like steps moving gracefully.

The young master behind her covered his mouth with his fan and chuckled softly, as if afraid the beauty would see him laughing at someone. Suddenly, he spotted an extremely beautiful stream flower, picked it, and gently placed it on the beauty's head, murmuring, "You are more beautiful than the flower."

The beauty's cheeks were slightly flushed, and she lowered her head and smiled coquettishly, perfectly complementing the boundless spring scenery.

Players were incredibly envious and flocked to find this spot to take photos. Given the vastness of the dungeon map, it should have been difficult to find, but surprisingly, some players actually did!

The flowers are all the same, only the season is wrong. When she came, it was autumn here, with only withered yellow leaves and fruits. But spring will come soon, in just over a day.

The location-finding challenge led to a popular gameplay trend among players: searching for all the scenes in the cutscenes and seeing who could find them most accurately.

Maybe the designers included those locations in the instance when they designed it.

Unfortunately, very few were found to be the same; they were all different. After some players posted videos, meticulous researchers determined that the scenes were created by the players themselves.

As a result, creating scenes that are exactly the same as the storyline has become a new business, especially for those who have repaired and previously undeveloped dungeons. They rent them all out, earning ticket money from tourists and rental income from renters. It's a very profitable business.

The members of the Golden Jade Hall were also somewhat tempted and inquired with Deng Yijun. After all, many of his dungeons were managed by the players themselves, as long as they didn't enter the core area. However, such a large deal required informing the Pavilion Master first; if he disagreed, they wouldn't force him.

The reason for this question is that the Deng Yijun instance is very special; it seems to be filled with a magical energy. The speed at which mana is restored inside is 1.4 times that outside, and this gradually increases. Initially, there was no change, but later it became 1.1, 1.2, and so on...

No one noticed it at first, until a player accidentally sensed it while transporting tourists.

Normally, a round trip would take him 3 hours, but now, without special items—like spirit herbs—his mana recovery is incredibly slow. He also has to use pets like black tigers or oxen/horses for half an hour to help Red Embroidered Ball recover mana. Then he discovered that recovery is faster inside the dungeon than outside, and he immediately reported this to Deng Yijun.

Deng Yijun only asked everyone to keep it a secret and not to say anything else. Furthermore, non-operators other than tourists are not allowed to enter.

When asked about renting land, Deng Yijun supported either developing it herself or renting it to members of the cabinet.

Renting it out won't work.

The cabinet member thought to himself, "I can build it myself!"

The Pavilion Master has many ideas; perhaps he can create a blockbuster product.

Deng Yijun had no particular thoughts; he just wanted his instance to proceed smoothly without any problems. Now, they needed to check the situation inside; the others could do as they pleased.

Upon entering, they discovered that changes had occurred in the core areas they operated in. The underground mine had doubled in size, and many spiritual herbs had matured.

Once the spiritual herb matures, it has a chance to drop seeds. Plant the seeds and harvest the herb. When harvesting, the system will prompt: This plant is a special plant awaiting development and needs to be stored in a Spirit Jade Box to prevent spoilage.

The Spirit Jade Box?

The group searched for a long time, but there was no spirit jade to be found; there was no spirit jade at all!

Fearing it might be a bug in the game design, Deng Yijun immediately contacted the official team. Zhang Zhongxia was bewildered upon receiving this message; what did it mean to be missing items?

Players of Qingfengyi are missing a lot of items.

However, he still diligently reported the situation to Lin Shuying, in case they were really short of props.

Lin Shuying has indeed created the concept of "spiritual jade," which is essentially a top-grade jade of exceptional quality. You can find it in the game by testing it with certain spiritual herbs. Once the cultivation gameplay is released, players will be able to test it themselves; for now, you can only rely on spiritual herbs, spirit pets, and guardian spirits.

However, these are hidden future gameplay elements; including them now is practically like revealing an Easter egg. How could an Easter egg be exposed prematurely?

So go and do your own research.

Zhang Zhongxia replied, "The designer said the item settings all match up; you'll need to explore the details yourself."

Deng Yijun frowned. Where could he find the spirit jade?

I never expected that the thumb ring on my thumb would practically spark from spinning...

Wait!

A thumb ring?

He took off the white jade thumb ring from his thumb and looked at it in the light.

In the game, the only thing that can be called jade is jade, right?

But jade that can be made into boxes...

He only had rare, discontinued items from previous Huaxia Jianghu events, such as "Everything Goes Well" and "Jade Bamboo Guanyin." Although he had collected quite a few, actually modifying them into boxes...

It's a rare find!

correct!

The rare edition includes a jade bottle.

I collected quite a few jade bottles from home, including the jade vase from the Guanyin statue. I stuffed the spiritual herbs into them; some bottles were fine, some weren't.

They managed to stuff all the spiritual herbs into the bottle using this method, and the Grand Marshal and his wife, the Slaughter Ancestor, Xi Meng, and others also contributed their own bottles. These items will be stored in the pavilion's warehouse and available for players to exchange.

The leader of the Bird Alliance asked, "Boss, what price are you planning to offer for these?"

Deng Yijun said, "We need to accumulate a large number of gold ingots now. Let's test the medicinal effects first, and then we can repackage them after the test."

Different spiritual herbs have different effects. Some spiritual herbs can replenish 100 mana with just a small section of a leaf, while others require the entire plant.

They divided all the items into 100 mana units and placed them in small porcelain bottles. There were many small porcelain bottles; they could be stolen from the God of Cookery or asked other players to help them fire.

Yes, nowadays players have not only created generators, but they have also learned to make ceramics. Although their ceramics are not as good as those sold by the official manufacturers, they have the advantage of large quantities and a wide variety of shapes and types.

Unlike jade bottles, porcelain bottles don't retain the potency of the medicine, but they won't completely dissipate after a day or two, so they're still usable. Fearing players would recognize them, Deng Yijun and his companions juiced everything and bottled it into two thumb-sized vials, each serving costing 200 gold ingots—practically robbery.

However, once it was listed on the auction house, it was snapped up instantly.

Previously, some players juiced and sold items that replenished mana, such as osmanthus and spirit herbs from the event, leading everyone to wonder if they were leftover stock from before.

"Wow, this player really knows how to hide, they've been hiding until now."

It's been three or four months since the last event.

Players in the guild chatted about the auction house.

One hamster player said, "It's just hiding some props. I hid hundreds of kilograms of osmanthus flowers, hehe."

The medicinal effects of the event items would not dissipate after collection because these items had different properties from the spirit herbs. One was an event item, so it wouldn't make sense for it to have an expiration date, especially for players who prefer hamster-style items.

Spirit herbs are designed to gradually lose their spiritual energy; they are permanent items that require attributes to replenish their consumption.

When Deng Yijun saw that the items in the auction house were gone, she knew that she had set the price too low, but she decided not to raise it.

The leader of the Bird Alliance asked, "Boss, why not raise the price? Judging from the current situation, people are snapping up items even at 1000 gold ingots."

Since opening up to tourists, Qingfengyi has seen 50 million visitors per day, even after the game platform had to implement account selection and reservation restrictions.

Without restrictions, the game could be overwhelmed.

Therefore, players who act as drivers or tour guides desperately need items to replenish mana, as do some players who run tourist dungeons and those who spend a lot of money. This is a basic necessity.

Deng Yijun said, "We can't raise prices. We don't know how much will be available later, or how much demand there will be. If we keep pushing prices up now, what will we do when we find the ones we want?"

The Marshal's wife laughed and said, "You've thought so far ahead!"

Deng Yijun calmly said, "I just anticipated that I might suffer a loss. Since I foresaw the possibility of losing out, why not avoid it? With the current price, players are aware of the situation, and others can't raise it even if they want to. We'll see what our demand is like later. If we have enough, we'll raise the price; after all, we're the first seller, so we have some say in pricing. If we can't meet the demand, we'll lower the price and start buying in bulk..."