"They made their living by embroidery, with skills that were exquisite and unparalleled. They also had a special technique that allowed them to use leather as silk and blood as thread, permanently imprinting patterns on the skin through specially made needles and solutions..."
"Normally, you wouldn't notice anything unusual, but as soon as you apply the snake yellow grass juice, it stimulates the blood flow, and the pattern emerges."
Xu Ling'er seemed to be pricked by the solution, her body trembling slightly.
At the same time, lines of blood-red patterns slowly appeared, standing out starkly on her fair skin.
"This... looks like a map?"
Chen Mo examined it carefully. The lines crisscrossed, appearing to be a bird's-eye view of the city's layout, but this kind of layout was ubiquitous in the city, indistinguishable without landmarks.
"To be precise, it's half a map."
"For safety reasons, I divided the pattern into two, and the other half is on my own body."
