Wei Lin had been living quite comfortably lately. Before coming to the base, she had been slightly worried when she saw that she was the only elf instructor there, thinking that this lord did not actually intend to focus on cultivating elves and was merely raising a few on a whim.
This kind of situation was common in the Federation. Elves were highly useful, but before they matured, they were also full of uncertainty. As a result, many lords merely treated them as an experiment at first, only to give up when they failed to meet expectations.
The reason was that elves often could not grow according to plan.
Normally, no matter what kind of elf it was, during its juvenile stage it was nothing more than a ball of fluff. There was no way to tell what it would grow into later.
At this stage, elves needed professional instructors to guide their transformation. Otherwise, many elves might remain balls for decades.
Although instructors could guide elves through transformation, they could not guide them into becoming anything specific. That was the uncertainty of elves. For example, a lord might actually want a batch of elf assassins, only to raise a batch of delicate Song Priests instead. Or he might want Song Priests, only to raise a batch of Tree Demons. Those were still the better outcomes.
Some elves grew into things that no one could identify at all. Some became half-human, half-bird wind demons. Some became even larger balls. There were even some that turned into lumps of fat jelly. The probability of becoming jelly was not even low. That race later gave itself the name Slimes. Since they retained the distinctive dried-fruit fragrance of elves in their juvenile stage, they often became exquisite ingredients in the eyes of certain people.
So she had still been quite worried on the way there. If she failed to receive much use, or became an insignificant presence within the faction, then there would not be much meaning in joining a new faction, even if the salary was rather high...
But after arriving, her hanging heart immediately settled.
When she arrived, the lord had more than seven thousand subjects, two thousand of whom were elves. Judging from the numbers, it seemed that this lord intended to focus on cultivating a group of elven subjects, which reassured her considerably.
After the lessons, she discovered something else that delighted her greatly: the Wood Elves under this lord were of extraordinarily high quality!
Wood Elves were an ancient species of elf. Because of their extremely low capacity, they had become the most difficult elf variety to cultivate in the Federation. Their status was about the same as that of Green Titans. Normally, only extremely wealthy Great Lords would cultivate Wood Elves.
Of course, some lords used them to maintain their farms and ecosystems during their early stages. Thus, when she first learned that she would be cultivating Wood Elves, she had been slightly disappointed. In her understanding, ordinary Wood Elves needed at least five years to complete their transformation, and those of poorer quality might not succeed even after ten years. She would not be able to produce results anytime soon.
It felt like a top chef being given no fine ingredients with which to display their skills—a rather regrettable situation. But once she began teaching, that idea was instantly smashed by the elves' astonishing quality.
Three days... Just three days, and most of the Wood Elves had already shown signs of transformation. This efficiency was even more incredible than that of their Starlight Elf race. When she first discovered this, she had even thought she was dreaming!
How was that possible?!
It was only after she discovered during the lessons that almost all the elves were at this level that she realized she had probably latched onto a powerful backer this time!
This lord must have picked up a group of natives with an extremely high compatibility with elven genes. Judging from the situation, a fifteen percent rate? Perhaps even twenty percent was possible!
No wonder he was willing to cultivate so many Wood Elves. No wonder he was willing to give a newcomer like her such a high salary. So that was how it was!
Thinking of this, Wei Lin felt increasingly fortunate that she had decisively chosen this place back then. Given the aptitude this lord currently possessed, as long as nothing went wrong, his development speed would absolutely surpass that of ordinary lords. She was part of the first group of core members to follow him here, so she would certainly have a place in the future. Her dream of becoming an advanced Song Priest finally had a glimmer of hope!!
Sob, sob... Teacher was right. A kind child like her would definitely have good luck...
"Teacher Wei Lin, the lord is looking for you!"
Just as Wei Lin was lamenting life's dramatic ups and downs, a student's voice came from downstairs in the base. Wei Lin came back to herself and hurriedly replied, "I'm coming!"
As the only elf instructor, Wei Lin had been given an exceptionally high-quality office and training area. It was spacious and well-built, with every piece of necessary equipment present. It far exceeded her expectations and was in no way inferior to the Green Titans' training ground over there.
Actually, according to her way of thinking, with such high elven compatibility, why were these natives still cultivating Green Titans? They could just dig mines instead. It was simply a waste of resources.
Wei Lin did not dare delay. She jogged all the way to the first floor of the training ground. When she saw Xi Ye, she hurried forward and bowed. "Greetings, Lord!"
"Mm..." Xi Ye nodded. Looking at the bizarre assortment of elves in the training area, he asked somewhat blankly, "How are the guidance lessons going? Have you encountered any problems?"
"They're going very smoothly!" Wei Lin said excitedly. "The Wood Elves under you are of incredibly high quality. I've never seen results like this after only one week."
"Is that so? Ahem... That's good..." Xi Ye cleared his throat, then curiously looked at the odd-looking creatures and could not help asking, "These... what will they become later?"
"Rest assured, Lord!" Wei Lin said with a smile. "These elves are transforming very well. Although their forms are somewhat varied, because their innate quality is so high, they won't become a low-grade species like Slimes."
"Oh... That's good..." Xi Ye nodded in relief, then asked, "Can you introduce them to me?"
"Of course!" Wei Lin hurriedly agreed. She then led Xi Ye into the guidance room and first pointed at the balls that had grown wings. "Those with wings will most likely become wind demons. From what we can currently see, their physical stability and elemental induction are both excellent. They should at least become rank-two wind demons, and many of them may even possess wind-and-thunder attributes."
"Oh? Wind-and-thunder wind demons?" Xi Ye's eyes lit up. Those were valuable. The Seventh Lord of the Federation had a special forces army made up of wind demons with wind-and-thunder attributes. More than ten thousand high-quality rank-seven wind demons could instantly form a thundercloud storm above rank nineteen. They had once instantly annihilated a Great Lord's space fleet and were one of the most famous top-tier armies in the Federation.
If he could obtain more of these in the future, then with the players' capacity and quality, as long as they were willing to spend money on cultivation, it might not be impossible to replicate an army of that level.
Xi Ye secretly fantasized.
"Most of those that have grown petals will become Flower Spirits. Those emitting green light will most likely become Tree Demons. Those that constantly change form from time to time will generally become Druids."
"Oh..." Xi Ye nodded upon hearing this, a satisfied look appearing on his face. He was pleased with every transformation result she had mentioned. Flower Spirits could cultivate star beasts and rare plants. Tree Demons were extremely powerful agile javelin throwers who cultivated both song and martial arts. As for Druids, there was no need to explain—they were versatile professions with extremely high practical value. In the Federation, they could be said to be the most popular elven profession.
In his delight, Xi Ye pointed at the lump of soap sliding back and forth on the left and asked, "What will that lump of soap become?"
Wei Lin fell silent for a moment before finally saying, "Perhaps... it really will just be a lump of soap..."
Xi Ye: "Huh?"
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