Elven cultivators

"From today onwards, you are a true disciple of the Primordial City."

"You must continue to cultivate diligently and not slack off."

Hearing the voice coming from above, Ye Tong, who was kneeling on one knee, suppressed her overwhelming joy and solemnly replied.

Eleanor looked at the cat-woman girl in front of her, nodded in satisfaction, and handed her the jade token representing a true disciple.

"According to the rules, each true disciple can possess a spiritual artifact. Once the new batch of spiritual artifacts has been nurtured, you can choose one from them."

"Yes, Lady Eleanor."

Ye Tong was even more delighted.

She possessed a high-grade Xuan artifact, which was exceptionally powerful, and the power of a spiritual artifact was said to far surpass that of a high-grade Xuan artifact.

If she could have a magical artifact, her strength would definitely increase dramatically.

Just then, Eleanor's voice rang out again.

"The city lord has instructed that he will meet with you once you have condensed your golden core. I have already contacted the city lord, so be prepared, as you may be summoned at any time."

Ye Tong paused for a moment, but quickly realized what was happening and immediately agreed.

The city lord wants to see me?

Why?

Is it because I was born into a vassal race?

Or is it because of my cat-human bloodline?

Ye Tong recalled that not long after she began cultivating the "Mysterious Yin Night Tour Chapter," the city lord had summoned her once and conducted a rather baffling study on her bloodline.

Is it going to be the same this time?

Although she had some doubts and apprehension, Ye Tong had no intention of resisting at all.

The city lord is the supreme will of the clan; his words are ironclad rules that must be followed and no one can disobey them.

From Tianyuan Hall, Ye Tong walked straight out of the Nine Heavens Tower.

After becoming a true disciple, she also gained the qualification to live in the Nine Heavens Tower and had her own residence and quiet room.

However, some things were not moved from the original residence, so I have to make another trip.

As expected, when she returned to her courtyard in the inner city, the entrance was already crowded with people.

Apart from her own kind, they were all acquaintances and friends of her other vassal races.

"Ye Tong, congratulations! I heard you've been promoted to a true disciple."

"Impressive! You are the first true disciple of the vassal race."

"This is giving our vassal city lord too much face."

Upon meeting, everyone greeted them with smiles and congratulations.

As a rising star among the younger generation of a vassal race, Ye Tong had long been accustomed to this kind of situation and handled it with ease.

In fact, the first true disciple of the vassal race should have been Ivy.

The latter condensed his golden core and advanced to the level of a true disciple a few years earlier than her.

However, the half-elves hold a rather unique position within the Silvermoon Clan compared to other vassal races, as many vassal races do not actually regard them as "one of their own."

In their eyes, if the elven royal family is the same, then the half-elves are nobles.

These vassal races could at best be considered commoners.

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As for Ivy, she was regarded by all the disciples as a unique and exceptional talent.

When discussing the next generation of geniuses, all the disciples would tacitly avoid mentioning Ivy.

In their view, the half-elf girl should be grouped into the same category as Senior Brother Ryan and Senior Brother Lucius.

After dealing with everyone's congratulations, Ye Tong returned to her courtyard to pack her things before heading to the Nine Heavens Tower.

I had just put my luggage in my new place when a paper crane flew in.

Ye Tong opened the paper crane, read its contents, and immediately left without stopping, heading to the laboratory at the top of the Nine Heavens Tower.

As soon as I arrived at the laboratory door, the door suddenly opened, and Anton's voice came from inside.

"Come in."

Ye Tong took a deep breath and stepped inside.

The brightly lit room was filled with long tables and bookshelves, piled high with countless files.

Anton was standing in front of one of the long tables, writing something on a file with a pen.

"City Lord."

Ye Tong bowed respectfully.

Anton looked up at her and smiled slightly: "Don't be so nervous. I just need you to help me with an experiment. Don't worry, it won't do you any harm."

"Yes, Lord City Lord," Night Eyes replied hastily.

Even if there are downsides, she would agree without hesitation.

After all, her current status and achievements are inseparable from Anton's support.

A hundred years ago, she would never have imagined that she would one day become a legendary powerhouse.

The cat-girl's guiding principle is to repay kindness.

After comforting Ye Tong for a few moments, An Dong began to carefully examine her golden core with his divine sense.

As soon as his divine sense touched the golden core, he felt a violent aura with a primal, untamed feel.

This is one of the characteristics of the Golden Core of the Demon Clan.

Because of the fusion of animalistic traits, the golden cores of demons often have a slightly mixed aura, unlike the balanced and peaceful aura of the golden cores of human cultivators.

In addition, the Golden Core cultivators of the demon race are extremely territorial and will instinctively reject foreign divine senses, and may even retaliate immediately, like a ferocious beast whose territory has been invaded.

Anton immediately sensed a clear rejection from Ye Tong's golden core.

This means that even if Ye Tong's golden core isn't a true demon race golden core, it's not far off.

After that, Anton took a little blood from Night's Eye for research. Comparing it with the previous blood test results, he found that Night's Eye's bloodline had also undergone a fundamental sublimation.

In short, the bloodline of the original cat people has evolved.

Anton then compared Night's bloodline with other bloodline samples.

These blood samples were obtained through various channels, representing the bloodlines of dragon orcs, furnace dwarves, sun elves, holy knights, and deep-sea familiars.

These are the five branch bloodlines derived from the research on the dragon bloodline by the five major powers.

Although we haven't reached the level of the Silver Clan yet, we are still much stronger than most bloodlines.

Upon comparison, Anton discovered that Night's Eye's bloodline was stronger than these five bloodlines in every aspect, and was probably not far behind the Silver Clan.

"Even his bloodline has become significantly stronger; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the bloodline of a demon."

Anton nodded secretly.

According to the records in the Great Dao Jade Slip, most demons are born with powerful bodies and considerable demonic power.

Unlike humans, they don't need to start from scratch and cultivate diligently. As long as they reach adulthood, they generally possess the strength of the mid-to-late stage of Qi Refining, or even the Foundation Establishment stage.

In the Dawn Continent, they would be born as Silver or Gold races.

Although the cultivation speed of the demon race is far slower than that of human cultivators in the mid-to-late stages, their initial combat power is stronger. They belong to the type whose upper limit may not be high, but whose lower limit is definitely guaranteed.

After a series of tests, Anton was able to confirm that Night's bloodline was now very similar to the demon bloodline recorded in the Great Dao Jade Slip.

Of course, Ye Tong's life essence was sublimated after she condensed her golden core, which caused the change in her bloodline.

If Ye Tong were to reproduce and pass on her bloodline now, her offspring might have a stronger bloodline than ordinary cat people, but it would definitely not reach the strength of the demon race's bloodline.

But that's okay, at least it proves that Anton's thinking was correct.

The demon race's cultivation techniques can indeed influence the bloodline of demi-humans, causing them to undergo positive, directional evolution.

He could tailor-make some cultivation techniques based on Ye Tong's bloodline changes since he started practicing the "Mysterious Yin Night Tour Chapter," or research pills that could influence bloodline evolution, and select a portion of the subhuman races for "targeted cultivation."

Given enough time, as they reproduce and pass on their lineage generation after generation, one day these subhuman races will become true demon races.

By then, the Silvermoon Clan will have a large number of Silver Clan vassal races.

As for whether it will lead to the problem of the company becoming too big to handle, Anton is not worried.

Over the years, thanks to various methods such as the Life-Generating Array, the nurturing environment of high-energy concentration, and the propagation and inheritance of cultivators, the bloodline of the Silver Moon Clan has been significantly improved.

In recent decades, the physical constitution and spiritual aptitude of elf children born have shown significant improvement.

By the time the demon race had fully formed, the Silver Moon Clan would have at least become a Silver Clan, or even a Gold Clan.

They were still able to firmly control the core position of the clan.

The growing demon race will provide the clan with a continuous supply of low- to mid-level combat power.

"Alright, the experiment is over. Thank you for your hard work."

The three-day experiment finally came to an end, and Ye Tong breathed a sigh of relief.

She had a vague feeling that the city lord was conducting some kind of important experiment, and she worried that she wouldn't be able to meet his requirements.

Fortunately, the city lord seemed to be in a good mood, so the experiment should have gone very well.

"The contribution points will be deposited into your jade token as compensation for your assistance in the experiment," Anton encouraged. "Work hard in your cultivation; I look forward to your growth."

"Yes, Lord City Lord."

Ye Tong was overjoyed.

If the other disciples knew how much the city lord valued her, they would be green with envy.

Anton had many things to do, so he didn't stay long and left the laboratory after saying that.

Ye Tong then left the laboratory and walked briskly towards her residence.

On the way, she used her divine sense to check the jade tablet and found that it indeed contained a large amount of contribution points.

That's equivalent to her doing three or four missions in the Underdark.

"With these contribution points, I won't have to do any missions for a long time and can focus on cultivation."

Ye Tong secretly made his calculations.

As I walked down the corridor, I ran into Ivy.

Ye Tong nodded at her.

Although the two were the only non-elf race among the true disciples, they had very little interaction.

One reason is that everyone is usually busy with cultivation and missions, so they rarely have the opportunity to meet.

One reason is that Ivy usually keeps to herself and rarely interacts with other disciples.

However, as they passed each other, Ivy suddenly called out to her.

"Night Eyes"

Ye Tong stopped in her tracks, paused for a moment, and cast a questioning look at Yi Wei.

Ivy hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Have you been in the city lord's laboratory for the past three days?"

There was nothing to hide, Ye Tong readily admitted.

"That's right, the city lord has an experiment that requires my help."

Whether it was just Ye Tong's imagination or not, after hearing these words, a hint of envy seemed to flash in Ivy's eyes.

She didn't say much, just nodded to Ye Tong, and continued walking forward.

Ye Tong was completely confused, shook her head, and left.