The Elven Cultivator

As expected, after reviewing the list of goods, the crowd’s desire to make a purchase burned even brighter.

Those who had previously only been interested in metals now had a completely different look in their eyes.

Potions, Scrolls, Spiritual Ink, equipment... every category of goods perfectly catered to their needs.

As representatives of various factions or leaders of merchant guilds, they knew better than anyone what kind of craze and sensation these goods would cause once they hit the market.

And now, they had the chance to make advance purchases before the goods were officially released—an opportunity no one wanted to miss.

Immediately, many people clamored to speak, expressing their desire to place orders.

Anton, of course, didn’t need to concern himself with the detailed negotiations that followed.

He left it all in the hands of Eleanor and the Clan Leader’s assistant team, then departed the grand hall himself.

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Back in his treehouse, Anton casually picked up a document from the table and began to read it.

This was an intelligence summary delivered just this morning from the Eldron Plain branch of the Fallen Dragon Association.

With Anton’s identity exposed and Kresol Dragon City destroyed, the Fallen Dragon Association no longer needed to operate in the shadows. They now delivered their intelligence directly to the Silver Moon Forest, making no effort to hide it.

It was worth mentioning that Grant had recently contacted Anton again, inviting him to serve as a Torchbearer at the Fallen Dragon Association’s headquarters, a position second only to the Five-Star Pillars.

However, after careful consideration, Anton declined the invitation.

Although joining the core leadership of the Fallen Dragon Association would grant him access to a great deal of intelligence and resources, he would inevitably be dragged into the war when it erupted among the Ten Thousand Races.

’Some benefits aren’t so easily accepted.’

In fact, Anton had already begun to intentionally distance himself from the Fallen Dragon Association.

While sharing some of the Fallen Dragon Association’s intelligence, he also facilitated some of their operations on the Eldron Plain.

Their relationship was now more of a partnership than one of subordination.

Perhaps it was precisely because they had sensed Anton’s intentions that the Fallen Dragon Association had not sent anyone to attend his inauguration ceremony as Clan Leader.

Anton’s gaze fell upon the intelligence report in his hands, and he scanned it line by line.

Most of the intelligence was about the movements of the Dragon Court.

After the Dragon Court issued the order for a full retreat, the various Dragon Cities began to withdraw their troops.

However, the retreat was not smooth sailing.

Almost all Dragon City garrisons were attacked during their withdrawal.

Without the protection of the Dragon Cities’ defensive Arrays, they were even more vulnerable to enemy attacks, and each one suffered heavy losses.

Faced with this situation, the Dragon Court had no choice but to change its strategy.

They stopped organizing their armies for the long trek back to the Dragon Court. Instead, at great cost, they established temporary Teleportation Arrays between the Dragon Cities and the Dragon Court.

The establishment of a single Teleportation Array required a massive amount of Magic Stones and rare materials, as well as a Legendary Caster to guide the spatial coordinates.

Hundreds of temporary Teleportation Arrays were a huge burden, even for the Dragon Race. But to preserve their fighting forces, they had no other choice.

After reading the report, Anton was lost in thought.

’Although the timeline is different, the developments so far are largely consistent with the original history.’

’After clearing out the Dragon City forces in various regions, the top powers of the five major races should begin to form alliances, uniting the forces of many other races to form a coalition army and launch a final assault on the Dragon Court.’

’The Dragon Race may have lost the Dragon God’s protection, but their strength is still not to be underestimated.’

’To destroy the Dragon Court, the power of one or two races is far from enough. The majority of races must unite to succeed.’

Anton put down the report and gazed out the window.

With the Dragon Cities withdrawing their troops, the blockades in various regions had become virtually nonexistent.

This meant that the passages between the Eldron Plain and the outside world were completely open. The Silver Moon Race could now venture out openly, without having to worry about being intercepted by the Dragon Race.

’It’s time to send people out to absorb other Elf communities.’

In the coming turmoil, population was the foundation for having enough influence and the power to protect oneself.

This was especially true since the Silver Moon Race had just finished a major battle. Their population had not yet recovered to its former peak, and they urgently needed more people to strengthen their faction.

Fortunately, the Silver Moon Race now had some renown on the Dawn Continent and should be quite attractive to those weaker Elf clans.

A Clan with a Legendary Sword Saint presiding over it, and one that was willing to accept their own kind, was undoubtedly a rare safe haven in turbulent times.

Anton made a mental note of this matter, planning to have Eleanor arrange it later.

After composing himself, he looked at the mountain of papers piled on his desk.

These were the fruits of his research over the past two years.

The first was the Seed Pill Technique.

The theoretical framework of this method was more or less complete.

Anton had originally planned to select a group of volunteers from the Clan to try cultivating with it and verify the effects of the Seed Pill Technique, but the Third Elder had courageously volunteered himself.

Seeing his insistence, Anton didn’t stop him.

The Third Elder was stronger. With him as the first test subject, his high-level perspective might allow him to better identify any subtle flaws and perfect the Seed Pill Technique more quickly.

Besides, he had been stuck at the Upper Gold tier for a very long time.

With the Seed Pill Technique, he might soon be able to break through to Golden Peak.

After dealing with the Seed Pill Technique, Anton also considered helping the Clan’s Golden Peak members break through to the Legendary Tier.

The Clan currently had three members at Golden Peak.

The Great Elder, the Second Elder, and Cedric.

If any one of them were to advance to the Legend tier, the increase in the Silver Moon Race’s strength would be immediate and dramatic.

Especially with the Dragon Slaying War on the horizon, having an additional Legendary Combat Power would help the Clan secure more resources in the upcoming war and occupy a more advantageous position in the future continental landscape.

The Taoist Jade Scroll contained a large number of methods for comprehending Laws.

Anton planned to spend some time selecting the most suitable method from among them.

As for his own cultivation, it had also progressed very smoothly over the past two years.

With a slight shift in his thoughts, a profound, dark Water Curtain silently spread out from around him, flowing like quicksilver and descending like nightfall.

After devouring that Water Element spirit that was close to the Legendary Tier and nearly two years of dedicated cultivation, Anton had now completely refined the Beiming True Water.

It could only be said that the Dark Nether Realm was uniquely suited for cultivating Divine Techniques like Beiming True Water, which possessed both Water and Yin Attributes.

The same was true for the Void One Yuan Life Qi.

The environment of the Eternal Tree was also very suitable for cultivating Wood Attribute Divine Techniques.

The progress in cultivating the Void One Yuan Life Qi was second only to the Beiming True Water.

Anton estimated that in two to three years at most, he should be able to fully master this recovery-type Divine Technique.

In comparison, his cultivation progress on the Primordial True Gang, Six Ding Divine Fire, Profound Yellow Dragon-Grasping Hand, and Daluo Celestial Sleeve was much slower.

’The progress on my Sword Dao cultivation, however, is smoother than I expected.’

With a flicker of his will, a beam of profound golden sword light leaped from his chest and hovered before him. The sword light flared, then split into layer upon layer.

In the blink of an eye, one hundred and twenty-eight beams of sword light swirled and danced around him like roaming dragons, illuminating the entire meditation chamber.

Just as he had predicted, after consolidating his realm, he had smoothly mastered the technique of splitting one into one hundred and twenty-eight, advancing his mastery of the Light Splitting and Reunification technique.

Moreover, each beam of sword light exuded an incomparably sharp and fierce intent—the result of him initially integrating the essence of the slaughtering sword, ”Annihilating Slash.”

Compared to before, the power of his sword light had increased by at least thirty percent.

’My strength has risen another notch since I first broke through.’

The corners of Anton’s mouth turned up slightly, but he quickly wiped the expression away.

The path of the Dao is long; to not advance is to fall behind.

’This small improvement is nothing to be proud of.’

He beckoned with his hand, and the sky full of sword light converged back into a single beam like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, silently sinking back into his chest.

Anton then picked up a thick roll of sheepskin paper from the table, unrolling it and spreading it flat.

This was the blueprint for the residence he was planning for the Dragon City’s Earth Vein Node, and it was mostly complete.

Unlike the Great Derivation Cyan Profound Array in the Silver Moon Forest, the Dragon City Earth Vein Node had a stable Spirit Vein as a power source, allowing for the deployment of a higher-intensity, more mature form of a Mountain Protection Array.

Anton planned to use the Primordial Five Elements Grand Array as the Mountain Protection Array.

This Array used the Power of the Five Elements as its framework and the Spirit Vein as its heart. It integrated offense and defense and was self-sustaining in its operation.

The entire grand Array was divided into three layers.

The outer layer was the Five Elements Protective Array, focused on defense.

It constructed multiple layers of energy shields using the Power of the Five Elements, with each layer possessing a corresponding Five Elements attribute.

Fire Attribute attacks would be countered by the Water Attribute shield, metal attacks by the Fire Attribute shield, Earth Attribute attacks by the Wood Attribute shield...

When facing multiple attribute attacks simultaneously, the shields could also change their attributes based on the specific area that was hit, automatically switching to the attribute that best countered the attack.

This kind of intelligent defensive mechanism was far beyond what an ordinary Array could compare to.

The middle layer was the Five Elements Extinction Formation, focused on slaughter.

It gathered the Power of the Five Elements and transformed it into the power of extinction. When activated, five-colored divine lightning would descend from the heavens, and the Five Elements True Flame would surge from the earth.

With the Five Elements generating and overcoming one another, the power of extinction was endless, its might far surpassing that of a single-attribute killing array.

The inner layer was the Five Elements Returning to Origin Array, focused on energy storage.

It would normally absorb the excess energy emanating from the Spirit Vein, storing any surplus beyond what was needed to maintain the Array’s operation within the Array Hub.

During battle, this stored energy could be drawn upon to greatly enhance the Array’s power, allowing the first two layers to unleash might far beyond their normal levels at critical moments.

The Primordial Five Elements Grand Array, powered by a Spirit Vein, although not as growth-oriented or highly supportive as the Great Derivation Cyan Profound Array, far surpassed the latter in terms of defense and killing power.

By Anton’s estimation, even if more than ten Legendary Powerhouses joined forces, they couldn’t hope to break through this grand Array’s defenses in a short amount of time.

Moreover, this Array could be continuously improved and gradually strengthened in the future, giving it an extremely high ceiling.

Besides the Mountain Protection Array, the Spirit Gathering Array network and the auxiliary array network were also fully planned.

This was especially true for the auxiliary array network. In addition to common support arrays, Anton had added many extremely practical ones.

For example, the Nine Palaces Space-Locking Array, which could seal off space.

Once activated, it could prevent enemies from breaking in or escaping using methods like teleportation or Escape Techniques, confining the battlefield to an area advantageous to his side.

There was the Spirit Hiding Array, which could conceal the residence’s aura and energy fluctuations, shielding it from outside detection.

And the Zhoutian Sensing Array, for early warning and detection.

It covered a fifty-kilometer radius, and any abnormal energy fluctuations entering the area would be captured.

Of course, there was also the most important one: the Nine Transitions Pill Poison Refining Array.

This Array could assist Golden Core Cultivators in refining Pill Poison, increasing their cultivation efficiency.