Lord blessed by the elves

Chapter 57 The Fairy Spring

Faced with Huang Deng's provocation, Qing Cui flapped its wings and said fiercely, "Hmph! Wait until I evolve into a Pokémon, and see how I deal with you!"

These words seemed to carry some kind of invisible pressure, causing Huang Deng, who had been so aggressive, to tremble slightly and instantly cower. He quickly hid behind Kruze's neck, only daring to peek out half of his head, no longer daring to meet Qingcui's gaze.

"You want to evolve into a Pokémon?" Kruze was overjoyed upon hearing this. He was just planning how to guide Emerald's evolution, but he didn't expect it to bring it up first.

"Hmm." Qingcui's voice was less lively than usual, and more somber. "I feel... time is running out. If I don't try now, I'm afraid I'll have to return to nature. I'm going to take a gamble."

"Are you confident?" Kruse asked with concern.

Qingcui tried to make her tone sound more relaxed: "The success rate... is about a few percent. But I need high-grade jade powder, the more the better! Also, during the evolution, my cordyceps will consume a lot of energy, so you must take good care of it for me and make sure the energy supply is sufficient."

"Don't worry." Kruze nodded without hesitation and promised, "I still have some high-grade jade powder in my warehouse, I'll bring it all to you."

Today's Kruse is no longer the struggling little lord he once was.

As a well-known "Iron Knight" in the southwest of Campnorshire, knights who came from far and wide every day brought him fine iron ingots to request custom-made weapons.

The rewards he received, besides various rare seeds, were real gold coins, the price of which was entirely up to his whim.

Therefore, the high-grade jade powder needed to feed the two spirit insects was no longer a burden for him.

Kruze took out all the remaining ten carats of high-grade jade powder in the castle and carefully fed it to Qingcui. He then took some ordinary jade powder to appease the sulking Huangdeng before setting off for the pea garden where Qingcui's cordyceps was being cultivated.

He harbored a hope that the Elf King's monocle would also play a crucial role in observing the cordyceps.

As expected, he was not disappointed.

When he looked through the clear lenses at the cordyceps buried deep in the soil, a strange sight appeared before him: he could clearly see streams of gentle energy, like glowing veins, slowly flowing and circulating between the cordyceps and the surrounding soil.

The cordyceps itself already possesses an exceptionally rich amount of magical power, and what's even more surprising is that it continues to draw upon strands of magical power from the earth, as naturally as breathing.

“This extracted magic must be the fertility of the land after it has been transformed,” Kruze thought to himself. “It seems that the effects of the composted fertilizer are already beginning to show.”

While successfully developing thousands of acres of farmland, the land's composting work also yielded results, with the first batch of fertilizer being prioritized for use in the most important pea fields and sweet potato fields.

"Give the order to continue adding fertilizer to the pea field," Kruse said to Rami, the serf in charge of guarding and tending the field.

Rami is an expert at growing peas in the territory and knows this land best.

“Yes, young master!” Rami replied respectfully, a simple smile on his face. “This dark fertilizer you made is truly amazing! We’ve only been using it for a short time, but we can already clearly feel that the peas are growing better than ever before, and the leaves are a bright green!”

As Kruse was about to leave the pea field, a series of crisp and highly noticeable system notification sounds suddenly echoed in the depths of his mind, freezing him in place.

【Ding--! 】

[Newbie Side Quest Completed: Nurturing the Spirit Insect] [Quest Description: With painstaking effort, you have sown the seeds of hope! You have successfully paved the way for the evolution of the spirit insect 'Verdant,' fulfilling all its prerequisites for evolution. At this moment, the miracle of life is surging within it, and the gate to sublimation has been opened!]

[Quest Reward: 10 Spirit Crystals]

After reading "The Origin of Elves," he naturally understood how precious elf crystals were.

Elf Crystals are highly condensed forms of pure magic, containing the essence of natural life. They are a precious strategic resource for nourishing elves and quickly restoring their depleted energy!

Before Kruze could even examine the ten shimmering, star-like spirit crystals in the system, a new notification sounded again—

【Ding--! 】

[Advanced branch quest triggered: A little sprite is born!]

[Mission Description: The path of evolution is fraught with peril! Please provide a stable evolutionary environment for Emerald, protecting it from all interference until it completes its life transformation.]

[Quest Rewards: 20 Elf Crystals, Special Building Blueprint: 1 Small Elf Spring]

Fairy Spring!
Kruze was shocked. He had seen this kind of architecture in "The Origin of Elves," a rare building that could absorb the elements of heaven and earth, gather pure magic power, and nourish elves!
This is also the key reason why the number of elves in ancient times far exceeded that of the world today.

The strategic value of the "miniature fairy spring" made him realize instantly that this was no longer just an evolution, but a battle to protect it that he had to win.

Without hesitation, Kruze took out an elven crystal. The crystal shimmered with a warm and dazzling light in his palm, as if it contained a wisp of nascent starlight.

"Since the fairy crystal can nourish fairies, it must also have a miraculous effect on evolution!" He made up his mind and made a decisive move, carefully burying the precious crystal deep into the soil at the base of the green cordyceps.

Through the Elf King's monocle, he immediately witnessed an astonishing change: the magic that had been flowing gently around the cordyceps instantly surged and rose violently like boiling water, as if undergoing some kind of essential sublimation.

The cordyceps itself seemed to be infused with a tremendous vitality, its leaves unfurling at a visible speed, becoming even more lush and vibrant, its entire body shimmering with a lustrous sheen, appearing incredibly luxuriant and lively.

"It really worked!" Kruze was overjoyed. He turned around and rushed to the castle's insect room at top speed, wanting to feed the other crystal directly to Qingcui.

When he pushed open the door to the insect chamber, panting heavily, he was still too late.

The lush greenery has vanished. In its place, an oval-shaped pupa, about the size of a fist, hangs quietly beneath its favorite broad leaf.

The pupa had a translucent texture, like the finest jade, with pure energy faintly visible inside, flowing and gathering slowly like a liquid.

The surface of the pupa is not completely smooth, but covered with an extremely delicate, seemingly naturally formed, mysterious pattern. Every now and then, a faint green glow flashes along those patterns, like the breath of a sleeping creature.

"We're still too late!" Kruze sighed regretfully as he looked at the emerald pupa that contained the miracle of life.

(End of this chapter)