Chapter 165 – You Don't Want to Lose Your Precious Evolution Opportunity, Right?

The task of assigning jobs was naturally left to Isloria to arrange.

As the eldest sister among the witches, it was only fitting for her to play the role of the ‘taskmaster’.

However,

even before Isloria could speak after Mu Yuan left, Sophia and the others had already begun chattering excitedly about work matters.

The Lord had saved them, offered them shelter, and even cured their bloodline illness—if they didn’t repay him, how could they call themselves human?

“Could I offer myself in marriage? I think I can, caw,” one girl suggested.

Before she could finish, Isloria smacked her on the head. “You’re dreaming too big.”

“…Currently, many positions in the territory are understaffed. Let’s hear what each of you is good at.”

She briefly explained the general situation of Tianyuan Territory.

The territory was newly established and still relatively simple and monotonous, but instead of disappointing them, this only fueled their enthusiasm. After all, a home built through their own efforts would make them feel more at ease staying.

Ailin, the elk, was one of the older witches, hailing from a noble family. She had awakened her bloodline relatively late, and before her awakening, her family had already arranged a marriage with another noble family of similar status. However, her life completely changed upon her awakening, and her fiancé came to break off the engagement on the spot.

The broken engagement brought great shame to her family, and with the blood of a witch flowing in her veins, she became a glaring stain on her family’s reputation.

Later, Ailin left her family on her own and ventured into many industries. She listed her areas of expertise one by one.

“The Lord wants to establish a school. Sister Ailin, you’re fully capable of taking charge. However, there probably won’t be much to do in the early stages of the school. Hmm, you should come and help me instead. I’m currently working at the City Lord’s Mansion.”

Isloria realized that Sister Ailin was a treasure trove of knowledge, even more capable than herself.

She wasn’t particularly skilled at handling administrative tasks either; she would have preferred to be a combatant. But what could she do? She could only shine in a civil official position like this.

The fox young miss chimed in, “My family used to be in business, though they were later wiped out. I’m definitely capable of forming a merchant caravan.”

Black Crow Sophia refused to be outdone. “I can teach, do business, negotiate—you name it. My family was even a count-level nobility. Well, except that among those who hunted us down were assassins sent by my foolish and trashy brother.”

“In short, I, Sophia, am a genius girl and will definitely become the Lord’s right-hand woman.”

Smack!

Isloria pressed down on her head and ruffled her hair vigorously, tousling her waist-length locks into a mess.

“No, I’m the Lord’s right-hand woman.”

After their bloodline illness was cured, the witches, though still bearing some ‘abnormalities,’ had clearly become much more confident and cheerful. Now, the girls with specialized skills spoke up one after another, even competing for positions.

“I think I can work at the City Lord’s Mansion.”

“No, I’m more capable than you. I should go!”

Isloria glanced at White Wolf Lian Yue.

Black Crow, the fox, and the others also turned to look at her.

Feeling their gazes, Lian Yue stopped playing with the fluffy tail behind her. She stretched out her hand, and in an instant, her fair palm transformed into sharp claws.

Raising her claws, she declared:

“I can fight, I can kill monsters, awoo!””This won’t do. Do you have any other specialties?”

Isloria said.

Young Miss White Wolf stared at her own claws, sinking into deep thought as her head drooped.

…

Half an hour later, the efficient Isloria returned to the City Lord’s Mansion.

“Lord, here’s the preliminary personnel arrangement. What do you think?”

Mu Yuan took it and looked.

Each girl’s areas of expertise were recorded in great detail, which surprised him slightly. He exclaimed that the quality was higher than expected.

In terms of abilities, Black Crow Sophia, Elk Ailin, and Fox Daisy were at least SR-level talents. Though not as special as Master Li, who was at least SR++ in the forging field… but they were much more versatile. Each could handle multiple positions without any employment difficulties.

Even White Wolf, who seemed to have no particular specialty, had innate talent after all. She wouldn’t perform poorly with some training, nor was she like other newly self-aware troops who lacked common knowledge in various areas.

“No problem, proceed with this arrangement. I only have two requirements: fast and stable.”

“Understood!”

Isloria said, then paused before finally unable to resist asking, “Earlier, your power… it wasn’t just curing the Witch’s disease, was it?”

“Correct.”

Lord Mu didn’t beat around the bush, directly stating, “Since it’s a bloodline disease, I simply completed the deficiencies in their bloodlines and advanced them further. Naturally, this cured the illness.”

He said it lightly, but Isloria’s pupils trembled violently.

Bloodline completion?

Further advancement?

She had attempted the former without success, while the latter seemed even more unbelievable.

The matter of enhancing bloodline potential wasn’t unheard of – many had tried it. But first, the cost was enormous; second, it was unstable and dangerous; third, it required considerable time.

But what had the Lord just done?

He merely reached out, gently touched them, and bestowed the power of baptism, completion, and evolution.

This almost shattered everything she had learned in theory and her worldview.

However, Isloria trusted her own eyes more. What she saw and judged – Sophia and the others’ bloodline power had indeed increased.

Lord truly lived up to being the most mysterious person in all of Tianyuan!

Yet, no matter how incredible such great power might be, it still had to follow the world’s fundamental rules. Those who defied or broke the rules would inevitably pay a tremendous price.

Her gaze toward the Lord became worried, scanning him up and down as if searching for any price that might have already been paid.

Her expression seemed to say, “Don’t force yourself, your health is what matters most.”

“It did come at no small cost, but it’s manageable.”

Mu Yuan looked at Isloria. “Moreover, you’ve desired evolution too, haven’t you?”

Isloria averted her gaze. She had indeed harbored just a tiny bit of desire.

“You also have the chance to evolve.”

Her head snapped back, eyes wide as she pointed at herself. “Me? But my class is already Daughter of Stars.”

Evolution itself was an incredible miracle.

Besides, if even she could advance further, wouldn’t that mean she could… could step into the legendary epic level?

“Of course there’s a chance. You’ve seen the changes in Sophia and the others.”

Mu Yuan paused. “However, your potential is higher, much higher. Wanting to evolve would require paying a greater cost, you understand.””So, get to work quickly. If you aren’t diligent enough… you wouldn’t want to lose this precious evolution opportunity, would you?”

Boss Mu drew a big pie, but this pie was real and tangible.

Isloria was stunned for a long moment. She had just been wondering what price she would have to pay, but… just working hard?

An indescribable emotion brewed in her chest—three parts moved, three parts teary-eyed, and four parts an impulse to immediately acknowledge him as her sworn father.

By the time she snapped back to reality, the Lord had already left the office hall, leaving only a golden silhouette bathed in the glow of the setting sun.

“I trust you to handle official matters.”

His figure then disappeared around the corner.

Isloria remained standing in place for several seconds before she glanced down and saw a pile of messy documents stacked on the desk, even more than before she left in the morning. She chuckled softly, brushed her hair aside, and swiftly summoned several clones to busily handle all sorts of miscellaneous tasks.

…

“Next, I need to acquire more Militia Remnant Souls. Although Isloria’s role is that of a civil official, even civil officials… can call down meteors without a second thought.”

Mu Yuan stared at the evolution orb.

The requirement for evolving from Epic One-Star was 5,000 Evolution Points, which was quite steep. However, Epic-tier units had the characteristic of naturally increasing their Rank, and if possible… he wanted to push all Tianyuan generals to Epic tier as soon as possible.

As for evolution beyond Epic…

“Beyond Epic seems to be the Legendary grade, but evolving at the Epic tier is somewhat more difficult.”

He had tried it with Deadbone and Dolai.

The Evolution Points required for the next evolution were 20,000, which seemed lower at first glance. However, the feedback he received from the void indicated that it could only evolve to ‘Epic Two-Stars.’

At the Epic tier, it was no longer possible to skip stars during evolution. It was foreseeable that evolving from Epic Three-Stars to Legendary grade would require an enormous amount of Evolution Points.

“Let’s take it slow.”

“The current small goal is to evolve all Tianyuan generals to Epic.”

…

Somewhere in the Taixuan Capital.

An unfathomable force projected from afar, materializing into vivid, lifelike light shadows.

One of them wore ice-blue battle armor, his eyes seemingly frozen over the world. Even as a mere projection, an intangible chill emanated from him.

However, the others present were no strangers to each other and were already accustomed to it.

“Let’s begin the meeting. The main topic is the selection of candidates for this Dragon Court Competition. According to our agreements with Divine Radiance, Eternal Star, and several other nations, the candidates must be chosen from among the new star Lords.”

There were many resource competitions among the nations, and among them, the Dragon Court Competition was the most significant. Its results could even influence the National Luck of the participating countries to some extent, far from being a small-scale event like the Hero Festival.

This was because the outcome of the Dragon Court Competition determined the allocation of recruitment slots for several top-tier Unit Buildings.

Guarded collectively by the major nations, no one could monopolize the allocation rights for these buildings.

They were known as the Dragon Nests.

“Does anyone have candidates in mind?”

“Candidates? Wasn’t it always decided through combat in previous years?”

“While that’s true, what I mean is whether there are any promising newcomers. Otherwise, we might struggle a bit in this competition.”

The speaker glanced at Han Yue.

Thinking back to the previous competition was particularly satisfying. It might also be because the Cold Moon City Lord had dominated so fiercely in the last competition, securing too many slots. Now that the tides had turned, this year might not go as well.

Not that it was completely hopeless.Wuji and Kongming, these rising stars indeed possess the standard of previous tournaments, but they lack exceptionally outstanding lords with dominant, ruling-level power.

The dozen or so people present engaged in lively discussions, each nominating their own candidates.

Han Yue then spoke up, “In that case, I nominate Tianyuan.”

The surroundings fell silent for a moment.

“Tianyuan? Isn’t he a complete rookie? Don’t joke around.”

“I’m not joking. Since the battlefield is in the Land of Trials, and the selection is based on performance there, why not let Tianyuan give it a try? It doesn’t cost anything to try.”

Han Yue clasped her hands together.

She truly held a purely experimental mindset, yet deep down, there was an irrational glimmer of hope—could it be possible for a miracle to occur once again?

As for this man whose talent might not be inferior to her own, she found him somewhat unfathomable.

The next chapter will still be delayed until before dinner. Very sorry QAQ

(End of Chapter)