Chapter 1254: Chapter 1254

Suddenly, Li Mengyao remembered something and quickly said, "Xi Qianxue, check if your task is complete. This time it’s a fifth-tier Elf, and if it’s still not complete, then there must be some other reason."

Xi Qianxue calmly opened her panel, then nodded her head. "It’s already complete. I can now build my own territory around Mirror Lake or on the island."

Du You hesitated a bit and said, "Do you need help? I have some special blueprints here."

Xi Qianxue shook her head. "No, I want to build my territory myself. It will be under your company later for management assistance, but I want to start it on my own. I haven’t built a territory before." Regardless of who it was, building a territory was something to look forward to.

Whether or not one had a territory was a watershed that distinguished whether a Professional was at the elite level. This difference between ordinary Professionals and Lord Professionists was significant, even if it was just a low-level territory, the utility was immense.

With a territory, whether it’s for aiding one’s own advancement, gaining wealth, or gathering power to form a force, it could be said that a territory is the foundation of the powerful, especially for ordinary people.

"Alright then, if you want to do it yourself, go ahead," Du You resignedly said with a shrug. ʀᴇᴀᴅ ʟᴀᴛᴇsᴛ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀᴛ 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭⚑𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⚑𝕟𝕖𝕥

Just at that moment, Du You was surprised to see Xi Qianxue take out several blueprints. One after another, small houses in the woods were constructed, and soon a group of Elf Civilians appeared. Yes, the foundation of this territory was Elves.

"Why use Elves instead of humans?" Du You asked curiously.

"Hmph, of course Elves are prettier," Li Mengyao interjected, "besides, it’s not necessary to always use humans for territories; otherwise, we’d have a lot fewer territories on Earth. In fact, those versatile races are very popular." Clearly, Li Mengyao was also very fond of the Elf-based territory.

"Xi Qianxue is so amazing, she prepared so many blueprints, whereas Master always did things as they came to mind," Lin Yushi said, just before Du You gave him a glare.

"Most Lords do it that way, but Du You is indeed very capable," Xi Qianxue said, while continuing to direct the construction.

Li Mengyao explained further, "Xi Qianxue can ask for family aid within the clan. As the main line of descent, she could apply for a territory quota or for resources to build a territory. She chose the latter."

Not bad for a big family; even territory quotas could be obtained.

"But that’s not right. If that’s the case, there should be many in our school who have obtained territories, why is it just the two of us?" Du You thought, besides himself, there was only the senior Liu Xianglong from before.

Up until now, among the new students and other older students, no new Lords had emerged.

"That’s normal. Blueprints are easy to come by, but construction is not that easy to obtain. To apply, one must have a high enough status, be favored in the family, and show sufficient strength. Xi Qianxue was promoted to fourth tier in her second year and performed exceptionally well, which is why she is qualified."

That made sense. After all, the items that could directly grant a territory were probably not abundant even among the great clans. However, Du You didn’t envy that; in his space, he still had two pieces lying around.

As they talked, Xi Qianxue kept asking Du You about various aspects of territory construction. Although Du You had built a human-based one, he had seen others and understood a lot about them.

Unlike his lack of proficiency in farming and animal husbandry, Du You was quite knowledgeable about territory building. He had built many territories from scratch, with just himself busily working at the beginning.

The Elves multiplied, developing like a snowball rolling downhill. Gradually, they took over the land and crops, and of course, some things had to be destroyed and replaced with other structures. This initial process was complicated because it was necessary to complete territory tasks, but it was no longer needed now.

Xi Qianxue didn’t have many living buildings in her hands, but she had those necessary for basic living needs. These living buildings had production capabilities far stronger than those of land-based types.

The skeletons in the town were gradually sent away by Du You; they couldn’t stay here. After some thought, Du You decided to teach Xi Qianxue the control over the subordinate Bone Dragon.

"I’ll give you these Demonic Flame Skeletons. Although they’re not good in combat, they are perfectly fine for doing work and scaring people."

Whether it was their strength that intimidated the Elves or not, the territory had started as third-tier and was already at the pinnacle of that tier, just a little experience shy of fourth-tier.

Xi Qianxue slightly nodded and didn’t refuse. She took control of the Bone Dragon and started commanding it to chop down trees and clear wood around the territory. In addition to clearing the territory’s surroundings, she also needed to build several roads to facilitate travel to other places. Even with a territory, one couldn’t just stay confined to one spot without expanding outward.

The Elf Town quickly took shape, growing large in scale within a few days.

"It seems like the prettier the Elves are, the stronger their abilities," Lin Yucha suddenly said.

"That’s right," Li Mengyao agreed, "that’s just how Elves are. Typically, the more gifted the bloodline, the closer it is to the ancient Elves, and the closer to the bloodline source, the more beautiful they naturally are. It’s safe to say that Elf-based territories have always been the most popular, even more so than human-based ones, simply because of their appearance."

"Looks are justice, the same everywhere," Du You thought to himself. No wonder blueprints related to Elves were almost never seen in the market; now he understood why.

Du You had thought it was because of low production rates, but even if the production was low, it wasn’t possible to never see any; now he got it.

Of course, Du You wouldn’t overly pursue this aspect since the Elf race itself had issues: they excelled in archery and Magic, but not in close combat. Even if universal branch of the armed forces buildings produced Elf melee units, their combat effectiveness was still lacking.

As a pragmatist, Du You didn’t favor such a race with clear deficiencies, preferring technological types instead.

Elsa’s choice of the White Fox clan was not very proficient in melee either, but at least it was better than the Elves. Besides, over there, the White Fox Magical Beasts could be counted as clan members, indirectly compensating for their shortcomings in close combat.