Of course, not all Dark Elves who reached the cultivation bottleneck again joined another round of condemnation against the Dark Magic Association. Instead, these Dark Elves, after encountering the bottleneck, came to realize a reality—they understood that this might be due to their insufficient innate talent ceiling. This made them realize that no matter how hard they tried in the future, they would have no way to continue improving their proficiency in dark magic. Therefore, this group of Dark Elves began to lose interest in enhancing their proficiency in dark magic.
Although the Dark Magic Association was uncertain whether it was because of consuming Elf Biscuits in large quantities and the resulting intensification of the mental backlash that led these Dark Elves to have such negative thoughts, this group of Dark Elves, who only hoped to maintain the status quo and live on Dume energy from Elf Biscuits, provided the Dark Magic Association with a new solution.
After all, only those elves with originally poor black magic talent and proficiency experienced such intense mental backlash. Those elves with higher talent and proficiency in black magic could still suppress the effects of the mental backlash. As for the members of the Dark Magic Association, they were almost unaffected due to their powerful abilities.
Therefore, since there was currently no way to find a solution to break through the bottleneck again, nor a way to eliminate the backlash caused by practicing black magic, in order to prevent further turmoil in the entire Dark Elf society, it might be better to temporarily let these elves who suffered from mental backlash maintain the status quo. Under the premise of ensuring that everyone's emotions were calmed down, efforts could then be made to find a solution to the problem.
In this way, those Dark Elves who shifted their focus from practicing black magic to absorbing Dume energy could naturally continue to live relatively quietly. At the same time, because these elves no longer needed to spend time practicing black magic, they could invest more time in social production, which could also be considered as an effective way of giving back to the logistics force that produced Elf Biscuits.
Of course, due to the widespread occurrence of mental backlash issues, the Dark Magic Association naturally no longer guaranteed that Elf Biscuits contained sufficient Dume energy during production. The purpose of this was naturally to indirectly reduce the impact of mental backlash on the elves. However, in order to avoid causing dissatisfaction among the Dark Elves and bringing greater pressure to the Dark Magic Association, the association did not dare to openly modify the recipe for making Elf Biscuits at this time, but could only temporarily continue to use the existing recipe and look for opportunities to make changes in the future.
Perhaps due to entering a period of reversal, the recent troubles of the Dark Magic Association could be described as one wave after another. Just as they had just pacified the people with a compromise, problems arose again in the supply of Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs.
Since the Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs provided by the Light Elf tribe were wild-grown, a comprehensive picking movement was launched within the tribe after they discovered that these items could be exchanged for benefits. Although the growth rate of these wild flowers and herbs was fast, under the continuous output of raw materials for nearly a hundred years, the quantity of wild Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs inevitably began to decrease sharply. This also led to a visible decline in the quantity of Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs exported to the Dark Elves.
Seeing the decreasing production of Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs and the dwindling sales, the Dark Magic Association was very worried that one day the Light Elves would no longer be able to supply them, which would support the Dark Elf-Light Elf social system, with Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs.
The Light Elves were equally troubled by this issue. Because the Light Elves were very clear that once they lost these raw materials, they would no longer be able to obtain various valuable items from the Dark Elves. This was an unimaginable catastrophic disaster for the Light Elves, who were accustomed to harvesting various wealth from the hands of the Dark Elves.
Therefore, under the call of the White Magic Association, the Light Elves began to utilize their understanding of nature to attempt to artificially cultivate Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs, hoping to protect the natural ecology while also ensuring that their wallets would not suffer losses. Thanks to the Light Elves' expertise in white magic, they quickly developed a miraculous fertilization nutrient that could significantly increase the growth rate of Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs.
The Light Elves immediately sent samples of these artificially cultivated flowers and herbs to the Dark Magic Association, hoping that these plants would pass the Dark Elves' tests and could also be used for Elf Biscuits that met their requirements. The test results were quite satisfactory. After repeated testing by Anshilin and Sevin, it was believed that Elf Biscuits made from these artificially cultivated Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs had slightly inferior adsorption effects on Dume energy, but were still sufficient for use.
More importantly, these artificially cultivated Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs happened to meet the Dark Magic Association's requirements for temporarily reducing the purity of Dume energy in the biscuits. Moreover, the Dark Magic Association could legitimately use the opportunity of changing raw materials to modify the recipe for making Elf Biscuits, in order to further reduce the content of Dume ore in them and further reduce the impact of mental backlash on the Dark Elves.
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Since the artificially cultivated Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs were also suitable for making Elf Biscuits, the Dark Magic Association and the White Magic Association immediately signed a new procurement agreement. In this way, the Light Elves could once again profit from the Dark Elves, while the Dark Magic Association, after successfully solving the worry of raw material supply, temporarily suspended environmental governance work in the territory of the Dark Elf tribe and focused all their efforts on finding a way to break through the cultivation bottleneck again, and how to eliminate the problem of mental backlash caused by practicing black magic.
As a result, the dependence of the Dark Elves on the raw materials of the Light Elves further deepened, and the mindset of the Light Elves slowly began to change again.
As the saying goes—"Resources are king." The more and more important resources one possesses, the greater the influence one has. Due to the monopoly on Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs, the Light Elf tribe, which had always held themselves in high regard, increasingly felt their status becoming exceptionally noble.
More and more Light Elf tribesmen embarked on the path to wealth through cultivating and selling Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs. This led many Light Elves, who originally pursued a life close to nature, peace, and tranquility, to choose to leave the elven homes built with wood in forests and plains, and move into large-scale castles built with magic stones, either nestled in the mountains or overlooking vast plains.
These Light Elves began to establish privately owned estates for cultivating Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs, recruiting other Light Elves to serve them. Some Light Elves with certain influence even established their own towns and managed the land in a familial manner. For a time, within the territory of the Light Elf tribe, various nobles began to flourish, constructing their own homes and indulging in a more luxurious aristocratic lifestyle.
At the same time, the Light Elves began to look down upon the Dark Elves even more. Although everything the Light Elves obtained today couldn't have been achieved without the wealth and technological support of the Dark Elves, the Light Elves felt no gratitude towards them, instead regarding them as mere tools to be exploited.
More and more Light Elves began to believe that it was their generosity that allowed the Dark Elves, with their increasingly darkened skin and ugly appearance, to obtain the conditions for practicing dark magic and enjoying the pleasure brought by the energy of doom. Therefore, it was only natural for the Light Elves to seize the wealth of the Dark Elves. Only by controlling these resources could the world become a better place.
The haughty Light Elves had always looked down upon the unkempt and rude Dark Elves. After the two tribes signed the agreement to buy and sell artificially cultivated Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs, the disdain for the Dark Elves within the Light Elf community grew stronger.
Of course, this disdain mainly stemmed from the new agreement between the two tribes to trade in Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs. However, the Light Elves were not dissatisfied with the agreement itself; rather, they believed that, as aristocrats with vast lands and abundant resources, they had no obligation to toil in the fields to serve the dirty and ugly Dark Elves.
Many Light Elves believed that the lowly Dark Elves were not worthy of the respect of the noble Light Elves, let alone the services provided by the Light Elves. In fact, it should be the Dark Elves who served the noble and wealthy Light Elves. This sentiment, though its origins were unclear, quickly gained approval from many Light Elves. With the enormous wealth accumulated over nearly a century, more and more Light Elves had grown accustomed to a life of luxury. Now, they had no desire to waste time laboring in the fields. Instead, they preferred to indulge in the abundant life of fine food, wine, and revelry. That was the only thing they should be doing now.
As more and more elves agreed with this sentiment, it also reached the ears of the White Magic Association. The elders of the White Magic Association, though relatively sober, were not blinded by the growing wealth. They knew full well that the current prosperity of the Light Elf tribe was all thanks to their fertile land and the fanatic pursuit of dark magic by the Dark Elves.
Therefore, they absolutely couldn't abruptly cut off supplies to the Dark Elves due to their pride or any feelings of imbalance. Not only would this cut off their own future sources of wealth, but it would also likely provoke the Dark Elves, who had become somewhat fanatical due to practicing dark magic.
After all, although the Dark Elves hadn't reached a terrifying level of power in their centuries of practice, it couldn't be denied that they had achieved a certain level of proficiency in dark magic now. This made them more formidable in combat than before. So, even though the lifeline of the Dark Elves now lay in the hands of the Light Elves, it wasn't reasonable or wise to provoke them recklessly.
However, even though the White Magic Association could maintain a certain level of sobriety, they still had to consider the voices of the vast majority of Light Elves as the situation increasingly saw the Light Elves, relying on their substantial wealth, starting to build their own little worlds and turning the entire territory of the Light Elf tribe into a situation where various powers were vying for control.
Finally, after deliberation within the White Magic Association, since the vast majority of Light Elves had become tired and resentful of serving the Dark Elves, they decided to have the Dark Elves work for the Light Elves instead.
This way, the White Magic Association wouldn't have to worry about the Light Elves harboring resentment for having to work the fields to meet the demands of the Dark Elves, which could potentially affect the production of Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs. It would also satisfy the vanity of the Light Elves who had always considered themselves superior to the Dark Elves, believing that the Dark Elves were only fit to work for them. At the same time, it would increase the favorability of the White Magic Association among the people, further solidifying their leadership over this group of nouveau riche who considered themselves aristocrats. It was truly a triple win, so why not do it?
Although many Light Elves were initially repelled by the idea of allowing the dirty Dark Elves into their beautiful homes to work, they eventually all voted in favor of the proposal put forward by the White Magic Association, seeing that they might only need to provide accommodation and offer Elven biscuits, a very cheap food in their eyes, in their daily meals while they watched the Dark Elves create wealth for them. Now, the many small and large farm owners of the Light Elf tribe had finally agreed to the proposal of the White Magic Association, which meant that now the focus was on how to recruit Dark Elves to work for them and adjust the mode of cultivating Amadeus flowers and Egan herbs.