The spirit beast that Ye Die Die encountered was quite common. She had seen it before in the outer periphery, but it was different from what she saw now.
The spirit beast she saw back then didn't possess any spiritual power; it was just an ordinary spirit beast. But the one she encountered now had spiritual power, indicating...
"I'm not far from you."
This spirit beast was none other than Blue Silver Grass, a common type of spirit beast on the Douluo Continent. Its awakened martial soul was also considered the most mediocre.
However, Blue Silver Grass could evolve into Blue Silver Emperor, and Ah Yin was precisely the Blue Silver Emperor.
When Ye Die Die first arrived in the world of the Douluo Continent, meeting Ah Yin was her biggest dream. It was the reason she came to this world.
"But I wonder what time period it is in the Douluo Continent now."
"I don't know if Ah Yin has appeared yet."
When Ye Die Die discovered Blue Silver Grass with spiritual power, it meant she was not far from Ah Yin, the Blue Silver Emperor. She had officially entered the range of Blue Silver Grass.
"I hope I can meet Ah Yin."
Ye Die Die decided to settle down here. She found a small home near the Blue Silver Grass and planned to live here.
There weren't many chaotic battles in this area, making it suitable for her cultivation and the peaceful existence of Blue Silver Grass.
In the following days, Ye Die Die either deduced her future cultivation methods or paid visits to others.
The progress of her cultivation method deduction was not smooth. There was some improvement, but it was slow, very slow.
The spiritual power in the air was in chaos. She wanted to absorb it to strengthen her mental power and thereby increase her cultivation speed.
This method was feasible. Ye Die Die had practiced using this method before because she had the support of the cultivation methods in her inherited memories, allowing her to cultivate quickly.
Now, the cultivation methods in her inherited memories only went up to the thousand-year spirit beast level. The subsequent cultivation methods were missing, so her cultivation would become very slow.
Therefore, she planned to first deduce the subsequent cultivation methods. If that didn't work, she would have to resort to the simplest method of absorbing the spiritual power in the air.
When she got tired of deduction, she would enter the range of the Blue Silver Grass to establish a connection and hope to encounter Ah Yin.
At the beginning, the Blue Silver Grass was wary of her. Whenever it saw a spirit beast approaching, no matter what kind of spirit beast it was, it would form tendrils and immediately restrain them at the slightest movement.
As Ye Die Die visited more frequently, and it became apparent that she caused no harm, the guard of the Blue Silver Grass towards her diminished, but there was still some caution.
Every day, Ye Die Die would cultivate and then pay visits to others. She had glanced at all the Blue Silver Grasses in this area, including the Blue Silver Grass of the thousand-year spirit beast.
She couldn't tell which one was Ah Yin because they all seemed the same to her. Even though her mental power far surpassed other spirit beasts at the same level.
Ye Die Die thought to herself, "Maybe Ah Yin isn't here."
However, she didn't reduce her visits to the Blue Silver Grass. Every time she came here, she felt that the spiritual power in the air was easier to absorb and more peaceful.
Cultivating here was even comparable to cultivating at her own home, if not better.
Ye Die Die wished she could stay here and cultivate indefinitely. So she asked the Blue Silver Grass of the thousand-year spirit beast.
"Can I stay here all the time? I won't cause any harm to you. In fact, I can even protect you if there's danger."
Ye Die Die conveyed her general intention to the thousand-year Blue Silver Grass using her consciousness.
The Blue Silver Grass pondered for a moment, considering the fact that this Butterfly Fairy had indeed peacefully coexisted with their species recently without causing any slaughter.
Moreover, it carefully sensed that the Butterfly Fairy emitted an aura of peace, indicating that she hadn't caused harm to others. Making an agreement with her could also protect their own species.
"Okay."
The Blue Silver Grass replied using its consciousness, and the voice that reached her ears was that of a young boy.
"I suppose this Blue Silver Grass has recently developed its consciousness."
From then on, Ye Die Die settled down in the midst of the Blue Silver Grass cluster. The place she lived was surrounded by Blue Silver Grass, near the thousand-year Blue Silver Grass.
Within the Blue Silver Grass, many newly conscious individuals were born. They were curious about the butterfly that stood on equal footing with their race and their king.
As a result, Ye Die Die occasionally felt different gazes watching her.
With her strong mental power, she could sense that these gazes carried curiosity and posed no other danger, so she let them be.
In the following days, Ye Die Die continued to cultivate here. The cultivation process wasn't as efficient as when she had a specific cultivation method, but it didn't slow down too much either.
When Ye Die Die felt tired from cultivation, she would fly into the Blue Silver Grass cluster and release some nectar she had collected. This nectar was used in her previous cultivation and could assist in the process.
However, it was no longer useful to her now, so she shared it with the Blue Silver Grass as a compensation for the help they provided in her cultivation.
The Blue Silver Grass eagerly absorbed the soul power within the nectar to aid their own cultivation.
The Blue Silver Grass King saw that this nectar posed no harm to its population and could even assist in cultivation, so it paid little attention to it.
Ye Die Die observed the Blue Silver Grass' cultivation methods. They used a different approach compared to the cultivation method she inherited from her memories.
She gradually gained insights from the Blue Silver Grass' cultivation methods. After all, according to the original work, Blue Silver Empress Ah Yin was a hundred-thousand-year spirit beast in human form.
This indicated that the Blue Silver Grass' cultivation method was not simple. It provided an opportunity for Ye Die Die to deduce and see if it could be suitable for her own cultivation.
Ye Die Die continued to observe the Blue Silver Grass' cultivation while comparing it to her own method.
Ten years later...
"Finally, I've deduced my original cultivation method along with the insights from the Blue Silver Grass' cultivation method. But why do I still feel like I'm missing the final step?"
Ye Die Die murmured to herself. Over the past ten years, she had dedicated her time to deducing cultivation methods, not only for herself but also for her own species.
Once she deduced the Butterfly Fairy's cultivation method, she could incorporate it into her inherited memories.
In the future, any Butterfly Fairy capable of reaching the thousand-year spirit beast level could continue their cultivation using the method she created, without needing to deduce it like Ye Die Die did.
No longer would they face the same dilemma as her, where there were no subsequent cultivation methods available.
However, at this point, she was only one step away from deducing it. She had a lingering feeling that something was missing from her cultivation method.
(End of this chapter)