Ah Yin informed her clan members and instructed them to start taking root and growing. She led some Blue Silver Grass members to the eastern part of the clan.
This was the place where the Blue Silver King had once defended them against their enemies. Ah Yin stood there, staring ahead for a long time.
She discovered a seed on the ground and could sense that it was the seed of their Blue Silver Grass clan.
Ah Yin quickly picked up the green seed and placed it in the area of her clan with the richest soul power.
She felt that this was, indeed, the seed of the Blue Silver King. She had no proof, but she believed it to be true.
Ah Yin seemed to understand something. After planting the seed, she arranged a series of matters for her clan and then began her cultivation. She had a certain feeling...
Not long after Ah Yin began her cultivation, Ye Die Die could feel a large amount of soul power flowing towards Ah Yin. Ah Yin was flowing within the river of soul power.
Seeing Ah Yin start her cultivation, Ye Die Die also returned to her original dwelling place among the Blue Silver Grass clan.
The current Blue Silver Grass clan was in a state of rapid development, with the Blue Silver Grass diligently cultivating in an area rich in soul power.
Ye Die Die planted some medicinal herbs and was now conducting an experiment she accidentally discovered last time.
She injected her spiritual power into a medicinal herb she had planted, being very careful and afraid of damaging her herb.
As her spiritual power infused into it, the herb that had grown into a small plant continued to grow. White patterns appeared on the herb's surface.
When she sensed that the herb couldn't absorb any more, she stopped her actions and began her cultivation.
In the following days, Ye Die Die repeated this process daily, and a hundred years quickly passed.
"It seems that it will mature today. It wasn't in vain that I spent so much time and effort," Ye Die Die said as she stood in front of the small plant.
The small plant in front of her was different from any she had seen before. There were intricate patterns on the leaves of the plant, and upon closer inspection, she counted nine patterns.
Today, when Ye Die Die infused her spiritual power into the small plant, she took special care to envelop it with her soul skill to prevent a repeat of what happened last time.
After Ye Die Die finished infusing her spiritual power, the nine patterns on the small plant emitted a strange light.
Then, the nine white patterns disappeared, replaced by a silver pattern.
A peculiar energy emanated from the small plant.
Ye Die Die sensed that there was a vast amount of spiritual power within the plant, but she also discovered that the plant had reached its growth limit.
Seeing that the small plant could no longer grow, Ye Die Die grabbed it and ate it.
A tremendous surge of spiritual power filled Ye Die Die's brain. She quickly seized the opportunity and absorbed it to the best of her ability, not wasting even a trace of energy.
Absorb, consolidate, absorb, transform...
Ye Die Die quickly entered a state of cultivation. Before long, she had absorbed all the energy from the small plant.
At this moment, although her cultivation age had not changed, her spiritual power had increased a bit.
Don't underestimate this small increase. For a soul beast, even the slightest increase in spiritual power is rare.
Especially for Ye Die Die, as a Illusory Butterfly, spiritual power had a greater impact on her than other soul beasts, and each increase was more difficult for her.
With her spiritual power increased, as an Illusory Butterfly, whose cultivation relied on spiritual power, her cultivation speed would be faster than before.
Time passed swiftly, days and nights came and went, and three thousand years had gone by.
With the growth of her spiritual power, her cultivation speed had become faster and faster. In three thousand years, she had already reached the level of a 9,999-year soul beast.
Recently, she had begun to sense a bottleneck, but like last time, breaking through this bottleneck would be difficult.
In her inherited memories, no Illusory Butterfly had ever broken through to become a ten-thousand-year soul beast, so she had no reference to rely on.
She could only rely on the lessons and experiences from last time and break through this bottleneck by accumulating a large amount of soul power.
Now she needed to prepare the energy for her breakthrough. Of course, she could rely on absorbing the soul power from the air to break through without preparation.
This method was feasible, but it would take a considerably long time. Based on her initial assessment, it would take at least a thousand years to break through this bottleneck.
If she hadn't met Ah Yin before, she might have spent a thousand years slowly breaking through. After all, when she came to this world, she didn't want to live as exhausting a life as in her previous life.
However, now she had discovered Ah Yin. Although Ah Yin was currently only a 9,000-year soul beast, it would still take at least seventy to eighty thousand years for the events of the Douluo Continent plot to unfold.
Although seventy to eighty thousand years seemed like a long time for human soul masters, for Ye Die Die as a soul beast, she could barely manage to break through to become a hundred-thousand-year soul beast.
If she didn't seize the time to cultivate now, when the gods clashed later on, she, as a mere hundred-thousand-year soul beast, would only serve as a soul ring for Tang San and the other gods.
"Wait... Tang San's mother is the Blue Silver Empress, Ah Yin. If Ah Yin and Tang Hao... could it be..."
Ye Die Die suddenly had a whimsical idea and pondered the feasibility of this method. After thinking for a while, she gave up.
She didn't dare to gamble on uncertain future events. For now, she needed to focus on diligent cultivation. Only by becoming stronger herself would she have a grasp on future matters. Self-reliance was better than relying on others.
Ye Die Die took out a plant called the "One-Increment Grass" and disguised it using her soul skill. Then she used her special ability, "Golden Finger," on the One-Increment Grass.
Now she could simultaneously use her soul skill disguise while employing the Golden Finger. This way, she wouldn't have to worry about frequently going outside and encountering unnecessary troubles and dangers.
Under the amplification of Ye Die Die's Golden Finger, the soul power of the One-Increment Grass gradually increased, transforming it into a Two-Increment Grass without any energy leakage.
After the Two-Increment Grass appeared, she didn't stop there. She continued to use the Golden Finger, and the Two-Increment Grass became a Three-Increment Grass.
Ye Die Die carefully sensed the energy within the Three-Increment Grass. The energy in this small plant resonated with the energy inside her, making her eager to absorb it quickly.
"If I amplify it once more and make it a Four-Increment Grass, will the cultivation effect be even better?"
Ye Die Die pondered this idea for a moment but ultimately decided to give it up. Although it wasn't too difficult for her to use her soul skill to disguise the Three-Increment Grass, it wasn't exactly effortless either.
If she accidentally failed to conceal the energy and it leaked out, the current Three-Increment Grass could already be used by ten-thousand-year soul beasts.
"What if... if the energy of the Four-Increment Grass leaked out, would it mean that even hundred-thousand-year soul beasts would be attracted to it?"
Just the thought of this made Ye Die Die feel terrified. Hundred-thousand-year soul beasts, she had no idea how long she would have to cultivate to reach that level.
(The end of this chapter)