After absorbing all the essence and soul bone of the Mandala Snake, Ye Yang's luck seemed to have worsened, as he rarely encountered suitable soul beasts.
Strictly speaking, his standards had become higher.
He couldn't be bothered to act against soul beasts that were only a hundred or so years old.
Without consuming points and activating the Devouring skill, he could only convert one-tenth of the soul power.
Hunting soul beasts to increase his soul power by a few years seemed unworthy of the effort.
He also found soul beasts that were several hundred or thousand years old quite mediocre.
Only soul beasts that were two or three thousand years old were barely acceptable to him.
However, there weren't many soul beasts of that age in the peripheral areas.
His cultivation had completely entered the right track.
There were hardly any soul beasts in this area that could pose a threat to him.
Cultivation had become monotonous.
To pass the time and record his cultivation, he started writing a diary.
Using 18 leaves, he used the leaf from the Blue Silver Emperor's Spear as a pen.
The adjacent leaf served as his diary, where he inscribed his words on the back of the leaf.
"June 6th.
Today, the daylight was nearly one minute longer than the previous day. According to my original homeland's traditional solar terms, we have passed the Dragon Boat Festival and reached the summer solstice, the longest day of the year.
Therefore, I will consider this day as the summer solstice, corresponding to the lunar date of June 6th.
As for the reason? Because I like '666.'
When I first arrived here, it was still the gentle spring breeze with plants waiting to bloom, so I designated it as Arbor Day, around March 12th.
I consider it as the second day of the lunar calendar's second month, also known as 'Dragon Raising its Head,' which brings good luck.
It has been exactly 12 days since I hunted and devoured the Mandala Snake. The weather is hot as we have entered the midsummer season.
Regardless of the heat, during these 12 days, I have only killed three soul beasts that were over a thousand years old, one that was over two thousand years old, and two that were three thousand years old.
Although I have accumulated 28,300 points, encountering powerful soul beasts also comes with terrifying consumption.
I gritted my teeth and didn't use any points.
Killing them is simple, but I can only convert one-tenth of their soul power, resulting in my current soul power just breaking through 6,000 years. Sigh.
The road to reaching 100,000 years, undergoing the transformation, and pushing Ah Yin seems far away.
My future wife, Ah Yin, is extremely astonished by my growth speed.
But little does she know my eagerness.
Without reaching 100,000 years, I can't transform. It's heart-wrenching to have such a goddess by my side every day, yet I can't even hold her hand."
"June 7th.
My future wife, Ah Yin, discovered that I use leaves to write and draw on my own leaves, and she found it strange.
Moreover, she feels that these Chinese characters have a special charm and are beautiful.
Needless to say, after thousands of years of heritage, Chinese characters are naturally beautiful.
Calligraphy, among the various scripts in the world, only Chinese characters can!
So today, I held her delicate jade hand and taught her to write on the soil. She was very happy.
I was also happy. I spared a three-thousand-year-old soul beast because it wasn't as important as pursuing my wife."
"June 8th.
Yesterday, the silly deer I spared came back.
Actually, it's a deer with glowing branches for antlers, very beautiful. I named it 'Glow Antler Deer.'
Today, Ah Yin was totally immersed in practicing writing, fully focused.
I quickly hunted down and devoured the 'Glow Antler Deer' using my roots.
3,000 points exchanged for 629 years of soul power.
The most important thing is that my wife, Ah Yin, didn't notice, but she was happy about learning new Chinese characters. It's worth it!"
...
"June 18.
Ah Yin's talent is too high. She now knows more than 500 commonly used Chinese characters, equivalent to a second-grade elementary student.
The most crucial thing is that her handwriting is even better than mine. It's elegant and powerful with a unique charm.
Compared to her, my dragon-and-phoenix-like handwriting seems like scribbles.
Sure, here's the revised version of the translated text with "Ah Yin" substituted everywhere:
Ye Yang's Diary: Teaching Ah Yin Five-In-A-Row
Ah Yin's talent is too high. She already knows over five hundred commonly used Chinese characters, which is equivalent to a second-grade elementary school student.
The most crucial thing is that her handwriting is better than mine, with a graceful and powerful charm. Compared to her, my handwriting looks like scribbles.
So, I taught her Six-In-A-Row to distract her.
...
June 20th:
Six-In-A-Row was too simple, a little toy in the Nine Palace Grid. Ah Yin lost interest again and wanted to practice handwriting!
I had no choice but to use my ultimate move and teach her Five-In-A-Row!
Back in the day, during junior high, I used up eighteen composition books and was invincible throughout the school.
I liked drawing circles, and my opponents would either draw crosses or checkmarks (√).
Looking back now, I could have exchanged those eighteen composition books for a set of real chess pieces.
This time, I didn't hold back and personally made chess pieces out of tree branches.
I dyed them with Blue Silver Grass juice, I was the Blue side, and Ah Yin was the Silver side.
Ah Yin was very happy playing chess, and I casually gave her the name Ah Yin, which she didn't refuse.
I was also very happy, hahaha.
June 21st:
Playing chess, chilling with Ah Yin.
June 22nd:
Playing chess, baiting horses.
June 23rd:
Today, Ah Yin actually sneaked a peek at my diary!
She even asked me what "baiting horses" meant, and I didn't answer. She forcefully took my leaf and glanced at it again.
When she saw "chilling with Ah Yin," she instantly understood and blushed.
Sigh, I miscalculated.
...
June 29th:
The day before yesterday, I found a Jade Devil Bird, a type of soul beast with a small size but powerful attack.
It's rare and relies on devouring the brain fluid of soul beasts for food, similar to the Dark Devil Evil Tiger. It is the enemy of soul beasts.
This Jade Devil Bird only has a soul power of 2800 years, but it can easily hunt down 5000-year soul beasts.
For the first time, Ah Yin supported me in hunting it and personally used her Blue Silver Domain to intercept its escape.
This fellow has strong attacking power, extreme speed, and is very cunning, making it challenging to catch!
This time, I spent a lot, 14,000 points, half of my accumulated points, to devour it!
60% of the soul power conversion granted me 1700 years of soul power.
The soul power was secondary; the most crucial thing was that I gained 158 spirit points!
In other words, it originally had 260 spirit points, several times that of an ordinary human!
Even if it was a Spirit Connection realm, it has now entered the mid-stage.
As expected, eating what one lacks, the ancients didn't deceive me.
After devouring its spirit points, my spirit power also broke through to 233 points, barely entering the mid-stage of the Spirit Connection realm.
With such strong spirit power, even without spiritual attack techniques, I can use the most primitive spirit collision to give an ordinary person or a soul beast under 8000 years a concussion!
Feeling awesome!
Early July 7th:
Today, I told Ah Yin the story of the Cowherd and Weaver Girl. I'm really good at bragging, describing it vividly.
Ah Yin was deeply fascinated by it, and I clearly saw a hint of teary-eyed emotion in her eyes.
Most importantly, in the way she looked at me, there was a bit of shyness and affection.
Hahaha, it's a pity I don't have hands and feet; otherwise, I could have taken advantage of the situation, making my move and capturing her heart!
I'm writing the diary early today because I'm about to break through!
Later, with Ah Yin's Blue Silver Domain assistance, I should be able to easily break through to the Ten Thousand Years cultivation level.
From now on, I'll also be a Ten Thousand Years soul beast!
Whoever dares to kill me, the soul ring that appears will be black (scratched out). This sentence is unlucky, but unfortunately, I can't delete it from the leaf.
By a small river, moonlight shining, and silver ripples.
Ye Yang stopped writing on the leaf and looked at Ah Yin beside him, smiling, "Ah Yin, let's begin!"