"After searching for so long, what exactly did you come here for?" Dugu Bo asked curiously.
Although the scenery here was indeed beautiful, compared to a treasured place like the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, it wasn't especially stunning, nor was the heaven and earth spiritual energy especially abundant. In Dugu Bo's eyes, this place really didn't seem particularly meaningful.
"Don't you think this is a perfect place to hide something?"
"You mean you want to hide this little rabbit here? That's not impossible. The mountains are remote and difficult to access, outsiders would have a hard time finding their way here, and nobody really knows about this place. With her strength, even trying to run away wouldn't be easy. But if that's the case, why not just keep her by your side instead?"
"What if we think about it from the opposite direction? Has it occurred to you that someone may already have hidden something here before? Around Holy Soul Village, there really aren't many good places to hide things. Based on all the information inferred from the battle back then, this place has an extremely high probability."
"Big brother, help me check whether there's some kind of natural cave behind this waterfall."
"Alright."
As always, Dugu Bo didn't understand, but he chose to respect it. Since Chen Ming asked him to investigate, he immediately flew into the air and carefully used his Spirit Power to probe whether there was a hollow space behind the waterfall.
Not long afterward, Dugu Bo actually discovered a damp and gloomy cave.
At Chen Ming's request, Dugu Bo carried both Chen Ming and Xiao Wu into the cave.
The environment was unbelievably damp—far worse than the humid southern rainy season. Simply standing there made it feel as though water could be wrung out of your entire body.
Even Xiao Wu clearly disliked the environment.
"Where is this place? What are we even doing here?"
Xiao Wu's face was filled with confusion, but before Chen Ming could say anything, her eyes suddenly lit up brightly.
Her nose twitched frantically, looking exactly like a dog that had caught the scent of something it adored.
"So fragrant…"
"So fragrant! What an amazing smell! How can something smell this good? Though the scent is a little faint… it's still so fragrant… so good…"
As Xiao Wu spoke, her stomach immediately began growling loudly.
She had obviously eaten not long ago, yet now she looked absolutely ferocious, like she hadn't seen food in ten days or half a month.
Chen Ming suddenly thought of a possibility.
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
In most stereotypes, rabbits loved carrots the most, and Xiao Wu indeed loved carrots dearly. But in reality, all kinds of leafy green vegetables were also foods she enjoyed very much.
Which raised a question.
Since Blue Silver Grass was technically part of a rabbit's diet, then for the transformed Xiao Wu, wouldn't the Blue Silver Empress basically count as a very special leafy vegetable?
"Take me to it." Chen Ming patted Xiao Wu on the head.
Xiao Wu originally wanted to complain, but once she thought about the Titled Douluo following beside Chen Ming—and that irresistible fragrance—she merely pouted before immediately throwing the matter out of her mind.
Following the scent, Xiao Wu led Chen Ming into the hidden stone chamber deeper inside.
On the stone wall, there was only a tiny skylight through which a faint amount of sunlight filtered in.
Under the dim sunlight, a stalk of Blue Silver Grass marked with golden patterns swayed its leaves weakly, as though it were barely clinging to life, desperately trying to absorb the little sunlight available.
Seeing that listless stalk of golden-patterned Blue Silver Grass, Xiao Wu could no longer contain her excitement and happily bounced in place.
She rubbed her hands together nonstop like a fly, while drool nearly flowed from the corner of her mouth like a river.
"So pretty and so fragrant! If I eat it, I could probably increase by ten levels. I want to eat it! I want to eat it! I want to eat it!"
The scent of the Blue Silver Empress had stimulated Xiao Wu so much that her eyes were practically turning red.
If Chen Ming hadn't grabbed the collar and stopped her from rushing forward, then the current Blue Silver Empress—who had absolutely no ability to resist—would definitely have been swallowed whole by the crazed Xiao Wu.
"Don't you think this Blue Silver Grass is a little strange?" Chen Ming asked seriously while trying hard not to laugh.
"It seems like a heavily injured high-level Spirit Beast. It should've been an extremely powerful Spirit Beast, but now there's only this tiny bit of origin left. Otherwise, it probably would smell even better."
"I've lived in the Star Dou Forest for a hundred thousand years. I've seen plenty of treasures and plant-type Spirit Beasts, but in my entire life, I've never smelled anything this delicious." Xiao Wu's voice was full of excitement.
"She's a Spirit Beast, and you still want to eat her?"
Hearing Chen Ming's words, Xiao Wu gave him a strange look.
"Why can't I eat her just because she's a Spirit Beast? For high-level Spirit Beasts, eating lower-level Spirit Beasts is completely natural, okay? Besides, we're rabbits. Rabbits eating grass—isn't that perfectly reasonable?"
"Compared to those carnivorous Spirit Beasts, us herbivorous Spirit Beasts are already extremely friendly, alright?"
"You don't feel even a little sympathy or pity for her?" Chen Ming continued asking.
"..."
Xiao Wu seriously thought about it for a moment, then nodded while wiping drool from the corner of her mouth.
Just when Chen Ming thought she was about to launch into some grand speech, Xiao Wu instead bowed respectfully toward the Blue Silver Empress.
"I'm very sorry, but you smell way too good. I really can't resist. I'll only eat a tiny little bit at most. I'll just eat some of your leaves. As Blue Silver Grass, as long as your roots haven't completely died, you can still keep growing. I can transplant you outside afterward, and then I won't feel guilty anymore."
What surprised Chen Ming was that after hearing Xiao Wu's words, the Blue Silver Empress Ah Yin actually trembled slightly and voluntarily extended her leaves toward Xiao Wu's mouth.
Just as Xiao Wu had said, the leaves of Blue Silver Grass were important to it, but losing leaves didn't necessarily mean death. As long as the roots remained intact, with Blue Silver Grass's vitality, regrowing them countless times wasn't a problem.
Although in her current weakened state, losing her leaves would naturally make her even weaker—
Compared to continuing to barely survive in this dark stone chamber, Ah Yin would rather have half her leaves—or even all of them—eaten in exchange for being transplanted outside in root form.
At least that way, she could absorb the energy of heaven and earth and sunlight several times faster, recover more quickly, and reconnect with her own people.
As the Blue Silver Empress, throughout her long life, Ah Yin had long since grown accustomed to high-level Spirit Beasts occasionally nibbling all her leaves clean.
Although as her strength increased she had gained the right to refuse those Spirit Beasts that tried to eat her, in truth, during peaceful times, Ah Yin would also occasionally use parts of her own body to feed other Spirit Beasts within the Blue Silver Forest.
After all, with the Blue Silver Empress's body and nearly immortal regenerative ability, once she reached a hundred thousand years of cultivation, even if she were chopped into paste she could still survive. Losing a few bites of leaves would regrow in no time.
And most importantly—
As a blade of grass, even after becoming an empress, Ah Yin's true body fundamentally possessed no pain nerves at all.
Although her current condition was far worse than before, Ah Yin still didn't mind feeding some leaves to a rabbit in exchange for a better growing environment in the future.
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