Zhao Xi wanted to brew tea in front of Ye Wudi first, and then rejected her suggestion to poison Xingye.

I originally thought that Cuiyun Sect would refuse to join the alliance, but I didn't expect her to agree.

Zhao Xi was too lazy to investigate Ye Wudi's mental journey, so she just casually asked for the Extreme Shadow Stone.

When you join an alliance, the needs of the alliance members take priority. This rule is written in the alliance rules, and even if it is not explicitly stated, it is the default rule.

Zhao Xi planned to find enough Void Stones within two weeks, and then exchange them for Extreme Shadow Stones at the market price.

Ye Wudi readily agreed and asked her to do it as soon as possible.

Many sect leaders came to the meditation room of the Five Spirits Hall. Zhao Xi thought that many sects would join, but perhaps because the Hundred Beasts Garden and the Water God had previously been ambiguous in their attitude towards the Demon Clan, everyone came today to inquire about the benefits of joining the alliance and how they would attack the Demon Clan in the future.

Zhao Xi tried to persuade them until her throat was hoarse, but she only managed to convince one sect.

Never mind.

Protecting the Immortal Realm isn't just her responsibility; saying too much would only make her seem like she has ulterior motives.

After setting an example for the Five Spirits Hall, she returned to the Hundred Beasts Garden.

It was past noon, and she needed to prepare for her afternoon cooking class.

Her classes are mainly for the children, but demon cultivators from outside the mountains and cultivators from the Five Spirits Hall can also audit her classes.

The kids love playing with mud and making clay figurines, so we can start with dough. The others are just observing, so we don't need to consider their opinions no matter what she teaches. But once the class starts, Zhao Xi will teach them if they don't understand something.

You can't learn it just by watching and not by trying it yourself.

Zhao Xi wanted to go into the kitchen and work with the kitchen helpers to divide the flour, starter, and oil into small portions so that everyone could get a portion and start cooking on the spot.

The stove in the kitchen broke down, and Ah Feng was fixing it in the backyard.

After the elements combined to form a formation, they emitted crackling and popping sounds, and bursts of spiritual light bloomed, like the glow of colorful lanterns.

After a while, Ah Feng floated over, and Zhen followed him, constantly combining around him.

He bowed to Zhao Xi and asked, "Was what the headmaster said at the Five Spirits Hall true? Do you need help?"

"What did you mean?"

"The headmaster and the water god are lenient with Hoshino in order to groom him into a king so that he can control the other demons."

"Oh, that... that's just nonsense." Zhao Xi thought without looking up, pouring oil into the bamboo cup with a gourd ladle while carefully watching the markings.

The little fairy used the wind to quickly assemble the small array that was suspended in mid-air. With a peaceful smile, he praised, "If the headmaster needs to implement this plan, I can provide many books. Similar things have happened in the history of mortals."

Zhao Xi thought, "I was just making things up to appease Sect Leader Ye. If you really have that skill, why don't you help me find out how to kill the demons?"

She had fought Miaoyin in Seven Star Town. Miaoyin looked like an ordinary person, but her combat strength was not to be underestimated. Last time, Zhao Xi tried to blow up a mountain with a rotten fish from a salted fish, but she still failed to kill Miaoyin.

I heard from a rumor that Miaoyin escaped to Xingmen alive and became Xingye's maid.

Zhao Xi wanted to finish speaking, but then she looked at Feng Xiaoxian and pointed to the table: "Is there anything else? Your wind blew my flour away."

Feng Xiaoxiantong is similar to A Tu; their faces are like paper, and unless they deliberately make expressions, it's difficult to recognize them from their faces.

He can also become completely invisible, transforming into the form of wind and permeating the entire Beast Garden. Therefore, as long as his spiritual energy is sufficient, nothing within the Beast Garden can escape his eyes.

"I'm sorry! After I fixed the furnace, I went to find the demons' weaknesses." Feng Xiaoxiantong used the wind to carry the assembled array back to the outside of the kitchen to continue repairing it.

"Okay, go ahead." Zhao Xi thought cheerfully as she put the divided ingredients into her ring, touched the necklace around her neck, and headed to Qinglong Mountain.

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"Even with the same flour, different techniques are needed to make different kinds of pastries. For example, when making cookies, you should use a stirring method, like this."

Zhao Xi poured a pinch of flour and first mixed a drop of water into it.

As long as you mix each small pinch of flour evenly first, and then knead the whole thing into a dough, it won't be difficult.

At this stage, the dough is still very easy to crack and has a rough texture.

She stretched out her arms, used the strength of her upper body to lean down and flatten the dough, folded it, and flattened it again.

Zhao Xi thought, "This kind of dough is less likely to develop gluten, and the texture will be more crumbly. If we add milk powder and dried fruit, we can make small cookies."

The dough was as docile as a blanket in Zhao Xi's hands, completely obedient.

Repeat this process several times, and it will gradually become smooth and delicate.

As she spoke, Zhao Xi kneaded the dough, placed it aside to be kept chilled with a wind spirit talisman, and then stuck a small label with the word "biscuit" on the dough.

Actually, this lesson mainly talks about what can be made from flour.

She would talk about making cookies, steamed buns and dumplings, bread, scalded dough, noodles and many other kinds of pastries all at once.

The kids especially love snacks, like steamed buns, milk-flavored steamed bread, biscuits, and small bread rolls. If they make their own pastries and accidentally mess up the recipe, they can still figure out a way to salvage the situation and avoid throwing away all the ingredients.

Zhao Xi then demonstrated making steamed buns, bread, noodles, and other different things.

Now that everything has been explained, it's time for everyone to get hands-on experience.

For the children and many of the members of the Five Spirits Hall, this was their first time working with flour, and Zhao Xi hoped they would find a way to knead the flour into a dough.

This shouldn't be difficult.

The reality was far more appalling than I had imagined.

The demon cultivators' transformations are incomplete; many use claws, which are not as dexterous as human hands. They are used to solving problems with magic and destroying things with violence, and they often accidentally use too much force, breaking the dough in two.

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