Chapter 52 Another World Version: Chestnut Cake, Hazelnut Cake, Hazelnut Cookies, Pine Nuts...

That evening, after returning to her bedroom, Shu Xin was thinking of discussing her thoughts on extracting magic with Xi, but the little lamb was sleeping soundly and couldn't be woken up, so Shu Xin lay down to rest.

Shu Xin didn't expect that Xi would fall into a deep sleep for the rest of the time.

At first, Shu Xin didn't pay much attention to this. After all, Xi usually liked to sleep all day. After filling the underground warehouse to the brim, she was busy with Mei Meilin to figure out how to turn these fruits into delicious food, so she didn't pay attention to Xi.

Guided by the special recipes from the Tree of Life, Meimei worked hard, while Shuxin also vigorously waved her magic wand.

They first made sugar according to the recipe: they made sugar powder from a type of dried, wrinkled reddish-brown fruit; and they also made sugar powder from another type of dried, still incredibly smooth dark brown fruit.

Although Shu Xin couldn't figure out the difference between the two powdered sugars besides one being reddish and the other brownish, since they tasted equally sweet after being made with the crushing magic, Mei Meilin said that was how the recipe required it, so Shu Xin felt that the Tree of Life's recipe must be correct!

Next, Meimeilin used nuts that Shuxin was familiar with and could recognize, such as walnuts, sunflower seeds, and pine nuts, to extract various vegetable oils with Shuxin's help. When Meimeilin carefully poured the vegetable oil into a bowl and solemnly brought it to Shuxin to drink, Shuxin's feelings were truly indescribable...

During this time, Shu Xin used the Key of Life again to expand the kitchen of the Flower Castle. After adding a few more kitchen utensils that she could think of, she also made a few extra storage racks to make it easier for Mei Meilin to organize and store pots, pans, bottles and jars.

Furthermore, the sprouting Tree of Life seems to have become even more omnipotent. Shu Xin gathered a group of people and, following the recipe Mei Meilin obtained, built an oven out of white clay—yes, now the recipes provided by the Tree of Life even include oven blueprints!

Meimeilin not only used water magic to copy the blueprints of the oven in the air, but also used water flow to create a perfect three-view drawing. In addition, since the oven itself did not require much technology, Shuxin and the flower fairies quickly built it.

With sugar and oil, along with the salt and flour already present, and the rare but magically flavorful bitter wheat and ground-bound grass from the Land of Sin, which the Tree of Life always managed to discover, along with a steamer and an oven, the delicacies from Shu Xin's memories were continuously being recreated in otherworldly versions—

Delicate chestnut cake, soft hazelnut cake, crisp and sweet hazelnut cookies, and crumbly and soft pine nut cookies... all came out of the oven one by one. However, the production process was very complicated, so the portions were not large. Even though the flower fairies were not big, it was unlikely that each of them could get a share.

The flower fairies were all too diligent and capable to be subject to any reward or punishment system. After thinking about it, Shu Xin decided to distribute desserts to each household, but only to one flower fairy per day. As for what kind of dessert it was, that would depend on what the kitchen was making that day. After distributing to all the commoners, the slaves would be given the desserts. Once all the flower fairies had been given the desserts, the process would start again from the beginning. In this way, at least each flower fairy could get a little something to sweeten their mouth.

The flower fairies were as joyful and excited as if it were New Year's Day because of the sweets that were distributed every day. Even if they couldn't eat them themselves, they were happy just to smell the sweet and rich aroma of the pastries. They sang and danced. Every time Shu Xin saw this, she couldn't help but feel embarrassed. But at the same time, she couldn't help but feel happy too.

The winds of the Land of Sin are blowing harder and harder, more and more flower fairies are signing up to join the patrol team, and the harvest month is getting closer and closer.

“Flower Fairy,” the cook, Meimeilin, found Shuxin on the terrace. The blue-haired flower fairy looked hesitant, as if she had encountered some problem. “I think I need you to confirm this matter…”

Since receiving the recipes from the Tree of Life and successfully creating one delicious dish after another, the flower fairy cook, who was initially timid and even cowardly, has gradually become more confident. Her blue eyes, which were always misty and seemed to be filled with tears, now look much brighter and more determined than before. So when she saw the rare hesitation and confusion on her face, Shu Xin asked with some concern, "Is there a problem, Mei Meilin?"

The problem that Memeline encountered cannot strictly be called a problem—

She is now baking acorn bread according to the recipe given by the Tree of Life. The first step of the recipe is to soak all the acorns in the Sun Spring for a full fifteen days. The second step is to take the acorns out, shell them, and then grind the kernels.

"All the acorns? Soak them all in the Sun Spring?" Shu Xin couldn't help but repeat.

Meimei nodded nervously: "...Yes, Fairy Flower, that's what the recipe says."

That's quite a lot of work. But does that mean all acorns can eventually be made into acorn flour? The recipe from the Tree of Life is for acorn bread, so does that mean acorn flour can be made into bread?

The recipes from the Tree of Life have never gone wrong. If acorns could be ground into flour and made into bread—the land of sin would finally have bread to eat, instead of just drinking dumpling soup, flour soup, and noodle soup every day to fill their stomachs with water!

Thinking of the underground warehouse full of acorns, Shu Xin felt her heart burning with excitement!

Meeting Mei Meilin's gaze, Shu Xin said with unwavering determination, "Then let's do it the way the recipe says!"

Shu Xin took Mei Meilin to the underground warehouse.

Shu Xin waved her magic wand again. She first inscribed levitation runes on the large wooden box containing acorns, then drew a teleportation magic circle on the floor of the underground warehouse. Finally, she and Mei Meilin went to the Sun Spring and, according to the location given by Mei Meilin, used teleportation magic to directly transport the wooden box full of acorns into the spring water to soak.

The acorns submerged in the spring water showed no change, and the Sun Spring, after being soaked with a large number of acorns, showed no signs of changing color. However, while Shu Xin was still studying the petals of the ground-attached grass without any results and was wandering around to clear her mind, she heard a flower fairy wondering to her companion why the water in the Sun Spring was getting more and more bitter.

After telling Meimeilin about this, Meimeilin went to fetch some water and tasted it with Shuxin. They found that the water in Sun Spring had indeed become bitter and astringent, but at the same time, the magic in the spring water had also really increased.

Strangely, the soup made with water from Taiyangquan Spring still tasted the same as before and did not become bitter.

Finally, Memeline found a way to solve the problem of Sun Spring turning bitter. The method was very simple: boil the spring water before drinking it, and the bitterness would be gone.

So, to prevent the flower fairies from drinking bitter water every day while soaking in the acorns, Shu Xin became even more diligent in wielding her magic wand, launching fireballs at the life tree branches that wouldn't sprout any new buds—

Only with flint can water be boiled to remove its bitterness. Although flint looks like a stone and its name includes the word "stone," it is actually formed from the carbonized branches of the Tree of Life after being burned by a great fire.

The Tree of Life, truly the omnipotent Tree of Life! Old Man Pengpeng always says Shuxin is omnipotent, but Shuxin believes the Tree of Life is truly omnipotent! The Tree of Life can even give birth to children! ...Although it could only give birth in the past, Shuxin believes that after the Tree of Life recovers, it will definitely be able to continue nurturing the River Spirits, so the Tree of Life really can do anything!

Shu Xin really couldn't imagine what the flower fairy who discovered the flint had gone through...

After firing enough flints to distribute to the flower fairies for boiling water, Shu Xin kept two flints for herself. Carrying the boiled spring water into the bedroom, Shu Xin looked at the little lamb still fast asleep on the bed and couldn't help but sigh.

"Xi, how long are you going to sleep... To be honest, I'm a little afraid you won't wake up after sleeping for so long!"