Spicy chicken, pickled chicken feet, cold shredded vegetables, popcorn chicken, garlic pork belly, braised beef, cold cilantro and dried shrimp salad, crystal pork knuckle, chicken wings for drinking, peanuts for drinking, braised chicken necks, pan-fried fish chunks, and secret-recipe dried tofu. These are some classic snacks to enjoy with drinks from her previous life. Ye Xiruo quickly made a list, described the general methods and flavors, and then handed it over to Zhang Quan to figure out and develop.

Ye Xiruo Sihao had no doubt that Zhang Quan's culinary skills would make these appetizers into classic dishes.

The next issue was manpower. The people given by the master could finally be put to use, and Ye Xiruo quickly gathered forty-eight people together.

"I'm going to open a restaurant. It's time for you guys to show your skills."

"As you command, Young Master."

These attendants, maids, and stewards were all trained by the Danwang Palace from a young age, so there's no need to worry about their loyalty. With these forty-eight people, even if no one accepts the bounty missions in the mission hall, there's no need to worry about the restaurant being unable to open.

Finally, Ye Xiruo selected two stewards, eight maids, and eight servants, and handed them all over to Hua Rong for arrangement. As for the decoration, she also drew up a rough design and wrote down her ideas, and handed them over to Hua Rong for arrangement as well.

She happily hung a sign on the door announcing her seclusion for cultivation, which made Hua Rong so angry that she had the urge to set fire to Ye Ruo Palace.

Xiao Yezi called me over just to make me work hard, and now I'm dragging Qingqing into it too. This will never happen again, Hua Rong vowed solemnly.

Within a few days, the medicinal herbs in the space matured again. Ye Xiruo happily collected and processed all the herbs, watered the Vajra Bamboo and Snow Bamboo with spiritual water, and took out Green Willow to start refining the Aphrodisiac Pill and the Youth-Preserving Pill. In her eyes, these two pills were like pure white spirit stones, and there was no reason to miss them. Of course, she also began to refine other fifth-grade pills one after another, but the two pills she refined the most were still the two she refined the most.

After refining pills for three days, Ye Xiruo drank a cup of spiritual water and went straight to bed to rest.

Xiu Qiyu, who was cultivating in the cultivation room, was somewhat absent-minded. What was this little thing busy with all day? Wasn't earning spirit stones his job? How adorable the little Yezi used to be! She would follow him around every day and cook all sorts of delicious food. Ever since the Palace Master brought her back, it was as if the two of them had been forcibly separated. Either one of them was in seclusion or the other was cultivating.

Although it is said that true love transcends time and space, Xiu Qiyu's heart was still filled with regret and entanglement. Currently, their public identities were that of the young master of the Pill King Hall and the guest elder of the Pill King Hall, but this situation would inevitably change sooner or later.

Just as I was thinking this, I felt that familiar presence. Sure enough, the little thing had finished its work and finally thought of him.

"What are you doing here? Aren't you afraid of disturbing my cultivation?"

"Brother Xiu Qi is a genius, why would he care about such a short time?"

"Our restaurant is about to open, so we've been quite busy lately. Things will get better once we get back on track."

"Don't work too hard. Let the servants do whatever they want."

"I understand, so I brought Hua Rong over to do the hard labor, and my second senior brother came too."

"Zhiyi." It's been a long time since I've seen my fellow disciples.

"How about I arrange for my second senior brother to stay here? You'll be able to see him once you've finished your seclusion."

Xiu Qiyu shook her head: "No need. Second Brother likes to be unrestrained. Let him be. We'll meet again eventually." Xiu Qiyu took out several longswords and folding fans from her ring: "Give these to Second Brother and distribute them among the junior brothers!"

Ye Xiruo chuckled, "Should I add some pills? After all, you're an elder of the Pill King Hall now." There was a hint of teasing on Ye Xiruo's face.

"Do whatever you want!"

"Won't it get boring to practice like this every day?"

"It's alright, cultivation knows no time, you'll get used to it." Look at that condescending tone! But then again, Senior Brother and Seventh Brother Xiu have been cultivating for sixty or seventy years. Thinking of this, Ye Xiruo felt quite uneasy.

"Brother Xiu Qi, why don't you try practicing some combat skills, the kind that can improve your cultivation techniques?"

"It must cost quite a few spirit stones!" Xiu Qiyu looked at Ye Xiruo with a half-smile.

Ye Xiruo immediately looked constipated: "Brother Xiuqi, even if you know, don't say it out loud, it makes me feel bad again."

"It's my fault, I made Xiaoyezi sad."

Ye Xiruo, this proud and stubborn girl, suddenly became a little shy: "Don't worry, I can take care of you."

"I know." At this time, her senior brother was still cultivating. Ye Xiruo lingered for a while and then secretly left. If her senior brother found out, she wouldn't be able to explain herself even if she opened her mouth.

"System, can I grant Brother Xiu Qi access to my space?"

"cannot."

Hearing this, Ye Xiruo was speechless: "Why? We've been bound together by life and death for so long, I'm willing to share everything with him."

"The person I'm bound to is you, and your cultivation level is still too low."

This is another instance of being disliked, and Ye Xiruo is feeling quite down.

"What level of cultivation do I need to reach before I can share it?"

"They should at least be at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal!"

Ye Xiruo didn't want to say anything anymore. Ascension was too far away from her, and as for the Great Luo Golden Immortal, Ye Xiruo just wanted to laugh.

He tossed a bunch of high-grade spirit stones to the system: "Prepare the simulated cultivation room for Brother Xiu Qi and Senior Brother. Remind me when you run out of spirit stones." Then he left the space with a dark face.

Upon returning to the Danwang Palace, she learned that two major events had occurred during her absence, both of which were related to her.

The first thing was the bounty she issued. For the first three days, no one paid any attention to it. On the third day, someone finally accepted the task, but Hua Rong immediately rejected it.

The disciples didn't know that the restaurant was owned by Ye Xiruo. They thought Ye Xiruo was issuing the mission on behalf of someone else. Naturally, those who were sent back were unhappy. However, since it was Ye Xiruo who personally issued the order, even if they had grievances, they wouldn't say anything openly. The problem was that this guy was depressed, so he went to drink. After drinking, he poured out his heart, full of grievances, crying and sniffling. This made several people who were close to him feel sad, thinking that this was really too much.

Of course, the shop owner was the one who went too far, but the young master also bears responsibility. Why didn't he review the task before releasing it? Isn't this tarnishing the reputation of alchemists?

Indeed, in their minds, alchemists should be noble and respected wherever they go, and even when doing tasks, they should not lose their dignity as alchemists.