The person who is best at ruining the atmosphere is definitely your own master; there's no other choice.

"Master, this is a special gift from Xiaoyezi to you. Please enjoy it yourself."

"Didn't Xiao Qingqing come back with you? Where is she?"

"He's probably trapped in the sect and can't get away!" Xiu Qiyu touched his nose, feeling no psychological pressure at all about tricking his junior brother.

"Tsk tsk, poor little Qingqing, you tricked her again!"

"How can this be called a trap? It's normal for the many junior brothers and sisters in the sect to be a little excited and thrilled after not seeing Zhiyi for so long. We should understand and care about their wishes and requests."

"Heh, do you think I don't know who they really want to see?"

"Of course it's Zhiyi." Xiu Qiyu's level of lying through his teeth is quite high.

"Be careful, Xiao Qingqing might cause you trouble."

"I'm sure Zhiyi also wants to have a good chat with her fellow disciples."

"Senior brother, you are really being unfair."

It sounded like Qing Zhiyi's voice. Xiu Qiyu immediately sat up straight, adopting the demeanor of a perfect gentleman. He even stood up with great poise: "Zhiyi, you're here. Please sit down with me."

"Greetings, Sect Leader." Qing Zhiyi was dressed in a royal blue brocade robe, and the fan in her hand was covered in colorful patterns, as if stained with some unknown substance. However, her face was still quite clean, and her temperament was as gentle and elegant as a beautiful jade from a deep mountain. One glance was enough to make people forget the mundane world, and the more you looked, the more you could discover her unique temperament.

"Little Qingqing, you're back. Peak Golden Core, not bad, not bad." Han Tianxin clapped his hands and laughed.

"Thank you, Elder. This disciple is foolish."

“You have accumulated enough experience; you just lack a breakthrough opportunity,” Xiu Qiyu said.

“I know, that’s why I came back right away.”

Where's Little Leaf?

"Cooking? You're in luck today."

Qingzhiyi's gentle eyes brightened immediately: "Sect Leader, Senior Brother, please excuse me." After saying that, she got up and walked towards the kitchen.

The senior brother actually left Xiao Yezi to work alone in the kitchen. Xiao Yezi is an alchemist, not a tough martial artist. However, he was really in for a treat today, to be able to eat Xiao Yezi's cooking. It was worth all the misery of being surrounded and chased for half a day and barely managing to escape.

Ye Xiruo put the sashimi directly into her ring, and it would be ready to be served in a moment. Fish was being grilled in the greenery, and the sliced ​​fish was being controlled by Ye Xiruo's mental power, rolling up and down in the greenery. Ye Xiruo would sprinkle some seasoning on it from time to time, and the whole room was filled with the aroma of grilled fish.

The fish was grilled quickly, and Ye Xiruo soon grilled a large plateful, plated it, and put it in her spatial ring. Once all the dishes were cooked, she took them out together.

Ye Xiruo was also pleasantly surprised to see Qing Zhiyi, and picked up the last three skewers of grilled fish: "Senior Brother Zhiyi, please have some grilled fish."

"Thank you, Junior Sister." Qing Zhiyi took a skewer of grilled fish and started eating. This tastes so good! It's even better than what Master Zhang makes. My tongue is about to fall off.

"I really didn't realize that my junior sister was the real master chef, hiding her true talent all along!"

"Second Brother, please don't make fun of me. It's clearly because the quality of this fish is too high. It would taste great even if it were just boiled or steamed in plain water."

"Before, the senior brother always ate steamed food, which made the sect leader's face turn green."

"Haha, so today the sect leader is still asking Brother Xiu Qi to cook it again? Aren't you afraid that Brother Xiu Qi will continue to boil or steam it?"

"Isn't it because of your help? Otherwise, the sect leader would rather eat the Grand Elder's grilled fish than let the senior brother boil rainwater."

After cleaning up the greenery, Ye Xi started cooking fish soup, naturally using the spiritual water from her space. She stir-fried scallions, ginger, and garlic until fragrant, then added fish bones with some fish meat to the greenery and stir-fried them. After that, she added the spiritual water, first using high heat, and then simmering it over low heat for ten minutes.

If Ye Xi keeps the temperature constant, he can just leave it aside. Fish soup is very simple to make, and he definitely won't mess it up.

The steamed fish was ready. Ye Xi took out the special sauce from the ring and started making the soup base. She stir-fried the sauce, added scallions, ginger, and garlic, then added tofu, glass noodles, mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, and cilantro. She added water, then put the fish into the soup and let the sauce be fully absorbed before finishing.

Qingzhiyi stared wide-eyed at Ye Xiruo's fluid movements: "Junior Sister is amazing! I never knew there were so many ways to cook fish."

"Second Brother is very lucky. So many people have prepared everything for you. All you have to do is eat."

"Am I really that useless?"

"Of course not. After all, apart from spirit chefs, the food made by ordinary people is difficult for cultivators to absorb. Instead, it becomes impurities and affects cultivation. So, Second Senior Brother, you just need to spend spirit stones to have spirit chefs cook for you."

"What Junior Sister said seems to make some sense."

"Is it only a few points?"

“No, that makes a lot of sense,” Qingzhiyi quickly corrected herself.

Since she couldn't make the chopped chili fish head, she could still make a spicy boiled fish fillet, a sauerkraut fish, and a sweet and sour fish. Thinking of the boiled fish fillets topped with red chilies, numbing and spicy, and looking so appetizing, Ye Xiruo couldn't help but swallow hard. Then, with a mischievous glint in her eye, she wondered if she should add bird's eye chilies so that Brother Xiu Qi could also experience what it meant to be thoroughly spicy.

"Second Senior Brother, did you know that Seventh Brother Xiu can eat chili peppers?"

"Yes, but you need to use ice-attribute true energy to cool down your tongue and face after each meal," Qing Zhiyi said with a smile.

Ye Xi almost died laughing when she imagined that wonderful scene. Xiu Qi, who can't eat but still loves to show off, is just too adorable. Today's boiled fish fillets definitely won't disappoint him.

Fry the Sichuan peppercorns and chili peppers in oil until fragrant, then remove them and set aside. Next, start preparing the special sauce. Sauté scallions, ginger, and garlic until fragrant, then add salt, natural seasonings, and other spices. Add hot water and bring to a boil. Add the fish, wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, bean sprouts, and bean curd sheets and cook until done. Finally, add the chili peppers and Sichuan peppercorns, and you're all done!

Smelling this familiar aroma, Ye Xiruo's appetite was whetted, and she was sure to eat two more large bowls of rice in no time.

Looking at the bright red soup and the fragrant aroma of the boiled fish slices, Qing Zhiyi was also very excited: "Junior Sister, what is the name of this dish? I've never seen it before, and it looks delicious."

"This is a dish from my hometown called boiled fish slices. It's fragrant, numbing, and spicy. Brother Pig must eat more of it later."

"That's for sure." Qing Zhiyi found being in the kitchen to be pure torture. The endless stream of different aromas kept tempting his stomach. No, he had to leave, otherwise he would be too embarrassed in front of his junior sister.

"Junior Sister, let me see if Senior Brother needs anything else. I'll head out now."