"System, what grade is this Concentration Flower? Why does it grow so slowly? Will I live to see it bloom?"

"Master, calm down, calm down. The Concentration Flower is an ancient rare flower with such heaven-defying effects, so it's understandable that its growth cycle is a bit long. Stay calm, calm down. Once the space's grade is upgraded, the Concentration Flower's growth cycle will naturally shorten, and it will mature in a few months. Or, if you encounter some rare and precious materials that can promote the growth of spiritual materials, the time can be shortened as well. Don't rush."

"Okay, I'm not in a hurry." Yeah, right.

All the mature spiritual herbs in the space were collected and stored in the storage compartment. Now it's time to start planting sixth-grade spiritual herbs. Grade six and above is a hurdle; the planting conditions and difficulty increase exponentially. However, if Ye Xi has a heaven-defying divine object like the Seven-Colored Divine Spring, the seed survival rate is definitely guaranteed. Coupled with the space's exceptionally favorable conditions, it would be difficult for the spiritual herbs to die!

Ye Xiruo released his spiritual power, softening the soil, and then soaked all the seeds in the divine spring water. Spiritual herbs of grade six and above possess their own territorial awareness, and their growing environment must be carefully created. For example, fire-attribute spiritual herbs must never be planted near water, and wood-attribute soil cannot contain too much metallic substance. It's also important to consider the mutual promotion and repulsion of spiritual herb attributes; water and fire are incompatible, and fire and earth elements cannot be placed together. Water nourishes wood, wood nourishes fire; ideally, different attributes of spiritual herbs should form a mutually beneficial, virtuous cycle. According to the principles of the Five Elements, this is absolutely reliable, but theory is one thing, practice is another. Ye Xiruo could foresee countless spiritual herbs dying or being severely injured in his hands.

After settling things with the space, Ye Xiruo carried a bunch of golden bamboo shoots and prepared to go out and stir-fry them.

Unexpectedly, Brother Xiu Qi was also there; perfect timing.

“Brother Xiu Qi.” Ye Xiruo’s eyes were full of smiles.

"What good thing has happened?"

"I'm telling you, I've become a sixth-grade alchemist."

"Congratulations, the youngest sixth-grade alchemist on the mainland."

"It's a secret. I'm going to tell Master and see how many spirit stones he's going to reward me with." Ye Xiruo rubbed her fingers together, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

"Don't worry, Palace Master Jingli will definitely send you more alchemy insights and techniques, along with some spiritual herbs. He will also give you a few words of advice: be humble and low-key, otherwise it won't help your cultivation."

Well, after Xiu Qiyu's analysis, it was like being doused with a bucket of cold water; Ye Xiruo's heart immediately turned cold.

"Brother Xiu Qi, I hate you."

"I was just telling the truth. The medicine shop is all renovated. We'll go take a look when we can and then decide when to open."

"You must choose an auspicious day."

"Go and invite Senior Brother Zhiyi over! We're having bamboo shoots stir-fried with pork today." Ye Xiruo pointed to the pile of Vajra bamboo at her feet: "The leaves of Snow Bamboo are used to make wine. The scenery of Snow Bamboo Forest is beautiful, so let's eat Vajra bamboo instead."

"My second senior brother has a lot of bamboo, including phoenix tail bamboo, purple bamboo, green bamboo, square bamboo, golden bamboo, and spotted bamboo."

"Wow, that's amazing! They've collected so many bamboos; they must be very beautiful."

Xiu Qiyu nodded: "Zhiyi's bamboo forest is indeed a great sight in Luoxia Valley."

"Second Senior Brother is a true gentleman of refined taste." The implication was that Xiu Qiyu was too crude.

Xiu Qiyu touched her nose: "Back then, I thought that pile of bamboo was pretty useless. This place is quite large and the environment is relatively quiet, so I chose it."

Upon hearing that Ye Xiruo had emerged from seclusion, Qing Zhiyi immediately dropped everything and rushed to Xiu Qiyu's residence. The eldest brother's small wooden house had changed so much that he almost didn't recognize it.

This bamboo fence is nice, quite creative. Planting some grapes on it would be perfect. That big vat now has purple lotus flowers, it looks very picturesque. Oh, and the main thing is, are the fish and shrimp at Purple Lotus Summer Min's place okay?

Next to the senior brother's cabin were two small tiled houses that looked somewhat familiar. Wait, wasn't this Xiao Yezi's former home? I never expected that the senior brother would actually recreate Luoxia Valley so perfectly. He really has deep feelings for Xiao Yezi and can't bear to see her suffer even the slightest grievance.

"Zhiyi, you've arrived." Xiu Qiyu set up a wooden table with a pot of tea on it: "Come, have a cup of tea."

"How about Little Leaf? How was your retreat this time?"

"Fortunately, I've been busy refining youth-preserving pills these past few days, fearing that the female cultivators in the sect might start fighting and tear down her little pill shop."

"You've worked hard. When does Xiao Ye plan to go into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage?"

"Xiao Yezi is still young. Let's lay a solid foundation before considering any breakthroughs."

"Alright."

"You and Hua Rong also need to hurry up and cultivate, otherwise you'll really have to call Xiao Yezi 'Senior'."

Qingzhiyi fanned herself with her fan: "Senior Brother, haste makes waste."

"I'll go see if Xiao Yezi needs any help." Xiu Qiyu got up and came out a moment later with a plate of grapes and a plate of spirit peaches: "Try them, the dishes will be ready soon."

"So what were you doing inside?"

"Chop vegetables, wash vegetables," Xiu Qiyu replied in a serious tone.

Alright! Senior Brother is indeed incredibly skilled at both of these tasks. Qingzhiyi picked up a spirit peach and started eating it. It was definitely not an ordinary spirit peach. She wondered how Xiaoyezi had grown it.

Soon, Ye Xiruo came out and took out the cold bamboo shoots, stir-fried bamboo shoots with shredded pork, stir-fried bamboo shoots with eggs, bamboo shoot soup, bamboo shoots with wood ear fungus, two signature beggar's chickens, and a large plate of scallion and egg pancakes that she had made that day from her spatial ring.

"Dinner is ready."

"Is today a bamboo shoot feast?" Qing Zhiyi looked at the piles of green bamboo shoots in front of her, her face turning green.

"These are bamboo shoots from the Vajra Bamboo. Try them; they taste pretty good." After digging up a few bamboo shoots from Elder Wenqing last time and stir-frying them, Xiao Yezi couldn't stop thinking about them. Now that the Vajra Bamboo in her space has grown to a considerable size, Xiao Yezi can finally eat whatever she wants without worry.

Qingzhiyi's lips twitched a few times. This was a sixth-grade spiritual plant, which Xiaoyezi had used to cook and eat. But since it had already been cooked, she might as well eat it!

Xiu Qiyu took a scallion and egg pancake and began to eat it slowly. Because of the spiritual water in the space, the bamboo shoots of the Vajra Bamboo tasted even more delicious. In addition, Ye Xiruo's cooking skills were also quite good. All three of them were quite satisfied with this meal. Even Qing Zhiyi, who was reluctant to eat at first, eventually ate heartily.