Fortunately, Ye Xiruo's mental strength had recently increased significantly, allowing her to multitask for half an hour, simultaneously cooking soup and porridge without any mistakes. Enveloping the soup and porridge in her mental energy and placing them in a soup bowl, Ye Xiruo waved her hand, "Brother Xiu Qi, come and taste it!"

Both spoons were inserted into the soup bowl at the same time.

"My porridge is good."

“My soup is very good too.”

Ye Xiruo raised an eyebrow, looking at him with an expression that said, "Come on, praise me!" Xiu Qiyu reached out and ruffled Ye Xiruo's hair: "Little Ye is very capable."

"That's right, those scallions, green peppers, shredded potatoes, and tomatoes over there, quickly chop them for me."

Uh, why did the style of this story change so quickly? Xiu Qiyu was speechless.

In less than the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, all the ingredients had been neatly and evenly cut and placed in their respective containers by Xiu Qiyu. Ye Xiruo was speechless when she saw this. She would definitely ask Xiu Qiyu to help her when cooking in the future. Where else could she find such a good helper?

With Xiu Qiyu's strong support, Ye Xiruo quickly prepared the meal. In addition to the scallion and egg pancakes that Xiu Qiyu liked, she also made some chive boxes, green pepper and egg pancakes, and potato and egg pancakes.

The dishes were quite plentiful, including sweet and sour pork ribs, cold shredded vegetables, braised beef with potatoes, eggplant fritters, pickled fish, spicy diced chicken, and boiled fish fillets.

Xiu Qiyu wasn't particularly fond of spirit wine, so Ye Xiruo took out some spirit fruits, freshly squeezed some juice, added some honey, and surprisingly, the effect was excellent. Ye Xiruo's mind raced, and an idea suddenly came to her: should she collaborate with Hua Rong to open a juice shop? They could customize different grades of freshly squeezed juice for different consumer groups. Ye Xiruo shared this idea with Xiu Qiyu, who also thought the plan was feasible and asked if they needed investors.

"No need. Do you think Hua Rong would be short of money? Would I be short of money?"

Xiu Qiyu sometimes couldn't understand Ye Xiruo's obsession with spirit stones. She was in that position, with countless riches at her fingertips, but she was always thinking about how to earn more spirit stones. Xiu Qiyu attributed this to the fact that Ye Xiruo had suffered too much in the past, and that more spirit stones would make Ye Xiruo feel more secure.

Ye Xiruo naturally wouldn't explain why she needed so many spirit stones. It was simply to be prepared for any eventuality. Sometimes, even a hero can be brought down by a lack of funds, and she didn't want to end up in that situation.

"Okay, you write up the proposal first, and I'll give you some feedback."

“Okay, when we get back, we can tell Senior Brother Zhiyi about this. With Senior Brother Zhiyi supervising, I can feel much more at ease.”

Xiu Qiyu nodded, and the matter was settled.

However, making freshly squeezed juice doesn't require much technical skill, making it easy for counterfeiters to produce high-quality imitations. We need to find a way to address this. Ye Xiruo shared her concerns with Xiu Qiyu.

"Since this juice shop is going to be spread all over the continent, it naturally needs a unique brand that is difficult for others to imitate. We can use the brand of Zuixianlou. For the lower-grade juices, Xiaoyezi can adjust the original flavor to some other flavors. For the higher-grade juices, we can add some spiritual herbs. That way, even if others want to imitate it, they will give up because the cost is too high. This is just my idea. You can refer to Hua Rong's opinion. The Hua family has so many businesses, they must have anti-theft measures."

Ye Xiruo nodded repeatedly. As expected of Brother Xiu Qi, his words were a wake-up call. Was this something she needed to worry about? Hua Rong, that shrewd businessman, would definitely handle it perfectly.

Ye Xiruo quickly drafted a general plan, and now it was up to Hua Rong to decide.

Tie Sheng lived a peaceful life with Aunt Wang, and returning to the familiar Liujia Village, he felt no sense of unfamiliarity. Aunt Wang was still busy in the vegetable garden, preparing to plant a batch of short-maturing greens, so that they could be eaten before he left.

As for the crops in the fields, Aunt Wang has already made plans. It seems that when they leave, she will rent out the land and earn some income every year.

When Ye Xiruo presented a set of jade jewelry to Aunt Wang, Aunt Wang waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "My little Liu, this was taken from the palace. You can't accept it, it's too precious."

"I traded this with the emperor, so you can use it without worry. If you think it's too flashy, you can just wear the jade bracelet. You must keep this safe, it's a token of my appreciation. If you don't accept it, I'll be heartbroken."

Aunt Wang then cautiously put away the jewelry box. She would never use it; she would just keep it as a treasure, even just to look at it a couple of times.

Even at night, the heavy pressure emanating from the back mountain could still be felt, an aura like the might of heaven, impossible to resist. The roars of wild beasts and sounds of fighting that occasionally drifted through the air were something the people of Liujia Village were long accustomed to. They had lived here for generations; the inner circle of the back mountain was dangerous, and they would never venture there. The wild beasts inside wouldn't escape, so their safety was generally guaranteed.

However, from the cultivator's perspective, this oppressive aura was far too extraordinary. No wonder so few cultivators ventured into the back mountain for a moment's passion or excitement; it was a place stained with too much blood and corpses. If Ye Xiruo hadn't risked her life to save him, Xiu Qiyu would have died there as well. The inner circle of the back mountain had its own set of rules. If they weren't still in the same space, Ye Xiruo would have thought it was a small world created by an ancient powerful being! There must be an unimaginable peerless expert inside, who single-handedly perfected the rules of heaven and earth within, suppressing countless people who dared to defy them.

The next day, Ye Xiruo and Xiu Qiyu entered the back mountain again. The outer circle was no different from other forests, but after entering the inner circle, Ye Xiruo and Xiu Qiyu felt that their souls were being strongly suppressed. The Supreme Elder even stated that this space was resisting his entry, and if he forced his way in, he would have to fight against the entire space.

Ye Xiruo repeatedly assured the two elders that she would stay close to Xiu Qiyu, not cause any trouble, and would return soon, asking them not to worry. The two elders reluctantly nodded and waited for the two on the outer circle.

"Any expert could spot the strangeness here, but it has been ignored for so many years."

"This is also a last resort. The rules of the inner circle of the back mountain cannot be violated. Many powerful beings in the Nascent Soul and Integration stages are buried here. Cultivators in the Tribulation Transcending stage have their own understanding of the rules of heaven and earth and would never set foot here."

"Alright, secrets at this level are beyond our reach. We don't intend to disrupt the order here. Let's just take a look around, collect some spiritual herbs, and then go back!" Ye Xiruo didn't think she was a peerless expert who could single-handedly defy the rules of this world.