In the blink of an eye, it was already the end of the year. The streets of Mo City were not as lively as before. Small vendors had all gone home, leaving only some large shops with their dejected shop assistants watching over the shops.

The boss and manager have already gone back. I estimate that in another two days, these employees will also pack their things and go home.

Although the Azure Continent does not have the Chinese New Year's Eve tradition, a sense of tranquility and peace still permeates the air as the year draws to a close.

Such an atmosphere was rare in Mo City, which was usually full of passion and chaos. Even the usually bustling Zuixianlou restaurant was half empty.

Most people come to buy a few jars of spirit wine and some snacks and delicate pastries to take home; very few stay for a meal.

As a result, Zuixianlou's business was naturally much worse than usual, but making a profit was still a must.

The sales volume of spirit wine is huge, and the daily inventory is decreasing at a visible rate. The slaves that Ye Xiruo bought, Ye Si, Ye Liu, and Ye Ba, have now entered the spirit wine master industry and can brew several kinds of basic spirit wine. Ye Xiruo is still brewing most of the spirit wine in the restaurant.

It's not that we haven't considered inviting some spirit wine masters to help with the brewing, but the most precious recipes and spirit wine formulas of Zuixianlou cannot be compromised in any way, and this risk is not worth taking.

Fortunately, Ye Si, Ye Liu, and Ye Ba have all made great progress. It is estimated that they will be able to brew intermediate-grade spirit wine by the time Ye Xiruo leaves. As for high-grade spirit wine, Ye Xiruo will have to brew more and supply it in limited quantities to last until these three can stand on their own.

As for the top-grade spirit wine, it's the same. Ye Xiruo has also realized how deep the waters are in Mo City in the past few months. Top-grade spirit wine is like the signature product of their Drunken Immortal Pavilion, and it's indispensable. It's just that the quantity may be even less.

Bai Qi was still in seclusion at the Bai Mansion, attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, while Bai Feng was busy with a ton of things to do at the end of the year, practically never leaving the ground.

Ye Xiruo, Yingxun, and Zishu have all emerged from You Ran Ju, as have Chi Yi and the others. In the final few days, Zui Xian Lou will temporarily close for everyone to rest.

Now, their courtyard has changed. It is no longer the rather small courtyard they used to live in. The small courtyard they live in now can be called a manor. There are five independent small courtyards in the courtyard. The environment in the small courtyard is quiet and secluded. Some are planted with green bamboo, some are in bloom with red plum blossoms, and some have a lotus pond. The concentration of spiritual energy in the courtyard is also quite good.

There are over sixty rooms in the entire courtyard, and everyone now has their own private room, so there's no longer a need for several people to squeeze into one room.

In the courtyard, there is a garden of moderate size, planted with some brightly colored spiritual flowers that have the effect of gathering spiritual energy, but the effect is very small, almost negligible.

Ye Xiruo really wanted to uproot these gaudy flowers and plant spiritual herbs and medicines, but in the end she gave up.

This large courtyard costs three thousand blue spirit crystals a month. If it were before, this would have been a huge sum of money. But now that Zuixianlou is making a fortune every day, it doesn't make sense for everyone to be so stingy with their spirit crystals, living in a small, dilapidated courtyard with no security whatsoever.

Now, everyone has moved into the large courtyard. In addition to the small garden in front, there is also a small open space in the back that can be used for martial arts practice.

Ye Xiruo and Xiu Qiyu lived in one small courtyard, Zishu and Yingxun lived in another, Hua Rong and Qingzhiyi lived in yet another, and Chiyi and Ye Liusha lived in a third. The remaining small courtyard was originally intended for Bai Qi, but Bai Qi is currently in seclusion at the Bai family's residence, so the ownership of this courtyard has become a point of contention.

How to resolve a controversy? Naturally, it would be a debate among the scholars. But that was impossible. In the end, after arguing for a long time, they still ended up fighting.

Ye Xiruo, Zishu, Xixiu Qiyu, Hua Rong, Qingzhiyi, and others found it interesting and watched the battle from the sidelines, acting as referees as well.

After several rounds of fighting, the small courtyard fell into the hands of four people: two from the Taiyan Continent and two from the Crimson Wings.

Now that the ownership of the courtyard was settled, the excitement was over, and everyone dispersed.

Xiu Qiyu accompanied Ye Xiruo on a large-scale purchase of New Year's supplies in Mo City, including food and other necessities. Bai Feng also sent several truckloads of goods over, and everyone got together to begin preparing for the New Year.

Unexpectedly, Xuejun Hanxue Gongfeng actually came to visit.

Ye Xiruo is now a disciple of Xue Junhan, so she is naturally very happy that her master can come and celebrate the New Year with her.

"Master, what brings you here? You didn't even tell me you were coming to pick you up."

"Little brat, Zuixianlou is closed and You Ran Ju doesn't have any spirit wine to drink, so naturally I've come here to mooch some wine."

"What a coincidence! We just brewed some fresh spirit wine last night and were just about to send it to you. I didn't expect you to come today. What a coincidence!"

"Fresh Spirit Wine, is this a new product I've never tried before?" Xue Junhan's eyes immediately lit up, making Ye Xiruo chuckle.

"Yes, yes, it's made from white jade peaches. It has a delicate and lingering flavor. You'll know once you try it."

The white jade spirit peaches used were naturally not the peaches brought back by Xiu Qiyu, Ye Liusha, and Zishu. Although those peaches were also very good, they were not as good as the spirit peaches in her space, and at most they could only be used to brew high-grade spirit wine.

These white jade peaches are a mutated variety. Zishu had previously brought back a white jade peach seedling for her, which she threw into her spatial dimension and watered with some spatial spiritual water. Now it had mutated and upgraded, and the peaches that grew were extraordinary. Of course, they tasted wonderful, and they looked like peaches carved from jade, which was incredibly exquisite.

However, this spirit peach must not be eaten openly, otherwise the secret of the space will be exposed.

Therefore, Ye Xi picked some of the white jade spirit peaches and put them in the storage compartment, and the rest were all brewed into spirit wine.

These are the first batch fresh out of the oven; I must say the chef arrived at just the right time.

As soon as Xue Junhan entered the courtyard, he nodded repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad, it's starting to look quite good now."

In the courtyard, Ye Xiruo planted a row of snow bamboo and another row of snow plum blossoms. They looked exquisite and translucent, like ice and snow sculptures, beautiful and magnificent, like a fairyland.

"Master, you may not know this, but the leaves of this snow bamboo can be used to make wine, and the dew on the plum blossoms and the melted snow water can be used to make tea. They are all top-quality teas."