"There's a banquet tomorrow night, let's go together. We can also promote your elixirs while we're at it."
"I don't want to be ganged up on and killed. Your junior sisters probably want to tear me apart right now."
"Little Yezi is joking. They just don't understand you and there are some misunderstandings."
"I understand." Ye Xiruo took out some diluted spiritual water from her space and poured it on the spiritual fruit trees, hoping that these trees would grow quickly, blossom and bear fruit, and then she could openly take spiritual fruit from her space to eat.
Ye Xiruo currently has a preliminary idea: to open a pill shop in Luoxia Valley. Firstly, to earn spirit stones, and secondly, to contribute to the cultivation of the disciples in Luoxia Valley.
The Merit Pavilion in Luoxia Valley also has pills, but they require merit points to exchange for, which in turn require completing quests, and the quality of the pills obtained is not very good. The sect only has one seventh-grade alchemist, two sixth-grade alchemists, and the rest are fifth-grade alchemists, which is really meager.
Some disciples from wealthier families usually spend spirit stones to buy pills for their cultivation, while those from poorer families can only grit their teeth and bear it. It was only after learning about this situation that Ye Xiruo decided to open a shop. Her pills were of higher quality than those in the Merit Pavilion, and they could be exchanged for spirit stones or some spiritual herbs. A smart person would naturally know which option to choose.
The following evening, the afterglow of the setting sun enveloped the entire Sunset Valley in a dazzling red glow. No wonder it's called Sunset Valley! The scenery was truly beautiful.
Ye Xiruo exclaimed in surprise, "Can we see such beautiful scenery often?"
"Pretty much!" That's why Sunset Valley is so famous.
Unlike the formal banquet at the Pill King's Palace, which requires setting up tables and chairs and preparing delicacies and spirit wine in advance, the banquet at Sunset Valley maintains a very primitive yet interesting style. Each person brings their own food and drinks, ten items of food or spirit wine. They then find a spot, like setting up a street stall, and once the banquet begins, everyone goes on a treasure hunt, comparing whose food is the most innovative, whose wine is the sweetest, and whose food is the most delicious. Winners receive prizes.
After Xiu Qiyu finished explaining the banquet format to Ye Xiruo, Ye Xiruo's eyes narrowed into crescents and her face was full of smiles, clearly showing her interest in this novel banquet format.
What should we prepare? How much should one serving be?
"No need to prepare too much, because there is plenty of food and everyone can't eat too much. Just try it out and see if there's anything new or interesting."
"If my senior brother were here, he would be very happy and could eat to his heart's content."
"yes."
"I'd like to make some desserts, ten different styles, that'll be convenient and pretty, what a clever idea! Then for the remaining ten, let's bring out Zhang Quan's medicinal cuisine! Let everyone have a taste. As for drinks, let's bring out a jar of spirit fruit wine, what do you think?"
"I think there are only a few jars of Spirit Peach Wine left! How about we switch to other spirit wines?"
"No need, we can just keep brewing! Spirit peaches can be produced in an endless stream."
Xiu Qiyu knew that Ye Xiruo was doing all this for her sake, and silently kept it in her heart.
"By the way, Brother Xiuqi, what food did you prepare for the banquet you attended before?"
"Haha, Little Yezi, you've asked the wrong person. Senior Brother definitely won't tell you what food he prepares every time."
"Why?" Ye Xiruo asked, somewhat curious.
"Because the eldest brother eats nothing but boiled vegetables and salted vegetable pancakes, and it never changes."
Ye Xiruo couldn't help but burst out laughing. She really couldn't imagine that Xiu Qi, who was like an immortal descended to earth, would calmly take out something like boiled vegetables from his ring and calmly accept the onslaught of his brainless fans. The scene was too beautiful.
"My senior brother's dishes and pickled vegetable pancakes are always completely snatched up, which is a mystery."
There's a saying: "Eating according to the person."
"Oh." A look of sudden realization, coupled with a meaningful smile, made Xiu Qiyu's face turn completely cold. He really knew how to rub salt in the wound.
"This time, I believe that with Xiao Yezi around, Senior Brother will definitely make a name for himself."
"Even without me, Brother Xiu Qi will still be the center of attention." Ye Xiruo laughed so hard she could hardly stand up straight. It was so funny. How did Brother Xiu Qi manage to eat boiled tofu, boiled vegetables, boiled green beans, raw tomatoes, and raw cucumbers?
"Brother Xiu Qi, leave everything to me."
If Ye Xi is planning to make some exquisite pastries that look nice, are easy to store, and are convenient to carry, and can be made in different flavors, it would be a great choice.
"Second brother, your swordsmanship has declined somewhat recently. Let's have a proper discussion." He said with a serious face.
"Senior Brother, I have to go now, so I won't linger any longer. I'll be going now." With that, he stepped on his folding fan and ran off at lightning speed.
"Crystal shrimp dumplings, crab roe buns, custard buns, osmanthus cake, spring rolls, pan-fried buns, cloud cake, snowflake cake, purple sweet potato cake, pea flour cake." She refused to believe that the delicacies of the Great Celestial Empire couldn't conquer these immortals.
Although Xiu Qiyu couldn't cook, she was quite good at helping out. Ye Xiruo entrusted Xiu Qiyu with practicing her knife skills on the dumpling fillings. Xiu Qiyu certainly didn't disappoint Ye Xiruo; with a flick of her fingertips, the vegetables were chopped into small pieces and neatly placed in a bowl for later use. Ye Xiruo only needed to add the sauce and prepare the filling.
As for these pastries, most of them require glutinous rice, but Ye Xiruo used a type of spirit rice with very strong stickiness instead. As for how to grind the spirit rice into powder, that was left to Xiu Qiyu.
Ye Xiruo specially made extra, intending to send some to her master and some to her master who was far away in the Pill King Palace. The two of them would eat some, and the rest would be used for the banquet. That was Ye Xiruo's arrangement.
She also noticed that Xiu Qiyu had a sweet tooth, and many of these pastries were sweet, so Xiu Qiyu would probably like them.
With Qinglian Tian's help, the pastries and buns were quickly baked. Fortunately, her skills hadn't deteriorated. The buns she made were small and exquisite, and they looked very appetizing. The pastries were also made into very unique shapes, such as osmanthus, rose, magnolia, and camellia.
"Brother Xiuqi, have a taste." Ye Xiruo picked up a piece of pea flour cake, one of her favorite pastries.
"It's sweet but not cloying, with a unique fragrance, and it even smells like milk." Xiu Qiyu's eyes sparkled as she gave the pea flour cake a very high rating.
"These are red bean paste spring rolls, which I baked with greens. Try them."
"very good."
These pastries all received high praise from Xiu Qiyu, especially the custard buns, which made Ye Xiruo somewhat suspicious. Could it be that Brother Xiu Qiyu actually preferred cream rather than sugar?
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