Ye Xiruo refined the pills for ten days straight, only stopping when all the medicinal herbs piled up beside her were used up. After putting away the green herbs, she turned around and saw the white bottles of pills beside her. Ye Xiruo's smile deepened; with so many pills, she felt much more at ease. After happily putting all the pills away, Ye Xiruo belatedly felt exhausted—utterly exhausted. Refining pills these past few days had drained her mental energy too much. Although she could go to the yellow divine spring to nourish her soul, at this moment, Ye Xiruo only wanted to lie down and have a good sleep to replenish her excessively depleted energy and spirit.
After taking one last look, seeing that Brother Xiu Qi was healing and cultivating in the divine spring water, his terrible wounds had healed and his aura had become much stronger, Ye Xiruo finally felt relieved. She casually grabbed two blankets and went back to bed to sleep.
This was the first time in so many days that Ye Xiruo had slept so soundly. In the space, no one could harm her or Brother Xiu Qi.
After sleeping for three whole days, Ye Xiruo finally woke up, stretched, and felt refreshed. Unexpectedly, during these ten days of alchemy, Ye Xiruo's true essence had increased slightly and become more refined.
Ye Xiruo had almost fully recovered. With a teleport, she arrived at the Divine Spring, where Brother Xiu Qi was still healing. What to do? Brother Xiu Qi's severe injuries were entirely due to her, and it had been more than ten days since then, yet he still hadn't woken up.
"Little Leaf, when did you get here?"
"I haven't been here long, Brother Xiu Qi. How are you now? Here, have two Lesser Rejuvenation Pills."
In Ye Xiruo's eyes, these life-saving pills were no different from candies; as long as they were effective, it didn't matter how many she ate.
"I'm fine now. I'm just digesting and absorbing some insights I gained in the teleportation channel these past few days, which is why it took me a while. I'm sorry to have worried Xiao Yezi."
So, is this the difference between genius and mediocrity? Both of them traveled through time and space, but Brother Xiu Qi could easily comprehend some profound truths of the universe, while she? She didn't feel anything at all. This stark contrast is truly heartbreaking.
However, Ye Xiruo quickly came to terms with it. Her seventh brother was a genius, a member of the royal family of the Ice Spirit Clan. His comprehension, perception, and cultivation talent were one in a million. It was normal for her, a half-baked cultivator, to be inferior to him.
"Brother Xiu Qi, the cold pool in the space has been formed. Just like before, the snow mountain cold fish are adapting very well, and not a single one has died." Ye Xiruo's expression of "Praise me, praise me" amused Xiu Qiyu, who rubbed Ye Xiruo's head and said, "Little Ye is very capable."
"In the future, Brother Xiuqi can go to the Cold Pool to cultivate. It will definitely be very effective. Those ice-attribute spiritual herbs can also be placed in there to be nurtured."
"Little Leaf is very thoughtful."
In this situation, they should have a big meal to celebrate their narrow escape. What about the two pheasants and rabbit that Brother Xiu Qi caught? Ye Xiruo rushed off to find them; these were hard-won by Brother Xiu Qi, and they absolutely couldn't be lost.
As a result, Ye Xiruo found the corpses of two pheasants and a rabbit under the osmanthus tree next to the spirit peach tree, and her expression immediately turned o(╯□╰)o
After checking them over, it was discovered that they had all been overwhelmed by spiritual energy and died. It was already quite remarkable that they hadn't exploded and had left with intact corpses.
It seems the space's level is too high, and the spiritual energy is too abundant; these ordinary little animals actually died from overeating. She wondered if some spirit beasts and demon beasts would burst from the suffocation. Wait, Ye Xiruo suddenly thought of the snow mountain fish in the icy pool. Not a single one died, which meant spirit beasts and demon beasts could survive in the space. That's great! Ye Xiruo almost thought her space couldn't hold any living creatures, and that she'd have to kill them outside and bring the meat in to put in her storage compartment—how heartbreaking!
Brother Xiu Qi was severely weakened and needed some nourishing medicinal food. Ye Xiruo took out all the remaining high-grade spirit beast meat to prepare a good nourishing meal for Xiu Qiyu.
Xiu Qiyu emerged from the divine spring, now dressed in a snow-white sword robe that accentuated his tall, imposing figure and unparalleled aura. Ye Xiruo couldn't help but blush again.
"Brother Xiu Qi, wait a moment, I'm going to prepare a medicinal meal."
"Okay, I'll help."
Aside from grilling meat, which was passable, Xiu Qiyu's cooking skills were generally questionable. Using the same ingredients and following the same steps, how did Xiu Qiyu end up with such culinary disasters? Some were incredibly sour and astringent, some were bitterer than gall, and some were a collection of bizarre flavors. Even after Xiu Qiyu tried and Ye Xiruo, the chef, practically wore herself out trying, there was still no improvement. Finally, she gave up in desperation. Anyway, she could cook; all that mattered was that Xiu Qiyu would eat it.
Although Brother Xiu Qi has no talent for cooking, he could definitely be an excellent prep cook. He could always perfectly prepare ingredients to look exactly what Ye Xiruo wanted, and he did so very quickly, making even Ye Xiruo, a spirit chef, extremely envious. As for swordsmen, they're practically the ultimate cheat code.
With Xiu Qiyu's help, Ye Xiruo quickly prepared five kinds of medicinal dishes. Ye Xiruo also made a plate of sweet and sour pork ribs, and caught five snow mountain cold fish from the cold pool, cut them into sashimi, and ate them with dipping sauce. Finally, she made a chicken soup with some mushrooms, goji berries, and yam.
"Brother Xiuqi, eat up!" The joy of surviving this ordeal is indeed something for the Zhu family to be proud of.
"Okay." Xiu Qiyu's first chopsticks were for sweet and sour pork ribs, while Ye Xiruo directly scooped a bowl of medicinal food with a spoon: "Brother Xiu Qi, this medicinal food is all made for you, and it's your last meal." The implication was that she should cherish it, as it was her last supper.
"Little Leaf, can you tell me what the continent you lived on before was like? The continent we were transported to is a low-level continent, even lower than the Taiyan Continent. Under such spiritual energy, it is difficult to nurture people with spiritual roots."
"On the continent I lived on before, most people were ordinary and unable to cultivate. However, they could create all sorts of ingenious weapons and tools to aid their lives. People were equal, everyone survived through their own labor, and everyone had the right to live. No one had the right to arbitrarily take another's life, not even nobles. Most people were able to satisfy their basic needs and live a comfortable life."
"That sounds pretty good."
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