After transmigrating, I made a name for myself through my culinary skills.

This time, thanks to the sake recipe, no one got drunk. Ye Lan even remembered asking the waiter for a vase, filling it with the peonies she had received that day, and placing them on the table in her room.

These peonies were somewhat wilted before being placed in the space, but when they were taken out in the evening, they were in better condition than in the morning. Although it wasn't very obvious, the change was still visible to the naked eye.

Ye Lan was pleasantly surprised when he saw it. Could it be that this space not only prevents things from decaying, but also has the function of reviving plants? After studying it carefully, he reached out and infused the peonies with a trace of the spiritual power of the wood spirit root, making them bloom even more brilliantly.

Ye Lan's space is not small, but it needs to be organized to make it feel spacious. Recently, he has put a lot of things into the space, which makes it look a bit messy. The shelves he made before are obviously not enough.

He planned to buy some storage items before returning tomorrow morning to tidy up the place and make it more comfortable for Xiaobai to live in. Thinking of Xiaobai, Ye Lan even considered making it a soft couch in his space.

As he lay in bed and started to think things over, he realized there were so many things he needed to buy. It seemed he would have to get up early tomorrow.

The next day, as dawn broke, Ye Lan went out to buy things. He bought the ingredients he wanted, as well as storage shelves, cabinets, and tables to put in his space. He also bought two vases to fill with peonies and the bunch of wildflowers that Jiang Ning had given him before.

That's right, he still kept the bouquet of flowers Jiang Ning gave him. These wildflowers remained unchanged in his space, blooming just fine.

When Ye Lan returned after shopping, Gu Yu also bid them farewell. The group didn't linger and hurried towards the Green Mountain Sect.

When the four returned to the Green Mountain Sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect delivered the herbs that He Luoluo needed to repair her inner core. After checking that the herbs were fine, Jiang Ning kept his word and returned the token that Shen Feng wore as a personal disciple.

They also received news that the pills promised by the Medicine Sect had been delivered to the Green Mountain Sect yesterday, and they were just waiting for Jiang Ning to return and handle them.

Jiang Ning's solution was simple: each of the ten disciples who entered the secret realm received a bottle of Five Elements Pills, and the remaining two Profound God Pills were sold to his own sect and distributed as spirit stones in cash. If any senior brother wanted Profound God Pills, he could buy them from the Green Mountain Sect himself.

Furthermore, they have all reached the Nascent Soul stage, or even higher. The sect's disciples aren't just freeloaders; according to custom, they must accept three missions each year. These missions can be accumulated; if they accept more, they won't need to accept more the following year, but they must never accept fewer than three each year.

So for the next six months, they plan to take on next year's mission as well. Only after completing it can they go to the Northern Continent with peace of mind. After all, the Northern Continent is far away, and Ye Lan has to go find the Extreme Immortal Herb. It is uncertain whether she will be able to return in time next year.

Of course, the disciples who accept the mission will also receive spirit stones after completing it. Although it's not a lot of money for them right now, every little bit helps.

These next six months will be very busy.

In the past six months, besides taking on sect missions, there were two other important events: the coming-of-age ceremonies of Jiang Ning and Jiang Nan. Their birthdays were not far apart, only about a month apart, which meant that Ye Lan needed to prepare two birthday gifts.

A man's twentieth birthday is especially important in this world, because after this day, it means that he has reached the age where he can get married. So he needs to think carefully about these two gifts.

Of course, there's still time to prepare. What Ye Lan is more anxious about now is to sort out all the things he bought today. He's been throwing everything he bought into his space in the past few days, leaving Xiao Bai with nowhere to rest, which has made her angry.

So after returning to his room, he cast a cleaning spell to remove the dust, then used his divine sense to immerse himself in the space, arranging and storing these things, and incidentally placing Xiaobai's soft couch in the most spacious area.

Because of Xiaobai's move-in, he decorated this space as if it were a home, making it clean and tidy, as well as warm and comfortable. Next to Xiaobai's soft couch, he placed a shelf with a vase containing flowers, one large and one small.

Knowing that this space could revive plants, Ye Lan guessed that it could also allow plants to continue growing. So he bought a lot of flower pots and planted the useful spiritual plants in the space. He planned to auction the rest and exchange them for spirit stones.

The space was still not big enough. He had only placed a dozen or so spiritual plants, and it already felt a bit crowded. In order to prevent these flower pots from crowding Xiaobai's soft couch, he stopped.

By the time he finished tidying up, it was already evening. He hadn't made anything for Xiaobai yet, so he quickly went to the dining hall to see what ingredients were available.

There was also a hot spring in the sect. After feeding Xiaobai, Ye Lan planned to go there for a bath and relax.

The hot spring water of the Green Mountain Sect gushes from underground, and the water flows continuously all year round, forming a large hot spring pool. When Ye Lan arrived at the edge of the hot spring pool, it was already late at night, and he did not see anyone.

This hot spring pool is usually only frequented by male disciples, and since there was no one around right now, Ye Lan simply decided to take off his clothes. He thought that even if someone suddenly came, there was nothing to be embarrassed about, since everyone was a man.

Just as Ye Lan reached out to take off his clothes, a strange noise came from the hot spring pool. He looked over and saw two dark figures in the distance. It turned out that there were other people taking a bath here. When Ye Lan looked over, the other person was pushed into the water by his companion.

Ye Lan assumed they were a couple having a secret rendezvous. Afraid they might feel embarrassed, he quickly walked to the upstream position before taking off his clothes and getting into the water, keeping a distance from them.

When Ye Lan took off all but his underwear, you could see that he had a great physique. He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and a beautiful layer of thin muscle on his abdomen, which wasn't very noticeable because of his fair skin.

After he went into the water, the shadowy figure allowed another person to surface. It was a dark and windy night, and the moonlight was obscuring them, making it difficult to identify who they were.

The dark figure that had just emerged from the water spat out the water it had been drinking and hissed at the person next to it, "Jiang Ning, what's wrong with you?!"

"Sorry, I got nervous when I saw someone coming."

"What are you so nervous about? I'm your brother, and we're here to take a bath openly and legitimately!"

These two men were Jiang Ning and Jiang An, brothers. Jiang An's leg was fully healed, and thinking that he hadn't seen his younger brother for a year, he dragged him to the hot spring to catch up. They were chatting happily when Jiang Ning suddenly pushed him into the water and wouldn't let him get out.

If it weren't for their close relationship since childhood, Jiang An would have thought he was trying to murder his own brother.

Jiang Ning realized he was in the wrong and apologized to his brother.

For some reason, when he saw this person taking off his clothes, he instinctively didn't want anyone to see, so he pushed his brother down.

Jiang An: I'm such a sucker.

After taking a bath, Ye Lan left the hot spring pool first. The two dark figures were still there, which made Ye Lan even more certain that they were a "couple" who had come for a secret rendezvous.

After finishing his work, Ye Lan began preparing birthday gifts for Jiang Ning and his wife, using whatever he had on hand.

The Green Mountain Sect has many elders, but Elder Xia is the most skilled at alchemy. Ye Lan plans to ask Elder Xia to make some pills for him as birthday gifts for Jiang Ning and the others, using the rare spiritual plants he had collected in the secret realm.

The top-grade pills were the most presentable gift he could offer. Ye Lan also took a few more high-level spiritual plants to give to Elder Xia as payment for helping with the pill refining.

"Your Ice and Fire Immortal Herb is quite good for making the Ice and Fire Double Yang Pill, but it takes a lot of time. And this Wood God Dew Pill, tsk, troublesome, it also requires adding morning dew." Elder Xia deliberately pretended to look troubled.

Ye Lan felt a surge of nervousness, fearing that Elder Xia would not help him. He quickly said, "I will get up early to collect the dew. In addition, I have a few purple Ganoderma lucidum plants that I am willing to offer to Elder Xia, as long as Elder Xia helps me make this Ice and Fire Double Yang Pill."

“I don’t lack these things,” Elder Xia raised his eyes and looked at Ye Lan, “but it’s not impossible for me to make this pill for you, but I have other requirements.”

"Elder Xia, please speak. I will do my utmost to fulfill your request." Seeing that Elder Xia had agreed, Ye Lan was naturally willing to listen to his request.

It worked. Seeing that the person had taken the bait, Elder Xia stopped putting on airs.

His expression was somewhat subtle, and he hesitated before speaking: "It's not a difficult matter. Just remember to prepare an extra portion for me and Doctor Shen when you cook in the small kitchen in the future. I know you will be going out to take on missions, so I don't expect you to do it every day. Just cook for the two of us when you cook in the sect."

Not long after this disciple entered the inner sect, he often gave the two boys from the Jiang family special meals. When he and his partner passed by, they could always smell it. But none of the disciples were oblivious and didn't notice the two of them approaching. Even if they did notice, they didn't call them to eat together!

It was one thing before, but recently this kid surnamed Ye has returned from his training. Not only has his cultivation level increased, but his cooking skills have also skyrocketed. Now, the aroma of their special dishes is even more irresistible, making him incredibly hungry.

Now that they've come knocking on my door, I should naturally take the opportunity to make my request. It's just a side matter, so there's no need to make things difficult for them.

Ye Lan was surprised that Elder Xia's request was so simple, and quickly agreed.

It's not really Elder Xia's fault for being greedy. Ye Lan has been cooking for Xiao Bai every day lately, and he recently got a few new bottles of sauce. He used the sauce to make several strong-flavored dishes, and the aroma of these strong-flavored dishes is naturally domineering and tempting.

Ye Lan also asked Jiang Ning to make him a hot pot with two broths when he had time, as he planned to have it served when the weather got colder.

In addition, fearing that this birthday gift was not special enough, Ye Lan also planned to make a birthday cake for Jiang Ning on that day.

Although he felt in his heart that there was little chance for the two of them to be together, Ye Lan still wanted to take it seriously, after all, this was the first time he had given a birthday gift to the person he liked.

The spiritual fruits he had gathered in the secret realm had almost all been consumed by Xiaobai, so during this period, the tasks he took on were all about capturing demonic beasts, which would allow him to pick some spiritual fruits in the forest along the way.

Over the past three months, Ye Lan has become quite familiar with Elder Xia and Doctor Shen by delivering meals to them. Today, he made another request to Elder Xia.

"What?! You said you want to take my alchemy furnace to do something?" Elder Xia could hardly believe his ears.

Before Ye Lan could speak, Elder Shen started to defend his own, saying, "Why are you shouting so loudly! It's just borrowing the alchemy furnace to bake something. You're so stingy. Little Ye, you can borrow it from me. You don't need to beg this old geezer."

After saying that, Doctor Shen glared at his partner. What's so surprising about this?

Elder Xia, though furious but unable to speak out, sighed and said, "Fine, I'll help you, okay?"

"Thank you, Dr. Shen. Thank you, Elder Xia."

It's no wonder Elder Xia was so shocked, because Ye Lan wanted to use his alchemy furnace to make cake base, and Elder Xia thought this disciple was truly a talent.

Of course, the term "talented person" here is not meant as a compliment.

But Ye Lan had no other choice but to ask Elder Xia for help.

Ye Lan does know how to make cakes; it's not difficult for a chef. But in her previous life, she had an oven and a rice cooker to make the cake base, and the ingredients could be bought ready-made, making it very simple.

However, the Qingshan Sect doesn't have an oven at all. He tried using a steamer to steam the cake dough, but the taste was somewhat unsatisfactory and still lacked something.

But Ye Lan couldn't ask Jiang Ning to build an oven; if she did, they'd find out. She figured a pill-refining furnace could refine pills, and the alchemist could control the heat—wasn't that similar to an oven? That's why Ye Lan wanted to ask Elder Xia for help.

Now that Elder Xia has agreed, things will be much easier.