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

The next day, Ye Lan carried a food box containing several kinds of wine and dishes to Elder Xia's courtyard, formally becoming Elder Xia's apprentice and asking Elder Xia to teach him alchemy.

To express her sincerity, Ye Lan also presented the only Seven-Heart Lotus she had found in the secret realm as a gift for becoming an apprentice.

Elder Xia only accepted him as a disciple, so he took good care of him. When he accepted him into the sect, he gave him a gift, which was a high-quality alchemy furnace made of jade and called the Azure Jade Furnace.

This jade furnace was used by Elder Xia when he first learned alchemy. It was a gift from Elder Xia's master and is perfect for a beginner.

Since he was just starting out learning alchemy, he couldn't take too big a step. Elder Xia first had him memorize the pill formulas, and then taught him how to refine the most basic pills once he had memorized them.

Unlike Ye Lan, who consistently failed chemistry, he possessed a remarkable talent for alchemy. He remembered the proportions of the formulas perfectly, and his years of cooking experience allowed him to control the dosages flawlessly. However, his spiritual sense was currently inferior to Elder Xia's, resulting in a lower success rate for forming a core; he only managed to form one core after several attempts.

"Take your time and don't rush. When I first started learning alchemy, it took me several batches to produce just one pill," Elder Xia comforted him, without mentioning that he had started alchemy at the age of ten.

From that day on, Ye Lan became very busy. During the day, she had to learn alchemy from Elder Xia, and at night she cultivated. She also had to take some time every day to cook for Xiao Bai. She was so busy that she even slept by meditating instead of sleeping.

Days passed by in a flurry of activity. Ye Lan's pill-forming rate gradually increased, and the quality of his pills was also quite good. Elder Xia began to teach him pill formulas of a higher level.

Before Jiang Nan's birthday, there is another important day, which is the Mid-Autumn Festival. Jiang Nan's birthday is at the end of August, after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

On the morning of the Mid-Autumn Festival, mooncakes were being distributed in the dining hall. Jiang Nan came to find Ye Lan early and asked him to come with her to get the mooncakes.

If you were to ask Jiang Nan what he likes to eat at the canteen, Yue Tuan would definitely be number one. He goes to get it every year, and after meeting Ye Lan and the others, he even dragged them along to go with him.

In Jiang Nan's words: This mooncake is the only decent dessert the canteen can offer, but unfortunately it only comes once a year and is limited to four per person, which isn't even enough for him to eat a few bites.

So Jiang Nan never missed a Mid-Autumn Festival; she would go early in the morning to collect her share. This year, Su Bo went back to his maternal grandparents' house, and Jiang Nan planned to collect Su Bo's share as well.

Su Bo thought that he would be going to Beizhou in a month, and estimated that he would not be able to see his maternal grandfather for two years. So he took advantage of this reunion day to go back to his maternal grandfather's house for the festival, to see him, and to ask if there was anything he could take to Beizhou.

If you ask Ye Lan, the mooncakes made in this dining hall are indeed quite delicious. The flour used to make the mooncakes is made from top-quality spirit rice. The kneaded dough is divided into small pieces, the filling is added, and then the mooncakes are placed into a long-handled mold that looks like a small mirror. After pressing it down, the mold with the mooncakes inside is placed on a fire to bake. Once they are cooked, they are set aside to cool, and that is how the mooncakes they want to eat are made.

This mooncake, which is the same traditional mooncake Ye Lan ate in her previous life, is made in a slightly more complicated way, uses higher-quality ingredients, and contains rich spiritual energy. It tastes delicious, no wonder Jiang Nan likes it so much.

It wasn't just Jiang Nan who liked it; the disciples in the sect also highly praised this spiritually rich and delicious snack. The mooncakes were also made small and exquisite, and many disciples who received the mooncakes couldn't bear to eat them themselves, so they gave them to their admired senior or junior sisters.

When Jiang Nan received the Mooncake, he held back and put Su Bo's box of Mooncakes into his spatial ring, waiting for his good friend to return before giving it to him.

This spatial ring was bought by Jiang Nan's mother at a high price. After she learned that he had reached the Nascent Soul stage, she bought him a lot of things and gave him a sum of high-quality spirit stones. Now he exudes an aura of wealth.

This year's mooncakes were filled with red bean paste, purple sweet potato paste, jujube paste, and hawthorn paste. Each type of filling was given out in one go. Everyone else thought they should eat slowly, but Jiang Nan ate them one after another. After finishing them, she still lamented, "There are too few. I heard that the Medicine Sect is also selling mooncakes this year, with nearly twenty kinds of fillings. I wonder if my mother will send someone to buy them."

Ye Lan ate one of the hawthorn-filled ones herself; it tasted sweet and sour. The remaining three went into Xiao Bai's mouth.

Ye Lan had also heard of the Medicine Sect Moon Group that Jiang Nan mentioned.

If we're talking about the most popular gift for this Mid-Autumn Festival, it has to be the mooncakes made by the Medicine Sect. They're so sought after that you have to fight to get your hands on them. It's said that the mooncakes are mixed with medicinal juices that are beneficial to cultivation. The mooncakes are made into beautiful shapes and packaged in exquisite food boxes, with six mooncakes inside.

The Medicine Sect's mooncakes aren't cheap either, costing one mid-grade spirit stone per box, but everyone is scrambling to buy them, as they're very prestigious to give as gifts.

Today is a day for family reunions, and Jiang Nan was no exception. After receiving the mooncakes, he said goodbye to Ye Lan and went home to find his mother, leaving Ye Lan alone.

Ye Lan walked alone in the sect. Yesterday, Elder Xia had told him that he would have a day off to rest, and he planned to cultivate diligently today. However, having to cultivate outside on such a day seemed a bit lonely, so he decided to return to his room to meditate.

When he returned to the house and was about to meditate, there was a knock on the door. Who would come to see him on this day of family reunion?

Ye Lan asked directly, "Who is it?"

"it's me."

It was Jiang Ning's voice. Ye Lan quickly walked to the door, opened it, and saw Jiang Ning standing outside, holding a wooden box in his hand.

Seeing him come out, Jiang Ning handed him the wooden box in his hand and explained, "This is a mooncake sent to my father by someone from the Medicine Sect. They sent a lot, and we can't finish it all. I thought you were still here, so I brought it to you."

This long string of words seemed to be just to say that they couldn't finish the food, so they gave it to Ye Lan.

"Thank you." Ye Lan said softly, accepting the box of mooncakes. Jiang Ning had always been very good to his friends, so it was strange that he remembered him.

"Well then, I'm leaving." Jiang Ning said, turning around and walking away, as if the whole trip was just to send off the Moon Group.

Ye Lan watched him leave until he was out of sight. Then he turned around and went into the house, opened the wooden box, and saw mooncakes made in six different colors, one color for each filling.

He randomly picked a purple one, and when he bit into it, it tasted like purple sweet potato. The purple sweet potato had been mashed into a paste, and it was mixed with refined medicinal juice. Eating it would allow him to directly absorb spiritual energy into his body.

No wonder they sold so well. Ye Lan put the remaining mooncakes into her spatial storage and continued doing what she had been doing.

He thought he could finally calm down and cultivate, but a few minutes later, he heard Doctor Shen calling his name from outside the door.

Seeing him come out, Doctor Shen waved to him and said, "I plan to go to the persimmon grove behind the mountain to pick some persimmons and make some persimmon cakes. Come with me and have dinner with us tonight."

Ye Lan then noticed that he was carrying two large baskets, looking like he was all set to go.

"Okay." Ye Lan agreed softly. Since he had nothing else to do, he flew with Doctor Shen to the persimmon grove on the back mountain.

It's called a persimmon grove, but it's actually just a dozen or so persimmon trees, far fewer than the peach grove. However, the persimmon trees have been planted for a long time and have grown tall, taking up a considerable area.

They flew on their swords and could see the small, yellow persimmon grove in the distance, which stood out among the trees on the back mountain.

After landing, Ye Lan noticed that the forest was somewhat special. At the base of each persimmon tree, there was a circle of spirit stones that were not of any particular grade, forming a spirit-gathering array that provided spiritual energy to the persimmon trees.

It's not yet late autumn; there are still some leaves on the persimmon tree. When Ye Lan looked up, she saw the persimmons hidden under the leaves. Some of the persimmons were ripe and orange, hanging there like little lanterns.

"The persimmons this year are growing quite well; they've never been this big in previous years." Doctor Shen reached out and picked a ripe persimmon, broke it in half, and handed it to Ye Lan. "Try one."

The ripe persimmons have lost their astringency; you can easily peel off the thin outer skin to reveal the flesh inside, which is covered with thick juice.

Ye Lan took a bite. The taste was sweet and soft, and the flesh in the very center had a crunchy texture. Because of the spirit-gathering array, the spiritual energy was more abundant than that of ordinary fruits.

Because they were making dried persimmons, they mostly picked the still-firm yellow persimmons. The ones that ripened to orange were also picked. Ye Lan picked some as well, intending to use them for dessert. While they were picking persimmons, Xiao Bai jumped onto the persimmon tree, opened its mouth wide, and ate them one by one, without even needing to peel them or spit out the pits.

Ye Lan couldn't help but laugh. She always kept the food she fed it clean and took meticulous care of it, but she had forgotten that it was different from humans.

The persimmons were plentiful, and soon both baskets were full. Thinking about having dinner at Elder Xia's place, Ye Lan also took Doctor Shen downstream from the waterfall to catch two fish, planning to make braised fish and spicy boiled fish. They also planned to go to the canteen to buy some beef to make tomato stewed beef brisket, since he had seen beef in the canteen's kitchen today and was afraid it would be gone if they went too late.

After returning, Ye Lan helped Doctor Shen make persimmon cakes. The persimmon cakes were not difficult to make, but they were quite tedious. They had to be washed, peeled, and hung up to dry. The dried persimmon cakes would have a thin layer of white frost on them.

Doctor Shen was very skilled at peeling persimmons. After all, his Daoist partner loved sweets. These dried persimmons were sweet and easy to make, so he would make quite a few every year to give to his Daoist partner as a snack.

Watching his skillful movements, Ye Lan thought to herself, "This isn't about needing his help to make persimmon cakes. I guess she's just worried he'll feel lonely on this day, so she found an excuse to call him over to celebrate the festival together."

Thinking of this, Ye Lan felt a surge of tenderness in his heart. These two elders were just like his master and mistress in his previous life, treating him well without asking for anything in return.

"What are you standing there for? Quickly give me those persimmons, I'll string them together. You go and rest for a bit. It's rare that no one's rushing you to refine pills today." Elder Shen said, taking the persimmons from Ye Lan's hand and urging him to rest.

"it is good."

Despite saying that, Ye Lan didn't actually go to rest. He went to make persimmon tea. It was nearing the end of the hot summer, so having some ice-cold tea after a meal would be perfect.

Persimmon tea is even simpler to make. Just mash the persimmon flesh, add brewed tea and syrup, and then add ice cubes. If you have lemons, you can squeeze some lemon juice on top, but I don't have any now, so I can only make a simplified version.

He also had honey he had collected in the secret realm, so he used honey instead of syrup. As for tea, Elder Xia had plenty of good tea, which he could brew.

After making the persimmon tea, Ye Lan put it in her space to freeze, waiting to cool off after dinner. Since this stuff is cold in the stomach, Ye Lan didn't make much, just a small bowl for each person to cool off.

At dinner, Ye Lan still prepared four dishes and made an extra chicken soup. Elder Xia also brought out his treasured wine. Everyone enjoyed the meal.

After the meal, Ye Lan took out the persimmon tea, and everyone drank from a bowl. Even Xiao Bai got a portion. Ye Lan made a larger one for him, and the bowl was also bigger, so it would be more convenient for him to drink.

And in the evening comes the most important moment of the Mid-Autumn Festival. On this day, besides family reunion, the most important thing is to worship the moon.

Those who cultivate immortality attach great importance to this moon-worshiping ceremony. They need to bathe and change clothes, set up an incense altar, insert tall incense sticks, sit cross-legged, and wait for the moon goddess's gifts.

The three of them washed up before sitting down to meditate in the courtyard. The incense burner in front of them was already lit with tall incense sticks. Little White transformed into its original form and squatted down beside them. Its expression was very solemn and serious. These demon beasts were even more devout to the Moon Goddess.

The moon slowly rose, and when a full moon hung high in the sky, it sprinkled down golden light. This golden light fell on them and was absorbed into their bodies. This is the legendary Emperor's Elixir.

Plants and trees that receive it can gain wisdom, and monsters that receive it can become spirits.

The Moon Goddess is not stingy with the blessings of every devout believer; the Emperor's nectar is poured down upon this land, upon every believer.

Ye Lan sensed the changes within her body and began to cultivate by circulating her spiritual energy.

When the next morning arrived, he opened his eyes and found that his cultivation level had improved significantly. The effects of the Emperor's Essence were even better than half a year of his cultivation.

Looking at his space again, it was noticeably larger and more spacious. Even with ten more shelves, it wouldn't feel cramped. "Looks like I can plant the rest of the spiritual plants now," Ye Lan thought to himself.

Ye Lan looked at Xiao Bai beside him. Xiao Bai had fallen asleep at some point and turned back into a kitten. He picked it up and put it on the soft couch in the space so that it could sleep more comfortably.

Elder Xia and Doctor Shen, who were standing nearby, had already woken up and left the courtyard to return to their room.