"You'll know when the time comes," Xiao Ze said with a smile.
"Alright then." Although Ning Rongrong was curious, she knew Xiao Ze could definitely make delicious food.
After all, Xiao Ze's cooking skills were better than those of the chefs specially hired by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School.
A very small part of her affection for Xiao Ze was due to his culinary skills.
Who wouldn't want to eat food that brightens their mood every day?
The time was almost right.
Xiao Ze took out both the red beans and Green Bean.
The red beans had now become red bean paste.
Xiao Ze mixed glutinous rice flour and non-glutinous rice flour, gradually adding water to form a thick yogurt-like batter.
Then, he added the red bean paste and stirred evenly until it became a delicate paste.
At the same time, white granulated sugar was also added, as pastries are generally quite sweet.
However, Xiao Ze and the others were not very fond of sweets, so Xiao Ze usually didn't make them too sweet; overly sweet things were truly cloying.
He brushed oil on the molds, poured in the red bean paste, and tapped them to release air bubbles.
After the water boiled, they were placed in a steamer and steamed over medium heat for 25 minutes, followed by 5 minutes of simmering after turning off the heat.
Green Bean cake was different; after crushing the Green Bean, it needed to be sieved into fine powder for a better, melt-in-your-mouth texture.
Butter was melted in a pot, then Green Bean powder, sugar, and malt sugar were added and stir-fried over low heat until they formed a non-sticky ball.
The mixture was pressed into molds to create patterns and then refrigerated for an hour to set.
Soon, Xiao Ze had finished making the Green Bean cake and red bean cake.
The four women, smelling the sweet pastries on the table, each picked up a piece and began to eat.
Ning Rongrong held a piece of red bean cake, her little finger slightly raised, and first brought it to her nose to sniff: "Mmm~ This red bean cake smells so good. Just by smelling it, you can tell the quality of these red beans is excellent."
As she took a bite, half a red bean filling stained the corner of Ning Rongrong's mouth. Her tongue quickly licked it away, and her eyes instantly narrowed into crescent moons.
"Mmm... so delicious! The sweetness is just right. If it were any sweeter, it would be too much."
Xiao Ze heard this and ruffled her head.
"The five of us have similar tastes, so the sweetness is naturally perfect."
"It's delicious, but there isn't much of it," Ning Rongrong said, looking at the plate of red bean cakes in front of her, which probably only had about twenty pieces.
Xiao Ze couldn't help but laugh: "That's enough. Eating too many sweet things isn't good. Besides, if you want to eat them in the future, just tell me, and I'll definitely make them for you."
"Mm-hmm," Ning Rongrong nodded.
"It's a pity I don't have a Spirit Bone. Otherwise, this bite might have increased my Spirit Bone's lifespan a bit."
On the other side, Zhuqing picked up a corner of Green Bean cake with her fingertips.
Her movements were light, and she took a small bite. The cool, refreshing Green Bean fragrance suddenly spread in the air, and her sister imperceptibly trembled.
She silently continued to eat the Green Bean cake, consuming three pieces.
After she finished eating, she looked up slightly and met Xiao Ze's half-smiling gaze.
Zhuqing's ear tips turned slightly red.
"Zhuqing, how is it? Is it delicious?"
"Mm," Zhuqing nodded, suppressing her shyness.
"Zhuqing, save the shyness for later. How much did your spirit ring's lifespan increase after eating three pieces?" Ning Rongrong asked.
Zhuqing's mouth twitched, but she quickly transferred the special energy within her body to her first spirit ring.
"24 years," Zhuqing said.
"Then eat another piece and see," Ning Rongrong handed her another Green Bean cake.
Zhuqing shook her head: "Actually, when I ate the third Green Bean cake, I no longer felt that special energy. I've already reached my limit."
Xiao Ze nodded: "It seems that being able to increase the lifespan by 24 years a day now is eight times what it was before. That's already very good. In a year, it's almost ten thousand years."
All the girls also nodded.
Indeed, this was already very good. They could easily raise all their spirit rings to ten thousand years in just a few years.
All ten-thousand-year spirit rings, how wonderful that would look.
Everyone finished all the remaining pastries.
Ning Rongrong leaned back in her chair, as if she had thought of a question, and asked, "Xiao Ze, what if our spirit rings turn into thousand-year, or even ten-thousand-year, spirit rings later and their colors change?"
"That's right, and Xiao Ze, isn't your first spirit ring already a thousand-year one? Why is it still yellow?"
Everyone looked at Xiao Ze.
Xiao Ze's expression froze.
At this moment, the God of Agriculture spoke, "This is simple. After a long period of research, I have developed a pill that can hide the specific lifespan of a spirit ring and even change its color."
Xiao Ze was stunned: "God of Agriculture, you can even develop such a pill?"
"Of course. A spirit ring, to put it simply, is a combination of Spirit Beast and Spirit Master energy. As long as you can slightly alter certain aspects of the energy, changing the color is very simple.
One pill can largely guarantee a day's time."
Xiao Ze was almost kneeling before the God of Agriculture.
The God of Agriculture's role was too great. Without the God of Agriculture, Xiao Ze would definitely not have grown to his current level.
"Xiao Ze, what are you thinking?" Ye Lingling asked.
"Oh, nothing. I can refine a pill that can change the energy fluctuations and color of your spirit rings."
"There's such a pill?" Ye Lingling couldn't help but ask.
"Mm, it's just a bit difficult to refine, so I didn't tell you."
Ye Lingling's current alchemy skills, though not as good as Xiao Ze's, were definitely still a third of his strength. Her talent was very strong.
"That's good, otherwise we would definitely be treated as monsters and even be captured for research," Ning Rongrong complained.
"Actually, if we can find the inheritance place of a Divinity, we can also increase the lifespan of our spirit rings," Xiao Ze said.
"God?" Zhuqing whispered.
"Do Gods really exist?" Ning Rongrong became curious.
"They do," Xiao Ze nodded: "Actually, the Angel God that Spirit Hall believes in genuinely exists. Gods, to put it simply, are extremely powerful humans. Of course, it's also possible that some Gods are born, not human.
But most of them are human.
The Angel God is the ancestor of the Qian family."
"Are there other Divinities?" Dugu Yan asked.
"Yes, the number of Divinities is definitely more than one. I also know of another. I saw it in ancient texts: there's a Sea God Island on the sea, where the Sea God is worshipped.
I heard that Spirit Hall even attacked Sea God Island but failed.
So, Sea God Island most likely exists, but its exact location is probably only known by people near the coast or those in Spirit Hall."
Xiao Ze had a general idea, but how vast was the sea? Without a specific direction, it would be easy for things to go wrong.
"Then we must work hard to strive to become Divinities in the future!" Ning Rongrong suddenly stood up.
"Rongrong, are your aspirations that grand?" Xiao Ze said with a smile.
"Of course. Before I met you, I only wanted to evolve my Spirit into the Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, after all, I am the most talented person in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School in a hundred years.
But..."
(End of Chapter)
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