After transmigrating, I cultivated immortality by smelling the scent.

Chapter 14 The Decline of Qiankun Fried Rice

After Ye Xiaobai and Senior Sister Li finished discussing it, they waited for her to notify them.

Ye Xiaobai continued frying rice. At this moment, a diner eating Qiankun Fried Rice next to him said, "Qiankun Fried Rice is pretty good. It would be perfect if there was a bowl of soup on it!"

What was said casually was taken to heart by Ye Xiaobai, who also considered improving the products at his stall, adding soup would make it quite good.

"There will be soup tomorrow!" Ye Xiaobai said confidently. Although he hadn't prepared anything, he believed he could solve the soup problem in an afternoon.

"Really?" the diner asked in surprise.

"Absolutely true! Remember to come early tomorrow!"

"Ok!"

Before she knew it, all the ingredients for today had been sold out, making it another fruitful day. Ye Xiaobai then began to pack up and prepare for tomorrow.

Considering making some soup is not only to satisfy customers' suggestions, but also to think about how to improve the competitiveness of his stall, since several similar fried rice stalls have appeared in the market in the past two days.

Although their taste isn't as good as Ye Xiaobai's right now, Ye Xiaobai is already feeling considerable pressure. Adding soup alone isn't enough; Ye Xiaobai also plans to add other snacks, such as grilled sausages, but he might not have enough manpower, or he might need a shop of his own.

Considering this, Ye Xiaobai felt that cooperating with Xiaoyao Restaurant was a good idea.

Currently, Ye Xiaobai's first priority is to solve the problem of making soup, and the simplest soup that comes to mind is seaweed and egg soup. Ye Xiaobai was quite familiar with this before his transmigration, and the method is simple and can be completed quickly.

After preparing the ingredients, Ye Xiaobai went back to study them.

Sure enough, this time it was much simpler. With a little effort, a delicious seaweed and egg soup was ready.

The key is to control the loss of spiritual energy from ingredients such as eggs and seaweed. If you grasp this point well, the spiritual energy of a bowl of seaweed and egg soup is almost half the effect of a Qi Refining Powder.

After several hours of further study, combined with the experience from his previous life, he mastered the art of making seaweed and egg soup, which is rich in spiritual energy and has a delicious flavor.

Food cooked the day before will lose much of its spiritual energy and taste significantly worse the next day. While one could buy magical artifacts to preserve it, they are too expensive and unnecessary for Ye Xiaobai at this stage.

The original plan was to offer 2 bowls for 1 spirit stone, but after thinking about it, I decided to offer it for free. One bowl per person would be more attractive, and with more people, we could earn more spirit stones.

After completing his research on seaweed and egg soup, Ye Xiaobai needed to get up early the next day to cook the soup. After taking a few Qi-refining pills and cultivating, he went to bed early.

The next day.

Ye Xiaobai got up half an hour earlier than usual, after all, she needed to cook a good seaweed and egg soup in the morning, and then she set off.

Soon she arrived at her stall, and after tidying everything up, Ye Xiaobai quickly began another day of her stall-running life.

"Good morning, Senior Brother Sun! Congratulations on reaching the fifth level of Qi Refining!"

"Junior Brother Ye, thanks to your Qiankun Fried Rice, after eating it for a few days, my cultivation level easily broke through to the fifth level of Qi Refining. Hey, why is there an extra big pot today?"

Sun Tieshi was also an outer disciple of the White Tiger Sect, and he often had breakfast at Ye Xiaobai's place in the morning.

"Senior brother, you flatter me! Some of you mentioned wanting some soup, so I spent the whole night researching how to make it."

"Hey, you have a new dish? I'll have a bowl!" Sun Tieshi said excitedly.

"Okay, Senior Brother Sun."

After saying that, Ye Xiaobai ladled a bowl of seaweed and egg soup for Sun Tieshi.

Sun Tieshi took a sip from the bowl.

"My goodness! Junior Brother Ye, you are truly gifted! This ordinary egg drop soup is brimming with spiritual energy just by adding a little seaweed, it's almost as effective as a regular elixir!"

"Senior Brother Sun, that's a bit of an exaggeration!"

Before Ye Xiaobai could finish speaking, Sun Tieshi quickly finished a bowl of seaweed and egg soup.

"Another bowl, please!" Sun Tieshi immediately shouted.

"Senior Brother Sun, there's only one pot of soup, not much, just one bowl per person, and it's free of spirit stones!" Ye Xiaobai said awkwardly.

Sun Tieshi was a little annoyed and could only consider coming back for a drink tomorrow.

"Senior Brother Sun, here's another bowl for you, since you're first in line today!"

"Thank you so much, Junior Brother Ye. I consider you my brother. You can come to me anytime if you have any trouble!" Sun Tieshi said excitedly.

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Unexpectedly, there were fewer people in line today than in the previous days. Ye Xiaobai was already mentally prepared for this. It seems that the fried rice from other stalls has affected Ye Xiaobai's Qiankun Fried Rice.

However, thanks to Sun Tieshi's publicity, the number of people queuing up increased considerably.

Those who tried the seaweed and egg soup gave it rave reviews, but the good news didn't last long, as other stalls started offering similar soups the next day.

Although the results were not as good as Ye Xiaobai's, other people's cooking skills gradually improved. After half a month, there were hardly any people queuing at Ye Xiaobai's stall. Half of the ingredients prepared the day before were not sold, causing Ye Xiaobai to suffer heavy losses.

Fortunately, he had made a lot of money recently, and there was also good news that Ye Xiaobai had entered the third level of Qi Refining with the help of Qi Refining Powder.

At the end of the month, thanks to Sun Tieshi noticing that Ye Xiaobai had been quite busy, he casually asked about the sect's mission, and Ye Xiaobai realized that he had been so busy that he had forgotten about the sect's mission.

At the beginning of the month, Ye Xiaobai completed one task. The sect stipulates that outer disciples must complete at least two sect tasks each month, and Ye Xiaobai still chose to find 10 spiritual herbs.

Ye Xiaobai returned to White Mist Mountain and, with the help of Senior Jing Qianli, easily completed the sect's mission. Although he encountered spirit foxes again along the way, times had changed. Ye Xiaobai's fireball technique was now highly proficient, allowing him to easily kill several spirit foxes.

That day, Qiankun Fried Rice was selling worse and worse, with only a few regular customers left.

Ye Xiaobai was already researching new products and had originally planned to collaborate with Senior Sister Li, but Senior Sister Li hadn't contacted him since that day. Looking at the current situation, Ye Xiaobai was considering whether he should find a shop on his own.

As Ye Xiaobai gazed into the distance, pondering his next move, a familiar fragrance of apricot blossoms wafted over.

As soon as I turned around, I saw Senior Sister Li, whose cultivation had reached the fifth level of Qi Refining.

"Junior Brother Ye, the Elder finally has time, tonight. Are you sure you're okay with that?" Senior Sister Li said excitedly.

"No problem, Senior Sister Li."

"Congratulations, Senior Sister Li, on breaking through to the fifth level of weapon refining!"

"Thank you! Junior Brother Ye has also broken through to the third level of weapon refining, that's pretty fast!"

After chatting with Ye Xiaobai for a few minutes, Senior Sister Li left.

After finishing his stall, Ye Xiaobai first bought some ingredients, and then he bought some pills.

As his cultivation level improved, the original Qi Refining Powder became ineffective. He asked the shopkeeper of Baicaotang and learned that he had bought a low-grade Qi Refining Powder before, which would definitely be less effective after his cultivation level improved. He needed to buy a higher-grade pill, such as a mid-grade or high-grade Qi Refining Powder.

Of course, I've heard there are also top-grade Qi Refining Powders, but Baicaotang doesn't carry that grade. What pains Ye Xiaobai even more is that the price of mid-grade Qi Refining Powders is even higher, costing 50 spirit stones per bottle, while low-grade ones only cost 10 spirit stones.

Ye Xiaobai has been earning fewer and fewer spirit stones lately, and it's almost not enough to buy pills. Ye Xiaobai feels that tonight might determine his earning situation for a long time to come.