Douluo Continent: Becoming the God of Nature Starting from Farming

“That’s right. With the improved quality, their maturation cycle is also much faster. That’s why I invited you over to have a taste test,” Xiao Ze said with a smile.

"I wonder how much the mung beans will increase our soul ring age this time," Dugu Yan said with some anticipation.

"Yes, it would be great if I could upgrade my first two spirit rings to a thousand years." Ye Lingling nodded.

Ye Lingling's Nine Heart Begonia only has one healing soul skill, but as long as the overall soul ring age is high enough, the overall healing ability will be stronger, and it can even regenerate severed limbs.

Therefore, the age of her spirit rings is still very important to her.

Overall, among the four women, Ning Rongrong has the lowest requirement for the age of her spirit rings.

Ning Rongrong's increase is a fixed percentage increase, which remains the same regardless of how the age of her spirit ring changes.

However, increasing the age of the Soul Ring can reduce Ning Rongrong's amplification consumption.

This is still very important to Ning Rongrong.

The Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda is powerful, but it also requires the support of soul power.

Her soul skill consumes an exaggerated amount of energy.

Ning Rongrong is currently learning the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile School's Distraction Control technique. With Distraction Control combined with a high-level Soul Ring, Ning Rongrong can last even longer.

That's great for the whole team.

"Today I'm making red bean cake and mung bean cake for you."

It would be difficult for most people to eat just beans.

Although it's effective, taking it once or twice is enough. If you take it every day, who can stand it?

"Okay!" the women nodded.

Xiao Ze's cooking skills are getting better and better. When he has free time, he will make some pastries for everyone, and they all love to eat them.

Although the methods for making mung bean cake and red bean cake are somewhat different, they can both be made together.

The first step is to soak red beans for 4 hours in advance, while mung beans need to be soaked for 3 hours.

Xiao Ze had already completed this step long ago.

The second step is to cook the red beans in water until they are soft and mushy, about 20 minutes if using a pressure cooker. Drain them and mash them into red bean paste while they are still hot.

The mung beans need to be drained and steamed for 40 minutes until they can be easily crushed with a pinch.

"Making pastries is really troublesome." Ning Rongrong followed Xiao Ze into the kitchen, looking around.

"So you can go back and sit down. I'm here." Xiao Ze said, both amused and exasperated, as he took her hand and stroked it.

"I just wanted to come and see, maybe I can make it someday."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ze thought of the two culinary disasters Ning Rongrong had made, swallowed hard, and thought, "They were terrifying. I absolutely can't let her into the kitchen again."

Ning Rongrong frowned slightly. "Are you thinking about something bad?"

"No, I'd love for you to come to the kitchen."

As soon as he said those words, Xiao Ze regretted it.

What if... what if she actually took it seriously?

Then your stomach will suffer.

Seeing Xiao Ze breaking out in a cold sweat, Ning Rongrong chuckled sweetly.

"Okay, don't be afraid, I won't go into the kitchen again."

Hearing this, Xiao Ze breathed a sigh of relief. It's good to have self-awareness.

"Later I can teach you some simple things. For example, your birthday is in a few months, right? I can make you a cake."

"Cake? What's that?" Ning Rongrong asked suspiciously.

The food in Douluo Continent is very simple, and compared to the Chinese food and Western pastries of my previous life, it is really pitifully scarce.

If he has the chance in the future, Xiao Ze wants to leave behind a cookbook.

This can be considered a small contribution to the Douluo Continent.

These poor people who have never eaten anything good.

Chapter 108 24 years

"You'll find out when the time comes," Xiao Ze said with a smile.

"Alright then." Although Ning Rongrong was curious, she knew that Xiao Ze was definitely capable of making 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.

She liked Xiao Ze, partly because of his cooking skills.

Who wouldn't want to eat food that makes them happy every day?

The time is about right.

Xiao Ze took out both red beans and mung beans.

Today, red beans have become red bean paste.

Xiao Ze mixed glutinous rice flour and rice flour, and added water in batches to make a thick yogurt-like batter.

Then add red bean paste and stir well until it becomes a smooth paste.

At the same time, white sugar was added, so the pastries were generally quite sweet.

However, Xiao Ze and the others weren't particularly fond of sweets, so Xiao Ze usually didn't make them very sweet; anything too sweet would be cloying.

Grease the mold, pour in the red bean paste, and tap it to release any air bubbles.

Once the water boils, place the food in a steamer and steam over medium heat for 25 minutes. Finally, turn off the heat and let it sit for 5 minutes.

Mung bean cake is different. After the mung beans are crushed, they need to be sifted into fine powder. This makes it taste better and melts in your mouth.

Melt butter in a pot, add mung bean flour, sugar, and maltose, and stir-fry over low heat until it forms a dough that is no longer sticky.

Press out the pattern using a mold and refrigerate for an hour to set.

Soon, Xiao Ze finished making the mung bean cake and red bean cake.

Ning Rongrong and the other three, smelling the sweet pastries on the table, all picked up a piece and started eating.

Ning Rongrong held a piece of red bean cake, her little finger slightly raised, and first brought it close to her nose to smell it: "Mmm~ This red bean cake smells really good. You can tell from the smell that the red beans are of very high quality."

As she took a bite, half a red bean paste clung to Ning Rongrong's lips. She quickly licked it off with her tongue, and her eyes instantly narrowed into crescent moons.

"Mmm...it's delicious, the sweetness level is just right. Any more and it would be too sweet."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ze patted her head.

"The five of us all have similar tastes, so the sweetness level is just right."

"It's delicious, but there aren't many." Ning Rongrong looked at the plate of red bean cakes in front of her, which numbered about twenty.

Xiao Ze was both amused and exasperated: "That's enough. Eating too much sweet stuff isn't good. Besides, if you want to eat it in the future, just tell me, and I'll definitely make it for you."

"Mmm." Ning Rongrong nodded.

"It's a pity I don't have a soul bone, otherwise this bite might have increased the lifespan of my soul bone."

On the other side, Zhu Zhuqing picked up a corner of the mung bean cake with her fingertips.

With light, quick movements, she took a small bite, and the cool aroma of mung beans suddenly filled the air, causing her sisters to tremble almost imperceptibly.

She silently started eating mung bean cakes again, three pieces in a row.

After she finished eating, she looked up slightly and met Xiao Ze's ambiguous smile.

Zhu Zhuqing's ear tips were slightly red.

"Zhuqing, how is it? Is it delicious?"

"Mmm." Zhu Zhuqing nodded, suppressing her shyness.

"Zhuqing, stop being shy later. How much of your soul ring's age did you increase by eating those three pieces?" Ning Rongrong asked.

Zhu Zhuqing's lips twitched, but she still quickly transferred the special energy in her body to her first soul ring.

“24 years,” Zhu Zhuqing said.

"Then try another piece." Ning Rongrong handed over another mung bean cake.

Zhu Zhuqing shook her head: "Actually, when I ate the third piece of mung bean cake, I no longer felt that special energy. I had reached my limit."

Xiao Ze nodded: "It seems that being able to increase the lifespan by 24 years a day is already quite good, which is eight times that of before. In a year, it will be almost 10,000 years."

The women all nodded in agreement.

That's right, that's already pretty good. They can easily upgrade all their spirit rings to ten thousand years in just a few years.

They're all ten-thousand-year-old spirit rings! They look amazing.

Everyone finished the remaining pastries.

Ning Rongrong leaned back in her chair, as if she had thought of a problem, and asked, "Xiao Ze, what if the color of our spirit rings changes when we upgrade them to a thousand or even ten thousand years?"

"That's right, and Xiao Ze, your first spirit ring has been around for a thousand years, so why is it still yellow?"

Everyone looked at Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze's expression froze.

At this moment, the God of Agriculture spoke up, "That's simple. After a long period of research, I have developed a pill that can hide the specific age of a soul ring and even change its color."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Ze was taken aback: "God of Agriculture, you can even research this kind of pill?"

"Of course, a spirit ring is essentially a combination of the energy of a spirit beast and a spirit master. As long as you can slightly change some aspects of the energy, changing its color is quite simple."

One pill will most likely last for a day.

Xiao Ze was practically kneeling before the God of Agriculture.

The role of the God of Agriculture is immense; without it, Xiao Ze would never have reached his current level.

"Xiao Ze, what are you thinking about?" Ye Lingling asked.

"Oh, it's alright. I can refine a pill that can change the energy fluctuations and color of your soul rings."