The mammoth beef.
It was one of the most expensive beef in the world. The selling price could be as high as several million per kilogram. Besides, there was no market at all. If you didn't have relationships, you couldn't buy them even if you had enough money.
It was said that the mammoth bulls were the production of variation during the chaotic period before the new era. They were somehow like the legendary mammoths. They could be as long as eight meters, as high as four meters, and as weighty as several tons.
Even the most high-blooded and most violent bullfights in Spain before the new era would be babies in front of the mammoth bulls.
The mammoth bulls were grumpier than the rough bullfights. They were extremely bloodthirsty and aggressive, which made them quite muscular.
Besides, they were endowed with the ability to recognize different herbage. They could find all kinds of inspired herbs all over the world, which provided them with a precious body of high value.
They were especially good for the cultivators before the Awakening Stage.
Li Ping'an saw some swanky rich second generations cook the mammoth beef online before. He didn't expect that Ms. Hong would...
Suddenly, Li Ping'an's eyes were welling, and he hurried to rub his eyes hard.
For the first time, Li Ping'an had the feeling of home.
Ms. Hong hummed a cheerful tune in the kitchen. Her graceful figure was full of joy.
Li Ping'an gathered his wits together and hurried to Ms. Hong's bathroom.
"As a girl, Ms. Hong's background may not be any better than mine. God knows what she had experienced!"
"I, Li Ping'an, have nothing but a cheap life though. I know the truth of being grateful."
"Ms. Hong, I don't know your past, and I don't want to know it. But if anyone dares to hurt you, I will make him pay back!"
After locking the door, Li Ping'an closed his eyes and let the warm water wash over his body. After quite a while, he slowly returned to the present moment.
However, he found his mind had been stolen by the mammoth beef cooked by Ms. Hong. He was starving.
He was thinking all the time just now. While he recovered, the hunger after huge consumption suddenly swallowed Li Ping'an.
Li Ping'an soon shifted his thoughts and didn't think about it. He took a bath soon, but he suddenly saw there was a lot of Ms. Hong's underwear hanging on the nearby hangers. Many of them were not washed yet, and the style was quite...
"Oh my!"
In the kitchen, Ms. Hong seemed to have remembered something. Her pretty face blushed suddenly, clapping her small hand to her bosom in a hurry.
"Gosh, Will Ping'an, the silly boy, take me as that kind of woman?"
"Lin Junlan, how can you be so lazy! You deserve it! Dear me! How should I explain such sort of thing to the silly boy?"
Ms. Hong suddenly fell into a state of chaos.
However, Li Ping'an gradually calmed down.
As the saying went, "See no evil".
Although the instinct of his body made him a little helpless, the instinctive impulse gradually replaced by reason when he thought of Ms. Hong's kindness.
She was the person that he would respect like his sister. How could he...
He soon focused his mind on something else.
"What happened on earth during the chaotic period before the new era?"
"Although a lot of people take the invention of the Nutrition Drop and the Energy Drop as the dividing line of the new era, there are too many secrets not known by normal people. Those secrets were like the pebbles hiding in the depth of the sea."
"Each country is being secretive on this topic. Those huge financial groups who made their fortune during the chaotic periods even don't say any word about it."
"What did they find during the great changes? What secrets are they keeping?"
"D*mn! These hateful guys!"
Li Ping'an couldn't help spitting.
Li Ping'an had read a lot of history books. So he had a better understanding of history than his peers.
To some extent, Li Ping'an understood those people and their snobbish approach.
Like the fete, astronomy, history, and anecdotes, which were all blocked by the rulers at the beginning, they would not release it unless they had to.
This was also why Li Ping'an hurried to get stronger and investigate the causes of his parents' death.
Because he had a keen intuition that his parents' death was not simple.
There were no explanations at all after his parents' death. As if they had been dead in a secret mission, but the pension was little.
Unfortunately, he was a cipher now. He was no better than an ant in the eyes of those powerful men. How could he be able to investigate this shaking secret?
"Uh! Since there are the mammoth bulls, will there be the mammoth pigs, mammoth tigers or some other fiercer creatures?"
"After all, variation will not be possible only on one person or one animal."
Li Ping'an was shocked!
He thought he had opened a new window in his inherent thinking.
Immediately, he thought his new idea was rather reasonable.
"The chaotic period before the new era may be more complicated than I have thought. This assumption is only my tentative hypothesis. It possibly will be true."
"Ping'an, the meal is ready. Have you finished your bath? You can't do anything nasty in my bathroom."
At this time, Ms. Hong's coy voice came from outside the door.
Li Ping'an was stunned. Then he found he was distracted, and he had stayed in the bathroom so long. He hurried to reply to Ms. Hong and got out soon.
After the bath, he wore a new blue alloy fiber sportswear which was Ms. Hong bought him. Li Ping'an felt so comfortable and easy all over.
"What a handsome boy!"
"There must be a lot of girls who like you in the school!"
Looking at Li Ping'an who was standing in front of her, Ms. Hong was surprised and said sincerely.
Li Ping'an was pretty enough. He was a little swarthy, but it added him more male glamour. He was not any worse or even more attractive than those rich childes in the new blue alloy fiber sportswear.
Besides, Ms. Hong always had a feeling that Li Ping'an at this moment was different from before. It seemed that he had some sort of holy disposition.
However, she couldn't tell exactly what the changes were in detail.
Li Ping'an giggled and stared at Ms. Hong, "Thanks, my sister."
Ms. Hong's pretty face blushed. Of course, she felt Li Ping'an's empressement. She somehow dared not to look at Li Ping'an's eyes and said with a smile, "You silly boy, you don't have to say such words to me. Come and have a meal first. You had a long day today. You must be hungry."
Ms. Hong was a good cook.
She cooked more than ten dishes, including a large bowl of the mammoth beef. Although the dishes were not so exquisite as the ones in a restaurant, they were quite delicious and good-looking. Especially the homely taste attracted Li Ping'an very much.
They two were quite familiar with each other already. Ms. Hong joked with Li Ping'an and put food on his plate at the same time. Li Ping'an felt at ease soon and enjoyed the food.
Soon, all the dishes cooked by Ms. Hong were almost all eaten by Li Ping'an.
Especially the delicious mammoth beef lured Li Ping'an a lot.
Looking at this, Ms. Hong smiled, and her pretty eyes were curved like two crescent moons.
After the meal, Ms. Hong showed her super tea skills and made them tea. Li Ping'an felt sensuous and thought of something suddenly and he said, "Sister, can I ask you something? But please don't be mad with me, ok?"
"Oh?"
Ms. Hong's pretty face blushed, looking at Li Ping'an vigilantly, "You nasty boy, are you getting some wrong ideas about me?"
"..."
Li Ping'an felt speechless and explained soon, "No, sister. I dare not. I have some questions about the Nutrition Drop to ask you."
"The Nutrition Drop?"
Ms. Hong was taken aback, smiling, "How is that confused you? Never mind, you are silly after all. I am your sister, and I will help you. So just tell me."
However, she felt a little disappointed.
Li Ping'an smiled, and he didn't hesitate. He asked directly about the production of the Nutrition Drop. Or the origin of it.
Ms. Hong understood Li Ping'an's intention. Her pretty face became a little solemn. After a short while, she laughed out, "You are such a deep card! Well, I will only tell you about such sort of things. I will not tell the second person!"
With that, Ms. Hong explained to Li Ping'an in detail and systematically.
During the chaotic period before the new era, there was a series of weird aberrances, or variations as we called it.
A lot of powerhouses reached a consensus which could be interpreted as the Dharma ending age. New creatures emerged on the earth, and everything started a new evolvement.
The Nutrition Drop, including the Energy Drop, was the extraction of human beings' numerous practices from a lot of herb spirits and mineral spirits.
High-level herb spirits or mineral spirits would produce high-level extractions, which means better effects.
For instance, the five-star Nutrition Drop was the extraction of the spirit of a high-level herb named "Diling Herb".
However, it was not easy to obtain such kind of precious materials.
Nowadays, human beings' control of the wilderness was much less than in the peaceful ages before the new era.
There were a lot of evolved wild animals, which were stronger than human beings.
What was more, some primates or powerful beasts were more intelligent than a human.
This was why most people were lived in the urban area, and the planting area which provided people food was near the city. Rural areas did not exist anymore.
In the end, Ms. Hong warned Li Ping'an, "Ping'an, I know you are audacious, but I warn you that you can't do anything silly. You can't explore in that wilderness. If anything happens in there, no one can save you!"
"If you dare to do anything out of line, I will tear off your ears!"