He brought Li Xiaoyi around for a while. By the time Zhou Ping returned home, it was already dinner time. He hurriedly found a few bottles of high-quality medicine, gave the address, and asked someone to remember to give it to Xiong Xingyu. Then, Zhou Ping led Li Xiaoyi to the dining room.
The Zhou family usually gathered together for a meal. If they didn't want to come, someone would send them to their residence. However, today's banquet was also meant to welcome Zhou Guorong and Zhou Ping, so everyone was present. Other than his sister, who hadn't completed the transfer procedures, everyone else had arrived.
Zhou Ping walked into the dining room and looked around. Old Master Zhou sat on the main seat, with the four Zhou brothers on either side. Zhou Guorong was the eldest among the four brothers of the Zhou family. The other three were Zhou Guosheng, Zhou Guo 'an, and Zhou Guoning. After that was the third generation of the Zhou family.
Zhou Ping was the eldest grandson of the Zhou family and the first person in the third generation. His seat was next to his fourth uncle, Zhou Guoning. As for Li Xiaoyi? Sitting on the other side of the room
After greeting the elders and meeting his cousins, Zhou Ping sat down.
On the table, there were all kinds of dishes. Fish roe and meat looked like ordinary home-cooked dishes, but in fact, these home-cooked dishes took a lot of effort from the selection of ingredients to the preparation. The ingredients of every dish on the table were not ordinary.
Take the roe for example. It was used by a newly discovered deep-sea fish fish called slippery fish. The meat of this kind of fish was very delicious, but the true essence was the roe. However, the roe of the fish could not be used just like that. The roe of the slippery fish was highly toxic. It could only be eaten after being processed by a master chef who was proficient in the processing of ingredients with a secret recipe.
The processed roe was crystal clear. Not only did it taste good, but it could also replenish one's qi and blood and make one's internal strength more condensed. Each roe was worth more than ten times the volume of gold. Moreover, without a certain status, they couldn't even buy it.
How much was this plate of roe worth? To put it this way, the monthly income of a chef who could process such ingredients was enough to make the rich in ordinary places envious. A year's income could even bankrupt a first-tier tycoon in a county-level city. Only a top-notch family like the Zhou family could afford to raise a chef of this level.
Li Xiaoyi was secretly speechless. She could only recognize less than one-tenth of the ingredients here. All of these ingredients were ingredients that could only be found in books and were beyond reach. This table of dishes was worth more than her entire family combined.
The ingredients alone were scary enough, but to a chef who could process these ingredients and maximize their effects, the ingredients were nothing. Most of these ingredients had to be specially processed before they could be eaten. Without professional talents, even if the ingredients were given to you, you wouldn't be able to eat them.
These ingredients were already considered heavenly treasures, not to mention cultivating chefs who could cook these dishes. The investment was even more terrifying.
This was the foundation of a top-notch wealthy family. Why was it that as long as the aptitude of the children of wealthy families was not so bad that it was infuriating, their martial cultivation would far exceed others? It was built on the accumulation of these natural treasures.
Li Xiaoyi's hands trembled when she picked up the food. She was afraid that she would lose a piece of food. She couldn't afford to lose it even if she sold herself.
To Li Xiaoyi, it was almost like a legendary ingredient, but to the Zhou family, it was just so-so. When the Zhou family was eating, they followed the rules of not talking while eating and not speaking while sleeping. It was even more impossible for them to smack their lips. The entire dining table seemed very quiet. In addition to Old Master Zhou's military background, he ate very quickly. Therefore, in just ten minutes, the entire banquet was over.
After the meal, everyone did not leave.
"Ah Ping, where did you go this afternoon? Did you have fun?" Old Master Zhou wiped his mouth and asked Zhou Ping.
"Not bad. I had lunch with Grandpa Xu and went to Qingyang High School with Xu Xiaoxuan to attend a martial arts gathering.”Zhou Ping said.
"Oh? To Qingyang High School? How did it feel? You'll have to stay there for a few years in the future.”Old Master Zhou asked with a smile.
"It's alright. It's just that the cultivation of the people inside is a little weak.”
The second and third grade students were indeed weak.
"With Ah Ping's current cultivation, ordinary students are no match for you. However, don't underestimate Qingyang High School.”Old Master Zhou nodded.
"Qingyang High School has been established for so long and has even obtained the title of number one in the country. It's not that simple. The martial cultivation of the few old farts inside could be described as unfathomable.”
"Oh?" Zhou Ping's eyes lit up.
"Qingyang High School has such an expert? However, I've also come into contact with Principal Jiang Yiming, and I feel that he's only so-so.”
"Jiang Yiming is only the principal. He's in charge of the school's various operations. True experts were all obsessed with martial arts. How could they participate in those mundane matters? Don't underestimate the heroes of the world." Old Master Zhou looked at Zhou Ping in amusement.
"Not to mention those old bastards, there are also crouching tigers and hidden dragons among the students.”
"There are crouching tigers and hidden dragons among the students?”Zhou Ping was stunned.
"I've fought with Wu Jingxian, who's ranked third on Qingyang High's Martial Arts Ranking. She's not my match. Could it be that there were still experts in Qingyang High School who were not on the Martial Arts Ranking?”
"I don't know if there are any experts on the Martial Arts Rankings, but the top two on the Martial Arts Rankings are both martial arts seeds.”
Old Master Zhou stroked his beard.
"These martial arts seeds are the focus of the country. If I remember correctly, Wu Jingxian is a genius in the Kendo Department.”
"Don't underestimate her. Although she was defeated by you, that was only because she had not learned the purple cultivation method yet. Once she learned the purple martial arts cultivation method, her strength would immediately advance by leaps and bounds.”
"Purple cultivation technique?" Zhou Ping was stunned.
"Isn't the purple cultivation technique something that only top-notch martial arts aristocratic families have? Wu Jingxian was also a disciple of a top martial arts aristocratic family?”
"Hehe, although the Wu clan is not among the top clans now, it was once a top clan. Naturally, it will have a purple cultivation method inheritance.”Old Master Zhou said with a smile.
"Then why didn't she learn?" Zhou Ping asked curiously.
"Do you think the purple cultivation technique is that easy to learn?”Old Master Zhou glared at Zhou Ping.
"The purple cultivation technique is powerful, but the conditions to learn it are also very harsh. Some purple cultivation techniques had special requirements. For example, the Connate Cultivation Technique required one to be born with Connate Qi, be proficient in Daoist scriptures, and have an unyielding heart before they could learn it. Therefore, those who cultivated the Xiantian Technique often thought highly of themselves and claimed that they were not weaker than others in their entire lives. Moreover, this was only the prerequisite for learning. If one's aptitude was insufficient, or if one lost their unyielding heart after learning, the progress of cultivation would become very slow, or even regress. Not only did Xiantian Kung Fu have similar requirements like Dao Xin Zhi Mo Da Fa, but they also had similar requirements.”
"Do you have any other requests?”Zhou Ping asked seriously.
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