Chapter 21: The Birth of Miracle Commerce (1/2)
The Birth of Miracle Commerce
Meng Ying Ying hinted at Chu Tian to help re-motivate her jiejie.
The result was, that pair of bright eyes which were carrying both hints and hope were completely ignored by someone!
Chu Tian touched his belly, feebly said: “I didn’t eat the entire day, I’m already starving. Come to my shack and I’ll invite you to a meal!”
Meng Qing Wu puffed out her cheeks and glared at Chu Tian. She was itching to pounce forward and bite him.
“What’s with the angry face, you haven’t eaten anything all day either. What are we going to do if you become incapacitated?” Chu Tian said emphatically, completely disregarding the missy’s discontent, “Eating is most important right now, behave and let’s eat!”
So dense!
Erxiaojie was very unsatisfied, but there was nothing she could do.
TN: er-xiaojie is same as da-xiaojie except while “da” means oldest, “er” means second-oldest.
In the evening, the three ladies arrived before Chu Tian’s small shack.
Nangong Yun was stunned on the spot. Not only was the shack old and broken, it didn’t even have a window. It was dark, humid and hot. Making someone live here was simply abuse!
Chu Tian is living in this hellish place?
A super genius receives this kind of treatment?
Nangong Yun felt unjust for Chu Tian!
Chu Tian sure has a good temper!
If it were laoniang, I would have razed the Mengs’ whole place to the ground!
Right after Meng Ying Ying entered the room, she immediately took the role of the hostess, picking up the teapot and beginning to imbue magic into it: “Chu Tian went to grab some ingredients. You two come in and have some tea first.”
There was a glowing array underneath the teapot. The water inside the teapot began to heat up and a rumbling sound could be heard after a few seconds. The water poured out was all hot water.
Nangong Yun’s eyes flashed a curious look: “Interesting, how come the teapot heats up by itself?”
Meng Ying Ying winked: “There’s a heating array that Chu Tian left on it!”
Nangong Yun slapped her leg excitedly: “Miraculous! Really miraculous! Laoniang has lived for so long, yet still didn’t know that arrays could be used to brew tea!”
Meng Qing Wu’s pair of clear and shining eyes also flashed slightly.
“This place is so hot and humid, why don’t we find another place?” The heat made Nangong Yun begin to sweat, turning her thin dress wet. Her milk white skin was partly visible and partly hidden, making her more alluring and her hot temper less apparent.
At this time.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
A refreshing breeze blew from the two sides of the room.
Nangong Yun was startled and felt that something was off: “Wind? From where! There must be a ghost!”
Meng Ying Ying giggled and patted the wall: “Mystical right? This is an array Chu Tian left on the wall. Even though it does not have much use, it can move the air around, creating a breeze.”
“Good stuff! Definitely good stuff! I’ll make that Chu Tian kid help me install a few in my house!” Nangong Yun’s eyes lit up, said to Meng Qing Wu: “Qing Wu jiejie, what do you think?”
Meng Qing Wu’s eye brows knitted up, as if thinking of something deep. She became lost in her thought.
Who would have known, Meng Ying Ying mysteriously said: “This isn’t much, I’ll show you something even better.”
Nangong Yun was an extremely curious person, immediately clapping her hands: “Really? Hurry! I want to see! Quickly show me!”
Pa!
The shack lit up!
The dark room became bright.
The two of them got a big scare. When they looked up, the two beautiful faces completely froze, as if they were looking at something unimaginable. Their mouth opened so wide that you could easily put an apple inside.
Nangong Yun became muddleheaded: “This this…this is godly! The little glass cases can glow!”
“Confused right!” Meng Ying Ying finally had the chance to show off for once, and sat down, very pleased with herself: “Let me explain, this is called the electric lightbulb!”
Nangong Yun scratched her head: “Electric lightbulb? What a weird name! I never heard of it!”
Meng Qing Wu’s voice trembled: “This isn’t also something Chu Tian invented right?”
“Of course it is Chu Tian’s invention. Several different arrays interact with each other when powered. The result of all that is light.” One was the respected and feared senior sister-apprentice, the other was her beloved jiejie. When Meng Ying Ying saw their amazed and admiring expressions, she was very satisfied. Everything was clearly invented by Chu Tian, but somehow, she felt very dignified, as if it was her that had invented everything!
Radical genius!
An extremely rare radical genius!
How could normal people invent such things?
Chu Tian came in, bringing with him a large pile of ingredients. Fiery pork, eight horn alligator meat, hundred year lotus root, red cloud pepper, tri yang fruit, white ginseng…… Of the large amount of ingredients Chu Tian had brought in, half of them were beast meat, and the other half were expensive herbs.
Meng Ying Ying immediately jumped up, puffing her cheeks she said: “Where is my favorite beef steak? What is all these messy things!”
“Steak? That’s low class!” Chu Tian picked up a pan that had a magic array inscribed: “Just watch, I will personally stir-fry a few dishes for you. You girls are in luck today.”
How?
These can also be stir-fried!
Meng Ying Ying and Nangong Yun were both shocked silly.
Chu Tian heated up the oil in the pan along with the oil collected from the body of a magical beast. After a short while, the oil released a rich, strong fragrance. Following after the oil was prepared, the pork was sliced and added in. The magic array was able to break down the coagulated energy in the beast meat with such a speed that even the naked eye could see the fresh meat becoming cooked in real time. Then red cloud pepper and other materials were added in.
A plate emitting the seductive scent of spicy pork was finished!
Around twenty or so minutes passed…… Stir-fried chili pork, lightly fried lotus root slices, alligator meat braised in soy sauce, all these colorful dishes were ready to be served.
Even though there was nothing strange about the name of the dishes, the ingredients used were either beast meat or expensive herbs. There was no one in the world that can cook with this combination of ingredients.
Chu Tian picked up a large amount of herbs and a silver-scaled fish: “I will make some fish soup, you girls eat first.”
“Don’t mind if we do!”
“Let me try first!”
Meng Ying Ying orderly picked up her chopsticks, selected a few pieces of fiery pork, and put them in her mouth. Both her cheeks puffed up, looking absolutely adorable.
She chewed a few times and paused for a few seconds. She then continued to chew faster and faster. Her eyes shone brightly, her face flushed, she danced in joy: “So aromatic, so tender, so spicy! So delicious!”
Isn’t this too exaggerated!
“This really is fantastic!”
“Jiejies, quickly try it!”
Meng Qing Wu skeptically tasted a piece of black lotus root. This was a very expensive herb used for making healing cream and potions. But after it had been stir-fried with strips of meat, it became very savory. The faint aroma was intoxicating, making her want to swallow even her own tongue.
Unbelievable!