Exotic beast meat sold on the market today is basically killed in the wild by Beast Hunters.
Counting from the moment an exotic beast is killed by a Beast Hunter, transported from the crisis-ridden wild into the city, and then distributed to various meat shops selling exotic beast meat, at the absolute, absolute fastest speed, it still takes at least six hours.
It is simply impossible for a shop that wants to sell exotic beast meat in a vegetable market to get meat that is fresh within one hour.
Unless...
Unless I go out into the wild and kill an exotic beast myself, it might be possible to get exotic beast meat that is fresh within one hour, Lin Li's thoughts churned in his mind as he muttered to himself.
Gazing at the Miracle Small Tree before him and pondering for a moment, Lin Li already had a decision in his heart.
He bent down, picked up the exotic beast meat on the ground, put it into a bag, and with a flick of his mind, withdrew from the Mysterious Small Island and returned to the real world.
"Splash!"
Just as he returned to the real world from the Mysterious Small Island, Lin Li heard the sound of rushing water coming from next door.
He immediately opened the door of the restroom, then left it, passing two elderly women who had come out for morning exercise at the door.
Seeing Lin Li emerge from the restroom carrying a bag of meat, they immediately looked at Lin Li with puzzled gazes.
"Why did this young man take meat to a place like that?"
Ignoring the whispered discussions coming from behind him, Lin Li quickened his pace to leave the park and headed toward his home.
At ten in the morning, Lin Li came to an Official Institution specializing in testing cultivation levels, preparing to test what level his current cultivation was at and conveniently register his identity as a Cultivator.
More than ten years ago, the government issued a regulation that citizens who became Cultivators should consciously go to Official Institutions to register their identities as Cultivators.
Of course, you could also choose not to register, but if you were investigated later and found to be a Cultivator without having registered your identity as a Cultivator, you would be heavily fined by the government.
The reason for issuing such a regulation was also to facilitate the unified management of Cultivators possessing extraordinary strength, which was crucial for the stability and prosperity of the city. As long as they were normal people, no one would oppose it.
"Hello, I'd like to register my identity as a Cultivator," Lin Li walked into the hall of the Official Institution, came to the front desk, and said to the staff member.
"Alright, please fill out a form," the staff member took out a form and a pen and handed them to Lin Li.
Name, address, phone number, ID number...
After filling in the information, Lin Li handed the form in his hand to the staff member, and then this staff member led Lin Li toward the place where cultivation levels were tested.
There were quite a few people at the place where cultivation levels were tested, and everyone was waiting in line for the test.
The person responsible for helping everyone test was a middle-aged man in his early forties. This person was one meter seventy-five tall, solidly built, and wore a pair of black-rimmed glasses on his face, giving him a refined and scholarly aura.
"Mobilize the Spiritual Energy within your body," the middle-aged man adjusted the frame of his glasses on the bridge of his nose and said to a seventeen-year-old high school student in front of him.
"Okay." This young man who was still in high school should have been coming here to test his cultivation level for the first time. Hearing the middle-aged man's words, he nodded nervously, and then mobilized the Spiritual Energy within his body.
"First-Order Initial Stage. Very good, to have the strength of the First-Order Initial Stage at your age means your cultivation aptitude is quite acceptable... Continue to work hard in the future, and strive to break through to the First-Order High Stage before graduating from university," the middle-aged man encouraged this high school student with a smile.
"Mm, I will work hard at cultivation in the future!" Upon learning that he was already a First-Order Initial Stage Cultivator, this high school student was flushed with excitement.
After that emotionally agitated high school student left, a man in his early thirties came before the middle-aged man, and without the middle-aged man needing to speak, he began to mobilize the Spiritual Energy within his body.
"The intensity of the Spiritual Energy fluctuation on your body still hasn't reached the standard of the First-Order Initial Stage," the middle-aged man shook his head and said.
Upon learning that he had failed to meet the standard, a flash of disappointment crossed the eyes of the man in his early thirties. From the time he awakened his spirituality at the age of fifteen until now, nearly sixteen years had passed, and he still hadn't been able to become a Cultivator.
Lin Li, standing at the end of the line, watched that man in his early thirties leave the testing room with a gloomy expression, a wave of mixed emotions rising in his heart.
If not for his golden finger coming online, he probably would have ended up just like that man... No, perhaps even worse.
With a little more effort, the other party still had a high probability of becoming a Cultivator, whereas his own horrifying cultivation aptitude from before—no matter how hard he tried—would have never held any hope of becoming a Cultivator in this lifetime.
"First-Order Initial Stage."
"First-Order Initial Stage."
"Not up to standard."
"First-Order Initial Stage."
"Not up to standard."
The middle-aged man was very efficient, and after a short while, it was Lin Li's turn.
Having seen the actions of those people ahead in line, when it was Lin Li's turn, naturally he did not need the other person to speak and remind him; he already knew what he should do.
When Lin Li mobilized the Spiritual Energy in his body, a Spiritual Energy fluctuation far more powerful than those of the people before him emanated from his body.
The middle-aged man responsible for the test was holding a cup of water and about to drink! Upon perceiving the Spiritual Energy fluctuation emanating from Lin Li's body, the action of drinking water in his hand instantly paused.
"First-Order High Stage."
When the middle-aged man stated the result of First-Order High Stage with an astonished expression, besides Lin Li himself freezing in place, the other people waiting for the test at the scene froze just the same.
What? This person actually has the cultivation of the First-Order High Stage?!!! After a few seconds of silence, the other people waiting for the test at the scene suddenly let out an exclamation, their faces filled with disbelief.
You must know that the people who came here to test their cultivation either got results of not up to standard or First-Order Initial Stage; a result like First-Order High Stage had never appeared before.
After all, once you knew you had become a First-Order Initial Stage Cultivator, you wouldn't need to come here to test your cultivation again in the future.
Because when First-Order Initial Stage Cultivators advanced their cultivation further in the future, based on the changes in the Spiritual Energy within their own bodies, they would naturally and instinctively know where their cultivation stood.
That little red fruit is truly formidable, actually directly turning me into a First-Order High Stage Cultivator?!!!
At this moment, Lin Li's heart was also entirely filled with disbelief. Before coming for the test, he thought that at most he would just be a First-Order Initial Stage Cultivator, and never expected it to be this kind of result.
At the same time, the ecstatic joy in his heart was about to overflow. The small, unassuming tree had borne a mere single fruit, yet it had allowed his cultivation to make such a massive leap.
If he ate a few dozen or a few hundred of them, wouldn't he quickly become a powerful Cultivator invincible across the world?
Calm down, calm down. What stage is this even? It won't be too late to be happy once I truly become a Cultivator invincible across the world.
Lin Li continuously admonished himself inwardly. Although he had tried his utmost to make himself endure the ecstatic joy in his heart, the corners of his mouth still couldn't help but curl upward, and the delight on his face was plain to see.
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