Still Two More Foods, Excellent

Liu Bing placed Luo Li on the sofa, then walked to the refrigerator. He glanced inside and saw there was truly nothing. However, he understood when he remembered she had become a Ghoul and couldn't eat normal food.

Luo Li had regained her sanity, and the hunger pangs had subsided. Although she didn't know how Liu Bing had managed it, she was relieved she hadn't eaten anyone.

Before, she had been driven to desperation by that terrifying hunger and had no choice but to find a target to eat.

She saw Liu Bing's actions and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Mhm, I'm seeing if you have anything to eat. I haven't had dinner yet," Liu Bing said casually.

Liu Bing had originally thought they could go out for a meal, but since Luo Li was a Ghoul, she would definitely avoid the topic of eating. So, the two of them had only drunk coffee and watched movies.

"I've become a Ghoul, what do you think I would prepare?" Luo Li's expression soured slightly. She was disgusted by her abilities again. Why did she have to get such a disgusting ability?

She used to be a foodie, and her home was always stocked with snacks. Now, let alone snacks, she had even thrown out all the ingredients. She couldn't eat them, and looking at them just annoyed her.

"Right, you've become a Ghoul, so you can only eat human flesh." Liu Bing shook his head and walked over to sit on the sofa.

As soon as he sat down, Luo Li punched him. "I haven't eaten human flesh."

"Then why were you chasing me earlier?" Liu Bing shrugged. "If I hadn't been quick, you probably would have been gnawing on me right now."

Luo Li fell silent. She curled up on the sofa, hugging her knees, and whispered, "I didn't want to, but I was too hungry then. I hadn't eaten for days and had been relying on coffee. I could feel myself losing control at any moment. I didn't want anyone to know I had become a monster like a Ghoul, so..."

"Sigh, so you wanted to find someone good-looking to eat?" Liu Bing said with a half-smile.

Luo Li glared at Liu Bing angrily. "If I saw someone ugly, wouldn't that put me off? If I've decided to eat, I'd naturally look for someone pleasing to the eye."

Liu Bing laughed heartily, then waved his arm gently. The previously empty coffee table was suddenly laden with a table full of various dishes!

These delicacies were exquisite and their aroma filled the air. They were all dishes he had made in Hong Huang and stored in his spatial dimension because he had made too much.

Liu Bing had developed a habit of hoarding food in Hong Huang, and this habit had only intensified after he obtained his storage space.

He didn't always have the leisure to cook every day, and he often had to meditate and go into seclusion. That left him even less time to prepare meals. But as a Chinese person, hot meals were a deep-seated obsession etched into his genes.

Even after achieving the state of Bigu (abstaining from grain, a form of cultivation), he still maintained the habit of three meals a day.

He had even studied with the Kitchen God and the God of Cookery for a period specifically for cooking, transforming the dishes he made into something akin to medicinal pills.

Afterward, whenever he cooked, he would always prepare a large quantity of dishes at once and store them in his spatial dimension for emergencies. Over time, he no longer knew how much food he had in his space.

He sometimes envied those with innate talents for creation; they could simply conjure whatever they desired out of thin air.

It was like Empress Nuwa; whatever she wanted, she could simply create herself. And at her level, she had almost anything she could wish for, which was truly enviable.

As these dishes suddenly appeared on the coffee table, the entire apartment seemed to be purified, instantly filled with a fresh and pleasant aroma. The air was suffused with rich spiritual energy, nourishing those within the apartment.

These foods were all local specialties from Hong Huang, containing abundant spiritual energy that was constantly dissipating. Under normal circumstances, the spiritual energy emanating from these dishes would be unbearable for an ordinary person like Luo Li, even as a Ghoul.

However, this world was a land without spiritual energy. Most of the dissipating spiritual energy spread into the heavens and earth. Liu Bing had also specifically cast a temporary formation on the apartment to moderate the dissipation of spiritual energy, suppressing the impact of intense spiritual energy fluctuations.

Otherwise, if this immense and powerful spiritual energy were to erupt suddenly, it could flatten the entire neighborhood in an instant.

Luo Li's beautiful, captivating eyes widened as she looked at the coffee table covered in a feast of dishes in disbelief. Then, that hunger swept over her body once more.

But soon, she was no longer hungry. She had only taken a few breaths of the spiritual energy emanating from the food, and it directly made her burp.

She looked at Liu Bing in astonishment. "What is this?"

"Oh, you haven't had home-style cooking like this before? This is braised pork, this is spicy chicken..." Liu Bing calmly introduced the dishes on the table, and with a casual reach, a bowl of white rice appeared in his hand.

Am I asking what kind of dishes these are? Can't I recognize these dishes? Luo Li thought, feeling a bit frantic. Why is this guy's train of thought always so off?

"Am I asking about this?" Luo Li couldn't help but roll her eyes.

"I'm asking what's going on with these dishes, why am I full just by smelling them?"

"Oh, there's spiritual energy in these dishes. Do you know about cultivation? It's the kind of spiritual energy cultivators need." Liu Bing picked up a piece of braised pork, chewed it a few times, savoring the burst of juice in his mouth, then took a large mouthful of rice.

"Spiritual energy!" Luo Li was shocked. Suddenly, she thought of something and asked eagerly, "Has spiritual energy awakened in this world?"

"Mhm, something like that," Liu Bing replied, not hiding anything.

"Then are you a cultivator?" Luo Li looked at Liu Bing with some anticipation.

"Mhm, I suppose so," Liu Bing nodded.

"Then, can you help me get rid of my Ghoul identity?" Luo Li asked her objective. She truly detested the Ghoul's abilities, whether it was transforming into her Ghoul form or eating people; she found it all repulsive.

"Mhm, I can," Liu Bing nodded, then continued, "But won't you be reluctant? That's a supernatural power, after all."

"Reluctant my ass, I don't want to eat people." Luo Li pouted, indicating she was a normal person and absolutely did not want to become a man-eating monster.

"Alright then." Liu Bing reached out and pointed, completely destroying the Ghoul cells within Luo Li's body.

Just as Liu Bing finished, the apartment door was violently broken down, and a person clad in what looked like armor rushed in.

As soon as this person entered, they began to breathe frantically, even letting out a series of satisfied moans. "Ah, this energy, so pure..."

Then, their black and red eyes landed on Luo Li and Liu Bing. "Hahaha, two more meals. Excellent, truly excellent."