Gourmet Shrine was the largest shrine in the world, covering an area that surpassed even some small countries. Its enormous torii soared into the clouds.
Simply standing before that colossal torii made ordinary people feel insignificant. They would instinctively feel reverence and enter the shrine with pious hearts.
Of course, this world's culture of faith in gods was not particularly developed. Rather, after experiencing war and the Great Extinction, the world had revived under the Great Gourmet Age ushered in by the Gourmet God. Everyone worshipped only the Gourmet God.
In truth, however, the Gourmet God was not an actual god, but merely a person. Rather than worshipping the Gourmet God, people were expressing their gratitude for food itself.
This was the place on Earth most worthy of reference when it came to Food Luck, because everything that happened here, large or small, could reveal a person's Food Luck.
Take the stalls before Lu Li, for example. The snack vendors were not permanent residents here. The stalls at Gourmet Shrine were assigned through a monthly lottery, and only those selected could set up shop here.
Furthermore, the difficulty of winning the lottery differed depending on how good the stall location was.
Thus, simply being able to set up a stall here showed that these vendors possessed considerable Food Luck. Those who could remain here year after year had even more abundant Food Luck.
What was more, it was said that there were some formidable people who ran shops in the best locations, won the lottery every single year, and never closed their stores. Their Food Luck was so abundant that ordinary people could scarcely comprehend it.
Lu Li had come to Gourmet Shrine on Aizen's suggestion precisely to observe the Food Luck traits of these people and try to find