"Come inside, honored guest!"
As Chen Lin entered the Delicacy Workshop, a waiter immediately came up to greet him.
"Just one. Find me a quiet table."
Chen Lin tossed over a black object the size of a copper coin and spoke casually.
The waiter caught it and glanced at the grain-sized luminous substance embedded in its center. His face immediately blossomed into a smile. "Right away! Upstairs, please!"
Chen Lin followed him up the stairs, thinking that money worked its magic no matter when or where one was.
The object was called a Crystal Coin.
Individual grains of crystal sand were too small to handle conveniently, so they were embedded in black metal to make them easier to distinguish.
Small as a Crystal Coin was, it was worth quite a bit. After all, a low-level cultivator needed roughly a month to condense one.
It was insignificant when purchasing high-grade treasures, but had considerable buying power when spent on ordinary supplies.
There were therefore currencies of an even lower denomination. These were not universally accepted among cultivators, however. Each plane had its own low-end currency system, depending on its administrators' preferences.
In the Five Elements Realm, for instance, the low-end currency was five elements gold, an ore containing five elements power that could be used in many fields. It was somewhat similar to spirit stones, but contained less energy and was worth comparatively little.
Having received a Crystal Coin as a tip, the waiter grinned from ear to ear.
He led Chen Lin to a quiet table beside a third-floor window, then brought him a menu.
"What would you like, sir? These dishes all use ingredients that arrived today, and they're personally prepared by a Gastronomist from the Gourmet Realm. They're sure to satisfy you."
The waiter pointed out several dishes