Chen Lin followed Lord Yin to an elegantly partitioned seat, and the bartender immediately brought over a drink menu.
"Give me a cup of Ascending High and Viewing Far!"
Without looking at the drink menu, Silver Snail named his choice.
Then he said, "What would you two like? Order for yourselves!"
Chen Lin took the drink menu and glanced at the prices first. His eyelid immediately twitched.
Even the cheapest cost eighty-eight coins a pot, and a star marked beside it indicated that the drink was only of one-star grade.
Under Gourmet Island's rules for opening a shop, a high-grade Gourmet House could sell low-grade cuisine, but its grade had to be clearly marked. In addition, at least one food or drink had to meet the Gourmet House's own grade.
For example, to open a Three-Star Gourmet House, one needed at least one Three-Star Cuisine dish. One-star and two-star dishes could also be sold, but none of the offerings could duplicate those of other shops. Every dish sold had to be registered to ensure it was unique.
Although low-grade cuisine was available, dining at a Gourmet House required purchasing a Gourmet Voucher. Very few people would visit a high-grade Gourmet House to consume low-grade food. That would make them rather easy marks.
Having finally gotten a chance to visit a Three-Star Gourmet House, Chen Lin naturally did not want to waste the opportunity. He looked straight at the drinks bearing three-star marks.
But he quickly averted his gaze again.
These were far too expensive!
There were three three-star drinks in total. The cheapest was priced at one thousand Nightmare Coins a pot, the second at two thousand, and the most expensive actually cost three thousand Nightmare Coins!
This wasn't merely expensive-it was enough to kill a man!
Chen Lin was