The only thing worth praising was this:
Old Sun had originally been an immensely powerful martial cultivator, yet he adored fine food. His first shop had become famous throughout Ruthless City for its roast suckling pig, which was how Old Sun Barbecue came to be.
By now,
Old Sun Barbecue no longer had any actual storefronts.
Yet restaurants bearing the Old Sun Barbecue name had spread throughout all of Ruthless City. It was said that countless Old Sun Barbecue restaurants could even be found beyond Ruthless City.
Qin Shaofeng knew that this was merely Ruthless City. Beyond the city, it was likely nothing more than a gimmick, or perhaps simply what the people of Ruthless City believed.
But this also proved that Old Sun Barbecue was no ordinary existence.
In his view, its power was in no way inferior to that of the other factions.
As for their Ruthless Imperial Academy, though they had not arrived first, neither were they the last to arrive.
While Qin Shaofeng was still observing the people brought by the seven factions,
Two more factions arrived in succession.
Spirit Beast Pavilion was a shop specializing in capturing, taming, and selling all kinds of spirit beast pets and mounts. Its strength was clearly at least beyond comparison with those so-called major outside factions.
Old Scrappy Pharmacy was likewise an existence ancient to the extreme, its origins and foundations shrouded in utmost mystery.
Before long, one team after another appeared.
There were seventeen teams in total.
Those that came later were mostly some manor or other, or factions that, in Qin Shaofeng's eyes, had no foundations whatsoever. He knew nothing about most of them and naturally did not spare them another glance.
His attention remained fixed on the nine factions that posed the greatest threat.
As he