"Burp."
Before the dishes had made it halfway around the table, all that remained was an enormous, empty shrimp shell.
Yue Wen put down his chopsticks. "Sorry, Captain Wang. These two employees of mine ate a little too fast. This restaurant's portions really aren't very big, either-"
Their portions are enormous!
These are spirit fish and shrimp caught in the Wasteland Zone. The plate is as big as a washbasin, and you call that small?
Even the shrimp would stand up and protest!
Wang Shoucai ranted inwardly, but for the sake of his dignity, he kept these young people from seeing how frantic he was.
He forced a smile. "It's fine. I can see they got hungry waiting. Waiter, I'll order a few more dishes."
Knowing that the Bow Banquet served large portions, he had originally ordered only a few signature dishes he wanted to try. Judging by the situation now, he had met some formidable opponents today.
He had to order more.
Only after Wang Shoucai finished ordering did Yue Wen return to their earlier topic. "The independent cultivator track is harder to get through than the Immortal Sect track?"
That sounded a little counterintuitive.
Generally speaking, independent cultivators should have been far weaker overall than Immortal Sect disciples.
"Heh." Wang Shoucai chuckled. "Because the independent cultivator track isn't limited to our Jiangcheng City."
After his explanation, Yue Wen finally understood why the independent cultivator track was harder.
Immortal Sect disciples naturally belonged to local sects, but independent cultivators were not necessarily locals. Many independent cultivators training in big cities like Dragon Capital and Sky Sea had no chance of securing a place there.
Before the Youth Cultivators' Assembly began, they would head to smaller cities with weaker cultivators overall and compete in their Points Tournaments.
They faced more