Chapter 575: Fate (1/2)

Krune's idea was quite simple. He would have three waiters taking care of the orders, one to care about payments, and one helping him in the kitchen. He did a serious interview with the first four low-level cultivators to guarantee that they knew what to do. After confirming that their information was as stated in their applications, he hired them. They were two females and two males.

He then called Nina, who was the last one he needed to interview. He wanted to confirm her words first before allowing her to work in the kitchen with him.

Truth be told, Krune's restaurant was relatively small; there were no more than 20 tables total. That being said, he was more than confident enough to be able to cook all dishes on his own. After all, he could manipulate his Spiritual Energy and his Mind Splitting Technique to do several dishes simultaneously. If not that he read Nina's application by coincidence, he wouldn't have used anyone in the kitchen.

”So, I took a look at your information, and I saw that you wanted to become a Spiritual Chef. Was that true, or was it just so that you could get a job? To be honest, your cultivation is really low compared even to the younger kids. It shows that you have no talent whatsoever.”

Nina dropped her head before saying.

”It's true. I really want to become a Spiritual Chef.”

”Why?”

Krune noticed that Nina seemed a little reluctant to talk.

”The kitchen is my heavens, the food my happiness. I won't allow any half-assed cultivator to enter it just because they say they want to. That being said, I want an honest answer. Why you want to become a Spiritual Chef?”

Nina then nervously replied.

”Be-because...”

Krune narrowed his eyes.

”Last chance! Otherwise, you can go back from wherever you came from.”

Nina bit her lips and told the real reason.

”Because I liked the look on my little brother's face when he had eaten it for the first time.”

Krune brows raised a little.

”That simple?”

Nina was taken aback. She thought that Krune's first reaction would be to throw her out straight away. Even she knows how screwed this reason looked like. Nina had said the same things before, but she was instantly ignored after that in previous interviews.

”It's... It's not simple. Sir might not know this, but there are a lot of cultivators who have no family or background. For the majority, even reaching the Divine Path Realm is very hard before dying--”

Krune cut Nina's words right there.

”Very hard? With the Godly Energy and the lifespan, unless you die or something serious happens, everyone would reach it sooner or later.”

Nina then looked at Krune as if he had said something unbelievable. It was then that Nina thought about a possibility.

”Sir, it probably was very easy for you to reach the Divine Path Realm with your background. However, I'm talking about those who don't have one. For us, reaching the Divine Path Realm before our lifespan ends is truly difficult.”

Krune was taken aback again. What lifespan is she talking about? If a 12 years old kid is already in the Core Formation Realm, lifespan should be the least of their problems.

'Wait! Could it be...'

It was then that an idea struck Krune's mind.

”Before the Divine Path Realm, what is the average lifespan of cultivators?”

Nina was taken aback by that question. Her expression was obviously saying, 'you don't know?'. Still, she composed herself before answering.

”50 to 60 years.”

Krune was shocked! That's is pitifully low. Even with Godly Energy, it would be hard to achieve the Divine Path Realm before the end of that time. First of all, what happened to the lengthening of lifespan with each breakthrough?

Krune then spread his Mental Energy around, covering an entire 35 kilometers. Before, he had not paid attention since he wasn't looking into this issue. However, he made sure to look into it this time. As the overall picture appeared in his mind, he could finally see that there were indeed many elderly people below the Divine Path Realm in the city.

'I'm such an idiot! How didn't I notice it before? If their lifespan worked as the same as the lower realms, what would be the chances of seeing so many elderly people here? After all, with Godly Energy to cultivate, it made no sense that any of them would look that old if the lifespans were the same.'

Krune was right. In the Lower Realm, right from the Foundation Establishment Realm, the higher your cultivation, the slower your body ages. That being said, considering how incredible Godly Energy is for cultivation, there should be almost no 'elderly looking' people below the Divine Path Realm. However, with just a simple Mental Energy Scam, Krune had seen tens of thousands of them!

It was at this moment that another issue appeared in Krune's mind, so he immediately asked Luvile.

”Luvile, does the Divine Path Realm makes one 'immortal' in the Higher Realms?”