Chapter 16: Refusal
Without realizing it, the two had returned to the dock.
Cheng Ming suddenly remembered something and turned to ask, "Ah Qing, you still haven't received any sponsorship, have you?"
"Not yet."
Chen Qing shook his head.
During these days he had discovered that not all disciples with obvious strength could obtain sponsorship.
Those wealthy merchant families were all cunning as ghosts, only placing bets on young talents.
Like Qin Lie, who not only could hold a position at Wang's Records but also gained favor from major families like the Luos, receiving continuous meat and medicinal supplements daily, naturally his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.
While disciples like Chen Qing with mediocre qualifications were mostly ignored.
Most would eventually stop here, with the lucky ones possibly breaking through bottlenecks to reach hidden strength.