How I, Lu Ming, Conduct Myself Needs No Explanation to Others

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"Look, people are coming out of Building 0513. Looks like the Jinlan Universe Kingdom Genius Team."

"Jinlan Universe Kingdom? I heard they produced an exceptionally formidable genius this time, someone named Lu Ming."

"Who's Lu Ming?"

"The young warrior with black hair and black eyes in the front row. That's Lu Ming."

In the plaza, many geniuses from other universe kingdoms watched the Jinlan Universe Kingdom team from afar and began discussing them.

There were over a million geniuses from numerous universe kingdoms, so naturally, they could not all know one another. But after intelligence gathering, the reputations of some of the most outstanding geniuses had long since spread.

Within the Jinlan Universe Kingdom, Lu Ming was undoubtedly the only one to receive such treatment. In everyone's impression, he was a genius warrior with a profound grasp of lightning and the Time Origin Law, as well as exceptionally unusual combat secret techniques.

Hearing the discussions of geniuses from other universe kingdoms in the distance, most members of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom Genius Team were inwardly resentful.

Which one of them was not a favored child of heaven? Which one was not a peerless genius?

They had all been surrounded by admirers and envied by others, yet here, they did not even qualify to receive a second glance.

Whether it was Nine Peaks Divine General, their leader, or the geniuses from other universe kingdoms, the only person they saw was Lu Ming. They did not spare the rest of them so much as a glance.

Yet no matter how unwilling they were, there was nothing they could do at this moment.

Under the gazes of the geniuses from other universe kingdoms, Nine Peaks Divine General swiftly led the team into Building 0513. "Take your identification tags and head to your respective rooms. Whether you rest or socialize is up to you."

"Also, the restaurant downstairs in your building offers free food with your identification tags. Quite a few of its dishes and wines are extremely expensive. If you miss this chance, you may not get to enjoy them again."

After saying that, Nine Peaks Divine General strode straight out of the building.

Only then did the thousand geniuses of the Jinlan Universe Kingdom breathe a sigh of relief. In groups of three or five, they took their identification tags and either chatted or went to find their rooms.

The central plaza surrounded by 1,008 buildings was enormous. Even a million people would not find it crowded, and flowers, grass, and small ornamental animals could be seen everywhere around it.

Large restaurants were also scattered throughout the plaza.

There were ninety-nine restaurants in all. The geniuses from every universe kingdom could enter any of them—except No. 1 Restaurant.

Boom!

A golden-armored divine being streaked across the sky and landed before No. 1 Restaurant in the plaza.

"Milord!"

The attendants at the entrance bowed respectfully.

The golden-armored divine being entered directly. The first floor alone contained more than a thousand seats, and over a hundred eternal Immortal Beings were already gathered there.

"Jiu Yue!"

"Jiu Yue is here."

Some emanated a killing aura, some were more violent than stars, and some were so cold that they seemed capable of freezing one's soul. All manner of heart-palpitating auras faintly spread through the room... These great beings sat casually, yet each seemed to form a world of his own, as though even the surrounding space lay under his control.

These beings had all been sent by the rulers of their respective universe kingdoms.

For a grand peak event involving the major universe kingdoms, even the Immortal Beings sent as representatives were among the stronger ones of their kind.

Jiu Yue, for instance, was one of the Jinlan Kingdom Lord's trusted divine generals. His fame was immense, and he had made his name hundreds of millions of years ago.

"I didn't expect the Jinlan Universe Kingdom to send you this time. The last time you led a team was a thousand epochs ago, wasn't it?"

"Jiu Yue, I heard your Jinlan Universe Kingdom has produced a super genius named Lu Ming this time. So? Won't you tell us what his true strength is?" A beautiful long-haired woman with eight arms and a shapely figure winked flirtatiously at Jiu Yue.

"You'll find out when the time comes." Jiu Yue ignored her little gesture and calmly raised a cup of green wine.

"Oh, so you're deliberately keeping it secret? Looks like you're very confident in this Lu Ming." A Three-eyed Youth in black battle armor joined in probing for information.

"With this fellow's temperament, he wouldn't be willing to lead the team without confidence." A bearfolk Immortal who considered himself quite familiar with Jiu Yue rumbled from the side.

At some point, Lu Ming had become one of the central topics of discussion among these Immortal powerhouses.

In the restaurant in the central plaza, many geniuses were enjoying the free food and drinks.

The moment Lu Ming entered the restaurant, he sensed numerous probing gazes sweeping over him.

"That's Lu Ming from the Jinlan Universe Kingdom..."

"He's the monster who took on an entire world district alone during the preliminaries?"

"I watched his battle recordings. He really is terrifying. The title 'Demon God' suits him perfectly!"

Lu Ming had gradually grown accustomed to such attention from other geniuses. He sat by a window without caring in the slightest, intending to see what the restaurant's most expensive food and wine were.

"You can order Meteorflame Wine. It's the finest and most precious wine in this restaurant, produced in the Meteorflame Secret Realm of the Nineflame Universe Kingdom. A single liter costs over a thousand Origin Units. Even in the Virtual Universe, it normally sells for no less than one Origin Unit."

As Lu Ming lowered his head to browse the menu and see which wines or drinks were most expensive, an exceptionally crisp and pleasant voice suddenly rang out beside him.

"You are?" Lu Ming looked up.

She was a pretty young woman in a red gown. Her face was exquisitely delicate, and her long purple hair carried an air of mystery. Only her eyes were unnervingly blood-red.

"My name is Tiffany. I'm from the Peakrock Universe Kingdom." The pretty girl introduced herself.

"I know you. I watched your battle recordings. You're very impressive." Lu Ming responded evenly.

The information on Super Experts that the Jinlan Dojo had given him included this pretty girl. She was a controller capable of skillfully wielding the Blood Edge Divine Weapon, qualified to compete for a place in the top ten of this Genius Battle.

"You're impressive too. And what you did in the preliminaries was a really good idea. Too bad I didn't think of it at the time." The purple-haired girl casually sat across from Lu Ming, and the two began chatting.

"Relying on crushing weaklings to boost your reputation—such attention-seeking behavior, and yet you actually admire it, Tiffany. As expected, you and him are birds of a feather!" Just as the atmosphere between them had become quite pleasant, a sickly young man wrapped in a black robe, with only a pair of cyan eyes exposed, suddenly came up from downstairs.

"Ert, has no one ever told you that your mouth stinks?" The purple-haired girl's brows instantly furrowed, and she swept an annoyed gaze over the sickly youth as though looking at a cockroach.

Anyone bold enough to openly provoke both of them naturally had no simple background. This sickly youth was none other than Remnant Dream, the renowned illusionist of this Genius Battle.

"Attention-seeking?" Lu Ming gave Ert an indifferent glance, not taking him to heart at all.

How Lu Ming conducted himself needed no explanation to anyone else.

"Ert, be careful. I can sense it—this is an extremely dangerous fellow. And you've already caught his attention!" The newcomer spoke with a tone of delighted malice. He was a burly brown-haired man over three meters tall.

"Kun Zhou, you actually think this guy is dangerous? Don't tell me you're afraid of him." The sickly youth, Ert, replied casually and dismissively.

"I sense an extraordinary presence from him. My intuition tells me that he is indeed a worthy opponent. But if he and I faced each other, the final victor would definitely be me!" The burly man seemed to take Lu Ming very seriously, but he was even more confident in himself.

"This guy..." Lu Ming glanced sideways at Kun Zhou. This man's instincts really were sharp.

That so-called special presence should have referred to the Will of the Overlord contained within him.

Even without Lu Ming actively revealing that trait, Kun Zhou could faintly sense it through intuition alone. He really did have some ability.