Picking a Fight

At the Sun Moon Royal Academy cafeteria, the moment Jin Tianming entered, his exceptionally handsome appearance immediately drew the attention of the students eating there.

Many students quickly noticed that something was off about Jin Tianming's age—he seemed too young.

He looked only ten or eleven.

"Who's that kid?"

"He looks so cocky."

"Is that kid even twelve? Isn't twelve the minimum age to enroll?" Many new students were deeply puzzled. He looked one or two years younger than them.

"Huh?" Some older students heard the freshmen beside them and turned to look at them, asking in confusion, "Isn't he one of you new students?"

"No."

Many freshmen shook their heads. They had never seen such a handsome boy in their classes.

With the physique of a Dragon Soul, Jin Tianming naturally could not miss the freshmen's discussions, but he paid them no mind and steadily walked toward the serving counter.

Seeing the mountain of rice piled in Jin Tianming's bowl, the cafeteria auntie asked in bewilderment, "Student, are you sure you can finish all that? Food mustn't be wasted."

"I can." Jin Tianming took out the meal card Lin Jiayi had given him and placed it before her. Then he added, "Give me one serving of every dish."

The cafeteria auntie had wanted to say more, but upon seeing the meal card Jin Tianming had produced, she immediately fell silent. She had seen Director Lin's meal card before.

She could not help muttering to herself, Could this student be some young master from a major family, sent here just to gild his résumé?

"Thank you." Once his food was ready, Jin Tianming thanked her and turned to find a seat.

Quite a few students in the cafeteria had already been watching Jin Tianming. The moment he turned around, they all fell silent.

Was this guy a pig?

Could one person really finish that mountain of rice and all those meat dishes?

Jin Tianming sat down and began eating in earnest. By the time he finished this meal, that fish should have arrived.

Some older students could not stand Jin Tianming's manner, especially the arrogant look on his face, which made them particularly displeased. They exchanged glances, instantly understood one another's intentions, and five of them rose and headed toward Jin Tianming.

The freshmen who saw them immediately lowered their heads. They knew who those people were—members of the royal family.

Though they were only peripheral members of the royal family, they were still not people that nobodies like them could provoke. Unless one had a major power backing them, they could only endure being bullied.

Jin Tianming naturally noticed the group approaching, but he ignored them and continued eating.

"Hey, kid, what's your name?" The leader sat across from Jin Tianming and asked with a smile. He looked so friendly, but in the eyes of some older students, his smile was that of a smiling tiger.

Jin Tianming still ignored him.

"Kid, my boss is talking to you!" A burly student beside the man, his face full of flesh, widened his eyes and glared viciously at Jin Tianming, who was ignoring his boss and eating with his head down.

Seeing that Jin Tianming showed no reaction whatsoever to his boss's words, the student's fury was instantly ignited and began burning fiercely.

Jin Tianming raised his head and glanced at the muscle-bound student, then at the smiling tiger seated across from him. He ate a piece of meat before saying, "May I ask if you seniors are so bored that you came here to pick a fight with me?"

"This guy isn't stupid, huh!" The leader narrowed his eyes slightly. After hearing Jin Tianming's words, he slowly turned his gaze toward his lackeys, pointed a finger at Jin Tianming, and said in a low voice, "Take a look. This kid's quite interesting!"

Then, an undisguised look of contempt appeared on his face. He turned back to Jin Tianming and warned in a condescending tone, "Kid, let me remind you: when you come to the Sun Moon Royal Academy, you'd better keep a low profile.

There are many people in this world that you can't afford to offend. If you accidentally offend someone you shouldn't, the consequences will be quite serious! Especially in a situation like this... Hmph!"

After saying that, he sneered and crossed his arms, signaling for the burly student beside him to make a move.

But before the burly student could act, Jin Tianming had already risen to his feet. He swiftly reached out, pressed down on the leader's head, and forced it down hard. The leader's face instantly made intimate contact with the food on the table.

"Boss!"

"Boss!"

"..."

Seeing their boss like that, the other four students released their Spirit Rings. All of them were two-ring Soul Grand Masters, with standard Spirit Ring configurations.

Jin Tianming tilted his head at the sight. The hand pressing down on their boss grew even stronger. "Is this your confidence?"

Were four Soul Grand Masters the confidence of the guy he had pinned to the table?

Jin Tianming grabbed the leader and looked at his face, covered in food. After one glance, he tossed him disdainfully toward the other four. Then he pulled two tissues from the table and wiped his hands as golden scales began to cover his body.

Two Spirit Rings appeared beneath his feet.

Everyone present, including those five, froze on the spot.

This kid, who looked even younger than them, was also a Soul Grandmaster. Moreover, his second Spirit Ring was a Thousand-Year Spirit Ring.

"This..."

Seeing the Spirit Rings beneath the youth's feet and the scales covering his body, the leader began to panic.

He knew he had kicked an iron plate today. A Dragon-type Martial Soul and such cultivation were not something a nobody like him could provoke.

Since ancient times, this world had followed an interesting rule: the strong preyed on the weak. The strong bullied the weak, but when the strong encountered someone even stronger, they surrendered even faster than the weak.

"Put away your Martial Souls!" The leader roared at his four lackeys, then immediately knelt before Jin Tianming. "Elder Brother, there's something wrong with my brain and my brothers' brains. We absolutely didn't mean to offend you."

Damn it, with the cultivation and Spirit Ring configuration of the youth before him, the force behind him was definitely stronger than his own family. His family was merely a minor clan with a trace of royal blood. Once the family's interests were involved, those elders definitely would not protect him—not even his coldhearted father.

Hearing this, Jin Tianming withdrew his Spirit Rings and Martial Soul, then smiled. "So when Jin here pressed you down just now, I cured your brain?"

"Yes!" The student hurriedly agreed. The four lackeys, having put away their Martial Souls, also collectively knelt and echoed their boss.

Seeing this scene, some students in the cafeteria suddenly found the food in their hands tasteless. So this was the law of the jungle their teachers had spoken of?

The students who had once been bullied by the five watched gleefully, thinking, So these guys have a day like this too!

The way they looked at Jin Tianming was filled with admiration and envy. To possess such cultivation at such a young age, he definitely had an immensely powerful force behind him.

Hearing that answer, Jin Tianming suddenly found it rather boring. He had thought these five were brainless fools, but it turned out they did have brains.

So they know how to back down.

He looked toward a pillar in the cafeteria and smiled. "Hall Master Jing, the show is over. Are you still going to keep watching?"