Xiao Xiao of the Multiverse! (Please bookmark and keep reading!)

At a restaurant in Notting City,

a child leaned against the wall, wolfing down food. Bowls and plates already covered the table before him.

Everyone else in the restaurant was stunned. They stopped what they were doing and stared at Lu Ming.

"Was this kid a starving ghost in his past life?"

"Was he even human?"

"How big was his stomach? Could it really hold all that?"

Whispers rustled through the restaurant.

Lu Ming paid them no mind. Foolish mortals! How could they understand the Golden Dragon King's majesty?

But

Lu Ming gradually slowed down. He wasn't full. He just wondered whether Xiao Xiao would think he was a glutton.

"Hello, little one. Wasting food means paying ten times the price, you know~!"

A waitress approached. When she saw Lu Ming slowing down, she thought she was about to make a fortune.

A wicked grin spread across her face.

Lu Ming tore a chunk off a chicken drumstick and gave her the clean, innocent smile of a six-year-old.

His eyes were as clear as a college student's!

Oh. He was one, after all.

He's so cute!

The waitress mentally slapped herself hard.

How could I think that?

Thud!

A heavy pouch of Gold Soul Coins landed in front of her.

"Bring me twenty more of everything I ordered. Keep the rest as your tip!"

Xiao Xiao returned to her seat and looked at Lu Ming fondly, her face full of smiles.

"Ah!"

The waitress opened the pouch and cried out in shock.

Even after paying for the food, her tip would be a full ten Gold Soul Coins—more than a month's wages.

She thanked them profusely, then hurried back to urge the kitchen on.

"Little Lu, you really are a little foodie!"

Xiao Xiao picked up a large piece of pork knuckle and fed it to Lu Ming herself.

In his previous life, Lu Ming had always envied people with older sisters. Now he had one too.

"By the way, Xiao Xiao, did you come from Shrek Academy ten thousand years in the future? And was your lover... He Caitou?"

As Lu Ming asked, he felt a little disappointed. He didn't want Xiao Xiao to be with He Caitou.

But Xiao Xiao's answer lit up his eyes.

"I did come from ten thousand years in the future, but I've never had a lover!"

What?

What's going on? System, explain.

[Guardian Xiao Xiao does not come from the Peerless Tang Sect era ten thousand years in this universe's future.

She belongs to the Multiverse. She has devoted herself to cultivation and has never been in a relationship. Due to limited opportunities, her cultivation stopped at rank 98, and she could not advance further.]

The system actually appeared to explain. Lu Ming was surprised.

Xiao Xiao came from the Multiverse, and her story had turned out differently.

For some reason, Lu Ming felt inexplicably happy.

"Oh, never mind that. Xiao Xiao, this is the era of Tang San, the Sea God from ten thousand years ago."

Lu Ming shielded his mouth with his left hand and lowered his voice.

"It's easier to gain a Deity's position now than it was in your era."

Xiao Xiao found his behavior amusing. With a casual wave of her hand, she raised a soundproof barrier.

"I never imagined that thing calling itself a system had such power."

Xiao Xiao's expression grew solemn.

"But Spirit Hall will apparently produce two Deities in this era. They won't be easy to deal with. I'll have to protect you well."

Lu Ming stopped chewing and spoke gravely.

"Xiao Xiao, don't believe a one-sided account. Every organization has a few rotten apples, but that doesn't make everyone else bad!"

"They awaken Martial Souls for commoners for free. That alone puts them miles ahead of the Two Great Empires."

"Judge people by what they do, not what they think. Spirit Hall actually gets things done. Otherwise, who would've awakened my Martial Soul?"

Xiao Xiao fell silent.

It was true. From what she had seen with her own eyes,

Spirit Hall did good deeds without asking for payment.

By contrast, ten thousand years later, commoners weren't entirely without a way to awaken their Martial Souls,

but that path was painfully difficult.

Commoners simply couldn't afford to gamble on an uncertain Martial Soul or Innate Soul Power.

"Little Lu, won't eating this much hurt you?"

Xiao Xiao couldn't help worrying.

"I'm fine, Xiao Xiao. My Martial Soul needs me to eat a lot. It's part of my usual cultivation."

As he spoke, Lu Ming summoned his Golden Dragon King.

Compared with when his Martial Soul had awakened that morning, its scales had a richer luster, and its vitality was even stronger.

[Note: The system provides concealment. Without careful examination, even a Deity would find it extremely difficult to identify.

Gu Yuena's bloodline sensing still works, but only within a certain distance.

This is a measure to protect the protagonist!]

The moment the golden dragon appeared, Xiao Xiao's breath caught.

What kind of Martial Soul is Little Lu's golden dragon? Even at rank 98, I'm affected by it.

"This is my primary Martial Soul, the Golden Dragon King!"

Lu Ming explained to Xiao Xiao.

"I have another Martial Soul too."

A long, deep-blue sword appeared in his hand. Wasn't it just like the one wielded by the aloof heartthrob Wu Zhangkong in the Legend of the Dragon King era?

"It's called the Heavenly Frost Sword!"

Xiao Xiao stared, stunned, then suddenly pulled Lu Ming into her arms.

With the milky scent reaching his nose and that breathtaking softness pressing against him, Lu Ming was nearly overwhelmed.

"My Little Lu has what it takes to become a Limit Douluo!" Xiao Xiao exclaimed in delight.

Lu Ming corrected her.

"Xiao Xiao, in this era they're called Peerless Douluo."

"They live longer than people in your era. But you have a Soul Core, so you could put up a fight even against a Peerless Douluo."

"Who is it?"

As Xiao Xiao and Lu Ming happily ate, a chef in white rushed out and scanned the dining room.

Xiao Xiao frowned.

No Soul Power. Just an ordinary person. I'd better go easy on him.

As the chef raised his hand, Xiao Xiao readied herself to deal with him.

But what happened next was nothing like she expected.

"Little friend, you have incredible taste! I've been a chef for years, and no one has ever appreciated my cooking like this."

As he spoke, tears spilled down the chef's cheeks.

Xiao Xiao paused. She had read too much into it. The chef was simply so happy to have his cooking appreciated that he had cried!

Lu Ming really was just hungry, but the food was genuinely good. He praised the chef's cooking again and again.

This was the most famous restaurant in the city. It was hard enough to meet a chef from a place of this caliber,

yet now a single child had moved him so deeply.

"Little friend, could we take a photo together? I want something to remember this by. You're like a dear friend despite our age difference!"

Lu Ming readily agreed. He had never expected to take a photo with someone this way.

Lu Ming sneaked a glance at Xiao Xiao.

Under the lights, Xiao Xiao stood graceful and straight. Her green hair fell to her waist like a waterfall, and her emerald eyes sparkled.

Her long, straight legs, clad in white stockings, showed beneath her skirt like slender poplars.

"Mister!"

Lu Ming turned and tugged at the chef's coat, his voice soft.

"Could you take a photo of me and my sister?"

Only then did the chef look at Xiao Xiao. One glance, and he was captivated.

What a beauty!

"Xiao Xiao! Xiao Xiao..."

Lu Ming ran up to Xiao Xiao with his arms spread, bouncing with excitement.

Warmth filled Xiao Xiao's heart. She lifted Lu Ming under the arms and held him close.

"All right, give me a smile!"

Click!

It was Lu Ming's first photo with a girl.

Even in his previous life, he had never taken one.