Chapter 12: Looking for Trouble
At the Sun Moon Royal Academy cafeteria, the moment Jin Tianming entered, his incredibly high Appearance immediately drew the attention of the students eating there.
Many students quickly noticed that Jin Tianming’s age seemed off; he appeared a bit too young.
He looked to be only ten or eleven years old.
“Who is that young man?”
“He looks so arrogant.”
“Is that young man twelve? Doesn’t the academy only accept students aged twelve and above?” Many New Students expressed confusion, as the young man looked one or two years younger than them.
“Ah?” Some older students, hearing the New Students’ remarks, looked at them and asked in confusion, “Isn’t he one of your New Students?”
“No.”
Many New Students shook their heads; they had never seen such a handsome young man in their classes.
As a Dragon Soul Physique, Jin Tianming naturally heard the New Students’ discussions, but he didn’t take them to heart. Instead, he calmly walked towards the serving counter.
The cafeteria auntie, seeing the mountain of rice in Jin Tianming’s bowl, asked in a daze, “Student, are you sure you can finish all of this? We can’t waste food.”
“Yes, I can.” Jin Tianming pulled out the meal card Lin Jiayi had given him and placed it in front of the cafeteria auntie, then said, “Give me every dish.”
The cafeteria auntie was about to say something more, but when she saw Jin Tianming’s meal card, she immediately shut up. She had seen Director Lin’s meal card before.
She couldn’t help but mutter to herself, “Could this student be another scion from a prominent family, here at the academy just to gild his reputation?”
“Thank you.” Seeing that his food was ready, Jin Tianming thanked her and turned to find a seat.
Many students in the cafeteria were already staring at Jin Tianming, and when he turned, they all fell silent.
Is this guy a pig?
That mountain of rice and so many rich meat dishes—is he really going to eat it all by himself?
Jin Tianming sat down and began to devour his food. After this meal, that fish should have arrived.
Some older students were displeased with Jin Tianming’s demeanor, especially his arrogant expression, which particularly irritated them. They exchanged glances, understanding each other’s intentions, and five of them stood up and walked towards Jin Tianming.
Some New Students immediately lowered their heads when they saw them. They knew who these individuals were: members of the royal family.
Although they were only peripheral members of the royal family, they were not people that ordinary folk like themselves could provoke. Unless you had a powerful backing, you could only endure if they bullied you.
Jin Tianming naturally sensed the group approaching, but he ignored them and continued eating.
“Hey, kid, what’s your name?” The leader sat opposite Jin Tianming and asked with a smile. Although he looked amiable, in the eyes of some older students, his smile was that of a smiling tiger.
Jin Tianming still ignored him.
“Kid, our boss is talking to you!” A burly student with a fierce face, standing beside the leader, glared at Jin Tianming, who was ignoring his boss and burying his head in his food.
Seeing that Jin Tianming showed no reaction to his boss’s words, the student’s anger instantly ignited and burned fiercely.
Jin Tianming looked up, swept his gaze over the muscular student who resembled his first Soul Ring, then glanced at the smiling tiger sitting opposite him. He ate a piece of meat and said, “May I ask, seniors, do you feel very idle and are you planning to cause me trouble?”
“This guy isn’t stupid!” The boss narrowed his eyes slightly. After hearing Jin Tianming’s words, he slowly turned his gaze to his subordinates beside him, extended a finger, pointed at Jin Tianming, and said in a deep voice, “Look, this kid is quite interesting!”
Immediately after, a hint of undisguised disdain appeared on his face. He turned his gaze back to Jin Tianming and warned him in a condescending tone, “Kid, I must remind you, when you come to Sun Moon Royal Academy, you should keep a low profile.
There are many people in this World you cannot afford to offend. Once you accidentally offend those you shouldn’t, the consequences can be quite severe! Especially in a situation like this… Hmph!”
After speaking, he sneered, crossed his arms, and gestured for the burly student beside him to make a move.
But before the burly man could act, Jin Tianming had already stood up, swiftly extended his hand, and pressed down on the leader’s head. With a forceful push, the leader’s face instantly made intimate contact with the food on the table.
“Boss!”
“Boss!”
“…”
The other four students, seeing their boss in such a state, immediately released their Soul Rings. All of them were Two-Ring Soul Masters, and their Soul Rings were normally configured.
Jin Tianming tilted his head at the scene, pressing down harder on their boss’s head. “Is this your confidence?”
Four Great Soul Masters were the confidence of the guy he was pinning to the table?
Jin Tianming grabbed the leader, saw his food-stained face, and with a look of disgust, tossed him to the four others. Then he pulled two paper napkins from the table, wiped his hands, and golden scales began to cover his body.
Two Soul Rings appeared beneath his feet.
Everyone present, including the five, was stunned on the spot.
The guy who looked younger than them was actually a Great Soul Master like them, and his second Soul Ring was even a thousand-year Soul Ring.
“This…”
The leader saw the Soul Rings beneath the young man’s feet and the scales on his body, and he panicked a little.
He knew he had hit a brick wall today. A dragon-type Martial Soul and such cultivation were definitely not something he, a mere nobody, could provoke.
From ancient times to the present, there has been a very interesting rule in the World: the strong prey on the weak. The strong bully the weak, and when the strong encounter someone even stronger, they surrender faster than the weak.
“Put away your Martial Soul!” The leader roared at his four subordinates, then immediately knelt before Jin Tianming. “Big Brother, my brain and my subordinates’ brains have some issues. We absolutely did not intend to offend you, Big Brother.”
Damn it, with the cultivation and Soul Ring configuration of the young man in front of him, his backing must be stronger than his own family. His family was just a small one that had a slight connection to the royal bloodline. Once family interests were touched, those Elders would definitely not protect him, including his own ruthless father.
Jin Tianming heard this, put away his Soul Rings and Martial Soul, and said with a smile, “It seems that my pressing you earlier cured your brain, didn’t it?”
“Yes!” The student hastily agreed. The four subordinates, who had also put away their Martial Souls, collectively knelt down and echoed their boss.
Some students in the cafeteria, seeing this scene, suddenly found their food unappetizing. Was this what their teachers meant by the strong preying on the weak?
Those students who had been bullied by the five looked on with schadenfreude, thinking to themselves, “So these guys have their day too!”
They looked at Jin Tianming with great admiration and envy. To have such cultivation at such a young age, he must have a very powerful force behind him.
Jin Tianming felt a bit bored by this answer. He had thought these five were brainless, but it turned out they had brains after all!
“So they still know how to surrender.”
He thought to himself, then looked at a pillar in the cafeteria and smiled, “Hall Master Jing, the show is over. Are you still going to watch?”