Chapter 1891: Annoyed Lin Ge! Preparing to Fish!

"What?! The Star Lord bestowed it?!"

Lin Ge's dominion over those silver-moon-like eyes suddenly widened.

The icy composure on her peerless visage was instantly replaced by incredulous shock.

The elven race has no realm lord presiding.

Her understanding of the dynamics among the upper echelons of the Eternal Council has long been lagging.

She only knew the Star Lord had newly obtained twenty Return-to-Source decrees from the Return-to-Source Holy Temple.

Yet she never imagined one of them was actually given directly to Xu Jingming!

You must know, she had to—

She had nearly exhausted all the racial contribution points she had accumulated over these years!

Nearly drained the racial contribution points accumulated by her race over hundreds of thousands of years!

But Xu Jingming?

How long has he been a dominion? His accumulated racial contribution points probably don't even amount to a fraction!

Yet he pays not a single price, as the Star Lord personally ordered it, and the Revered Lord Xiyue personally delivered it!

This gap—how could it be merely a chasm between heaven and earth!

"What's wrong?"

Xu Jingming took in her expression completely.

He chuckled inwardly, yet feigned confusion on his face as he inquired.

"Feigning ignorance!"

Lin Ge, dominion, snapped back to awareness, her silver-moon eyes glaring fiercely at him.

A hint of annoyance appeared on her icy, peerless face.

She's no fool—how could she not see this fellow was deliberately showing off?

Xu Jingming smirked, offering no rebuttal.

He was doing it on purpose.

Who let this woman previously block Yueying, preventing her from coming to Blue Star to see him?

Moreover, she's also the archenemy of Teacher Shuangguan.

A little revenge of my own isn't excessive.

"Let's not speak of this."

Lin Ge drew a deep breath, suppressed the surging emotions in her heart, then asked:

"Was someone just here to challenge you?"

"Yes, a demon ox dominion of the monster race.

He invited me to a virtual arena in the Return-to-Source Great World for a match, with a stake of 100 source coins."

Xu Jingming replied candidly.

"I advise you best not to accept."

Lin Ge's dominion expression turned serious as she spoke:

"Those dominions within the Return-to-Source Holy Temple are entirely different from those you encounter outside."

She paused, her silver eyes locking onto Xu Jingming:

"Those who come here to cultivate are none other than the elite among elites of each race—talent, resources, inheritance all top-tier.

Many possess combat power far exceeding their peers.

Their favorite pastime is challenging newcomers like you, to earn some source coins.

Moreover, as the most renowned heavenly pride of our human race, you now represent not just yourself.

To a certain extent, you also represent the dignity of our human race.

When the time comes, the arrogance of those alien dominions will only grow more brazen.

They may even launch successive challenges against you, treating you as a stepping stone."

"How come, in your words, I seem destined to lose?"

Xu Jingming raised his sword brows.

"I never said you would definitely lose."

Lin Ge shook her head, speaking with a hint of the arrogance of one who has been there:

"Merely reminding you, there are far too many hidden dragons and crouching tigers here.

Though your talent is strong, you've only recently ascended to dominion—your accumulation may not yet be deep enough.

I've seen more than one heavenly pride from various races capsize here."

She gazed at Xu Jingming's eyes, devoid of ripples.

Suddenly, she felt her advice was somewhat superfluous.

This fellow...

Is practically carved from the same mold as Shuangguan.

Even his bones exude the same confidence and arrogance.

"Then there's no need to worry."

Indeed, Xu Jingming casually waved his hand, speaking in a calm tone:

"I will win. When the time comes, you may come to watch the battle."

Having said that, he said no more, turned, and activated the Return-to-Source decree.

The restrictive light before the villa flowed and shifted, the gate silently opening.

Xu Jingming strode straight inside, his figure vanishing behind the door.

"Hmph!"

Lord Lin Ge stood where she was.

Gazing at the tightly shut villa doors, she lightly bit her lower lip with her teeth, unable to suppress a low hum:

"An arrogant fellow! Same temperament as your teacher!"

The hands beneath her sleeves clenched slightly.

A trace of annoyance flashed through her silver-moon eyes, yet mingled with a hint of helplessness.

"When you truly lose, let's see what you'll do!"

Lord Lin Ge gave a light hum, then swayed her figure as she walked toward her own villa next door.

On the other side, Xu Jingming had already stepped into the villa interior.

The living room was spacious and bright, its furnishings simple yet exuding a technological feel everywhere.

The walls were semi-transparent light-screen displays, able to call up external scenery or data information at will.

He didn't hesitate much, directly using the mind helmet to log into the Return to Origin Great World.

The architecture of the Return to Origin Great World was quite similar to the virtual universe.

But it focused more on cultivation exchange and competition.

One could see, on the vast boundless virtual continent, countless buildings of varying functions standing tall.

Intelligence Center, Trading Market, Secret Realm Simulation Zone, Battle Hall......

There were also quite a few alien Lord-stage experts walking among them.

"So this is the Return to Origin Great World......"

With a mere thought, Xu Jingming had already arrived at his personal space.

Almost simultaneously, a conspicuous prompt box popped up:

【Demon Race, Lord Hei Niu has issued a challenge to you!】

【Stake: 100 Origin Coins】

【Agreed battle time: half a stellar day later】

【Accept?】

"Accept."

Xu Jingming didn't hesitate, directly confirming.

The prompt box dissipated, replaced by a simple battle contract noting the rules and stake notarization method.

After verifying everything was correct, the contract was established.

"Done."

He stretched his body, then instructed:

"Vira, gather intelligence related to the Return to Origin Sacred Hall."

"Right here, Master~"

The succubus little loli's figure coalesced in the virtual world.

Still that cute and adorable appearance, she floated over to his side with a grin:

"Already following your orders, I've gathered the basic intelligence on the Return to Origin Sacred Hall!"

Her efficiency was extremely high, almost instantly the massive amount of information had been organized.

"Tell me."

"Sure thing!"

Vira waved a small hand, and a light-screen display unfolded before Xu Jingming:

"The core benefits of the Return to Origin Sacred Hall, same as what Sutton said, are mainly the twelve Origin Law secret realms.

Entering secret realms to comprehend, charged by the hour, 100 Origin Coins per hour."

"100 per hour?"

Xu Jingming's brows furrowed slightly:

"The initial gift of 1000 Origin Coins, only enough to stay 10 hours — what can that do?"

For Lord-stage experts who casually seclude for thousands of years.

10 hours of secret realm comprehension is simply a drop in the bucket.

"Yeah.

So almost all Lords who come here, the first thing they do is think of ways to earn Origin Coins."

Vira blinked her big eyes and said.

"True, Return to Origin Coins are too few, definitely need to get more.

Hunting Origin Beasts should also be able to earn Return to Origin Coins.

But besides that, are there any other methods to get large batches of Return to Origin Coins?"

Xu Jingming fell into contemplation.

His primary goal in coming to the Return to Origin Sacred Hall was naturally the quality particles.

But he didn't mind incidentally grabbing more resources.

Otherwise, this Return to Origin Token would be too wasted.

"Master, Vira actually has an idea."

At this moment, Vira suddenly leaned close to Xu Jingming, revealing a crafty smile as she said.

"Oh? What idea do you have?"

"You're not about to fight that Black Ox Sovereign, are you?"

Vera laughed: "You're now the number one pride of humanity!

Those alien sovereigns, each and every one, want to trample you underfoot and make a name for themselves!

If you win this battle with great difficulty, even appearing to just barely scrape by.

What would those onlookers think?"

Her eyes flashed with light:

"They'll surely think: Oh? Humanity's pride is nothing special!

I could do it too! Then they'll all swarm to challenge you, and the stakes will naturally be unavoidable.

At that time, you'll win 100 source coins per match.

Ten matches would be 1000, a hundred matches would be 10000......

This is practically a source coin mine delivered right to your door!"

Xu Jingming heard this, first startled, then the corners of his mouth slowly curled into a smile.

"Interesting, this really is a good idea."

Lei Guang flickered in his eyes: "Then let's play with them!

Even if few people fall for it, I won't lose anything either way."