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Luo Sheng and Yao Yu both had some grudges with Xu Ming.

When Xu Ming first came to the Divine Kingdom, Luo Sheng ran in front of Xu Ming to show off; however, he failed and was "blackmailed" by Xu Ming instead, turning into a complete idiot. Later, Luo Sheng even helped Lin Chen refine a Lower Grade Venerable artifact warship with modifications, intending to trick Xu Ming; fortunately, Xu Ming had his cheat and easily broke through the modifications.

Yao Yu wasn't any better. He stood up for the Purple Moon Holy Land and threatened Xu Ming to stop; when Xu Ming didn't yield, he sent a bunch of "Limit Breaking Pills" to the Purple Moon Holy Land. After obtaining the Limit Breaking Pills, the Purple Moon Holy Land directly bombarded Xu Ming's warship; luckily, Xu Ming had plenty of defensive Dao talismans, otherwise, it would have been troublesome.

Both of these two were Dao Venerable experts; Xu Ming's strength was still weak at the time, and he didn't have any good way to deal with them, so these grudges had been suppressed without settling.

"Xu Ming…"

When the two saw Xu Ming, they felt a little guilty.

Although they didn't know Xu Ming's talent level, they knew that Xu Ming had won "First Place" in the ranking battle—considering Xu Ming's young age, being able to win first place in the ranking battle, even a fool would know that Xu Ming's future achievements would definitely far surpass them!

Having offended a genius with unlimited potential, Luo Sheng and Yao Yu were actually very regretful.

However, since they had already offended him, they couldn't bring themselves to apologize obsequiously.

"Hmph!"

Luo Sheng and Yao Yu both snorted, then directly walked around him.

"Heh!" Xu Ming smiled softly, "They actually tucked their tails and ran away?"

Seeing the dogs that had bitten him tucking their tails and running away, Xu Ming naturally wouldn't chase after them to beat them.

However, seeing Luo Sheng and Yao Yu, Xu Ming suddenly remembered something.

"The Refining Convention should be coming up soon, right?" Xu Ming thought to himself, "This Luo Sheng seems to want to refine a High Grade Venerable artifact, in order to impress Elder Tie Ning and be accepted as a personal disciple…"

Xu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly: "Then… I'll go to the Refining Convention and cause some trouble, interfering in his good fortune!"

Moreover, Xu Ming also remembered a bet he made back then.

At the end of the Dao Fate Battle, Xu Ming made a bet with Palace Master Po Tian, and Elders Tie Ning, Feng Ye, and Mo Zixuan. The content of the bet was—if Xu Ming could learn the Dao of Arrays on his own, he would be able to reach the Dao Venerable Limit level within ten years!

Since he had already made such a boast, Xu Ming naturally had to see it through to the end and not give up halfway!

However, now that six years had passed, Xu Ming's level in the Dao of Arrays still remained at the Dao Lord Limit, with no progress—but, was this a problem?

Wasn't it just insights into the Dao of Arrays?

For this kind of side profession, Xu Ming could just open the Artifact Shop and instantly learn it!

"There are still two months until the Refining Convention, enough for me to raise my level in the Dao of Arrays and the Dao of Refining to the Dao Venerable Limit!" Xu Ming flipped through the Artifact Shop, secretly planning, "When the time comes, I'll show my face at the Refining Convention, and incidentally display my level in the Dao of Arrays, which will be considered settling that bet!"

Xu Ming took another stroll in the Divine Kingdom for a while, then returned to his residence, began to seclude himself, and focused on using his cheat to learn the Dao of Arrays and the Dao of Refining.

…

The Divine Kingdom Refining Convention was the most top-notch exchange and competition in the Dao of Refining for the entire human race.

Not only would the entire human race's "Refining Masters" attend, but even experts in the Dao of Alchemy, the Dao of Inscriptions, and the Dao of Talismans would come to observe.

After all, Refining, Alchemy, Inscriptions, and the like, are mainly based on the application of the Dao of Arrays, and there are naturally commonalities between them. Mutual observation and learning can also provide some insights and experience.

Suddenly, a voice transmission sounded in Xu Ming's mind.

Xu Ming was slightly stunned and turned his gaze towards the direction of the voice transmission—which was the main seat on the Refining Convention judging platform.

On the main seat, Elder Tie Ning, Elder Feng Ye, Elder Mo Zixuan, and several other unfamiliar experts were smiling and looking at Xu Ming, very kindly.

"Uh…" Xu Ming thought to himself—could it be that they already know my talent level?

Sure enough, Elder Tie Ning transmitted his voice again: "Brother Xu Ming, stop pretending to be stupid there; we all know your talent level! Hahaha…"

The Elders of the Dao Seeking Palace are at the very top of the entire human race; it's not strange that they know some secrets.

But in fact, Elder Tie Ning and the others only knew that Xu Ming was an ordinary "Million-Year Grade" genius, but they didn't know Jin Zhanshen's evaluation of Xu Ming—with their authority, they could only know this much; they couldn't reach a higher level.

"Haha!" Xu Ming also transmitted his voice with a smile, "Elder Tie Ning…"

"Hmph!" Tie Ning pretended to be angry and transmitted his voice, "Why are you calling me 'Elder'? Just call me 'Brother'!"

Strength determines status!

Xu Ming's strength was still weak, but Elder Tie Ning and other experts knew that Xu Ming, as a "Million-Year Grade" genius, was almost certain to surpass them in the future!—At this time, the attitude of Elder Tie Ning and other experts towards Xu Ming would naturally not only look at his current strength.

Xu Ming was worth their equal interaction.

Xu Ming was not pretentious and directly called out cheerfully: "Brother Tie Ning, Brother Feng Ye, Brother Mo Zixuan!"

Xu Ming had already been calling a group of demigods brothers, let alone a few Elder-level figures?

"By the way, you haven't met the Elders beside me, have you? Let me introduce you…" Tie Ning transmitted his voice again, "This is Elder Xu Zhongjing, he shares the same surname as you; this is…"

Xu Ming then greeted these Elders, calling them brothers.

After the introduction, Tie Ning couldn't help but sigh: "Brother Xu Ming, it's really like a play!—When we first met you, we wanted to accept you as a personal disciple; unexpectedly, in just six short years, we're calling each other brothers here!"

"Hahahaha…" Elder Mo Zixuan followed with a laugh, "Although I pride myself on being good at teaching disciples, if you had become my disciple back then, I'm afraid I would have ruined you!"

Elder Feng Ye also said: "True geniuses cannot be taught. Those who can be taught are mediocre!"

Tie Ning joked: "Like the three of us mediocre?"

"Hahahaha…"

Xu Ming, and the Elders, all laughed.

Of course, they were all talking and laughing in small-scale voice transmissions, which would not be noticed by others.

"Brother Xu Ming." Tie Ning said, "Originally, with your status, you should be sitting with us on the main seat. But if that were the case, others would probably guess your talent level!—You are a 'Million-Year Grade' genius, this is a big secret, it cannot be exposed! Therefore, we can only ask you to sit down there!"

Xu Ming smiled and said, "Of course I won't sit on the main seat, I want to sit… in the competition seat!"