Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 1 — Seven Heavenly Fruit
In the legend there will be seven legendary fruits that will grow every time when the red moon phenomenon is created.
No one knows when it happened, some say that the phenomenon will form every 100 years, he said, some say that it will happen once every 300 years and some say the cycle will repeat once every 1000 years.
Despite these assumptions, in one of the eras, the seven legendary fruits actually grew in the martial world and shocked many people.
The seven legendary fruits are also referred to as the Seven Heavenly Fruits, anyone who eats it even if it is only one of the seventh then he will be a powerful and unparalleled warrior so it is not surprising when the fruit grows in the martial world, he said, peace is really a lot of chaos.
In history, this era was the most terrible era in the martial world because not only wars between warriors but the government was also involved in fighting over the Seven Heavenly Fruit.
The Seven Heavenly Fruits grew in different locations and in erratic directions, each one growing only one heavenly fruit and they scattered throughout the Empire's landmass.
It took about a year for the Heavenly Fruit to be eaten from its tree.
Heavenly Fruit Trees were different, they looked striking in terms of physique especially their color, be it a tree or its fruit they had a golden color. The Seven Heavenly Fruits were like golden apples.
Each of the Seven Heavenly Fruits has different names, such as the fruit of wisdom, the fruit of anger, the fruit of intelligence, the fruit of life and so forth.
Many cities have been destroyed due to many wars, thousands of people have died victims of silent witnesses to the seizure of the Heavenly Fruit.
One of the victims of the Heavenly Fruit was Zhou Yuan, an unnamed high-level swordsman who had to be a victim of the tragedy of the Heavenly Fruit.
Zhou Yuan was a talented swordsman, his body seemed younger than his actual age. Zhou Yuan did not expect that at his forty years of age he would have to face a state of life and death.
Zhou Yuan is now surrounded by thousands of warriors after it is suspected that he has one of the Seven Heavenly Fruit.
The assumption is not wrong but also not entirely true, Zhou Yuan understood that the fruit he was carrying was heavenly fruit as well but it was different from the other seven heavenly fruits because it had a deep black color like a shadow instead of other heavenly fruits that were golden in color.
Death Fruit, it was the eighth Heavenly Fruit unknown to martial world warriors.
Zhou Yuan accidentally got it to grow in the courtyard where he was practicing, after finding out about the pitch black fruit then Zhou Yuan understood the fruit in his hand was a heavenly fruit as well but not recorded in history.
The sound of mutual shouting said from the swordsman who surrounded him so that Zhou Yuan handed over the heavenly fruit.
Some of them threatened Zhou Yuan for the safety of their lives while others offered him a reward offer.
Zhou Yuan did not respond to their cries, his attention was fixed towards the black heavenly fruit he was holding.
"The Fruits of Death, hearing them alone must make others reluctant to eat you but compared to handing them over..." Zhou Yuan looked around. "I wouldn't give it to you."
There were many things that Zhou Yuan thought, he subconsciously gave the fruit to them not making his life safe.
Zhou Yuan closed his eyes for a moment, he remembered what his teacher had said before he died. "If you don't make decisions in life, then life will make decisions for you... Maybe that's what you mean."
Since childhood, Zhou Yuan was only a miserable beggar who did not know who his parents were, living a short life even a day of eating not necessarily his certainty.
Hunger was common for him until he met a young man who changed his life.
That old man who was none other than teacher Zhou Yuan, a high-level swordsman who had retired from the martial world.
Zhou Yuan learned from his teacher about many things, ranging from basic things such as learning to read, write, count until he learned high-level martial arts techniques.
Almost twenty years of training Zhou Yuan eventually became a powerful swordsman, at least enough to make his name famous in the martial world.
"I used to choose not to get involved in the martial world because I avoided bloodshed but now I'm the one who did a lot of killing..." Zhou Yuan smiled bitterly, looking at the warriors who were surrounding him.
The warriors who surrounded Zhou Yuan almost all had the same colored uniforms, they were indeed from a reputable criminal organization and were the most dangerous organization in the martial world.
One of them suddenly walked forward, a man who looked to be aged and had the most strength of the other swordsman. He is the chairman of that organization.
"Broker, I don't know what your name is, you seem to be an unknown swordsman but possess quite a high strength. I won't say much, hand over the fruit then you can live from here."
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, he could feel that the person would not forgive him even if he gave the heavenly fruit even if he had killed one-tenth of the members of his organization.
Zhou Yuan did not reply, he glanced at the pitch-black heavenly fruit before quickly eating it. Although the fruit is shaped like an apple but the texture is different, the heavenly fruit is very tender and soft so that it can be easily swallowed.
The action immediately made the head of the organization angry and immediately pulled out his weapon. The members were not much different, they were ready to kill Zhou Yuan.
"You want heavenly fruit, you must take it in my stomach..." Zhou Yuan laughed out loud.
Zhou Yuan did not have time to notice the changes in his body after swallowing the Death Fruit, he preferred to focus on taking out his sword and being ready to fight.
The head of the Organization could not contain his anger anymore. He raised his hand and told his troops to move forward to attack Zhou Yuan.
With a sword in hand, Zhou Yuan welcomed the hundreds of organizations without the slightest trepidation, his fast swordplay and complex movements allowed him to kill dozens of people within minutes.
Seeing that its members continue to be eliminated, the Chairman of the organization did not stay silent and moved to help with the Elders.
Zhou Yuan could not defeat them at once, it didn't take long for his body to begin to be covered in quite serious injuries.
Zhou Yuan managed to kill the two Elders of the organization along with severing the left hand of his Chairman.
"You..." The head of the organization grew even more furious while enduring the pain of his severed hand.
Zhou Yuan tried to smile, his breath was now irregular, let alone blood had poured out everywhere. Zhou Yuan's gaze began to blur and he realized his life was not long away.
Zhou Yuan fell to his knees with the sword holding his body, he was already unable to move anymore.
"At least at the end of my life I've decided what choice I make teacher..." Zhou Yuan spewed blood in his mouth. "Although it's too late but if I were to be reborn, I wouldn't let their organization live..."
Slowly Zhou Yuan's gaze grew darker, in the second his eyes closed he exhaled his last breath. Zhou Yuan died on his knees.
The head of the organization that had healed the bleeding of his hands was not satisfied when Zhou Yuan died though, he clenched his hands hard then he was forced to order the other members to leave from there. They had failed in their mission to take the heavenly fruit.
Zhou Yuan's body remained kneeling in place, without anyone noticing, the Death Fruit that Zhou Yuan ate earlier started to react within his body.
Zhou Yuan did not know that the Death Fruit which was the eighth heavenly fruit was the most powerful of the seven other heavenly fruits, one of his abilities being able to change one's destiny.