Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 133 — Feelings of Longing
The Four Empires Academy, was touted as a place where genius and talented disciples gathered.
Not just anyone could enter and become a student of the academy, they had to take a difficult test before they could be accepted there.
Even if all the students in the academy were geniuses as well as talented, they were, but still there were some disciples who were superior to other disciples and among them there were those who were called as genius disciples among geniuses.
There are ten students who have the nickname, six of whom are men while the remaining four are women.
In the four most recognized female students there are 2 most prominent, in addition to the 2 women in question are very talented, their appearance is especially attractive.
One of the first women has its own characteristics because it has red hair, her face is always expressionless but even so, she is a sweet girl.
Another famous one of the red-haired girl was her high sword ability. In the Four Empires Academy, he should have placed third as the most talented sword disciple.
The woman was even appointed a special disciple of one of the Academy's renowned Elders. Because of his talent, the elder could see the great potential of the woman in the future.
The woman in question is Xiao Rou, now she has become an 18 year old teenage girl. Although always put on an expressionless face, do not cover the girl's face with her beauty that is above the average ordinary woman.
It was not strange when there was a male disciple who fell in love with Xiao Rou in one glance, some of them even expressed love for the girl but all of them were simultaneously rejected by Xiao Rou on the grounds that she had never been interested in them.
As of now, there was someone who sent a letter to Xiao Rou requesting that the girl come to the back garden of the academy.
To Xiao Rou, he already understood what the events before him would be like. When he arrived at the park alone, a man, the sender of the letter, came to see him and expressed his love for him.
"I'm sorry but I can't take it, I'm not interested in you..." Xiao Rou rejected that declaration of love with a flat expression.
This made the male disciple disappointed and left immediately. Without knowing the truth of Xiao Rou's true situation.
No one knew or perhaps no one understood that in Xiao Rou's heart this time was already occupied by a man who filled his head every time.
After a few years of not meeting the man does not make his feelings of sadness fade or even disappear, instead the feelings get stronger and deep-rooted, the longing is so great to want to meet.
"Teacher are you gonna be here at the tournament?" Xiao Rou looked up at the sky, his eyes showing hope for his words to come true.
Remembering the man's love statement actually made Xiao Rou's mind even more reminded of someone in his heart. Xiao Rou hoped to see him again in the near future, especially during the tournament.
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On the other hand, in a different place not far from the Four Imperial Academies, there was a soothing place where a huge tree lived alone in that place.
Since the Academy was built on a high mountain, then one could see a stretch of clouds when it came to where the tree was. There was a girl there who saw this beautiful sight.
"Miss Yue, you've always been alone in this place, do you like the view?"
A young man named Liu Yuwen, meeting the girl in front of him, the young man had a beautiful face, looked so friendly and polite.
The girl nodded but did not turn her head to the young man, she was still staring at the expanse of clouds in front of her.
Liu Yuwen smiled faintly, all this time there were many women who had fallen in love with him but the girl in front of him had reacted instead, not only was she not interested even the girl always wore a cold expression if she met him.
"My business practicing or not is none of your business, Brother Liu, you don't have to worry about that?"
"Ah sorry, I mean I'm just here to take you on a match, I was pretty curious about which one of us would win."
The girl then turned her head, her gaze felt sharp and there was a hint of anger from the look in her eyes.
"Brother Liu, why do you insist on competing with me, do you have any particular intentions?" The woman narrowed her eyes.
"Miss Yue is too bad to think to me, I just want to see your abilities?"
The woman before Yuwen was Yue Linxia, a 3-year-old academy girl who had only joined but had already become the top 10 genius students in the academy.
Yue Linxia was one of the other famous disciples in the Academy besides Xiao Rou, the same as the red-haired girl Linxia was famous for her swordplay that had no voice.
If Xiao Rou was a beautiful expressionless girl then Linxia was a cold beautiful girl.
Linxia did not like this man named Liu Yuwen, although he was very handsome for the size of a man but Linxia's instinct said Yuwen was a person who had a much different nature.
Liu Yuwen was the son of the Sun Emperor and his identity was highly respected here. Yuwen was also the ten most genius disciples in the academy so it was no wonder with his great identity and genius, there were many women who fell in love with that man.
Either this was just prejudice but Linxia had a different view of Yuwen. According to him, Liu Yuwen is a manipulative person, someone who is much different from his original attitude and his instincts say that Yuwen is a figure that should not be approached.
Therefore Linxia seemed to dislike him, he was not at all fascinated by the handsome face of the man.
"I'm not fighting anyone right now, and... I want to be alone here." Linxia answered him coldly before turning back, looking back at the scene of the clouds again.
"Ah, then sorry, I must be bothering you..." Liu Yuwen kept smiling before saying goodbye and leaving.
Linxia sighed after Liu Yuwen left him alone. He can now enjoy the view of the expanse of clouds again even though his mind is now not there but to a young man who is always in the mind and in the heart.
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"That damn woman, just wait for me to get your swordsmanship..."
On the other hand after Liu Yuwen left Linxia himself, he went to his residence and vented his emotions in the room.
Liu Yuwen felt both furious and annoyed by Linxia's attitude towards her but the man was actually getting more interested and wanted to get something from the girl.
"There's nothing I want not to be mine, whatever way I'm going to do it so I can get that technique..." Yuwen clenched his hands hard with ambition.
Yuwen approached Linxia actually wanted to learn the sword technique the girl used because according to him, Linxia's swordplay was so interesting that it didn't make a sound.
The problem for Yuwen Linxia was very difficult to approach, the girl had no interest in him even though all the women in the academy hardly anyone disliked him.
This made Yuwen think again, he seemed to have to use a different way in order to obtain Linxia's sword technique.