Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 135 — Candidate Champion
Zhou Yuan's gaze was directed at the group that had just entered the fifth floor and occupied the restaurant table not far from his seat.
The group contained two men and one woman, one of whom was in his 40s while the rest were in their teens.
"Teacher, I'm not sure we'll compete there, when compared to other participants our strength is too far..." A girl from the entourage complained a little to the 40-year-old man who seemed to be her teacher.
"You mustn't be such a pessimist Lulu, look, Feng Lan alone isn't like that."
The girl called Lulu put on a disheveled face, maybe she was indeed a genius in her sect but if juxtaposed with the geniuses in the academy, she was nothing.
"Teacher's right Lulu, you're too pessimistic about your abilities, let's just say we're in this tournament to add to the experience..." Feng Lan, a tournament participant like Lulu, gave the girl some spirit.
Lulu sighed then forced a smile.
"According to Master, who will win the tournament?" Feng Lan changed the conversation to a more interesting topic.
Although Feng Lan and the girl named Lulu were tournament participants but they were sure they would not win much less until the champion. This is not because they are pessimistic but realistic because it is based on calculations and data.
"Hm, teachers have heard of candidates who will become champions, they are all talented young warriors. Liu Yuwen is a possibility to become a champion." Guess the teacher.
"Liu Yuwen, oh the number 1 student in the academy is not a teacher? He was indeed gifted especially his fire sword skill." Feng Lan nodded, agreeing. "But teacher don't underestimate Zuo Lang, he can defeat a lot of participants with his explosive bubble."
The teacher nodded, he had also heard of Zuo Lang coming from the Earth Empire, because of his unique ability the rumors of Zuo Lang had already spread before the tournament started.
"The red-haired girl should also be taken into account, rumors say that she is a candidate who can defeat Yuwen." Lulu, whose feelings are starting to improve, argues as well.
"Red-haired girl? Hm, I have also heard the rumors but I think it's too much, even though the skill is high but if Yuwen juxtaposes maybe he still needs to practice." Feng Lan shook her head slowly.
"There are still many great participants there, for example Song Bai participants who are famous for their speed such as lightning, Jiang Yifei, a girl who has the skill of changing the type of blue flame, and Gong Yubu, who is famous for her speed, and Gong Yifei, who is a girl who has the skill of changing the type of blue flame, no one had ever survived by that fat male mace.all of those participants were likely to become champions later on, remember this tournament covered the entire vast Northern Mainland Continent..." The teacher of the two teenagers warned that the situation on the ground could be different.
Zhou Yuan, Yifei as well as Jiang Long were able to hear their chatter clearly.
Zhou Yuan was sure the red-haired girl they had discussed earlier was Xiao Rou, there was no red-haired girl except for that girl in the academy.
It had been a long time since he had met the girl, the last time Xiao Rou was 13. Recalling his face, Zhou Yuan was sure there would be many changes when he was reunited with him.
'Hm, maybe I'll look for him later...' Zhou Yuan stroked his chin.
On the other hand Zhou Yuan reacted a little, it was already a lot of news even before the participants of the list of one of them Jiang Yifei, Zhou Yuan did not know that the girl would be famous even to the imperial border.
"It looks like the current generation tournament has a lot of talented warriors, you two have a lot to practice when in the academy later..." Jiang Long who came to hear the group sighed.
Yifei nodded, he felt challenged when he heard the many great participants there while Zhou Yuan looked ordinary.
Zhou Yuan was sure, no matter how talented they were, there was nothing more than a mere golden swordsman. Zhou Yuan sighed, to be honest he felt like he broke the rules due to the tournament's age limit of up to 20 years while Zhou Yuan, despite being 15 years old but his original age was now over 50 years old.
Zhou Yuan's daydream was broken when the food Jiang Long ordered came, not only one servant came but ten people at once, each servant brought a meal nap where the aroma was very appetizing.
Jiang Long licked her lips when all the food had been removed, now the food was a little full and crammed on the table.
Not waiting for their time to eat right away, Jiang Long ate the food so voraciously while Zhou Yuan ate as necessary.
Yifei eats foods made from vegetables to keep his weight stable. Actually the girl did not think too much about this but it was different when she had met Zhou Yuan.
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"We're going to go to the academy and go straight to the list, uh, my stomach is too full..." Jiang Long stroked his stomach which from the start was already distended.
Zhou Yuan chuckled while Yifei shook his head at his uncle's behavior.
Zhou Yuan's entourage returned to the white eagle which had previously been guarded by warriors from the restaurant. According to Jiang Long, they did not need to climb the mountain to the Academy like the participants in general, Jiang Long was planning to land on top of the mountain peak.
One of the specialties of white eagles can indeed fly at a height that is quite high compared to ordinary eagle stealth.
Jiang Long again controlled the eagle demon, the three of them darting high towards the sky.
"It's..."
When Zhou Yuan's eagle pierced through the clouds, he found the Four Imperial Academy that was much larger in size than he had expected to be even larger than the Imperial Palace.
The top of the mountain turned out to have a large enough area, someone seemed to be able to make a small town there.
Not only the vastness of it but the academy also had a beautiful scenery especially was the expanse of clouds as far as the eyes looked at them.
Yifei was also amazed, he had never seen the beauty of the sky like this so the girl stared stunned.
Jiang Long then landed his eagle on one of the fields in sight, there he also saw that there was a queue at the academy gate that they might be tournament participants who would register.
The appearance of Zhou Yuan's entourage coming from the sky was surprising not only from the enrollees but the tournament committee.
Of concern were the demons they were riding on, some of the waiters might have heard of the white eagle and its rarity but this time they saw it firsthand.
"Excuse me sir, I think you're from the Imperial Family?" An academy committee immediately approached Zhou Yuan's newly landed entourage.
Jiang Long nodded, he understood the reason the committee could guess because only those in the upper class had white eagles like this especially the imperial family.
The committee then told Zhou Yuan's entourage to go straight in without waiting in line because they were participants invited by the academy directly.
Unlike the other participants who had to pay a lot if they wanted to list the tournament, Zhou Yuan and Yifei were arguably exceptions.
The academy gave a free quota to the four Imperial Families and invited them to participate in this tournament, coincidentally the Jiang Family gave that free quota to Zhou Yuan and Jiang Yifei.