Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 148 — Unlock Feeling
Zhou Yuan and Yifei returned to the inn after such a long match, while there Yifei seemed to have a lot of thoughts on returning so that made Zhou Yuan curious and asked him.
"Fei'er, is something bothering you?"
Yifei looked at Zhou Yuan for a moment before sighing, "After seeing Miss Xiao and Miss Yue's talent I feel like they are indeed greater than me..."
Zhou Yuan frowned, "Why do you think so?"
"Let's know, I feel that my talent is ordinary after seeing the talent of a swordsman in another empire."
Yifei thought so because looking at Ling Yan's water element ability earlier, the water element was a weakness for the fire element, if only that time the one who competed was himself maybe Yifei would not win against Ling Yan.
Zhou Yuan nodded, beginning to understand the girl's feelings.
"Do you think I am?" Ask Yifei.
"No, I think Yifei is just as talented as them even more." Zhou Yuan smiled gently.
"Hm, you're not comforting me when you say that?" Jiang Yifei narrowed his eyes.
Zhou Yuan laughed softly then stroked the top of Yifei's head. "No, I always thought you were a talented person."
Yifei blushed and felt glad to be praised thus, suddenly from the direction of the inn gate there was someone knocking on him.
Yifei's gloomy face turned even brighter and immediately ran to open the gate.
Zhou Yuan chuckled softly while shaking his head, he understood why Yifei reacted so because the ones who came here were Xiao Rou and Linxia.
Sure enough, when he returned, Yifei was already with the two girls.
"Brother Yuan!"
"Teacher..."
Xiao Rou and Linxia gave a greeting to Zhou Yuan who was replied by a nod by the young man.
"In the meantime, I'll get you some tea..." Zhou Yuan went to the kitchen before returning and brought four cups of tea for them to drink.
"Brother Yuan, what about our previous match?" Linxia asked, opening up the conversation.
Among the three was actually Linxia more reflective of an attitude of maturity, Xiao Rou herself tended to be quieter and more listening while for Yifei, the girl became a cheerful, feisty, and perhaps a little childish figure.
Zhou Yuan also did not understand but the three different attitudes of the girl could actually make them more familiar quickly.
"You have fought well..." Zhou Yuan smiled warmly and stroked the head of Linxia then Xiao Rou.
"Ehem..." Yifei coughed slowly. "Not that I want to be caressed by you but I have also escaped to the Main Round."
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly before stroking Yifei's head as well, the girl always said otherwise if she wanted something.
"Hm, am I interrupting your time?" Jiang Long had just returned home from the tournament arena and was surprised to see Zhou Yuan with the three women on the veranda of his inn.
"Senior Jiang's..."
"Uncle."
Zhou Yuan and Yifei paid their respects to Jiang Long as well as Xiao Rou and Linxia who followed along.
Jiang Long stroked his chin, only to notice that other than Yifei, these two girls who were with him were people he recognized.
One was someone who had a swordplay quite unique but deadly when in tournaments while the other girl who was red-haired, could imitate the opponent's abilities in a few minutes. Of course Jiang Long would not quickly forget about it just like that.
"Yuan'er, are they your lovers?" Chirps Jiang Long.
Zhou Yuan who was drinking tea immediately choked and coughed at Jiang Long's sudden question while Yifei, Xiao Rou and Linxia's faces turned red and misbehaved.
Jiang Long smiled widely after seeing the reaction they had already given her the answer.
Jiang Long then led Zhou Yuan to a corner of the inn, away from Yifei, Xiao Rou and Linxia.
"From their reactions, you know that they don't have special feelings for you?" Jiang Long smiled meaningfully.
Jiang Long did not expect Zhou Yuan to have a close relationship not only with the Princess of the Moon Emperor alone but the granddaughter of the two heroes of the Moon Empire, Xiao Fan and Yue Jian.
Although he never talked about it, Jiang Long learned that Yifei had special feelings for Zhou Yuan because the girl would not willingly have her head caressed by an outsider like Zhou Yuan unless there was some emotional involvement.
The problem is that the three girls are beautiful women, getting one of them has been said to be proud and getting all three is arguably a miracle.
"No need to hesitate like that, I was also once young, never felt romance. Just so you know I have a dozen wives in the palace, they're all women I love..."
Zhou Yuan choked on his own breath, he hoped that Jiang Long was joking at him but the middle-aged man's expression just didn't find any such signs.
Although it was not strange but still Zhou Yuan was surprised when he heard it, indeed among the nobles or martial world to have more than one wife was not surprising.
In some cases Zhou Yuan had even heard of nobles who had up to dozens of wives, and even that did not count with his concubines.
"Yuan'er, are you also going to marry them?" Jiang Long suddenly asked.
Jiang Long certainly did not want to interfere with this affair but he was curious about Zhou Yuan's feelings.
Zhou Yuan coughed, he felt that this Jiang Long had always been the origin of talking without thinking first.
"Senior, I'm still fifteen, it's too soon to think about this."
Jiang Long smiled broadly seeing Zhou Yuan not refute about marrying them.
"But you don't mind getting married to Fei'er?"
"Seniors..." Zhou Yuan was uncomfortable with this conversation while Jiang Long laughed softly.
"Sorry Yuan'er, you don't have to be angry like that I'm just a little joking." Jiang Long stopped laughing. "There's actually something I want to talk to you about today with regards to your abilities."
"My abilities?"
"Yes, I think you've been close to Fei'er, there's no harm in me teaching you the Jiang Family technique, do you want it?"
"Senior, aren't you kidding me?!" Zhou Yuan held his breath, ever since he saw Jiang Qisha's blue flame, Zhou Yuan was eager to learn the legendary technique.
Zhou Yuan could indeed use blue flames by imitating Yifei but understanding it was a different event, he was not Xiao Rou who had an intelligent brain.
Jiang Long nodded. "I've been thinking about this since the beginning, after all this technique is suitable also used by you... Take it easy, the Jiang Family will not be angry about this incident either."
Zhou Yuan felt enthusiastic, if it was like this he would not hesitate to show his blue fire ability in front of others.
The reason Zhou Yuan had not used blue flames while in the previous tournament had to do with this. He could not use techniques from other Families because it would be considered theft of the moves and other misconceptions.
Underlined, theft of special techniques is strictly prohibited in the martial world and is included as a serious crime.
Jiang Long said he would teach Zhou Yuan when night fell after Xiao Rou and Linxia left the inn.
Zhou Yuan nodded in understanding, after Jiang Long went back out of the inn, he wanted to head to Lily city first to buy something.
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As Zhou Yuan spoke away with Jiang Long, unbeknownst to him the three girls began to talk about something serious.
"It seems like you guys like Brother Yuan too, huh?" Linxia asked Xiao Rou and Yifei, looking calm.
"Ah, that... I'm..." Xiao Rou's face turned red.
"Hmph, who likes him, I don't like him?!" Yifei folded his arms around his chest, throwing off his face even though the girl's cheek color was redder than a boiled crab.
Linxia smiled, "I know Miss Xiao and the Princess feel bad admitting it because I am Brother Yuan's fiancee, but there's one thing I want to tell you that I don't care if you like Brother Yuan."
"Miss Yue, what do you mean?" Xiao Rou, though still embarrassed, had to ask about Linxia's intentions.
"From the very beginning, I learned that it was likely that Brother Yuan would be liked by many girls given his talent as well as character. I can't be selfish about it because I honestly like Brother Yuan too."
Linxia was not as calm as he looked, he was also embarrassed to talk about this but he thought more about the two girls in front of him.
Both of them obviously liked Zhou Yuan but because there was an existence of him here, Xiao Rou and Yifei so keep the attitude especially after knowing that he was Zhou Yuan's fiancee.
"I also like Brother Yuan..." Xiao Rou admitted, he had even felt this feeling a long time ago.
"Yes, I don't think he's a bad person either, nor do I hate him." Yifei plays his hair.
Linxia nodded, as he had expected.
Soon Zhou Yuan returned after speaking with Jiang Long. "It looks like you're talking about something important?"
The three girls looked at each other before simultaneously shaking their heads. "No Brother Yuan, it's just your feelings." Linxia who answered while smiling sweetly.
Zhou Yuan frowned, he felt disbelief in Linxia's words especially after seeing Yifei and Xiao Rou's faces still blushing.