Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 154 — Harvest Celebration
"Yuan'er, you were so awesome on stage..." Jiang Long patted Zhou Yuan's shoulder softly while chuckling.
After the Main Round tournament was over, Zhou Yuan, Yifei, and Jiang Long walked back to their inn. Jiang Long praised Zhou Yuan's ability which he thought was extraordinary.
"I'm just practicing harder, Senior..." Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly.
"Don't humble yourself, no one can achieve your talent if only by practicing hard."
Zhou Yuan scratched his head, the statement was not wrong, indeed training harder did not guarantee one could get stronger quickly.
Intelligence, experience, talent, and the presence of a teacher are other factors a swordsman can develop more rapidly.
"By the way, why didn't you use your blue fire in the tournament when it was spitting out that sea of fire?" Jiang Long asked curiously.
"I just don't want the audience to see my entire Senior ability..." Zhou Yuan replied with a faint smile.
Zhou Yuan could not say that the other reason was because he did not want his opponent to burn to death.
Zhou Yuan's fire element control was already extremely high after learning the blue flame technique, if using his true abilities, Zuo Lang would not have the time to dodge it could even result in him losing his life.
"Uncle, why don't you praise me, I'm also through to the next round?" Yifei who had been silent since then was not happy that his uncle praised Zhou Yuan continuously.
"You escaped because your opponent is no match for you, Fei'er, you could say you were lucky today."
"Hmmm!" Yifei snorted in annoyance, he continued his pace faster.
Jiang Long laughed, "I'm just kidding Fei'er, don't go first. Since you two won today, how about we celebrate by eating at a restaurant."
Yifei who had gone a step further instantly came to a halt, his ears trembling when he heard eating in the restaurant.
"Uncle isn't kidding, is he?" Yifei asked making sure.
"Why uncle should lie, it just so happens that today Lily City is celebrating a harvest, there is likely a fireworks party."
Yifei felt disbelief and was excited to go to Lily City.
"First of all we have to clean up first, you've been competing and sweating, right?" Jiang Long chuckled softly at Yifei's impatience.
Yifei nodded, the girl walked over first in order to get faster to the inn, Zhou Yuan who noticed Yifei only shook his head slowly at the childish nature of the Moon Emperor's Princess.
"Yuan'er, I also want to take you to the auction place there, but if that's what you want?"
"Auction?"
"Yes, at the harvest festival later Lily City will hold a big auction. There were many unique as well as rare items to be auctioned, their items were from the four Immediate Empires."
Zhou Yuan stroked his chin, he actually had no desire to buy any items but he could change his mind when at the auction later there were items that provoked his interest.
Zhou Yuan agreed and will attend the tournament.
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Yifei actually wanted to take Xiao Rou and Linxia with him but he realized they might be resting considering that they had competed in the tournament just now.
It was late in the afternoon and by evening, Zhou Yuan, Yifei, and Jiang Long went to Lily City using their white eagles.
Lily City was under the mountain occupied by the Academy, if one were to walk down the mountain, it would take several hours to get to the City.
Using the white eagle as a vehicle, it was not difficult for the three to arrive at Lily City in just a matter of minutes.
Jiang Long landed her white eagle in the restaurant where they first arrived in Lily's city.
The waiter seemed to recognize Zhou Yuan's entourage because only their entourage dared to order all the food on the fifth floor. In addition, the white eagle they brought was also very interesting.
Jiang Long returned to eating on the fifth floor, the three began ordering dishes at the restaurant.
Yifei seemed to be so good at eating at the restaurant, even though every day the girl was eaten by Zhou Yuan but the cuisine in this restaurant was much more delicious.
Zhou Yuan also had to admit that the restaurant's cuisine was indeed more palatable than his own despite their high prices.
'Hm, maybe I should learn more so that my cooking can be as delicious as this.' Zhou Yuan's inner heart when eating chicken thighs in his hands.
After eating at the restaurant, Jiang Long took Zhou Yuan and Yifei to the field in the middle of Lily City, a harvest celebration would be held there as well as an auction afterwards.
"Uncle, Brother Yuan and I intend to buy a sword for me, uncle can go there first..." Yifei.
Zhou Yuan frowned, the girl had never told him about buying a sword let alone the plan to go with him.
Jiang Long chuckled softly, he did not know if Yifei was telling the truth or not that for sure the girl seemed to want to be alone with Zhou Yuan.
"Alright, I'll buy three seats for the two of you at the auction. Yuan'er, please take care of Yifei..."
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly before nodding, after which Jiang Long left the two.
"Fei'er, what kind of sword do you want?" Zhou Yuan asked the girl.
"I want a sword like you, a two-sided sword."
Zhou Yuan nodded, Yifei is not a swordsman but he understands the basics of swordplay at some stage. With her fire element, the girl could form a sword.
Zhou Yuan led the journey through Lily City, because tonight there will be a harvest celebration making the city streets a little crowded by the surrounding residents even though the time is getting dark.
"Fei'er, stay by my side!" Zhou Yuan held onto the girl's tiny hand, he did not want to push on like this to keep the two apart.
Yifei did not reject Zhou Yuan's helping hand, on the other hand the girl's face flushed slightly even though he tried to hold her back.
Zhou Yuan looked around, to be honest he was at a loss to find where the weapons were because he had only been in Lily City for the first time in his two lives.
As Zhou Yuan was still thinking, his eyes found a familiar shop in his head.
Zhou Yuan's face brightened, as soon as the two of them went to the store. The shop Zhou Yuan visited was named the Moonlight Shop.
"Are you sure this is an armory shop?" Yifei frowned looking at the name of the shop.
"I've been to him but in different places, the quality of the weapons they sell is very good." Zhou Yuan nodded confidently.
Zhou Yuan had been to the Moonlight Shop while in Hana City three years ago, it was there that he bought a throwing knife as well as met Jiang Qisha.
Zhou Yuan who first entered the shop, when he set foot inside, all eyes were turned to him.
In Toko Terang Bulan there are indeed some customers at night but they are still open. The servant, who was mostly a young female girl, immediately looked towards Zhou Yuan when the young man entered.
Other than Zhou Yuan having the appearance of the person who was, the man's face also looked handsome and dignified. Just contact with it the shop maid girls immediately swarmed him.
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, so he remembered the incident when he first entered the store.
The maidens were being friendly towards Zhou Yuan not even a little bit teasing him, yet it did not last long as a cold glance led to them.
Yifei stared intently at those servants who had just entered Zhou Yuan shortly inside. Yifei's cold gaze at the maid made them take a few steps back and gulp.