Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 18 — Masked Intruder
To console his heart Xiao Rou chose to practice the sword in his yard.
Zhou Yuan who was looking from a distance could only sigh while scratching his head, he could see the look in the eyes of the girl was very sad when it came to parting with her grandfather again.
Zhou Yuan was now in Xiao Rou's residence thanks to his mother's order to accompany the girl, in the end after he got Zhou Yuan confused as to what to comfort him like.
Zhou Yuan twisted his brain for a moment before he came up with an idea to comfort the red-haired girl.
"Rou'er, have you learned anything other than swordsmanship?" Zhou Yuan approached the girl before slightly making small talk to her.
Xiao Rou immediately stopped his sword when he found out the person asking was Zhou Yuan, his teacher. In response to his question, Xiao Rou shook her head slowly.
"Rou'er, swordsmanship is very important in one's martial arts but swordsmanship without swordsmanship is not a swordsman."
Xiao Rou looked puzzled by Zhou Yuan's statement. "Teacher, I don't understand your explanation..."
"There are times when the situation does not support us to use the sword, a swordsman will generally rely on his sword skills, a swordsman without a sword his combat strength will decrease quite weakly..."
Zhou Yuan later said that the importance of a swordsman mastering other fields such as for example is the science of bare hands.
Because in battle it could be a sword regardless of the grasp of the user, bare-handed science is very helpful when the situation occurs.
Zhou Yuan then expressed his intention that if Xiao Rou wanted to he would teach the girl a bare-handed technique.
Hearing that Xiao Rou nodded quickly, a flash of her sad face disappeared instantly.
Zhou Yuan chuckled, he had already guessed that the girl's reaction would be so because naturally Xiao Rou was very fond of learning let alone gaining new knowledge.
"The thing that I want to bring down on you is the Sky Ruler Kick technique. One of the high-level kick techniques that is difficult to learn, this technique is devotedly used by women."
"Women?! Teacher, how can you learn female-specific techniques? Isn't that too..." Xiao Rou could not continue with her words because she felt unwell.
Zhou Yuan scratched his cheek while smiling awkwardly, he understood the attitude and reaction of the girl to him.
In the martial world there are indeed some martial techniques that are devoted to a woman, when a male swordsman mastered female techniques is arguably a taboo case.
Zhou Yuan mastered that kick technique from his teacher, he also actually did not understand how his teacher could master a female technique but Zhou Yuan definitely saw how the kick technique was very useful in battle.
"The explanation is long but this is definitely a perfect fit for you..." Zhou Yuan scratched his head.
Without discussing the technique any further Zhou Yuan started practicing the Sky Ruler Kick technique in front of Xiao Rou.
Zhou Yuan's movements seemed to move like they were dancing and had a beautiful variation of movements, if an expert saw it more clearly then they would find there were imperfections in Zhou Yuan's movements caused due to his posture which was that of a man.
Xiao Rou who saw that was quite surprised as well as realizing that the kick technique Zhou Yuan was doing was not an ordinary kick technique.
"Teacher, how did you get that technique?" Xiao Rou asked enthusiastically after Zhou Yuan finished his move. The girl looked really surprised.
"That's quite a secret so can you hide this from anyone?"
Xiao Rou nodded, if Zhou Yuan said that then it meant that he did not need any explanation and simply studied it.
Zhou Yuan then ordered that Xiao Rou try the technique he had just done, without having Xiao Rou twice demonstrate the Sky Ruler Kick technique.
Despite having been three years together, Zhou Yuan still remained shocked by the girl's talent which he thought was quite beyond reason.
Xiao Rou continued honing the Sky Ruler Kick until the night began to grow late while Zhou Yuan watched him from afar.
Zhou Yuan yawned widely, he was about to stop his training enough to get here until he suddenly sensed the presence of others from afar.
Thanks to his experience in the past life Zhou Yuan has a high sensitivity about the existence of someone around him.
The presence of the person was not only one but several people and continued to grow up to dozens of people. They seemed to walk slowly to not make a sound but in front of Zhou Yuan's sensitivity it was still realized.
Zhou Yuan jumped onto the roof of the building then saw from a distance that many black-clothed warriors had entered into the Zhou Family residence.
"What is this, are they intruders!?"
Zhou Yuan was sure that the intentions of the black-clothed warriors were not good let alone the people who entered his Residence all wearing masks.
Zhou Yuan then landed beside Xiao Rou, intending to tell him what he saw but had not finished yet, there were seven masked warriors to the Xiao Rou residence
"Hey see, isn't this girl the one we're after now?" One of the masked swordsmen asked his partner, making sure upon seeing Xiao Rou.
"Mistake no mistake, her hair was exactly red with Xiao Fan. We're gonna finish him here..."
Xiao Rou looked surprised as well as frightened at the sight of the masked swordsman. The ability of the girl is indeed high compared to the seven masked people but she is not experienced with real external combat.
"Rou'er, take cover behind me, they are dangerous people!" Zhou Yuan immediately pulled Xiao Rou to stand behind him.
Zhou Yuan saw the level seven masked swordsman before him in the Bronze Realm.
Hearing Zhou Yuan's words, the seven masked warriors laughed. In front of them Zhou Yuan and Xiao Rou were nothing more than a brat.
"Hmph, being a child is already a hero, what can you do against us." The masked swordsman laughed in a mocking tone.
"Little boy, hand over the girl as soon as possible before I kill you? We won't harm you if you're a submissive child."
Zhou Yuan frowned, 'They seem to be eyeing Rou'er, what is going on here exactly?' Zhou Yuan was still digesting the situation, he did not look frightened even very calm.
"Little boy do you hear me?"
One of the masked swordsmen stepped closer to Zhou Yuan, he was intending to rip out his ear but before that happened Zhou Yuan moved quickly to hit his stomach.
Zhou Yuan's punches were extremely harsh, the masked swordsman would not have expected the 10-year-old before him to have such terrifying physical strength.
With his punch, the masked swordsman felt his entire organs move, punching Zhou Yuan at once made his ribs crack.
"What! How can?!" The masked swordsman screamed stifled and immediately fell to his knees holding his stomach.
Zhou Yuan did not say much, he took the sword embedded in the swordsman's waist before thrusting it towards the heart area.
The masked swordsman was completely unprepared for Zhou Yuan's overly sudden actions, he obviously did not expect to be killed by a boy who seemed harmless.