Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 220 — Towards the Moon Empire
"What happened, why did the moon turn red like this?" Qiyao commented, looking up at the sky before turning to Huang Li. "Sister, do you know about this phenomenon?"
"Qiyao, you really don't know?" Huang Li looked at his sister in disbelief.
Qiyao shrugged, which made Huang Li sigh. "In other empires it may be that the phenomenon of the red moon is not so special but for someone living in the Moon Empire, this phenomenon is very imprinting..."
Huang Li actually knew about the red moon and the heavenly fruit, actually this knowledge includes general information in the Moon Empire because it is encoded in the history books even almost the average population will know about the 7 heavenly fruits.
Although it has been a hundred years, the history of warfare to seize the heavenly fruit will never be forgotten because in that era there were many great tragedies that occurred.
Of course Huang Li was very surprised when he saw the red moon, although he did not witness the era of heavenly fruit directly but he could imagine the chaos that occurred at that time.
"Don't that mean the Moon Empire will be in a similar phase as well?" Qiyao asked who realized something.
"Right, I guess Brother Yuan has also realized that, isn't that so Brother Yuan?" Huang Li turned his head towards Zhou Yuan but he found the young man's expression filled with anxiety.
"Brother Yuan, are you okay?" Qiyao patted the young man's shoulder slowly.
Qiyao's clap resuscitated Zhou Yuan from his daydream, he had not heard the conversation of the two twin girls before because it was too late in his mind.
"I'm fine, sorry I was just thinking a lot." Zhou Yuan smiled gently, trying to cover up his feelings of worry.
As Zhou Yuan looked at the red moon, all the events of his first life sprang up as if they had just happened yesterday.
In addition to remembering the heavenly fruit, he also remembered about the great events after the red moon appeared, the great chaos and wars that were going on everywhere.
The current situation of the martial world in the Moon Empire was actually bad enough with the turmoil of war between the government and the criminal organization especially when the Sky Cloud Temple attacked the emperor's residence three years ago.
If the heavenly fruit really appears there then the complete perfection of the great battle will be. His presence of heavenly fruit was enough to create immeasurable chaos.
In his first life, Zhou Yuan probably would not care if the red moon appeared or not because he already had no one to protect after his teacher died.
But in his present life Zhou Yuan had someone he wanted to take care of one of them was his parents and family.
"Brother Yuan, have you forgotten that I can read minds." Qiyao who was looking into Zhou Yuan's eyes from earlier, looked at his thoughts.
Zhou Yuan patted his eel, he almost forgot the fact.
"Brother Yuan, if you want to return to the Moon Empire why don't you go straight there?" Qiyao asked.
Huang Li looked at his sister for a moment before looking at Zhou Yuan, it seemed that the girl understood the situation.
"From this place? It will take me a year to get to the Moon Empire." Zhou Yuan smiled wryly.
"Actually not as long as it's brother Yuan, if using the alternate path that people used to use would probably take a year but there's a secret path in order to get there quickly." Huang Li spoke.
"Secret Street?"
"Yes, my sister and I when I went to the Star Empire it would take me at least seven months to get here, if I didn't have any problems traveling maybe it could be even shorter to 6 months..."
Zhou Yuan was surprised, he did not know there was any secret path that Huang Li meant.
Huang Li explained that Zhou Yuan must have a map of the continent first, the map of the continent is actually very difficult to obtain because it is limited so it is very rare.
Zhou Yuan sighed, should he admit he wanted to arrive at the Moon Empire soon. "Miss Li, please help from you..."
Huang Li nodded, saying it took him two days to make a map of the continent relying on the memories in his head, he also had to make sure the map was accurate by combining several other maps.
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During the two days at the headquarters of the Night Shadow Organization, Zhou Yuan made a lot of preparations before his departure.
Zhou Yuan had hunted down some of the demons around the headquarters for his gem to take, he would use the jewel to replenish his inner power quickly when in the middle of his journey later.
Zhou Yuan had also told Xu Miao and the others that he was going to the Moon Empire soon, the girl did not prevent or forbid Zhou Yuan from understanding the situation he was facing.
Zhou Yuan, on the other hand, hoped that when the two days his portal ring worked, he tried it several times but the results were always nil.
'It looks like this ring still needs time to be able to use...' Zhou Yuan sighed, if only the portal ring was active maybe he had been to the Moon Empire for only a matter of minutes.
Sometime before Zhou Yuan's departure, he asked Xu Miao with her 8 Elders to come together. Zhou Yuan wanted to do something to them.
Zhou Yuan asked them to sit in line and back, the nine girls looked confused but he obeyed Zhou Yuan's orders.
Zhou Yuan placed one hand on Xu Miao's back, "Maybe this hurts but won't be long, I hope Miss Miao can hold on for a few minutes."
Xu Miao nodded, Zhou Yuan said that he would give him strength but he did not understand the way Zhou Yuan gave him that power.
Shortly afterwards Zhou Yuan began to exert a deep force on Xu Miao, the girl simultaneously felt a great pain in her body but she could endure it while biting her lips.
The pain was for too long as Zhou Yuan said, after the pain subsided Xu Miao could feel a great power coursing through her body.
"It... I have broken through to the Crystal Realm?" Xu Miao was aware of the state of her body.
Zhou Yuan nodded. "I know all along you've been trying to break through to the next level, even if you manage it will take five years for you to break through to the Crystal Realm."
Zhou Yuan explained that he used his inner strength to force Xu Miao's body to rise in rank, which was why the process was so painful.
In the martial world there was actually no technique that could perform like this, Zhou Yuan could do it because he studied it in the Book of Heavenly Kings.
Of course, this technique has certain conditions, one of which is that the swordsman must be at the peak of the golden realm. Zhou Yuan was able to help him in a forced manner by his inner power.
Zhou Yuan then did something similar to the other eight Elders including Huang Li and Qiyao. In a short period of time, the nine girls had become warriors of the Crystal Realm.
The nine girls looked overjoyed and grateful to Zhou Yuan, if they were not helped by him even though they were talented they would be able to break through to the Crystal Realm in their thirties.
Zhou Yuan nodded, he purposely helped them as he realized the potential of the Night Shadow Organization in the future. The next day the map Huang Li had made was finally completed. Zhou Yuan wasted no time, he immediately said goodbye to the others.
"Thank you Brother Yuan for your help, if you need help, the Night Shadow Organization is willing to help you at any time." Huang Li shed tears, although Zhou Yuan was only briefly with them but the young man had already done a lot for his organization.
Zhou Yuan nodded, "I must leave, once my affairs in the Moon Empire are over I will return here."
After saying so Zhou Yuan then floated in the air, making the person looking at him hold their breath in surprise. For them, it was only the first time a swordsman could fly like that.
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, no matter the reaction that saw him he immediately shot flying into the air, towards the Moon empire.