Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 230 — Arrive In Moon Empire
Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes, trying to find something within the distance of his gaze, his face looking anxious for not being able to find what he was looking for.
"Where the land is, is this map wrong..." Zhou Yuan bit his lips, he was crossing the ocean since a few hours ago but did not find any land.
Thanks to the map instructions Huang Li had made, Zhou Yuan needed to fly in the sea that was passing through him, when he was across the land he would arrive at the border of the Moon Empire.
Zhou Yuan had no problem if it passed through the sea, forest, or the like, the matter of the profound energy residing in his body began to thin out while no signs of land would appear before his eyes.
Zhou Yuan continued to fly with a slightly riled face, if his internal energy ran out here then inevitably he had to continue his journey by swimming in the middle of the ocean.
"Ah, is that him?!"
Just as Zhou Yuan thought he should swim across, before his eyes the land he was looking for finally met.
Zhou Yuan's face instantly turned bright, he immediately increased his flying speed in order to reach the land in time.
The land that was in front of Zhou Yuan was the border of the Moon Empire, in another sense he had already reached his empire.
It took Zhou Yuan more than a month to fly from the Star Empire to the Moon Empire, of course, the time was calculated including when he stopped or rested.
Zhou Yuan finally arrived on the mainland, as he was about to land and replenish his inner power, Zhou Yuan's gaze was fixed on someone who seemed to be being chased by a group of people.
Zhou Yuan saw everything in the air, the one being chased by the group was a young girl, she looked already exhausted from the disordered breathing.
In contrast to the girl's condition, the group that chased her was precisely in top condition, each of them carrying a machete weapon and ready to kill the girl.
The distance between the two was getting closer, the girl's running speed slowly slowed down because her condition had indeed reached its limit. Realizing she could not escape the group, the girl pulled the sword at her waist and began to turn around.
Zhou Yuan's eyes narrowed when he saw the girl's movements that didn't feel foreign to him. A moment later he realized who the girl was being chased.
"Why is he here?" Zhou Yuan frowned, not waiting any longer for him to come down and help the girl.
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Xi Jinxue was a girl who came from the Xi Noble Family, she was the second daughter of the Family Leader and was the younger sister of Xi Yan.
Not many people knew Xi Jinxue's name because of his talent that was considered ordinary, whereas according to Zhou Yuan, Xi Jinxue's talent was said to be good only covered by his brother's talent which was said to be the youngest martial genius.
The Xi Royal Family was the Great Nobles Family as well as the second strongest in the Moon Empire after the Jiang Imperial Family.
Their family leader Xi Kai occupied the top ten greatest heroes of the Moon Empire, making their family famous and respected.
Due to orders from his father, Xi Jinxue had to leave his residence with an object, for some reason he did not expect that in his mission he would be pursued by a group of people who wanted it.
Xi Jinxue had already tried to defend himself with the technique he had learned, it had managed to subvert some people who were chasing him but due to their sheer numbers, the girl finally chose to run.
Xi Jinxue did not know how long he had been chased, nor did he know where he was now, what he had in mind at the moment was to continue escaping from the pursuit of the group.
As his inner strength stayed a few more and the distance he and his opponent drew closer, Xi Jinxue bit his lips and spun in direction to attack them.
With the sword techniques he mastered, Xi Jinxue moved nimbly against his opponents, his sword movements were extremely fast and when people noticed it, five of them had already fallen.
"This girl is still dangerous even though she is already exhausted, we should use the formation to fight her!" Excited one of the people in the group.
Xi Jinxue began to be attacked from various sides, he could dodge and fend off some attacks but some of them hit his body.
Xi Jinxue had wounds on his shoulders and stomach deep enough, his breathing was already disjointed and his body was already almost at its limit.
"Dad, Mother, forgive Xue'er, it looks like I'm going to die here..." Xi Jinxue bit his lips.
Xi Jinxue used all her strength to fight against the person who surrounded her, rather than fight back, rather the girl was just trying to survive as much as possible.
"Dead you little girl!" Suddenly a sword was unsheathed towards Xi Jinxue.
The girl realized too late, she closed her eyes because she consciously could not avoid it.
"Miss Xi, try to hold on a little more..."
Someone's voice rang out in Xi Jinxue's ears with a soft tone, Xi Jinxue then opened his eyes and found the sword that was drawn towards his body was now being held back by the person who spoke.
Xi Jinxue's mouth was wide open, "You, how did you manage to?"
"We continue speaking after overcoming them first..." Zhou Yuan smiled faintly before giving a kick to the person who unsheathed the sword.
Zhou Yuan's rapid footwork was unavoidable so that his kick hit his body in a crushing manner, he crashed backwards far enough to stop when he hit a tree, instantly the person stopped breathing.
Xi Jinxue was surprised, she wanted to say something to the man but realized the situation did not allow to ask.
Zhou Yuan and Xi Jinxue turned their backs while the group of people surrounding him became wary when they saw Zhou Yuan's sudden arrival.
"Strike them together!" Excited one of them.
Zhou Yuan and Xi Jinxue fought the remaining members of the group, Zhou Yuan used his kick technique while Xi Jinxue wore his sword technique.
Both sides fought quite fiercely, Zhou Yuan's kick was very fast and very difficult to see let alone avoided his opponent, in one kick then there were people who crashed backwards.
The criminal group belatedly realized Zhou Yuan possessed strength that was within reach of their strength, when it dawned on them, their group was already a dozen more.
Xi Jinxue's attack was also no less deadly, with his sword technique he was able to finish off some of the people's lives.
"Wine! They're no match for us, everyone, run-!"
Realizing they would not win against Zhou Yuan, the group immediately turned around and fled, remaining of them only a few more people.
Zhou Yuan could have chased after them but suddenly Xi Jinxue lost his consciousness, Zhou Yuan immediately caught the girl's body before touching the ground.