Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 258 — Zhou Family Residence
Zhou Yuan heard Mu Liang's explanation to the end without interrupting at all, his gaze fixed on the Heavenly Fruit tree before he suddenly let out a long sigh.
What Mu Liang said about the peculiarities of the Heavenly Fruit tree was indeed true, and Zhou Yuan had also witnessed such things from his previous life.
In his first life, Zhou Yuan found a Heavenly Fruit tree growing around his residence, he witnessed clearly how special the tree was when it grew, it was just that what distinguished the Heavenly Fruit tree before him was very different from the Heavenly Fruit tree he had encountered in his past life.
The Heavenly Fruit Tree that Zhou Yuan found had a black color, not gold like this. Leaves, branches, until the roots are black as a whole even the shape of the Heavenly Fruit also comes in black.
'Actually what Heavenly Fruit I ate before...' Zhou Yuan was still looking for the answer he was looking for.
The Heavenly Fruit Zhou Yuan ate was touted as the eighth Heavenly Fruit that was not recorded in history and had the name Death Fruit. Zhou Yuan had already asked Yun Feiyu about the Death Fruit but the woman did not know the answer.
Zhou Yuan was convinced that since he reincarnated from eating the Death Fruit, Zhou Yuan examined the tree for wanting to find out about the Heavenly Fruit he had eaten in his previous life but he did not seem to have found any information.
Feeling that there was nothing he got anymore Zhou Yuan said goodbye to Mu Liang and thanked the Head of the Mu Family because if not for it, he might not have obtained the Heavenly Fruit.
Zhou Yuan and Yifei then returned to their original lodging and rested, the next day they continued their journey to the Zhou Family residence which had been delayed.
Zhou Yuan wanted to fly but suddenly Yifei held him back by pulling the sleeves of his robe.
"Is there anything you want to say to Fei'er?" Zhou Yuan smiled, Yifei looked uncharacteristic this morning.
"I want to ask, Mm... Can I meet your family?" Tanya Yifei hesitated.
Zhou Yuan smiled and stroked the girl's cheek. "Why do you ask that, of course you can meet them."
"But I was a little nervous when I imagined meeting your parents."
"I can't wait to see what kind of reaction they had when they met Fei'er, they must have been so happy to see you."
Yifei's cheeks suddenly heated up and turned red like boiled crabs, not expecting Zhou Yuan to say that.
Zhou Yuan chuckled and then invited the girl to continue on her way back, Yifei this time was not nervous, he seemed to have regained his confidence.
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"Yue'er, did you come here again?" Zhou Yao saw Lin Ruyue was in Zhou Yuan's room hugging his son's clothes and he cried.
"I'm sorry, my husband, I didn't mean to..."
Before Lin Ruyue finished her remark Zhou Yao had already approached and hugged her. "It's okay, I don't blame you if you miss Yuan'er, I'm the same..."
Three more years had passed since the news of Zhou Yuan's death, Lin Ruyue couldn't stop thinking about her son as she passed through the room that was once where Zhou Yuan grew up.
Lin Ruyue still couldn't believe that the child she loved had just died, even if time had passed, the sadness had not faded with time.
Lin Ruyue might look ordinary when viewed from the outside, smiling alongside Zhou Yuyin and her husband but in her heart, she stabbed her feelings so deeply.
On this day the woman could not hold back her emotions, she cried in Zhou Yao's arms to the point of wetting her husband's clothes.
"You must've held him for so long..." Zhou Yao stroked Lin Ruyue's hair gently.
Lin Ruyue continued to cry until the woman fell asleep in her husband's arms, Zhou Yao then took her to her bed to rest.
Zhou Yao sighed seeing his wife's condition, he realized how hurt Lin Ruyue had been since Zhou Yuan's departure.
Zhou Yao could do nothing but comfort Lin Ruyue, after which he left to continue his work as the leader of the Zhou Family, just as he had walked out of his residence he found Zhou Yuyin, who was the leader of the Zhou family, zhou Yuan's younger brother, was training in his yard while swinging his wooden sword.
"Dad, want to come train with me?" Yuyin stopped her training after seeing her father.
"You've been practicing long enough today, don't you want to rest Yin'er?" Zhou Yao smiled warmly at his daughter.
His father's question made Yuyin's face instantly turn sullen but he couldn't refute it because it was true, it made Zhou Yao chuckle and scramble her little daughter's hair in anxiety.
Yuyin was the only one who could comfort and make Zhou Yao and Lin Ruyue smile since Zhou Yuan's death.
Zhou Yuyin who was almost 7 years old has now become a sweet and cheerful girl, although not as mature and genius as her brother when at the same age, Yuyin remains the pride of the Zhou Family.
"Dad, where Mom is, I didn't see her today, I wanted to train with Mom instead of Dad."
Zhou Yao smiled. "Your mother's asleep, you don't bother her, she needs a break right now."
Yuyin blurted her lips, "Okay dad, Yuyin understands."
Zhou Yao smiled and requested that his little daughter train on her own as she was still busy working, Yuyin again swung her wooden sword in the courtyard of the house while Zhou Yao went to her study.
When he had just entered his room, Zhou Yao was startled by someone who was already waiting for him there.
"Yao'er you've been a long time, I've been waiting here an hour..."
Zhou Yao was startled when he saw Zhou Bing, "Dad already done a closed-door exercise?"
"You can see it, right?"
Zhou Yao narrowed his eyes, examined Zhou Bing's strength and for a moment he held his breath when he discovered that his father's strength had reached the peak of the Crystal Realm.
"Dad broke through!?" Zhou Yao was surprised.
"That's how it is, but to break through to the Light Realm sheer hard work is not enough, it seems like I can't do it all my life." Zhou Bing smiled faintly.
Breaking through to the Light Realm was indeed different from breaking through the previous levels of the realms, there was a huge barrier that became the distance between the peak power of the Crystal Realm and the early Light Realm that was the existence of the Gate of Light.
In addition to requiring a lot of resources, one must have a mature martial understanding to open the Gate of Light. Even if you can, it will take years when the process of opening the gate occurs.
"I came here because I wanted to see you, there's something I haven't talked about your son." Zhou Bing said straight to the point.
"Yuan'er?"
"Yes, there's actually some secret you don't know about your son and I think I should tell him now."
Zhou Yao frowned but he did not interrupt much less Zhou Bing after he immediately told him about the secret he had been covering about Zhou Yuan's special body.