Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 63 — Meet Back
Zhou Bing returned to his inn after the meeting with the Patriarch of the Sect, but when he was a few steps away he smelled a fragrant aroma from within.
Zhou Bing went in to find his grandson cooking, the fragrant aroma that smelled earlier was the cuisine of Zhou Yuan.
"Grandfather is back, I've prepared some food. Grandpa can try it first..." Zhou Yuan said while cooking.
Zhou Bing was sitting at the dining table, there were some foods that his grandson had already served. "Yuan'er, since when are you good at cooking?"
"Since Mother taught me, Grandfather how to meet with the Patriarch of the Sect?"
"Good waiter, the discussion went perfectly." Zhou Bing nodded slowly.
Zhou Yuan then served his last meal, he sat at the dinner table right in front of Zhou Bing. The two immediately picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
"How, have you been walking around in this sect? Although different from the city, the Green Bamboo Sect had an interesting sight..."
Zhou Yuan nodded then said that he had already taken a walk down around the sect a few hours ago.
Zhou Yuan did not recount his meeting with a girl at the waterfall, focusing more on explaining the beauty and cleanliness of the Green Bamboo Sect.
"True, this sect is also inspired by our Riva city, although it is side by side with bamboo forest, cleanliness must be maintained because it can make a place more beautiful."
Zhou Bing stopped his chopsticks, recalling something. "By the way Yuan'er, are you ready for the competition?"
Zhou Yuan nodded explaining that he would train here tomorrow to strengthen his abilities. The competition was about to start the day after tomorrow, Zhou Yuan had plenty of time to make preparations.
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"Yuan'er, Grandfather doesn't expect you to win this competition, but wishes you had used all your best abilities." Zhou Bing stroked his granddaughter's head on the third morning they stayed in the sect.
Today was the day that the Moon Orchid searching competition was held, the Green Bamboo Sect had already finished recruiting its participants around eight hundreds of people.
The number is very small to find Orchid Moon which is on a bamboo mountain, must be underlined, Mount Bamboo is very wide to explore. Looking for a Moon Orchid is not much different than looking for a needle in a haystack.
"Grandfather, Yuan understood. Then Yuan leaves now."
The competition would begin at the sect grounds, the participants would gather there before the gate towards the Bamboo Mountain would be opened.
The field has many other participants. Zhou Yuan held onto the hilt of his sword, realizing this competition would end fiercely as well as long.
According to his grandfather, the competition for Moon Orchids had a fourteen-day time limit. The time was very long for the participants to find the plants.
On the bamboo mountain there were many ferocious beasts and demons residing within it. Not too dangerous but still have to be vigilant, loss of life can happen if not careful.
If the participants want to give up in the middle of this competition or they get lost and such, participants can light the fireworks given by the committee.
The fireworks that were lit up the sky would invite the sect committee to head there, saving him as well as bringing him back into the sect.
"Ah, isn't she the one from the Xi Family?"
"Right, and it turned out that the rumor was not wrong, he had already reached the level of the Golden Realm at the age of not yet 20 years..."
Zhou Yuan's attention was diverted towards Xi Yan, almost all of the participants' attention was actually being turned there.
Xi Yan was the one who sabotaged the queue a few days ago as well as he was also the most genius swordsman in the younger generation for having reached the Golden Realm under the age of 20.
When he could see it more clearly Zhou Yuan realized that the man from the Xi noble family had a more handsome face than he remembered.
Many of the women screamed when they saw Xi Yan's good looks, while the man only smiled kindly to face them.
Besides being handsome, Xi Yan had a charismatic aura emanating on his body like a noble, making people see him feel amazed and respectful when meeting the man.
Xi Yan did not walk alone, there were quite a few people behind him.
Zhou Yuan heard from nearby participants that those people were the participants who wanted to join Xi Yan's group.
Although this competition will be won by one person, there are actually no rules for the participants to make a group. The participants can move individually or colonize according to their wishes.
Zhou Yuan even almost saw that all the participants in this field already had their own groups. Indeed if one were in a group, their chances of winning would be much greater.
Zhou Yuan himself chose to move individually, it was because he wanted to freely move later.
Not long after the arrival of Xi Yan and her people, a woman who had an unusually beautiful face entered the field.
The woman was very sweet, wearing a white dress with her hair dangling long to waist. His eyes showed firmness.
Zhou Yuan's eyes widened, he naturally recognized the girl as the woman he had met at the waterfall a few days ago.
"Ah, you've only seen that girl first..." An unknown participant patted Zhou Yuan on the shoulder. "He's a genius disciple in this sect, you're not the first person to fall for him in one glance."
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, he looked at the girl precisely with different emotions. "Do you know him?"
"It's strange that someone doesn't know him." Said the participant. "His name is Linxia, she is the daughter of the Patriarch of the Green Bamboo Sect."
"The linxia? Yue Linxia?" Zhou Yuan asked in a slightly surprised tone.
The participant nodded in response.
Zhou Yuan scratched his head, there was no mistaking that the girl he had trouble with was his future fiancee in this second life.
"Miss Yue, I see you're still alone, if you want you can join me?" Xi Yan unceremoniously directly approached Linxia with his friendly smile.
The participants who were watching the two react, they were shocked when Xi Yan invited Linxia over to speak. In just one look they realized Xi Yan was very interested in the girl.
All the women who admired Xi Yan felt heartbroken but they did not speak much because knowing the identity of Yue Linxia was also no less great than Xi Yan.
"Sorry Brother Xi, I can't go with you..." When Linxia answered so his gaze suddenly met with Zhou Yuan, the two looked at each other. Linxia was a little surprised but it was only a moment before the girl smiled meaningfully.
"I have an appointment with someone..." Linxia walked up to Zhou Yuan before standing next to him. "He's the one who's with me later in the competition, isn't he?"
Zhou Yuan cursed inwardly, slightly regretting not immediately moving away from the girl when he saw her. Now all the attention of the participants was on him while Linxia chuckled to enjoy his game.