Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 8 — Xiao Fan
"For so long as you don't see Brother Xiao, you look younger..."
Zhou Bing immediately greeted the old man while patting him on the shoulder, welcoming him, while the old man surnamed Xiao replied with a laugh.
"You're really mocking me Bing, obviously you know I'm a hundred years old, where the youth is..."
The two old men laughed together, looking as if their relationship was very close as a friend who had not met for a long time.
Zhou Yuan who saw the two frowned, he seemed to have seen the face of the person surnamed Zhou but did not know where. His memory certainly came from his first life.
The sight of the man surnamed Xiao then fell on the seven-year-old child not far from Zhou Bing standing up.
"Let me guess, is she your granddaughter who wants me to teach her?" Asked the man surnamed Xiao to point at Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Bing nodded before introducing Zhou Yuan to his friend as well as vice versa.
"Yuan'er, introduce him as Xiao Fan, you might be surprised but this person in front of you is one of the ten strongest heroes of the empire." Zhou Bing introduced his friend's name in a slightly proud tone.
Not only was Zhou Yuan surprised back then but Zhou Yao was similarly reacting, not expecting their family Chairman to bring in an important figure in the martial world.
"Senior Xiao, salute to you..."
Zhou Yao immediately bowed his body when he found out that their guest was a Xiao Fan.
Xiao Fan's name was quite famous in the martial world especially about his ability in sword, almost everyone must have heard of Xiao Fan's actions in this empire.
Xiao Fan was also touted as a swordsman who had the ability to sword number two in the martial world, his sword techniques were quite deadly and had varied movements.
Unlike his father who was shocked for some reason, Zhou Yuan's reaction was slightly different after hearing Xiao Fan's name mentioned, his memories in his first life immediately filled his head.
'Xiao Fan, I remember now... A hundred years ago he was only the most talented young swordsman of his class, I did not expect to meet him in this second life and now he has become ten imperial heroes...'
Zhou Yuan had only met Xiao Fan once in his first life, so he remembered when his youth Xiao Fan was often dubbed as a red swordsman because of his red hair and navel.
Zhou Yuan then saluted Xiao Fan before introducing himself.
"Senior salutations can respectfully meet you, my name is Zhou Yuan."
Xiao Fan glanced at Zhou Yuan from top to bottom, his eyes trying to feel the strength of the boy but to no avail. Xiao Fan could not feel the deep surge of power in Zhou Yuan's body.
Xiao Fan's forehead wrinkled, he heard from Zhou Bing earlier that he was going to teach a child who had opened the dantian gate in his body, but according to him Zhou Yuan still had not opened the dantian gate.
Noticing the astonishment of his friend, Zhou Bing immediately hurriedly explained. "I know you can't feel the deep surge of energy in Yuan'er's body, Brother Xiao, I was originally there too but believe me he has indeed opened the dantian gate in his body."
Xiao Fan was silent for a moment, stroking his chin. "I've only seen this condition for the first time in the martial world... I heard he can open the dantian gate by himself?"
Zhou Bing nodded. "Yes, when he was five years old..."
Zhou Yuan who was observing the conversation just smiled faintly, he realized his strength could not be felt by anyone.
Generally in the martial world, as long as they had high strength or special eye techniques, one could see the strength of others just by looking at the amount of energy waves within.
The more the number of energy waves in the body of a swordsman, the higher the strength of the person
In Zhou Yuan's case was quite different, the power in Yin in his body could not be felt by anyone unless the swordsman had power in Yin as well, even when using special eye techniques even if Zhou Yuan's strength remained invisible.
"He was my grandson, the most talented child in the history of the Zhou family. My granddaughter is a little special from my other lineage..." Zhou Bing closed his story, not covering up the pride towards Zhou Yuan.
"Hm, really, is it more talented than Rou'er?" Xiao Fan stroked the head of the girl beside him who had been silent since then and listened. "He's also my grandson, just like your grandson, he's also a gifted child."
Zhou Bing looked at the 10-year-old girl for a moment before smiling faintly, "I didn't expect Brother Xiao to have a talented grandson as well. It makes me happy."
In one look Zhou Bing could feel the power of the red-haired girl he looked up to as a high-level genius.
The 10-year-old beautiful girl was named Xiao Rou, the granddaughter of Xiao Fan. Zhou Bing already knew it when the news of the girl was born.
Xiao Rou looked silent from earlier as she watched her grandfather speak, his face flat not showing any expression.
Xiao Fan introduced her grandson to Zhou Bing, Zhou Yuan and Zhou Yao but the girl did not speak but simply nodded her head in response to her introduction.
"Ah, sorry, my grandson rarely speaks, she's a little quiet girl..." Xiao Fan smiled awkwardly as he stroked the tip of his granddaughter's head.
"It's okay Brother Xiao, than that I haven't hosted you here, let's go in..."
Zhou Bing and the others invited Xiao Fan and Xiao Rou inside and entertained them. Zhou Bing then talked about his intentions and intentions back.
"Actually Brother Bing I'm here not intending to be your granddaughter's teacher, you know it's not my situation there, there's a lot I have to take care of..."
Zhou Bing was surprised, even though he was already happy about the arrival of Xiao Fan to visit his residence but did not expect his request to be rejected just like that.
"Brother Xiao, I will pay you a high salary if you want to patronize Yuan'er." Persuade Zhou Bing, without hearing Xiao Fan's explanation any further.
Xiao Fan laughed, "Bing, listen first you interrupt... I can't patronize your granddaughter but that doesn't mean I'm refusing your request."
"You mean?"
"I won't patronize Zhou Yuan but my grandson can do it. Xiao Rou will become Zhou Yuan's teacher..."
Zhou Bing and Zhou Yao looked at each other, he still did not understand the meaning of the red-haired grandfather's words. How could Zhou Yuan be taught by a 10-year-old boy.
"You might think I'm kidding but I'm talking seriously, Bing..." Xiao Fan turned his head towards Xiao Rou who was sitting beside him with an expressionless face, he stroked her grandson's hair gently. "I've been thinking about this ever since you sent me that request, I think the one who's suitable to be your granddaughter's teacher is Xiao Rou."