Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 86 — Feeling Linxia
"Your sword movement is still full of doubts, your speed is still slow! Miss Yue, adjust your breathing so that it can be more stable..." Zhou Yuan gave another hint.
In the end, both sparring exercises turned into exercises for Linxia. Several times Linxia was rendered helpless by Zhou Yuan's swordplay.
Linxia was not discouraged, he listened to all the input of the man. Slowly his difficulties during this time in playing the sword began to lift when following the instructions of his prospective fiancee.
The two practiced long enough for the sun to lean towards the west. Linxia was so exhausted but his senses were so happy that his sword comprehension improved quite rapidly.
"I think we should stop here..." Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly at Linxia's exhausted state while he still remained calm.
Linxia's talent was in fact not much different from Xiao Rou, the absorbency of the girl was so terrifying and every time Zhou Yuan gave a clue, his sword ability became higher.
"Thank you, I'll pay for all this." Linxia paid his respects.
Linxia felt indebted to Zhou Yuan because the increase in his sword skills was quite high in just a few hours so he would pay him with gold coins or the like, he said, but all his intentions were rejected by the man
Linxia certainly did not take it for granted, he wanted to repay his services even though in any form, Linxia then made food supplies to Zhou Yuan because he remembered the man liked his cooking very much.
"Miss Yue you don't need to act up like this?" Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly as Linxia brought a few boxes of food to his inn.
Linxia is the type of person who does not like to accept the help of others without replying. Therefore he did everything he could to return Zhou Yuan's favor.
"It's okay, I'm doing this for myself, you don't have to feel objection or anything..." Linxia offers the city its food.
Zhou Yuan sighed inwardly, not refuting any further. After all, he had to admit that the girl's cooking was indeed very tasty and addictive.
Seven days passed Zhou Yuan and Linxia were still doing the exercises together. The relationship between the two is closer than when they first met.
The participants of the competition had long since left the Green Bamboo Sect, Zhou Yuan was an exception because his Grandfather still had to remain here for some reason.
Due to the matter regarding the White Peacock group, Zhou Bing had to stay longer in the sect. They have more secret meetings, including inviting other governments.
Zhou Yuan heard that in the past few days there were representatives of the Imperial Family who had come to the meeting.
From his grandfather Zhou Yuan got information that the White Peacock group had already spread its wings over the past two years. About the black pills they made, there was likely already scattered to a portion of the Moon Empire's territory.
Zhou Yuan did not expect the information conveyed to his Grandfather would get to a more serious level of meeting.
In addition to involving many nobles and sect parties, the meeting also brought about a reaction from the neighboring Empire.
In fact, black pills were not only spread in one empire but 4 empires at once.
"Black missiles are faster to spread and overcome them is much more difficult than eradicating the entire criminal organization in the martial world. This matter should be taken more seriously and quickly" Zhou Bing said at a time when Zhou Yuan asked him.
Zhou Yuan sighed, it seemed like he was no longer surprised that the martial world in this era would be heading towards chaos like the era of heavenly fruit first.
"What are you daydreaming about?"
Zhou Yuan's daydream was split apart when Linxia's face was already so close to his without him noticing.
They were currently eating together in Zhou Yuan's inn courtyard. The two had just finished the match practice with Zhou Yuan patronizing the girl.
Linxia smiled and nodded slowly, not asking anymore, he chose to continue eating.
After a week together, Zhou Yuan discovered another side of Linxia's nature. Initially the girl was a woman who spoke very little and often flat expression and seemed cold, it was not wrong but in fact Linxia had a nature that was open to his feelings.
This type of Linxia is usually only shown to family and those closest to it and few people know about it.
Linxia was also the type of person who wanted to be recognized for his abilities as well as his existence by the surroundings, at least that was what Zhou Yuan deduced the first time the girl asked to be stroked by his hair when she had achieved something in her martial arts.
Zhou Yuan's conjecture was indeed not wrong, in fact the reason Linxia wanted to win the competition was because he wanted to be recognized by his family for his strength.
While they were eating together, Zhou Bing came to the inn.
"Grandfather, what about the discussion?" Zhou Yuan put down his food then directly asked his Grandfather. He had been waiting for Zhou Bing since then.
Zhou Bing chuckled. "Everything reached a good point Yuan'er, the discussion went perfectly and we got a solution for the prevention of the spread of the black pill."
Zhou Yuan asked about the solution in question but Zhou Bing was reluctant to tell him.
"Yuan'er, it's an adult problem. For the solution Grandpa couldn't tell anyone because it was a secret..."
Zhou Bing shook his head slowly, sometimes wondering why his grandson was more interested in the big problem that should be on the hip by parents like him.
Linxia was much speechless as he felt it was not a matter related to him, Zhou Bing said this trait was what Zhou Yuan should have.
Zhou Bing also then said that the possibility of tomorrow they will go home, because all the needs are finished then there is no reason for the two to remain silent here.
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"It's good to see you Miss Yue, I hope we can meet again..." Zhou Yuan stroked Linxia's head.
The next day Zhou Yuan and Zhou Bing were already preparing to go home, both of them were at the shuttle until the sect gate by Yue Jian, Yue Luo as well as Yue Linxia.
"After I will no longer be here, right at the age of 15 I will go to the Four Imperial Academies..." Linxia took off the necklace on his neck. "I'll give this to you again, as I said before this necklace can detect my whereabouts."
Zhou Yuan accepted the necklace with a slight awkwardness, this atmosphere was not unfamiliar to him, it used to be that similar thing happened when he parted with Xiao Rou.
Zhou Yuan accepted the necklace and kept it under his cloak.
Yue Jian, Yue Luo as well as Zhou Bing watched as it could only smile awkwardly, they were young yet had already done something romantic like this.
"Then we're both saying goodbye, Jian, Patriarch of the Sect." Zhou Bing nodded slowly then climbed up his horse. Zhou Yuan followed.
After saying so, Zhou Yuan and Zhou Bing spurred their horses away from the sect. Linxia looked at Zhou Yuan's back even though the man's shadow had already disappeared in the distance.
"In the end Grandpa's granddaughter did not cancel the engagement after recognizing her future fiance..." Yue Jian chuckled. "Have you fallen for her Xiaxia?"
"Grandfather how do you know?" Linxia. "And... I don't like Brother Yuan."
Linxia did not respond to his Grandfather any further as it could be bad for him, he turned his body and immediately went to hide his flushed face.