Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 88 — Zhou Jiangnam
After Lin Ruyue left, Zhou Yuan started reading her mother's handbook for the next few days.
The medical science of the Lin Family remained useful for him to learn, many new things he knew about the world of medicine.
Zhou Yuan as much as possible added his insight in this second life, According to him knowledge is as important as strength for a swordsman.
Zhou Yuan was still confined in the room for the next four days to learn everything in the book. On the fourth day a servant knocked on his room.
"Young master, Chairman Zhou is calling you to come and meet him in the study."
"Is there anything Grandpa wants to say?" Zhou Yuan's voice was heard behind the door.
"That's... I don't know but Chairman Zhou told the young master to get there immediately."
Zhou Yuan closed his mother's book then got up and left the room, the servant immediately led Zhou Yuan into Zhou Bing's study.
"Grandfather, I've come to fulfill your calling." Zhou Yuan saluted him.
Zhou Bing nodded, he then gestured for some servants there to leave his study room for a while. There was something Zhou Bing wanted to tell his grandson and this was strictly confidential.
After there were only the two of them, Zhou Bing finally started talking. "Yuan'er, do you know about the inner flow of energy?"
Zhou Yuan was a little surprised because his Grandfather suddenly asked so whose answer few people knew. Zhou Yuan shook his head because it should be in this life that he had not known about the inner flow of energy.
"In the martial world, perhaps no one knows that in fact the inner energy has two flows, first is the energy in Yang and second is the energy in Yin..."
Zhou Bing began to explain these two internal energy flows, where generally the essence of nature absorbed into the body will form the energy in the Yang type while the energy in the Yin type is the absorption of the essence of the sky.
Zhou Yuan's eyes widened, not expecting his Grandfather to find out about this when there should be no one who knew the inner flow of energy except him and his teacher.
"Yuan'er, Grandfather became suspicious that actually your body has a flow of energy in Yin instead of the energy in Yang possessed by warriors in general." Zhou Bing tried to draw a conclusion.
"How can Grandpa think like that?" Zhou Yuan asked still surprised.
Zhou Bing then threw the thick scripture towards Zhou Yuan who was instantly captured easily by the youngster.
"It's an empty book?" Zhou Yuan was puzzled, there were no letters or images when the book opened.
"Yes, but you're trying to get some energy into that book."
Zhou Yuan frowned, following his Grandfather's words he exerted a deep energy on the book. Zhou Yuan's eyes widened after seeing the changes that had occurred.
After the energy flowed in, the blank sheet of the book began to react and reveal the letters.
"I've expected Yuan'er, you're the chosen descendant who inherited the Sky King's Body." Zhou Bing smiled widely, not hiding the pleasure in his heart.
"How could Grandfather conclude this?"
Zhou Yuan returned the book, his breath held back when he saw the book's cover inscribed with the Book of the Heavenly King's Body.
"Yuan'er, listen to Grandpa... Your body is very special and there is only one out of a thousand years that have ever happened, the book can only be seen by those who have energy in Yin. You are the heir to the descendants of the previous Zhou Family..."
Zhou Bing then recounted the history of the Zhou Family a thousand years ago. This story was passed down from generation to generation until now to the generation of Zhou Bing.
It is said that the Zhou Family was in its prime when the birth of a person who had the Body of the Sky King named Zhou Jiangnam.
Zhou Jiangnam was no ordinary warrior, his strength was highly respected and feared all the way to the entire Northern Continent Mainland. His strength became a legend in those days because almost no swordsman could rival him.
This history may have been lost in the present due to the time that passed but for the Zhou Family as the Zhou Jiangnam Family will not forget that history until now.
The book Zhou Yuan held was the result of Zhou Jiangnam's creation back then for his son and descendants.
The book could deliberately only be seen for those who had energy in Yin, because other than being useful so that no one could steal it, it was not, Zhou Jiangnam hoped that someday his descendants would have a Sky King Body like him.
"But Grandfather, if Jiangnam means so much to the Zhou Family, why isn't there a tomb for him here?"
The descendants of the Zhou Family of every generation were buried in a special place, Zhou Yuan had been there and there was no tomb named Zhou Jiangnam.
Zhou Bing shook his head slowly. "This matter is actually Grandfather did not know about it but from the previous generation Zhou Family Chairman he said that in fact Zhou Jiangnam was still alive..."
Zhou Yuan was surprised, he could hardly believe that it was not his grandfather who told him the story. If it was from someone else's lips perhaps Zhou Yuan would have thought of it as a mere fairy tale.
The average life limit of a person in the Northern Continent is until the age of 100 - 120 years, those who are a swordsman can indeed live longer, the higher his strength the longer his age.
Zhou Bing for example, since he had reached the Crystal Realm, his age could reach 180 years. Those in the Light Realm could even live up to 200 more years.
If Zhou Jiangnam was as strong as Zhou Bing said then it did not rule out the possibility of him living even though a thousand years had passed.
The matter for Zhou Yuan's mind-size matter felt impossible. Teacher Zhou Yuan alone who was a high-level swordsman died at the age of three hundred years.
Neither in the present nor in the history books, no swordsman has reached that age.
Zhou Bing then explained that Zhou Jiangnam's whereabouts no one knew of it. It could be that he left the Northern Mainland Continent to a distant place.
"Regardless of his legendary story, you are a descendant of Zhou Jiangnam in question. After a thousand years have passed, the heir-elect has finally appeared and it is you, Yuan'er."
Zhou Yuan scratched his head, this was only the first time he had seen Zhou Bing this happy. Zhou Yuan was unsure of his Grandfather's words because he was only a reincarnation from his previous life.
Zhou Yuan's attention was fixed on the book he was holding.
All this time he knew about the energy in Yin in his body but he did not know how to properly use the energy in Yin like what.
After seeing the first few pages Zhou Yuan knew that this book was special for him to study and in just one look he realized it was the highest martial book Zhou Yuan had ever written meet the.