Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 92 — United Heroes
"Well, how can you move like that? Teach me! Teach me!" Zhou Yuyin said excitedly.
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, after a few days of himself getting out of training. Zhou Yuan spent his time with his sister or rather, Zhou Yuyin who always stuck to him.
Zhou Yuyin had grown up to be a sweet, cute and energetic child. The girl was always full of vigor and smiled cheerfully at all times.
Zhou Yuan was currently doing a sword technique demonstration in the outer courtyard when Zhou Yuyin accidentally saw him and asked to repeat it.
"The move was too dangerous for you, Yin'er, you could get hurt if you did..." Zhou Yuan touched his sister's nose with a knotty smile.
"But Yuyin was willing to learn that move..." Yuyin's face pouted.
Zhou Yuan scratched his cheek awkwardly, one thing he recognized from his younger brother's nature he always sulked if he did not meet his request.
Of course it was the spoiled nature of his sister to him as an Elder Brother, Zhou Yuan could see the little girl wanted to always be noticed by him.
Zhou Yuan twisted his brain, he could not teach Zhou Yuyin a sword technique that was still three years old.
Zhou Yuan's gaze was then directed toward a branch not far from the two standing. Zhou Yuan took the twig and gave it to Zhou Yuyin.
"Yin'er, do you want to learn the sword?" Zhou Yuan asked the little girl.
"Sword? Is that the move that Big Brother made earlier?"
Zhou Yuan nodded and said that the branch he was holding was a sword for him. Zhou Yuan told Yuyin to follow his movements.
"But why is my sword like this while Big Brother's sword is like that?" Zhou Yuyin pointed at Zhou Yuan's sword which was a real heirloom sword.
"This sword is a real sword, heavy and too sharp for you to wear..." Zhou Yuan regretted not making a wooden sword first if he practiced in the open like this. "The point is, a sword or not a person can learn to play the sword even without using the sword."
Zhou Yuyin nodded despite not really understanding some of her brother's explanation.
Zhou Yuan then demonstrated the most basic Zhou Family sword technique and did not have many complicated movements, he deliberately slowed down his movements so that his younger brother could follow his movements as well as be able to understand them.
Despite playing around a bit, Yuyin was able to demonstrate the techniques Zhou Yuan taught him correctly.
'Hm, it looks like Yin'er has talent in swordplay..." Zhou Yuan stroked his chin as he watched his younger brother continue to repeat the basic sword movement with his tree branch.
"How Brother, I'm beating it up!" Yuyin then approached Zhou Yuan after feeling able to do so. The girl's eyes glowed with excitement.
"Yes Yin'er, you are a great girl..." Zhou Yuan smiled as he stroked the tip of his sister's head.
After the two played together, Zhou Yuan returned to his house, finding his mother who was serving some dishes at the dinner table for them to have lunch.
"It looks like your relationship has become closer huh?" Lin Ruyue smiled looking at Zhou Yuan now carrying Zhou Yuyin on his shoulders.
Zhou Yuan nodded, although Zhou Yuyin initially felt a little unfamiliar looking at herself first but after a while together, Yuyin started to open up and wanted to play with her.
"Mother, when was Father's inauguration?" Zhou Yuan picked up one of the topics at the dinner table, currently only his father could not come along due to being too busy.
"Tomorrow, all residents of Riva City and other members of the Zhou Family were preparing for the celebration for this rapture. Yuan'er, make sure you get up early tomorrow."
Zhou Yuan nodded, he was actually already impatient with the day.
The Zhou Family Residence was opened to the public for the next day, ordinary residents or tourists could attend the event without the need to have an invitation.
Zhou Bing announced the handover of his throne in front of the entire population of Riva City and then appointed Zhou Yao as his successor to become the next generation Chairman of the Zhou Family.
Zhou Yuan watched the rapture to the end, he sat beside his father's throne when Zhou Yao officially became the family leader.
The event went well until the end, there were no distractions or the like as long as the celebration was underway.
A few days after his father's appointment, Zhou Yuan was invited by his Grandfather to surround Riva City. Both do not mean to walk but are heading to one place.
By using his noble horse carriage that could move quickly, it did not take long until both of them reached their destination.
"Yuan'er, previously Grandfather wanted to tell you about this three years ago when we visited Hana City. But the situation at that time didn't exactly make Grandpa forget to tell him."
Zhou Yuan understood because it wasn't long before they arrived at Hana city back then, there was an incident that made them meet with the Eternal Snow organization. Making both of them unable to enjoy Hana City and the beauty in it.
Zhou Bing then looked forward. "The building before us is the Hero's Union, a place where warriors can search for treasures, thrones, and... Um, from the look on your face it looks like you already know."
Zhou Bing's words came to a halt seeing Zhou Yuan's not-so-enthusiastic expression upon hearing the name of the hero guild.
That guess was indeed not wrong, from the book that Zhou Yuan read there were various pages that told about the Hero Guild.
The Hero Union was one of the programs of the Imperial government in
addressing the organizations that began to emerge in various regions.
With the Hero Union, the warriors at least become motivated to move in eradicating the criminal organizations both individuals and groups.
The Hero Union also received various public requests for crimes or problems that they had experienced, this public demand will be called a mission for the swordsman and if it can be overcome he will earn money according to the price of each mission.
Zhou Bing then invited Zhou Yuan into the guild, his arrival immediately became the center of attention because Zhou Bing's status was very well known in Riva City.
Some people immediately saluted him, they immediately allowed the way to the two even though there was a long queue in the union on the administrative part.
Zhou Bing was indeed a leader loved by his people, his success in managing Riva City to be the most beautiful city was an achievement that could not be denied.
Zhou Bing actually slightly objected to breaking through the queue but the people around actually deliberately put himself forward.
"Master, is there anything I can help you with?"
The administrative officer who was a young girl gave her best smile when the former Mayor visited.
"I'd like to enlist my granddaughter to be part of the hero guild..."
Zhou Yuan frowned and was a little surprised, he did not expect that his Grandfather would act so without approval or talk to him first.
The administrative officer nodded, he then asked some information regarding Zhou Yuan's identity such as name, gender, and age. After taking it down, he gave her a badge with the letter E written on it.
The badge was as a sign of Zhou Yuan's status in the hero guild. The letter E listed was Zhou Yuan's rank as an E-class hero, the lowest level in the guild.