Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 97 — Huang Li and Qiyao
Simply put, the two girls offered Zhou Yuan to join them and create a new group.
Creating a group within the Hero Guild was not a foreign thing to do with fellow guild members, this was usually done so that they could increase their ranking faster.
"We're both B-class heroes, I'm sure you're as strong as we are even if you're still D-ranked so how about we form a team?"
"Miss, we don't even know each other, isn't it too soon to trust someone like this." Zhou Yuan smiled faintly.
"Ah, that... Sorry I almost forgot about this. Introduce my name Huang Li and this is my brother, Huang Qiyao. As you can see we're twins."
Zhou Yuan nodded, he could see Huang Li or Huang Qiyao had the same face even difficult to distinguish if the appearance of their clothes were different.
Huang Li, his brother had shoulder-length hair while his sister had waist-length hair. Both of them were sweet girls and possessed the abilities of a Silver Realm Stage 7 swordsman.
Zhou Yuan then introduced his name to the two girls.
"Then greet Brother Yuan, what about the previous offer?"
"Sorry Miss Li, the matter of making my team uninterested, right now you could say I want to work alone..." Zhou Yuan also said that now that he was on duty, it was impossible for him to continue in Shena City.
Huang Li had expected it from the beginning, indeed he was impressed to rush to invite someone new known to make a team with him but there were things he had to do. Huang Li was suddenly whispered something by his sister that made the girl smile.
"Boyard Yuan, weren't you just taking on a mission to eliminate the Black Ants organization, I don't think you've got any information on them, if you want me to have the information you need."
Zhou Yuan raised his eyebrows, not expecting the two girls to know his purpose. "Do you know about them?"
Huang Li nodded confidently. "Not only that, I even know the details of their strength as well as the number of members in it..."
Zhou Yuan stroked his chin, "I understand you guys want to interest me but really I cannot make a team with you guys. But if I work together on this mission maybe I'll agree to it."
The two twin girls looked at each other then nodded softly, "It doesn't matter Swordsman Yuan, from the start I wanted to make a team because I wanted to handle the organization."
"Then how about we discuss this somewhere else." Zhou Yuan looked around, the two were currently talking on the side of the road.
"Then let me take care of it, didn't you just come here, I have a nice restaurant place for us to talk comfortably." Now Huang Qiyao was the one who replied.
Huang Li wanted to say something but ended up being replaced with a soft head, about his sister's food was indeed the fastest to react.
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Zhou Yuan pretended not to see Huang Qiyao's appetite which he thought was terrible. The girl had eaten five meals but there was no sign of being full.
Huang Li who was sitting next to him smiled awkwardly at his sister's behavior.
Now the three have sat at one of the restaurant tables in the city of Shena and ordered some dishes.
"Sorry, my sister's appetite is like this." Huang Li said to Zhou Yuan awkwardly.
"No problem, how about you tell me about the Black Ant Organization right away."
Huang Li nodded then told him everything he knew.
Zhou Yuan raised his eyebrows when he heard Huang Li's explanation because the information the girl obtained was very specific as if she was a member of the Black Ant organization itself.
"There are five generals who are in the Black Ants and all of them are warriors of the Golden Realm. These five generals are the supreme leaders in the Black Ant organization, killing all five is tantamount to destroying the organization." Huang Li. "But even if I am confident in your current abilities, especially in addition to the power of the sword Kusanagi, Brother Yuan can defeat them easily."
Zhou Yuan narrowed his eyes, his gaze becoming sharp. "There's more to my curiosity here than they are. How do you know about the speciality of my sword. I'm pretty sure no one in this empire knows about my sword but me."
"Ah, that..."
Huang Li reflexively closed his mouth, he forgot there was some information that he should not have said but before he could reason, Huang Qiyao who was eating nudged his shoulder and whispered something.
"Sister is fine, this Yuan Swordsman is someone to trust, we can be his comrades if we tell him our big secret."
"Qiyao, are you sure?" Huang Li looked at his sister in disbelief.
"Trust me, as I said before he's the right person who can destroy that organization."
Huang Li nodded then turned his head towards Zhou Yuan who was now so wary of the two.
"Actually Swordsman Yuan, we have a big secret, maybe you don't believe it but I'm not lying right now..."
Zhou Yuan squinted, did not reply and let Huang Li finish his sentence.
Huang Li took a deep breath then told him about the secret of the ability of the two. Huang Li did not expect to have to tell this to someone they had just met.
If his younger brother had not said so, perhaps Huang Li would not have told anyone his secret.
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"Speaking with animals! Mind up!" Zhou Yuan found it hard to believe Huang Li's words.
Huang Li had already finished his story of how unique their abilities were.
Huang Li turned out to have a special ability to talk to animals and make friends with them, at first glance this ability does not have a great benefit but in the martial world the ability is very influential, especially about gathering information.
The same reason why Huang Li was able to explain the details of the Black Ant Organization was because he had once ordered a bird to spy on them and enter his base.
Zhou Yuan's gaze fell on Huang Qiyao who was still busy eating, according to him, the most amazing strength of the two was his brother's ability.
Huang Qiyao was able to laugh at one's memories, not only that, she was also able to read the person's mind.
If Zhou Yuan did not see it directly, he probably would not believe that there was someone who possessed such abilities in the martial world.
"Brother Yuan, don't misunderstand me. My sister is able to read minds and laugh at people's memories but there is a condition before she can do her ability..." Huang Li explained as Zhou Yuan's gaze on his sister became more alert.
"Condition?" Zhou Yuan looked at Huang Li, not understanding him.
Huang Li nodded, "There is a condition for Qiyao to read the thoughts or laugh at the memories of others by looking into the eyes of her victims first. If the two did not look at each other then Qiyao could not read the person's mind..."
Huang Li said that he also has conditions for his abilities, he can only talk and make friends with harmless animals. Animals that had killer instincts like tigers or the like could not Huang Li do.