Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 84 — Yue Jian
The non-winning participants were still rewarded as compensation for the Green Bamboo Sect over the stealth issues that occurred. The prize is in the form of good resources for the development of warriors.
Zhou Yuan was also given a similar thing, after which he went with his Grandfather to the inn they were staying at.
"Yuan'er, it seems like a lot of things have changed while you're in competition?" Zhou Bing smiled faintly as he felt the aura of Zhou Yuan's strength was not as strong as before.
Zhou Yuan understood that what his Grandfather meant was his strength descending into the Silver Realm again. Zhou Yuan simply explained that he was probably exhausted.
The first thing Zhou Yuan said when he arrived at the inn was to explain the White Peacock Organization to his Grandfather.
Zhou Bing's countenance faded as he listened to Zhou Yuan's explanation but he did not ask until the story was finished.
"So the one who made a hundred-year-old demon was in the Bamboo Mountain because of their actions..." Zhou Bing tapped his finger on the table, seemingly thinking. "What are they looking for to infiltrate this competition?"
"I'm not sure Grandpa but it looks like they're after the Moon Orchid."
"Moon Grenades? What are they after the plant for?"
Zhou Yuan replied that he thought the White Peacock Organization was experimenting with manufacturing their black pills. It is not impossible Orchid Moon be a trial material given the great efficacy of the plant.
Zhou Bing nodded, the current explanation of Zhou Yuan was the one that made sense to him.
"By the way we've been talking about them, now where is that group of organizations?"
"That's..." Zhou Yuan scratched his cheek awkwardly.
Zhou Bing frowned looking at his grandson's reaction before finally understanding from the expression.
The White Peacock Organization was indeed not a group of assassins but they remained strong in the martial world due to the many high-level warriors within it.
The White Peacock Organization was a huge organization almost equal to the power of the Eternal Snow, realizing Zhou Yuan could kill them certainly made Zhou Bing surprised.
The reason Zhou Yuan passed all this on to his Grandfather was so that Zhou Bing could explain the incident to the Green Bamboo Sect party.
The White Peacock Organization could not be allowed to move for longer, the chaos they were doing was creeping faster than the crimes of other organizations.
By telling this matter Zhou Yuan hoped that either the sect or the government would act decisively to crack down on the White Peacock organization or at least start to be wary of the circulation of black pills that could be spread throughout the region.
Zhou Bing's mind became heavy knowing that the organization was still alive, as someone who had lived for more than a hundred years of course he was very familiar with White Peacock.
What was most disturbing was how on the way this time so much information had shocked him. Starting from the Eternal Snow Organization that turned out to be still alive, the Sky Cloud Temple that made a great alliance, until the forbidden pill-making group turned out to be still operating behind the shadows.
The future of the martial world was really full of surprises and Zhou Bing had a bad feeling about this.
"Yuan'er, today you must be exhausted after the competition, rest first this matter let Grandpa take care of it." Zhou Bing sighed, thinking about it now would not find a solution either.
"Okay Grandpa, then Yuan said goodbye..." Zhou Yuan turned around then entered his room and rested.
After his grandson left, Zhou Bing's gaze was directed to where the sword was usually placed. There were three swords on display, one of which belonged to him while the other one belonged to Zhou Yuan.
Zhou Bing did not know the third sword, a sword that had a black color with beautiful gold carvings in its scabbard.
"Is this Yuan'er's sword?"
No matter whether he used all his physical energy or used deep power, the sword could not escape from its sheath.
Zhou Bing was so confused, he had only first seen a sword like this. Zhou Bing did not continue his efforts when he realized that using his full strength even though he was unable to draw the sword.
Zhou Bing thought more about the matter of White Peacock, he remembered his best friend in the sect and intended to invite him tomorrow.
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The next day, Zhou Yuan's residence was visited by a surprising guest.
The guest was a Grandfather, Zhou Yuan did not know him but when the Grandfather saw himself he had a picture of the identity of the Grandfather.
"So you're my grandson's fiancee, you're taller than I imagined..." The grandfather glanced at Zhou Yuan's body from top to bottom before smiling widely.
Zhou Yuan's body was like that of a 15-year-old who was both tall and willing to be statured, no wonder Grandfather was astonished because supposedly Zhou Yuan's age was now still at 12 years old.
"Jian, this isn't the time to discuss engagement, you didn't hear about what I wanted to talk about before..." Zhou Bing shook his head slowly.
The guested grandfather was Yue Jian as well as the Grandfather of Yue Linxia. He came here because Zhou Bing had invited him to discuss the White Peacock Organization infiltrating the competition event.
Yue Jian certainly did not reject the invitation, he also came here deliberately to meet Zhou Yuan directly.
"Yuan'er, this is Senior Jian, you may not believe it but he is the grandfather of your future fiancee..." Zhou Bing introduced his best friend's name.
Zhou Yuan nodded then saluted him. "My name is Zhou Yuan, greetings Senior."
Hearing Yue Jian's name made Zhou Yuan think back to the greatness of the old man in his first life.
Someone who has been credited with protecting a city from the attacks of the demons alone to save tens of thousands of people.
A respected and world-renowned martial figure with his sword abilities like Xiao Fan, Zhou Yuan had not expected to meet that great hero figure in this second life.
'I heard this Senior Jian was given the nickname as the Lonely Swordsman, it seems I understand why he was given such a nickname...'
Given about Linxia being able to use the Sound Sword Technique, it was certain that Yue Jian was the one who taught it.
"Yuan'er, I heard from Bing you were the one who met the members of the White Peacock Organization?"
Zhou Yuan nodded. "Right Senior, they are also the mastermind why the competition is not going perfectly..."
Zhou Yuan again told the outline of the problems that occurred with regards to the organization, after finishing telling the story Yue Jian instantly fell silent.
"Regardless of the actions of those who managed to infiltrate I must thank you for foiling their plans Yuan'er..." Yue Jian expressed his gratitude after a moment of contemplation.
"Senior, it's my duty to do it."
Yue Jian smiled widely, he was quite sure Zhou Yuan had a very high ability more than anyone in the competition, considering he had defeated 20 White Peacock members by himself.
It made him happy to have had a special relationship with Zhou Yuan earlier. Yue Jian could see that the future that the man had achieved would be very bright if his talent was as high as he thought.
'It is not in vain that I betrothed her to Xia'er, it turns out that her ability is this high...' When Yue Jian thought of that, his favorite grandson, Linxia, finally came to catch up with him to Zhou Yuan's inn.