Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 107 — Big Meeting
Zhou Yuan returned to the ship followed by Grandpa Bai afterwards, people's eyes immediately fixed on the two considering the action they had taken.
The strength Zhou Yuan displayed was enough to shock the others, plus looking at Grandpa Bai's ability, they were speechless other than bowing their heads, paying respect to the two.
Zhou Yuan smiled awkwardly, confused as to what to behave as while Grandpa Bai seemed unconcerned by their reactions.
The crew and Shipowners had regretted doing bad to Grandpa Bai before, if he knew the beggar's grandfather was a high-ranking warrior then they would not dare to offend him despite having ten bravery.
In the martial world, power is more respected and respected than the throne or position. Offending a high-ranking swordsman was no different from offending a high-stakes person.
"Hm, I've already paid for this ship, doesn't that mean I have room facilities?" Grandpa Bai asked, looking relaxed and unconcerned about his surroundings.
"Ah, yes sir, you can occupy the room you want." The Ship Owner behaved differently, more respectful even a little afraid.
"Then I want to sleep, I've been sleepy for a long time..." Grandpa Bai yawned slowly.
The Ship's owner then told his workers to bring Grandpa Bai into his room, reminding them to facilitate Grandpa Bai as perfectly as possible.
Grandpa Bai was then taken to his room, without a word or anything he immediately left everything.
The Ship Owner heaved a sigh of relief after Grandpa Bai left, he felt relieved that Grandpa Bai had not brought up their problems before. The Shipowner then turned to Zhou Yuan and thanked the young man for saving his life.
"Young master, please take back the money, you don't have to pay for this ship..." The Shipowners gave the gold coins that were previously Zhou Yuan's payment on their ship.
"No need, I'm paying you for transportation, we need each other here."
The owner of the ship did not question Zhou Yuan's decision anymore, he resigned and returned to pilot his ship.
Zhou Yuan's glance glanced at Xi Jinxue, Huang Li and Qiyao, the three girls seemed to want to say something to him.
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"Brother Yuan, thank you for helping us." Xi Jinxue saluted. "For the umpteenth time, you came back to save me again."
"Miss Xi doesn't need to be formal like that, you know who has overcome those pirates, not me..."
Xi Jinxue shook his head, Zhou Yuan had already saved them twice, first a rain arrow attack then both water ball attacks. Two such attacks would have been enough to make them die had it been.
Right now Zhou Yuan, Xi Jinxue, Huang Li as well as Huang Qiyao were sitting on the wrong advanced recreation ground. After not seeing each other for a long time, Zhou Yuan chose to talk again with the girl he had helped during the competition.
Zhou Yuan also introduced Huang Li and Qiyao to him, the girl had become stronger than before and her level of strength had also increased.
"Miss Xi, it looks like you're on an important journey?" Zhou Yuan turned his head towards the guards of Xi Jinxue who were standing not far from their table.
"We are heading towards the Capital of Brother Yuan, fulfilling the Emperor's invitation to a grand meeting at the palace."
"Hm, big meeting you say? What meeting?" Zhou Yuan had yet to hear of any large gathering from his Grandfather.
"A meeting between leaders, the Emperor invited all the high-ranking Sects, clans, or noble families to the palace to discuss the rise of the black pill." Huang Li replied.
"True sister Li said..." Xi Jinxue nodded slowly. "I was instructed by my father as the representative of the Xi Family in meeting the meeting."
Zhou Yuan stroked his chin, he had already been doing closed-door training for three years so as to realize the many things that had been passed by him.
Even though his Grandfather always gave him information at that time, but the news he delivered was only general news.
"The Black Pill has been spreading faster over the past three years, ever since their movement was known to the Imperial government, they were undaunted by the fact that it was spreading its black pill even more..." Xi Jinxue then continued after seeing Zhou Yuan's interested reaction regarding the matter of the black pill.
Xi Jinxue said that the White Peacock Organization had really made the situation of the Moon Empire chaotic, marketing black pills in addition to disrupting the country's economy, they had also made crime figures increase within the time of the past year.
The black pill made some of the warriors who sided with the government start to decline because the White Peacock Organization intended to give the pill for free if the warriors left the law of government.
"Leaving the government, I don't understand?"
"Brother Yuan, the black pills that White Peacock produced this time around are different, they actually have a higher efficacy than the resource pills in general. Black pills were like shortcuts for warriors who wanted to become stronger faster, just by consuming them frequently one could level up faster without needing to train diligently."
Actually it is not a problem that a pill has such high efficacy but the problem is that black pills have a risk if they consume it continuously.
More clearly, the black pill affects the soft nature of human emotions to be more violent, devoid of empathy, anger, and other negative traits. In more severe cases, the side effects of the pill throw off its human side.
Zhou Yuan sighed, so he understood why a small organization like Black Ants previously had black pills. Zhou Yuan did not expect the pill to have been scattered everywhere.
One thing that is still grateful for today is that black pill marketing is still moving in the shadows, those who want to consume it must do so secretly or the government will crack down on the law for those who distribute it or use it.
This shows that the government is still feared by the Criminal Organization.
After that conversation, Zhou Yuan began to ponder over the many things in his room regarding the increasingly chaotic martial world situation.
Zhou Yuan did not care at first about the martial world situation in this era because all he thought about was his revenge on the organization that had killed him.
But all that changed since he knew the affection of a family.
However, he does not want the people he loves like his mother and father why. Zhou Yuan would try to perhaps protect them even if life was at stake.