Light Cultivation
Eps. 198 — Seven Pieces
"So, does Auntie know where this is?"
Jian Chen attempted to shift the topic from the previous conversation. He asked the same question but there was no correct answer while he answered all the questions.
"It's hard to explain but this isn't the realm of death as you imagined, don't worry Chen'er, you're still alive."
Again the woman sounded her flute while closing her eyes, this time her tone was slightly different from before, sad and heartbreaking. Jian Chen was sedated by the sound of his tone, he must admit, the woman had a high ability in playing flute.
Jian Chen sat in just any place, seeing that the woman was unwilling to answer his question made him confused as to how.
The sound of the flute soon stopped again, Jian Chen turned to the woman and found her looking at him.
The two golden eyes looked at each other for a moment before Jian Chen turned his face away from feeling a little awkward.
The woman smiled without Jian Chen noticing, looking at the young man who looked similar to someone she knew.
"How old are you, Chen'er?"
"Sixteen years..." Jian Chen replied briefly without turning his head, his gaze fixed upon the azure sky.
"Including if added to your second life?"
Jian Chen's eyes widened, he turned his head towards the woman and found her smiling meaningfully at her. Jian Chen had not expected the woman to know her biggest secret other than Lily.
"Not to be surprised, I know everything about you, including the birthmark on your ass!"
This time Jian Chen jumped in shock, he hurriedly got up from his seat and kept his distance from the woman while covering part of his butt with his hands.
The woman chuckled, shaking her head slowly.
"I brought you to this place so we could meet, there's something I want to give you..." The woman then took out something on her palm in the form of seven apples that had various colors and unique shapes.
"Do you like apples, Chen'er?"
Jian Chen nodded, of course because he liked sweet foods.
"Then you can eat it with pleasure..." The woman nodded slowly. "These seven apples are not ordinary fruits, have their own uses and functions. The first thing I want to give you is the Fruit of Beauty..."
One of the apples from the seven apples floated towards Jian Chen who was immediately caught by the young man.
"Whoever eats the Fruit of Beauty, someone will emit attraction in his body, their face will look more radiant and also look more beautiful..."
The woman explained that the Fruit of Beauty has a function on the backrest that is visible to the eye, such as emitting an aura of charismatic, dignified, and calm for those who see it.
The woman then told Jian Chen to eat it, of course Jian Chen hesitated because it could be that the woman in front of him had evil intentions on him or there was poison in the apple.
"I wouldn't have harmed you, even if I had intended to do so, Chen'er said. Trust me..."
Jian Chen was actually always on guard at anyone including foreigners, but in contrast to the woman in front of him he felt close and had to obey, the woman was emitting something like Jian Ran at him.
Jian Chen ate the apple, like an ordinary apple but it had a pitch-black color, it tasted a little sweet, Jian Chen thought it would taste different like an apple in general.
After swallowing it, he felt neither satiety nor hunger, as the apple never entered his stomach.
The woman nodded slowly and gave a second fruit called the Fruit of Courage.
Fruit of Courage, it looks like his name will make a person become more courageous, not a coward let alone a coward. Of course not until courage is arrogance or more.
The fruit of Truth can make the wearer so see the side of truth that is often revealed. The fruit is often useful when you have a lot of problems.
The fourth fruit is called the Fruit of Honesty, in this world, a person can not be separated whose name is lying, although lying is often interpreted as wrong actions, but in certain conditions, lies are also needed and considered an appropriate action.
The Fruit of Honesty would allow Jian Chen to see the facet of others' lies.
The fifth fruit is called the Fruit of Wisdom. Life is a series of choices from the past that we make to the present. The fruit of wisdom can make a person wiser in making decisions about his life.
The fruit of Wisdom does not make a person always right, if the wicked eat it he will become a great villain who forms a group even a country.
The sixth fruit is called the Fruit of Intelligence, a fruit that is effective for those who have problems in their intellectual abilities.
The fruit of intelligence can improve the performance of one's brain, such as being able to quickly learn, remember memorization, or think with genius.
"Later Chen'er, this fruit was named the Fruit of Life..." The woman directly gave it to Jian Chen.
Jian Chen scratched his head, he was waiting for something that was the woman's explanation yet he did not explain like the fruits he had earlier.
"Eat..." Say that woman.
Jian Chen ate the latter fruit, not much different, it still tasted the same, just a little sweet.
After eating seven apples in a relatively short period of time, Jian Chen's body did not experience the slightest satiety. On the other hand he felt his body was a bit different but still did not understand what was different.
Jian Chen was not too sure whether the remark of the woman in front of him was true regarding the fruit in his meal or just a mere story.
"Why did Auntie give me fruit like this, isn't her name so precious?" Jian Chen asked curiously.
"For others it may be so but not for me, I do not need the fruit..." The woman then looked up at the sky before smiling for a moment then turned her head towards Jian Chen again. "There's not much time left, don't you want to go back?"
"Of course it's Auntie but what about you?"
"Don't think about me, I'll be fine. My advice is be careful living in the martial world, your life is the most important thing for your life..."
Jian Chen nodded, then he remembered not knowing the name of the woman. "Auntie, what's your name?"
"You don't think you're gonna ask that?" The woman laughed a little. "You'll know my name by itself, sooner or later."
Then the woman flicked her hand making Jian Chen's body slowly become a grain of light before finally disappearing.
After Jian Chen left, the woman's smile slowly thinned before finally disappearing followed by her teary eyes, She stared at Jian Chen's departure even though his physical body was no longer there.
Behind the previous tree then appeared a young man in his 30s, the young man had since been watching the woman and Jian Chen.
Seeing the young man appear, the woman ran towards him before falling into his arms. "He looks more like you than me when I was growing up, I'm just grateful that Chen'er inherited my golden eyes..."
The young man smiled, stroking the woman's hair. "He'll be a smart kid, just like you inherited him..."
The woman looked into the young man's eyes with a deep look before nodding slowly.
"We'd better get out of here, he's probably here..."
The young man then flicked his finger, his body as well as the woman slowly became a grain of light as well before dying the place.