Legend of the Heavenly Fruit
Eps. 232 — Start Travel
"Dad sacrificed himself to give us time to leave, now that the Xi Family has split up, I don't even know where my mother and sister are now..." Xi Jinxue finished her story while holding back her tears from coming back.
Zhou Yuan sighed, he had to admit that the actions of the criminal organization had now been getting too late and began to act arbitrarily.
It used to be that organizations like them would work clandestinely for fear of being hunted down by the government but now when their power equaled that of the government, it was the same, criminal organizations became more willing to act openly even to attack noble families.
From Xi Jinxue's story, the Xi Family was not actually destroyed unless they were scattered.
Xi Kai as the family leader sacrificed himself so that other members of the Xi family had time to escape from the attack of the Sky Cloud Temple Organization Alliance.
"Miss Xi, you better choose your condition now first, didn't you say you wanted to take the jade somewhere?"
Xi Jinxue nodded, "Daddy said, I must bring these jade to the Chu Clan to be, they are a trusted place as well as the safest place to hide these jade."
Zhou Yuan frowned, he had not expected Xie Kai to give the jade over there.
The Chu clan was a famous clan like the Xiao clan where one of the great heroes was born there.
If in the Xiao clan there was Xiao Fan then in the Chu clan there was a female swordsman named Chu Guyu, a talented swordsman who reached the level of the Light Realm with 6 meridians that opened before the age of a hundred.
Chu Guyu's ability was probably below Xiao Fan but the woman's age was still fairly young, it was only a matter of time that Chu Guyu could exceed Xiao Fan's strength even equaling Jiang Qisha's.
'Since when did the Xi Family and the Chu clan have such a close relationship until Xi Kai entrusted his precious items to them?' Zhou Yuan muttered softly.
"Miss Xi, if you don't mind can I come with you, maybe I can help you on the way later?"
Xi Jinxue was actually happy with the offer but he immediately rejected it, arguing that the trip was still far away and also dangerous because clearly the girl was being targeted by the criminal organization. Xi Jinxue did not want Zhou Yuan to be in danger either.
"Miss Xi, I understand what you're worried about but it seems like you do need someone's help. If only I hadn't seen you fight against that group earlier wouldn't your fate have been different today?"
"That's..." Xi Jinxue bit his lips, unable to refute Zhou Yuan's words.
"Maybe it's a little pushy but I seem to have to go along on your journey."
Xi Jinxue sighed before finally nodding, in fact he was not quite sure he could go to the Chu clan alone with his abilities.
Zhou Yuan smiled then suggested that the girl recover her condition first before continuing her journey back.
Zhou Yuan saw the girl take a seat cross-legged and began to gather her inner strength, he said, while waiting for Xi Jinxue to finish he went to the forest to look for fruits because the venison he was roasting right now was too hard for the girl to consume.
By the time Zhou Yuan returned the sun was up, Xi Jinxue had already recovered some of his condition with some profound strength, although he still had not fully recovered yet but he was already able to move freely.
"We'd better leave when Miss Xi is in top shape, we don't know what the trip will be like."
Zhou Yuan told Xi Jinxue there was no need to rush ahead, the Chu clan is still far away, about five to seven days until they can get there.
Zhou Yuan realized the girl needed a lot of rest, besides being physically exhausted she was also mentally exhausted. Zhou Yuan could see there were many things that Xi Jinxue had already experienced especially given the happenings of his family.
There were no conversations between them during the journey, Xi Jinxue was still in a state of mourning so much more silent while Zhou Yuan himself had no interest in starting the conversation.
With the map Huang Li had made, Zhou Yuan led the way and used the most rapid route in order to arrive at the Chu clan.
The route made both of them have to pass through the forest, Zhou Yuan and Huang Li jumped tree branches to accelerate the movement of the two while avoiding wild animals or demons in the forest.
"We'd better rest here..." Zhou Yuan obtained a suitable place for both sleeping and staying overnight.
On the first day of their journey, Zhou Yuan and Xi Jinxue had to rest in the middle of the forest, they could have come out of the forest area if it continued to move for three more hours but because it was dark Zhou Yuan finally decided to sleep here.
Xi Jinxue then gathered some twigs to make a fireplace at the location while Zhou Yuan hunted the forest rabbits for both to eat.
The forest rabbit that Zhou Yuan got and burned on the fireplace, Zhou Yuan had smeared the rabbit meat with some spices so that when the meat had begun to ripen it would smell a mouth-watering fragrant aroma.
"Brother Yuan, do you think my father can still survive?" Xi Jinxue did not care much about the delicious-looking rabbit meat in front of him, at this time he still kept thinking about his family's condition.
Zhou Yuan did not immediately respond to the girl's question, as Zhou Yuan remembered, the Xi Kai Family's leader was a Light Realm swordsman with 7 meridians open.
High-level Light Realm Swordsmen were extremely difficult to kill because in addition to their high strength and abilities, their experience in fighting was also quite a lot.
It would take at least three to four Light Realm warriors with 7 meridians to open in order to kill Xi Kai.
"I can't confirm it but as far as my experience goes, your father is most likely still alive."
Zhou Yuan had no intention of lying or giving false hope to the girl, Zhou Yuan said according to his own experience in his first life.
Before Zhou Yuan was killed, he had to face hundreds of people and four high-level Light Realm warriors. He can kill a quarter of the troops that surround him with the payment he died in that place.
Xi Jinxue's face slightly changed hearing the answer, he was very hopeful that Zhou Yuan's words were indeed true.
"Is it possible that my father survived against hundreds of warriors, Brother Yuan?" Xi Jinxue asked.
Zhou Yuan smiled faintly, "To win maybe your father couldn't do it but to survive, your father has a great chance of doing it. Of course if he chose to run away and run away..."
Xi Jinxue was more relieved to hear this even though Zhou Yuan reminded him that it was only a guess and a guess.
Before the two spoke even more of their roasted rabbit meat was ripe.
The two then began to eat the dinner, Xi Jinxue who was more cheerful to make his appetite increase.
Zhou Yuan chuckled, briefly amazed at how quickly the girl's feelings changed. Zhou Yuan's laughter stopped and then turned to one of the directions, realizing he had an uninvited guest.
'Hm, it looks like they've started moving?" Zhou smiled widely, not thinking about it any further he preferred to eat rabbit meat in his hands.