The Grand Elder of Namek

"Strange, even I cannot sense his location anymore..." Cold sweat trickled down the Grand Elder's face.

"What is that? Someone is coming!" Neil suddenly pointed behind where the Grand Elder was sitting.

In the sky behind the Grand Elder, a figure was seen approaching at high speed.

The Grand Elder struggled to turn his head to look behind him.

High in the sky, someone was traveling at a rapid pace.

There was not a single trace of ki fluctuation emanating from this person's body.

"Could it be... is he that Saiyan named Lu Fan?" Neil frowned.

"It should be him! There is no energy fluctuation on him," the Grand Elder nodded gently.

"Thud!"

Lu Fan descended from the sky, landing beside the Grand Elder and Neil.

Neil stepped forward to block the Grand Elder, watching Lu Fan with a vigilant expression.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not here to fight." Lu Fan grinned, revealing a set of pearly white teeth, his tail swaying gently behind him.

"You must be the Saiyan Lu Fan, right?" The Grand Elder looked at Lu Fan and asked.

"Eh? How do you know my name? You are truly remarkable." Lu Fan feigned surprise.

"I am the Grand Elder of this planet; there is nothing on Namek that I do not know," the Grand Elder smiled. "I already know about your quest to find the Dragon Balls."

After speaking, the Grand Elder stared at Lu Fan without blinking.

Lu Fan looked at him with a calm expression, not responding.

Lu Fan knew that this Grand Elder fellow must be observing whether there was any evil in his heart.

I don't have any evil in me.

With my current strength, if there were evil in my heart, this planet would have been destroyed by me long ago.

"Neil, give him our Dragon Ball," the Grand Elder instructed Neil.

"Yes, Grand Elder." Neil nodded and prepared to go into the room to retrieve the One-Star Dragon Ball.

"Wait a moment, I didn't come here to take the Dragon Ball," Lu Fan suddenly stopped him.

The Grand Elder was stunned for a second.

Neil also stopped in his tracks immediately.

"I have already discussed it with our Prince; the Dragon Balls in this area are for the Prince to collect," Lu Fan explained.

Grand Elder: "..."

Neil: "..."

Is there any difference?

Isn't it the same regardless of which one of you gets the Dragon Ball?

"Then what is your purpose in coming here?" the Grand Elder asked.

"I am here to learn," Lu Fan said. "My father once told me that mastering an extra foreign language would be of great help to my survival in the future."

"A foreign language? You mean to say... you want to learn our Namekian language?" The Grand Elder was taken aback as he looked at Lu Fan.

"Yes, I have been to Earth before and have already successfully learned the language of Earth," Lu Fan nodded.

"Grand Elder... the reason this kid wants to learn Namekian... I'm afraid it's to make a wish, right?" Neil guessed, whispering to the Grand Elder.

"Neil, do not think of people so maliciously," the Grand Elder smiled. "Besides, he doesn't know that one needs to use the Namekian language to grant a wish. Furthermore, keeping him here is a good opportunity to observe him properly."

"The Grand Elder is right." Neil bowed in salute.

"Neil, then you shall teach Lu Fan the Namekian language," the Grand Elder did not object and gave the order to Neil.

"Yes." Neil agreed.

Namek was vast.

Vegeta flew for a long time before finally managing to find the first village.

Vegeta descended from the sky and landed in the village.

The Grand Elder had already notified the village elders.

If anyone came to collect the Dragon Balls, they were to act as if they saw nothing.

If he could find them, letting him take them away was of no consequence.

After landing, Vegeta took out the Dragon Radar and, following the direction indicated by the radar, easily located a Dragon Ball.

Vegeta clutched the Dragon Ball and flew straight up into the sky.

The Namekians in the village turned a blind eye to Vegeta's actions.

Holding the Dragon Ball, Vegeta flew rapidly toward the location of the second one.

"Hmph, although this planet is quite large, the Dragon Balls are much easier to find than on Earth; it seems most of them are located within the villages," Vegeta muttered to himself. "At this rate, I should be able to gather all the Dragon Balls in five or six hours at most."

"Whoosh!"

Vegeta accelerated his pace.

Five hours later.

"Thank you, Neil. I can already speak basic Namekian," Lu Fan said in gratitude.

"It's nothing, don't mention it," Neil smiled slightly. "To master this language fluently, you will still need a long time to hone it."

"No need for that much trouble; knowing this little bit is enough," Lu Fan replied with a smile.

Neil: "..."

You really know how to make do.

After spending the last hour together, Neil discovered that the Saiyan named Lu Fan harbored no evil in his heart.

The Grand Elder agreed with this assessment as well.

The two parties were getting along quite harmoniously.

"By the way, let me ask, is the Namekian you learned really just for the sake of mastering a foreign language?" Neil asked.

"Uh, I heard that summoning Shenron and granting wishes requires the use of Namekian, so I figured it would be more convenient to learn it myself for future tasks," Lu Fan replied truthfully.

Grand Elder: "..."

Neil: "..."

The two exchanged glances.

The Grand Elder wiped sweat from his brow vigorously.

I never expected that this was the reason you wanted to learn Namekian...

Although this kid isn't evil...

He is sneakily mischievous...

"Well then, it's time for me to set off and find the Dragon Balls," Lu Fan said, stretching his back.

"Whoosh!"

Lu Fan shot into the sky and quickly vanished from sight.

The Grand Elder and Neil were left speechless.

After a moment of silence.

"Grand Elder, he truly shouldn't have any evil in his heart, right?" Neil asked.

"There is indeed no evil in his heart, but he belongs to that type of sneakily mischievous person..." the Grand Elder sighed.

Neil: "..."

Sneakily mischievous?

Grand Elder, that term you used is perfect.

I think so too.

"I have a premonition that the prince named Vegeta will likely encounter quite a few hardships while staying with him..." the Grand Elder lamented.

"Eh? Someone is coming. Is he back already?" Neil looked up at the sky.

"It is not him; it is likely that Saiyan prince," the Grand Elder mused.

"Hmph, that Saiyan prince previously threatened to conquer our Namek! I will let him know that we Namekians are not to be trifled with!" Neil said coldly, a flash of fighting spirit appearing on his face.

"Very well. Although we Namekians love peace, we are not a race to be slaughtered at will," the Grand Elder nodded.