Chapter 1406: Guests From Rakshasa
To everyone’s surprise, they were wrong. Not only did Yu Hongluan hold onto her position for three decades straight, Floating Island kept getting better under her rule. It eventually reached a point of prosperity where it was praised as one of the four big islands.
Yu Hongluan didn’t just possess extraordinary management talent, she was a bonafide martial genius as well. She once journeyed to multiple islands and nations and challenged her talented peers to test her sword. No one had ever taken a win from her. She once ventured alone into the Rakshasa Land and killed over tens of thousands of Strangers. Over time, she foiled their conspiracies multiple times and spread her name throughout the world.
Today, Yu Hongluan was a Half-Sage even though she wasn’t even fifty. Within the Profound Alliance, she was one of the top geniuses people most expected to become a Sage in the future. The people called her Fairy Hongluan.
Yu Hongluan was like the sun and moon of the thirty six islands and seventy two islets. Naturally, her twin brother was overshadowed to an obscene degree.
Of course, Yu Hongluan’s achievements weren’t the only reason her older brother, Yu Hongfeng, was overshadowed. The man himself was, simply put, unworthy. When Yu Qiushui was still alive, he abused his position to do whatever he wanted. When Floating Island was facing its existential crisis, he acted like a petty and gutless weakling who only knew how to hide behind the backs of people stronger than him. Today, he was an even worse hedonistic son than he already was.
This was why few people knew that Yu Hongfeng was Yu Hongluan’s older brother. His conduct and behavior were so incongruous with the famous Fairy Yu Hongluan’s that no one could imagine that the two of them were tied to each other in any way.
Although Yu Hongfeng was garbage, Yu Hongluan was exceptionally kind and tolerant of the only true family she had left in this world.
Besides forbidding Yu Hongfeng from interfering with Floating Island’s business and committing crimes, she allowed him to do anything. Anything. She did not interfere or stop him from drowning himself in the pleasures.
This residence was Yu Hongluan’s gift to Yu Hongfeng. For one, it was tranquil and peaceful. Two, it was close to the General Guard Office. Few people would dare to invade this place. In the off chance that someone did, the Floating Guards would be able to respond at first notice and protect him.
The residence had a very refined name: Emerald Garden. It had gotten its name because a type of bamboo called Floating Bamboo—it was a specialty of Floating Island—was planted here and there inside the residence. The Floating Bamboo retained an vibrant, emerald green color no matter the season, and it could be used as a decoration, a tool to ward off the scorching heat of summer, and even a mosquito repellant. It was quite valuable.
Since the residence was planted with Floating Bamboos, it was green and lush all year long. That was how the name Emerald Garden came to be.
Although Emerald Garden was a refined name, Yu Hongfeng was anything but a refined man. Every once in a while, he would either summon his friends to the residence to drink and make merry, or bring beautiful women into the place to sing, dance, and perform other things. Without exaggeration, the man had singlehandedly fouled the once wonderful atmosphere of Emerald Garden.