Chapter 299 - 296: The Last Hope of the Yu Family
The evening on Floating Jade Island was tranquil and serene.
Clumsy-handed fishermen’s wives carried spears, with two or three, or even six or seven fat fish hanging, quick-stepping towards their homes, preparing to cook dinner for the men who would soon return from working at the jade mine.
Before long, smoke rose from all around, mingling with the night fog, enveloping the Yu Family Mansion’s splendid, glittering center in smoke, adding an air of mystery out of thin air.
The two guards at the Yu family’s gate stood lazily, though the family had tense moments in recent days. However, since the Yu family had known peace for so long, they had grown accustomed to the occasional tension.
"Hey, Old Wang, how much longer until the shift change arrives? I’m starving," muttered one guard.
"Let me check."
The guard called Old Wang shaded his eyes with his hand, looking towards the jade tower in the middle of Yu Family Square. When the sunset hit the center of that tower, it was time for the shift change.
Suddenly, Old Wang’s gaze halted, and his expression turned blank.
The Yu family’s jade tower was a treasured pagoda guided by the Jade God, built purely of jade and washed daily with clean water, shining extraordinarily under the glow of the Luminous Pearl at the tower’s tip.
Especially when the sky darkened, the Luminous Pearl and the jade reflected each other’s light, resembling a divine miracle.