King of Creation
Chapter 299 - 296: The Last Hope of the Yu Family

Chapter 299: Chapter 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.

But at that moment, suddenly, two large, dark smudges appeared on the jade tower.

"Eh, what’s that on the jade tower?"

Puzzled, the two guards walked forward a hundred meters, rubbing their eyes and carefully discerning the suddenly appeared shadows on the jade tower.

"A... A head!" Old Wang’s teeth chattered loudly as he grew close, his entire body shaking.

"It’s the Second Elder’s head...."

The next instant, these two guards threw their warning talismans without hesitation.

The scarlet warning talismans burst open in the night sky like flowers, but to the eyes of the people of Floating Jade Island, they seemed like fresh blood.

Instantly, the Yu Family was thrown into chaos, the whole Floating Jade Island into disarray.

Soon, the news that the heads of the Second Elder and a Yu Family Tributor had been hung on the jade tower spread across the whole Floating Jade Island. The remaining Yu Ning on Floating Jade Island contacted the upper echelons of the Yu Family who were out searching with the utmost speed; talisman communications flew all over the sky.

The cooking fires went out, every household was watching, and a hint of panic began to emerge on Floating Jade Island.

Even though Dao Talisman Communications were sent, the master martial artists of the Yu family, who were dealing with external affairs, could not return immediately. The furthest was tens of thousands of miles away, and the nearest was also three to four thousand miles. It would take several hours before they could return.

Under Yu Ning’s orders, the entire Yu Family was brightly lit, guarded heavily.

Under the lights, Yu Ning looked at the pitch-black night sky, his expression extremely complex.

"Brother Zheng, have you returned?"

After most of the long night had passed, a beam of light suddenly dropped from the sky, causing the tense Yu family members to suddenly cheer up, their expressions finally relaxing a bit.

"The clan leader has returned!"

"Dad, the Second Elder and Tributor Zhang...."

"I know."

Yu Feilong had actually been among the first to learn of this incident, but he hadn’t expected Ye Zhen to hang these two men’s heads on the Yu family’s jade tower. Thinking that Ye Zhen was now lurking near Floating Jade Island, Yu Feilong couldn’t help but shiver.

"Ning’er, nothing’s happened at home, right?"

"So far, nothing."

"When did you discover that the Second Elder’s head appeared on the jade tower?" Yu Feilong wanted to know the exact time when Ye Zhen had arrived on Floating Jade Island.

"Reporting to the clan leader, at sunset, just as the last sunlight hit the middle of the jade tower," Old Wang hastily replied.

"The middle of the jade tower?"

Hearing this, Yu Feilong’s gaze instinctively turned towards the direction of the jade tower in the square, and upon seeing it, his expression became tremendously pained.

"Old Fourth!"

Yu Feilong cried out in pain, his form staggering towards the jade tower.

On the jade tower, two dark shadows had appeared at some unknown time, and those with good eyesight could see clearly that the shadows were two heads... still dripping with fresh blood.

"It’s the Fourth Elder and Offering Miao... Offering Miao and the Fourth Elder’s cultivation were both high, at the Spirit Transformation Realm Fourth Stage... they are still bleeding, they must have been killed not long ago..."

Yu Ning’s lips trembled as he looked at the pitch-dark night sky, where the surrounding mist always made him feel as if he were in a picturesque scene.

But now, the rolling fog seemed like oppressive lead clouds, suffocating him.

"Old Fourth...."

Yu Feilong knelt on the ground, looking at the two still bleeding heads, unable to suppress his severe shaking that quickly spread from his hands to his entire body.

At that moment, panic completely spread throughout Floating Jade Island!

"Dad, are you... alright?"

Unexpectedly, the young clan leader Yu Ning, who seemed frail in the eyes of his kinsmen, appeared somewhat calmer than Yu Feilong, perhaps because he was familiar with Ye Zhen and not too terrified.

"I’m... fine!"

Ye Feilong struggled to appear calm, but fear made him uncontrollably tremble. This fear was not for himself from the prospect of death, but for his family’s fate.

At that moment, Ye Feilong finally understood that he had provoked someone he absolutely shouldn’t have.

"Father, the Fourth Uncle is gone, but the other Tributors and elders on their way back..."

The next instant, upon hearing Ye Ning’s reminder, Ye Feilong was struck as if by lightning. The dead were gone, but the safety of the living was paramount.

"Be careful, there’s an ambush on the way back. Once you see this message, return immediately and report your position. I’m coming to support!" Several Dao Talisman Communications were imbued with the same message and sent out in all directions.

Before long, the first Dao Talisman Communication was answered. Ye Feilong soared into the sky and hurried towards the indicated location.

He understood that the only person Ye Zhen was wary of was himself alone.

Yet, his Yu Family was in even more urgent need.

In just this brief moment, the Yu Family had already lost four martial artists at the Spirit Transformation Realm, reducing their strength by a quarter.

All night, Ye Feilong was relentless, furiously pushing himself, driving his speed to the limit to aid the Yu Family Tributors in returning to the island.

"Ning’er, how many more haven’t returned?" Ye Feilong had just welcomed back Yu Zhenglin, the Grand Elder of the Yu Family, to the island. His demeanor seemed somewhat vacant, his responses a bit delayed.

Anyone going nonstop for two months, coupled with several days of sleepless high-speed travel back and forth, would be in Ye Feilong’s condition, especially after a day and a night of intense flying. His qi was somewhat unstable.

"Father, most of them have returned. Only Tributors Zhou and Xu, who went to the southwest, haven’t returned yet, and no communications have come from them either," replied Ye Ning.

"Tributors Zhou and Xu? No communications have come? Then contact them again using the Dao Talisman, quickly confirm their location..."

"Father, there’s no need..."

Suddenly, Ye Ning’s gaze turned blank, pointing towards the direction of the Jade Tower.

Where there was nothing before at the Jade Tower, right after a cloud passed by, suddenly two shadows appeared – unmistakably, two more... heads!

"They’ve been... killed!"

The next instant, Ye Feilong, as if his tail had been stepped on, became hysterical, leaping into the sky and roaring furiously around him.

"Zheng Fuyun, come out!"

"Zheng Fuyun, if you are a man, come out!"

....

"If you want to fight, come fight me, if you want to kill, come kill me, what skill is there in hiding in the shadows!"

Amidst his roaring, Ye Feilong randomly slashed out countless Sword Gangs, causing the winds and clouds to shift and the fog to swirl, but Zheng Fuyun, the source of his fear, remained silent.

Seeing those aligned six heads, each of the recently returned Tributors of the Yu Family, including the Grand Elder Yu Zhenglin, was utterly silent, each face solemn with eyes filled with anger, astonishment, and a hint of... fear!

Ten miles north of Floating Jade Island, Ye Zhen, who was riding the Cloud Winged Tiger and hidden among the clouds, had a cold smile on his face.

Rushing out to fight with Ye Feilong whose Cultivation was at the high-reaching Soul Sea Realm, especially on the home ground of the Yu Family, would be madness unless Ye Zhen had lost his mind.

The six people finished off earlier were all by Ye Zhen’s hand. Unfortunately, Ye Zhen wanted to eliminate a few more, but Ye Feilong’s quick reactions had saved each of them in turn.

However, Ye Zhen was not in a hurry. If the enemy was exposed while he remained hidden, he would just stay outside the Yu Family, biding his time to see who would break first.

As for being too close to be discovered by Ye Feilong, Ye Zhen wasn’t worried.

After being blessed by the War Soul Blood Banner, the speed of the Cloud Winged Tiger Cub was such that typical Soul Sea Realm experts couldn’t catch up; unless trapped in a heavy encirclement, the Yu Family was at his mercy.

Ye Feilong’s hysteria not only failed to flush out Ye Zhen but also further escalated the panic on Floating Jade Island.

In Floating Jade Island, the Clan Leader and Island Master, Ye Feilong, was the sky, was the earth, was the strongest shield, and now that the strongest shield had crumbled, how could they not panic?

This panic even reached a point where even ordinary citizens dared not cast their nets to fish.

Compared to the terror of the common folk, the Yu Family had set up an incredibly meticulous patrolling system. The remaining members of the Yu Family, including Yu Jing and Yu Ning, totaled twelve people. They formed three groups of four, rotating on guard duty under the centralized command of Ye Feilong, the Clan Leader.

The very first day of patrolling groups, an incident occurred.

Three Spirit Arrows came successively shooting out of the clouds. A Tributor of lower Cultivation at the Second Stage of Spirit Transformation Realm managed to avoid the vital areas but had most of his right shoulder and arm blown away.

Ye Feilong roared and soared into the sky searching around, only to return disappointed.

As for the others, they dared not even ascend to the sky. Due to the threat of the Spirit Arrows, even the formidable experts of the Yu Family didn’t dare leave the grand court. They had to hole up within the walls of the Yu Family.

Even the patrolling Tributors constantly deployed their Protective Spirit Forces, just in case.

The people of the Yu Family couldn’t sit still any longer.

"No, this can’t go on. Without having to be attacked by others, our Yu Family itself is going to be destroyed! We’re losing control over the industries on our outer islands. Rather than reviving the Yu Family, this is practically the destruction of the Yu Family," said the Third Elder, Yu Zhenghan, with a grave expression.

"Humph, you’re all scared silly by a scoundrel that shows his tail but hides his head. In the end, it’s just a sneak attack! Our Yu Family has a legacy of over a thousand years. How can we be intimidated by such a coward!" Yu Zhenglin, the Grand Elder, was furious.

"Just watch, I’m going to make a round of patrols around and see what this coward can do to me!" With a roar, the Grand Elder Yu Zhenglin suddenly soared into the sky.

"Grand Elder, no!" Ye Feilong urgently tried to stop him.

The Grand Elder, who had already taken to the air, gave Ye Feilong a knowing look and secretly transmitted, "I’ll act as bait. Be on your guard, and the moment that brat shows up and tries to attack me, eliminate him immediately!"

Ye Feilong was stunned, then nodded heavily.

This was the last hope for their Yu Family!(To be continued. If you like this series, you are welcome to vote for it at qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)