Stepping onto the harbor of Jade Pearl Island and breathing in its familiar scent, Zhao Yi could not help smiling.
Wang Qing had been stationed on Jade Pearl Island these past few years, while he himself had stayed on Linghua Island. After several years away, he found Jade Pearl Island greatly changed. The harbor was much larger than when Zhao Yi had been there, and there were many more fishing boats. Clearly, the islanders' lives had been flourishing with each passing day.
Smiling, he greeted a few familiar islanders, then told those who had brought him to head back. Zhao Yi strolled leisurely along the island's mountain path. Gazing at the lush greenery around him, he could not help growing calm.
Halfway up the mountain, he turned off toward Jade Pearl Spring.
The woodland path was quiet and secluded, with cool breezes stirring through it. He snapped off branches that had grown over the path after so long without anyone passing through, and Jade Pearl Spring came into view.
It had changed so much!
Jade Pearl Spring had originally been only about ten feet across and twenty feet deep. Now, what greeted his eyes was a pool a full thirty to forty feet across. Had the stone tablet beside it not been engraved with "Jade Pearl Spring," Zhao Yi would have thought he had come to the wrong place.
Drawing closer, he saw that the spring water was clear and thirty feet deep.
Spirit Fish swam in schools through the spring, led by one over four inches long. Zhao Yi studied it carefully and could just make out that it was the lead fish from back then.
Suddenly, the four-inch Spirit Fish leaped out of the spring and spat a water arrow at Zhao Yi.
"Psh!"
Zhao Yi raised his