Si Yifan sighed before continuing, "It has another name: No Return Village."
No return, no return—where had that name come from? It was because so many of the men in Sea Village had set out on the route to Immortal Island, never to return.
Luo Dahai was still alive, but his life was worse than death.
As time passed, this Sea Village would only drift toward its eventual demise.
"The Si Household once sent people to support Sea Village. After all, it was a village full of the elderly, the weak, women, and children. Any help we could offer was worth giving."
Si Yifan seemed to recall something from the distant past. He sighed over it for a while before coming back to himself.
"But there's something sinister about that village. No matter how much we help them, we can't keep them from walking down their destined path."
Yang Qing frowned slightly as he listened. "What do you mean, Master Si?"
Si Yifan's expression had already returned to normal. "I mean that the people of Sea Village are not destined to live long."
"It's as though the village has been cursed. Anyone with enough strength left to put out to sea goes into the sea."
Si Yifan's voice was quiet, yet his words sent a thread of cold through everyone who heard them.
Had they been cursed because Luo Dahai's grandfather had gone to Immortal Island with those people all those years ago?
Whether that was true or not, no one could answer now.
"Regardless, we still have to go to Immortal Island."
Yang Qing drew a deep breath. "Master Si, since you know so much about matters at sea, there is something I would like to ask you."
"Have you ever heard of Rootless Wood?"
"Rootless Wood? It falls