The house where Mo Beixing lived was actually one of the houses Yang Qing and the others had seen when they first arrived on the Second Immortal Island.
At the time, however, they had been so intent on finding the Rootless Wood that they had paid little attention to them.
Now, watching Du Yongquan and Lin Zhong lead them toward the very edge of the island, Bu Er and the others found it rather strange.
"Do you all live right at the edge? Is that so you can stand guard?"
Du Yongquan gave a bitter smile. "Not at all. Outsiders can't get onto this island whether we guard it or not."
At that, he seemed to remember something and added, "Of course, I wasn't talking about you."
Yang Qing and the others had managed to enter Immortal Island; they could hardly be called ordinary people.
Besides, it was because Yang Qing was the one chosen by the Rootless Wood that they had entered Immortal Island so smoothly.
"We built our houses at the outermost edge in the hope that we could leave this place more easily."
Du Yongquan gave another bitter smile as he spoke. "But laugh at us if you like. Our fathers and then we ourselves have spent decades trying, yet we still haven't found a way off the island."
"Then why was Mo Beixing's home built beside yours? Was it to make keeping watch over you easier?"
Bu Er chimed in.
Lin Zhong said, "You're right. If we'd known about the Holy Duke's arrangements back then, we wouldn't have been foolish enough to spend decades dreaming of leaving."
"When the Holy Maiden first settled near us, she publicly claimed it was so she could pray for our blessings."
A trace of discomfort crossed Lin Zhong's face as