Hearing Oscar say that, Tang San looked a little surprised and could not help asking:
"But we're still nearly fifty li from the Star Dou Great Forest. Isn't that a little far?"
Zhao Wuji raised an eyebrow at this and glanced at Tang San, a hint of impatience in his tone-how could this boy ask something so lacking in common sense?
"The Star Dou Great Forest is nothing like those Soul Beast Forests fenced off by nations to raise soul beasts."
"The soul beasts in the Star Dou Great Forest are all wild, fiercely savage, extremely powerful attackers, and highly territorial, every last one of them."
"Never mind what happens inside the forest. It's not even unusual for particularly ferocious soul beasts to leave the forest and attack humans."
Zhao Wuji pointed at the defensive fortifications faintly visible around the town's perimeter.
"This might look far from the forest to you, but how many soul masters' lives were piled up to build this line of safety?"
"If it were moved even a little closer, ordinary people wouldn't stand a chance of escaping a sudden soul beast attack. Sometimes, they wouldn't even have time to react."
"Besides, most people who come to the Star Dou Great Forest are soul masters. Fifty li takes a soul master only a short while to cover. It's hardly a burden."
Only then did Tang San understand. He nodded without saying anything more, but his awareness of the dangers of the Star Dou Great Forest deepened.
So much danger and sacrifice lay behind this seemingly ordinary distance.
They walked a little farther, and Zhao Wuji pointed at a very ordinary-looking hotel ahead.
"Let's stay here. We'll rest for the night and leave for the Star Dou Great Forest early tomorrow morning. You'll pay for your own