“That’s right,” Ye Qing answered. “I’ve checked the map. One must pass through many islands if they are to travel from the Four Seas to the Poison Dragon Island. White Fish Island is the only uninhabited island out of all of them, and it is out of the way enough that the shockwaves of our battle should not draw attention or harm innocents.”0

Why not just intercept Fang Muyun on the sea and kill him wherever? Why go out of his way to locate an island such as White Fish Island? It was because intercepting him thoughtlessly was risky, of course.0

For one, fighting on the sea was very different from fighting on land. A complex and everchanging environment, one misstep might just prove enough for Fang Muyun to escape through the sea.0

Second, the sea route between Four Seas Island and Poison Dragon Island was a popular one. Connected to multiple islands, it was frequented by ships...0