Thanks to Clan Leader Jialan's consideration, he had not been left exposed here after all. She had made room for him in a tent.
In truth, it did not matter to Yue Qianchou whether he had a tent or not. When he tried to decline, Jialan looked at the moon in the sky and pointed toward the lake. "Whenever there is moonlight overhead, the crocodiles in the lake climb onto the shore. It is dangerous for you to sleep outside the fence."
"Crocodiles?" Yue Qianchou said incredulously. "You still bathe in the lake when there are crocodiles in it?" Jialan smiled. "These crocodiles are called Moonlight Crocodiles. They only surface from the lake to breathe and move about at night, and only climb ashore when the moon appears. Normally, they dive deep beneath the lake.
As long as you sleep inside the fence, you will be fine. They rarely break through the fence and force their way in.
Even if they do break in, the commotion of the fence blocking them will warn us in advance, and we can avoid them."
"Rarely?" Yue Qianchou frowned. "So they still can break in! You live by the lake—aren't you worried at all?" As he spoke, he suddenly sprang to his feet, his eyes blazing as he stared at the lake.
Others might not have been able to see it, but with his cultivation, he had just spotted a massive whirlpool churning across the distant lake. An enormous silver-white figure had dived beneath the surface.
Had it not moved, its body would have blended with the silver-white moonlight reflected upon the lake, making it truly difficult to distinguish.
Yue Qianchou said in a low voice, "Clan Leader Jialan, there is something in the lake."
Jialan tugged at his clothes, signaling him to sit,