By the river.
Bai Pu was accompanied by a group of natives.
At their head was the former second-in-command of the Red Lotus Society, Bai Pu's new servant... Zhang Gu! When Bai Pu had destroyed the Red Lotus Society's hideout, he had spared Zhang Gu. Later, when Zhang Gu met the Red Lotus Society's leader, he was naturally subjected to questioning.
The benefit of Bai Pu retaining Zhang Gu's full capacity for thought lay here. Zhang Gu made up a lie and easily muddled through it, even receiving a secret medicinal salve from the Red Lotus Society's leader to treat his wounds.
Following behind Zhang Gu were, naturally, members of the Red Lotus Society. It should be noted that Zhang Gu had carefully selected these men; none of them had ever seen Bai Pu.
"This stretch of water is where those beasts often appear?"
After confirming it with a Red Lotus Society lackey, Bai Pu instructed Zhang Gu to have the gang members search along the river, focusing on the skeletal remains of large animals, humans included.
According to Bai Pu's knowledge, river alligators were actually crocodiles. These cold-blooded reptiles generally lived in shallow waters, such as riverside marshes and mudflats. Only when they could not catch prey in the shallows would they enter deep water to hunt.
"I'll say it again: I'll deal with those beasts myself. You don't need to attack!" Bai Pu emphasized this once more to the gang members through Zhang Gu.
In truth, there was no need to emphasize it. These gang members were mostly weak-template natives. How would they dare attack river alligators notorious for assaulting merchant ships and even military warships? Bai Pu repeated the warning because of a prompt from the Spirit Realm Will: for this class advancement mission, he had to