The small boat sank without warning. It had not been attacked, nor had it made any unusual sound. Along with the yin corpse aboard it, it simply sank to the bottom of the lake.
Watching Blood Rose vanish beneath the surface, Zhang Yuanqing felt a pang in his heart.
This yin corpse had been by his side the longest, accompanying him from the Transcendent stage to Saint. Though he had always treated her as a consumable, when Blood Rose truly left him, he still felt an intense reluctance to let go.
But this was not the time to mourn his loss.
"How did this happen?"
Zhang Yuanqing looked at Princess Yinyao in astonishment. She shook her head, and a hesitant voice came through the little speaker:
"It sank for no reason. I didn't notice anything unusual."
How did this happen? Zhang Yuanqing frowned deeply and fell into thought.
Could crossing the water by boat be the wrong choice? Could yin corpses not cross water? Had the boat suddenly sprung a leak?
There were too many possibilities. Things had suddenly become troublesome.
Just as he was at a loss, something suddenly floated to the surface. Looking closely, he saw that it was the small boat that had sunk to the bottom.
The little boat, with its upturned ends, had resurfaced, but Blood Rose was nowhere to be seen.
It made the whole situation seem as if the boat had consciously sunk itself to kill the person aboard.
Zhang Yuanqing's expression changed. "No, crossing the lake by boat isn't that simple. This lake has rules. It's not enough to just board a boat—we need to find out what those rules are."
First, they could be certain that boats were able to float on the lake's surface.
Using a small boat to cross