A boat moved slowly along the Clear Source River.
"Looks like the battle was fierce."
Looking at the wreckage carried along by the river, Wang Yuan fell into thought.
After requesting orders from Jiang Chen, he had brought Rat Prodigy to the Clear Source River. Yet out of caution, he had not ventured too close to the River-Sweeping Bandits' ambush site.
"Pick up the speed."
After a brief contemplation, Wang Yuan gave the order. He knew the way ahead was dangerous, but wealth was sought amid danger. That was precisely why he had come, and as the boat continued onward, more and more traces came into view.
"Everyone is dead. A great fire once burned here."
Looking at the ships that had been scorched by flames until only wreckage remained, Wang Yuan's heart was filled with shock. There had been four large ships in all, and this was the river's surface—ordinary flames could never have burned all four vessels to ashes.
"This was definitely the power of an immortal cultivator."
His fists clenched inside his sleeves, and the thought in Wang Yuan's heart grew ever more fervent. It was then that the sailors responsible for salvage discovered something.
"There's someone over there! She seems to still be alive..."
Pointing ahead, a sailor shouted.
Hearing this, everyone looked in the direction he indicated. Amid the rolling waves, a flash of red appeared and vanished. She clung to a piece of driftwood, rising and sinking with the swells.
"Haul her aboard."
Without much hesitation, Wang Yuan gave the order. They had already fished several floating corpses from the water before this, but none had been alive.
Upon receiving Wang Yuan's command, the sailors immediately got to work. At that moment, Rat Prodigy crouched atop Wang Yuan's head and tilted its own head