Golden General Dies! Treasure Hunt Mutation, Fire Palm Transformation, Azure Flames Burn the Heavens!

Li Xian silently cried foul, thinking, Though I am not an insider, I can still be considered an "inside contact." If the general starts pondering in this direction, she might trace it back to me. He said, "This still requires careful investigation. Drawing conclusions too early would, first, harm internal unity, and second, make us easily misled by those with ulterior motives."

Zhao Yingqiong scrutinized Li Xian and said, "No need to investigate. This general already knows the reason behind it." Li Xian asked curiously, "Oh? How does General know?" Zhao Yingqiong said proudly, "You may be a master detective, but this general's skills in investigation and solving cases may not be inferior to yours. When you handed me the ship's bottom plank, I already had a vague suspicion. Now that I have considered it carefully, the truth naturally becomes clear."

Zhao Yingqiong said, "This bottom plank bears bite marks from fish-beasts. If I am not mistaken, the Hidden-Scale Guard is behind this mischief. The Hidden-Scale Guard is one of the Thirty-Two True Guards. They raise Gold-Eating Scale fish-beasts. These creatures are only as thick as fingers, but they often gnaw through ship bottoms and damage hulls. This grain ship was of ordinary construction, and its bottom was not plated with black iron, so naturally it could not withstand them. It seems... those thieving bastards feared this general's divine might. They used some method to make the Gold-Eating Scale gnaw at the ship's bottom, while controlling the pace and eating through it bit by bit, intending for the grain ship to capsize after six or seven days."

The Cavaliers all heaved a great sigh of relief, thinking, *If enemy thieves were behind this, those brothers should not lose their lives. Thank heavens the Central Lang General saw through the matter