Ling Chengyan poured the two pots of water she brought back into a pot and boiled them after filtering with gauze.
By the firelight, she could see a white scum forming on the surface of the boiling water. After filtering the water with clean gauze again, she finally filled a jug with some to drink.
The water had a slightly salty and muddy taste, but the bitterness was not obvious.
Ling Chengyan looked up and faced the hopeful gazes of the crowd, smiled, and said, "It's drinkable."
"That's great!" The group cheered in unison.
Next, Ling Chengyan led the team to divide the boiled and filtered water into canteens, while some others made another trip to the reed marsh to fetch water.
