The Legend of the Immortal Cauldron

One year later.

A towering mountain, surrounded by clouds and mist. It was like a fairyland in a painting.

From a distance, two tiny figures were walking slowly along a winding mountain road.

The mountain road was winding and seemed to have no end.

A young man in his twenties was following a middle-aged man walking slowly on the rugged mountain road.

The two walked and stopped, and the middle-aged man stopped from time to time to observe the surrounding terrain.

The young man was naturally Matthew. After leaving that place, he came here.

Release Zheng Wanshan from the Qinglong bracelet and let him take him to find Zhengjia Village.

They have been wandering around this mountain for several days.

With Matthew's speed, it doesn't take that long to get here.

Along the way, he also went to several places where there were fragments, and only came here after getting those fragments.

Matthew has also planned to go to the Great Wilderness Sect after getting the latter part of the Lotus Sword Art.

"Senior, you can reach Zhengjia Village after passing through the forest ahead." Zheng Wanshan pointed to a dense forest ahead and said to Matthew.

Matthew nodded and walked towards the forest.

Zheng Wanshan immediately followed him.

There were some low-level monsters in the forest, but after Matthew released a trace of his own breath, all the monsters that were ready to move were scared away.

Passing through the lush forest, an ancient village gradually appeared in front of the two.

The surrounding treetops swayed gently in the breeze.

The scale of Zhengjia Village exceeded Matthew's previous imagination.

He thought it would be a small village with only hundreds of households gathered.

The village was built on the mountain, with a staggered layout, and the houses were built along the hillside, layer upon layer.

As the two people got closer and closer, they could hear the breath of life coming from the village.

The laughter of children, the calls of poultry, and the conversations of villagers busy with daily chores.

Matthew scanned the village with his spiritual sense and knew that there were at least nearly a thousand buildings in the village.

Including simple houses, ancestral halls, mills and some shops that looked quite old.

These buildings have different styles, some look simple and elegant, while others show traces of time and do not seem to be built in the same period.

"Do you want to kill them directly or do you go in first?" Matthew asked Zheng Wanshan beside him.

"I'll go in and knock on the door first." Zheng Wanshan said with a sigh.

He was the only one left in his lineage, and he might have been full of resentment towards the expansion faction in the past.

But after so many years, the resentment in his heart has more or less dissipated.

Especially during the time he stayed in the Qinglong bracelet, Zheng Wanshan also thought a lot.

It was dusk at this moment, and the sunset began to slowly sink to the west.

The golden afterglow sprinkled every corner of the village, covering the ancient Zhengjia Village with a golden coat.

"No!"

Just as Zheng Wanshan walked forward, Matthew called out softly.

Zheng Wanshan paused when he heard this, and turned to look at Matthew.

Zheng Wanshan was about to ask, but suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the village.

Then, the formation of the village was activated in an instant.

Just when Zheng Wanshan was puzzled, a hand suddenly appeared and lifted him up.

Zheng Wanshan only felt the scenery in front of him flashing.

In just one or two breaths, he found himself standing on the ground paved with bluestone slabs.

Turning his head, he looked at the high and low eaves on both sides, and the mottled walls covered with green vines.

Zheng Wanshan knew that he had come to the village.

And the one who brought him here must be Matthew.

Matthew ignored Zheng Wanshan, raised his legs and walked towards the building in front of him with billowing smoke.

Matthew took this step and instantly jumped more than ten feet.

Zheng Wanshan wanted to catch up, but he could no longer see Matthew's figure.

He wanted to catch up with Matthew as soon as possible, but when he saw the empty streets around him, his brows furrowed deeply.

Logically, the explosion just now should have been heard by those outside.

It is impossible that the people in the village did not react.

But since he was brought in by Matthew, he has not seen anyone.

"What's going on? I clearly heard the sound of children playing at the entrance of the village." Zheng Wanshan said after hitting his head a few times.

But no one could answer him.

Gritting his teeth, Zheng Wanshan also ran towards the building with thick smoke.

The building had collapsed because of the previous explosion.

Matthew stood there with his hands behind his back, and a woman in red was lying beside him.

And in the ruins in front of Matthew, there were still several bodies lying.

Just when Zheng Wanshan was about to walk to Matthew.

The woman in red lying on the ground suddenly opened her eyes at this moment.

The woman's eyes were red, and she made sounds that were not human.

He suddenly jumped and rushed towards Zheng Wanshan.

However, at this moment, a hand appeared like lightning.

It slapped the back of the woman in red seemingly powerlessly.

"Bang!"

The woman in red fell heavily to the ground, making a muffled sound and raising a large cloud of dust.