The Legend of the Immortal Cauldron

After walking around, Matthew chose the innermost alchemy room.

He opened the door with a token, walked inside, and the door closed automatically.

This alchemy room was larger than the ones he had stayed in before, with a length and width of five or six feet.

In the middle of the alchemy room was a vessel used to guide and control the earth fire.

The internal structure of the alchemy room was similar, and Matthew checked it casually and felt relieved.

He took out the eight-door golden light array and arranged it in various places in the alchemy room.

This was a habit he had developed over the years. No matter how safe the place he was in was, the necessary protection was absolutely indispensable.

After arranging the array, Matthew took out the various materials in the storage bag one by one and placed them on the ground in order.

Then, he went to check the vessel again.

After confirming that everything was correct, Matthew started to refine the pill directly.

If he didn't know or didn't have the earth fire house, Matthew would refine the pill slowly.

Now that he knew it, he planned to refine all the materials on him into pills at once.

In this way, if he wants to retreat in the future, he only needs to find a secluded place, and he doesn't need to spend time refining pills.

When Matthew walked out of the alchemy room, there were only a dozen days left before the one-year lease.

The old man was still sitting there dozing off as before.

Matthew put the token on the table and left directly.

After staying in the Earth Fire House for nearly a year, Matthew took a deep breath and stretched his body after coming out again.

Although he stayed in the Earth Fire House, Matthew would often sense the location of the man in black.

The man disappeared after staying on Xuangui Island for a while.

But not long after, the man appeared again.

Now, the man lives in an inn.

Matthew thought about this person for a long time and decided not to contact him for the time being.

After living in the same inn with the demon cultivator, Matthew asked Wu Kun to strengthen the mark on him.

Matthew now has a lot of pills on him, and he can reach the late stage of foundation building as long as he spends some time.

But he still wanted to find the ingredients for the body-building pill and the mind-concentrating pill first.

After Wu Kun finished covering the mark, Matthew disguised himself and went out.

After wandering around the city for a few days, Matthew still didn't get much, but he found a few materials for the mind-concentrating pill, but the years were not very high.

As a last resort, Matthew could only set his sights on the Spiritual Medicine Island again.

He bought several maps, but there was no trace of the Spiritual Medicine Island on any of them.

"Shopkeeper, why are there no locations of the Spiritual Medicine Island on these maps?" After buying another map that was said to be the most complete, Matthew still didn't see the location of the Spiritual Medicine Island, so he asked the shopkeeper directly.

"Haha, the guest should be a hard-working person." The shopkeeper put down the things in his hands and asked with a smile.

"That's right, I have been practicing hard on the island before, and I just came here recently." Matthew nodded.

"That's it, the place where we are now belongs to the inland sea, and the Spiritual Medicine Island is in the open sea. The map here will definitely not mark the location of the Spiritual Medicine Island." The shopkeeper explained patiently.

"Inner sea...outer sea..."

This was the first time Matthew had heard these two words.

"In fact, the inner sea and outer sea are just terms. If we have to divide them, the Falling Star Islands are the boundary. The inner sea is within the Falling Star Islands, and the outer sea is outside the Falling Star Islands." Seeing Matthew's confusion, the shopkeeper continued to explain.

"What is the difference between the inner sea and the outer sea?" Matthew asked with a frown.

"A long time ago, there was no distinction between the inner sea and the outer sea. At that time, human monks and monsters fought each other every day, although human monks had the upper hand most of the time. But compared with the terrifying reproduction ability of monsters, it was too slow to cultivate a monk with some strength."

"Later, the ancestors came up with a method, which was to negotiate with the monster kings and divide the Prison God Sea into two parts, with the Falling Star Islands as the boundary."

"As for how they negotiated, we have no way of knowing. In the end, all the monster kings agreed, but their requirement was that once humans stepped out of the Falling Star Islands, they would be killed without mercy once they were discovered."

The shopkeeper was a person who was good at telling stories. He had explained a complicated matter clearly in simple language.

"Don't powerful monsters appear in the inner sea occasionally?" Matthew asked in confusion.

"Those are those who accidentally broke in. As long as there is no large-scale damage, no one will care." The shopkeeper said with a smile.

"Oh, by the way, there is something I forgot to say." The shopkeeper slapped his forehead and said.

Matthew raised his eyebrows when he heard this, waiting for the other party to speak.

"The reproduction capacity of monsters is too strong. Although the outer sea is large, it cannot accommodate so many monsters. Therefore, a beast tide will break out every thousand years. Every time a beast tide breaks out, it is a huge test for human monks. If they can't resist it, then there will be no distinction between the inner sea and the outer sea from now on." Seeing that Matthew didn't ask, the shopkeeper had to tell the story himself.

"When did the last beast tide break out?" Matthew asked.

"It was about eight or nine hundred years ago. It is said that the last beast tide was very large. There were more islands in the inner sea than now. They were completely destroyed and sank to the bottom of the sea in the last beast tide." When the shopkeeper said this, his face became solemn.

When Matthew absorbed and sorted out what the shopkeeper said, he saw the other party mysteriously taking out a wooden box.

"Here is a note written by a senior who experienced the beast tide last time. Since you and I get along well, I'll sell it to you at a lower price. It only costs 800 spirit stones, guaranteed..."

Before the shopkeeper finished speaking, Matthew had already walked out of the store.