The Legend of the Immortal Cauldron

After standing up from the ground, Matthew stood there in silence for a long time, and then he exhaled heavily.

He wanted to take the old man's body out of the city to bury it, but when he saw the box on the bed, his mind suddenly became clear.

After closing the box again and taking a deep look at the old man, Matthew left here with the box.

He did not go to the front gate, but went directly to the back of the house and climbed over the wall to leave.

Matthew did not go home immediately. After hiding the box in a corner, he carefully sneaked back home.

When hiding the box, Matthew also put the small tripod that he had retrieved into the box.

It was very quiet here late at night, but Matthew was not sleepy at all.

He put his ear against the wall and listened to all the movements outside.

After a while, a series of light footsteps came from outside. After hearing the footsteps, Matthew secretly said in his heart: "Sure enough, they are here."

Not long after, Matthew vaguely heard the voice of a man coming from the old man's house, but the voice was very weak, and Matthew couldn't hear what he said.

The man just said a few words and then there was no follow-up. Matthew couldn't see the situation outside, so he could only continue to listen with his ears erect.

After a while, Matthew, who had not heard any movement for a long time, thought about whether to go out and take a look.

But at this time, he heard someone shouting loudly.

"Fire, fire!"

Shocked, he immediately rushed out of the house.

When he came out, he saw thick black smoke coming out of the old man's house, and the whole house had been engulfed by the fire.

Matthew resisted the urge to rush in and carry the old man's body out, and stood at the door of his house and watched quietly.

He knew that there was no point in doing so.

The neighbors nearby were also awakened by the fire. After coming out, they asked each other what happened, but who could explain it clearly?

After a while, a man flew here with a long sword under his feet.

The man looked at the still burning fire, and after pinching the magic formula with his hands, a small dark cloud appeared, and then heavy rain fell.

The heavy rain only fell on the old man's house, and had no effect on other places.

After the fire was extinguished by the rain, the man flew away from here, and the neighbors who were watching the excitement went home to continue sleeping.

This kind of house fire occasionally happens in the city, and every time there will be immortal cultivators to put out the fire.

In order not to show strangeness, Matthew also returned to his home.

After a sleepless night, Matthew went out the next morning.

Looking at the house that had become a ruin, Matthew took a deep breath, moved the collapsed beams that blocked the way and walked inside.

Last night, he was afraid that it would be inappropriate to be seen by others. Now that the matter has passed, no one will think much about him even if he appears here.

In fact, Matthew also felt a little lucky in his heart. If he had walked for a while last night, he might have been buried in the ruins.

When he saw the marrow cleansing pill last night, he suddenly thought that Liu Xingjian, who poisoned the old man, would probably come here.

Because the three days he gave the old man had expired, and the old man had not returned the spirit stones to the other party, if it were him, he would also come here to look for it.

As for Liu Xingjian, Matthew also knew this person. Liu Xingjian's identity was somewhat special. He was a well-known genius cultivator in the city. He had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining at the age of 20.

Many mortals who opened shops also wanted to have some relationship with him. Shopkeeper Chen had done this but was rejected.

Regardless of whether the other party was a genius or what his identity was, Matthew had already chosen Liu Xingjian as a target to kill.

But before that, what he needed to do was to make himself have the ability to kill the other party. Without absolute strength, revenge would only lead to death.

Once this kind of wooden house caught fire, basically everything inside would be burned to ashes. Matthew moved out the things that had been burned to charcoal inside. He wanted to find the remains of the old man.

Although the house had been burned down, Matthew still found the place where the old man lay last with his memory.

After removing the charred wood and broken tiles on top, Matthew saw a body that had been burned beyond recognition.

"Grandpa, I'll take you to a place with beautiful scenery." Matthew knelt down and said softly, regardless of the broken tiles on the ground.

After three heavy kowtows, Matthew began to look for something to wrap the body.

After searching for a while, Matthew finally found a piece of cloth under the bed that had not collapsed.

This piece of cloth was used by the old man to set up a stall on weekdays. His habit was to put the things for the stall under the bed.

"This piece of cloth is a bit strange. In such a fierce fire, the things wrapped in the cloth were burned, but it was nothing." After pulling out the cloth, Matthew's face showed a puzzled look.

This cloth is very rough, but very thin, with a length and width of about ten feet, but the color is earthy gray, which looks very inconspicuous.

Now is not the time to think about these things. Matthew spread the cloth on the ground, picked up the old man's charred body and put it on the cloth.

After wrapping the cloth, Matthew carried the old man's body on his back and walked towards Baiyaotang.

He needed to inform Chen the shopkeeper first and resign from him.

After arriving at Baiyaotang, Matthew made his intention clear.

In response, Chen tried to keep him and even offered to give Matthew a raise.

But Matthew had already made a decision, so how could he affect his plan for this little salary.

Seeing that Matthew was determined to leave, Shopkeeper Chen did not try to persuade him to stay, and readily paid Matthew five spiritual stones and this month's wages.

Matthew came here for these five spiritual stones, and he accepted them without much hesitation, which was what he deserved.

After saying goodbye to Shopkeeper Chen, Matthew carried the old man's body and walked out of the city.

Matthew carried the old man to a quiet little canyon under Xiaowang Mountain.

This was the place where the old man often brought him when Matthew was still young. At that time, Matthew's parents had just disappeared and he was in a daze all day.

The old man brought him here to rest, and playing gradually made Matthew return to normal.

Matthew thought about it for a long time last night, and decided to bury the old man here.

It has been a long time since he came to this little canyon, and Matthew, who revisited the old place, did not have much time to appreciate the scenery here.

After searching for a while, Matthew put down the old man's body, found a branch and started digging a pit.

After digging for more than an hour, Matthew finally dug a small pit that could accommodate the old man's body.

He took the body out of the cloth, slowly put it into the pit, and then covered it with soil little by little with his hands.

After the soil was completely covered, Matthew took out a small wooden sign from his arms and inserted it in front of the old man's tomb.

This was the tombstone he carved overnight, with only two words written on it, Zheng Gong.

After erecting the tombstone, Matthew did not leave immediately, but sat next to it for a long time, until a little yellow light appeared in the sky, then he slowly stood up, kowtowed three times in front of the tomb, put away the cloth and left.