The Legend of the Immortal Cauldron

After Zhu Que left, Matthew took out the baggage again.

He took out a talisman and put it in front of his eyes to examine it.

It's a pity that with his expertise in making talismans, he still can't tell what the talisman does.

After looking at it for a while, Matthew put the baggage away again.

It was still several hours before Hai Shi, so Matthew, who had nothing to do for the time being, continued to lie down and rest.

After Zhu Que handed him the new task, the tangle in Matthew's heart was also released.

Since he was about to leave here, he didn't need to worry about what happened after Liu Xingjian's death.

His only thought now is to get the news of Liu Xingjian's death as soon as possible and then leave here immediately.

As for where to go in the future, Matthew didn't know and didn't want to think too much about it.

He knew nothing about the outside world and could only take one step at a time.

In a blink of an eye, the appointed time came.

Zhu Que also arrived as scheduled.

"There are still many people from our four major sects in the mine. You must be careful after entering and never expose the purpose of your trip." He left the tent and walked towards the mine. As Zhu Que walked, he also used sound transmission to tell Matthew things that needed attention.

"Master, are those people still mining there?" Matthew asked curiously.

"Yes, some top-quality spiritual stones have been unearthed recently. Through secret information, the four major sects are now arranging to evacuate Tianyue Kingdom, but we have not received any news from our side. There are even frequent reports of excavated stones. Regarding the matter of top-quality spiritual stones, this is just to make the invading forces focus their attention here." At the end of the sentence, Zhu Que's tone became extremely dissatisfied, and there was even a lot of resentment in it.

It's not his fault. Anyone would feel this way after knowing that they had been ruthlessly abandoned by the sect they had devoted their whole life to.

"Don't worry, you are my only apprentice, and I will count on you to pass on my mantle in the future. As long as you do what I arranged, I will definitely take you away." Seeing that Matthew didn't speak, Zhu Que thought that Matthew was Afraid of being left here, he comforted her.

Although he didn't think so, Matthew's face still showed joy after hearing Zhu Que's assurance.

When they arrived a few hundred feet away from the mineral vein, Zhu Que pulled Matthew to a place full of rocks.

When Matthew saw Zhu Que peeling away some rocks, a dark hole was revealed in front of him.

"This is the secret passage I arranged for people to dig. It can lead directly to the mine. When the time comes, you will come out from here. I will wait for you here." Zhu Que pointed at the dark cave entrance and said.

"Master, there is something I can't figure out. Why don't you just let Master He do this kind of thing?" Matthew, who was standing at the entrance of the cave, finally asked the biggest question in his heart.

"Actually, the sect has also guessed that someone wants to escape, so we, the foundation-building monks, need to be on call. Once someone disappears for no reason, the pill-forming monks here will immediately take action. Originally, it was He Laogui's apprentice was asked to go, but that girl ran to the battlefield and was injured. In the end, we chose to let you go. You have no sense of presence in the door, and you also know something about Fu Lu. She is the most suitable candidate besides that girl.”

Zhu Que seemed to have guessed that Matthew would ask about this matter, and after Matthew asked, he told everything he needed to know in one breath.

After listening to Zhu Que's explanation, Matthew didn't ask any more questions.

"This is a bright bead magic weapon. It is dark inside. Using this object to illuminate the light will not be too conspicuous." When Matthew was about to enter the cave, Zhu Que threw a white bead at him and said.

Matthew caught the bright bead magic weapon and injected a little magic power into the magic weapon, and the beads emitted a soft white light.

"Master, I'll go first." Matthew smiled slightly, turned around and walked into the cave.

With the light emitted by the bright beads, Matthew could see the situation under his feet and half a foot away.

This secret passage was marked on the topographic map that Zhu Que had given him before. Matthew knew that this secret passage was not very long.

After walking along the secret passage for a while, Matthew gently pushed away a stone blocking the way, and he was already standing in a passage.

The ground of this passage is flat, and you can tell at a glance that it was dug by humans.

After recalling the topographic map in his mind, Matthew walked towards the left.

There is a marking point more than a hundred feet away to his left, which is also the marking point closest to Matthew.

In order to prevent himself from missing a marked point, Matthew took out a piece of paper from the storage bag after hiding a talisman in the marked point.

This is a rough topographic map he drew from memory.

On this topographic map, he marked all the marked points so that he could know whether he had made any mistakes or omissions.

After finishing marking the dots, Matthew gently picked a dot on the paper in his hand with his fingers.

Because the marked points are everywhere around the mineral vein, Matthew can only go to them one by one according to the method closest to him.

After coming in from the secret passage, Matthew had been silently estimating the time in his mind.

After only two hours, he had already completed more than a dozen marked points.

But what made him feel a little strange was that two hours after he came in, he didn't even see a single person.

He didn't even hear a sound, which made him suspicious.

With the experience of the last battlefield, Matthew became more and more cautious in doing things.

When passing by some gravel on the ground, he would quietly bury a talisman.

Although it is a bit wasteful to do so, it is worth it if it can save one's life at a critical moment.

At the beginning, there is only one road, and you just need to go forward.

But then, there are forks in the road.

Before each fork in the road, Matthew needs to stop and recall the topographic map in his mind to avoid going in the wrong direction and wasting time.

When Matthew turned into a fork in the road and walked forward, he heard a strange sound.

This was the first time he heard a sound since entering this place. He was alert and released the black tortoise shield and flaming sword that he had been holding in his hands.

As Matthew got closer, he heard it more clearly.

This sound was not made by a hard object hitting, which ruled out someone mining in front.

After listening for a while, Matthew felt that the sound was a bit like something rubbing against something.

When he got close to the place where the sound came from, he finally saw the situation in front with his spiritual sense.

I saw a scorpion as big as a calf, with a black body, lying on the ground, and under the scorpion was a human corpse.

The corpse had been eaten beyond recognition by scorpions, and Matthew could only tell from the corpse's clothes that this person was a monk from Xuanwu Sect.