The Romance of the Immortal Cauldron

After deciding on the name, Matthew said, "Friend Li, Jingmen will still be under your control from now on. We basically won't interfere with the affairs inside. If you need anything, you can ask for it now."

Upon hearing this, Li Jingshan immediately put forward some of his own requests.

Since Matthew has taken the initiative to speak, how could he miss such an opportunity?

Li Jingshan's request was very simple. He just wanted some magic weapons, elixirs and spirit stones.

Matthew met all of these requirements.

"Jingmen's strength is still very weak, so it is not advisable to let people know about your existence. If there is no special situation, it is best not to leave Qianluo Peak." Matthew said after giving some things.

"I think the same about this matter. There is one more thing, please don't hide it from me, Brother Ma."

After Li Jingshan finished speaking, he looked at Matthew nervously.

"That's fine," Matthew nodded.

"In Fellow Daoist Ma's eyes, the strength of people like us is like that of ants, and you have used such a heaven-defying magical power to allow me to directly enter the Nascent Soul stage. I don't know what your real purpose is in recruiting us. Please let me know so that I can make some preparations in advance to prevent someone from disobeying you in the future."

Li Jingshan wanted to ask this question several times, but he always felt it was not the right time.

Now, all the previous tasks have been completed, but Matthew still hasn't stated his purpose.

Li Jingshan had no choice but to ask himself.

"Since Fellow Daoist Li asked about this, I will tell you clearly. At present, Jingmen has no use to me. I only gathered you for future considerations. I want you to improve the strength of Jingmen in a short period of time."

"I have some secret techniques in my hand. If possible, let the person inside practice them. You can take a look at the secret techniques first."

After Matthew finished speaking, he took out a dozen booklets from his storage bag and handed them to Li Jingshan.

Li Jingshan did not dare to be careless about this matter.

He took a dozen booklets and started flipping through them immediately.

At first, his expression was normal.

But gradually, his expression began to become serious.

In the end, the solemn look turned into worry.

After Li Jingshan finished reading all the dozen or so books, he exhaled and said, "These secret techniques are quite powerful, but the side effects are also very serious. I wonder if my men are willing to practice these secret techniques."

"It is not necessary for everyone to practice the secret technique. Yue Ru is good at puppetry and has already valued some people. We can train them to become puppeteers."

"Xingyan has a lot of experience in combat, so she can train the monks' combat effectiveness."

"I have some accomplishments in alchemy, and I can also select some people with alchemy talent to train."

"In addition to the people who normally maintain Jingmen, you can select a group of people from the rest to practice these secret techniques."

Now that he had taken out the secret technique, Matthew had naturally made plans long ago.

The secret techniques he gave Li Jingshan were all of the kind that could improve one's own cultivation in a short period of time after being performed, but they also had serious side effects, and could even lead to direct death.

It is obviously unrealistic to ask everyone to practice these secret techniques.

He wouldn't do that either.

Otherwise, Jingmen would be disbanded immediately after its establishment.

The answer he gave was one that Li Jingshan couldn't refuse.

"So that's how it is. If it's just a small group of people, I can do it." Sure enough, after Matthew finished speaking, Li Jingshan also said with obvious relief.

Things have come to this point. Even if Li Jingshan disagrees, there is no other way.

Moreover, it is only a small number of people, and he does have a way to deal with them.

"Then I'll leave the matter of the secret technique to Fellow Daoist Li. You can tell others that the three of us are the supreme elders of Jingmen. We will select some disciples with talent and potential for special training in five days. After a while, we will go to other places to do some things." Matthew continued.

"Okay, I'll go do it now. You three can take a rest here."

Upon hearing this, Li Jingshan immediately understood what Matthew meant and left the place directly after he finished speaking.

Li Jingshan's prestige in the hearts of those cultivators was already very high, and now that he has broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, his prestige has also increased significantly.

Li Jingshan also told everyone everything about Jingmen.

When he said that there were three Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivators in Jingmen, everyone was excited.

Afterwards, Li Jingshan began to announce Matthew and others’ demands.

As for what he was going to do, it was not announced.

That kind of thing still needs to be communicated with the monks in private and should not be publicized.

Not long after Li Jingshan’s announcement, Yueru appeared.

After some selection, hundreds of people were taken away.

Those people were all those that Yueru had observed in advance and believed to have the talent to become puppeteers.

Afterwards, Li Jingshan brought another group of people to find Xingyan.

These people all have impressive combat experience, and can be trained by Xing Yan.

As for the people selected by Matthew, they were the smallest in number, only about fifty people.

Li Jingshan also recommended some people, but they all rejected them after Matthew asked.

Jingmen's appearance did not attract anyone's attention, and even on Qianluo Peak, no living creature approached.

In order to allow Yueru and Xingyan to better train the monks, Matthew and the other two specially opened up a huge space at the bottom of Qianluo Peak.

While digging underneath, Matthew discovered that there were many naturally formed passages underground at Qianluo Peak.

Then he asked Su Lin to go inside and investigate the situation.

Su Lin is the best at this kind of thing.

It only took half a month to thoroughly explore the underground situation of Qianluo Peak.

He also took Matthew and Li Jingshan to the bottom.

When Matthew and Li Jingshan arrived at a position about seven or eight hundred feet above the ground, they were both dumbfounded.

There turned out to be a huge underground lake underneath.

"Friend Ma, this seems to be a spiritual lake!" Li Jingshan said excitedly as he looked at the underground lake in front of him that was dozens of feet wide.

"Yes, it is indeed a spiritual lake. However, the quality of this spiritual lake is only average." Matthew nodded.

The reason why he brought Li Jingshan here was because he had learned about the situation of Linghu from Su Lin in advance.

The water in the Spirit Lake contains spiritual energy, but the Spirit Lake cannot be compared with those spiritual eyes. The spiritual energy in it is much thinner.

Spirit Lake had no effect on Matthew.

However, most of the people in Jingmen are low-level cultivators, and if they can consume lake water for a long time, it will be beneficial to their cultivation.

Matthew brought Li Jingshan here so that he could learn the way.

The emergence of Linghu is at least an unexpected gain.