The Romance of the Immortal Cauldron

After standing up from the ground, Matthew stood there in silence for a long time, and then let out a heavy breath.

He originally wanted to take the old man's body out of the city and 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 hugged the box and left.

He did not go towards the front courtyard door, but went directly around to the back of the house, climbed over the wall and left.

Matthew didn't go home right away. After hiding the box in a corner, he carefully slipped back home.

When hiding the box, Matthew put the retrieved small tripod into the box as well.

It was very quiet here late at night, but Matthew didn't feel sleepy at all.

He put his ear against the wall and listened to everything going on outside.

After a while, a series of slight footsteps came from outside. After hearing the footsteps, Matthew secretly thought: "He is indeed here."

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

The man just said a few words and then stopped talking. Matthew couldn't see what was going on outside, so he could only continue to listen with his ears pricked up.

After a while, Matthew, who couldn't hear any movement for a long time, thought about whether to go out and take a look.

But then I heard someone shouting loudly.

"Pull on fire, pull on fire!"

Shocked, he immediately rushed out of the house.

When he came out, he saw thick black smoke rising from the old man's house, and the entire house had been engulfed in fire.

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

He knew there was no point in doing so.

The nearby neighbors were also awakened by the fire. After they came out, they asked each other what happened, but no one could explain it clearly.

After a while, a man flew here with a long sword.

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

This heavy rain only fell on the old man's house and had no impact on other places.

After the fire was extinguished by the rain, the man flew away from the place, and the nearby neighbors who were watching the excitement also went home and continued to sleep.

This kind of house fire occasionally happens in the city, and every time a cultivator comes to put out the fire.

In order not to appear strange, Matthew also returned to his home.

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

Looking at the house that had been reduced to ruins, Matthew took a deep breath, removed the collapsed beams blocking the way and walked inside.

Last night he was afraid of being seen inappropriately, but now that the matter has passed, no one thought much about him even if he appeared here.

In fact, Matthew felt a little lucky in his heart. If he had walked around 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 be here.

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

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 already reached the sixth level of Qi refining at the age of twenty.

Many ordinary people who opened a store wanted to have some relationship with them. Shopkeeper Chen did this, but was turned away.

Regardless of whether the opponent was a genius or what his status was, Matthew had already chosen Liu Xingjian as his target.

But before that, all he needs to do is to have the ability to kill the opponent. Without absolute strength, revenge is just a matter of death.

Once this kind of wooden house catches fire, basically everything inside will be burned to the ground. Matthew moves out the charred things inside, and he wants to find the old man's remains.

Although the house had been burned down, Matthew used his memory to find the place where the old man last lay.

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

"Grandpa, let me take you to a place with beautiful scenery." Matthew knelt down and whispered softly, ignoring the broken tiles on the ground.

After kowtowing three times, Matthew began to look for something to wrap the body.

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

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

"There is something strange about this piece of cloth. In such a fierce fire, everything wrapped in the cloth was burned, but nothing happened to it." After pulling out the piece of cloth, Matthew had a look of confusion on his face.

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

Now was not the time to think about this. Matthew spread the cloth on the ground, picked up the old man's burned body and placed it on the cloth.

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

He needs to inform Shopkeeper Chen first and then ask for his resignation.

After arriving at Baiyao Hall, Matthew revealed his purpose of coming.

In response, shopkeeper Chen repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay, and even offered to give Matthew a salary increase.

But Matthew had already made his decision, so how could he affect his plans just for this salary.

Seeing that Matthew had decided to leave, shopkeeper Chen no longer wanted to stay, and he happily settled the five spiritual stones and Matthew's salary for this month.

The purpose of Matthew's coming here was these five spiritual stones, so he accepted them without any politeness. This is what he deserves.

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

Matthew carried the old man on his back to a rather quiet small canyon below Xiaowang Mountain.

This is the place where the old man often took Matthew when he was young. At that time, Matthew's parents had just disappeared and he was in a state of confusion all day long.

The old man brought him here to rest and play, which gradually helped Matthew return to normal.

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

It had been a long time since I'd been to this small canyon. Matthew, who was revisiting his old place, didn't 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 hole.

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 bit by bit with both hands.

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

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

After setting up the tomb, Matthew did not leave immediately. Instead, he sat beside it for a long time until a slight yellow glow appeared on the horizon. Then he slowly stood up, kowtowed three times in front of the tomb, put away the piece of cloth, and left.