The Legend of the Immortal Cauldron

After returning to the city, Matthew first went to the store to buy a bunch of food, and then carried a lot of bags back home.

After arriving home, Matthew started to make a fire and cook. He was already starving after not eating for a day.

Since he had quit his job, Matthew rarely went out in the next few days and stayed in the house all day.

He did this to observe secretly to see if Liu Xingjian would come back again.

After a few days of observation, after confirming that there were no strangers nearby, Matthew mustered up the courage to take the wooden box back.

The old man's story was like a warning bell that always reminded Matthew to be extremely careful in doing things and not to be careless.

After returning to the house with the wooden box and closing the door, Matthew carefully opened the wooden box.

"What's going on!"

After opening the wooden box, Matthew looked at the spiritual stones inside and his face suddenly changed.

At this moment, part of the twenty spiritual stones left by the old man turned into ordinary stones.

This sudden situation made Matthew's heart almost jump to his throat.

After taking out all the other things in the box, Matthew counted carefully and found that a total of ten spiritual stones had turned into waste stones, while the other ten were safe and sound.

"It shouldn't be someone who did it deliberately. What's going on?" Matthew's thoughts raced, and he quickly ruled out the possibility of human intervention.

If someone really found this wooden box, how could they only replace the ten spiritual stones in it with ordinary stones? If they wanted to take them, they would definitely take them all away. No one would do such a stupid thing.

"Huh!"

Matthew, who was a little confused, turned his head and happened to see the purple small tripod beside him.

He just took out the things in a hurry and didn't pay much attention to the small tripod.

Now take a closer look, there is a purple gas mass with flashing lights in the mouth of the tripod.

He remembers clearly that there was nothing in the mouth of the tripod when he got the small tripod.

That is to say, this gas mass has only appeared in the past few days.

Thinking of the ten spiritual stones that turned into waste stones, a glimmer of light flashed in Matthew's eyes.

Reach out and pick up a spiritual stone and put it in the mouth of the tripod.

The moment Matthew let go, the spirit stone fell.

But it stayed in the air mass.

Matthew lowered his head and stared at the air mass.

Under Matthew's gaze, the spirit stone turned into a piece of waste stone and fell out of the air mass in just a few breaths.

Matthew picked up the small tripod and tilted it down, and the waste stone fell out.

He picked up this waste stone and compared it with the other ten waste stones.

He found that the situation of the two was exactly the same.

That is to say, the ten spirit stones in the box were absorbed by the small tripod.

But there was one thing Matthew didn't figure out. There were obviously twenty spirit stones in the box.

According to the speed at which the small tripod absorbed the spirit stones just now, all twenty spirit stones should have been absorbed. Why are there still ten left?

With this question, Matthew took another spirit stone.

This time he didn't throw the spirit stone into the mouth of the tripod, but pinched it with his fingers and moved it slowly above the mouth of the tripod.

After experimenting for a while, Matthew roughly came to a conclusion.

Only when the spirit stones enter the mouth of the cauldron will they be absorbed. If they are outside, there will be no problem with the spirit stones.

"It should be that when I was walking with the box in my arms, I accidentally shook the ten spirit stones into the small cauldron, which caused the spiritual energy in the spirit stones to be absorbed." Matthew is not a stupid person. After some attempts, he has roughly come to a conclusion.

Although he figured out why the spirit stones turned into waste stones, there is still a bigger question in Matthew's mind.

What is the use of this purple gas ball.

Next, Matthew tried to put some sundries into the small cauldron.

Without exception, there was no reaction.

"This gas ball seems to have no reaction to other things except absorbing spirit stones." Matthew scratched his head and muttered to himself in frustration.

All the methods that can be used have been tried, and Matthew has no solution for the time being.

In this case, he no longer pays attention to the small cauldron, and reaches out to pick up the jade bottle.

Open the jade bottle and pour out the marrow cleansing pill inside.

Looking at the gray-white marrow cleansing pill in his hand, Matthew's face showed a look of grief.

It was because of this marrow cleansing pill that the old man left him.

After looking at it for a while, taking a deep breath, and suppressing the grief in his heart, Matthew decided to take the pill first.

Whether he has spiritual roots or not, the marrow cleansing pill is of great benefit to him.

The old man offended Liu Xingjian for the marrow cleansing pill, and Matthew didn't want to disappoint the old man.

Just when he was about to swallow the pill, he heard a series of hurried knocks on the door from outside.

Matthew was startled and didn't know who was coming.

He quickly stuffed all the things around him into the box, and then put the box in a secret place in the house.

After confirming that nothing was left out, Matthew walked out of the room.

When Matthew opened the gate and saw the person standing in front of him, he was slightly stunned.

"Chen Hu, why are you here?" Matthew asked with some confusion.

The man called Chen Hu was a man in his twenties, with an ordinary face, but a full head taller than Matthew.

Matthew was very familiar with this man, he was a clerk of Baiyaotang and the nephew of Chen, and the two had a good relationship on weekdays.

"What's wrong with you? Why don't you do it for no reason?" Chen Hu walked around Matthew and went straight into the yard and asked.

"I almost fell to death when I went to Dawang Mountain this time. I'm scared and don't dare to do it again." Matthew smiled bitterly after closing the door.

This was his explanation to Chen.

"That's right. Uncle often asks you to do dangerous things. Everyone is afraid of it." Chen Hu nodded to show his understanding.

"You haven't told me why you're looking for me yet." Matthew didn't want to say too much about this matter, so he turned the topic to the first question.

"There's something wrong with the azure flower you brought back. After Master Wang took it, not only did his injuries not get better, but they got worse." Chen Hu said to Matthew with a serious face.

"It's impossible. I spent half my life to pick that azure flower. How could it have no effect!" After hearing what Chen Hu said, Matthew shouted in disbelief.

However, he had a vague guess in his heart.

Recalling the shriveled appearance of the azure flower, and thinking about the small tripod absorbing the spiritual energy in the spirit stone.

Perhaps. The spiritual energy in the azure flower may have been absorbed by the small tripod a long time ago.

But he would never tell Chen Hu in front of him about this matter.

"Who knows? Maybe the sky blue flower has no effect on Master Wang's injury. However, Master Wang now puts all the blame on you. He has already said that he will come to you to ask for an explanation after his injury is healed." After Chen Hu finished speaking, he looked at Matthew with some worry.

"I..." After Chen Hu finished speaking, Matthew was also speechless for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"I advise you to leave Wangxian City as soon as possible. Uncle is afraid of being implicated and has planned to sell the store. You should make a decision as soon as possible. By the way, I came here to get the rope this time." Chen Hu sighed and patted Matthew's shoulder and said.

After hearing what Chen Hu said, Matthew realized that the valuable rope of Shopkeeper Chen was still with him.

He turned and walked to the corner of the yard, took out the bundle of ropes and handed it to Chen Hu.

"Chen Hu, thank you for telling me this. I will leave Wangxian City as soon as possible." Matthew said with a serious face.