The Romance of the Immortal Cauldron

one year later.

A towering mountain, surrounded by clouds and mist, looks like a fairyland in a painting.

From afar, two tiny figures were walking slowly along a winding mountain path.

The mountain road is winding and seems to have no end.

A young man in his twenties was walking slowly along a rugged mountain path with a middle-aged man.

The two men walked and stopped, and the middle-aged man stopped from time to time to observe the surrounding terrain.

The young man was naturally Matthew. He came here after leaving that place.

Release Zheng Wanshan from the Qinglong bracelet and let him take him to find Zhengjia Village.

They have been wandering around the mountain for several days.

With Matthew's speed, it wouldn't take that long to get here.

Along the way, he also went to several places where fragments existed, and only came here after getting those fragments.

Matthew has already made a plan. Once he gets the latter part of the Lotus Sword Technique, he will go to the Great Wilderness Sect.

"Senior, if we go through the woods ahead, we will reach Zhengjia Village." Zheng Wanshan said to Matthew, pointing to a dense forest ahead.

Hearing this, Matthew nodded and walked towards the woods.

Zheng Wanshan immediately followed.

There were some low-level monsters in the woods, but after Matthew released a trace of his own aura, all the monsters that were ready to move were scared away.

Passing through the lush woods, an ancient village gradually appeared in front of the two.

The surrounding treetops swayed gently in the breeze.

The scale of Zhengjia Village was beyond Matthew's previous imagination.

He had expected a small village with only a few hundred households.

The village is built against the mountain, in an orderly manner, and the houses are built along the hillside, layer upon layer.

As the two people got closer, they could hear the breath of life coming from the village.

The sounds of children laughing, poultry calling, and villagers going about their daily business.

Matthew used his spiritual sense to scan the village and knew that there were at least nearly a thousand buildings.

Including simple houses, ancestral halls, mills and some shops that look quite old.

These buildings have different styles. Some appear simple and elegant, while others show traces of time and do not seem to have been built in the same period.

"Should we charge in directly or should we go in first?" Matthew asked Zheng Wanshan beside him.

"Let me go in and knock on the door first." Zheng Wanshan said after a light sigh.

He is the only one left in his lineage, and he might have been full of resentment towards the expansionists in the past.

But after so many years, the resentment in my heart has more or less dissipated.

Especially the time he spent in the Qinglong bracelet made Zheng Wanshan think a lot.

It was already dusk and the sun was slowly setting in the west.

The golden afterglow sprinkled on every corner of the village, covering the ancient Zhengjia Village with a golden coat.

"wrong!"

Just as Zheng Wanshan walked forward, Matthew called out softly.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Wanshan paused and quickly turned to look at Matthew.

Zheng Wanshan was about to ask when he suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the village.

Then, the village's formation was activated in an instant.

Just when Zheng Wanshan was puzzled, a hand suddenly appeared and lifted him up.

Zheng Wanshan only felt the scenery in front of him flashing continuously.

In just one or two breaths, he found himself standing on the ground paved with bluestone slabs.

Turning around, I saw the high and low eaves on both sides, and the mottled walls covered with ivy.

Zheng Wanshan knew that he had arrived in the village.

And the one who brought me here must be Matthew.

Matthew ignored Zheng Wanshan and walked towards the building in front of him where thick smoke was billowing.

Matthew took this step and instantly jumped more than ten feet away.

Zheng Wanshan wanted to chase after him, but he could no longer see Matthew.

He wanted to catch up with Matthew as soon as possible, but when he saw the empty streets around him, his brows furrowed deeply.

Logically speaking, the explosion just now should have been heard even by those outside.

It was impossible for the people in the village not to react.

But from the time he was brought in by Matthew until now, he hasn't seen anyone.

"What's going on? I clearly heard the sound of children playing when I was at the entrance of the village." Zheng Wanshan said after hitting his head several times.

But no one could answer him.

Gritting his teeth, Zheng Wanshan also ran towards the building where the smoke was billowing.

The building had already collapsed due to the previous explosion.

Matthew stood there with his hands behind his back, and a woman in red was lying beside him.

And in the ruins in front of Matthew, there were several bodies lying.

Just when Zheng Wanshan was about to walk over to Matthew.

The woman in red lying on the ground suddenly opened her eyes at this moment.

The woman's eyes were red and she made sounds that were not human-like.

He jumped up suddenly and pounced towards Zheng Wanshan.

However, at this moment, a hand appeared like lightning.

He patted the red-dressed woman on the back seemingly powerlessly.

"boom!"

The woman in red fell heavily to the ground, making a dull sound and raising a large cloud of dust.