The Romance of the Immortal Cauldron

Matthew stood in front of the cave entrance, staring into the dark depths.

He slowly extended his spiritual sense into the cave, trying to explore the situation inside.

Under his control, his spiritual consciousness, like an invisible wave, quietly penetrated the shadows in the cave.

After a while, Matthew's spiritual sense had roughly figured out the structure of the cave.

He found that this cave was not as simple as it appeared on the outside. It was very complicated inside. Matthew withdrew his spiritual sense and stepped into the cave.

The air in the cave was damp and stuffy, and the soil underfoot was soft and covered with all kinds of weeds.

These weeds emit a faint green light in the dim light.

Matthew went deeper into the cave and suddenly heard a faint sound in his ears.

He stopped, held his breath, and listened carefully.

It was a low, intermittent sound, like something rubbing against the ground, or some creature breathing.

As the sound became clearer, a fishy smell also came to my nose.

Matthew looked calm, as he knew that this smell usually meant the presence of a monster.

However, he was not worried, because he had already known the monster inside through his spiritual sense.

Strangely enough, after entering, Matthew discovered that his spiritual consciousness was actually suppressed.

He continued to move forward, and the deeper he went into the cave, the more strongly his spiritual consciousness was suppressed.

It didn't seem like a restriction, but rather like an invisible force was restricting his perception, preventing him from exploring his surroundings as freely as usual.

He couldn't help but be a little surprised, because he had never encountered such a situation before.

In the past, when his spiritual consciousness was restricted, it was always because of the existence of those restrictions, but this time, the Qinglong Breaking Ban Mirror in his arms did not react at all.

He summoned nine Jade Moon Autumn Light swords to surround him, emitting a soft light that illuminated the surrounding space.

With a point of his finger, a ball of spiritual light flew forward, illuminating the passage ahead, and Matthew walked forward.

After walking for about an incense stick of time, Matthew came to a cave.

The cave is very large, with holes all around the rock walls.

Inside the cave, there was a yellowish-brown thing that looked like a meat ball curled up.

There was a constant low sound coming from within the body.

This was the sound he heard as soon as he entered the cave.

"A faceless insect."

Matthew looked at the curled up thing and chuckled.

The faceless insect he mentioned is a strange insect. It has no head or tail. It looks like a worm with segments all over its body.

The strength of the formless insect is very weak, and any cultivator in the Foundation Establishment stage can easily kill it.

However, this insect is naturally good at digging holes.

Able to dig extremely deep underground.

Moreover, the faceless insect likes to hide things such as minerals buried underground in its body and bring them into its own nest.

At this moment, a large number of minerals of different colors are scattered on the ground of the cave.

Among them are some of the purple jades that Matthew is looking for.

When Matthew saw this, a smile appeared on his lips.

A circle of spiritual light drifted out, and wherever the light passed, all the ores on the cave floor disappeared.

After picking up the things on the ground, Matthew lightly hooked his finger, and the formless insect that was curled up on the ground and dared not move was bound by an invisible force and brought to Matthew's front.

Then, a green light flashed on Matthew's wrist, and Su Lin appeared beside him.

"Tell it to take us to find the purple crystal. I will release it as long as you take us there."

As soon as Su Lin came out, he heard Matthew's voice.

Upon hearing this, a squeaking sound came out of his mouth.

The trembling faceless insect relaxed its shaking body slightly after hearing Su Lin's voice.

There were intermittent low sounds coming from within the body.

Then, the faceless insect's body twisted slightly, a yellow light flashed, and some stones and crystals fell out of its body.

Su Lin was quick-witted and quick-handed. He immediately used his magic power to lift all the fallen objects and sent them to Matthew.

"Master, it asks you which kind of purple crystal you are looking for."

Su Lin said softly.

It’s no wonder that Su Lin translated it this way.

The dozen or so stones that fell out of the body of the faceless worm were all purple, and even he didn't know which one Matthew wanted.

Matthew reached out and grabbed a piece of purple crystal and said, "This is it."

When Su Lin saw this, the hole squeaked again.

After the faceless insect responded with a low voice, Su Lin said to Matthew, "Master, it said it can take us there. However, it cannot go to the innermost part because there is a terrible thing in there."

"Ask it what kind of terrible thing it is and how powerful it is." Matthew nodded slightly.

Next, Su Lin kept making squeaking sounds from his mouth.

The faceless insect kept responding in a low voice.

Matthew didn't understand what this meant at all.

This time, Su Lin communicated with the faceless insect for a long time before stopping.

"Master, although this bug has some intelligence, it is too low. It itself can't even tell what is inside it." Su Lin shook his head helplessly.