The Romance of the Immortal Cauldron

Chapter 2498 Matthew's reasoning, clues become clear

Matthew sat at the table, holding a brush in his hand, sketching quickly on the paper with a focused expression.

His eyes were fixed on the paper, and the pen in his hand kept moving. The lines gradually intertwined on the paper, outlining the outline of a person.

After only a short while, a portrait appeared before his eyes.

Matthew is not good at painting, he paints more based on memory and general impressions.

Therefore, this painting naturally cannot accurately depict the charm of the characters.

However, he clearly showed the outline of the characters, from the lines of the face to the general posture of the body, so that people can tell the appearance of the person in the painting at a glance.

"Is this person among the people chasing you?" Matthew placed the drawn paper neatly in front of Shi Potian and Bai Chen, and asked softly with a searching look in his eyes.

Shi Potian looked at the portrait on the paper, scratched his head, and carefully recalled the scene when he was being chased before.

He studied it carefully for a long time, then slowly shook his head and said, "There is no such person. There were many people chasing us at the time, and I was only focused on dodging the attacks and trying to find a way to escape, so I really didn't notice this person."

When Matthew heard Shi Potian's answer, his heart moved slightly.

He originally thought, according to his own speculation, Murong Zhiyuan should be among the people chasing Bai Chen and others.

After all, he noticed from some clues that Murong Zhiyuan might be involved in the plan against them.

But Shi Potian's affirmative answer surprised him a little.

This unexpected answer made him begin to doubt his own guess.

"No, although this person did not directly participate in the hunt for us, I have seen him." Bai Chen suddenly said.

He carefully identified the portrait on the paper, with a hint of thought in his eyes.

"This man was standing on a hilltop, watching us being chased from a distance. The situation was very critical at the time, and our attention was focused on the pursuers behind us, so we didn't notice him at first. Later, during the escape, I happened to catch a glimpse of him standing there."

"That might be because when we separated and fled, this person happened to be in the direction you were running. I definitely didn't see him on my side." Shi Potian frowned, trying to recall the scene at that time.

He and Bai Chen acted separately at the time and fled in different directions to escape pursuit.

He speculated that Bai Chen saw Murong Zhiyuan perhaps because they took different paths after they separated.

"Is this person holding anything in his hand?" Matthew stared at Bai Chen and continued to ask.

"A feather fan." Bai Chen answered with certainty.

There was confidence in his eyes, and he obviously remembered this detail clearly.

Matthew heard this and nodded slowly.

He had a plan in mind. Through Bai Chen's description and analysis of various situations, he could be sure that Bai Chen and Shi Potian had never met Murong Zhiyuan before.

Moreover, in the small circle they were in, no one else had ever mentioned any information about Murong Zhiyuan to them.

In this case, what Bai Chen said should be true.

"You two take a rest first. We are going to head over to that place to take a look. If we meet the group of monks who are chasing you again, we will take revenge on you directly." Matthew rubbed his fingers gently, pondered for a moment, and then said slowly.

His eyes revealed determination, and he was mentally prepared to deal with it.

After hearing what Matthew said, Shi Potian and Bai Chen agreed without hesitation.

They left the cabin and went to another place on the flying boat to rest, hoping to recover their strength as soon as possible so that they could assist Matthew when the time came.

"Master, do you have any ideas?" Xing Yan looked at Matthew and asked softly with confusion and inquiry in her eyes.

She knew very well that Matthew would not make such a decision for no reason, and there must be considerations behind it.

Matthew took a deep breath, then slowly spoke out his guess: "I suspect that the core personnel at the God-Slaughtering Temple headquarters have already evacuated. Most of the people who remain at the God-Slaughtering Temple headquarters are monks who joined later. Their existence is to attract more monsters there. And their real purpose is to start the blood sacrifice formation. You think, such a huge formation requires a lot of energy and resources to maintain, and the crazy influx of monsters can provide these. The place that Bai Chen and the others went to might be a branch of the God-Slaughtering Temple. Therefore, we don't need to go to the God-Slaughtering Temple for the time being, and go directly to the mine!"

After listening to Matthew's analysis, Xingyan nodded slightly and fell into thought.

She began to sort out the various information she had learned before in her mind, trying to connect these scattered information with Matthew's conjecture.

She found that many things did make sense according to Matthew's way of thinking.

After hearing Matthew's analysis, the others also fell into deep thought.

Especially the four beast kings looked at Matthew with more admiration in their eyes.

Although what Matthew said now is just a guess.

However, through so much trivial information, we can summarize this seemingly very reasonable explanation.

No matter what the real situation is, Matthew's intelligence is something they can't compare to.

Xing Yan nodded slowly and said, "If this is true, then the magic circle at the Tu Shen Temple headquarters might be a bait. They use the magic circle to attract monsters, and when the monsters gather to a certain number, they will activate the blood sacrifice formation, which can not only severely damage the strength of the demons, but also complete the blood sacrifice!"

"I was not sure about this before, until Shi Potian and Bai Chen came back and said that there were all kinds of restrictions and magic arrays under the mine. If it was an unimportant place, there would be no need to have so many of these things. Moreover, they were being hunted, which means that the place is very important. Qinglian Jushi told me before that there were quite a few elders from the God-Slaying Temple with Murong Zhiyuan. There were quite a few of them, which just matched the number of people chasing them. Therefore, I am somewhat sure that the God-Slaying Temple had already moved its real headquarters under the mine. As for Murong Zhiyuan telling me before that the demon clan headquarters was under Tongtian Peak, he must have deliberately deceived me. As for his purpose, I haven't figured it out yet."

Matthew nodded and gave more of his analysis.

"Okay, then let's go directly to the mine this time to take a look at the situation." Xing Yan also knew that she couldn't continue talking at this moment, so she nodded and said immediately.

"Once we get there, use your secret technique to tell Yueru and the others." Matthew nodded.

After saying that, everyone except Matthew left the cabin, leaving Matthew sitting there alone.