The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1066

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Xin Ja opens his eyes and suddenly feels that he is lying in something soft. His nose was suddenly assaulted by a familiar fragrant scent which almost made his heart skip a beat. How could he not know that smell?

When he looks up, he noticed the drooping head of Yao Xue. Her soft and luscious-looking lips are almost touching his nose. Xin Ja could not help but gulp down his saliva as he saw the impeccable beauty of the woman before him.

As a teenage boy, Xin Ja has not experienced such an encounter before. And for the first time in his life, he feels like his mind becoming truly muddled.

"Beautiful…" he muttered.

It seems that Yao Xue heard his words as her long lashes suddenly flutters and her beautiful dark green eyes slowly opened.

Yao Xue was also taken aback upon seeing the handsome face below her. Although his appearance is a bit dirty because of the spot of blood and dirt on his face, she could not deny that the young teenager before her is very handsome and attractive.

His dark blue eyes seem to have an attraction to her as she found them cute.

With her face turning red, Yao Xue quickly sits straight and shifted her gaze to the side.

"You… you were unconscious, so I tried to help you rest a little bit better…" she said with a reddened face.

Upon hearing this, Xin Ja noticed that there are no dead beasts around them and that the body of the giant wererat is about a few meters away from them.

"How… How long was I unconscious?" Xin Ja asked.

"You… you were unconscious for about 2 hours now…" she replied shyly.

She still did not look at Xin Ja and just looks to the side.

"Thank you…" Xin Ja said as he also feel a bit shy and quickly stood up and patted his robe.

He walked towards the array and enters it. Inside he could see a large number of dead beasts in the area. He did not think twice and quickly jump up the giant head of the wererat. He then inserted his arms on its eye socket where its eye has already exploded.

With a slight tug, he was able to take out his short sword from inside.

He did not dare smell the gooey white substance. He just takes out a piece of cloth and began cleaning his sword.

Xin Ja looks at the giant creature and frowns.

"If only I could take this out…" he muttered.

In one of the lessons he has learned from Shin Jiao, he discovered the space inventory. However, space inventory is easier said than done. He needed the proper materials, proper rune, and enough strength to craft them.

He already knows the proper rune, but he lacks the materials and the strength to craft it.

This is one of the things that he wished for the most. That way, he could just easily carry his stuff and not bring the bulky bag on his back.

There was actually an alternative, but again, the material is needed and the strength to create it.

So he could only do the second-best option, the automatic bag inventory.

Xin Ja began taking the things that he only needed from the corpses and left the rest.

The two continue traveling, while Xin Ja teaches Yao Xue how to fight. No matter what, she needed to learn how to defend herself.

Xin Ja decided to teach her and give her an experience in taking a life.

Right at this moment, in front of Yao Xue is a large worm-like creature.

"Alright Sister Xue, you can do this!" Xin Ja cheered on the side.

Yao Xue gritted her teeth and slowly advances towards the creature. Suddenly, the worm-like creature opens its mouth and a row of razor-sharp teeth was displayed for Yao Xue to see. This scene made her expression turn pale.

"Do not be afraid! Go! Kill it!" Xin Ja shouted on the side.

Suddenly, the worm-like creature attacked her. Yao Xue followed what Xin Ja taught her and quickly enhanced her body with her Ki. She then discovers the movement of the worm-like creature becoming slower.

Taking this chance, she gathers her strength and dodges to the side while extending the blade of the folding stone sword to the beast's side.

Puchi!!!

Skrrrt!!!

The sound of flesh being torn could be heard as the sharp folding stone sword cut through the flesh of the worm-like creature.

Yao Xue feels warm blood splattering on her face making her shiver. She just gave the worm-like creature a side glance and dare not linger her sight on it for long.

She felt like her body was suddenly drenched in blood as she walks to Xin Ja's side.

"Hehe… Nice job!" Xin Ja said with a teasing smile.

"Now, here comes the hard part… the gathering of materials."  He said.

Upon hearing this, the expression of Yao Xue turned ghastly pale. How could she butcher some beast and gather materials from it? She is a lady from a noble family. Although she was treated like trash, she still grew up inside a protected home with her mother. So how could she dare touch such gruesome stuff?

"Look, Sister Xue… We are not going to survive in this place if you would always act like that…" he said with a frown on his handsome face.

Yao Xue knew that the young teenage boy has already lost his patience with her, but still, she could not do it. The mere sight of it made her want to puke.

Xin Ja folded his arms and suddenly disappear.

"If you do not gather the materials from that worm, then I will leave you here alone." His voice said which echoed in the cavern.

Tears began to fall down Yao Xue's eyes as she could truly not muster up the strength and determination to do so.

She knew what she needed to gather from this beast, but the problem is… how to do it.

After crying for a while, she suddenly takes out a stone, and then slowly embedded a rune on the stone.

She then takes out a string to tie the runestone on her neck.

At this time, her eyes are still brimming with tears, and she is sniffing as she tried her best to be strong and try to gather the skin of the worm-like creature.

The skin of this type of beast is best to be used as medicine. There is also the stomach of the beast and its heart which is also a good source of alchemical ingredients.

"Eeewww…" she muttered as she forced herself to do the thing that she has not done before in her entire life.

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An hour later…

Xin Ja suddenly appear and stood beside Yao Xue who has already thrown up all of the food she has eaten.

But, at least she was able to separate every important and valuable part of the beast.

"Good job…" Xin Ja said as he gave her a beast skin paper with some runes written on it.

"Use this to clean yourself…" he added.

Upon hearing this, the eyes of Yao Xue immediately brightens and did not hesitate to activate the runes.

The beast's skin paper glowed and suddenly her body was enveloped in bright light.

The grime and nauseating smell on her black robe have immediately disappeared making her feel fresh and dry.

Her gloomy expression turned into happiness as she quickly stood up.

"Thank you…"

"No problem… Nice work…" Xin Ja said.

The two continue walking through the dungeon, and slowly Yao Xue began to get used to killing beasts and harvesting materials from them.

At the same time, Xin Ja was able to make move rune talisman and formation array using beast bones and parts.

Although they are not as strong as his formation flags, they still are able to serve their function.

Soon, the two rested and decided to sleep for a while. Xin Ja already knew that it's already deep in the night, this means that they have stayed in this long and winding cavern for the whole day.

But he could not do anything and just have to continue their travel tomorrow.

After Yao Xue has fully rested, they continue their travel through the dark cavern and soon reach a place that looks like a huge hall. The ceiling of the hall is dimly lit, and the walls are decorated with colorful murals.

From the murals on the wall, it seems to depict a certain history of this Shen's abode. Xin Ja could not help but feel amazed at the murals on the wall. At the same time, Yao Xue showed astonishment in her eyes as if she knew what was written there.

Xin Ja wanted to ask but from the look in her eyes, he could tell that she is focusing on reading what was written on the wall.

Suddenly, Xin Ja lifted his hand to signal Yao Xue to stop.

"Why are we stopping? Are there monsters here?" she asked in a low voice.

"No… no monsters… worst… humans…" he replied with a serious expression.