The Geared Immortal

Chapter 444

/*unedited*/

Shin Jiao easily cleaned the hundreds of bandits like it was nothing. With his cultivation level at the true strength of the nascent realm, he was strong enough to be domineering in this place. But he didn't want to do that because the nascent realm is not the true strength in this world.

Hence he just silently takes care of all the bandits and left the place. Unknown to him, the villagers were aware of his action and already mentally made him the hero of their small village. His name Si Ji will be etched deep in their memories.

Shin Jiao ran through the forest and made a clearing in the ground. He then began to put up an array of teleport formation. After doing so, his figure suddenly disappears along with the burning of the formation on the ground.

Shin Jiao's figure appears in a clearing near the safe zone. This is the spot he created as a teleportation mark.

As soon as he appears, he noticed that there is no one around. He was a bit baffled and immediately enters the safe zone and found that there are no traces of anyone. He immediately thought that they might have gone back to earth because it has taken him too long to return.

But then he felt something weird so he looks at his bracer and saw that Susan Tang's life signal is still this world. So he immediately scanned the surroundings and found a letter on the top of a table near a broken pillar.

He immediately walked towards it and took the letter to read.

'Dear Shin, We have decided to head to the kingdom of Yi. We hope to meet you there. If not, then head directly to the capital of the empire of Xi.' He read and found that it was Susan Tang's handwriting.

As he read this he frowns as he actually didn't know how to get to the kingdom of Yi or to the capital of Xi. He might have been in this world, but those two places he hasn't visited yet. So he thought for a while and just decided to follow the map to go out of the forest. Then from there, he would try to find his way by asking.

With that decision in mind, he recalled the map he copied and displays it to his goggles.

"Alright, let's head there then…" he said as he began moving.

However, he just took a few steps when he noticed that there are some figures hiding in the shadows. He immediately scanned his surroundings with his absolute sense. In this world, he would not use his spiritual sense thought its range is farther. This is because other cultivators can feel a spiritual sense scan and this would foil his stealth.

As his absolute sense went out, he saw ten figures wearing silver armors lurking in the shadows. He can see that those figures are cultivators and they have the insignia of Xi on the jade slabs hanging on their waist.

And when he senses their cultivation, he can see why those people are not afraid to display such an insignia. They are all in the infant soul realm, and very powerful at that.

"Overconfident, I see…" he muttered as he continues to observe them.

"Hey, do you think we can enter that place?"

"I don't know… maybe if we force our way through we can…"

"What do you think is on the other side?"

"I have no idea, but judging from those people, I'm guessing that those on the other side are weak… Hehe… we might be able to reign in that place as monarchs… Hehe…"

"Hey, don't forget our mission… the prin… I mean, we are here to get information and capture anyone." Another one said.

Suddenly they saw someone coming out of the barrier and were excited.

They all have discovered that the hill is actually an illusion and what's in there is a dome barrier that is very strong. But they didn't dare be impatient and just waited to obtain more information. And now they have their target.

As Shin Jiao walks out, he innocently stretches his hands in the air.

"Yawn… this is too tiring…" he muttered as he looks around.

"He is just a mortal, easy prey." One of the men whispered and suddenly dashes towards Shin Jiao.

His speed was too fast, that if a mere mortal is here, he can just feel a cool breeze brushing on his body.

The man then appears behind Shin Jiao and pointed his blade on his neck.

"Don't move or you are dead…" the man said in an impatient voice.

"Who are you? And how did you get out of that barrier?" he added.

"Me… me? I… I'm Si Ji." Shin Jiao said while acting scared.

He didn't make his move yet, because he suddenly found a very interesting turn of even.

"How did you get out of that barrier?" the man asked impatiently.

"I… I don't know… we have this… this kind of amulet." He said while trying to draw in the air.

The man showed confusion in his face. But then he got angry and grabs Shin Jiao's head and pulled his short hair up. He then walked towards the barrier carrying him with ease as Shin Jiao displays a pained expression on his face.

When the man suddenly walked towards the barrier, the rest of the cultivators hiding began walking out of their hiding places. They all showed an excited look on their faces. They could not wait to open that barrier and pillage that world which the weak people came from.

As they excitedly walked out, the man pushes Shin Jiao with the rest following behind. As Shin Jiao and the man's figure got inside the barrier, the rest wanted to follow but to their surprise, they were unable to enter.

The man turns around and was shocked to see his comrades outside banging the dome-like barrier.

"You… you must let them come inside or else I will kill you!" the man shouted as he turns to Shin Jiao.

However, his face was filled with shock, when the man in his hands easily removes his strong grip on his head and hair. Shin Jiao then showed a faint smile on the man and gestured for him to look outside.

The man was filled with confusion and slowly tilted his gaze to his companions. However, his face suddenly became horrified as he took a step back hitting Shin Jiao's sturdy figure. But before he could react a strong grip grabs the back of his neck preventing him from looking at Shin Jiao.

Shin Jiao let him watch as his companions suddenly discovered what stood behind them. Three huge heads are attached to three long necks that are connected to a huge body of a lizard. The creature is around two-story building tall with its head looking like the mouth of a Venus flytrap plant.

Suddenly, is sweeps down and gobbled three cultivators at once.

A shrill cry echoed outside as the cultivators began running in all directions. But to their dismay, there is more of the same creature that appears. These creatures are some of the creatures that Shin Jiao and his group were hunting as they seem to be abundant in the area.

However, they are hard to find as they almost have perfect camouflage. Even with spiritual sense, these monsters are hard to find. But thankfully Shin Jiao and his group have him, Owl, and Denese who can sense the beasts' presence.

Owl can use her affinity to plants to detect her surroundings, while Denese has the thought perception. She can perceive incoming thoughts especially those with evil intent towards her. Although she can't read others mind with this, she can only feel the presence of others through this even behind thick walls.

As the man in Shin Jiao's hand saw the death of his companions he was thoroughly scared. He didn't expect that the man before him is very strong and acted like a sheep but in truth a ravenous wolf.

"Who are you and what is your purpose?" Shin Jiao asked bluntly.

The man wanted to answer, but Shin Jiao's grip became tighter.

"If you lied before me, I will not hesitate to feed you to those beasts."

The man's forehead is now filled with cold sweat.

"We… we are soldiers from the Xi empire… if… if you… if you let me go, I will not say anything of this matter to the empire…" he said while shaking.

He just discovered that he could not use his Qi as if it is being disrupted.

"It's no use… Now, answer me, what are you doing here?"

"We… we receive a command from the crown prince… to… to check this area and subdue it."

"Crown prince? Hmm… that would be Jiao Long Xi?" Shin Jiao asked in confusion.

When the soldier heard this he was a bit confused and a bit baffled. But then his eyes lit up in glee.

"Yes, yes, that is right…" he suddenly said with a hint of excitement.

"We are here to plunder everything, but I didn't want to do that because… because it would go against the Crown princess orders." He said with a glint of cleverness in his eyes.

However, before the man could react he felt his vision blurring and heard the voice of Shin Jiao.

"Do you take me for a fool? I know who your crown prince is… Li Yan Xi."

When the man heard Shin Jiao's words, he panicked but everything was too late.

Crack!

The man fell to the ground and died.

"It seems that Li Yan Xi has something brewing… I don't know the situation just yet, but if he plans to do something to Susan and others, then he would regret each of his decision… Friends or not… he will pay." Shin Jiao muttered as he turns his gaze outside of the barrier.

With a smirk, he walks out without hesitation.