The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1333

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When the young maid left the room, Xin Ja did not move nor say anything. He just stood there looking at the Ao Meixi and waited for her to talk.

"I'm about to break through to the Ki-Champion realm… But the problem is…" she paused for a while as she hesitated.

"Your dantian core has a problem…" Xin Ja said calmly.

When she heard this, she lifted her head and showed a surprised expression.

That is the truth, although she is a Ki-Master, her dantian has some problems which she has suffered those years ago when the Ao family was attacked.

The death of her family has a greater impact on her, and she has a mishap in her cultivation. That is the reason why even though she is a Ki-Master, she still could not display such prowess and could only use 10% of her true strength.

So in truth, she is no stronger than a Ki-Adept at the primary level.

That is why she could not suppress the growing arrogance of the people that Lei Berong has monitored and suppressed her at every turn.

Why they still have not acted...? She did not know.

As she looks at the dark skies above, she could not help but heave a heavy sigh.

"Hmm… I think what you need is the Soul Nourishing Pill. The damage in your dantian is not that worst. At least they are not cracked like mine…" Xin Ja suddenly said interrupting her thoughts.

"Soul Nourishing Pill?" she asked in confusion.

She has not heard of such a pill before.

Since the Kingdom of Radong is not that proficient in pill making, she is unaware of the different types of pills present in the kingdom of Jimal.

"Umm… To be able to make that type of pill, I must be able to refine at least 5th tier herbs… Because the main ingredient of that pill is a 5th tier flower called, Golden Lion's Mane…"

Upon hearing the name of the herb, the expression of Ao Meixi showed brightness in them. This is because Golden Lion's Mane might be a 5th-tier herb, but it is not rare.

In fact, she has many of those in her garden. For some reason, that flower is only used as decoration and those alchemists that tried to use it before proclaimed that it is poisonous to one's body.

It could actually suppress one's Ki and lowers one's strength. Hence it was dumbed as poison.

"We have many of those flowers in my garden…" she suddenly exclaimed.

When Xin Ja heard this, he nodded his head. With this, he can practice more in refining.

"But that herb is a type of poison... to us that practice Ki…" she suddenly said.

Xin Ja showed a faint smile upon hearing this. How could he not know that such a notion is widespread? Even when he was in the Jimal kingdom, before he discovered the true property of that flower, it was considered a weapon against Ki-Masters and those with higher cultivation.

One would only dip their weapon with Golden Lion's Mane extract and voila, instant poison against powerful Ki cultivators.

But of course, that is not that effective as the poison could still be controlled by the cultivator and in a few minutes could be removed once found… but that few minutes is already enough to kill that powerful cultivator.

However, the problem with Golden Lion's Mane extract is that it is too pungent and is easily detected.

Unless the cultivator is stupid or too drunk, then the poisoning would be successful.

"Do not worry too much young miss… the reason why it is as such is because of the refining process…" Xin Ja explained.

"Refining? What do you mean?" she asked in confusion.

"90% purity is a must for it to be of use as a medicinal herb. The toxin in the plant is already a part of it. But it is only a small part. Hence once one is able to refine it to 90% it would remove those toxins…" he explained.

Understanding what the young man means, she nodded her head.

She knew that from this conversation alone, this young man is actually able to make pills. She has her doubts at first but of course, she still has to wait and see if the words of this young man are true or not.

Bang!!!

Suddenly the door of the room was kicked open and several men came pouring inside.

When Ao Meixi saw that it was actually Lou Tong the servant, she is now really displeased with the guy. If she could, she would automatically kill this person, right here right now. But her strength is only on par with the guy, plus behind him stood several guards with the same cultivation level.

"You two are an adulterous couple!" Lou Tong shouted while pointing at them.

His previous respectful act is now gone and right now… he displays a menacing glare at the two.

"Young Master Lei is so good to you and this is how you repay him?" he shouted as if his young master was wronged.

"Everyone! We should not let the young miss be led astray anymore. We should take this idiot and kill him… Then take over this Manor so that Young Master Lei would be able to take care of the young miss for good." He shouted in a righteous demeanor.

With his command, the rest of the people behind him moved and quickly surrounded Xin Ja and Ao Meixi.

"Are you out of your mind? I am the young miss of the Ao family and you are my people?!" Ao Meixi shouted in anger as her heart feel pained.

"Young miss, we are only doing this for your own good. If the Ao family came under the Lei clan's influence, then we and the rest of the family will be able to survive." A guard said with a sneer on his face.

"Stop talking! Get that guy first… I want to skin him alive!" Lou Tong shouted but his face showed a mad glee in them.

But before the guards could move, Ao Meixi decided to fight back.

"Stop resisting young miss, we don't want to hurt you. You are important to young master Lei after all…" a guard said as he stopped while grinning at Ao Meixi.

"You people will die… I should not have saved you ingrates!" she shouted as her beautiful face turned crimson in her rage.

When the guards heard this they seem to have been woken from a spell as their eyes showed guilt in them. In fact, they did not want to do this, but the threat of the Young Master of the Lei clan is far too great for them to resist.

So to be able to survive, they can only sacrifice her.

However, not that they remember her grace at that time in saving them, they suddenly feel a bit guilty.

"Ah, young miss… You cannot say it like that. We are only doing this to also save, you… Why resist when you can enjoy?" Lou Tong suddenly said with a lewd expression.

In fact, he has his eyes on the young miss for a long time but because of that young master Lei, he curved his desire in exchange for the benefit that the young master has promised him.

Women, riches, and power… That is what is being offered to him. So how could he resist such temptation?

His words seem to have made the guards decide that it would be better for the young miss to be with the young master as she would be safer in his hands as one of his concubines.

As they walk closer, Ao Meixi who is standing in front of Xin Ja shouted in a worried tone.

"Escape now! You must escape now! I'm sorry that I have dragged you into this mess, Master Xin…"

Xin Ja feels calm as he could sense that the young woman is sincere in her words. He did not expect that someone whom he just met would do such a thing for him.

If this happens in other places, Xin Ja knew that he would be pushed aside and the master would not protect him.

He looks at the back of the woman as he felt a warm sensation in his heart.

It is seldom finding friends like this.

In his travels, he has met with people who acted friendly toward him but in truth are sinister people. He also has met with people who are truthful in their ways, just like the woman before him.

He looks at the Ki-Adept realm men surrounding the woman and knew that she would not be able to stop them with her current strength. If she pushes further then her dantian core would be cracked and she would turn into waste just like him.

In his case, it is not a bother because a little flame is repairing his dantian. For her, he thinks that it would be the end of her world.

Upon thinking to this point, Xin Ja did not hesitate to intervene. With a prick of his finger, he touches the ring on his chest. He did this because he is using his Absolute Sense to cover this whole area already.

"Let's fight together, young miss…" Xin Ja said as he waves his hand and a black sword appears.