The Geared Immortal

The Aftermath part 2

/*unedited*/

Inside Jiyi's dantian a surge of power she has never felt before suddenly made her want to cultivate. Without a choice, she unconsciously closed her eyes as she felt a lot of information filling her mind.

The ability of someone with a unique body called Dual Soul vessel is their ability to absorb the souls of those they wished to absorb and gain their knowledge. This is the reason why those with Dual Soul vessel body are sometimes sought by some sects, because of their ability to store knowledge. With this, they can preserve the teaching and ways of their master for a long time.

But sometimes, there are those who would kill them and try to steal their physique. But no one dares to use spirits to invade their bodies because once they are inside; the invader would become the slave of those with this unique physique.

Right now, Jiyi is reading and learning from the experiences of Vexi Muxin. Though this is not the whole memory as the soul of Vexi Muxin has escaped, but it is already enough for her to gain some knowledge and cultivation techniques.

After some time, Jiyi slowly opens her eyes and found herself in Shin Jiao's embrace. She could not help herself but be stunned and wanted to push Shin Jiao away.

"Don't move or you'll fall down." the manly voice of Shin Jiao made her realize the situation she is in.

Right now, they are standing on a thick tree branch. And when she closed her eyes a while ago, she almost fell. So, Shin Jiao caught her and help her to stand while supporting her body.

"Are you okay now?" Shin Jiao asked with a hint of concern in his face.

Seeing this, Jiyi can't help but blush and nods her head in reply.

Seeing that she has already awakened and seems to be fine, Shin Jiao let go of her body and separated from her calmly.

"What happened?" Shin Jiao asked.

"Umm… I think I know what happened now." Jiyi replied as she tried to arrange the memories which suddenly enter her brain.

Then she tells that Su Aw was actually tricked by the vile soul essence ghost named Vexi Muxin. A cultivator that failed his divine tribulation because of the negative karma he has accumulated. Because of his desire for revenge, Su Aw was shown and convinced that his wife is already dead. But in truth, his wife Lingling is still alive.

At that time, she was raped by the son of the mayor of Snowpeach town. But then on the process, the mayor's son actually took a liking to her and took her away to the town. Vexi Muxin knew this as he uses his undead beast to spy on everything. Then he manipulated the images and showed a horrendous scene to Su Aw. And from then on the carnage started…

"So you mean, Su Aw's wife is still alive?!" Shin Jiao asked in surprise.

Jiyi nods her head in agreement.

"Not only that… I… I think that she was able to escape the mayor's manor." Jiyi explained.

"Hmmm… I guess fate played some nasty tricks on Su Aw. But because of this many have perished." Shin Jiao muttered.

"Master… did you kill that fellow? That… that ghost?" Jiyi asked with hesitation.

"No, he was able to escape." Shin Jiao told her the truth.

"Well, no matter. I think that thing didn't have much time to live without the soul essence." Jiyi said with a smile.

"Hahaha… his goal to be an immortal would end like this. Karma…" Shin Jiao muttered shaking his head.

"We have to get back to the town. Our work is done here." Shin Jiao said as he helped Jiyi down the large tree.

When they walked out of the area, Shin Jiao saw several figures flying towards them.

"Shin! It's really you!" Ling Ya suddenly exclaimed as she excitedly approaches the two.

"Little brother… you… you save us again. I really owe you big time now." Bok Du said in his loud and boisterous voice.

"You really hid your strength too well… and you found yourself a woman too." Lily Chen who is behind Ling Ya said with a teasing tone.

But suddenly she was pinched by Chuan Tang on her side. She wanted to glare but when she saw where Chuan Tang is looking she suddenly stopped. Because they now realized that the woman beside Shin Jiao doesn't have arms. From the bandage, it seems that she met a huge misfortune. As a woman with a disability, her life would become harder from now on.

But Jiyi paid them no mind. She just stood there beside Shin Jiao with a dignified look on her beautiful face.

Then the rest of the cultivators arrive in front of Shin Jiao. They already knew what happened as the man Ping Gui told them what he saw in the scope as he watches the fight.

Right now, Ping Gui is looking at Shin Jiao like he is a treasure trove, not just him but the rest of the cultivators. But none dared made their move because they know how strong the young man in front of them is. To be able to approach the mist without fear and kill the necromancer, anyone of the cultivators in here would not claim that they can do so. Even those at the infant soul realm just observe the young man in front of them.

"The man Su Aw is already dead. But his… power… the soul essence has escaped. I was able to wound it, but I think it would not last any longer. Those of you, who wanted to hunt it down. Be my guest. For me, I wanted to return and get some good rest." Shin Jiao said nonchalantly while stretching his arms while yawning.

Princess Xinge Lee suddenly stood in front of Shin Jiao blocking his path.

When Shin Jiao saw this he suddenly frowned. The young woman in front of him is a great beauty, but she looks cold and aloof.

"I… On behalf of the king of Wu. I Princess Lee wanted to thank you… thank you for helping us." She said in a dignified tone.

When Shin Jiao heard this, he was a little stunned. He didn't expect that the proud Princess would say this to him, but then he didn't want to cause more trouble so he just smiled and cupped his hands in gratefulness.

"Thank you… your highness." Shin Jiao said.

Then he continues walking down the path towards the Snowpeach town. Seeing his figure leaving Jin Fu and the rest of his group followed suit. But there are those who stayed and began inspecting the surrounding trying to get any benefit from the battle that happened.

Shadow Ang suddenly appear beside Xinge Lee and gave her the pouches and two rings. Those are the spatial tool he took from Su Aw's corpse. Seeing this, Xinge Lee turns her eyes towards the young man who is calmly walking ahead.

"Interesting..." she muttered as she never saw anyone leaving things like this on the battlefield.

"It seems that he is not interested in the things inside." Xinge Lee said as she threw the things in her hand towards Shadow Ang.

"Keep them; we can use those to rebuild the town." Xinge Lee said as she followed the group going out of the forest.

Shin Jiao was able to return to the town along with the rest of the survivors. Then they started to prepare everything so that they can follow the Rock's Eye merchant group to the city of Wu.

…

As the caravan left the town, a woman sitting inside a wagon turns her gaze towards the sky. When she heard what had happened she actually felt calm. Many times she wanted to go out and stop the tragedy from happening, but she was imprisoned by Long Xilong. Although she is just a mere mortal, she was treated like a princess inside the courtyard of the mayor's son, as Long Xilong seems to have fallen for her beauty. He hid her from everyone even from his own father.

At first, she wanted to kill herself, but the thought of her husband Su Aw would always weaken her resolve.

As her gaze turns towards the sky, she suddenly sees two familiar faces in the clouds. They are the faces of her husband Su Aw and her best friend Mer Li. Both seem to be smiling down on her and telling her that everything is alright now, she must live her life in a new place. Seeing this, a charming smile slowly appears on her once sad yet beautiful face.

Then she slowly caresses her slightly bulging tummy.

"Don't worry… I… I will raise our child to be as strong as you." she muttered.

Only she and Long Xilong know what happened that day. She also didn't know why, but when she touches the face of the man who was about to violate her, he suddenly became calm and showed a bizarre reaction as if he was smitten in love with her. And after that, she was taken from her home.

As time flew by, she suddenly found herself pregnant. Long Xilong thought that he was the father but heaven knows that nothing happened to them. And like a person crazy in love, Long Xilong became obsessed with her.

"My love… don't worry… those who have broken us apart… will pay dearly with their lives.." Lingling muttered as beads of tears slowly slid down her white glossy cheeks and a seed of vengeance sprouted once again from deep within another person's heart.