The Geared Immortal

A new building in the academy

/*unedited*/

Shin Jiao was flabbergasted upon seeing the change of attitude of the young woman. From being a domineering rich young lass into a playful and happy go lucky cute girl.

As the teachers left and the students left the area, Shin Jiao noticed one of the teachers looking at him with anger and discontent in his eyes. Then he realized that it was one of the teachers that he has knocked out. That teacher could not accept his defeat from a mere mid-stage gold core realm cultivator. But he could not do anything about it this time, but just thought deep in his heart that he would remember this humiliation.

Shin Jiao didn't care about that teacher as it was his fault for being too rash in attacking him carelessly.

"Thank you for your help young lady. This humble one is Shin Jiao and this is my friend Tong Lei." Shin Jiao said with a thankful look in his eyes.

Though he didn't need her help as he can actually fight against all the teachers if he went all out, however, with her help, everything became smooth and didn't cause him more trouble. So he was thankful for her assistance.

"Nah, it's okay… actually I'm here because I was trying to ask teacher Ki for a customized upgrade for my swords. I wanted to add some additional effects on it for the coming 3 academy competition. I'm sure that with teacher's Ki's ability I can have a really powerful sword." Fey Ouyang said with excitement clearly written in her eyes.

"Upgrades?" Shin Jiao suddenly asked with curiosity.

He knows that there are upgrades for artifacts, but he is not yet strong enough to do it. According to Gubu, he needs to be an infant soul realm cultivator to be able to do upgrades or to have at least 50 spheres.

Shin Jiao knows that with 50 spheres he may be able to repair Gubu's ring and be able to access the other jade slips inside it. So he felt a little excited at the same time a little hopeless as the advancement of the sphere and his physique is in sync and it is taking him a long time. Right now he is already at 47th sphere and the 48th might take him some time, but he is confident that he can reach the 50th sphere before going back to the underground base.

"You haven't heard about upgrades?" Fey Ouyang asked while knitting her brows.

Upgrades of artifacts are common in the cultivation land, although only those that belong to the upper echelon know about it, however, other rich families also knew about artifact upgrades. And in the academy, only a handful of teachers knew how to do it. Teacher Ki and the Dean of the crafting department are some of them who knew how to upgrade artifacts.

"Cough, cough…" suddenly Tong Lei coughs next to Shin Jiao while he is assisting him with his arms.

"Hey, brother Tong are you okay? Do you feel still feel pain?" Shin Jiao asked with worry in his eyes.

Shin Jiao knew that Tong Lei's condition is not that bad so he just let the two children heal him and did not use any pills. But his condition is still weak, so he is still worried. Yet as a man of science he still needed to see the effect of the healing powers of little Hoayin, this way he can assess their progress.

"I'm okay, master… Miss Ouyang, thank you for helping us."

"Well, I'm not that much of a help… I'm just sorry for the laboratory, but since the royal family is involved with this, we can't go after that damned Sai Wu. All we can do is hope that the principal would kick that bastard out of the academy." Fey Ouyang said with a hint of anger in her eyes.

The two nods with her conjecture, but Shin Jiao has a strange gleam in his eyes. He has already taken a step back and let that person go many times. But he knows that Sai Wu was the one responsible for almost killing Tong Lei, his friend so, he would not keep a blind eye about this anymore.

Sometimes, accidents happen in the academy right?

"Hey, I remember you… you said your name is Shin Jiao right? The person who has that strange artifact that can communicate with others even in great distance." Suddenly Fey Ouyang said with fake surprise in her eyes.

Actually the reason why she approached Shin Jiao is that she has recognized him when the phone was presented at that time. So her goal was to ask him for a favor in creating her own personal phone.

"Yes. That person is me." Shin Jiao replied.

With the look in Fey Ouyang's eyes, he already knows what her purpose is.

But he didn't mind giving her a gift for helping them at this time. He knows that an ally would be more profitable than having another enemy.

"Oh, well… I… I wanted to ask you to craft me a phone of my own. Just like the one you used at the unveiling of the thing called 'phone'." Fey Ouyang said with hope sparkling in her eyes.

When Shin Jiao saw this he almost laughs but restrained himself.

He just nods his head in confirmation.

"After the project is done, and the communication towers are built I will give you, your own phone. That I promise." Shin Jiao said with a smile.

"Wait… I want one just like the crystal thing that you held that time. I think it looks fancy and more appealing." Fey Ouyang said.

The two continue talking as Shin Jiao helped Tong Lei to the infirmary of the school.

The news, that the research room of the crafting department being burned down was spread throughout the school. Even those students who are at home still received this.

But the teachers of the crafting research department were not worried at all. This is because Gu Ouyang as the person in charge of the research has already hidden the most crucial data and blueprints. So the teachers are not worried about anything, though it was a pity the building was burned.

The research building was then torn down by the academy and with the help of the builders; they were able to construct a new one.

So after the vacation of the students, they arrived in a much wider space research building. Even the teachers were surprised to see that their research lab has improved.

The old crafting research building looks like a dungeon of some sort from the old times. The lighting is a little okay, but in truth, it is not that good. Even the security is a bit lax and it didn't conform to the safety standard of the modern Earth's labs.

So Shin Jiao decided to ask the dean if he can assist with the building of the new facility.

This time, Shin Jiao has installed many new mechanisms, since he was already in school he helped the builders to turn it into a semi-modern like research building with security protocols installed.

It took them almost two days in constructing the new building but the builders were in awe of the facility which they have never seen before. Unlike Earth, in the cultivation land, building something using Qi is easier. With the builder's power to control the land, it's as easy as pie to mold things. So contracting something is really easy and fast. If it was a normal building, with the power of the builders it would not take an hour to construct one. But this time, Shin Jiao guided them to make it more sturdy and secured.

This is because Shin Jiao is looking at the future. If he can make the academy as one of his research grounds then that would mean a great thing for his plans. Luckily for him, the dean was accommodating and trusting with his plans. After the building was finished the second day, Shin Jiao showed a contented face and was astounded at what he has done.

So when the students and the teachers who are part of the research saw the new building everyone was surprised and was stunned. They could not help but get excited to enter their new research facility which seems to be different from the rest of the buildings in the academy.

The building itself has three-story, with tinted glass pane as its windows. The color is vibrant making one want to look at it and admire the intricate design. Though in the modern world, this is just a normal office building, but in the cultivation land, this is something new.

"Wow, what kind of building it this? Why does it feel like everything is made of crystal?"

"I wish our alchemy research building would also look the same."

"Yeah, look I can see silhouettes of people inside those dark crystal walls."

"That's awesome… can we enter? I want to see what's inside."

The students who are not part of the research group began crowding. Since the building it three-story, it can also be seen from the entrance which made the other students from the other departments approach it.

When the principal saw the building an idea came to his mind which made him a bit apprehensive.

"I… I want the main building of the school to look just like that." The principal muttered.

The person beside him also nods his head.

"We can ask, student Shin Jiao to also design a blueprint for us."

"No, no… I want something which is grander and unique. It would be nice if I can see the whole academy while inside my own room. Hahaha…" the principal said as he chuckled excitedly of the future prospect of the academy.

He can now imagine how the academy would look like in the future.