The Geared Immortal

The war part 8

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On Shin Jiao's hand is a pouch just like the one on the guy who called out a black wolf. So right now he has already gotten two special pouches that can hold a beast.

Shin Jiao is currently looking inside a pouch where a strong and bulky mare with jet black skin and blood-red eyes. It looks like a normal Neigh which is like a farmstead from the earth. But the difference is that this black Neigh is actually bigger and from its physique, it seems that it is built for speed.

When Shin Jiao saw this he could not help but admire the beast. At least now he can have my own mount, all he has to do is to tame the creature. How to do it? For now, he didn't know.

He also inspected the other spatial tool of the two people and found some treasures. Mid-grade spirit stones, although only ten of them is already a treasure for Shin Jiao. It is known that even in the city of Wu, mid-grade spirit stones are rare. After checking everything, Shin Jiao kept them all inside his own spatial tool except the beast pouches. Once he returned to the academy he would ask the teachers on how he can train a beast, that way he would be able to tame the mount.

Meanwhile, unknown to Shin Jiao two large airships are currently traveling at a high-speed towards his direction. The large airships look like old seafaring ships from the earth. Instead of sails, thin circular jade slabs can be seen attached to the ship's masts. These are called three-mast warships. They would usually be used in chasing down the enemy or patrolling the sky borders of the kingdom of Wu.

On the side hull of the ships, the emblem of the Nian clan written in bold words can be seen.

As a powerful force, the Nian clan under the Heavenly crow sect just a normal clan. But because one of their sons did a good job while assisting the 3rd prince of the Xi Empire in the campaign against the beast clan, he was rewarded with two warships.

And when the clan received the news about Shin Jiao the clan asked for the warships to be deployed. This is because of the treasures in Shin Jiao's body and the unknown strength of the artifacts he carried. The Nian clan didn't want to take their chances because their target is able to kill a great elder of their clan.

On the deck of one of the ships, many cultivators are standing in line in front of a man wearing a gray robe and donned in bronze armor. The imposing posture of the man gives him the aura of a powerful cultivator. This man is the leader of this operation, one of the elders of the Nian clan.

With him are some of the elites of the clan.

"Right now, we are hunting a fugitive slave of our Nian clan. He has the audacity to do many atrocious deeds in the clan and acted as a slave. The elders think that he is a spy of the beast clan and is now on the run. People of the Nian clan, we must capture this person alive so that we can pry the secret of the beast clan, and know if the war against the demons are true or just a machination of those despicable beings to manipulate our kingdom and invade us." the man said with a heroic aura.

Actually the Nian clan is not oblivious to the news of a man who rose to fame inside the Great city of Wu. They know the name Shin Jiao and his accomplishments.

If Shin Jiao didn't go out of the city of Wu, they could not do anything to him because of the protection of the royal family of Wu. But who would have known that the heavens truly have eyes and deliver the person to them?

So when the clan heard the news, they didn't think twice and immediately deployed the two warships. Their goal is to secure Shin Jiao and the knowledge he carries so that their clan would rose up to their highest glory. They have already known the effects of those artifacts he had made inside the city of Wu. So with greed in their hearts, they have already planned out something.

And now their plan has progressed in advance.

As long as they catch Shin Jiao, they would sacrifice anything.

And so, the warships speed through the skies at its full speed.

Although the skies are not that safe because of the threat of some flying beast, with the size of the warships no flying beast would dare block their path.

Because the distance between the Nian clan and the coastal city of Cui is not that far when riding these warships, the group decided to separate. One would immediately proceed to the city of Cui which would take around 2 days, while the other one would try and go to the location sent by their two clan members who are following their target.

On a normal trip, it would take months before one would reach the distance traveled by these warships. But because of their fast speed, which is faster than airplanes from the earth, traveling time are reduced.

One day later…

Shin Jiao is leisurely cruising through the woods as he rode his small airship.

He would sometimes encounter some beast when flying through its territory, yet Shin Jiao didn't bother fighting them. Right now, his focus is refining the poison combination into its purest quality. This way, he could maximize the effect on his body and at the same time improve his physique by leaps and bound.

He has already calculated the speed of the decay and regeneration of his cells. That way he would not die due to the strong poison. Plus, he thinks that this way, he could also upgrade the strength of the poison essence inside his mind dantian.

"Hmm… this is already good enough. It took me the whole day to reach this level of purity. If I would purify it more, I think it would kill me with just a drop. Haha…" Shin Jiao muttered as he felt happy.

But suddenly, Shin Jiao felt that something dangerous is coming his way. So he immediately hid everything inside his spatial tool and walks out of the small room under the small airship. When he reached the bridge of the small airship, he immediately scanned the horizon.

And from a distance, he immediately saw the fast approaching large airship. From the looks of it, he thought that he is seeing an old pirate ship flying through the skies.

Shin Jiao looks dumbfounded and his body was rotted to the bridge of the ship. Then his body began to unconsciously shake.

"Damn, that's one large ship." Shin Jiao thought as his mind immediately thought of ways on how to get his hand on the large airship.

Shin Jiao is shaking in excitement.

This is because he would want to study the large airship. He has already learned what he can from the small airship he is riding right now, but he could not do more research on large ones. Although he has bought one large ship before, it is inside Gubu's ring, hence he is unable to take it out.

But who would have thought that someone would gift him with such a great gift?

"Haha… the gods in this world are really kind to me." Shin Jiao thought.

Meanwhile, the people on the large warship upon seeing the small airship far on the horizon cheered.

"Haha! Clansmen! The gods in this world are really kind to us!" the captain of that ship shouted.

With his bronze armor and imposing aura, he waved his hand and a large flat blade appears. With an excited grin on his face, the man who is a clan elder of the Nian clan and acts as the captain of the ship shouted.

"We of the Nian clan would not tolerate traitors and spies. Catch that bastard and teach him a lesson… a lesson that would cost his life."

With a glint of killing intent in his eyes, the man commanded the ship to travel at its fastest speed.

Meanwhile, Shin Jiao is currently watching them through his goggles. From the distance, and the speed the ship is traveling, he could deduce that it would reach him in just under 3 minutes.

He calmly counted the people onboard the large airship and tried to find their leader. As a war spy, he was trained and taught that leaders are very imposing and have a commanding aura. But in the cultivation land, he learned it the hard way. Sometimes, what he learned from the earth is not applicable on this planet. Hence, he would not judge the aura of the people but instead their commanding presence. Sometimes, many leaders would hide in the background and act like a normal soldier. So he would not miss this chance.

But while watching the ship he realized that the command of the ship is from the man standing on the bridge. The man looks imposing with his bronze armor and huge flat blade.

"Hello there…" Shin Jiao muttered as a smile bloomed on his face.

This time, he would control his killing intent to its minimum so that his target would not notice him. One of the training he receives as a spy is the control of his killing intent and emotion. Hence sometimes, because of that training, he has developed a low E.Q. as he would unconsciously think that everything is just a mission.

But after retiring his control on his emotion began to dwindle until such time that he would even cry when he and his ex-girlfriend broke up.

Right now is another challenge for him on curving his killing intent.

Taking a deep breath, Shin Jiao tried to relax.

Deep in his mind, he is counting.

10...

9…

5…

He suddenly lifted his hand and a long rifle appears.

Then he breathes in and continues counting.

3…

He adjusted the scope.

2…

1…