The Geared Immortal

Chapter 496

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A fast cruising ship speeds through the skies as it flies at around 300 to 400 kph. This speed is already considered very fast when it comes to warships in this world. But of course, if the people in the ship wanted it, the warship can go faster, however, they limit it to this speed because they didn't encounter any problem from the beasts in this area of the forest.

Right now they are cruising towards a mountainous area where they can see many flying beasts that would look at them every now and then, but would soon snort with disinterest and fly away.

This kind of scene is already normal as they been in this large area for almost two hours now. But it seems that they have not reached the end of the mountainous forest yet.

Although the situation looks scary, the people on the ship already knew that these beast are not that aggressive and would not just attack randomly. But of course, they still have to lower the speed of the warship so that they would not hit any of them.

Meanwhile, inside one of the rooms of the ship, a woman is lying in bed. Suddenly her long and curvy eyelids fluttered as her eyes slowly open up. Her beautiful face suddenly frowned as she squinted her eyes trying to clear her vision.

Then she discovered that she is currently inside a room with nice decoration. She also discovered that the air inside the room felt cool, not so cold, but enough to prevent her from perspiring. This is impossible in ships as it is enclosed in a barrier, and only a limited amount of air can enter the barrier.

This is the reason why people prefer to stay at the deck of the ship than below it. However, this warship is not a normal ship. With Shin Jiao's modification, he has already installed a centralized air-conditioning inside the ship and some comfort and amenities for his own leisure travel. Hence the warship is something that most people would not see in this world, except maybe for those from Shin City, as they too have this technology.

Yao Mai slowly sits from the bed but felt her vision and body suddenly weakening. So she suddenly almost fell off the bed, however, she soon found out that she is being held by a strong arm and a sweet but masculine scent suddenly wafted to her nose.

She was a bit surprised but soon saw who the person that caught her, it was the young man, Master Ji.

"Ma…Master Ji…"

"Hey, you're still weak… you have to rest more… over-drafting your Qi and mental power is very dangerous. Lucky for you, you were able to stop in time, if not then the consequences would be dire." Shin Jiao said as he carefully assisted him to sit at the side of the bed.

The face of Yao Mai is already blushing as she felt her skin touching his made her heart suddenly beats faster. If it would be other men, then she would have immediately struggled to get out of their hands, but she didn't know why she felt warm inside her heart.

"Miss Mai, you should rest first… after you are well-rested, I wanted to ask you something… That is if you don't mind."

"No, it's okay… I'm actually okay now. What is it that you wanted to ask Master Ji, just tell me, I will do my best as long as it doesn't violate my virtues and personal capacity, then I promise to try my best to do it."

"Really… I mean… It's just that… I just want to know, how did you learn the last skill that you executed?"

"Oh… That… Well, actually domain is not that hard to learn as long as you can get enlightenment on a particular element that your spiritual root controls…"

Yao Mai began explaining about the domain to Shin Jiao as he listens to her explanation attentively. As a qualified teacher in the Floating Lotus Alchemy School, Yao Mai is able to explain her own experience to Shin Jiao clearly and very detailed.

So that day, Shin Jiao learned about domains. And according to what he has learned, a domain is the culmination of one's learning and power merge into one powerful skill which can be activated only by thought.

Domains are divided into 4 levels, the area domain, the elemental control domain, the total control domain, and the ultimate domain.

A normal cultivator or mage can acquire the starting and the basic domain which is also called the area control or area domain when one reaches the world nascent realm or Arch Lord. This form of the domain is when one can control everything within a certain area. It solely depends on a person's mental strength and spiritual sense.

The stronger the spiritual sense is the stronger and wider the domain is.

The second level is the elemental control domain or the melding of the elements with the domain stage. In this stage, the most dominant element of the cultivator will merge with their domain and they will be able to do anything using their strength and their element to those inside their domain.

The third level is the total control domain or the demi-god domain. This level is where the domain user can now control their body to combine with their element and disappear within their own domain. The domain user at this level can be considered as almost invincible under his own domain.

And last is the ultimate domain or the god domain. So far, this is the domain that was not recorded in the books. The reason might be because, in the whole world, no one has ever reached this level of power. The only thing she knew about is its name as they considered it as the last and final domain which the Deity uses to control all the creatures and the world itself.

With the explanation from Yao Mai, Shin Jiao has now learned something amazing. With his ability right now, he wanted to have at least touch the first level of the domain which it the area domain. He was truly excited at this new-found knowledge and wanted to test his mettle.

But then his excitement was doused by the sad reality of acquiring a domain when Yao Mai said about how hard it is to get a domain.

"Master Ji, it doesn't mean that once a person reaches a certain cultivation level they can acquire a domain. In truth, many world nascent cultivators even until the very last of their age did not acquire their own domain, even the most basic of the domains. This is because everything relies on one's understanding of the world of domains… if you rely on luck then… good luck." She suddenly said with a chuckle.

Yao Mai knew this as she has already touched the first level domain the area domain at a very young age and with a very low cultivation realm. If she could reach the nascent realm, then she would be able to handle her domain without a backlash.

Yao Mai is a woman who dedicated herself to research and thinking, and that is the reason why she was able to touch the realm of the domain as she began researching spiritual sense control in alchemy. In her studies, she then discovers how to control her own spiritual sense and in turn, opens her path to the domain.

After the explanation, Shin Jiao thanked Yao Mai and left the room. When he opens the door he saw two figures on the corridor waiting outside.

"Master Ji, how is my master? We… we didn't intrude as we noticed that you and my master is discussing something." Song Xie said with a smile on her gentle face.

"She's fine now; she just needs some rest… Go inside, I think she would be happy to see you." Shin Jiao said as he also gave a perfunctory bow to the young man beside Song Xie.

Deming Er also nodded his head in response as he followed Song Xie inside the room.

That day, Shin Jiao spends a long time inside his room while trying to digest what he learned from Yao Mai's explanation. She told him a lot of things about domains and also shared her own experience to him and how she was able to open her own realm as early as the infant soul realm.

"Hmm… wait a minute, if the domain is what she said, then, is my absolute sense a form of a domain?" Shin Jiao thought while lying on his bed.

"No, it can't be a domain. The area domain is the ability to control anything within that particular domain, right? But with my absolute sense, I cannot control anything. I can just see their attacks and trajectory and also presence. Other than that, I can't do anything… Hmm…" Shin Jiao muttered to himself.

Then suddenly his eyes lit up.

"Maybe I've been doing this all wrong." He muttered as he suddenly sat up from his bed.

From his ring, he took out a few materials to test his theory. He truly believes that what Yao Mai is saying and has explained is like his absolute sense.

But to make sure that his conjecture is correct he needs to do some experiments.

And so he took out a couple of materials inside and places it on the wooden floor. Then he sits in a lotus position and carefully expanded his absolute sense.

As soon as he did that, he can immediately detect and see everything that is happening inside the ship as if everything is in the palm of his hand. But he knew that this is not the domain that she was talking about.

And so with a deep breath, he began the next step… condensing.