The Geared Immortal

A New Quest Part 2

/*unedited*/

Inside the research center of the Great Wu academy crafting department, a young woman is currently following behind a young man with looks of curiosity in her eyes. Every move of the young man and everything he does was registered in the young woman's mind as her eyes glowed in awe and wonder.

This young woman is the princess Yun Bo Xi, she is also the woman that's been cross-dressing as a man and is acting like a homosexual when Shin Jiao met her in the Daemon forest. Along with her so-called two friends, Shin Jiao spared their lives and let them leave.

Then Shin Jiao also met her again in the Dark Forest when the Nian clan had their actual training. She was also saved by Shin Jiao at that time.

What is making Shin Jiao feel a bit uncomfortable, is the woman following behind the princess.

This is because the woman resembles the first woman he loves while he was on the earth and also the first woman who broke his heart.

"Princess, you've been following me for the whole day now, you're getting tired or something?"

When she heard his question, Yun Bo Xi showed a confused and pondering look on her face. Then she showed a grin on her face and shakes her head.

"Nope, I will just follow you… all the things you are doing might be boring to others but for us, they are new and interesting." She said while pointing at the people behind her.

And true to what she just said, Shin Jiao, saw around 3 to 5 people wearing a white laboratory robe taking down notes on what Shin Jiao is doing.

This made Shin Jiao show an awkward expression on his face. He didn't expect that these people would be following him like that.

"Sigh… alright. This is my last hour, after this, I'm going to go home and take a break." Shin Jiao said while shrugging helplessly.

What Shin Jiao is doing right now is finishing the radio using magnetic runes and other materials like metal ores and more. He would just make a simple prototype of a radio that would look like a gramophone.

After assisting the researchers for the whole day, they were able to understand the main functions and the purpose of each rune design. This made the researcher in the laboratory truly amazed.

Shin Jiao, on the other hand, is having a hard time changing a lot of things so that he can combine earth's technology and the power of the runes, and added the fact that he is not using electricity but instead Qi and natural energy.

"Alright everyone, good work! Tomorrow we are going to test out and see the result of our hard work." Shin Jiao said as he clapped his hands followed by the rest of the people.

"Master Shin would you like to dine with us?" suddenly one of the male student assistants asked.

"Yes, please master we would like to thank you for teaching us a lot of things." added the few others behind him.

When Shin Jiao saw their expectant faces, he could not help but nod his head and follow them.

That night, Shin Jiao along with the princess and her bodyguard, and Qian Li followed a couple of students towards a famous restaurant in the city, the Immortal's Mouth.

This restaurant is well known in the city and is frequented by the rich and powerful people of the city of Wu.

When Shin Jiao enters the place, several heads immediately turn towards their direction.

Who would not know Shin Jiao among the aristocrats? Many of them have already seen him and in some way or another became his acquaintance. Hence everyone is surprised to see him dining in this place. Because every time he is invited to dine he would almost always say no.

So when the people saw him, almost everyone greeted Shin Jiao.

The group was led to a large private room. From the looks of it, the young student who invited Shin Jiao is a rich young man. Even the princess nods her head in agreement with the young man's choice of room.

After the group ordered, they began to discuss the project.

"Master Shin, I think I already got the gist of the radio that you are talking about. I would really say that you truly thought it through… By the way, I made this… What do you think of this master?" a bespectacled young man said as he suddenly took out a palm-sized box with a thickness of at least 3 inches.

When Shin Jiao saw this, he was surprised and amazed at the object.

Because what the young man made is actually a semi-transistorized radio. It is 'semi' because this young man actually discovered or invented transistors in this era. Although the young man is not aware of the significance of his invention, Shin Jiao still decided to teach him more about it.

That night the dinner was good and the group had fun and tackled a lot of topics. It was almost midnight when they came out of the restaurant.

The night sky has already covered the land in darkness and gloom.

At this moment within the bustling city of Wu, something is happening in the shadows.

While Shin Jiao and Qian Li are walking back towards the Great Wu Academy dorms, they both noticed several shadows flying through the roofs of the houses.

Qian Li showed a frowning face at this time because she is annoyed at the many disturbances. First, she wanted to have dinner with her master and wanted to be with him alone, but that man suddenly asked him first out of nowhere. This made her truly dissatisfied in her heart. And now, this…

Taking out a handgun, Qian Li didn't bother to ask and just jumps up to a rooftop and chased after those shadows.

As they follow the group, they discovered that those guys are going after someone.

"Is this an assassination?" Qian Li muttered in a hushed voice.

Shin Jiao didn't reply and just signaled her to observe carefully.

Suddenly the group of around twenty men took out their weapons.

"They are going to start." Qian Li muttered feeling a bit cautious.

Shin Jiao immediately spreads his absolute sense because he didn't want those people to detect his presence. Then his absolute sense picks up two figures… two very familiar figures, Yun Bo Xi and her female bodyguard who looks like Shin Jiao's ex, Sia Rong.

"The princess is in danger." Shin Jiao muttered as his eyes turn towards Qian Li.

With a tacit understanding, she nods and immediately changed her weapon into a long rifle.

Without a word, Shin Jiao disappears from his position.

Qian Li didn't hesitate and immediately took a shot when the men suddenly jump out of their hiding place.

One of the men who suddenly jump up along with the rest suddenly had his head blown off. His body flew like a ragdoll as it hit a house roof.

The red and white like goo which was scattered everywhere made the assassins suddenly turned vigilant.

"Who! Who are you people?!" shouted Sia Rong and she immediately positions herself in front of the princess with her long sword drawn out.

The assassins knew that the mission might fail because of someone but they didn't know who. At this time, they just stood there rooted to the ground while looking at their two targets and their surroundings cautiously.

Suddenly one of them decided to make his move and darted towards the princess.

Sia Rong brandishes her sword with her Qi and tried to block the man's swift sword.

But this turn of even was also grabbed by the rest of the assassins to attack simultaneously.

Without a choice, she abandoned her previous action and immediately turns around and hugs Yun Bo Xi while activating a defensive talisman.

The talisman is a mid-grade protective talisman which immediately activates.

But the strength of the assassins attacking is not that simple. Although the weapon was blocked, the force still threw the two flying towards a wall.

Bang!

Sia Rong felt her body hitting the wall really hard. But she didn't let go of the princess who is within her arms.

"Sister Sia! Let me fight, I'm not afraid."

"P… Princess, I don't think we can't handle them. I'll distract them and you run okay?"

"No! I won't run… Sister Sia. Please… Let me fight." pleaded Yun Bo Xi while trying to struggle from Sia Rong's arms.

Suddenly the two noticed that the men sent out a few wind blades making the barrier protecting their bodies flickered as it got a little dim.

Closing their eyes, the two resolve themselves to fight it out.

However, when they opened their eyes, the two were shocked at the scene in front of them.

A young man is already standing between them and the assassins, with a couple of assassins already dead on the ground.

"Ma… Master Shin!" Sia Rong could not help but exclaim.

Yun Bo Xi also could not believe her eyes as she just glued her eyes on that manly back of a man who had saved her many times over.

"Attack together!"

With this command, the remaining assassins immediately brandish their swords and attack Shin Jiao.

Although Shin Jiao felt that he need to save the princess, fighting against these assassins made him feel uncomfortable. This is making him feel like a bully trying to take advantage of his strength to oppress the weak. However, he could not take a step back. Hence he just ended the fight as soon as he can.

Leaving one barely alive, Shin Jiao immediately locked that assassin's movements.

"Who told you to attack the princess?" Shin Jiao asked while glaring at the assassin.

With a grin on his face, the man showed a taunting look on him.

Then the man suddenly talked.

"Argghh… You're… too late… The princes… are dead… Keke…" the man said as his mouth suddenly turned black and a green wisp of poisonous smoke spreads out.

"What a nasty fellow… trying to kill others by spreading poison in the air." Shin Jiao muttered as he absorbs the poison in the air and guided it to his mind dantian.

"Master Shin… I think my brother is in trouble."

Suddenly, Yun Bo Xi said.

She knew that she might have been just a distraction and the real target is her brother, the 2nd prince along with the crown prince.

When realization dawned on her, her face paled and a deep regret enters her heart.

She could not let her two brothers die.

But before she could do anything, Shin Jiao tapped her head and she fainted.

"Take her back. We'll take care of the rest.." Shin Jiao said to Sia Rong as his figure banished.