The Geared Immortal

Chapter 1035

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The father and son duo began to busy themselves in their small hut while they both work with smiles on their faces. It was the first time that the father and son duo worked together.

Xin Jong was a bit stunned to notice that his son seems to suddenly begin to become stronger. His once weak son can now lift some of the wares, pots, and others which is something like a miracle for him. Though he did not know why his son is lining up the pots and wares on the ground, he just did what his son wanted him to do.

There are around twenty cooking pots and ten stoves now lying on the ground.

"Son… What do you want to do with these kitchen wares?" Xin Jong asked feeling a bit baffled as his curiosity has already been piqued.

"Well… Because Papa bought me those books, I have learned so much. I was particularly interested in runes from those books and have thought of a way to help you …" Xin Ja said with an innocent and excited smile on his face.

A bit confused by the words his son said, Xin Jong just sits on the side and carefully watches his son take out some tools which he remembers buying for him.

"Those are engraving tools… What does he intend to do with those?" Xin Jong thought.

He then watches as his son carefully sits on the floor while carefully began carving something at the bottom of the cooking pots. He watches his son's hand adeptly carve something that he did not understand.

But from one look, he knew that the thing is called rune. But as someone who is not proficient with runes, he did not know what the rune means.

Runes are carved shapes like letters to form words. However, runes are more powerful than mere letters. To his knowledge, runes are divided into many tiers.

Lower tier runes look simple and do not need the use of Ki to write. If Ki is not used, a lower-tier rune is just like any normal letter and does not produce any strange effect. Those kinds of runes are called elementary runes.

They are used for beginners to teach the fundamentals of rune crafting.

Not many people use these runes because they thought that those kinds of runes are just for teaching kids in controlling their Ki or those who wanted to learn about runes.

Other than for teaching no one uses it in any other things.

So when he noticed that his son is carving normal runes which he did not even know the meaning of, Xin Jong just showed a faint smile on his face and shakes his head.

What he is surprised though, is his son's ability to be able to carve on the surface of the bottom of the cooking pot.

Seeing that his son likes what he is doing, Xin Jong just gladly watches while he takes some of the wares from the side and began cleaning them. Those things got dirty when he fell after he got stabbed and some of his money was taken away.

Luckily he did not keep all of his money in one place. Hence what was taken is just a portion of his earning that day.

But what those bastards took that day is not only the money but also one of the new books that he bought for his son.

And that is what made him feel a bit sad.

However, seeing his son carving those runes while humming some tune, made him feel happy.

Not long later, Xin Ja stood up and stretches his hands up while admiring his work.

"With this, Papa would not have to worry about anyone not buying his wares, right?" Xin Ja said with an innocent and happy smile on his face.

What he wanted to do is to help his father and nothing else.

"Well, let's see what have we got here…" Xing Jong said while he squatted on the ground and checked the bottom of the cooking pot's surfaces.

"What do these runes do?" he asked with a fawning smile.

"Oh… oh… I have not told you, right? Look papa, carry that pot here…" Xin Ja said while asking his father to carry one of the cooking pots and put it on the small table.

"Pot it on top of the flat stone…" Xin Ja said with a bit of an impatient yet excited expression.

Frowning a bit, Xin Jong followed his son's words. He put the cooking pot atop the flat stone and made sure that it would not fall over.

"Put some water and an egg on it… then touch the handle and insert a small amount of your Ki on it…" Xin Ja said.

He followed his son's words and after doing so, he carefully touches the handle and felt the runes on them. Suddenly, he felt something strange.

The runes began to light up and he could feel the surface of the cooking pot begin to get hotter.

The rise in temperature is gradual, but soon it reaches a point where the temperature became constants, not rising nor falling.

3 minutes later, the expression of Xin Jong turned into astonishment.

He did not expect that his son would be able to make use of the basic rune words this way. It was really too baffling that he himself could not believe that such a thing is possible. However, who could have known that his son would be able to make such a thing?

His eyes suddenly became a bit excited as he knows the meaning of having such wares.

In fact, if his guess is right, in the entire town, he would be the only one who would be selling such a thing if the cooking pots really appear in the market.

Suddenly, his expression turned serious.

He might be able to sell such wares, but once this is discovered by those people, then he would be in for big trouble.

With a big frown on his face, he began contemplating.

On the side, the excited look on Xin Ja's face turned into a frown.

At first, he truly felt happy that his father likes what he did. But then suddenly he noticed his father frowning.

Does that mean that his father did not like what he made? Did he do something wrong?

He began thinking.

Even though Xin Ja is already 10, since he is unable to go out of the house, his emotional quotient is a bit low. He still has that childish behavior even at his age.

"Papa… Did… Did I do something wrong?" he asked.

Xin Jong suddenly came out of his reverie. He immediately noticed the frowning expression of his son and quickly changes his countenance.

"No… No… You actually did well. But… I think we should hide these runes… It would be a bit conspicuous if they are exposed, right?"

Xin Ja looks at the boiling pot and nodded his head.

"Papa… how about we do it like this…"

The two began talking as Xin Jong told his son his concerns. After hearing his father, a frown crept on the child's face.

He did not understand why some people would do those things to his kind father. As Xin Jong explained, Xin Ja slowly understood that not everyone is kind and good. There are those who are greedy and would do anything just to get what they wanted.

"So there are also people that are like that? I… I don't want papa to be in trouble…"

After hearing his father's words, the expression of Xin Ja turned a bit sad. He frowns and then slowly got off his seat.

Xin Jong was a bit worried, so he quickly turns off the boiling cooking pot and chase after his son.

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That night, while Xin Ja is sleeping beside Xin Jong, the latter looks at his son with a worried expression. He did not know what just happened. But he had to tell the truth to his son. It is his duty as a father. His son should know what the outside world is like.

Unknown to Xin Jong, Xin Ja is actually learning some of the runes he had read from his unique vision. In fact, he has already learned it while trying to gain more knowledge and studying runes.

When his father told him about the dangers outside, he suddenly remembers what happened to his father. He did not want to see that happen again.

He did not want to see his father get wounded.

But he also did not want to give up on their dreams to improve their current lives. Since he has already discovered his talent, he knew that giving up is not an option.

So what if the world outside is dangerous? If it is that dangerous, then he would create something that would protect his father and make it less dangerous, then.

That night he busies himself learning some of the low-tier runes for protection.

He could not sleep as he felt a myriad of emotions in his heart.

If it is truly that dangerous, then he would make it so that it would be not that dangerous.

That night, the heart of the 10-year-old, Xin Ja, slowly began to be filled with firm strong determination.