The Geared Immortal

A damsel in distress

/*unedited*/

The Blue Tiger Corp. is a giant private business managed by the Tse clan. It has expanded its business model and now entered the weapon and arms industry. With their influence in the military and other sectors, the Tse clan became a powerful clan in the province.

As they entered the weapons and arms industry, the Blue Tiger Corporation decided that they needed the cooperation of other companies. Their supposed first target was the NXT Element Company but hesitated because of what they have seen on the news. It seems that though the company didn't have that much of powerful support, the technology they hold is scary enough for those who wanted to suppress them. So they turned their sight to their second target which is the Green Ion electronics company. It is one of the businesses under the Li family.

So they sent the two cousins, Qinfeng Tse and Jiayi Tse. Both promising young members of the Tse clan and has a connection with the higher-ups of the clan.

Qinfeng Tse is a 25 yrs old son of an elder of the clan, while Jiayi Tse is the youngest son of the current patriarch of the clan.

With their status, the two are proud and would always bully others in secret. But when they were sent here with the strict instruction, the two followed at first. However, since they have seen the beauty of the daughter of the Li family, their self-control soon vanished and they had planned this opportunity while they are able to meet their target.

But all of this was foiled by the young man who seems to be someone who didn't bat an eye in dealing with the two.

"Do you know who we are?" suddenly shouted the young man who stumbled on the table.

His expensive-looking suit is already ruined with food stains all over them.

Before Shin Jiao and the young assistant could walk, they heard the young man shouting.

"Do you think you are something to meddle with our business. Even the Hui family would think twice before offending us. We will deal with you."

Qinfeng Tse was already annoyed as he felt shamed after falling when he attacked. So his anger is already controlling his mind as he wanted to beat the guy up. Meanwhile, Jiayi Tse suddenly recovered his sense after seeing the situation.

But still, he was angry looking at the young man carrying the girl he wanted.

"What is happening here?" suddenly a stern young voice broke the tense atmosphere.

Jun Hui walks forward and stood in-between the two parties.

"Young master Hui, you must give us justice for this offense or my Tse family would not let your Hui family go." shouted the already enraged Qinfeng Tse.

Upon hearing his words, one of Jun Hui's brows raised up. He knew the power of the Tse family, but it was not a cause for concern to his clan. So he just showed a sneering expression as he looks at the young woman beside Shin Jiao.

The young assistant walks near him and whispered what had happened.

When Jun Hui heard this, his eye turned serious. With a strict voice, he looks at the two cousins and sneers.

"Do you think your Tse clan is that great that you have the audacity to drug someone in our house? Humph, even your family patriarch would be polite when visiting us. How can you mere juniors be so outrageous?"

Upon hearing his words, Jiayi Tse immediately steps forward.

"Wait a minute brother Jun, this is all a misunderstanding. We are just helping the young miss from the Li family here. But if this young man insists on helping her we cannot intervene then." He said with a polite bow.

Upon hearing his words, the people turned their sight on Shin Jiao.

Shin Jiao didn't want this awkward feeling as he immediately turns around and said.

"A room, please…"

The young assistant received a confirmation gaze from Jun Hui as she guided Shin Jiao inside.

The commotion ended after Shin Jiao's figure disappears and the party continues.

"Master Hui, it seems that you have invited an interesting person." An old man on the side said with a smile.

"Hehe, this old man would not hide this from you, my old friends. That young man was introduced by my beloved grandson, Jun, to me a few weeks ago. He is a very interesting young lad I would say. Later, you all would be able to meet him."

"I see, I can sense a great power emanating from that young lad. This is truly a great blessing to your family." Suddenly a quiet old man in the corner said.

But his casual comment immediately gave everyone in the stage a surprise.

The old man is not just a simple old man, because he is actually one of few people on earth which holds a fraction of the power of the Gods, a cultivator.

…

Inside the room, Shin Jiao carefully put the young woman in bed and checked her body. From what it looks, her inner body seems troubled.

"Is this aphrodisiac? But aphrodisiac is not real?" Shin Jiao thought as his interest was piqued.

He tried to observe and saw the reaction inside the young woman's body. Although the young woman didn't react as such in the films and the books, her body reaction inside is real.

"I guess this is the true effect of this aphrodisiac." He thought.

Then suddenly, he saw the woman slowly opened her eyes.

"Wa… water… Water. I… I need water." She asked in a weak tone.

Shin Jiao grab the bottled water on the table and helped her to drink it.

After a while, the woman looks at him with tears brimming in her eyes.

"It's… it's really you… I… I thought… I thought I lost you…" she muttered as she tried to touch Shin Jiao's face.

But her weak hands didn't reach him and just fell to the side.

"Sleep, we will talk later." Shin Jiao whispered.

He turns to the side and asks the assistant for people to guard the room as he walks out.

When Shin Jiao walks back to the hall, he can see that most of the guests have already left. However, he noticed the group which he met from in the gate walking towards him.

Janice Hsu walks in front and scrutinized Shin Jiao.

"I guess you're not that simple. But I should warn you, beware of the Tse clan and the Blue Tiger Corporation." She said with a smile, then she and her brother walk away.

Jinjiang Hsu is still not contented as he now wanted to exchange fist with Shin Jiao, but the place is inappropriate. He already saw that Shin Jiao is actually a martial arts practitioner, so he felt excited. For him, only strong people can get his attention, and of course those annoying people too.

Jun Hui approached Shin Jiao and immediately guided him to the room in the side of the hall. When they entered Shin Jiao was met with several gazes.

Inside the room sat several men with varying ages. And Shin Jiao's eyes caught an old man on the side which surprised him a bit.

"A cultivator?" he thought but then he was a bit disappointed as the old man seems to be just a low-level one.

Judging from his thin aura, the old man is only a 2nd level body refining stage cultivator. But it seems that for the people in the room he is a highly esteemed guest.

"Ah, young Shin, come!" the old man, Bai Hui, gesture for Shin Jiao to enter.

"It seems that we meet again young man." the artifact expert Dr. Shaun Levine said with a smile.

Shin Jiao nods his head with a smile. Then he noticed the figure of Green Viper on the side behind old man Bai Hui.

The woman also nods her head to greet Shin Jiao.

The people inside the room who are not familiar with Shin Jiao showed a curious glance at the young man. But they can't seem to see something outstanding with the young man that it garnered respect from the old patriarch of the Hui family.

Shin Jiao just stood beside Jun Hui after entering.

With a clap of Bai Hui's old hands, two young servants entered the door followed by a group of armed men. Then the servants carefully put the large wooden box they were carrying on the table in the middle of the room.

"Gentlemen, this is the greatest find we had on our last expedition. We intended to donate this artifact in the country because its value is far too important for a mere clan or family to horde it on their own. But just for this time, I would like to show you something grand, something magical." Jun Hui introduced as he walked beside the huge wooden box.

With a nod of his head, the servants carefully open the wooden box and from inside, everyone's neck stretches forth to look.

There are three objects inside the wooden box, a stone slab, a broken broad sword, and an old lamp. Each of the artifacts seems to be made in the olden times, but what baffled the people inside is the preservation of the artifacts.

It seems that the artifacts were all brand new and have not tasted the test of time. Some wanted to say that it was fake, but they could not. The gleam of the objects truly made their hearts skipped a beat while looking at them.

Contrary to everyone's expectation, Shin Jiao's eyes showed a confused expression.

With his keen eyes, he can see many tiny arrays written on the side of the artifacts. And from his understanding, he knew what those arrays are used for.

"Those are high-level Time freeze array, but how can it last this long?" he thought.

However, his mind was suddenly interrupted when he heard a muffled sound of a person falling to the ground coming from outside of the room.