The Geared Immortal

Chapter 995 - The Long-awaited Return

Chapter 995

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An hour has passed and Shin Jiao has finally finished stabilizing the portal in front of him. He took out some materials inside his dimension and crafted a containment structure around the portal. Then he tried his meager ability to control the earth around him and the whole area within 100 meters of him suddenly turned into a small mountain with a cave in the middle.

Shin Jiao has created this for over 4 hours already and after he is done, he smiles with satisfaction with his work.

"I guess it's time to go back…" he said and was about to enter the planar gate when he suddenly felt a powerful spiritual sense scanning the whole area.

Shin Jiao's heart skipped a beat upon feeling that spiritual sense. He knew that the person coming towards him is a powerful figure, a saint.

Shin Jiao's knees almost buckle at the weight of the spiritual sense especially when it scanned him.

"Come out! Now!" a deep voice echoed from outside the cave.

Shin Jiao felt a bit cautious at this moment, as he did not know what kind of saint that person is. Although he could resist the spiritual sense of a saint, he is not sure if he can survive a fight against one.

So he did not have a choice but to walk outside the cave.

When he reached outside the cave, he saw a tall man and behind him is a group of people with familiar armors.

Shin Jiao could not help but rub his eyes and look at the group with a flabbergasted expression.

How could he not know this group of people? These guys and their uniforms belong to the Ji village. But the tall figure is someone that he did not know.

"Who are you? And what is that portal inside the cave?" the tall man said with a frown.

"This lowly one is Shin Jiao… your highness…" Shin Jiao replied.

Upon hearing his name a few of the people behind the tall man frowns. They have heard that name before but these days many are trying to use that name just to gain fame. So how could they not suspect the guy whom they found in the middle of the forest?

"Shin Jiao? From the Ji Village?" the tall man said with a sneer.

The tall man was about to say something when he sensed some people walking out from the ripples of the portal inside the cave.

Shin Jiao also felt this and his expression changes. However, before he could say anything, he noticed the tall man's expression turned jubilant.

"It's… It's the prince…" he said with a shocked expression.

Then without another word, his figure disappears and appears inside the cave.

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While Shin Jiao is fixing the planar gate outside, Xiamen Gong and the gang have already taken care of the rest of the problem in the Main Arjing city. They then noticed that Shin Jiao was not present after the subjugation of the mages and the mage towers who fought against them.

The first one to deduce where Shin Jiao could be is Nariz Gumal.

The group then entered the Phoenix tower and enters the underground chamber. What they saw next baffled them. Right in front of the group is an open portal. The portal is showing a dark cave and it seems that it is stable.

"Is… is this the way out?" Vilma Song excitedly walks in front of the portal.

"Maybe… Shin Jiao is not here, so maybe he first went to the other side." Xiamen Gong said while checking the portal.

"Should we?" he said while looking at the group.

Nairz Gumal on the side did not say anything and began checking the portal. As someone who is more familiar with formation arrays, she soon deduced that the portal is stable.

"This portal is a restrictive portal… it can only permit immortals to enter and exit…" she said with a frown.

She did not expect that the calculations and formulas of the array would reach such a depth that it could automatically detect the body of the people approaching the portal.

"Shin Jiao is truly one scary guy…" she muttered.

She did not linger and quickly stepped inside the portal.

The rest followed suit and before Xiamen Gong enters, he looks at the two mage guards and the anxious-looking Yemei Yin.

"Guard this place well, we will return…" Xiamen Gong said with an assuring look.

The guards did not say anything but he could tell that the young woman has a look of anxiousness in her eyes. The always invisible figure of Yemei Yin is now visible as she did not want Shin Jiao to be looking for her after he returns.

Although she has already accepted the fact that he belongs to the other place, she still could not help but hope. Hope that he would choose to be with her.

When the group was walking outside the portal and looking inside the cave which is now filled with modern machinery to check the portal and its status, they suddenly saw a tall figure appearing right before them.

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"Axle Long! Where have you been!" the tall man said in an angry tone.

But one could tell that the man is showing familial affection in his eyes.

When Axle Long saw the tall man he could not help but took a step back.

"U… Uncle… Uncle Lai… It's you! You… you broke through to the saint realm!" Axle Long could not help but get excited as he quickly walks in front of the tall man.

The tall man proudly lifted his chin and looks at the Axle Long in front of him.

The two patted their shoulders and then give each other a hug.

"Where have you been? Your father has been worried about you." Lai Long said while checking the condition of his nephew.

He suddenly noticed that the universe's energy in his nephew's body seems to have regressed.

"How come that the energy in your body is depleted, what happened? Did you encounter something inside that portal?" Lai Long asked with concern.

"Sigh… It's a long story uncle… By the way, have you seen a young man?"Axle Long suddenly asked.

"Ah… Yes, he is outside. Why? Is he your enemy?" Lai Long said with a glint of killing intent appearing in his eyes.

"Uncle, no! He… He is our companion and the one who saved me back there." He said while shaking his head.

Axle Long seemed to have forgotten how hot-tempered this uncle of his is.

"Oh!... Then I must thank him in person then. Bring him here!" Lai Long shouted.

The group entered the cave, and Shin Jiao is amongst them.

"Shin, you did it!" Axle Long said with a smile.

"Yeah, this portal is now operational… This is the jade slip for the instruction. The Long clan can now use this space on your own volition…" Shin Jiao said with a smile.

"I have to return first and bade my farewell…" Shin Jiao said with a smile.

The rest of the people nodded their heads.

Once again appearing inside the underground chamber, Shin Jiao saw the teary-eyed Yemei Yin.

"Master Shin!" she suddenly cried out.

Without a second thought, Yemei Yin threw herself in Shin Jiao's arms.

"Sigh… I… I don't know what I'm going to do with you." Shin Jiao heaves a heavy sigh.

*sob *sob

Yemei Yin did not say anything and just continuously cried her eyes out while not letting go of Shin Jiao.

After a few minutes, she began to calm down.

At this time, the figure of the tall man suddenly exited from the portal. On his body, he is wearing metal armor, something that Shin Jiao is also using.

As he exited, his expression turned a bit complicated.

"This… So this is the accursed Land of Death." Lai Long muttered to himself.

Behind him, Axle Long followed along with Xiamen Gong.

"Yemei… It's time…" Shin Jiao said while patting her head.

Although still reluctant, Yemei Yin did not have a choice but to let go.

Shin Jiao walks to the portal and takes out a few materials inside his dimension. He then began to construct a controlling panel and a supporting brace for the portal to maintain its state.

After a while, when he finished constructing the controlling panels, the people around him looks at him in awe, especially Lai Long.

"So you really are that Shin Jiao from the Ji village." He said with a smile on his face.

Ever since the appearance of the Ji village and new artifacts that appears in the immortal land, the name Shin Jiao has been spread all over the human territories.

But what baffled everyone is that, although that name is famous, the person dare not show himself in public.

Hence the clans tried to find a way to get in contact with that person but to no avail. And so, instead of the person, the clans began to transact with the Ji village and obtained a lot of benefits.

And now, that person is right in front of him, so how could Lai Long miss this chance to rope him to their side?