The Geared Immortal

Chapter 606

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Shin Jiao did not meet up with his traveling companions on the road, but, he sent them a message through a flying courier from the city of Yun Hi. He told them that he was fine and just lost his way in the forest.

This made Bailao Di and Jie Ming heaves a sigh of relief upon reading his letter. The two were out of their wits on how to explain the disappearance of the son of the Ji clan.

They already knew that many people are anticipating the arrival of that young genius doctor who made a name for himself in the war and in the frontier city of Yun Ji. In their anxiety and worry, the two hardly ever slept trying to figure out a way to explain things to their seniors and the imperial court.

But this letter actually gave the two some hope. After they felt at ease they immediately slept for the whole day while not caring for anything anymore.

It has already been a week since that happened and Shin Jiao is currently traveling with another group of people whom he met on his way.

This is a group of mercenaries who were task to accompany a newly married couple on their way to the maiden house of the noblewoman.

While on the road, they were suddenly attacked by a group of large wolves and their bandit owners. This group of bandits is well known in the area as the Wild Claws bandit group. And they usually victimize the nobles and those traveling in single or small caravans.

However, since Shin Jiao saw them, he helped them by tricking the bandit group into a swamp.

"Doctor Ji, I was really amazed that you have the guts to travel this dangerous lands even without martial cultivation. Plus your luck is truly amazing, how would you expect that those stupid bandits would fall in that swamp… Hahaha…"

"Yeah, I was really surprised when they suddenly chase after you after seeing you counting a bag of 'fake' coins… but we brothers and sisters are grateful for your help."

"Yes… And also thank you for treating our wounded comrades."

The group of mercenaries said to Shin Jiao while the group is sitting on a bonfire. Meanwhile, a tall and handsome man suddenly stood up and approaches the group.

"Excuse me… You… you are Doctor Qiong Ji, right?" the man asked with a bit of hesitation in his tone.

When Shin Jiao heard his question, he just nodded in confirmation. He has already introduced himself to the mercenary group so the lot of them knew his name already.

"You're that genius doctor from Yun Ji City… right?" the man added.

When the group heard this, they all froze.

Although this bunch of mercenaries looks uncouth and brawny, their intelligence gathering comes from the heart of the empire itself. Hence each mercenary group almost knew about the hottest news in the empire. And one of those is the name of a young doctor from the border city.

"Haha… this is great… this is truly great. Doctor Ji, I wanted to give this simple gesture of friend from me and my wife. I hope you will accept it." The man said as he handed Shin Jiao a jade plate accessory.

"This…" Shin Jiao wanted to return it but saw that the man is sincere hence he accepted the gift.

"Thank you, young noble." Shin Jiao said as he cupped his hands.

"Haha... then accept this drink from me, as a gesture of our friendship, Doctor Ji." A muscular man said as he downed in a cup of wine.

The others did as well, while Shin Jiao followed the gesture and also drank a cup.

The group became a bit close as they began telling those stories of their travels and adventures. Shin Jiao heard a lot from the group and he also told him his story. The couple enjoyed listening, but the noblewoman seems to look at Shin Jiao with a bit of suspicion in her eyes.

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Passing by many towns, villages, and cities and encountering bandits and monsters on the road, the small caravan finally reached their destination, the capital city of the Silver Moon Empire, the city of Guanglo.

From afar, Shin Jiao noticed the majestic sight of the city walls, and the small hill made of houses and districts of the city. In the middle, he can see another wall and a tall palace. Of course from afar, he can only see it as miniature, but according to the calculation of his contact lenses, the palace is actually the height of a ten-story building, with a width of about 20 kilometers according to the inner walls of the palace.

As he looks at the city, he was truly astonished that the capital city of the Silver Moon Empire is this huge. It's like a small modern city with large walls surrounding it.

They immediately pass on an intersection and saw a lot of carriages and caravan going to the city. And many more are on foot.

"Doctor Ji, since you are unable to remember your home, why don't we send you there…" the man suddenly suggested as he peeked out of the carriage.

With a bit of thinking, Shin Jiao just nodded his head and agreed. He has already informed the two that he would try to directly go home. But since the group is offering, he would not dare reject the offer.

The carriage travel along the busy streets of the capital city and Shin Jiao marveled at the number of people on the street and the brick roads. It just goes to show that the capital city is truly the empire's center.

Suddenly the carriage stopped and the group heard some people on the streets shouting a bunch of curses.

Those who are traveling in a carriage were intrigued and immediately peek out of their carriage's windows.

And from there they saw a bunch of people trying to cuss at a woman sitting on the street with a small child in her embrace.

The woman is trying to protect that small child with her body as those people began to rain curse coupled with kicks and punches. The pitiful scene can make one felt their heart would break. However, it seems that this scene is normal.

This is because not long later, the carriages began to move.

Shin Jiao didn't want to gain more attention at this time and he didn't want to intrude in these kinds of business. He is already aware that in this world that's just like the dark ages, human lives are cheap. Cruelty and slavery are also abundant. Hence he continues riding his mount and they slowly approach the group of people.

Suddenly, he saw the woman protecting the child fainting from a single hit behind her head. With this, the little child was exposed and from his angle, he saw that a man's foot is already heading towards that child's head.

Seeing the pitiful scene of that crying child, Shin Jiao's memory of the past suddenly emerges from his mind, and a pang of strong guilt grows from within his heart.

He gritted his teeth, and with a flick of his hand, thin silver needles appear. He scanned his surroundings really fast and secretly sent a needle towards that man's leg.

"Ouch!" shouted the man as an extreme pain immediately assaulted his senses.

With Shin Jiao's strength the needle that was throw actually passed through that guy's skin and embedded itself to the ground.

With the shout of the man those people beating the mother and child suddenly stopped.

"What happened to you uncle?" a young man asked as he stopped beating the woman and shifted his gaze to his uncle who is limping in pain.

Then before another could react, one of them suddenly touches his hand and cried in pain.

This unusual scene immediately attracted the attention of the people. Those people beating the woman and her child suddenly found their bodies in pain.

The mysterious phenomenon immediately made the group felt fear.

"Who… who was it?" shouted one of the men as he glared at his surroundings but just saw a stupefied crowd.

"We… I think we are being attacked by a ghost… it might be… it might be our deceased brother." A young man said with a shivering tone.

"We… we have to run. This woman has a curse on her. She… she might be a witch. We… we might have been cursed by her." Shouted a middle-aged woman is holding her arm with a painful grimace.

Upon hearing her words, the group immediately ran as if being chased by a ghost.

When Shin Jiao's group passes by the unconscious mother and the crying little child, the burly mercenary leader of the group immediately alight his mount.

The other mercenaries followed suit. And of course, Shin Jiao also jumps down from his mount.

"Doctor Ji… we…"

Shin Jiao knew that these people just look scary on the outside but soft on the inside. And this made him look highly of this group.

Shin Jiao didn't hesitate and immediately crouch down and lifted the little child from the woman's embrace. He discovered that the little child is a boy, a very cute boy.

He gave the boy to the female mercenary member and then continues crouching on the ground to check the woman.

When he touches her hand he immediately scanned her body and found that her condition is not well. She has multiple fractures and bruises in her body, plus it seems that she is suffering from malnutrition.

The group suddenly looks anxious when Shin Jiao shook his head.

"Doctor Ji, is there still hope?" they asked.

Shin Jiao just gave them a simple smile. If it is a common doctor, of course, there would not be any hope. But for him who has already recovered almost 40 spheres in his dantian while extracting and slowly absorbing the white stone while traveling, these kinds of problem is easy.

With a simple smile on his face, the group suddenly heaves a sigh of relief. But his next words made the group a bit nervous.

"However, her body contains multiple fractures.. We cannot just carry her casually as it would worsen her internal injuries."