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On s.h.i.+n Jiao's hand is a pouch just like the one on the guy who called out a black wolf. So right now he has already gotten two special pouches that can hold a beast.

s.h.i.+n Jiao is currently looking inside a pouch where a strong and bulky mare with jet black skin and blood-red eyes. It looks like a normal Neigh which is like a farmstead from the earth. But the difference is that this black Neigh is actually bigger and from its physique, it seems that it is built for speed.

When s.h.i.+n Jiao saw this he could not help but admire the beast. At least now he can have my own mount, all he has to do is to tame the creature. How to do it? For now, he didn't know.

He also inspected the other spatial tool of the two people and found some treasures. Mid-grade spirit stones, although only ten of them is already a treasure for s.h.i.+n Jiao. It is known that even in the city of Wu, mid-grade spirit stones are rare. After checking everything, s.h.i.+n Jiao kept them all inside his own spatial tool except the beast pouches. Once he returned to the academy he would ask the teachers on how he can train a beast, that way he would be able to tame the mount.

Meanwhile, unknown to s.h.i.+n Jiao two large airs.h.i.+ps are currently traveling at a high-speed towards his direction. The large airs.h.i.+ps look like old seafaring s.h.i.+ps from the earth. Instead of sails, thin circular jade slabs can be seen attached to the s.h.i.+p's masts. These are called three-mast wars.h.i.+ps. They would usually be used in chasing down the enemy or patrolling the sky borders of the kingdom of Wu.

On the side hull of the s.h.i.+ps, the emblem of the Nian clan written in bold words can be seen.

As a powerful force, the Nian clan under the Heavenly crow sect just a normal clan. But because one of their sons did a good job while a.s.sisting the 3rd prince of the Xi Empire in the campaign against the beast clan, he was rewarded with two wars.h.i.+ps.

And when the clan received the news about s.h.i.+n Jiao the clan asked for the wars.h.i.+ps to be deployed. This is because of the treasures in s.h.i.+n Jiao's body and the unknown strength of the artifacts he carried. The Nian clan didn't want to take their chances because their target is able to kill a great elder of their clan.

On the deck of one of the s.h.i.+ps, many cultivators are standing in line in front of a man wearing a gray robe and donned in bronze armor. The imposing posture of the man gives him the aura of a powerful cultivator. This man is the leader of this operation, one of the elders of the Nian clan.

With him are some of the elites of the clan.

"Right now, we are hunting a fugitive slave of our Nian clan. He has the audacity to do many atrocious deeds in the clan and acted as a slave. The elders think that he is a spy of the beast clan and is now on the run. People of the Nian clan, we must capture this person alive so that we can pry the secret of the beast clan, and know if the war against the demons are true or just a machination of those despicable beings to manipulate our kingdom and invade us." the man said with a heroic aura.

Actually the Nian clan is not oblivious to the news of a man who rose to fame inside the Great city of Wu. They know the name s.h.i.+n Jiao and his accomplishments.

If s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't go out of the city of Wu, they could not do anything to him because of the protection of the royal family of Wu. But who would have known that the heavens truly have eyes and deliver the person to them?

So when the clan heard the news, they didn't think twice and immediately deployed the two wars.h.i.+ps. Their goal is to secure s.h.i.+n Jiao and the knowledge he carries so that their clan would rose up to their highest glory. They have already known the effects of those artifacts he had made inside the city of Wu. So with greed in their hearts, they have already planned out something.

And now their plan has progressed in advance.

As long as they catch s.h.i.+n Jiao, they would sacrifice anything.

And so, the wars.h.i.+ps speed through the skies at its full speed.

Although the skies are not that safe because of the threat of some flying beast, with the size of the wars.h.i.+ps no flying beast would dare block their path.

Because the distance between the Nian clan and the coastal city of Cui is not that far when riding these wars.h.i.+ps, the group decided to separate. One would immediately proceed to the city of Cui which would take around 2 days, while the other one would try and go to the location sent by their two clan members who are following their target.

On a normal trip, it would take months before one would reach the distance traveled by these wars.h.i.+ps. But because of their fast speed, which is faster than airplanes from the earth, traveling time are reduced.

One day later…

s.h.i.+n Jiao is leisurely cruising through the woods as he rode his small airs.h.i.+p.

He would sometimes encounter some beast when flying through its territory, yet s.h.i.+n Jiao didn't bother fighting them. Right now, his focus is refining the poison combination into its purest quality. This way, he could maximize the effect on his body and at the same time improve his physique by leaps and bound.

He has already calculated the speed of the decay and regeneration of his cells. That way he would not die due to the strong poison. Plus, he thinks that this way, he could also upgrade the strength of the poison essence inside his mind dantian.

"Hmm… this is already good enough. It took me the whole day to reach this level of purity. If I would purify it more, I think it would kill me with just a drop. Haha…" s.h.i.+n Jiao muttered as he felt happy.

But suddenly, s.h.i.+n Jiao felt that something dangerous is coming his way. So he immediately hid everything inside his spatial tool and walks out of the small room under the small airs.h.i.+p. When he reached the bridge of the small airs.h.i.+p, he immediately scanned the horizon.

And from a distance, he immediately saw the fast approaching large airs.h.i.+p. From the looks of it, he thought that he is seeing an old pirate s.h.i.+p flying through the skies.

s.h.i.+n Jiao looks dumbfounded and his body was rotted to the bridge of the s.h.i.+p. Then his body began to unconsciously shake.

"d.a.m.n, that's one large s.h.i.+p." s.h.i.+n Jiao thought as his mind immediately thought of ways on how to get his hand on the large airs.h.i.+p.

s.h.i.+n Jiao is shaking in excitement.

This is because he would want to study the large airs.h.i.+p. He has already learned what he can from the small airs.h.i.+p he is riding right now, but he could not do more research on large ones. Although he has bought one large s.h.i.+p before, it is inside Gubu's ring, hence he is unable to take it out.

But who would have thought that someone would gift him with such a great gift?

"Haha… the G.o.ds in this world are really kind to me." s.h.i.+n Jiao thought.

Meanwhile, the people on the large wars.h.i.+p upon seeing the small airs.h.i.+p far on the horizon cheered.

"Haha! Clansmen! The G.o.ds in this world are really kind to us!" the captain of that s.h.i.+p shouted.

With his bronze armor and imposing aura, he waved his hand and a large flat blade appears. With an excited grin on his face, the man who is a clan elder of the Nian clan and acts as the captain of the s.h.i.+p shouted.

"We of the Nian clan would not tolerate traitors and spies. Catch that b.a.s.t.a.r.d and teach him a lesson… a lesson that would cost his life."

With a glint of killing intent in his eyes, the man commanded the s.h.i.+p to travel at its fastest speed.

Meanwhile, s.h.i.+n Jiao is currently watching them through his goggles. From the distance, and the speed the s.h.i.+p is traveling, he could deduce that it would reach him in just under 3 minutes.

He calmly counted the people onboard the large airs.h.i.+p and tried to find their leader. As a war spy, he was trained and taught that leaders are very imposing and have a commanding aura. But in the cultivation land, he learned it the hard way. Sometimes, what he learned from the earth is not applicable on this planet. Hence, he would not judge the aura of the people but instead their commanding presence. Sometimes, many leaders would hide in the background and act like a normal soldier. So he would not miss this chance.

But while watching the s.h.i.+p he realized that the command of the s.h.i.+p is from the man standing on the bridge. The man looks imposing with his bronze armor and huge flat blade.

"h.e.l.lo there…" s.h.i.+n Jiao muttered as a smile bloomed on his face.

This time, he would control his killing intent to its minimum so that his target would not notice him. One of the training he receives as a spy is the control of his killing intent and emotion. Hence sometimes, because of that training, he has developed a low E.Q. as he would unconsciously think that everything is just a mission.

But after retiring his control on his emotion began to dwindle until such time that he would even cry when he and his ex-girlfriend broke up.

Right now is another challenge for him on curving his killing intent.

Taking a deep breath, s.h.i.+n Jiao tried to relax.

Deep in his mind, he is counting.

10...

9…

5…

He suddenly lifted his hand and a long rifle appears.

Then he breathes in and continues counting.

3…

He adjusted the scope.

2…

1…