The Geared Immortal

An Academy Life: 11

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Clang!!! Clang!!!

Kapow!

The sound of something falling on the ground suddenly distracted Shin Jiao and his gaze turn towards those people on the side looking at them with evil smirks on their faces.

Poof!

Shin Jiao heard something from the side Where Tong Lei is.

"I… I failed again." Tong Lei muttered as he showed a discourage expression on his face.

Shin Jiao knew that if that sound didn't distract Tong Lei he would have finished the bracers that he is crafting. And from the look of it, the bracers would have been a high-quality artifact. But then, because he was distracted he failed. Although Shin Jiao knows that this should be the case because as an artificer one should be able to concentrate on what one is doing. There should not be anything that can distract an artificer from finishing his craft, because it could mean life and death.

So no matter how good Tong Lei is in crafting if he could not fix his concentration, then everything would be for naught.

But Shin Jiao is a little furious at the attitude of the people in this place.

"What's wrong Fatty Tong? Can't finish your craft? You should just give up being an artificer. No matter what you do, you can't be a good artificer," shouted the young man who seems to be the leader of the group of students.

Shin Jiao squinted his eyes and showed them a cold glance.

"What are you looking at? Do you know what kind of place is this?" one of the young men shouted at Shin Jiao.

"Yeah, you're just someone who wanted this fatty to craft something, if I were you, I would just scram! This little thing can't make anything here."

The other students shouted at Shin Jiao.

"Then can any of you make something in this place then?" Shin Jiao asked.

He is thinking of teaching these pompous students a lesson, but he didn't want to beat them up. But if it's crafting then, he is sure that he can beat them. But that would be too easy for him, he wanted them to be shamed and feel totally lost.

"Haha, we can but we won't. Because you are this pig's client we won't help you. So get out!"

The crowd jeered as they scoff at Shin Jiao for being unlucky in befriending a useless person.

In truth, everyone in this place is jealous of Tong Lei. This is because they know how talented he is when he first came to this place. The artifacts he can make are already far superior that there so they tried to find his weak spot. And when they discover it, they didn't let it go and made Tong Lei suffer through this ordeal. Even the teachers could not do anything as they know that Tong Lei should be able to handle this small thing because it would affect his future.

Shin Jiao looks at them in disdain and didn't want to bicker with them further.

"You have some problem with your senses. I think they are too sharp. That is also the reason why you are able to craft high-level artifacts. But that sharp sense of yours is also your weakness… Hmm… Let's do this." Shin Jiao thought for a while and suddenly has an idea.

He took out a pair of simple glasses from his spatial tool and gives it to Tong Lei.

"Wear this, and put those things in your ears." Shin Jiao said with a crafty smile.

Tong Lei accepted the thing and put it on, then he saw that in his view there are some lines and moving characters.

"Booting success, ready to operate." A female voice suddenly said which almost made Tong Lei jump in fear.

When the people around them saw this they sneered.

"What is that? Do you think that thing could help that fatty?"

"I think he is just trying to boost the confidence of that fatty so that he can make him a pair of bracers."

When everyone saw the glasses, they were actually surprised, because only those with weak eyes would wear such a thing. As cultivators, they have naturally good eyes even when they reach their old age.

"Since you are convinced that this would not help him, why don't you lay it off then. If you feel that your skill is strong enough then challenge him." Shin Jiao said with a tone that showed that he is challenging them.

"Ha! A challenge in crafting artifacts? So what's the stake?" suddenly the young man who seems to be their leader asked in excitement.

It is known that this fatty should belong to a good family in the city, the Lei clan. So this made the young man a little excited. He is already confident with his skill that he can defeat Tong Lei. But of course, as a backup, he has his group to make trouble with Tong Lei.

"Hmm… How about 1,000 credits?" Shin Jiao suggested with a smile.

"Humph… only 1,000 that's too low. I thought you were some big shot. Peh… How about we raised it by 5,000, I think little fatty Tong Lei can agree with this right?" the group leader said with a hint of mockery.

"Alright! That' what you call a bet!" shouted the rest of the group.

Suddenly someone walks towards them.

When Shin Jiao saw the person who appears he squinted his eyes. He actually knows the middle-aged man who is walking towards them. The middle-aged man is the one who was standing by the door when he and Ai Ji were taking the artificer certification examination.

"What is happening here?" asked the middle-aged man with a strict tone.

"Master Gu Ouyang! We… we were just having a contest." One of the young men said with a sheepish smile.

"Oh! That might be interesting, so how much is the bet?" Gu Ouyang said with a crafty smile.

When he entered this floor he has already known what happened and when he saw Shin Jiao he was astonished. He remembers him as the master of the mortal who was recognized as a tier 2 artificer which even he was astonished.

So since he saw him in this place, he became curious about the young man.

"Okay, to be fair I will be the judge. Who are those going to do the crafting?" Gu Ouyang asked.

"I will let, Tong Lei do the crafting for me, but I will assist him in the process." Shin Jiao said calmly.

"I will do it myself." The leader of the group said with confidence.

He already knows that Tong Lei is already down on his luck and his confidence has been low ever since they discover his weakness. He knows that with his confidence down and always being self-abased, Tong Lei's crafting skill has gone down the drain.

As the two agreed with the bet and the 5,000 credits on the line, Shin Jiao and the leader of the group of bullies shook hands.

"Brother Shin are you sure about this? I… I don't want you to lose your 1,000 credits, that's a huge amount. And I know that you are new in the school so…" Tong Lei said with a tone of concern in his voice.

He has already failed many times when crafting, even though he knows that he is being deliberately distracted, but it is still his fault for lacking the skill to concentrate and curb the distractions out of his mind.

But with his acute and sharp senses even if he is focused he would still suffer from distractions, the only way to overcome this for him to be able to dull his sense even if it's just half. But the drawback with this is the quality of his work being lowered by half too.

Shin Jiao actually knows this and he didn't want Tong Lei to dull his senses. So he let Tong Lei wear the glasses with the earphone. This gadget has a special function, and that function is that it is able to isolate the wearer from his surroundings.

As Shin Jiao wanted to see Tong Lei's true talent, he wanted to also test Tong Lei's resolve.

"Oh, another thing. If Tong Lei lost this match, please get out of this building." The young man said with a sinister smile.

"Who is that guy?" Shin Jiao asked Tong Lei in a low tone.

He didn't expect that even though they have already agreed with the bet, the guy seems desperate in kicking Tong Lei out of the crafting class.

"Him, he is a cousin of the princes and is surnamed Wu, his first name is Sai." Tong Lei whispered back.

"Hmm… I guess not all of the young princes of Wu are as good as the crown prince Lim Wu and Jubai Wu… this one is a rotten egg." Shin Jiao muttered in a low voice.

Upon hearing him, Tong Lei was suddenly struck dumb.

He didn't know that Shin Jiao knows the two famous princes of the Wu Kingdom. And from his tone, it seems that the relationship is not that simple.

Shin Jiao didn't expect that the young man is a haughty prince. But he is not worried about it as he is just a cousin of Jubai Wu and it would not cause him too much trouble.

With a nod from Gu Ouyang, both Tong Lei and Sai Wu positioned themselves in front of their own furnaces.. The two are ready to face each other to see which one is the best artificer in their class.