The Gobi Desert is filled with yellow sand and is desolate everywhere. The strong wind howls by, bringing up waves of sand and rocks.
The Kingdom of Wind has the largest land area, but most of the land within it is desert.
The climate here is arid, with little rain all year round, and very low vegetation coverage. During the day, the sun shines directly on the earth, and solar radiation reaches the ground without reservation. The sand conducts heat quickly, so the daytime temperature is high, and sometimes the temperature can even exceed 60 degrees Celsius.
There is very little moisture in the air at night, and the heat preservation is not good, and because the temperature radiated from the ground is directly emitted into the universe. The sand loses heat quickly, so the temperature is low at night, often below 10 degrees Celsius.
In such a harsh environment, once lost, it would be fatal for ordinary people. Without a large-scale camel caravan to guide the way, ordinary businessmen are simply unwilling to go to the Kingdom of Wind to do business.
However, precisely because they live in such a living environment, most of the ninjas in Sunagakure Village have tough personalities.
Because the three wars did not achieve the expected results and suffered heavy losses, the daimyo of the Land of Wind began to reduce the funding of Sunagakure Village, forcing the fourth Kazekage Rasa to reduce the size of ninjas in Sunagakure Village. At the same time, relying on his magnetic escape, he Gold mining in the desert replenishes the village's funds.
Because the number of ninjas decreased, their power prevented the village's combat power from declining significantly and they would be defeated again in the future ninja war. Therefore, Sunagakure Village was forced to embark on the path of elites and began to focus on cultivating ninjas with better talents.
When the Iwagakure Village recognized the status of the Demon Country and started trading with it, Kumogakure Village and Konoha Village joined in one after another. Kirigakure Village had a war with the Uzumaki Clan. Although the two sides temporarily reconciled, they were still in a state of insecurity. A state of not communicating with each other.
When the business territory of the Kingdom of Ghosts expanded to the Kingdom of Wind, it encountered great resistance.
It's not because of the harsh environment of the Kingdom of Wind. After all, no matter how harsh the environment is, as long as they have enough profits, businessmen will come smelling the smell of money, not to mention that caravans need to hire ninjas every time they travel.
When trading with Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Konoha Village, local ninjas would be hired every time the caravan returned, which also increased the village's task load to a certain extent.
You must know that under the premise of large-scale trade, the rewards for escort missions are very considerable.
However, the Kingdom of Wind refused. To be precise, Sunagakure Village refused.
Because the various pharmaceuticals of Snake Spirit Group are impacting the pharmaceutical market of Sand Hidden Village.
Sunagakure Village has been at the forefront of the ninja world in research on poisons since the invention of puppetry.
Medicine and poison do not separate families. The medical ninjutsu system of Sunagakure Village was also established immediately after Konoha. If Konoha had not produced a medical expert Tsunade who pushed medical ninjutsu to another peak, Sunagakure The village's high-end medical technology will not be much worse than Konoha's, and the puppet troops will not suffer heavy losses at the hands of Konoha during World War II.
However, what really caused a headache for Sunagakure Village was Yagami Baiyu, who suddenly lowered the threshold for using medical ninjutsu by several levels.
In the past, medical ninjutsu still focused on medical ninjutsu, even if medicinal materials and potions were used for treatment.
However, since Bai Yu Yagami invented the medical scroll, established the Snake Spirit Group, and began to mass-produce medical scrolls and various potions, the profession of medical ninja has also been affected to a certain extent.
Because many injuries that require a certain level of medical ninjutsu can be cured with medical scrolls and potions from the Snake Spirit Group, and the funds to purchase medical scrolls and potions are much cheaper than training medical ninjas.
Unless you are a high-level medical jounin, you will not be easily replaced by scrolls and potions.
But there are not many such high-end talents even in Konoha.
And which jounin didn't step up from the genin stage.
Once there is large-scale trade with the Snake Spirit Group in the Kingdom of Ghosts, the medical ninjutsu system that Sunagakure Village has finally established will completely collapse.
Unlike Iwagakure and Kumogakure, although their land is not as fertile as the Land of Fire, they still have large areas of land for development and sufficient natural resources. The medical ninjutsu of these two villages is not developed at all. , so facing the impact of the Snake Spirit Group's medical scrolls and medical potions, you can directly choose to lie down.
Anyway, the commercial development of the Land of Earth and the Land of Thunder is not bad. Strictly speaking, Iwagakure Village and Kumogakure Village only suffered setbacks in the three wars, rather than being completely defeated like Sunagakure Village. They did not lack funds.
Because there are abundant natural resources near the village, their dependence on daimyo funds is not as strong as that of Sunagakure Village.
As long as you stock up on enough medical scrolls and medical potions during peacetime, there is no need to worry about the Snake Spirit Group stopping the supply of potions during wartime.
The effects of the Third Ninja War are still continuing. Konoha has completely crippled Sunagakure Village, and Kirigakure Village is not much better.
And with the rise of the Uzumaki clan, the ninja world is still the five major countries and the five ninja villages. But in fact, the strength of the military alliance headed by the Uzumaki clan is constantly catching up with Sunagakure Village and Kirigakure Village, and can already compete with Mu. Ye, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure competed against each other.
In order to prevent the Snake Spirit Group's products from completely destroying Sunagakure Village's medical ninjutsu system, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa and the senior management of Sunagakure Village strongly resisted business cooperation with the Kingdom of Ghosts.
Even the great names of the Wind Country could not influence the decision of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa. The Snake Spirit Group's products were mainly for ninjas. With Sunagakure Village refusing to cooperate, the market in the Wind Country was indeed very small.
In fact, Sunagakure Village sent spies to sneak into the Snake Spirit Group in the Kingdom of Ghosts more than once, trying to steal their medical scrolls and methods of making medical potions, but they all failed to return.
In addition to Sunagakure Village, even Iwagakure Village and Kumogakure Village, which have a lot of business dealings with the Kingdom of Demons, have sent spies to infiltrate secretly, including Konoha, but they all failed.
After experiencing the kidnapping of Shion, the Kingdom of Ghosts has strengthened its defenses. Kakuzu and Xie did not dare to offend Bai Yu anymore, so basically they did not dare to relax in protecting the safety of Shion and the Snake Spirit Group. .
At this time, deep in the desert of the Kingdom of Wind, a young man in a black cloak slowly stepped on the soft sand under his feet and walked steadily.
Through the wind and sand, you can still see that he is holding a slender rope in his hand, and at the end of the rope is tied a middle-aged man with a rough face and a beard, who is stumbling behind.
What is strange is that when the wind and sand flying in the sky were about twenty centimeters away from the young man's body, they seemed to have encountered an invisible barrier and were all stopped.
Because of the wind and sand, the sky and the earth were a patch of yellow and orange. Although the visibility was very low, the young man walked with a clear goal and did not stop for a moment.
Until he came to a place full of broken walls and shapeless building ruins eroded by wind and sand.
The young man is Bai Yu's wood spirit incarnation "Uchiha Issei". After using "Soul Projection" to create a soul clone and merging with "Uchiha Issei", he has fully possessed some of Bai Yu's characteristics and abilities, and can even Use Bai Yu's talent spells "Sixth Sense", "Eye of Truth" and "Super Brain Deduction" at the third-level apprenticeship stage.
Now "Uchiha Issei" can not only act independently, but also maintain a closer connection with Bai Yu's body through the soul clone of "soul projection".
Bai Yu was also very interested in what Kakuzu and Xie reported.
They captured a rebellious ninja from Sand Hidden Village named An Lushan. After being captured, he revealed a huge secret in order to save his life.
That is, by activating and devouring the dragon veins deep in the desert of the Kingdom of Wind, one can travel through time and return to the past.
Although this sounds a bit fanciful, Kakuzu and Xia reported it to Bai Yu immediately. Gu'er
After Bai Yu learned of the situation, he used "Soul Projection" to strengthen "Uchiha Issei" and asked him to go to the Kingdom of Ghosts, taking An Lushan with him to Dragon Vein, preparing to find out.
The situation in the other world where the demon is located is unknown, and it would be too risky for Bai Yu to separate a "soul projection". Moreover, "Uchiha Issei" is also one of his carefully cultivated incarnations. It is too dangerous to send him directly to another world.
Some advanced creatures can even be tracked across planes through the breath of their souls.
Therefore, Bai Yu prepares to reach level three, or when he encounters a bottleneck, he will try to explore another dimension.
What's more, the experiments on sprites are only in the initial stage now, and they may not be able to be effectively developed in a short time. When the powers of sprites are fully developed, it will be the turn to develop another world.
Now that Bai Yu has learned the secret of being able to travel through time, he is naturally very interested, so he wants to find out.
If there really is such a magical power, it must be in his own hands to be the safest.
"Is this the location of the dragon vein you mentioned...the Loulan ruins?"
After stopping, "Uchiha Issei" looked at An Lushan behind him and asked.
"Yes...yes." An Lushan had a low-browed look. He was still very tough at first, but after tasting the methods of Kakuzu and Xie, he was still pried open, and now he is clearly showing his status. The taller "Uchiha Issei", he was more cooperative, at least until he found a way to escape.
"Let's go."
"Uchiha Issei" opened his senses and found no barrier like a trap, so he walked towards the depths of the ruins covered by the wind and sand.
At this time, he could vaguely sense the chakra reaction underground, which was very strong, but An Lushan's statement that he could travel through the world and go back to the past was still unreliable. The chakra contained in it seemed to be stronger than The main body is not much stronger.
With doubts, "Uchiha Issei" and An Lushan walked to the underground entrance. After clearing the sand and gravel on the surface, the two entered the underground.
Walking through the long and narrow passage, you will see a huge underground space.
In the open space in the center is a circular barrier, occupying most of the space on the ground, and on the stone platform in the center, there is a special kunai similar to a trident. The written spells wrapped around the handle make "Uchiha "Issei" is extremely familiar.
This is clearly Namikaze Minato's Flying Thunder God Kunai!
The entire circular barrier emits extremely strong sealing technique chakra fluctuations.
And according to "Uchiha Issei"'s perception, there seems to be terrifying natural energy underneath the barrier.
"This place was sealed by the Fourth Hokage of Konoha with the Dragon Vein Seal. The barrier must be opened to release the chakra accumulated under the entire earth vein, and use this power to return to the past."
An Lushan took the initiative to explain, and then put forward his own conditions.
"Currently, the only people who can lift the dragon vein seal are me and Konoha's comatose Fourth Hokage. If you can promise to let me go after I lift the seal, I will help you lift the seal."
"Of course." "Uchiha Issei" nodded, his dark eyes suddenly turned scarlet, and three magatama appeared, and the eye technique was activated the moment he spoke.
And An Lushan, who had just looked happy, suddenly became confused.
Dragon Vein Seal may be very advanced, but Shiroha and Kushina are both experts in sealing techniques. Even Namikaze Minato is inferior to him in sealing techniques.
The sealing technique that an ordinary Sunagakure jounin like An Lushan could learn, "Uchiha Issei" who was fused with Shiro Yu's soul clone could naturally also master it.
Under the influence of illusion, An Lushan explained in detail the complete method of cracking the dragon vein seal, and revealed all the secrets buried in his heart.
It turned out that he was going to pretend to teach how to release the dragon vein seal, and then secretly activated the seal, taking advantage of the moment when the dragon vein chakra burst out, to go back to the past through the dragon vein.
As long as he and "Uchiha Issei" do not enter the dragon vein at the same time, even if they are only a few seconds apart, there will be a huge time error, so that he can take advantage of the time difference to avoid "Uchiha Issei"'s pursuit.
This was top-secret information obtained by An Lushan. He did not reveal this even when he was tortured and interrogated by Jiaodu and Xie.
"I see......"
"Uchiha Issei" was convinced, and then relied on Bai Yu's profound knowledge of sealing techniques to learn the dragon vein seal in less than a day.
After learning the dragon vein seal, "Uchiha Issei" did not rush to open the seal. Instead, he took out a small bottle containing Bai Yu's blood from the storage scroll and injected the blood into An Lushan's body through a syringe.
Under the control of the illusion, An Lushan's spirit fell completely into a state of confusion, but his body still twitched.
Bai Yu's blood can be a powerful nutrient for many people, or it can be a deadly poison.
The pain of fusion is not something that ordinary people can bear.
However, under the care of "Uchiha Issei", An Lushan quickly merged with Bai Yu's blood.
At this time, not only "Uchiha Issei" clearly perceived the blood connection between himself and An Lushan.
...
A week later, "Uchiha Issei" set up blocking witch formations around the entire Loulan ruins in advance, and then opened the dragon vein seal.
boom--!
The moment the seal was opened, violent chakra filled the entire underground, and the earth's veins seemed to be connected together.
After "Uchiha Issei" used the Mangekyo Sharingan to strengthen the illusion on An Lushan, he threw him into the chakra vortex at the center of the dragon vein.
After waiting for about five minutes, "Uchiha Issei" had completely disappeared from An Lushan, but he was still able to find out through the weak blood connection that he was still alive, so when he was about to lose support, he jumped up. Jumped into the chakra vortex in the center of the dragon vein.
Without the support of "Uchiha Issei", the dragon veins instantly stopped spewing chakra, but the violent chakra under the earth veins continued to accumulate, waiting for the next explosion.
At this time, Bai Yu, who was far away in the Uzumaki clan, opened his eyes in the underground laboratory room.
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