Changes in the situation always catch us off guard.
Once upon a time, the three holy places were huge forces that Uchiha Yuu and Miwa Masayo had to look up to and treat with caution.
In order to deal with these three holy places whose strength and deterrence far exceed those of the five major ninja villages, Uchiha You proposed to unite the Kongo Ape Clan of Kongo Mountain and the Eagle Clan of Chengfeng Cliff to establish a three-party alliance, the Warm-Blooded Immortal Alliance, to compete with the three holy places.
In Uchiha You's conception, the Warm-Blooded Immortal Alliance and the three holy places will compete for a long time, and even have to go through the three stages of defense, stalemate, and counterattack before they can reverse the strength of both sides and finally defeat and destroy the three holy places.
Who would have thought that before the Warm Blood Immortal Alliance was established, Uchiha You made breakthroughs one after another, and his strength grew rapidly, reaching the level where one person was strong enough to fight against an entire holy land.
After Konoha Village defeated the four major ninja villages one by one, he joined forces with Orochimaru to destroy the Ryuchi Cave, proving to Orochimaru how strong he was.
But Uchiha You knew that Orochimaru was extremely brave and it was impossible for him to be subdued by sheer violence, even if the difference in power was enormous.
In the original history, even if Orochimaru faced Nagato with the Samsara Eye, he dared to plot secretly.
He also generously gave up the management rights of Ryuchi Cave, and after completing the power reform of the Uchiha clan, he faded out of the management of the Uchiha clan and the Konoha Guard.
Uchiha You used his own strength to destroy the impulse of the Fourth Hokage Orochimaru, and proved that he had no excessive intentions towards Konoha Village by delegating power and agreeing to the selection of the Fifth Hokage as Minato Namikaze.
This brought stability to Konoha Village, Uchiha Shisui's qualification as the Sixth Hokage, and Uchiha Yu's right to act freely.
He was even able to mobilize the Uchiha clan's ninjas to perform various services for him without Orochimaru's approval.
For example, they built a park-type fortress in the desert by constructing the ruins of Loulan Kingdom, regularly fished in the barrier lake of Kawanokuni, trimmed the legs of octopuses on schedule at Octopus Island in the East China Sea, and regularly caught luminous squids in Squid Bay...
These resources continuously flowed into Konoha Village, and under the control and distribution of Uchiha Yu, became an important source of income for the Uchiha clan.
Part of it becomes a nutritious meal for the young children of the Uchiha clan, laying the foundation for the future of the Uchiha clan.
Some of them were sold as Uchiha souvenirs in exchange for a large amount of money.
As for the most essential part of the resources, Uchiha You made them into delicacies such as dried fish, grilled squid, and octopus pot, or put them into the alchemy furnace to be refined into barrier-breaking pills, metal pills and other elixirs.
It was precisely with the abundant supply of resources that the training of Miwa Masayo, Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Ayumi could progress so rapidly. I wonder how much time and effort they saved.
But after Uchiha You completed all this, the owner of the holy land Wet Bone Forest, whom he was most worried about, came to him. The Great Sage of the Living Slug used the most sincere attitude to make it clear that he and Myoboku Mountain were not a family, or even an ally.
Not only that, she also expressed her willingness to join the Uchiha's army to attack and destroy Mount Myoboku.
To be honest, this change almost broke Uchiha You's defense. The enemy, whom he had carefully calculated and guarded against, actually actively wanted to join his camp and become his younger brother, charging into battle for him.
The turn was so sudden that he almost sprained his waist.
But this is a good thing after all, and Uchiha You certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to refuse. He actively gave corresponding feedback, using some of his own knowledge of immortality to entice Huoxiao to take out the contract scroll firmly.
After some communication, the cooperation plan of both parties was determined. Uchiha Yu would determine the coordinates of Mount Myoboku and be responsible for sending the main body of the living slug into Mount Myoboku. The living slug would do the rest.
The Living Slug Immortal said without any emotion: "Whether it's Toad Pill or Rock Toad, it's not a problem, just leave it to me."
She even blessed Tsunade and said, "Little Tsunade, you should not get involved in this matter. The destruction of Myoboku Mountain is also a big blow to little Jiraiya. If you get involved, there will be big problems in your relationship."
Tsunade was a sensible ninja, she nodded without being pretentious: "Don't worry, I will pretend that I know nothing."
"It's just that Ryuchi Cave has been destroyed. If something happens to Myoboku Mountain, it will cause great damage to the reputation of the Three Ninjas of Konoha. I don't know what other impacts it will have."
Uchiha You smiled and said, "Don't worry, as long as I don't die and Orochimaru doesn't abdicate, there will be no problem with Konoha Village's influence."
"If anyone dares to step forward and question and provoke, that's actually a good thing."
"This way I can go and clean them up openly, letting these ignorant guys see blood and learn a lesson."
"If we can come here a few more times, the official unification of the ninja world can be greatly advanced."
When Tsunade heard Uchiha Yu's words, she remembered the majesty of Konoha Village when her grandfather was still alive.
After the first Five Kage Conference, the Kages of the four major ninja villages were all trembling with fear. No one dared to come to see the first Hokage, for fear that they would be detained by Konoha Village and never be able to return to their village.
At the same time, they were afraid that if they did not go to Konoha Village, the First Hokage would be unhappy and would bring disaster to their village, so they had to write letters to explain.
Tsunade read the letters, and was struck by the cautious feeling between the lines. Undisguised flattering words came one after another, with no regard for one's own dignity at all.
Perhaps in the minds of these four first-generation Kages, it is not shameful to flatter the first-generation Hokage.
Thinking about this guy Uchiha Yuu, he has the strength of the first Hokage, and also has a personality and behavior that is exactly similar to Uchiha Madara.
The four major ninja villages, Kumogakure, Sand Village, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure, have all been attacked by Uchiha Yu. The Sand Village and Kumogakure were even torn down.
His power of deterrence may not have reached the level that the first Hokage took for granted, but for the Five Kage today, the feeling is more intuitive.
Especially the Fourth Raikage, he would probably feel pain in his left hand when he thought of Uchiha Yu.
Tsunade nodded and said, "I won't tell Jiraiya about this, but as far as I know, Myoboku Mountain has severed all contractual connections. Even Jiraiya cannot summon any toad."
She looked at Uchiha You: "Will this affect your plans?"
Uchiha You said nonchalantly: "Of course there is an impact, but it's nothing serious."
"Gamamaru of Myoboku Mountain has influenced the direction of the ninja world for many years. He will never willingly become a coward. This is not in line with his character."
"Moreover, I think the spiritual contract is very important to Myoboku Mountain. The interruption of the contract is definitely not insignificant to Myoboku Mountain. They must have suffered huge losses."
Tsunade was stunned when she heard this and asked, "Loss? Will severing the contract cause any loss to Myoboku Mountain, any loss to its reputation?"
Uchiha You smiled and said, "How can it be just a loss of reputation? What does reputation mean?"
"I have taken down the Longdi Cave. Through investigation of the Longdi Cave, I found that the psychic contract is very important to the snakes in the Longdi Cave."
"Spiritual communication is just the icing on the cake for ninjas, but for the ninja snakes in Ryuchi Cave, it is a vital element of spiritual stimulation."
"Without the contractual connection with human ninjas, the number of ninja snakes that can awaken wisdom in the vast number of snakes in the Ryuchi Cave will be greatly reduced, or even completely gone."
"The ninja snakes in Ryuchi Cave are like this, and the toads in Myoboku Mountain should be like this too."
Uchiha You said with a smile: "Anyway, I am not in a hurry now, and neither is the Living Slug Sage. It is Mount Myoboku that is in a hurry."
"For me, the worst that can happen is that I have to wait ten or eight years. Myoboku Mountain will eventually restore contact with the ninja world."
"By then, they will have exposed themselves to me."
The living slug said through the messenger slug: "Ten years may not be enough. When Kaguya Otsutsuki was still there, Myoboku Mountain had not signed a contract for hundreds of years."
Uchiha You was greatly surprised: "For hundreds of years? Is Gamamaru's patience so good?"
Miwa Masayo couldn't help but stick out his tongue. "What a terrifying patience, meow. It's hard to imagine that he could hold it in for hundreds of years."
Tsunade also said with a sigh, "Waiting for eight or ten years is scary enough, a hundred years...tsk tsk, I don't think you, Uchiha You, can live that long."
The messenger slug and Uchiha Yu laughed together, their laughter full of condescension and ease at the child's lack of knowledge.
Huo Xiao has a simple personality. She just thought it was funny, so she didn't say anything else except laughing.
But Uchiha You put his hand on Miwa Masayo's head and rubbed it vigorously, making the little loli's hair messy.
When he was a cat, Miwa Masayo liked to have his head rubbed by his owner, and he didn't feel uncomfortable even if his fur was messed up.
But now that she has transformed into a human, the change in her body has brought about many changes in her habits, and she naturally began to like the look of smooth hair.
The little loli likes to have her hair combed by Uchiha You, but hates having her hair messed up, so she meows in anger.
Uchiha You laughed while dodging the little loli's cat punch: "Haha, how could Miwa Masayo forget that we both have crossed the threshold. There is no upper limit to our lifespans. A mere hundred years is just a moment."
The little girl couldn't agree with Uchiha You: "Meow, that's a hundred years, meow, how can I think a hundred years is just a moment?"
"You big idiot, I'm only six years old meow!"
Hearing Miwa Masayo's complaints, Uchiha You was stunned, and then burst into laughter.
He had indeed forgotten that Miwa Masayo was only six years old and his perception of time was too short. Even ten years would seem long to him. It was indeed difficult for him to imagine how an immortal could feel that a hundred years was just a blink of an eye.
In the eyes of the slug, who is also an immortal, it is normal that the young Miwa Masaya cannot understand immortality. On the contrary, it is very abnormal that Uchiha Yu, who is only 21 years old, can treat a hundred years of time so naturally and calmly.
The slug couldn't understand because she didn't know that Uchiha You's life was more than 21 years.
As a time traveler, this guy's two lives combined are nearly 70 years, which is almost 12 times the life span of Miwa Masayo. His concepts are certainly much stronger than those of the little loli.
People are different. Uchiha You was born into a civilization thousands of years old in his previous life. The civilization he received is inherently vicissitudes of life that are difficult to erase.
As a history enthusiast, Uchiha You's vision can always cover thousands of years of magnificent events, and his understanding of time is very close to that of an immortal.
Moreover, the time is also different. The more than forty years of Uchiha Yu's previous life just happened to cover the forty years of the revival and rise of a great civilization.
The national changes he experienced in his lifetime were comparable to those experienced by all other countries in four hundred years.
The country's experience is complex and changeable, bringing more storms and experiences to the people. Uchiha You's knowledge will naturally be richer than others.
Uchiha You and Miwa Masayo played around for a while, and when the little loli's anger subsided, he hugged her in his arms and happily combed her long hair.
Tsunade looked at the pair of immortals and was shocked at their infinite lifespans, but at the same time she couldn't help revealing a bit of envy.
But only a little bit of envy.
Longevity, in the ninja culture of the ninja world, is not a big deal.
If the Chinese people, who have a profound cultural heritage, had heard that the couple in front of them had achieved immortality, they would have thrown their heads to the ground and shouted, "Master, please accept my disciple's greetings!"
This is the difference in cultural depth, and it is also the reason why Westerners lament that "immortality is the most terrifying curse."
Ultimately, it is because their cultural depth is not deep enough, and they don’t know what a person can do if he lives for more than a hundred years.
However, although Uchiha You was accustomed to immortality, he could not accept having to wait for a hundred years just to deal with Mt. Myoboku.
It’s not that it takes too long, but that the cost-effectiveness is not high.
Uchiha You combed the little loli's long hair, tied it into a ponytail with a white ribbon, and comforted Miwa Masayo.
Then, he said to the living slug, "Myoboku Mountain a thousand years ago could endure for hundreds of years, but I believe that Myoboku Mountain today cannot endure for ten years."
"Because it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to frugality."
The living slug asked, "Uchiha Yuu-daishen, what does this mean?"
"Literally." Uchiha You asked back, "Master Shrike, how many people were there in the ninja world a thousand years ago?"
The living slug thought for a moment and replied, "Maybe they are similar to the people of the Wind Country."
Uchiha You nodded and said, "It's about what I guessed. With so few people, life must be very difficult. Not having enough to eat is the norm, and naturally there are no resources to support many outstanding talents."
“I dare say that the quality of the people who signed contracts with the three holy places at that time must not be very good, and the feedback they received was not much better either.”
"But the ninja world now has a large population, and heroes emerge from generation to generation. Myobokusan must have benefited greatly from this. And the big toads must have adapted to this luxurious life."
"For a homeless child who often suffers from hunger, it is normal to go without food for three days. He can definitely endure it without changing his expression."
"But for a rich kid who only has three meals a day, if he doesn't have anything to eat for three meals a day, he will definitely cry out of hunger. If he goes hungry for nine meals in three days, he may even starve to death..."
The living slug nodded and said, "I understand, Uchiha Yuu-daishen, you are absolutely right. Gamamaru of Myoboku Mountain will definitely not be able to endure for ten years."
Uchiha Yu continued, "It's not worth it even if it takes ten years to deal with Gamamaru of Myoboku Mountain."
"Let me think about it, is there any other way..."
Suddenly, he clapped his hands and said, "I figured it out! Myoboku Mountain is no longer a completely independent force. The Six Paths Sage is behind the toads."
"I will find a way to cut off the other tentacles of the Six Paths Sage, so that he can force Gamamaru to show his head and obtain information about the ninja world. Then there will naturally be opportunities."
"Huh?" Tsunade, Hustle, and Miwa Masayo asked in surprise, "Can the Sage of Six Paths control Mount Myoboku?"
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The Immortal Fukasaku said with a sad face, "None of the tadpoles born this year have awakened to wisdom. Great Toad Immortal, how long do we have to wait?"
Toad Pill's mouth was slightly open, as if he was doing a huge amount of work, and his breathing became louder and louder.
It heard Fukasaku's complaints, but didn't take them seriously at all.
It’s just that the descendants haven’t awakened their spirituality for a year, what’s the problem?
I remember when Kaguya Otsutsuki wiped out the entire ninja world, Myoboku Mountain was suppressed and dared not contact the outside world. For a whole hundred years, none of its descendants awakened their spirituality, but they finally survived.
It laughed and said, "Fukasaku, you are still too young. If there is no chance this year, then there is no chance. This will not affect the survival of Myoboku Mountain."
"In fact, let alone one year, even five, ten, or even twenty years will not affect the inheritance and continuation of Myobokusan."
"We can afford to wait. Even if we have to wait until Uchiha You, the scourge, dies, it won't be fatal to us."
Fukasaku Sennin curled his lips and said, "It's okay to wait a while, but what about those damned snakes?"
"The White Snake Immortal can't control its offspring at all. These snakes dig holes everywhere in the ground. Little toads disappear almost every day. It must be these damn snakes who did it."
The relationship between slugs, toads and snakes is very subtle. Snakes eat toads, toads eat slugs, and slugs eat snakes. The three of them are natural enemies of each other.
However, the Slug Immortal was too powerful and had no offspring, so all the slugs were herself, interrupting the circular game between the three.
This put the toad in a situation where it was eaten by the snake unilaterally, which made it feel very frustrated.
Now Myoboku Mountain has shown mercy and accepted the Ryuchi Cave snake group, which is like a group of stray dogs. However, these snakes are stealing toads in Myoboku Mountain, and of course, the Hermit Fukasaku is very angry.
Not to mention that Shenren Shenren was angry, even Gamamaru felt uncomfortable.
All the toads in Myoboku Mountain are its descendants. He accepted his allies to hide in his home, but his allies stole and ate his offspring. This made him feel uncomfortable no matter how he thought about it.
Toad Pill's eyes slightly opened, and he sighed, "I will talk to the white snake again and give it a stern warning for the last time. If any little toads are missing, the snake responsible will be executed directly."
Fukasaku Sennin complained in dissatisfaction: "Those caught will be executed? This is too easy for Ryuchidong."
"Besides, Myoboku Mountain is so big that we can't take care of it all. This is tantamount to letting these stinky snakes do whatever they want!"
Gamamaru opened his eyes, stared at Fukasaku and said, "Choose the lesser of two evils, Fukasaku!"