Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1172 Delivered to the Door

"Inhale...exhale..."

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

Qingming calmed himself down again.

He glanced at the time and decided to rest, continuing his cultivation the next day.

But as soon as he got up, he saw the dense jungle around him.

This afternoon and evening, he was so focused on his cultivation that he didn't think about clearing away the newly grown trees around him.

Seeing this environment now, I feel extremely depressed.

Without any hesitation, Qingming immediately raised his hand to form a hand seal and unleashed 'Wind Release: Wind Blade'.

咻咻 咻 ~
Several wind blades, each over ten meters long, shot out, skimming the ground and rapidly sweeping across an area of ​​twenty meters in radius.

At first, everything seemed normal, as if nothing had happened.

However, after a night gust of wind blew by, accompanied by a rustling sound, all the trees within a radius of twenty meters snapped off at their roots.

The fallen trees cleared a space of about twenty meters in diameter in an instant.

Qingming glanced at the fallen trees, paid them no further attention, and with a flash, left the spot and headed to the wooden house in a corner of the island.

Upon arriving at the cabin, he followed the same method and cleared out a space.

Then, they went into the cabin and began to rest.

The next day, he got up early, washed up quickly, swallowed a few enhanced soldier ration pills to fill his stomach, and then began his cultivation.

Originally, he thought he could cultivate all the way to physical transformation this time.

However, just about a week later, an unexpected event occurred that interrupted his cultivation.

This afternoon.

He had just finished a round of cultivation and teleported out of the volcano when he received a message from his wooden clone using the 'Mind Communication Technique', saying that a group of uninvited guests had been discovered ten kilometers away.

Upon receiving this news, Qingming frowned slightly.

Without waiting for his body to heal naturally from the injuries he sustained inside the volcano, he immediately activated his chakra and unleashed his physical potential, healing his injuries almost instantly.

Then, he deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' and retrieved all the shadow clones.

Without wasting time processing their memories, Qingming simply sealed them away temporarily before activating the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport directly to the wooden clone that had sent him the message.

The view suddenly shifted.

In an instant, Qingming traveled from Moon Island to the sky ten kilometers away.

Feeling his feet sink into the air, Qingming didn't hesitate at all. He immediately activated his Byakugan, manipulated gravity, and levitated himself in mid-air.

Then, he looked at the wooden clone beside him that was still in flight and asked, "What exactly is going on?"

This wooden clone was none other than the one he created during his first cultivation session that morning.

Not only does it bear the mission of transporting shadow clones to the primeval forest in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire to absorb natural energy, but it also needs to guard the surroundings while he cultivates.

The message I just received was delivered by the other party.

"Look for yourself!"

Upon hearing his question, the wooden clone raised its chin and replied.

Actually, even before the other party spoke, the moment he activated his eye roll, a group of people on the distant sea had already caught his attention.

That's right, right now on the distant sea, a group of people are approaching us by boat—or, to be more precise, heading towards Moon Island.

Moreover, according to Byakugan's observation, these people are not ordinary people; they are all ninjas.

This is a bit strange.

You have to understand, Moon Island is a place that is far from any village or shop, and the surrounding waters are extremely complex. Who would have the time to come here for no reason?
Over the years, only those two rogue ninjas from Kirigakure fled to this remote place in order to escape the pursuit of the Kirigakure Anbu.

At other times, no outsiders visit at all.

Now, several people have suddenly arrived, so he can't help but take it seriously. "Huh?"

Suddenly, Qingming noticed that these people's bodies were not quite normal.

He immediately focused his attention on one person.

Immediately, the person in the distance rapidly approached in his field of vision, until finally it seemed as if the person was standing right in front of him, allowing him to observe them.

After a moment, he withdrew his gaze and said, "Just as I thought!"

"what happened?"

Beside him, the wooden clone, seeing that he seemed to have discovered something, immediately asked.

Indeed, the Wood Clone can also activate the Byakugan, but it is ultimately just a clone and cannot fully utilize the current Byakugan's abilities. It cannot directly observe the ninjas' bodies from such a distance.

Hence, this question.

Upon hearing this, Qingming didn't keep him in suspense and answered directly, "These people all show signs of modification."

"Renovation?"

The wooden clone was taken aback at first, then exclaimed in surprise, "Orochimaru?"

"Most likely!"

Qingming nodded and replied.

That's right, just like the Wood Clone said, he also believed that these people were Orochimaru's people.

At this point in time, the only people who could find this place and bear signs of modification are Orochimaru's people. He really couldn't think of any other possibility.

Although he had guessed that Orochimaru might come looking for him when he was reading Danzo's memories more than 20 days ago, he did not expect that the other party would come so quickly.

"Should we take action?"

The wooden clone asked again.

Qing thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Okay, you stay here and watch, I'll go down and take them down."

In fact, with his current abilities, he could easily make these people leave using a little illusion magic.

However, this is only a temporary solution. As long as Orochimaru has not given up, he will send people here sooner or later. Does he intend to keep hiding?

He'd heard of being a thief for a thousand days, but never of guarding against thieves for a thousand days. He didn't want to be bothered by the other party all the time in the future.

Therefore, it's best to just take action.

Perfect timing! He also needed Orochimaru's hiding place, and since the other party had offered it to him, he wouldn't stand on ceremony.

With this in mind, Qingming activated 'Heavenly Defense', concealing his figure, and then manipulated gravity to pull himself closer to the other ship.

at the same time.

On a ship in the distance.

The person who had just been carefully observed by Qingming suddenly shivered and looked around warily.

"What's wrong, monkey?"

His unusual reaction startled the other three, and one of them asked him directly.

The man referred to as "monkey" did not answer immediately. Instead, he carefully scanned his surroundings and, after confirming that he had not found anything, frowned and said, "I don't know why, but just now I suddenly had the feeling that someone was watching me."

Upon hearing this, the other three also immediately looked around.

However, nothing was found.

Then someone said in an unfriendly tone, "Hey, monkey, are you trying to scare us? There's no one around here, there's no view at all."

"Yes, monkey, I know Lord Orochimaru said this mission is very dangerous, but you don't need to scare us like this, do you?"

Another person chimed in.

Only the last person remained, surveying his surroundings with a wary expression.

(End of this chapter)