Zhu Tian: Starting from the Stand User

Chapter 591 Changes
Lu Chen and V walked out of the ruins of Loulan, and from here they would reach the territory of the Kingdom of Wind.

The fact that the two hadn't appeared in public for over a decade had already made many people unfamiliar with them. More specifically, most people didn't even know they existed. Although the appearance of Lu Chen and the other two had influenced the rise of the Rain Country, few people actually knew what they had done.

After shaking off the sand that had been blown into the cracks of his shell, V said, "Let's go find a village and ask about the latest situation. We saw a few villages in the desert when we came here before. These villages in the desert should be a little different from those in the previous world. Let's go and take a look."

Although more than ten years had passed in the outside world, Lu Chen and V only felt a moment. So although V wanted to know what happened in the outside world, he didn't want to return to Konoha immediately.

Lu Chen was also a little curious, so he nodded and said, "The core territory of the Wind Country should be the Sand Village. The two of us can go there and take a look. Let's see what has become of the village after losing the tailed beast."

V looked around and noticed that there was a team of ninjas walking in the desert in the distance. It seemed that they were led by a teacher with three students.

So he took the initiative to suggest, "Why don't we go over and ask them first? It doesn't look like there's a war going on in the ninja world."

After saying that, he took the initiative to walk towards the direction of the team. These people didn't seem to have any big problems.

Lu Chen also followed over, just to join in the fun.

Lu Chen, wearing a cape, looks quite natural in the desert. In places with strong winds and sand, most people wear capes, veils, headscarves, and other things to protect themselves from the harsh natural environment. So V's equipment looks strange in comparison.

These seemingly weak little ninjas looked at the two people who appeared curiously. They didn't expect to see a person wearing armor in the depths of the desert. Although it was actually V's shell.

As for their leader, he was wary of the two individuals appearing in the heart of the desert. Ever since the mysterious disappearance of the tribe calling themselves Loulan, the desert heartland had become even more dangerous. Humans were powerless against nature. It was obvious that these two individuals were not ninjas from the Kingdom of Wind, and judging by their appearance, it was likely that the samurai-like individual was from the Kingdom of Iron.

So he couldn't help but take out a kunai in his hand. Although he was not sure whether these two people were enemies, he still had to be vigilant.

Lu Chen saw that the leader, with his face painted, was actually a puppet, his true form hidden within the puppet he carried on his back. This was an old trick used by puppeteers, using a puppet to impersonate him.

V looked at the wary leader ninja and raised his hands to indicate that he meant no harm. Then he spoke in a familiar tone, "We are two travelers. How far is this place from the village?"

The leading ninja seemed to let down his guard after seeing V raise his hand, and then looked at Lu Chen.

So Lu Chen also showed his hands without taking out any weapons.

A hoarse voice said, "Travelers rarely appear in this place."

Lu Chen's lies came out of his mouth naturally: "We are actually scholars. We are studying the tribe that suddenly disappeared in the depths of the desert. It is said that the Loulan people disappeared in an instant. No one knows where they went. So we are here to look for their lost treasure."

The sudden disappearance of a tribe is always accompanied by legends of lost treasure, although no one has found it. But everyone longs for sudden wealth.

The leading ninja suspected the two men were spies from a certain village, but no spy would come so brazenly. He pointed out the inconsistencies in Lu Chen and the others' statements, "How could such a poor tribe possibly have lost treasure? You two must be capable of easily earning money to venture so deep into the desert." V replied seriously, "We're not looking for the treasure itself, but the adventure itself. As for our strength, we're quite formidable."

As he spoke, he patted the long sword on his waist.

"Are you from the Iron Country?"

V immediately replied, "No, not everyone wearing armor is a warrior from the Iron Kingdom. They say warriors from that country rarely leave, don't they?"

The ninja's tone suddenly became strange: "The Iron Kingdom has been destroyed, so a large number of samurai have fled to various countries."

This is why this ninja is very wary of V and Lu Chen. Many of the warriors of the destroyed Iron Kingdom became thieves.

Although the atmosphere between the five great powers was tense, a war between them did not break out. Small countries were dependent on nearby great powers for various geographical reasons, while others had already perished for various reasons.

For example, the reason why the Iron Country was destroyed was because it was too close to the Lightning Country, which was rich in minerals. After losing the tailed beasts, the Lightning Country began to seriously research war weapons, which required a lot of resources to achieve this.

All the small countries that can exist now have their own support to some extent, the most famous of which is the Rain Country.

While the Hidden Rain Village, with its powerful leaders, was politically close to Konoha, they didn't actually obey Konoha completely, and Minato, who wasn't particularly assertive, acquiesced to this. At the very least, the Hidden Rain Village's existence served as a check on the development of the Wind Country, and Konoha didn't fully trust its apparent ally.

Lu Chen nodded thoughtfully and said, "So that's how it is. What are you doing here?"

"On mission."

A very formulaic answer, it seemed that he didn't want to tell Lu Chen what the mission was.

At this moment, a depression suddenly appeared in the sand, and several huge desert scorpions crawled out from the ground.

The ninja who was originally talking to Lu Chen suddenly turned into a puppet and shot a large number of Senbon at the scorpion that rushed out.

Unfortunately, the puppeteer's ability to control this creature wasn't very strong. After all, scorpions with shells weren't particularly vulnerable to poison or Senbon. As for the three ninjas, who were clearly Genin, they could only throw shurikens and the like.

After all, the Genin who have inherited the tradition are only a small part, and the vast majority of Genin cannot defeat such a huge wild creature.

(End of this chapter)