Naruto: The Caged Bird Cannot Confine Me - Feng Hou Qi Men

Cultivating one's mind and character is a path that must be taken in the future, but it is by no means something that can be achieved overnight. It requires a considerable amount of time to accumulate experience before one can deduce the Feng Hou Qi Men to its strongest and most invincible moment.

Right now, he is still an S-rank rogue ninja wanted by the ninja world, with countless eyes watching him in the darkness. It is too early for him to achieve a state of being without desires!

"We've dragged this out for so long, it's time to get out."

"If I remember correctly, the Chunin Exams in Konoha should be coming up soon. I need to go back to Konoha and finish up the things I didn't have time to do before..."

He raised his hand and touched the Caged Bird Curse Mark on his forehead. Without further hesitation, Feng Qi stepped out of the oppressively dark underground palace.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 48 Shion's Power Goes Wild

Boom!

The forbidden area of ​​the Land of Wind and Demons, at the entrance to the underground palace.

A surge of purple light burst forth, tearing through the darkness of the night and illuminating the entire concave terrain.

The old wooden house collapsed with a crash, and the raging hurricane cut through everything around it like a merciless blade.

Amidst the shattered ruins, the samurai of the Land of Demons who had previously guarded this place encountered a terrifying aura of suppression. They all knelt on the ground, blood trickling from their mouths, staring ahead in horror and fear.

There, bathed in purple light, specks of light imbued with the energy of the priestess floated and sank.

Shion, dressed in a shrine maiden's uniform, floated in mid-air, her long, light yellow hair swaying constantly in the rising air currents.

Red lines, resembling cursed markings, grew from Shion's delicate, fair face and spread downwards to all parts of her body.

With those scarlet eyes that signify a loss of reason, Shion exuded a rather eerie and terrifying aura!

"Lady Shion, please regain your senses quickly! Don't be misled by that power!"

Despite being overwhelmed by the aura of the awakened priestess, Shiho, kneeling on the ground, remained fearless, stretching out her hands to dig at the ground. Even as the gravel cut her skin and caused her to bleed, she desperately tried to stop Shion's rampage.

Because Feng Qi broke free from his inevitable death, the Transparent Bell could no longer obtain the "human life" that was its energy source to maintain the seal.

Therefore, it was only natural that the powerful force hidden within Shion's body went completely berserk!

Even though the consciousness of the former priestess Miroku still lingers inside the transparent bell, Shion at this point in time is still just a little older child. A single lingering thought is not enough to awaken Shion's soul, which has been swallowed by endless darkness!

"what!!!!"

Awakened Shion (let's describe Shion's current state for now) let out a shrill scream, completely different from her usual arrogant and sarcastic but still pleasant voice, making people's scalps tingle.

Faced with the increasingly volatile aura of the shrine maiden permeating the area, the demon warriors, whose spirits had been severely damaged, struggled to their feet and followed the footsteps of Shion, who was digging her palms into the ground.

Everyone's expression was incredibly resolute—not one of them flinched out of fear of death.

Because they knew very well that dying for the priestess was their destiny!

The closer they got to awakening Shion, the more clearly the samurai could feel the immense pressure falling on them. The irresistible impact caused blood to spill from their eyes.

The situation was even worse for the priestesses' close attendants, including the one with the foremost foot.

They bled from all seven orifices, and the flow of blood in their bodies became extremely disordered and rapid!

When Shion was still a few meters away from awakening, Shiho's body finally gave out. Her two hands, covered in mud and bleeding, could not move forward an inch.

"Master Shion..."

Ashiho tried desperately to open her increasingly heavy eyelids, hoping to see Shion's figure, which was becoming increasingly blurry, but she couldn't manage it no matter what she did.

For him, who couldn't even use regular ninjutsu, this distance was already the limit after breaking through his own limits!

"Stop! Stop right now! You'll die! Please, don't come any closer!"

Shion's consciousness was trapped in an extremely pure dark space. She could clearly see Azusa and the others desperately trying to get closer to her, and she was also very aware of just how dangerous she was right now.

If this continues, they will definitely die!

No! It's not just them; the entire Land of Demons might be destroyed!

What terrified Ziyuan was that even though she could see all of this, and her body was still the same, she couldn't control it and could only stay in this terrifying dark abyss, watching helplessly!

"Bastard! Bastard! Bastard! Is this the fate a priestess must bear?"

"It hurts so much, it really hurts so much, Mother, please tell me... what should I do now!"

Just like the despair the girl felt at that moment, her sobbing voice was swallowed up by the pure darkness all around her as soon as it came out, leaving no trace.

“The character '乾' signifies that Heaven's strength naturally subsides.”

Outside, in the last second before his vision was about to go dark, he saw a diagram with special runes appear beneath him.

Following closely behind, a soft golden glow fell from the night sky.

The golden light seemed to contain a magical effect of strengthening the heart and soul. The moment it touched the skin, Shiho felt a continuous stream of power surging out from her body, and she forcefully resisted the priestess aura of the awakened Shion!

"This is?!"

Shiho regained consciousness, suddenly opened her eyes, and shakily stood up from the ground.

Other warriors nearing their limits also showed surprise, some even tentatively reaching out their hands to try and grasp the mysterious golden light.

"Professional matters should be handled by professionals. You idiots with bloated brains who only know how to line up and offer your lives should just stay out of the way and cool off."

With his grey robes fluttering, Feng Qi emerged from the underground palace with a calm expression. He casually scratched his hair as he strolled through the warriors of the Demon Kingdom, completely unaffected by the aura of the awakened Shion!

“Feng Qi, you…” Zu Sui looked at the boy in front of her with a complicated expression.

Although Lady Shion's rampage of power was enough to prove everything, when he saw Feng Qi, who was marked with a death prophecy, appear unharmed, he couldn't help but feel a surge of shock in his heart.

He truly defied the "fate" predicted by the priestess and successfully escaped the underground palace alive!

"You too, go somewhere cool and stay out of the way."

Feng Qi showed no mercy to Sui, grabbing his collar with one hand, easily lifting him up and throwing him directly into the muddy ground beside him.

He fell flat on his face, his mouth full of mud, and he even got a scrape on his forehead.

"Please, please rescue Lady Shion!"

However, he didn't care at all and bowed ninety degrees to Feng Qi's back.

The samurai from the Land of Demons behind them followed suit, shouting in unison, "Please, please rescue Lady Shion!"

Everyone knew perfectly well that the only one who could save the priestess and the land of demons was this white-eyed Taoist priest who had broken the prophecy of death!

Feng Qi picked at his earwax, waved his arm in a simple response, and then stepped into the purple sphere of light where the Awakened Violet was located.

Because the spirit and the spirit are of one mind and body, they share the same body and their power systems are essentially the same.

Therefore, thanks to this relationship, Feng Qi, whose body contained the soul of the demon, easily overcame the energy barrier and arrived at the endless dark abyss where Zi Yuan's consciousness was located.

His appearance was like a divine radiance descending from the sky, illuminating not only the darkness but also dispelling the despair that Ziyuan was experiencing, a despair worse than death!

"Oh, good evening, priestess. Why are you hiding in a place like this, secretly crying?"

Seeing Ziyuan squatting on the ground with her knees drawn up to her chest, two tear streaks still on her face, Feng Qi laughed and teased her.

"You, you really didn't die, and you even made it here..."

Normally, Shion would have gone berserk on the spot if she were mocked like that.

But now, she simply raised her eyes and stared blankly at the white-eyed boy standing in the light, her thoughts incredibly complex.

“That’s right. Now you can’t say that what I broke can’t be considered fate, can you?” Feng Qi said.

"Ah."

Ziyuan tightened her arms around her knees and nodded slightly, her expression somber.

The other person did indeed break free from fate, but what about your own fate?

She had no confidence whatsoever that she could stop the rampaging forces and regain control of her body.

"Now that I admit it, I should prove the second thing."

Feng Qi's smile faded, and he held up two fingers, saying seriously, "Both you and I can live!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Ziyuan's pupils contracted, and the darkness deep in her eyes instantly vanished, replaced by bright highlights.

"Do I really deserve to live?" she asked cautiously.

“Of course, you may not believe in prophecies, but you can’t disbelieve my divination.” Feng Qi appeared quite confident.

"But right now, I have absolutely no way to control this inexplicable and terrifying power..."

"This is simple."

Feng Qi stepped to the side and turned slightly. His white eyes, hidden by his long hair, seemed to see through everything in the world as he looked at a certain spot not far away. "I've already brought you here, aren't you going to show yourself?"

Ding Ding!

After a brief silence, the sound of bells rang out, echoing throughout the consciousness space of this violet garden.

From the source of the bell, a faint light flowed and intertwined, forming an elegant woman dressed in a shrine maiden's uniform.

The moment the woman appeared, Feng Qi could clearly sense that the demonic soul he had confined within his inner vision had become incredibly violent, desperately trying to break through the sealing technique!

After all, it was the former priestess who sealed it away...

Enemies naturally glare at each other when they meet.

"I never imagined that someone would seal the soul of a demon within their own body."

"This guy is not as docile as the tailed beasts that are rumored in the ninja world. If you are not careful, he could cause the destruction of the world."

The former priestess, Shion's mother, Miroku, looked at Fuki with a heavy sigh as her eyes flickered.

"Boy with pure white eyes, I don't know how you did it, but what you did was far too risky..."

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 49 Crisis from the Depths of Darkness, Orochimaru, one of the Three Legendary Sannin!

The former priestess Miroku looked sorrowful. Although she could not see the inner scene of the wind spirit, she could clearly sense the location of the spirit's soul.

"Don't worry, sealing it inside my body is definitely safer than the underground palace."

Feng Qi crossed his arms slightly and said confidently.

This is true. After all, if we follow the development of the original manga and the movie, the underground palace of the Land of Demons would be breached by the followers of the demons two or three years after the Shippuden era, almost causing a global crisis.