Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

Chapter 154 The Sealed Chamber

As the illusion was cast, the entire camp fell into a deathly silence.

Aoba and Yekura swaggered into the camp and soon arrived at one of the wider tents.

Inside the tent, an old man with a long white beard and hair lay sprawled on a blanket, snoring loudly.

Not far from the old man, a snow-white ferret was also fast asleep, lying on its back with its paws in the air.

The moment Aoba saw the ferret, he knew he had come to the right person.

Aoba walked to the old man's side, knelt down on one knee, and placed his right hand on the old man's forehead.

"The art of mind reading!"

A flood of fragmented memories surged into Aoba's mind.

Aoba frowned. Even though White Zetsu's body and brain were just for show, the mental impact still caused him some pain.

The old man's name is He Yan.

On the surface, he is the elder of this caravan, but in reality, the entire caravan consists of descendants of a remnant clan.

Their ancestors once possessed a glorious civilization and a powerful nation, but that was a long time ago.

Today, they are merely a nomadic tribe struggling to survive on the border of the Wind Kingdom, guarding the secrets left by their ancestors for generations.

Aoba wasn't interested in this history; he wasn't there for archaeology.

He quickly searched He Yan's memory for everything about "Grell".

Soon, a clear geographical coordinate appeared in his mind.

Having obtained the information he wanted, Aoba decisively stopped the ninjutsu.

He hadn't expected that reading memories would be so difficult without the aid of a chip, as the other person's emotions were also fed back to the caster.

Aoba let out a long sigh, thinking to himself that in the future, without the aid of a chip, he should not casually read other people's memories. Once or twice is fine, but too many times will definitely cause mental pollution.

No wonder one or two of the people in the torture squad had mental problems.

It turns out he really did have a mental problem!

After obtaining the necessary information, Aoba did not stop immediately. Instead, he channeled chakra through his fingertips and drew a complex sealing technique on He Yan's forehead.

He then began to form hand seals, and after forming forty-three seals, Qingye placed his palms on the old man's forehead.

"seal!"

This is the memory seal that Minato Namikaze used when he was in the underground dragon vein of Loulan, which can accurately erase certain memories in the brain.

To call it "elimination" is actually to lock it deeper into the brain and blur it from its original state.

Kushina taught him this [Memory Seal].

Seeing Aoba's actions, Yekura was somewhat puzzled.

"What did you do to him?"

"His memories of the Grell Stone were completely sealed away."

"Some things are not a good thing to remember."

Aoba stood up, dusted off his hands, and said softly, "Ordinary people are innocent, but possessing precious things can bring disaster upon them. For these ordinary people, guarding a treasure that could trigger a ninja world war will only bring them annihilation. Forgetting the past and becoming an ordinary merchant is the best outcome for them."

Upon hearing this, Ye Cang's light flickered slightly.

Looking at the man in front of her, who was decisive yet had a mysterious bottom line, she suddenly felt that this so-called "Shadow Council" was indeed somewhat different.

"Let's go, the location has been confirmed."

Aoba turned and walked out of the tent. "It's time to go and get our spoils."

Based on the coordinates in He Yan's memory, Aoba and Yecang traveled through the night and finally arrived at a peculiar landscape area on the border of the Land of Wind before dawn.

The area is characterized by its towering peaks and jagged rocks.

Large numbers of exposed, grayish-white rocks stand jaggedly, the surface is covered with karst buds and solution grooves, and the dense stone pillars resemble a stone forest.

The ground is covered with huge funnel-shaped depressions, which are the result of years of erosion by rainwater.

Further away are several giant sinkholes, their bottoms covered with thick moss and ferns.

On the surface, solution grooves, karst sinkholes, and sinkholes are everywhere, making it a very typical karst landform.

This is a standard karst landform, also known as a karst topography.

"I never imagined that such a place would exist on the border of the Land of Wind?"

Yecang was quite surprised by the scene before him.

The Land of Wind is arid and receives little rain year-round, with deserts and Gobi everywhere. It's hard to imagine that such karst landforms, which usually only appear in areas with abundant rainfall, would exist here.

Nature is always full of surprises.

Aoba didn't have many feelings. He led Yekura through the stone forest with ease and arrived at the bottom of a huge canyon.

At the end of the canyon, a thick fog that never dissipates is shrouded in.

Through the thick fog, an ancient and magnificent ruin suddenly appeared before the two of them.

The ruins are built in an extremely ancient style, with walls covered in the marks of time and moss, and huge stone pillars soaring into the clouds, giving one a sense of the glory that once existed here.

Upon entering the ruins, even with Yekura's extensive experience, she couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.

The space here is larger than I imagined.

The dome is tens of meters high, and huge stone pillars support the entire space like the spine of an ancient giant.

The walls around the room still bear many exquisite reliefs, which, although blurred by the passage of time, still reveal their former glory.

One can imagine how magnificent and spectacular this place must have been at its peak.

The two quickly traversed the upper structure of the ruins, and following the route in He Yan's memory, they soon arrived at the very bottom of the ruins.

This is a huge underground plaza, and in the center of the plaza stand three interconnected circular stone platforms.

"This is the entrance."

Aoba found the hidden mechanism based on He Yan's memories.

With a dull mechanical grinding sound, this ancient mechanism still works despite the erosion of countless years.

The circular stone platform shuddered violently, then slowly sank down, carrying the two of them with it.

To put it bluntly, this is an elevator.

A stone elevator made by an ancient civilization.

The stone platform descended several hundred meters before finally coming to a stop.

The two stepped down from the stone platform and entered an extremely spacious stone chamber.

In He Yan's memory, this place was called the "Sealed Chamber".

The four walls are covered with a large number of ancient murals. Although most of the colors have faded, the lines are still clearly discernible.

The murals depict how ancient people discovered, refined, and utilized a special mineral.

"These murals are—"

Ye Cang stared at the patterns on the wall, his eyes filled with awe.

"This is the legacy of a previous ancient civilization!"

Aoba's gaze swept carefully over each mural, memorizing all the details.

Unfortunately, the chip was still running on the main body, so he could only rely on his memory to record it first.

However, this is not a big problem, as his memory is not bad to begin with.

These murals are extremely valuable, providing insights into how people in ancient times utilized the Grell Stone.

If he remembered correctly, there should also be a book called the Book of Grell, which was in the possession of a villain named Hyde. The book contained detailed instructions on how to use the Grell Stone.

That guy used the Grell Stone to modify human bodies, and even created three cyborg subordinates with special abilities.

After recording the contents of all the murals, Aoba looked up at the dome of the sealed chamber.

He formed a mudra with his hands, and his chest bulged slightly.

"Fire Release: Flame Bullet!"

puff!

A crimson, high-temperature flaming bullet shot from his mouth, striking precisely the center of the dome.

boom!

Debris flew everywhere, and a rather large hole was blasted open in the dome.

In an instant, an extremely dense pale blue mist poured down from the opening, and Ye Cang's whole body trembled violently.

An indescribable refreshing sensation seeped into my body through every pore, as if every meridian and every cell in my body was being gently cleansed by a mild and abundant energy.

The accumulated fatigue and hidden injuries seemed to vanish in that instant.

"This is----?"

Yekura's eyes widened, an expression of disbelief appearing on his face.

"This is what we've been looking for."

Aoba turned her head and looked at Yecang, her eyes sparkling with excitement.

Even though he was disguised as a White Zetsu, Aoba could clearly sense that the mist contained pure life energy.

This cannot be wasted.

"Ye Cang, collect all this moisture as well."

"You mean these fog-like things?"

Yekura was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, this is good stuff."

Aoba pointed to the mist drifting down from the dome, "This mist is a byproduct of the long-term interaction between the Grell mine and underground water sources."

Even as a byproduct, it has great medical value. In the original story, the guy named Hyde was hit head-on by the Rasengan, but he recovered completely after just a few breaths, with an effect comparable to the A-rank Yin Healing Destroyer.

Yekura didn't hesitate upon hearing this. She had already personally experienced the effect and immediately took out the sealing scroll from her ninja tool bag.

He then formed a hand seal and began to guide the water mist in the air to seal it away.

Passing through the opening in the dome, Aoba climbed up to the upper level of the sealed chamber.

The sight before him made even the well-traveled man hold his breath.

A deep blue light surged into view like a tide, illuminating the entire underground space in a dreamlike manner.

This is a huge mineral vein that emits a ghostly blue light!

Countless crystal-clear minerals are embedded in the surrounding rock walls. They do not present rigid geometric shapes, but rather intertwine and stretch to the horizon like corals growing wildly in the deep sea.

This is Grell's Stone!

Even through the body of the White Zetsu, Aoba could still clearly sense the immense and pure life energy contained within these ores.

Directly above the mineral vein is a huge, naturally formed pool of water.

The pool water was an extremely pure light blue, its surface smooth as a mirror, yet occasionally rippling with tiny waves.

The entire mineral vein is reflected on the water, shimmering like a pool of stars suspended in the sky.

"This place—it's simply a miracle."

Ye Cang, who followed closely behind, was filled with shock at the sight before him.