Naruto Online: Hyuga Branch Family? Let's go all out!

Chapter 241 Summoning the Nine-Tailed Fox - What is a Shooting Range?

"Lotus? What's that?" Hei Jue looked at the two of them with a completely bewildered expression.

Why not become a riddle solver? Isn't the lotus flower itself a riddle?

"Lotus is a code name, referring to the divine tree!" Ning Yuan said. "Because Gui Ning hadn't been established when this plan was decided, we chose the code name Lotus to prevent leaks!"

As for why it was named this way, it's because the way the sacred tree blooms really resembles a lotus flower.

His casual tone startled Hei Jue, whose eyes nearly popped out of their sockets: "What did you say? You successfully cultivated the Divine Tree? How is that possible? How come I didn't know?"

"Come and see for yourself!" Orochimaru smiled and extended his hand, inviting Black Zetsu.

Hei Jue was somewhat bewildered, but then he saw Ning Yuan take the lead and walk ahead.

"Impossible, impossible!" Black Zetsu was filled with unease. The Ten-Tails hadn't even absorbed the power of a single Tailed Beast, so how could it have been resurrected and turned into a divine tree?

impossible!

But he followed anyway.

The three of them first passed through the laboratory where crops were cultivated and entered a spacious mezzanine.

"Why is there nothing here?" Hei Jue looked at the mezzanine, which was a little over a meter wide and narrow at the bottom, and wide at the top, and was somewhat puzzled.

If it were for the sake of lighting, that would be one thing, but the area above the mezzanine is clearly covered up completely!

"It's just for soundproofing!" Orochimaru explained casually.

In reality, the top of the interlayer contains over ten tons of gasoline and white phosphorus. Once the mechanism is pressed, this gasoline and white phosphorus will instantly flood into the research lab, destroying all the plants.

Such a ruthless mechanism was certainly not intended to protect against high-yield crops.

Orochimaru pushed open a thick metal door on the other side of the mezzanine.

Behind the door was a laboratory larger than the previous testing ground, but this laboratory contained only one plant.

It's as tall as a person, looks like a giant bamboo shoot, and has no leaves or branches.

"This is... the Divine Tree!?" Black Zetsu had never seen the Divine Tree before, but he had seen the Ten-Tails.

In his perception, this thing was not exactly the same as the Ten-Tails, but it was practically identical.

The only difference is that the Ten-Tails looks somewhat lifeless, while the plant in front of them is full of vitality!

But how could that be!

"This is a divine tree! How could it be cultivated like this?" Hei Jue exclaimed in astonishment as he rushed to the divine tree and scooped up a handful of the soil used to grow it. "Using ordinary soil?"

"Why can't the divine tree be cultivated?" Ning Yuan laughed. "My ancestors were farmers for generations. Farming is an instinct ingrained in our genes. We can grow anything!"

Moreover, it's just a divine tree that ripens once every thousand years. Other trees have twelve-petaled golden lotuses, peaches of immortality, and innate spiritual roots, yet they can still be propagated by division.

Kuroze curled his lip and said, "I don't believe you for a second. Your family has been ninjas for generations!"

"Resurrecting the Divine Tree may seem difficult, but it's actually very simple!" Orochimaru explained from the side, "After all, the Divine Tree has never died!"

"I cut a branch from the Divine Tree and nurtured it with Wood Release chakra for three months. At the same time, I retrieved a large amount of Dragon Vein chakra from Loulan!" Orochimaru laughed. "I planted the branch in the soil, used Dragon Vein chakra as fertilizer to nourish its meridians, and then the branch automatically took root and sprouted, becoming a brand new Divine Tree!"

"That simple?" Black Jue was dumbfounded. This operation looked easy!

Orochimaru chuckled. This method seemed simple, but it had taken him a full six months to find it.

Leaving aside the difficulties in the early years, it was only later that Orochimaru discovered that the severed branch, which appeared to be an independent entity, was actually still part of the Ten-Tails.

So he used Sage Mode chakra to wash away the Ten-Tails' will within the branches.

That's right, he wasn't using Wood Release chakra at all, but Wood Release magic power that came from practicing a technique!

Orochimaru also discovered that he could actually use his magic to completely refine the branch, and once the branch grew, it would be equivalent to having a divine tree clone.

However, this Divine Tree clone is a bit of a rip-off; it only takes in chakra and doesn't give it out at all.

However, Orochimaru did not give up and continued to nurture the tree.

He felt that just because something was useless now didn't mean it would be useless in the future. Even if it was useless in the future, it wouldn't be too late to discard it then.

However, the tree he raised is not here; the tree in front of the three of them was raised by Ning Yuan.

"What I just told you about using small things to illustrate larger points starts here!" Ning Yuan pointed to the divine tree in front of him: "If we start with the Ten-Tails and nine tailed beasts, and something goes wrong, it will be irreversible!"

"So I plan to first grow a smaller tree, and then extract some of the tailed beast's chakra and fuse it together to test!"

"Kurozetsu, what do you think?"

Hei Jue stroked his chin, gazing thoughtfully at the divine tree before him.

This is equivalent to using only a portion of the Ten-Tails, and a portion of the other nine tailed beasts.

If this fusion can revive the mother...

Was the resurrected part of the mother as a whole, or part of her power?

If it's part of her power, then it's alright; her mother was ultimately resurrected.

But if it's just a part of the whole, wouldn't the resurrected mother be missing an organ or something?

If that's the case, then it's actually not so bad?

Because the mother was incredibly powerful, even if she only had a head left, she could create a body for herself.

If that's the case, then Mother can be successfully resurrected no matter what!

Even in the worst-case scenario, if it doesn't succeed.

According to Ning Yuan, the Ten-Tails is still there, as are the other nine tailed beasts. They can continue to try, and there is still hope for their mother to be resurrected!

Black Zetsu nodded emphatically: "I feel like it's worth a try!"

"Good that you agree!" Ning Yuan nodded. If he didn't want to start a fight as soon as Kaguya was resurrected, he would still keep Black Zetsu.

At that time, Black Zetsu will be the link that allows Ningyuan and Kaguya to coexist peacefully.

"You once said that your mother was sealed on the moon. Today is January 17th, and there are still 21 days until the full moon next month. That's just enough time to collect the tailed beasts, and the Yang Release chakra also needs time. So, on February 8th, we will officially attempt to revive your mother!"

"Alright!" Black Zetsu nodded emphatically. This day had finally arrived!

There are still 21 days left, I can wait!

On January 20th, Chiyo successfully developed the Yang Release Seal.

Ning Yuan evolved the Yang Dun Seal into the "Blazing Sun Nourishing Exercise," which was then popularized in universities across the country.

The "Blazing Sun Nourishing Technique" can extract Yang Release chakra to circulate throughout the body, warming and nourishing the meridians and cells, somewhat similar to a ninjutsu version of the "Muscle/Tendon Changing and Bone Strengthening Technique".

If one persists in training for more than ten years, although one still cannot compare to a monster like Naruto Uzumaki, one can at least reach the level of the Akimichi clan.

Ningyuan then arranged for the school's spellcasters to carry chakra storage crystals every day, and to test the students' progress in their training by having them inject chakra into the crystals.

These sorcerers didn't need to be rearranged; most of the educated nobles had already been labeled as sorcerers and placed in schools—they were all ready-made.

The Guining Immortal Dynasty had only just been established, and education in the areas it had recently occupied was not yet widespread. However, the amount of Yang Release chakra provided daily by the schools in the Land of Fire and the Land of Rain alone was already an extremely terrifying number.

These chakras were gathered by Ning Yuan, who then used sage techniques to refine and purify them, ultimately forming high-quality Yang Release chakra.

He tested it on a patient who had accidentally lost a leg in a gunpowder explosion while building a railway. Without medical ninjutsu, the wound would take at least thirteen or fourteen days to heal and a hundred days to get out of bed.

After using Yang Release chakra, his vitality increased significantly, and his self-healing ability doubled. The wound, which was more than a foot long, healed in just three days after being stitched up, and even the bone healed in less than five days!

On January 27th, the Jinchūriki of the One-Tailed Bunpuku, the Jinchūriki of the Two-Tailed Yugito, the Jinchūriki of the Three-Tailed Chifu, the Jinchūriki of the Four-Tailed Rōshi, the Jinchūriki of the Five-Tailed Han, the Jinchūriki of the Six-Tailed Uzumaki, the Jinchūriki of the Seven-Tailed Kaede, the Jinchūriki of the Eight-Tailed Killer Bee, and the Jinchūriki of the Nine-Tailed Kushina Uzumaki gathered on the wasteland next to the research institute.

There was a sign next to this area: Target Range, No Unauthorized Personnel Allowed.

Accompanying them were the former Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, the former Third Raikage, A, and his son, the Fourth Raikage, A.

Minato Namikaze.

The relationships between the Kage and Jinchūriki of Sunagakure, Takigakure, and Kirigakure are probably not good, as no one came.

"Who wants to go first?" Ning Yuan asked loudly, looking at the several Jinchūriki.

Ning's organization has always been aboveboard and aboveboard, so although this summons was mandatory, he explained the reasons for the summons to these Jinchūriki in detail.

The reason is simple: the organization has developed a method to extract the tailed beasts without harming their lives.

Being a Jinchūriki is definitely not a happy thing, because you have to suffer the scorn of those around you from a young age, and you will be ostracized by the villagers when you grow up.

Of everyone here, only Kushina's situation is slightly better. The rest of you all live outside the village, far away from the villagers.

This situation did not improve much even in the Guining era. Even though the Guining Immortal Dynasty had better sealing techniques, one could never be too careful.

So they were also sent to Yanjing City and housed next to the East China Sea War Zone camp, so that the camp could quickly send troops to suppress them if the tailed beasts went berserk.

It could be said that all eight Jinchūriki hated their Jinchūriki status.

If there were a chance to extract the tailed beast, who wouldn't be happy!

But the premise is that it really won't endanger your life.

So even though all eight people looked eager, none of them stepped forward first.

After hesitating for a long time, it seemed that Minato and Kushina had said something, then Kushina stepped forward and said with a bold expression, "Let me go first, I'll set an example for everyone!"

Ning Yuan could tell that Kushina's arrogance was actually feigned, and Minato's smile was somewhat forced.

This is normal. After all, although Ning Yuan said he had a solution, he hadn't tried it yet. What if it failed?

Among the eight Jinchuriki present, Kushina is not only a member of the organization, but her husband is also a member of the Military Star Committee.

Seeing Kushina's smile gradually freeze as she got closer, even turning into a look of resignation, Ning Yuan said speechlessly, "Don't be like that, sister! You're making me nervous!"

"I'm the world's number one medical ninja, what are you afraid of? If your Yang Release isn't enough, I'll personally heal you!"

"Huh?" Kushina was taken aback. That makes sense!

Kushina had only seen Ning Yuan's medical ninjutsu a few times, but she knew that he was truly capable of bringing the dead back to life and restoring flesh to bones.

He simply rarely takes action because he's used to conserving energy while cultivating immortality.

But if something really happened to him, he would never stand idly by.

"If you had said so earlier, I would have been relieved!" Kushina finally regained her carefree demeanor and asked, "So, what should I do?"

"Easy!" Ning Yuan blinked, and the seal on Kushina's abdomen was already broken!

then

Kushina blinked. "Do I need to lie on the ground? If I need to lift my clothes, could Minato do it? He can also unseal the seal. Or I can do it myself; I'm quite familiar with sealing techniques!"

Ning Yuan was speechless, then asked, "Nine Lama, what's going on? Come out!"

"Huh?" Kushina was taken aback. She quickly sensed the seal on her abdomen and discovered that the entire seal was gone!

But the Nine-Tails is still hidden inside her belly!

So, the current situation is that the seal is gone, but the Nine-Tails refuses to come out.

"Nine-Tails, what's wrong with you? Didn't you always want freedom? Now that you're free, you're not coming out anymore?"

"I'm not stupid!" Nine-Tails muttered irritably.

As a tailed beast, although he has been confined to this place where it is not easy to turn over, he still has some understanding of the outside world, including Ning Yuan's series of actions.

He could even recite the "Ning Organization Declaration" and the "Ning Universal Education Manual".

He also admitted that Ning Yuan was the smartest and most capable person he had ever seen in the past thousand years. Although Hashirama was strong, his brain was several orders of magnitude inferior to Ning Yuan's.

Moreover, Ning Yuan's attitude towards humans is truly rare.

Having lived a long and knowledgeable life, the Nine-Tails naturally knew that the one who harmed humanity the most was not any tailed beast, but humanity itself.

Especially those in high positions, they don't care about ordinary people at all.

Even Hashirama was the same; he only saw ninjas and didn't see ordinary people at all.

But what about Ningyuan?

This person is the second person in a thousand years, or even in the history of the ninja world, to focus on ordinary people.

As for the first one, it's the Sage of Six Paths!

Such magnanimity and vision are perhaps comparable only to the Sage of Six Paths, who dedicated himself to peace back then.

However, in practice, the Six Paths Immortal was far inferior to Ning Yuan.

The peace created by the Sage of Six Paths was entirely dependent on himself, so the peace collapsed immediately upon his death.

But what about Ning Yuan?

The process of unifying the country did not involve much military force, and the subsequent improved system reduced the possibility of war to a minimum.

His approach could truly achieve lasting peace!

From this perspective, he did a better job than the Sage of Six Paths!

In other words, Ning Yuan is comparable to the Sage of Six Paths in terms of vision and kindness, but his strength is certainly inferior to that of the Sage of Six Paths. However, his abilities surpass those of the Sage of Six Paths.

As a creation of the Sage of Six Paths, Kurama acknowledges Ning Yuan's abilities and personal charisma.

But he also knew one thing: Ning Yuan's kindness was reserved only for humans.

What is his attitude towards the tailed beasts? What is his attitude towards the summoned beasts?

All of this remains unknown.

Moreover, Guining Xianchao claims to be a peace-loving country.

Regardless of how genuine his love is, if he truly loved peace, how would he treat these nine demonic beasts that had been wreaking havoc on the world for years?

They'll only be suppressed!

If the Guining Immortal Dynasty does not love peace and is fond of fighting.

Then the nine tailed beasts would have even less of a chance of survival; they might even be placed under restrictions and forced into battle!

Faced with such a future, Kurama (the Nine-Tails) has no intention of going out to suffer!

Then, he heard Ning Yuan calling his name.

After holding it in for a long time, Nine-Tails finally couldn't help but peek out: "How do you know my name?"

"Guess?" Ning Yuan asked with a smile.

"Hmph, I won't guess!" Nine-Tailed Fox said arrogantly, "I heard that your Guining Immortal Dynasty is digging up graves everywhere, doing some so-called archaeology. Maybe you heard it from some tomb!"

"That's not important. What's important is that you can come out now!" Ning Yuan laughed. "What, don't you crave freedom? Are you addicted to living inside someone else's belly?"

"You're the one who's addicted to staying here!" Nine-Tails said irritably. "It's just that I've lived here for so long that I've developed feelings for this place, and I want to continue living here. Is that not allowed?"

"So you're still addicted!" Ning Yuan said speechlessly, "But whether you're addicted or not, you're coming out today, unless you really don't want to!"

"I'm not coming out, what can you do about it!" Nine-Tails said irritably.

"Then I'll print books nationwide, spreading the story of a nine-tailed fox falling in love with a human girl!" Ning Yuan said. "Trust me, my writing is excellent; I can definitely make this story poignant and heartbreaking. Do you prefer a happy ending or a tragic ending? How about making Minato Namikaze the villain?"

"You!" Nine-Tails was instantly enraged. I, Nine-Tails, may not care about anything else in this world, but I care about my pride!

If I were to date a human girl, and the other tailed beasts found out, how would I ever be able to face them in the tailed beast community again?

"I wrote that person was the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths' daughter, who once saved you from a tiger's jaws. To repay her kindness, you decided to marry the reincarnation of the Sage of Six Paths' daughter a thousand years later. Unfortunately, this girl was already engaged to the heir of the Namikaze clan..."

Minato, listening from the side, was twitching with disbelief. What was all this nonsense? The heir of the Namikaze Minato clan? Our Namikaze clan did have its peak, but it has long since declined!

Moreover, even at his peak, he couldn't earn the title of Crown Prince.

However, after hearing only the synopsis of the story, he found it quite interesting.

The Nine-Tails became even angrier!

I am a tailed beast, when have I ever been reduced to being bullied by a tiger!

"Damn it! I was going to give you face and not fight you because you brought peace to the ninja world. I never expected you to push your luck and slander me like this!!"

With a roar, orange-red chakra, filled with malice, surged from Kushina's abdomen and quickly formed a seventy-meter-tall nine-tailed fox on the shooting range, resembling a mountain descending from the heavens!

"Today, I'll show you why I'm called a fox demon!"

Ning Yuan ignored it and instead pulled Kushina up first, then quickly moved to the edge of the shooting range.

"He can also use the Thunder God Technique?" The third and fourth generation E and Onoki's eyes flashed, but then they thought that the village was gone now, so what use was it to know this?

However, I'm quite glad that I cast the spell early, otherwise I would have had to face two Flying Thunder God cultivators.

Moreover, if they can hide one Ningyuan, they might be able to hide even more!

"Kushina's life force is rapidly depleting." Minato anxiously supported Kushina and immediately began to examine her.

Because he was such a genius, and since he had nothing better to do, he took the opportunity to learn some medical ninjutsu.

"It's alright!" Ning Yuan took out a golden crystal and handed it to Kushina: "Hold it in your hand!"

Kushina quickly took the crystal and immediately felt a surge of life force flowing into her body through the meridians in her palm.

Her life force was indeed draining away, but the life force being replenished was actually faster than the rate of loss.

Moreover, the rate at which life force is depleted is slowing down, but the rate at which life force is input remains unchanged.

As a result, her vitality was not only quickly replenished, but also increased!

Despite having her tailed beast extracted, Kushina's complexion is rosy and she's full of energy, seemingly without any problems!

Upon noticing Kushina's change in condition, Minato breathed a sigh of relief and quickly said, "The method the organization found is correct; it can indeed extract the Tailed Beast without harming anyone!"

Several Jinchūriki twitched at the corners of their mouths. "Look at the Nine-Tails in the center of the square. Are you sure this method won't kill anyone?"

The Nine-Tails grew increasingly furious.

This guy's personality is already terrible, and without Naruto's constant guidance, it seems he was really giving Ning Yuan face by keeping quiet for a while.

But Ning Yuan first said he couldn't beat the tiger, and now he's ignoring him, which makes the nine tails of the Nine-Tailed Fox bristle with fangs.

"You brat, how dare you ignore me! I've changed my mind. Now I'm not only going to beat you up, I'm going to attack your Yan Jing City!"

The three-tailed Isobu stared dumbfounded at the nine-tailed fox who had made such a threat. You're something else, nine-tailed fox, daring to talk to Ning Yuan like that!

Do you know why I'm sitting here so quietly, barely daring to breathe too loudly?

And why would they attack human cities for no reason?

This is truly a fight to the death with humanity!

Having finally escaped the seal, wouldn't it be better to settle down?

Nine-Tailed Fox felt it was bad. It had no culture or historical achievements. The only thing it could boast about was the reputation it had earned over hundreds of years of wandering the martial arts world.

Insulting his name is the same as insulting everything about him. How could he not be angry?

Then he saw Ning Yuan finally turn around.

Finally, you're looking me in the eye.

But what's that expression on your face?

Ning Yuan didn't bring over "Spy House," so Jiuwei obviously didn't recognize this expression.

However, after Ning Yuan finished speaking, he immediately understood what that expression meant.

Ning Yuan pointed to a sign next to him and said, "Tamamo-no-Mae, do you know why this sign says 'shooting range' instead of 'training ground' or 'practice field'?"

"Who knows why you wrote it like that? And besides, my name is Kurama, and what is Tamamo-no-Mae?"

Ning Yuan ignored him and simply waved his hand lightly.

A shrill sound, like that of a pipe organ, suddenly rang out.

(End of this chapter)