The Uchiha's Path to the Top, Starting from Konoha

Chapter 98 Dragon Vein Transmigration? Even this old man is going?

Her long, black hair was unkempt, simply left loose, yet it resembled an ink-stained galaxy, shimmering with a lustrous sheen under the moonlight, reaching all the way down to her slender waist.

The woman's delicate, long eyebrows added a unique touch to her amber eyes. Next to her elegant nose were pale pink cheeks and thin, naturally red lips, small and charming.

Beside her snow-white neck were exposed fragrant shoulders, the slender skin barely concealing the large breasts on her delicate body, and a pair of fair wrists resting on her head, which only made her appear more magnificent.

After bathing and changing, the shrine maiden Momiji patted her chest, pulled back the curtain, and slowly walked into the room, nestling in the man's arms.

"Lord Wu'an, the future of the priestess and the Oni Ninja Village is in your hands."

After a night of rain pattering on banana leaves, Uchiha Takeoshi, having enjoyed the bliss of the priestess, created two shadow clones: one returned to Konoha, and the other was teleported to the distant sea fleet.

Its main body, carrying round, lustrous, and beautiful red leaves, arrived at Loulan City, directly reaching the dragon vein, which was completely sealed off and could not be entered even by the former Loulan Queen and the current Loulan City Lord.

"Red Leaf, feel it. After I break the seal on the dragon vein, do you see any warning signs of death when the dragon vein's power erupts?"

"Lord Wu'an, no."

Momiji, who was lying on Uchiha Muan, explained in his ear, "The priestess's precognitive power is not an active ability, but a passive one, and the timing of the precognition is also uncertain."

"Sometimes I can arrive two or three days early, and sometimes I can only arrive two or three hours early."

"So, I might die outside the prophesied time?"

"Yes, Lord Wu'an."

Upon learning of this situation, Uchiha Muan patted Momiji's plump buttocks and, under the shrine maiden's watery and alluring gaze, teleported her back to the Oni Ninja Village shrine. He then formed hand seals and slapped the ground.

"Lord Hokage, what brings you to this old man?"

The Great Toad Sage, with his murky toad eyes and wearing a doctoral cap, surveyed the underground space. It was surrounded by sealing patterns on all sides, with no entrance or exit. His gaze fell on the center of the stone platform where they were standing, which was also the center of the sealing array, and then looked at Uchiha Takeoshi beside him.

"The Great Toad Immortal should have heard of the Loulan Dragon Vein; what we are standing on now is it."

"Does the Hokage want to travel through time, back to the past or the future?"

The Great Toad Immortal, who could discern the subtle meaning behind the music, was certainly aware of the wondrous nature of the Dragon Vein. Over the millennia, it wasn't that no one had tried to use it, but very few had ever returned alive.

"Let's forget about the past; I'd rather see what the future holds."

His target is all kinds of beautiful women who will appear in the future, as well as the Rinnegan that Madara will evolve in the future, which he must obtain.

There's also Obito Uchiha's dual Kamui, Itachi Uchiha's Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu (which is dispensable), Shisui Uchiha's Kotoamatsukami, and another Uchiha Hikaru whose existence is unknown.

Unaware of what Uchiha Muan was thinking, the Great Toad Sage countered with a question, "Lord Hokage, do you believe that the spacetime after the Dragon Vein's passage is a parallel or a different entity from our own?"

Uchiha Wu'an, who didn't pretend to know what he didn't, said frankly, "Please, Great Toad Sage, explain in detail."

"Based on the fact that my prophecy has remained unchanged for thousands of years, even when people have returned from the dragon vein, it can be deduced that the world after the journey is an alternate dimension."

"In other words, no matter what changes occur in our spacetime, it will not affect the development of the extraterrestrial spacetime."

The Great Toad Sage's tone turned serious at this moment, "Similarly, it is unknown how the alternate dimension will develop, or whether you and I will still exist."

"The unknown is what makes life interesting; if everything were clear and straightforward, life would be too boring."

The typical Uchiha-style remarks made the Great Toad Sage roll his eyes. Having lived for a thousand years, all he wanted was a peaceful and stable life. Last night, he even dreamed of a prophecy about the ninja world attacking the New World. After waking up, he gulped down several bottles of sake.

This person is really good at stirring up trouble!

Seeing the silent Gamamaru, Uchiha Takeoshi asked again, "Does the Great Toad Sage know how to travel to different dimensions in the future?"

"Because the information is too limited, we can only roughly deduce that rotating the dragon vein power clockwise is to travel to the future, and rotating it counterclockwise is to travel to the past."

Before Uchiha Muan could ask a question, the Great Toad Sage continued, "As for the timeframe, it depends on how much power the dragon vein has accumulated. It's roughly the chakra of the entire Nine-Tails that can start the transfer. Adding another Nine-Tails would push it forward or backward by ten years. The further back in time, the more the consumption increases."

At this point, the Great Toad Sage's tone became heavy. "Lord Hokage, the power of the Dragon Vein is a wondrous creation born from the earth's power containing the energy of space and time. Excessive consumption of it will cause unimaginable disasters to the ninja world."

"Please think twice before using it. Also, please find the coordinates for your return. You are surely aware of the dangers of spacetime energy."

Uchiha Takeo nodded. "Even the best swimmers drown, and the best riders fall. Just like when he used the dimensional teleportation array before, he didn't want to kill himself one day."

"Great Toad Sage, please also prepare one or two things."

"Huh? This old man is going too?"

Seeing the stunned Great Toad Sage, Uchiha Muan smiled and said, "The Great Toad Sage is my summoning beast. How can I face an unknown battle without my strongest assistant?"

"Oh, this."

The Great Toad Sage's wrinkled toad face grew increasingly distressed. "Lord Hokage, I am old and frail. Why don't you take Fukasaku and Shima, or perhaps the three of them, Gamabunta, with you?"

"Look at my old toad skin, it's almost cracked. If I go there, it won't look presentable, it will make you lose face, and it will only hold you back."

"With their otherworldly airs and their imposing presence, and with Gamabunta's domineering aura, they are both far superior to this old man."

Hearing the incessant complaints of the cowardly toad sage, Uchiha Wu'an's lips twitched, and the thought that a wise man does not stand under a dangerous wall arose in his mind.

He didn't believe Gamamaru's nonsense. This old toad might have been weak a thousand years ago, but a thousand years later, he could still sense the scanning fluctuations of [Tianchang Lizun]. His strength must have reached the Six Paths level.

Therefore, even the Great Toad Sage, who is at the Six Paths level and possesses the ability to predict the future, didn't want to go. Why would someone at the Super Shadow level want to get involved in such a commotion?

Why would someone give up a perfectly good life to travel through time? Isn't that just plain crazy?

But it's a real shame to leave the dragon vein unused.

At that moment, Uchiha Wu'an thought of his dimensional teleportation array. If the dimensional teleportation array were combined with the power of the dragon vein, could it directly lock onto the alternate dimension ninja world?

Once this thought arises, it takes root in the heart.

Uchiha Muan glanced at the Great Toad Sage, who was absolutely unwilling to go, and smiled. "If the Great Toad Sage doesn't want to go, then nobody will go."

The Great Toad Sage's face had just lit up with joy when Uchiha Takeo's next words snapped him back to reality.

"We're not going, let them come."

"Great Toad Sage, you'd better be more reliable when it comes to prophecies and such."

"Lord Hokage, aren't you afraid of encountering an insurmountable enemy?"

Uchiha Wu'an scoffed at the Great Toad Sage's words, "If the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. Don't we still have the Sage of Six Paths, the guardian of the ninja world, watching the ebb and flow of the ninja world from the Pure Land of the Netherworld?"

Upon hearing this, the Great Toad Sage's cloudy eyes instantly sharpened. He gave the imposing Uchiha Takeoshi a deep look and said in a serious tone, "It seems that the Hokage knows quite a few secrets about the ninja world."

"Every step leaves a trace; those who believe that others will not know many things are truly foolish."

"Great Toad Sage, I await your prophecy."

With his hands forming a hand seal, he sent the Great Toad Sage back to Mount Myōboku. Uchiha Takeo then landed a foot, returning to the loyal Konoha Village.

(End of this chapter)