Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 177 The Third High-Ranking Homie

After waking up in the early morning and having breakfast, Uchiha Gen left Konoha Village directly.

Last night, all the necessary farewells were said, and it's time to travel light and move forward.

As usual, instead of using the Flying Thunder God Technique to travel, we rode Zhu Rong to get there.

Furthermore, having confirmed Orochimaru's intention to give up, Uchiha Gen was in no hurry to get there, and instead leisurely strolled along the way, enjoying the scenery.

According to the agreement with Orochimaru, as long as he arrives before tonight, that's fine.

In the afternoon, after enjoying a barbecue of wild game, Uchiha Gen continued to ride Zhu Rong around the northern part of the Land of Fire, dismounting and staying at places that interested him, just like a tourist.

Around three o'clock, Uchiha Gen arrived above a plain. In the distance, rolling dark clouds resembled a cavalry charge across the highlands, dispelling sunlight and creating shadows wherever they passed. The scene was magnificent and awe-inspiring!

"Is it going to thunder and rain?" Uchiha Gen muttered to himself.

Coming to his senses, Uchiha Gen quickly had Zhu Rong land near the ground to prevent her from flying too high and getting struck by lightning.

Not long after flying close to the ground, the sky darkened completely, as if covered by a semi-transparent black veil.

Silvery-white lightning danced wildly through the rolling dark clouds, sometimes long and sometimes branching out. The sky cycled between bright and dim, and deafening thunder resounded throughout the heavens and earth. On the plains, people and animals alike instantly sprang into action.

Although Uchiha Gen liked rainy days, he didn't want to get soaked, so he quickened his pace to find a place to take shelter from the rain.

Sizzle...

A clear, audible crackling sound rang out, and several silvery-white lightning bolts appeared ahead. Normally, lightning wouldn't be unusual in a thunderstorm, but it left Uchiha Gen completely stunned.

The reason is simple: these lightning bolts were not in the clouds, nor did they strike down from the sky; rather, they were upward-moving lightning bolts that spread from the ground to the sky.

Uchiha Gen quickly told Zhu Rong to stop flying forward, lest he be unlucky enough to crash into it.

Upon landing, Uchiha Gen formed hand seals and used Earth Release ninjutsu to create a three-meter-square arched shelter. He then used some chakra to harden and solidify the shelter's shape.

Then they led Zhu Rong into the shelter and observed the sky and the earth ahead...

Soon, upward lightning, downward lightning, and cloud lightning appeared almost simultaneously, roaming freely. The dense, silvery-white lightning, like a lightning net, covered the sky. The sky brightened, and rolling thunder swept in, which was both awe-inspiring and incredibly magnificent!

Upon seeing this, Uchiha Gen had an idea and began to consider creating a third high-level Homie.

Originally, Uchiha Gen planned to go to the Land of Lightning to select suitable raw materials for the Lightning Homie, since the Land of Lightning lacked everything except lightning.

A chance encounter today changed his mind.

Upward lightning is an extremely rare phenomenon.

Although he had the idea, Uchiha Gen did not rush to make a move, and planned to do so when it started to rain.

The thunder homies he wanted to create didn't want to be like Zeus the thundercloud, only capable of thundering but never bringing rain.

A cloud that only thunders but never rains is incomplete, like a broken dragon tattoo.

About half a minute later, raindrops the size of a thumbnail began to pelt down from the sky, making the leaves sway, bending the flowers and grass, and making the world rustle. All you could hear was the sound of rain.

In just two or three breaths, the world was shrouded in an impenetrable curtain of rain, and visibility was already blurred beyond three meters, with water mist permeating the air.

Uchiha Gen sat cross-legged, slightly peeking out from the shelter. He stretched out his right hand, and a ball of light, as white as jade, appeared in his palm. Then, the ball of light transformed into a beam of shimmering white light that shot diagonally into the sky.

The beam of light crashed into the darkest, most inky-colored clouds in the sky.

The next moment, countless dark clouds converged around the pillar of light at an extremely fast speed, as if they were traveling at twenty times the normal speed.

The convergence of countless dark clouds made the cloud struck by the beam of light appear as black as if it were about to drip ink.

When the dark clouds dispersed, the rain disappeared, and the sun appeared, the pitch-black cloud instantly turned white and then transformed into a streak of light that fell from the sky.

This unpredictable weather, changing faster than turning the pages of a book, has prompted nearby residents to complain endlessly, "Are you kidding me?"

The animals, however, were completely bewildered, their faces showing confusion.

In the desolate wilderness, a white cloud floats above the entrance of the shelter. Miniature facial features emerge from the cloud, with long and narrow outlines that give it a sharp and aloof appearance.

"Greetings, Master."

The voice was like metal clashing, full of coldness and sharpness, giving people an instinctive feeling that he was not easy to get along with.

"Okay, from today onwards you will be called Qiangliang."

Uchiha Gen walked out of the shelter and nodded in satisfaction.

"Yes, Master."

"I am your elder brother, Zhu Rong."

"I am your second brother, Wusheng."

Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng darted out of the shelter, sandwiching the newborn Qiang Liang between them, staring intently at Qiang Liang without blinking.

Qiangliang did not respond immediately, but instead looked up at Uchiha Gen.

"Based on the order of their birth, you should indeed call them eldest brother and second brother."

"There are advantages to being the younger brother. How can the older brother not take care of his younger brother?"

Uchiha Gen smiled slightly, his gaze sweeping over Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng.

"Master is right, as your elder brother, I will definitely take care of you." Zhu Rong raised his dragon claw and patted his chest.

"Master is right, the same goes for the second brother," Wusheng said, his sword tip swaying up and down.

"Big brother, second brother."

Qiangliang then addressed the person, his aloof and resolute voice revealing a hint of intimacy.

In fact, they are indeed brothers, as they are all high-level Homies created from the soul of Uchiha Gen.

"Yes, Third Brother," Zhu Rong said with a grin.

"Yes, Third Brother," Wusheng said with a grin.

"Alright, it's time for us to get going."

"This time, Qiangliang will drive us."

"Qiangliang, how high and how fast can you fly?"

As Qiangliang's body swelled, he said, "Very high, very fast."

Uchiha Gen: "..."

How high and how fast is "very high and very fast"?

Well, Qiangliang has just been born and doesn't have a concept of speed yet, so let him test it himself.

Uchiha Gen jumped onto a white cloud, followed by Zhu Rong and Wu Sheng. The cloud rose rapidly, its ascent speed significantly faster than Zhu Rong's, and the sensation was much better.

The reason he shaped the third advanced Homie into the form of a cloud, rather than a mythical beast like a Qilin, was primarily to experience the feeling of soaring through the clouds.

In ancient myths and legends, riding the clouds and mist was a standard feature of immortals.

Although powerful deities usually have mounts, both the deities themselves and their mounts ride the clouds.

He can now barely be considered to be able to ride the clouds, and if he were to ride Zhu Rong on Qiang Liang's back, it would be the standard mount for a top-tier deity.

After some testing, Uchiha Chosen gained a concrete understanding of what Qiang Liang meant by "very high, very fast".

The exact height wasn't measured because, lacking a fundamental transformation in his life form, he couldn't withstand rising to a certain altitude.

The speed has been measured. If Zhu Rong's full-speed flight is subsonic, then Qiang Liang's full-speed flight is supersonic.

After three hours of soaring through the clouds, Uchiha Gen arrived at the Konoha front-line camp in the Land of Rice Fields at dusk...

Yesterday's update was rather perfunctory because I caught a cold. I didn't have a fever, but my nose was incredibly stuffy, making it very uncomfortable and preventing me from thinking clearly. Sorry. I'm still not feeling better today, but at least it's not as stuffy, and I can breathe more easily.

(End of this chapter)