Naruto: Traveling Through Time Starting with Seizing the Dragon Vein

But it's unclear whether they are in their childhood or middle age.

"Guang, take that red-haired woman with you. Be careful, her life force could dissipate at any moment."

"Mmm." Hikaru nodded obediently, biting the heavy dagger in her mouth, and carefully carried Kushina Uzumaki on her back. Meanwhile, Tsuki carried Minato Namikaze on her shoulders.

The two traversed the dense primeval forest for about half an hour.

The natural environment during the Warring States period was extremely harsh, but precisely because of this, there were many hidden places. With the remaining insight of her right eye, Yue found a deep natural cave behind a secluded waterfall.

"Tu Dun·Tu Liubi!"

With one hand forming a hand seal, Yue raised two flat stone beds deep within the cave, and then set up three layers of concealed barriers at the cave entrance to isolate chakra and scent.

After doing all this, Yue leaned against the rock wall, almost completely exhausted, panting heavily.

He laid Minato and Kushina flat on the stone bed and, by the faint light of the fire-style technique emanating from his fingertips, carefully examined the condition of the two "corpses".

The situation is worse than we imagined.

The Nine-Tails' enormous claws pierced through their chests, causing severe damage to their internal organs. If they were ordinary ninjas, they would have been dead long ago.

Because Kushina was a member of the Uzumaki clan, she had a special constitution. Even though the tailed beast was extracted and her chest was pierced, she still had a very weak cell activity that kept her going.

Minato Namikaze fared even worse. Although his soul was forcibly severed from the Shinigami by Light and pulled back into his body, it was still corroded by the Shinigami's aura, not to mention the huge wounds on his body.

If it weren't for their high level of mastery of the Moon Shadow Escape technique, these two souls would have already vanished into the Pure Land.

"Such a serious injury..."

Guang stood aside, looking at the shocking bloody holes in the chests of the two men.

"Moon, even if you used Yin Release to lock their souls and their last breath, their bodies are already 'dead.' How do you plan to bring them back to life?"

"Conventional medical ninjutsu is of course useless; even the Palm Healing Technique cannot bring someone back to life."

Yue pulled a sealed scroll from his robes, containing "Hashirama Cell Essence" that he had traded from Orochimaru.

"A fatal physical wound must be repaired with the ultimate vitality, which is Yang Escape."

Just like Naruto saving Guy after the Eight Gates, Chiyo's Reincarnation, and the Rinnegan's Rinne Rebirth.

The ultimate Yang Release technique can truly revive the dead.

Yue looked at the green liquid in her hand, her brows furrowing tightly.

"Although Orochimaru's Hashirama cells have been modified, they are extremely aggressive."

Minato and Kushina are currently on the verge of death and have absolutely no chance of resistance.

If this stuff is injected directly, the most likely outcome isn't wound healing, but rather that they will be instantly engulfed by the Wood Release cells and transformed into two large trees.

Guang tilted his head slightly: "Then what should we do?"

"We need the highest level of Yang Release, which depends on whether the Senju clan is willing to get involved, and time is very tight."

Hopefully, Hashirama Senju will have grown up by this time.

Chapter 46 We're Going to See the Thousand Hands

Yue walked to the campfire in the cave and sat down. She picked up a twig and drew three circles on the ground.

This is his habit: to prioritize the things he needs to do next, that is, to sort them according to their importance.

First and foremost: save the Minato couple.

This is not only to acquire two top-tier Kage-level combatants, but also to continue to verify the deeper rules of 'World Correction Power'.

If we use Yang Release to heal the Minato couple here, and then take them back to Konoha in 51, we can travel back to Konoha in good health.

How will the world's will, which initially deemed them 'dead,' react?

If they can really fool the will of the world and bring the people back, then they will have the real "resurrection coin" in their hands!

Therefore, in order to save them, he needs the Senju clan's Yang Release technique and the Uzumaki clan's top-tier sealing technique that can stabilize the soul.

Therefore, the branch points to the second circle, which is their second priority.

Seize the secret wealth of this era.

Whether it's Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode and the principles of Wood Release, or Madara Uchiha's ultimate use of the Sharingan.

This knowledge, which was lost to later generations or even mythologized, now exists vividly on this land.

The profound secrets of Yin Release left by Grandma Chiri allowed him to make up for his shortcomings in spirit and eye power.

If we could complete the puzzle of 'Yang Escape' here...

He will then be able to attempt to touch the threshold of the legendary 'myriad phenomena' in this world.

The third priority, which is tactical and something we need to do right now, is to gather intelligence.

They needed to figure out exactly which year of the late Warring States period they were in. Had the Senju and Uchiha formed an alliance? Had construction begun on Konoha?

After setting the goal, Yue summoned Guang.

"You need to go out and scout things out, find out exactly which year of the late Warring States period we are in, whether the Senju and Uchiha have formed an alliance, and whether Konoha has begun construction?"

“Okay. Leave it to me.” Guang nodded seriously.

"Remember, only scout, don't engage in combat. If you encounter a goofy guy with a watermelon head who likes to laugh, or an Uchiha with a spiky hairstyle and a cocky look, retreat immediately and run as far away as possible."

Yue gave these instructions with utmost seriousness.

He didn't want to attract these two ninja world demons/gods who could tear through the map because of Guang's recklessness.

"I know my limits."

Hikaru took a piece of dry rations from his ninja tool bag and handed it to Yue. Then he sat down by the campfire with his knees drawn up to his chest, his large, clear black and white eyes watching the flames dance quietly.

"The moon, in this era..."

The girl suddenly spoke softly, "Will we... go back to Cherry Blossom Valley again?"

Yue Wei was slightly taken aback.

Falling Cherry Valley.

That was the turning point when Guang faked his death to escape and transformed from a "weapon" into a "human".

It was also the place where Uchiha Chiri... last taught them Yin Release.

Could it be a continuation of that timeline? Yue was somewhat interested in this question.

Looking into Guang's eyes, which held a hint of nostalgia, Yue reached out and gently ruffled her soft, black hair.

"I will go, I will go in a while."

……

The next morning.

The morning mist of the Warring States period carried a pungent smell of rust and decaying leaves.

Uchiha Hikari silently passed through the waterfall outside the cave and landed steadily beside the campfire.

Her red and white casual clothes were stained with a few drops of morning dew, but her expression was relaxed.

"Moon, I've found out everything."

Hikaru took out a map from his ninja tool bag that he had just "borrowed" from a black market intelligence dealer and spread it out in front of the moon.

"This is indeed the Warring States period, but the situation is quite different from when we were here."

As he pointed to the jagged distribution of forces on the map, his voice carried a hint of doubt, "Although the Senju and Uchiha are still fighting, the word I heard most often when I was infiltrating the markets of several small clans and wandering ninjas was 'weariness'."

"Influenced by some strange people, neither ordinary people nor low-level ninjas want to continue fighting. It is said that even within the Uchiha clan, there are many voices opposing the continuation of this endless blood war."

Hikaru paused, his eyes turning somewhat strange: "The current head of the Senju clan... seems to be that strange guy. The intelligence reports say that every time he encounters the Uchiha on the battlefield, he shouts loudly that he wants to form an alliance and build a village where children don't have to go to war."

As she listened to the information brought back by the light, Yue slowly opened her right eye, which had been slightly closed, and a glint of light flashed in her eyes.

"I see, around the first year of the Konoha calendar..."

He was familiar with this point in time.

This is the darkest hour before dawn, and also the eve of the peak of the collision between Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha's ideologies, on the verge of merging.

The meat grinder of centuries of warring states has exhausted all the major families, and the calls for peace have reached a breaking point.

Yue turned his head and looked at the two bloodless "corpses" on the stone bed, clinging to life only by his Yin Release chakra.

Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki.

“We can’t wait any longer.” Yue stood up and stretched her shoulders, which were stiff from overexertion. “My Yin Release can only ‘deceive’ death and lock their souls inside their bodies, but it can’t truly repair the physical collapse caused by the Nine-Tailed Fox’s claws. If we keep dragging this out, once these two bodies start to decay, even if the Sage of Six Paths comes, it won’t be of any use.”

"We must obtain the most advanced Yang Release technique immediately."

As Yue spoke, she draped the black trench coat over her shoulders, concealing her blind left eye in the shadow of the mask.

"Light, carry them both on your back," Moon commanded. "We're moving today."

"Where to?" Hikaru skillfully tied Minato and Kushina to his back with wide strips of cloth, as if he were carrying two weightless sacks.

A confident smile curved Yue's lips as she uttered four words:

"The land of the Thousand Hands Clan".

"what?!"

Guang's beautiful big eyes widened instantly, as if he had heard something unbelievable.

In her mind, the Senju clan was the mortal enemy of the Uchiha!

In that era, if any Uchiha dared to approach the Senju territory, they would be blasted into dust by countless Earth Release and Water Release techniques!

Moreover, Yue is currently in a state of severe injury and partial blindness.

"Moon, are you serious? We're Uchiha bloodlines! Going there is like throwing ourselves to the wolves! Besides, you haven't recovered yet..."

The girl's hand had already instinctively rested on the dagger.

"Times have changed, light."

Yue stepped forward, patted her shoulder, and calmed her tense nerves.

"Going to the Uchiha clan at this point would be a terrible death for us. Madara Uchiha isn't as easily fooled as Fugaku is now. That brother-obsessed guy who lost his younger brother has a temper that's more explosive than a powder keg. On the contrary..."