Revitalizing the Uchiha clan starts with becoming a Kage.

Shoji was naturally unaware that a group of Sand Ninja were tracking him. Having just sealed the Dragon Vein, he was in a very good mood. Although he couldn't yet determine the extent to which the Dragon Vein would amplify his power, he could at least ensure that he could use it as an infinite source of energy when his chakra was insufficient. This was already a significant boost. It should be noted that while Shoji possessed a considerable amount of chakra, that was only compared to ordinary ninjas. Compared to those exceptionally talented individuals in the ninja world, or even the Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts, the difference was truly remarkable!

While most ninja battles last only ten minutes or a couple of hours, the clash of the strongest can last for hours, or even a day and a night. The Second Mizukage and the Second Tsuchikage fought each other for nearly a day, and then, with neither willing to give in or retreat, they perished together!

The Third Raikage fought for three days and three nights before dying, having exhausted both his chakra and stamina. Even now, Shoji's strength is far from that of Madara at his peak during the same Eternal Eye era. There are still some beings in the ninja world who are capable of going toe-to-toe with Shoji!

If you were to encounter such a battle, the amount of chakra would be of utmost importance!

In particular, Shoji's unique eye techniques and Susanoo are both major chakra consumers!

Now that there's no need to worry about consuming eye power.

Chakra and stamina are the only factors that can limit Shoji's performance!

This is why, after leaving Granny Cat, Shoji chose the Loulan Kingdom as his first target. Since tailed beasts are difficult to deal with, and creatures like the Wraith, which have their own subjective consciousness and are disgusting no matter how you look at them, are not being considered, the Dragon Vein is the best solution for Shoji's problem.

'Alright, next up is the east. Let's see if my luck will be even better this time!'

A figure passing by at lightning speed.

Having crossed the southeastern border of the Land of Wind directly, Jiang Si continued eastward, heading towards his second objective.

And it was also at the moment when Shoji left the Land of Wind.

Rasa, far away in Sunagakure, finally received news from his subordinates. Upon hearing that the power of the Dragon Vein had been stolen by a Konoha ninja, the Fourth Kazekage's expression instantly turned grim.

"You mean the Dragon Vein was stolen by the Konoha ninja?"

Luo Sha said coldly.

"Yes, Lord Kazekage. This is a message from Kawamori, the border garrison commander. And just recently, the garrison commander, Rigen, led his men to pursue them!"

In the lower position, a Sand Ninja knelt on one knee and spoke in a deep voice.

"The soul is pale!"

A wave of unrest, a wave of up!

Just as the Sand Village Jonin named Rigen had thought, Rasa had long regarded the dragon vein of the Loulan Kingdom as his own village's possession.

In other words, they truly lacked the ability and energy to attend to it, which is why the Dragon Vein was left unattended for such a long time. However, in the past few years, Rasa never forgot the existence of the Dragon Vein. Konoha's crushing defeat to Iwagakure in 50, with Iwagakure occupying their proud northern fortress, and Rasa himself being defeated on the main battlefield by Uchiha Shoji, who was more than ten years younger than him, had already caused the entire Sunagakure to lose face and further exposed the cruel reality of their village's extreme weakness!

Over the past year, Rasa has tried everything he can to revitalize his village. The workload of 'gold mining' has increased by three times compared to before, and the Dragon Vein is one of the most important assets for the village's rise in Rasa's eyes!

But now, the fat meat that was already in his mouth had been so easily snatched away by others before he even had a chance to take a bite. At this moment, Luo Sha's inner rage was clearly displayed on his face.

But this outburst of anger only lasted for a short while before Luo Sha calmed down again and remained silent for a short while.

"Pass on my order: have Liyuan and the others return to the stronghold!"

Luo Sha said this in a calm tone.

"Eh? Yes, Lord Kazekage!"

The Sand Ninja in front of him initially thought he had misheard, but after a moment of surprise, he immediately lowered his head and replied. Even though he was very confused about his Kazekage's orders, he knew that he had no right to question them. It could be said that in the current Sand Village, apart from Chiyo and Ebizo, the two most senior Sand Ninja, only Maki could offer any advice to Rasa.

From this perspective, we can also see the decline of Sunagakure.

After all, those who had the ability to question it are all dead.

For example, there's that hero of Sunagakure, the Scorching Release ninja—Yakura!

Given Rasa's magnanimity, it will be extremely difficult for Sunagakure to regain its former strength!

As for why he was so furious before, but then so nonchalantly gave up the next second, the reason is simple: Rasa chickened out. It's highly likely that Konoha stole the Dragon Vein, and Rasa really didn't have the courage to pursue it.

The lost dragon vein can never be recovered. Could he possibly question Konoha? That would only bring him humiliation.

Rasa himself was well aware of this.

What our ninja village needs most right now is time to recover; everything else is secondary.

'Iwagakure, Konoha, just you wait! The northern fortress, the dragon vein, and everything our Sunagakure has lost—I will personally take it all back!'

Rasa strode to the platform outside the office, his hands behind his back. Gazing at the gray-yellow landscape of his own ninja village, a sinister glint appeared deep in his eyes as he murmured to himself.

399. The Second Goal

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What happened in the ruined city of Loulan.

In less than a day, the news spread throughout the entire ninja world. After all, that towering purple pillar of light was simply too conspicuous. In this period when relations in the ninja world were still very tense and rigid, any change within the territory of the five great nations would attract everyone's attention, let alone the existence of a special energy body like the Dragon Vein. It should be noted that all the great nations had considered attacking the Dragon Vein in the past. Unfortunately, in terms of the level of sealing techniques, the other four great ninja villages combined could not compare to Konoha. Although it was not a complete inheritance, Konoha had inherited a large part of the Uzumaki clan's profound sealing techniques.

Putting aside everything else, just the variety of sealing techniques left behind by Mito Uzumaki alone, along with his most important cultivation insights, is enough to overwhelm the entire ninja world. Therefore, even the seals left by Minato Namikaze when he was seventeen or eighteen years old are not something that ordinary people can easily break. But Shoji is different!

The Uchiha clan is a prestigious family that has been passed down for thousands of years in the ninja world. As one of the two most important ninja clans in the founding of Konoha, the Uchiha clan also has records of very profound sealing techniques. Another important point is that after rescuing Uzumaki Rena and her child, Shoji also obtained some of the most profound sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan from Rena.

This is the source of Shoji's confidence in breaking the seal set up by the Fourth Hokage.

The other four major ninja villages obviously do not have such capabilities. Sunagakure has occupied the Kingdom of Loulan for several years, but its inability to seize the Dragon Vein is the best proof of this. If you say that the major countries have no interest in the Dragon Vein, that is absolutely impossible!

In terms of greed.

Apart from Konoha, ruled by the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, which was a complete anomaly, the leaders of the other major countries all conform to common sense!

So, they just can't do it, not that they don't want to.

This is why, the moment the Dragon Vein power was stolen, Sunagakure immediately targeted Konoha, and similar thoughts arose in the minds of the major nations upon receiving this information.

The seal was set up by your own Fourth Hokage.

If you want to break through so quickly, then it can only be your Hidden Leaf Village!

This was the most reasonable judgment in the eyes of the various ninja villages, including Onoki, who had a similar idea. Upon receiving this information, he immediately ordered Nono to notify the secret spies of Iwagakure who were lurking in Konoha to gather further information. He had no idea that the Dragon Vein had been obtained by his most valued successor, the next Tsuchikage!

Meanwhile, the Hidden Leaf Village still believed that the Hidden Sand Village had finally found a way to break the seal left by the Fourth Hokage and then take away the power of the Dragon Vein!

Hiruzen Sarutobi had no idea that all the countries were pointing the finger at Konoha Village. They were completely unaware and perfectly took the blame for Shoji!

The atmosphere in the ninja world became slightly dangerous again because of this small disturbance, forcing the leaders of the small ninja villages to tighten their nerves once more!

It must be said that this has been happening frequently over the past few years, truly since the start of the Third Shinobi World War.

In the ninja world, there is never a single year that can be truly peaceful.

Jiang Si, who was heading east, was unaware that his actions had once again stirred up a small ripple in the ninja world. At this moment, he was focused on finding the second of the three goals he had set out for before he left!

The reason why Shoji targeted the former high-ranking remnant of the Land of Sky, who appeared as a minor boss in the original work and traveled the ninja world under the alias 'Shennong', was quite simple: he coveted the 'physical activation research data' in the hands of this remnant of the Land of Sky!

The other is the legacy of the Land of the Sky—that mobile flying fortress that piqued Shoji's interest. The former goes without saying; a ninja's strength is manifested in both spirit and body. Chakra, as the most fundamental power of a ninja, is a product of the ninja's refinement and fusion of spiritual and physical energy.

Moreover, to put it bluntly, the so-called power of the Six Paths level requires a ninja to grow to the limit on both the mental and physical levels!

Strength in only one aspect is not enough to grow to the level of the Six Paths.

For example, Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju in the past.

Both of them can be said to have reached the pinnacle of growth in both their 'spiritual' and 'physical' aspects.

Therefore, Madara Uchiha transplanted Hashirama Senju's cells to make up for the most important part that he lacked. This is how he opened the Rinnegan, which represents the power of the Six Paths. The reason why some people think that the power of the Six Paths requires the fusion of Ashura and Indra is because Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju are the reincarnations of their chakra!

But fundamentally speaking...

Isn't it because they each inherited half of the power of the Sage of Six Paths—Hagoromo Otsutsuki?

The older brother, Indra, inherited the Sharingan, which is the ultimate manifestation of Yin Release and represents spiritual power.

The younger brother, Ashura, inherited the Sage Body, which is the ultimate expression of Yang Release and represents the power at the physical level.

But only when the two are perfectly combined can it truly rival the power of the Six Paths, comparable to Hagoromo Otsutsuki!

This was also the path that Jiang Si had envisioned for himself. Shennong's research on physical activity had been recognized by Orochimaru, making him a top researcher in the ninja world. Even if Shennong at this time had not yet fully completed his research on physical activity, Jiang Si would be satisfied as long as he could obtain the most important part.

After all, it was just one of the reference materials for my subsequent research.

The latter, the Sky Country's legacy, is a consideration made by Tsukasa for his own ninja village. If the scientific research results of the Sky Country can be fully absorbed, just like the previous Snow Country's chakra armor, it can strengthen the military power of Iwagakure to a certain extent, and further solidify the foundation for his own ninja village to dominate the ninja world in the future!

From any perspective, this "Shennong Master" is the target that Jiang Si must find.

However, it is quite obvious that it is still too difficult to identify someone in the ninja world whose strength is at the level of an elite Jonin.

Before setting off from the village, Shoji used the village's intelligence network to locate individuals similar to 'Shennong'. According to the original story, this former high-ranking official of the Land of Sky used the alias 'Shennong' to travel around the world as a 'doctor' not long after the end of the Third Shinobi World War. Ostensibly, he was there to save lives, but in reality, he was searching for talented individuals to bring back and train to become a solid force for the revival of the Land of Sky, as well as to collect materials necessary to repair the somewhat damaged flying fortress!

Furthermore, this Shennong master ambitiously wanted to cultivate a terrifying being comparable to, or even surpassing, the Tailed Beasts—the Zero-Tails—as one of the most important foundations for reviving the Land of Sky and then dominating the ninja world. All of this required a large amount of resources!

This means that Shennong could not have truly lived in seclusion in a certain place. In the original story, this former high-ranking remnant of the Sky Kingdom spent more than ten years to accumulate even a little bit of power!

This also provided Jiang Si with some opportunity to catch this former high-ranking remnant of the Sky Kingdom. In fact, the vast intelligence system in Iwagakure Village did manage to roughly pinpoint Shennong's activity area after spending some time. This is why Jiang Si came to the southern border of the continent, a region filled with small countries.

However, there is still a significant gap between identifying an area and pinpointing the exact location of a person.

Unless this guy can stay in one area for a long time.

'This guy really likes to wander around!'

Once again, no trace of Shennong was found in a small country.

Jiang Si frowned slightly and said with a hint of displeasure.

Leave the Land of Wind.

It had been three or four days since we arrived in this area.

It's not fair to say there were no gains, but there certainly weren't any significant practical benefits either.

However, Jiang Si only made a small complaint and did not seem particularly angry. If they really couldn't find this guy, then so be it, since he wasn't anything particularly important.

not to mention.

There is another layer of insurance for the company.

A few days ago, among the intelligence that Jiang Si entrusted to Granny Cat to search for was the requirement to locate Shennong. Although Jiang Si could have further utilized the intelligence system of his own ninja village, he clearly trusted Granny Cat's intelligence channels more.

Especially in the area of ​​finding people.

The ninja cat clan has a unique advantage that is no less than that of the ninja dogs!

Moreover, although searching for Shennong is also beneficial to the village's interests, it still involves some of his personal matters. Therefore, it would be better to avoid using the village's intelligence system if possible.

Almost four days after Jiang Si searched alone, on the morning of the fifth day, just as Jiang Si finished breakfast, he suddenly felt a thought.

"Spiritual communication!"

Jiang Si immediately bit his finger and used the summoning technique at lightning speed.

"Peng!"