Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

As Yu Ming thought about it, looking at Hong Dou's devilish figure, he suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

Hongdou has a really good figure. She is 1.67 meters tall, which is second only to Uzuki Yugao's 1.69 meters. Her figure is even more stunning than Uzuki Yugao's.

But the thought of her ninjutsu made Yu Ming suddenly want to stay away from her.

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Hongdou noticed Yuming's actions and frowned. "What do you mean by this?"

Yu Ming smiled and said, "It's nothing, I just feel a little strange."

Hongdou was starting to feel a bit disgusted by what Yuming was saying, but he decided to tease Yuming a little.

"You seem to really dislike snakes, you find them disgusting, is that right?"

After saying that, Hongdou's hand suddenly turned into several snakes.

Yu Ming tilted his head. He wasn't worried about the snakes; he could destroy them with a single bolt of lightning. However, he found it hard to accept that Hongdou's hand had suddenly turned into several snakes, since her hand was so beautiful.

Seeing Yu Ming's expression, Hong Dou laughed and said, "Are you really afraid of snakes? What's there to be afraid of?"

Yu Ming casually flicked a bolt of lightning, instantly turning several previously menacing snakes into charred remains.

However, Yu Ming controlled the lightning and did not harm Hong Dou.

Yu Ming calmly replied, "I'm not afraid of snakes, I just don't like them."

Looking at the charred snake, Hongdou was somewhat distressed. "You've ruined my spirit snake like this. It's really upsetting."

In fact, these snakes were all summoned by Hongdou through her psychic powers.

She also made a contract with Ryuchi Cave, and the snakes she summoned all came from Ryuchi Cave.

However, her strength is indeed relatively weak, so she has never been able to summon stronger summoning beasts, and can only summon some ordinary poisonous snakes and use some ninjutsu such as Hidden Shadow Snake Hand.

Yu Ming really couldn't accept this kind of ninjutsu.

Hongdou looked at Yuming and smiled, "It seems you really don't like snakes. Actually, it's nothing. In fact, after summoning more venomous snakes, your body's resistance to venom is getting stronger and stronger."

Although Red Bean's strength is average, it has a strong resistance to toxins and endurance.

This is an excellent characteristic for a ninja.

After all, there are quite a few ninjas in the ninja world who use poison in combat, and although ninjas have stronger endurance than ordinary people, they are not actually that much stronger.

However, Hongdou's stamina is exceptionally strong, whether it's due to a special training session after signing a contract with Ryuchi Cave or something else.

Yu Ming didn't want to talk to her. It wasn't that he was afraid of snakes, but he just disliked Orochimaru's disgusting methods. Originally, he thought that summoning snakes was actually quite nice, but when he thought about Orochimaru summoning snakes, Yu Ming was very reluctant.

If he wanted a summoned beast, he could find the summoning contracts of the three holy lands.

I just don't want to do that.

Because he doesn't need summoning beasts at all, his current strength is probably above that of the Sannin, and he could probably only fight Yu Ming when Jiraiya activated Sage Mode.

Therefore, it doesn't matter to him whether he has a summoning beast or not.

However, Yu Ming was very curious and looked at Hong Dou, asking, "You must have signed a spirit contract with Ryuchi Cave, right?"

Red Bean nodded and smiled, "Yes, back when Orochimaru was my teacher, he was the one who led me into Ryuchi Cave. If it weren't for him, I might have been swallowed by those snakes when I entered Ryuchi Cave."

Yu Ming smiled and said, "I heard that the three holy lands all have enormous spirit beasts. Why do you only summon small snakes?"

Hongdou was stunned for a moment, then looked at Yuming and found that he was smiling in a half-smile, knowing that he was teasing her.

"Hmph, I just don't have enough chakra, what can I do? Besides, those stinky snakes in Ryuchi Cave have terrible tempers, summoning them is just to cause trouble."

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Actually, if you cultivate diligently, you might be able to do it."

Hongdou shook her head. "I can't do it anymore. I'm already this old, and I can't improve my strength any further."

Yu Ming leaned against the tree trunk and began his meditation again.

Hongdou turned to look at Yuming beside her and found that he was meditating again.

He laughed and said, "No wonder you're so strong. You cultivate every day, and with your high talent, it's normal for you to be so powerful."

Yu Ming laughed and said, "Actually, I just have nothing to do. By the way, why haven't those secret agents arrived yet?"

"Didn't you say it would only take ten minutes?"

Red Bean nodded. "Yes, it is a bit slow, but actually, I can go back and report what happened here to the Hokage. You don't need to wait here."

After saying that, she smiled with a hint of smug satisfaction.

Yu Ming paused for a moment, looking at Anko, but still wasn't angry. "Fine, Sasuke and the others didn't get into the central tower either. They probably didn't succeed. If I had taken the Chunin Exams alone, I could have gone straight into the central tower."

Hongdou laughed and said, "You might as well just say so and promote you to Chunin. If you're a team all by yourself, what's the point of taking the exam? With your strength, who can be your opponent?"

Yu Ming leaned against the tree trunk and said calmly, "Don't say that. Among these ninjas, there are still some who are quite excellent."

Hongdou looked at Yuming leaning against the tree trunk, looking very calm, and found him unexpectedly handsome. In addition, Yuming was already taller and more mature than his peers, so Hongdou started to have some dirty thoughts about him.

She is strong, has a good temper, and looks good, so there isn't much of an age difference between her and her current appearance. The more Hongdou looked at her, the redder her face became.

Yu Ming, on the other hand, was in meditation and didn't look at Hong Dou at all.

After waiting for a few minutes, the Anbu finally arrived.

They were all stunned when they learned that Yu Ming had created the deep pit.

However, after learning about Yu Ming, they were relieved, as the information they had received also indicated that Yu Ming possessed the strength of a Jonin.

While this crater is indeed a bit exaggerated, it's still achievable using a powerful fire jutsu like Fire Dragon Flame Bullet combined with Chidori.

After investigating for a while, the ANBU left.

As the examiner, Hongdou was about to leave. As she left, Hongdou looked at Yuming and smiled, "I have something to tell you."

Yu Ming was taken aback. "What is it?"

Anko smiled and said, "If you pass this Chunin Exam, I can give you the summoning contract for Ryuchi Cave. You probably don't have a summoning beast right now, right?"

Yu Ming hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said, "I don't need a summoning beast. With my current strength, summoning beasts don't seem to be of any use to me."

Hongdou, however, didn't think so. Looking at Yuming, she seriously analyzed for him, "Look, you don't want to expose your strength, so if you encounter a strong enemy, and there are many people present whom you don't want to expose your strength in front of, wouldn't it be better to use a summoning beast to solve the problem?"

Yu Ming looked at Hong Dou, never expecting that this woman would have such a brain.

However, he doesn't need a summoning beast. But what Red Bean said is right. In the future, if he encounters a situation where he doesn't want to reveal his strength, he can just send out a summoning beast to do the work.

Looking at Hongdou, Yuming smiled for some reason and said, "Sister Hongdou, I must say, you are truly a smart woman."

This was Yu Ming apologizing for his rude remarks to her earlier.

Red Bean also sensed it.

He laughed and said, "I just think this suggestion is better, but if you want to choose those giant snakes in Ryuchi Cave as your summoning beast, it will be very dangerous. I can only give you the summoning scroll; I dare not enter it myself."

"Or you don't have to choose those giant snakes in Ryuchi Cave. After all, there are three holy lands. As long as you want to find those spirit scrolls, you definitely have a way to obtain them."

Yu Ming nodded. "But since we're choosing a summoning beast, we naturally need to choose a stronger one. Sister Hongdou, let me do what you couldn't do. Once we summon those giant snakes, I'll beat them up for you."

The reason Yu Ming said that was because those giant snakes, once they came out of their spiritual form, definitely needed a good beating to subdue them.

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Anko paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "Let's talk about it after you pass the Chunin Exams. Besides, the serpent in Ryuchi Cave is not as simple as it seems."

"But for you, it should be possible, since you're even stronger than Orochimaru, I think."

After saying that, Hongdou turned and left, leaving behind the words, "Yuming, good luck."

Yu Ming, on the other hand, appeared quite calm and nodded.

This cheering was clearly meaningless to him.

Whether he refuels or not, he will pass this exam.

What he was really concerned about was whether Hongdou would tell anyone about what happened today, but he felt that given Hongdou's personality, it was unlikely that she would.

After leaving, Yu Ming spent a day in the Forest of Death. On the fourth day, Sasuke and the others had already approached the central tower. At this point, Yu Ming knew that they had successfully obtained the Heaven and Earth Scroll.

In a flash, he appeared outside the central tower.

After waiting for a few minutes, Yu Ming, who was standing at the door, saw Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura, and even Kabuto Yakushi emerge from the forest.

The moment Kabuto saw Yu Ming, he felt a sense of pressure, as he already knew that Orochimaru had been defeated by Yu Ming.

Unexpectedly, 237 saw Yu Ming here.

Now he finally understood the gap between himself and Yu Ming, so when he saw Yu Ming, he didn't have the intention of testing Yu Ming's strength.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were all tattered and looked extremely disheveled.

Fortunately, they possessed the Scroll of Heaven and Earth.

Upon seeing Yu Ming, Sakura could no longer hold back. She had been under immense pressure. First, she encountered Orochimaru, who then placed a cursed seal on Sasuke. After that, she was attacked by the ninjas of Otogakure. It was incredibly lucky that they were able to survive and get here.

Sakura finally realized their own limitations; without Yu Ming by their side, their ability to deal with danger was extremely low.

Sakura rushed over and hugged Yu Ming, crying as she recounted what had just happened.

Although Naruto glared angrily at Yu Ming, he knew exactly what they had gone through in the past few days.

If Yu Ming were by his side, that kind of thing would never have happened. Naruto even thought that Yu Ming could defeat someone like Orochimaru.

Without Yu Ming by their side, they realized that their strength really was only that of a Genin.

As Sakura recounted their story, Yu Ming patted Sakura's shoulder and pushed her off him.

He wasn't used to this kind of enthusiasm.

Yu Ming smiled and said, "You've worked hard. I already know what you encountered in the forest. But don't worry, this test was just an accident. It's unlikely that you'll be in such danger during the finals."

"The Chunin Exams are, after all, meant to showcase the strength of each nation. The second exam, in particular, is designed to test the ninjas' ability to respond to missions. So the second exam is actually the most dangerous one, and there's no question of how to break through it."

"However, the third exam will really just be a competition, so don't worry."

The second Chunin Exam was indeed the most dangerous, far surpassing the first and third exams.

At least the first and third exams are still safe from danger.

There are also referees.

Naruto and Sasuke nodded; they now had a better understanding of their own strength.

At the same time, they also genuinely recognized Yu Ming's strength.