Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the beginning

White Zetsu told Li Yao about protecting Nagato's Samsara Eye, and then said: "Your mission is to prevent Jiraiya from taking Nagato's Samsara Eye away."

"Okay." Li Yao nodded. He didn't refuse and couldn't refuse. He asked, "Shall we leave now?"

"Yeah." Bai Zetsu nodded. The sooner he went, the more at ease he would be.

"Okay, I understand." Li Yao nodded, then turned back and called Xiao Ye, along with Fan Marenzha's family.

"Are we leaving here, uncle?" Xiao Ye asked curiously.

"Yes." Li Yao nodded, then looked at Fan Marenza's family and said to Xiao Ye: "I have something to do next, you can deal with these people."

During the period of surveillance on Jiraiya, he definitely won't be able to practice with the sexy young woman anymore. In that case, there's no need to keep these people.

Even though she was a woman that he had matched with before, but... so what?

Li Yao had no intention of keeping any memories.

"Hey, leave it to me then."

Xiao Ye smiled and walked towards the trembling Fan Marenzha and his family with a ferocious face.

"Ah... no... please kill me..."

"no……"

Soon screams were heard. At this time, Li Yao had turned around and left to wait for Xiao Ye outside.

"Um...this is?"

After a while, Li Yao turned around suddenly and turned on his soul perception to the maximum, but still couldn't find Fan Marenzha's soul.

"Where did you go?"

Li Yao frowned in confusion.

Just now when Xiao Ye killed Fan Marenzha and his family, Li Yao could sense that the souls of Fan Marenzha's sister and mother were gradually dissipating.

However, Fan Marenza's soul did not dissipate. Instead, it seemed as if it was taken away by something and disappeared in an instant.

"Where are we going...It's the Pure Land!"

Li Yao's expression changed slightly, and he suddenly understood where Fan Marenzha's soul had gone. It should have been taken to the Pure Land by the six immortals.

"It's just... why weren't the souls of Fanmarenza's mother and sister taken away?"

Li Yao was puzzled. The only difference between the two was whether there was chakra in the body.

Could it be that the Pure Land of the Sage of Six Paths can only collect the souls of ninjas, but not the souls of ordinary people?

Or maybe... the Sage of Six Paths only accepts the souls of ninjas and doesn't care about the souls of ordinary people?

Just as I was puzzled, Xiao Ye came back with a few drops of bright red blood on her face. She wiped it casually, and her face seemed to be covered with a layer of bright color, looking a bit like the twisted beauty of the Scarlet Queen.

"Let's go."

Li Yao withdrew his thoughts. Now was not the time to think about these things.

He condensed a large clay bird and jumped on it, and Little Leaf followed. The two flew towards the Rain Kingdom. Along the way, Bai Jue would pop up in front from time to time to guide Li Yao in the direction of travel.

A day later, the two passed through Tianguo.

Li Yao stopped, created a shadow clone, condensed a large clay bird, and the shadow clone jumped over by itself.

"I have something to do and can't take you with me. You and my shadow clone will go to the Land of Fields and he will protect you." Li Yao said to Xiao Ye.

Madara doesn't want too many people to know about the Rinnegan, so Li Yao can't take Xiao Ye with him.

It would be most appropriate to place him in the Land of Fields.

There is no ninja village in the Land of Rice, nor any extraordinary resources. Its geographical location happens to avoid the areas where major powers are fighting. It is also close to the Land of Fire. The big countries cannot attack here, and the small countries are afraid of the Fire Country and dare not invade here.

This resulted in the fact that the Land of Rice, which had no ninja village, was one of the few countries not at war during the period when the Ninja World War was in full swing.

It would be much safer for Xiao Ye to stay here. With the protection of his shadow clone, his safety would definitely be no problem.

"Uncle... don't you want me anymore?"

When she heard that she was going to separate from Li Yao, Xiao Ye did not go over. Instead, she pursed her lips, looked at Li Yao nervously with tears in her big eyes.

She was very afraid that Li Yao would abandon her. The feeling of despair and helplessness of being in danger of losing her life at any moment once again surrounded her at this moment, making her body tremble with fear.

Looking at the shivering Xiao Ye, Li Yao frowned slightly. He hated disobedient people, but after all, this was Gui Mo's daughter who saved his life, so he could still talk to her properly.

But some things need to be made clear. Girls will grow up eventually, and there are some realities that they must face on their own.

"There's something I haven't told you yet."

Li Yao looked at Xiao Ye and said seriously, "I'm not actually from the Uzumaki clan."

"Ah..." Xiao Ye was obviously stunned when he heard it. His pupils shrank slightly when he looked at Li Yao. He seemed to be a little bit unconvinced that what Li Yao said was true. But he recovered quickly and hugged Li Yao tightly, like an abandoned puppy grabbing the hand of its owner, shaking its tail and begging, choking with sobs: "Uncle, you are all I have. Please don't abandon me, okay."

To Xiao Ye, it no longer matters whether Li Yao is a member of the Uzumaki clan or not.

Li Yao, who stepped forward to save her twice in her desperate moments, has long surpassed the status of a member of the tribe. She has long regarded Li Yao as her own relative and her own uncle.

"Ugh!"

Li Yao sighed, reached out and gently hugged the girl, patted her on the back, and said softly: "I don't want to abandon you, but I can't take you with me when I'm going to do it next. My shadow clone will protect you, and I will rush over if you are in danger."

After that, Li Yao pushed Xiao Ye away, put his hands on his shoulders, and said seriously: "So, be obedient and stay in Tianzhi Country with my shadow clone and wait for me to come back."

According to the plot in the original work, Jiraiya will not stay with Nagato for too long. He will leave in one or two years at most, and then he will be able to move freely.

But before that, he definitely couldn't bring Xiao Ye with him.

"I..." Xiao Ye wanted to say that she wanted to follow Li Yao, but under Li Yao's serious gaze, she was afraid. She was afraid that she would make Li Yao angry and really leave. She could only nod sadly and said, "I understand."

After that, she looked up nervously and stared into Li Yao's eyes and said, "Uncle, you must come back!"

She was still afraid that Li Yao would never come back.

Li Yao nodded and said with a smile: "I know, I promise you."

"Then... I'll go over then."

"Well, let's go."

With an uneasy mood, Xiao Ye jumped onto the big clay bird under the feet of the shadow clone, and flew towards the Land of Fields below with Li Yao's shadow clone.

Li Yao continued to head towards the Rain Country under the guidance of Bai Zetsu.

Chapter 171 Three Years Later

after one day.

Li Yao, who was hurrying on his way under the guidance of Bai Zetsu, arrived above a long and low mountain in the Land of Rain.

Boom... Lightning and thunder appeared in the gray-black clouds.

Swish...the clouds were like a shower, continuously pouring heavy rain down on the ground below.

After entering the Rain Country, it rains almost every day.

High in the sky, below the clouds, on the back of a giant clay bird, heavy rain was pouring down. A layer of light chakra condensed on Li Yao's body, and the rain that fell on his body was bounced off by this layer of light chakra.

"With your ability, you should be able to save Nagato in time, why do you need me to protect you?"

The two were looking at a river in the distance. In an iron barrel house by the river lived Jiraiya, Nagato and the other two.

Li Yao was a little curious. With the speed at which White Zetsu saved him from Ōnoki's Dust Release, it would be difficult for others to snatch the Rinnegan from him, so why did they ask him to come over and watch.

Bai Zetsu glanced at Li Yao and said, "There are some things you don't need to know. You just need to carry out the tasks assigned by Master Madara."

"Okay, got it." Li Yao shrugged and said nothing more.

White Zetsu...or rather Black Zetsu actually has his own troubles as well.

If it was someone else approaching Nagato, he wouldn't worry.

But Jiraiya is a contractor of Mount Myoboku. The old toad in Mount Myoboku is a toad that survived from the time of the Six Paths Sage. He possesses some special methods and can recognize his and his mother's chakra.

Once he appears around Jiraiya, there is a high probability that he will be sensed by the old toad.

With the old toad's ability, his plan to resurrect his mother would encounter major accidents, and Black Zetsu would never allow any accidents to happen.

He finally waited for the appearance of the Rinnegan, and he would never miss the opportunity to reconcile with his mother.

So Black Zetsu could only let Li Yao keep an eye on Nagato and ensure the safety of the Rinnegan.

"I can't be outside for too long. I'll depend on you from now on."

After saying this, Bai Zetsu jumped down without waiting for Li Yao to reply. Even though he was several kilometers away, he was still afraid of being sensed by the toads in Myoboku Mountain. It was safest to blend into the underground.

"What is this guy afraid of?"

A hint of doubt flashed across Li Yao's eyes, and then he shook his head. Why bother thinking about that? Since he couldn't leave for the time being, he couldn't waste time.

Li Yao carefully sensed Nagato's chakra.

The chakra in her body is full of vitality, just like that of the Uzumaki clan members such as Kimo and Koba, and the amount of chakra is also huge.

But what attracted Li Yao's attention was the chakra in Nagato's eyes.

This was the first time that Li Yao had sensed chakra of that intensity.

That should be the eye power chakra of the Rinnegan.

"This property is too strong!"

Li Yao felt that the difference between Ōnoki's Dust Release Chakra and the Rinnegan's pupil power chakra was like the difference between wood and diamond, which was terrifying.

"I wonder if I can copy it now?"

A hint of heat flashed in Li Yao's eyes. If he could copy the pupil power chakra of the Rinnegan, would it mean that he could also perform some Rinnegan ninjutsu?

Unfortunately... Madara is still alive, and Li Yao doesn't dare to touch Nagato's Rinnegan.

Even though he seems to be free from any restrictions now.

But once he really makes a move to snatch the Rinnegan, the Six Paths level forbidden spell left in his body by Madara will immediately take effect.

He has no chance.

Even if Madara died, it might be difficult for him to activate the Rinnegan.

After all, he was not the person designated by Ban to carry out the plan.

However, you can find a way to get in close contact with Nagato for a long time.

With his enhanced chakra perception ability now, it is very likely that he will be able to sense all the changes in the properties of the Rinnegan's pupil power chakra over time, and thus copy the same Rinnegan's pupil power chakra.

"We'll have to wait until later."

Li Yao thought to himself that he didn't have time now, and the top priority was to quickly develop the perfect transformation technique.

So in the following time, Li Yao concentrated all his efforts on condensing his spiritual chakra, trying to increase the strength of his spiritual chakra, while paying attention to Nagato and Jiraiya.

In a blink of an eye.

A year has passed.

Li Yao thought that Jiraiya would only take care of the three Nagato children for a year at most, and would leave after teaching them ninjutsu. After all, the Ninja World War was not over yet.

Although it has nothing to do with the Rain Kingdom anymore, the three kingdoms of Wind, Fire and Earth are still fighting fiercely in the Rain Kingdom.

Jiraiya, you are one of the three great ninjas, with the combat power of a Kage-level warrior, but you have been wasting it here.

Li Yao's mouth was crooked with anger!

To increase the strength of the spiritual chakra by just condensing it on your own is a very slow process. You have to control a ninja to sense his soul at close range for comparison and practical research in order to improve it faster.

Jiraiya didn't leave, and he had no way to leave, so the speed at which his spiritual chakra strength increased was severely slowed down.

It’s a pity that Li Yao couldn’t do anything to Jiraiya because Madara didn’t let him attack Jiraiya. Otherwise, he would have killed Jiraiya directly and there wouldn’t be so much trouble.

"Wait, let me see how long you can stay."

Li Yaoli said bitterly.

As a result, they waited for another two years. The Ninja World War was over, and Konan's pie had grown big before Jiraiya left.

"Damn, that bastard finally left."

After sensing Jiraiya and the three Nagato kids had separated, Li Yao finally breathed a sigh of relief. Now he could finally move freely.

He quickly fell from the air, stood on the ground, raised his legs and stomped his feet three times. This was the secret signal for communication between him and Bai Zetsu.