Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 398 Sudden Death
The Sage of Six Paths disappeared, and Yako's consciousness returned to his body.

He raised his hands and stared at them.

Chakra was brought by Kaguya Otsutsuki and spread by the Sage of Six Paths.

Most of his power is controlled by the Otsutsuki lineage.

The feeling that the Sage of Six Paths' soul remained in his chakra and bloodline cells was absolutely terrible.

Lowering his hands, Ye Guang looked up at the moon in the night sky.

To restore peace to the ninja world... you should all just disappear...

Nightlight began to check its own condition.

Chakra: 1.0 times that of a Kage-level being.

With the sudden enlightenment of the Three Worlds King Dharma Image, Night Light's chakra level broke through the limits of a ninja and reached the Super Kage level.

More importantly, the quality of chakra significantly improved as spiritual energy increased.

Judging from the difference between Senju Myō-ō and the True Thousand Hands, his chakra reserves are roughly equivalent to half that of Senju Hashirama.

When you reach the Kage level, you rarely run out of chakra, so you focus more on researching powerful secret techniques that suit you.

Ye Guang raised his hand, and a thin mist appeared in his palm.

These mists appear to be water vapor, but they are actually refined, fine water-style chakra.

Following Absolute Defense: Copper Light, he acquired a new crystal refining technique, which he named Absolute Resistance: Crystal Mist.

The characteristic of this technique is that once all attacks enter the crystal mist, the resistance instantly becomes infinite.

The moonlight created a shadow clone, which then threw a kunai at itself.

The kunai was extremely fast; with Nightlight's current strength, the kunai was like a cannonball.

However, after Ye Guang waved his hand, a light mist appeared in front of him.

After the kunai shot into the crystal mist, it quickly slowed down, only moving a few centimeters forward before hovering within the mist.

Very good, the Absolute Resistance Crystal Mist has a very good interception effect.

With two types of chakra crystals, the Water Release Crystal is used to slow down physical attacks and consume ninjutsu energy, while the Earth Release Crystal is used to block physical attacks, thus raising his defensive capabilities to a new level.

I'm a little sad... I accidentally set my defense too high, I wonder if I'll ever encounter any opponents.

It's a bit lonely at the top.

Aside from Wood Release and Chakra Crystallization, all other abilities have increased.

Nightlight instantly moved towards the Temple of Fire.

After his strength increased significantly, his Body Flicker Technique made him extremely fast, allowing him to arrive at the gates of the Fire Temple three nights earlier than in his previous life.

Shinnosuke Sarutobi's mission must be completed.

This is also to complete a mission for Konoha; Konoha will not allow the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to be half-hearted.

Whether the Daimyo is safe or not is secondary; his safety must be the responsibility of Konoha.

To put it bluntly, the Daimyo's egg must be firmly held in Konoha's hands.

Inside the meditation room.

The flickering candlelight illuminated the Thousand-Hand Guanyin statue, casting layers of shadows from its hundreds of arms.

The white-bearded old monk bent over his desk, looking at the scroll, trying to find a way to negotiate with Konoha Village from the connection between Hashirama Senju and the Fire Temple.

The old monk Jiexing suddenly looked up and saw a figure at the door.

His eyesight was failing, and it took him a few seconds to see that there was indeed someone at the door.

A realization dawned on me.

He's going to die tonight.

Life and death are big matters.

Liberation and freedom, freedom from life and death, this is Nirvana.

Those who practice abstinence not only do not fear death, but also feel a sense of liberation.

He wondered to himself, is tonight's release truly a form of liberation? Is tonight's life or death truly a form of freedom?
Ye Guang walked to the table and sat cross-legged opposite Abbot Jie Xing.

As Jiexing looked at the moonlight, his white beard instantly turned from grayish-white to deathly white, losing its luster.

“Traveler, I see that you have accumulated a great deal of karmic debt between your brows, yet why do you possess the radiant appearance of a Buddha?”

Ye Guang frankly told him: "Abbot, I do not understand Buddhism. It was only by chance that I came to understand the teachings of the Three Worlds King through repeated deaths."

Subdue the past, present, and future lives, and transcend the three realms of birth, death, reincarnation, and nirvana.

To descend into the three worlds and three realms is true freedom.

Master, I understand now.

Jiexing understood: "I understand, practitioner, this is not a spiritual practice, but an opportunity."

"Yes, it's a great opportunity."

"Then why have you come to see me, you pilgrim?"

Ye Guang stared at Jie Xing as if he were seeing a great monk from a past life.

His speech and demeanor were just like those of a senior monk in a Buddhist monastery in a past life.

The lineage of the Master Crossing the Sea is so excellent.

Ye Guang said, "Master, you are seeking the position of Daimyo's Guardian Ninja for the Fire Temple, and I am stopping you for the sake of Konoha. We are each acting in our own self-interest, and there is no question of nobility or baseness between us."

I've come to you to ask you to withdraw, in a way that is utterly thorough, leaving Konoha without any worries.

"I see···"

Konoha had no worries about his safety; that meant he had to die.

The preceptor said, "Before I die, may I see the Dharma you have acquired through circumstance?"

Ye Guang raised his hand and formed the Skull Mudra, a mudra commonly used by wrathful deities.

Like the hand seals of ninjas, Buddha statues also have many hand seals.

The Dharma Mudra, Abhaya Mudra, and Varada Mudra are among the many mudras, with the Ska Mudra representing the intimidation of evil.

When Jiexing saw the mark, he felt a pang of bitterness, wondering who now needed to intimidate evil.

The ninja wanted to kill him, even though he was the one who needed to intimidate evil.

A crimson statue of the Three Kings appeared around the luminous light.

The King of Light had a ferocious expression, glaring angrily at the precepts.

The last vestige of hope for discipline vanished, and the ninja before him, by sheer chance, attained enlightenment regarding the form of the Myō-ō (myō-ō).

The Three Kings of Light—in the history of the Fire Temple, only one eminent monk has ever realized this after being resurrected from the dead.

Jiexing looked down at the scroll and said:
"The Pilgrim, the First Hokage Hashirama, attained enlightenment of compassion under the statue of the Thousand-Armed Kannon and obtained the True Thousand Hands."

And you, somewhere, suddenly attained enlightenment and became a Three-Life King.

Even if I die under the image of the Bright King, it will not have been in vain that I have cultivated Buddhism for decades.

I have only one wish before I die.

"You said."

"Do not destroy the Temple of Fire."

Ye Guang said, "Master, you are overthinking it. I came for the benefit of Konoha. As long as you pass away, I have no reason to destroy the Temple of Fire."

The Temple of Fire is an important legacy in the ninja world.

While the ninjutsu of the five great ninja villages is powerful, it is not their only strength.

The power of enlightenment represented by the Temple of Fire is equally important.

I killed you because your interests had a fundamental conflict with those of Konoha.

Despite the conflict of interest, I have great respect for the legacy of the Fire Temple.

I will not destroy the Temple of Fire, nor will I allow anyone other than myself to destroy it.

Not only will I not destroy the Fire Temple, but I also have a certain connection with it, and I will protect it.

Kaguya Otsutsuki, the Sage of Six Paths, Ashura, Indra, Black Zetsu—all of these should be completely eliminated.

The Fire Temple, the three holy sites, the Grim Reaper, and the evil god—these powers, so different from the Otsutsuki lineage, will all be protected and explored by Yoru.

Jiexing said, "Practitioner, you have some sincerity; there is no deception in your promise."

"If a practitioner doesn't cultivate Buddhism and instead focuses on killing like a ninja, can they truly achieve sudden enlightenment?"

Ye Guang said, "Although I have never practiced Buddhism, I have heard a few Buddhist scriptures."

The Buddha said that one can become a Buddha by following the direct path; everyone can become a Buddha, and every path can lead to Buddhahood.

My path has strayed somewhat, but why can't I cultivate the Dharma form?

"In that case, please, pilgrim, make your move."

Let me see just how vast the difference is between my Thousand-Handed Welcoming Slayer and your Three-Lifetimes Bright King.

The image of the Bright King suddenly made a move, his crimson fist striking the abbot, Jiexing.

Jiexing's body was adorned with a chakra dharma image that came to greet the Thousand Hand Killer.

However, with just one punch, Ming Wang Hong Quan shattered the Thousand Hand Killer that was coming to meet him.

The fist hovered in front of Jie Xing's head.

His precepts and dignified conduct were shattered, the last glimmer of hope in his eyes vanished, and he became utterly lifeless.

He poured all his heart and soul into welcoming the Thousand-Handed Killing Dharma Image, but when the Dharma Image was shattered, his mind and spirit were torn apart.

The moonlight dissipated the image of the King of Light, but the body remained intact, untouched by the precepts.

He died from bleeding from all seven orifices while practicing abstinence.

For the sake of Konoha, Yagami killed many people. This killing was purely a matter of self-interest, and Yagami felt little emotional distress.

Seeing Jiexing's death, Ye Guang felt a pang of sorrow.

He died with blood flowing from all seven orifices, without any external injuries. It is estimated that when the other monks find him tomorrow morning, they will assume that he died suddenly due to a mistake in his practice.

Working by nightlight is all about meticulousness; even death is like the passing of Nirvana.

His figure disappeared into the ground, heading north towards the Land of Hot Springs.

Several days later, he met the fleeing Konoha group.

Upon seeing the fox, Nara rushed over excitedly: "Fox Lord! Shinnosuke, the advisor, has been killed!"

Nightlight exclaimed incredulously, "What? What did you say?"

(End of this chapter)