Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 71 Information about Ryūchi Cave

"The underground gold exchange wouldn't ruin its reputation. Don't complain about the price. If it weren't for the incident in the River Country last month that required the redeployment of a lot of people, I wouldn't be asking for so much money."

The old man at the underground money exchange counted the money while saying in a hoarse voice, "If you don't have enough money, no one will accept it. Even if I hang it up for you, how can I find someone to accept it?"

"Wait for the first commission. Come back in a month to pick up the information. As for the second intelligence commission, I can tell you about it now."

The old man at the underground gold exchange divided the money, keeping the missing five million taels for himself, and then told Uchiha Yoichi about the information.

"That must be a village at the northernmost edge of the Land of Iron. There is a group of people who are calmer than anyone else when they are calm, and even birds are willing to perch on them; but when they are crazy, even those madmen who love killing will be afraid of them. That group of people love killing even more than madmen."

"I used to be in charge of the Land of Fields. Someone issued a mission to take revenge on those people. Quite a few people went. Hehe, but none of them came back. By the way, when they go crazy, their appearance changes drastically. Although they are still human, they are not human at all."

Upon hearing what the old man said, Uchiha Yang was basically certain that he was referring to the Jugo clan.

But why in the Land of Iron?

He is currently in the Land of Wind, while the Land of Iron is on the other side of the Land of Fire. Even if he travels quickly, it will take him three days to get there.

However, if we find Ryuchi Cave, it won't just be about finding Shinja anymore. Ryuchi Cave might be one of the few places in the ninja world rich in natural energy, and Shinja will become secondary at that point.

"I'll come back for the intelligence in a month."

"Don't worry, we can find people who specialize in intelligence gathering."

After obtaining the exact location of the Jugo clan's village, Uchiha Yoichi left.

Next, he planned to make a trip to the Land of Iron. Although the journey would take three days, it was much better than wandering aimlessly around the Land of Wind like a headless fly, gathering intelligence, and it would be much safer.

The most anxious people must be the Sand Village, now that even the Sand Village can't find any news about the Kazekage. What can these twenty-five people do?

As for what happens after finding Dragon Cave, the three holy lands shouldn't reject outsiders. He remembered that the only danger in going to the three holy lands was failing to cultivate the Immortal Mode.

Mount Myoboku will turn into a toad statue, Ryuchi Cave will be swallowed up, and Shikkotsu Forest is unknown, but it won't be any safer than the previous two.

Besides, Ryuchi Cave shouldn't reject outsiders; at most, it might tempt them to cultivate Sage Mode.

Having made up his mind, Uchiha Yoichi set off for the Land of Iron.

There are a few railways in the Land of Fire, but they are few in number and short in length, and there is no railway from the border of the Land of Rivers to the border of the Land of Iron.

Uchiha Yoichi felt that the reason why the technological development of the ninja world was so abnormal was because of the existence of ninjas.

Technological advancements haven't progressed much in areas where ninjas can do things; for example, with television stations already existing for communication between ninjas, building more signal towers would have allowed them to immediately receive messages from the border.

However, due to the existence of secret techniques and ninja hawks, communication is still quite awkward. If you are in a hurry, you can use summoning ninjutsu; if you are not in a hurry, you can use ninja hawks or similar communication methods.

It's very convenient among ninjas; a little chakra is enough to transmit information to the village. But ordinary people still use letters.

Transportation was also mainly by horse-drawn carriages; if a ninja needed to travel for a long time, he only needed to allocate his chakra and eat a soldier's ration pill every now and then to replenish his chakra, and his speed would exceed that of riding a horse.

Therefore, ninjas did not need those means of transportation, and the ninja world did not develop much.

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The Land of Iron is a neutral small country in the ninja world because there are almost no ninjas in this country, and the majority of its inhabitants are samurai.

Without ninjas, the Land of Iron naturally wouldn't participate in the Fourth Shinobi World War. Apart from repelling an invasion from the Land of Rain during the Second Shinobi World War, the Land of Iron has been at peace for a long time.

Upon entering this country, Uchiha Yoichi naturally wouldn't reveal his identity as a ninja. There was still some prejudice against ninjas here, as ninjas also looked down on samurai, considering them to be outcasts of the times.

It would be troublesome if the samurai of the Land of Iron discovered his identity as a ninja, so Uchiha Yoichi entered the Land of Iron and headed straight for Jugo's village without even approaching any villages or towns.

Soon, Uchiha Yoichi arrived at the village where Jugo and his clan lived.

It was desolate and cold, with very few green trees and groves, but there were quite a few caves.

It doesn't look like a place where people live.

Uchiha Yang hurried inside and soon encountered some people dressed in coarse linen clothes. In the poorest places he had ever seen, none were dressed as simply as these people.

However, the buildings they lived in were very special; almost every house had snake-like sculptures.

Moreover, Uchiha Yoichi, being an outsider, was very conspicuous. As soon as he arrived, everyone looked at him, and soon someone went to inform him.

"Young man, what brings you to our village?"

A middle-aged man came out and spoke to Uchiha Yoichi.

"I have some questions for you. How do I get to Ryuchi-dong?"

Uchiha Yoichi didn't beat around the bush and asked directly about the purpose of his trip; these people were indeed very powerful after their natural energy was transformed, but that was against ordinary ninjas and samurai, and they were not enough against someone like him.

While speaking, Uchiha Yoichi activated his Sharingan. With the aid of his perception ability, he clearly sensed that the chakra within the human body was slightly increasing every moment.

They might be constantly absorbing natural energy, and once they reach their body's limit, their bodies undergo tremendous changes, leading to a violent outburst of destruction.

The middle-aged man shook his head and said, "Sorry, we don't know anything about Ryuji Cave."

"Ryūchi-dō doesn't reject outsiders. You don't need to hide anything for Ryūchi-dō. You're the village chief, right? I suggest you think about your people."

Under the gaze of the Sharingan, the middle-aged man and his clansmen felt immense pressure. Although they outnumbered each other, they felt as if they were facing some terrifying being when confronting Uchiha Yoichi.

"Every household in your village has snake decorations, and now you say you don't know about Ryūji Cave? You'd better think twice about whether you can afford to mess with them."

Uchiha Yoichi slowly drew his Raiga. Asking questions was a way of conveying goodwill; if the person didn't want to talk, interrogating them with his Sharingan wouldn't be difficult.

"I don't know what Ryuchi-dong is, but deep underground in our village, there is a sacred site that has been worshipped since ancient times. Only the most devout can enter. If you wish to go, I can show you the way."

Under pressure and a growing sense of crisis, the middle-aged man honestly revealed the information about Ryūchi-dō.

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