Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 89 Escaping the Pursuit

three days later.

In the morning, the sun rises.

On the northernmost border between the Land of Waterfalls and the Land of Frost, Sarutobi Tensuke and his companions appeared. Gazing at the boundless sea before them, the four fell silent.

"We lost them after all!"

Sarutobi Tenjuchi sighed inwardly. Once outside the Land of Fire, without the sensory lock-on from the center of the barrier, Li Yao created shadow clones again, and after they lost track of him once more, they had no way to lock onto Li Yao's main body.

In the end, it was thanks to Echizen Ryoma's memory exploration technique that they were able to search the memories of civilians and some wandering ninjas between the Land of Waterfall and the Land of Frost. Relying on the memories of some of them, they were able to see Li Yao's movements on the ground and eventually track him all the way to the seaside.

Now that it's confirmed that Li Yao has entered the sea, it's virtually impossible for them to track him down through memory.

On the vast ocean, where are there so many people to search their memories?

Given Li Yao's flying ability, he would definitely venture into the depths of the ocean, a place rarely visited by humans, making it difficult for them to find anyone who has seen Li Yao.

In short, by now, the mission to track Li Yao has essentially failed.

"Sika, Ryoma, you two return to Konoha and report Li Yao's situation to the Hokage. Ayase and I will continue our voyage to find Li Yao," Sarutobi Tensuke ordered.

Although they had lost track of Li Yao, they still had to continue searching. However, the next mission wouldn't require Xika and Ryoma anymore; their help was needed more on the battlefield in Konoha.

"Yes, Captain."

Sika and Ryoma nodded, then turned and left.

Sarutobi Tenjuro and his wife continued their journey aboard the ink-wash giant bird into the depths of the Sea of ​​War, searching for Li Yao's whereabouts.

The Sea of ​​War, the sea between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning.

This area used to be called the Whale Oil Sea because it was famous for attracting many merchants to collect whale oil.

Later, due to the mortal enmity between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning, wars frequently broke out, causing this sea area to decline and gradually come to be known as the Sea of ​​War.

……

Sea of ​​war.

Li Yao stood on the back of the giant black iron eagle, continuing to fly north.

"Why are there traces of his chakra fluctuations in his third-generation son and daughter?"

Li Yao thought about it for three days and three nights, but still couldn't come up with a solution.

When Li Yao first sensed the Third Hokage's chakra fluctuations within Sarutobi Mina's chakra, he assumed it was merely the result of some kind of experiment.

The chakra of the male ninja behind him also showed the chakra fluctuations of the Third Hokage. Li Yao realized that this was not simple and that there must be a deep secret behind it.

He only sensed the Third Hokage's chakra fluctuations in the chakra of Sarutobi Mina and that male ANBU ninja.

If a father's chakra can appear in the chakra of his descendants through bloodline inheritance, then Li Yao should be able to sense the fluctuations of his father's chakra within Minato's chakra.

Although Li Yao didn't know who Minato's father was, he should have been able to sense chakra fluctuations that didn't belong to Minato.

If you can't sense it, it's because Minato's father wasn't strong enough.

Sarutobi Sasuke, the father of the Third Hokage, was strong enough, wasn't he?

However, Li Yao did not sense his father's chakra fluctuations within the Third Hokage's chakra.

Li Yao also couldn't sense any other chakra fluctuations from the Root ninjas at the secret base.

Why was it that the Third Hokage's chakra fluctuations were sensed in the chakra of the Third Hokage's two daughters?

Could it be because of the torment he endured for half a year, during which the Third Hokage constantly used the Dark Travel Technique on him, making him overly sensitive to the Third Hokage's chakra fluctuations, thus enabling him to sense them?

Is this the reason?

I think so?

Li Yao frowned, thinking that this should be the reason, but with his absolute control over chakra, there shouldn't be such a difference in perception.

Aside from the explanation of being sensitive to the Third Hokage's chakra, Li Yao couldn't offer any other explanation, nor could he understand it.

But Li Yao always felt that there was a secret he didn't know.

The fact that there are chakra fluctuations from three generations of children makes this matter more complicated than it seems.

Li Yao was very certain.

He can't figure it out yet, but he'll definitely find out later.

Now... let's find a safe base first.

Li Yao shook his head, temporarily putting aside the matter of the Third Hokage's chakra fluctuations.

Five o'clock in the afternoon.

On a small island deep in the sea of ​​war.

The island is actually just a small mountain, covered in lush greenery and seemingly full of life. But inside, it is fraught with danger, with a brightly colored and patterned venomous snake every half meter away.

Standing on the back of the giant black iron eagle, Li Yao felt a chill run down his spine and dared not get off.

This is indeed a good place to temporarily retreat.

Li Yao had already explored the surrounding area beforehand. There were no other islands within a radius of 1,000 kilometers. Within a circular sea area with a diameter of 2,000 kilometers, there was only this Snake Island standing beneath his feet.

With such a vast sea area and no other islands serving as supply depots, it would be very difficult for ordinary people to reach this Snake Island.

Just like someone searching for a mountain across most of the country, the difficulty is unimaginable, especially since this is the sea.

As for ninjas… Li Yao smiled slightly.

This isn't the One Piece world where there's a permanent Pose. To find this Snake Island, unless you've been there before and know its general location, you can only rely on luck.

However, after carefully observing the island, which was covered with venomous snakes, Li Yao found no trace of human presence.

This should be an island that has not yet been discovered by anyone, so there is no need to worry about anyone coming.

"Fire Release: Great Flame Burst!"

Standing on the back of the giant black iron eagle, Li Yao stretched out his right hand and aimed it at the top of the small island below. With a thought, his normal chakra instantly transformed into fire chakra and was output from his right palm, turning into scorching flames that shot down.

"Boom... Boom!"

Li Yao's right hand was like a large-caliber musket nozzle, spewing out scorching flames as it crashed down from the top of the small island.

The small island, only one kilometer in diameter, was instantly transformed into a fiery mountain.

It must be said that the Third Hokage's Fire Release chakra quality was high, and the released Fire Release flames had high temperature and strong flammability; it wasn't the kind of Fire Release that couldn't burn people to death.

soon.

The lush, tree-lined island has vanished, replaced by a barren, charred island, its surface softened by the heat, resembling lava.

"Water Release-Water Crush Wave!"

Li Yao then extended his left hand, and the water-style chakra in his palm instantly condensed into a stream of water that sprayed out like a waterfall cascading down from the sky and washing over the top of the island.

“Eh…”

Suddenly, Li Yao's eyelids twitched, and the water flow of this water escape technique seemed to have been enhanced in some way.

Li Yao carefully sensed the surroundings and noticed that when he released the Water Release technique, the water vapor in the air around the island was quickly drawn in and merged with the Water Release technique in his palm, releasing even more water.

"Not only that!"

With a thought, Li Yao instantly released his Water Release chakra, which spread out and landed in the sea near the island's shore. In an instant, Li Yao sensed that he could control a small area of ​​seawater through Water Release chakra.

"waterfall……"

A rotating column of water, as thick as a bucket, shot out of the sea and, under Li Yao's control, landed on the top of the small island.

Before long, the island was cleaned, revealing the hardened brown rocks inside.

Li Yao landed on the mountaintop and retrieved the Black Iron Giant Eagle.

Water Release chakra can be integrated into seawater to manipulate a portion of the seawater and create a more powerful Water Release technique.

Therefore, if Earth Release chakra is integrated into the earth, it should be possible to control a portion of the land to create a more powerful Earth Release technique.

When the relevant attribute chakra is incorporated into the relevant material attribute, it will be strengthened.

This shows that elements in nature, such as earth and water, are actually related to the corresponding earth and water attribute chakra within a ninja's body.

If that's the case... then as long as this connection is found, Earth Release chakra can be condensed.

Li Yao thought to himself with a sense of excitement.

He now possesses all four elemental chakra natures: wind, thunder, fire, and water. He's only missing earth release, meaning he'll have all five common chakra natures.

Those in the ninja world who know all five ninjutsu are all geniuses.

In a sense, Li Yao is such a genius.

After all, his consciousness mutation is also his talent, not a cheat code like a system, so he is indeed a genius.

"Gurgle..."

A sound suddenly came from his stomach; the genius Li Yao was hungry.

"Let's eat first, then rest, and then we'll start researching ninjutsu."

Li Yao thought to himself.

But before he could eat, he had to build the house first.

"Wood Release: Three Rooms and One Living Room Technique".

With a thought, Li Yao unleashed a torrent of Wood Release chakra, which poured into the ground beneath his feet. Instantly, brown logs sprouted from the earth and began to grow together... eventually forming a decent-looking wooden house.

There are windows, a bed, a door, and a front yard viewing platform specially made by Li Yao.

It's about fifty square meters, with wooden beach chairs, a round dining table, and chairs.

It has to be said that with Wood Release in hand, a villa is always within reach.

In his previous life, Li Yao didn't own a house, but six years after arriving in the Naruto world, he suddenly owned a seaside villa.

Li Yao sat in a chair, took out a storage seal scroll, opened it, and input chakra.

"Bang!"

As the chakra smoke dissipated, five roasted chickens wrapped in lotus leaves appeared on the scroll. Li Yao had specially found a shop to prepare them and then sealed them into the scroll on his way.

Li Yao took out one of them, and resealed the other four into the roll, saving them for next time.

"Mmm...delicious!"

Enjoying the freshly roasted chicken while feeling the gentle sea breeze, Li Yao was in a very pleasant mood.

"I'm probably the only one in this world who uses the sealing scroll as a refrigerator."

As Li Yao was eating, he suddenly thought of this and smiled.

(End of this chapter)