I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 425 Listen to the Immortal Recount the Past!

"Dragon vein?"

The live slug fairy noticed the scroll that Nara Rinka placed on its (or its clone's?) head.

But before it could even ask what the scroll from Nara Rinka was, its attention was diverted by the other party's words.

"Yes."

Nara Rinka nodded.

"As far as I know, it is a huge mass of energy located underground in the Loulan Kingdom."

"I'm not entirely sure of its exact origins, but in the legends of the Loulan Kingdom, this energy, known as the Dragon Vein, possesses many incredible effects."

"I'm sorry, Lord Nara, I don't know anything about the Dragon Vein, or the country you mentioned called 'Loulan'."

The little slug fairy shook its head and reminded it in its uniquely gentle tone.

"Perhaps this is because the era I lived in was very different from the current ninja world."

Do you have a more detailed map of the location?

Nara Rinka immediately realized what was happening.

The three sacred lands are legends to most people in the ninja world.

So that means...

Most people in the ninja world have only heard of the names of the three holy lands, but have never seen the "divine beasts" of the three holy lands.

Conversely.

The three holy sites have not "manifested their divine power before the people" for many years.

It's perfectly understandable that the Lively Slug Sage is unaware of the current state of the ninja world.

"Sorry, I'll draw up a map of the ninja world for you right away."

Nara Rinka activated his Yin Release chakra, and under his control, countless shadow tentacles formed an extremely detailed map of the ninja world on the pale ground of Shikkotsu Forest.

Upon seeing the other party's actions, the slug fairy separated another smaller clone, which wriggled closer to observe.

"This is Konoha and the Land of Fire, this is Sunagakure and the Land of Wind..."

Nara Rinka pointed at the shadow map for a while, finally stopping his finger at a certain border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind.

"And this is the exact location of the 'Loulan Kingdom' I just mentioned."

"So this is the place?"

The little fairy, a lively slug, raised its head, its voice soft and sweet.

"Lord Nara, if your address is not recorded incorrectly, I think..."

"The dragon vein you just mentioned might be the residual chakra of the divine tree."

A god, a divine tree?!

Nara Ranka's eyes widened suddenly.

He never expected to hear the special term "divine tree" from the Living Slug Sage.

Although, given the ancient and established nature of the Living Slug Immortal, it would be a lie to say that it was unaware of the existence of the Divine Tree.

But the problem is...

Why would the tiny kingdom of Loulan be associated with the divine tree?!

"The Divine Tree? What's that?"

Tsunade, who had been listening in the background, suddenly heard a word that piqued her interest and couldn't help but join the conversation.

"Was it some kind of special wood that Grandpa created using Wood Release back then?"

Having trained in Wood Release for so long, Tsunade knew that above Wood Release, there was another technique called Sage Art: Wood Release.

The Divine Tree...

This name sounds like it's related to Sage Chakra!

The Divine Tree and Hashirama Senju?

Upon hearing this, Nara Rinka glanced at Tsunade.

I'm sorry, Tsunade.

Although my great-grandfather is known as the "human-shaped little divine tree".

However, the real Divine Tree and Hashirama Senju are probably separated by about the size of the Sage of Six Paths...

"No, Lady Tsunade."

The Living Slug Sage also disagreed with Tsunade's words.

"The Divine Tree is the Divine Tree, and it has no connection with the First Hokage's Wood Release... well, probably no connection."

Speaking of which...

Even the Living Slug Sage didn't know how Hashirama Senju awakened Wood Release.

The Wood Release bloodline limit seems to be only known to Hashirama Senju in the entire history of the ninja world.

(Ashura possesses Wood Release, but that's original content created by the animation team...)

(White Zetsu possesses Wood Release, which is because Madara Uchiha fused Hashirama's cells into the God Tree...)

(From the perspective of the live slug, it is not yet aware that Nara Rinka has already developed the [Wood Release Chakra Creation Method].)

In the long memory of the Living Slug Fairy.

Apart from Hashirama Senju.

The only person—or god—capable of manipulating wood.

She is the true progenitor of chakra, the legendary goddess of the rabbit, and the mother of the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki—Kaguya Otsutsuki!

Today it is today.

Even the Living Slug Sage could not forget the insane scene when Kaguya Otsutsuki used the Divine Tree to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi and forcibly plunder the world's natural energy and chakra.

With the blood moon high in the sky, the unique patterns of the Rinne Sharingan covered the moon. Any creature that was illuminated by the moonlight and possessed chakra or natural energy would be captured by the Divine Tree and turned into a mindless puppet...

The sight was enough to send chills down the spine of even a slug.

If it weren't for the fact that Hagoromo and Hamura joined forces to defeat the Goddess of the Rabbit back then...

Even the Living Slug Immortal has no idea what the world will become.

The most likely scenario is probably the destruction of the world...

After all, once natural energy is lost, the natural environment will become dilapidated, and life species will lose their habitat.

Let's get back to the main topic.

Although the Slug Sage didn't know how Hashirama Senju acquired his Wood Release technique.

However, the opponent's Wood Release technique could never create a Divine Tree!

If Hashirama Senju could create the Divine Tree.

Then he shouldn't be surnamed Senju, but rather Otsutsuki...

"And what exactly is that divine tree?"

Unaware of the Living Slug Sage's inner thoughts, Tsunade pressed for an answer.

"A special kind of plant?"

"It's called the Divine Tree, but surely it's not some mythical tree created by the Sage of Six Paths? Haha—"

The air in the Shikkotsu Forest was filled with Tsunade's hearty and unrestrained laughter.

Embarrassingly.

Apart from Tsunade, who was laughing, neither Nara Rinka nor the Slug Sage were laughing.

"ha--"

Tsunade twitched the corners of her mouth, forcibly suppressing the smile on her face, while glaring fiercely at Nara Ranka, who seemed to be watching the spectacle with amusement.

"Lady Tsunade, the Divine Tree was not created by the Sage of Six Paths."

The Living Slug Sage answered in a soft tone.

"The Divine Tree was brought into this world by the Goddess of Rabbit."

Followed by.

The Living Slug Sage then told Tsunade (and Nara Rinka beside her) about the ancient history of the ninja world that it knew.

The descent of the Goddess of the Rabbit, the growth of the Divine Tree, the destruction of the world, the falling out between mother and child, the legend of the Sage of Six Paths...

Tsunade's expression went from indifference at the beginning, to stiffness, and finally to dazedness.

"Live Slug, you're not trying to tell me..., are you?"

At this point, Tsunade paused slightly, and unconsciously cleared her throat.

"The Sage of Six Paths was a real human being, wasn't he?!"

The Living Slug Fairy nodded gently.

That's it.

The connection between the dragon vein and the divine tree is a secondary concept in this book.

Memories of the Living Slug Immortal mentioned in this chapter.

It is known that Madara Uchiha fused Hashirama's cells with the God Tree to create White Zetsu.

Since the White Zetsu already existed within the Divine Tree.

So that means...

At some point in the past.