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

Chapter 428 The Hidden Rich Woman of the Ninja World (Just kidding)!

The Living Slug Sage has lived in the ninja world for so many years, and his "sage" life experience is incredibly rich.

What kind of things hasn't it seen?

Almost immediately after Nara Rinka asked the question, the Living Slug Immortal realized what the other person meant by his words.

"Lord Nara, do you mean, like a Jinchuriki, to treat the Dragon Vein as a special form of chakra and seal it within your body, thereby increasing the amount of chakra you can control?"

The Living Slug Immortal first nodded, then shook his head, and answered clearly and logically.

"From a purely theoretical point of view, Lord Nara's idea is entirely feasible, and your Konoha should also have the basic conditions to accomplish this."

"However, I do not recommend that you do this, Lord Nara."

Why?

Nara Rinka frowned, quickly comparing the concepts of "tailed beast" and "dragon vein" in his mind.

"Could it be because of... the Divine Tree?"

According to what the Living Slug Fairy said before.

The dragon vein is most likely the residual chakra of the divine tree.

As for the tailed beasts.

Although the chakra that makes up the Five-Tails Kokuo and other tailed beasts does indeed come from the God Tree.

However, this chakra is not the original divine tree chakra.

They first went through a filtering process by the Divine Tree (Ten-Tailed Fox).

Then it went through a second round of filtering by Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Finally, it went through three rounds of filtering by Hagoromo Otsutsuki (the Sage of Six Paths).

On his deathbed, the Sage of Six Paths used the Yin-Yang Release technique to divide the Ten-Tails' chakra within his body into ten streams, thus giving birth to the Tailed Beasts.

After this process, the chakra of the Tailed Beasts became vastly different from the original chakra of the Divine Tree.

And even so.

The chakra of a tailed beast is not something that just any ninja can withstand!

Leaving aside the crucial issue of the tailed beasts' will to resist.

Even the chakra of the Nine-Tails, if it simply diffuses unconsciously in the air, can cause ordinary ninjas, and even elite ninjas, to feel a stinging sensation on their skin.

For ninjas lacking sufficient skills and abilities, the chakra of the tailed beasts is nothing short of the most potent poison in the world!

This is how the tailed beast chakra, after undergoing multiple rounds of filtering, all turns out.

The residual chakra of that divine tree...

Its "polluting" nature is therefore self-evident.

The Living Slug Immortal shook its little head approvingly.

Throughout its long "immortal" life, it had never encountered a ninja like Nara Rinka.

The opponent not only knew many secrets of the ninja world, but also had an extremely fast reaction speed.

Many crucial questions don't even require the Living Slug Sage's answers; the person can find the answers on their own.

"That's exactly why."

"The Living Slug Immortal said softly."

"Lord Nara, if what you call the 'Dragon Vein' is indeed, as I predicted, the residual chakra of the Divine Tree..."

"Then this chakra is a 'special poison' that is more potent than natural energy for all intelligent beings."

"If an ordinary creature accidentally absorbs natural energy, it may cause its body to mutate, or even turn into stone."

"The corrosive power of the residual chakra from the Divine Tree is only greater than that of natural energy."

"Lord Nara, if you truly have a plan to seal the dragon veins, please allow me to offer you this advice in advance."

"If you ever travel to Loulan and come into contact with the dragon vein, please be sure to summon me there via spirit communication."

In that case...

What problems did Nara Rangsuke encounter during his contact with the dragon vein?

The Living Slug Sage can also stop the opponent's actions before they encounter trouble.

Even if the Living Slug Sage didn't fully explain the second half of his statement.

With Nara Rinka's quick reflexes, he immediately realized the deeper meaning behind the other party's words.

"Then I'll need your help from now on, Living Slug Immortal."

Nara Rinka gazed at the enormous slug, which resembled a small mountain, and spoke with utmost sincerity.

"I do indeed have plans to go to Loulan."

"I will definitely communicate with you before I come into contact with that so-called 'dragon vein'."

There are so many cautionary tales about cultivating immortality.

Not to mention the group of stone frog statues in Mount Myoboku.

Even just thinking about "Orochi Kabuto" and "Sage Kabuto" during the Fourth Shinobi World War...

I felt a kind of physical nausea when I went to Nara to see the cassia tree.

Nara Rangsei has always been very careful and cautious when it comes to natural energy.

not to mention……

The quality level of Dragon Vein Chakra seems to be subtly above that of ordinary natural energy!

Nara Rangsei certainly doesn't want things to go wrong in this matter.

Another thing is...

Hopefully, Nara Shikaku has already found a good way to get the Fourth Hokage to go on missions alone...

Otherwise.

Nara Lankai had no choice but to try a "dual-track approach".

Anyway, there is a clone technique called [Shadow Clone Technique].

There's no need to worry about being "too busy" when visiting Nara.

If, in the future, one were to travel to Loulan and discover that it is indeed possible to seal the dragon vein into one's body and increase one's chakra reserves, Nara Rinka would still not mind doing so.

Nara Rankei strongly resisted the operation of sealing the tailed beast into his body.

This is why he has always kept the Five-Tailed King Kokuou "free-range" in Nara Forest.

This is not simply because Nara Rangsei likes large white deer that can be seen and touched.

Also, because Nara Rinka has too many secrets.

To seal a special creature with human-like intelligence inside one's body...

I'm not really used to the sight of laurels in Nara.

But dragon veins are different.

Tailed beasts possess human-like intelligence.

But a dragon vein is just a simple energy!

Nara Rinka doesn't want to become a "Tailed Beast Jinchuriki".

However, he wouldn't mind if he had the opportunity to become a "Dragon Vein Jinchūriki".

"I guess I'll have to wait until I go to Loulan to verify the dragon vein situation with the Living Slug Immortal!"

"Now, let's stop indulging in meaningless daydreams..."

Just as Nara Rinka was pondering silently.

The Living Slug Immortal spoke softly again.

"Lord Nara, actually, if you wish to increase your chakra reserves, I have another method."

"Um?"

Nara Rinka looked at the Living Slug Sage with a puzzled expression.

"Lord Nara, you've already mastered Sage Mode, haven't you?"

"It's a living slug," the fairy said softly.

"It's not just the sage techniques from the Temple of Fire that you just mentioned."

"And the Sage Techniques of Mount Myōboku, including Gamamaru."

Toad pills?

In Tsunade's memory, there didn't seem to be any toads on Mount Myōboku with that name.

But when the words "Mount Myoboku" and "divine arts" are linked together...

Tsunade reacted quickly.

"Nara! You... have you already mastered Jiraiya's Sage Mode?"

The three ninjas have worked together for many years and have a good understanding of each other's secret techniques.

Tsunade knew that Jiraiya possessed a ninjutsu called "Sage Mode" that made him look ugly.

Putting aside the effect of making people look ugly.

That ninjutsu is incredibly powerful!

"Yes, I gained some insights from my previous encounter with Jiraiya."

Nara Rinka gave a brief account.

He had no idea that the Living Slug Sage would discover that he possessed the sage techniques of Mount Myōboku.

It's not difficult to discern traces of cultivation techniques in immortal arts.

The immortal Fukasaku also achieved this.

But the problem is.

The Living Slug Sage not only saw that Nara Rangei had learned sage techniques, but also saw through that he had learned sage techniques from Mount Myōboku.

This kind of thing...

Is it possible to "see" it directly?

Fortunately, the Living Slug Sage brought this up not to pursue the matter further, but to lay the groundwork.

"Lord Nara, would you like to learn the Sage Arts of Shikkotsu Forest?"

(End of this chapter)