Konoha: Who's the good guy?

Queen Saya of Loulan holds her daughter Sara's hand.

With Yamanaka Kei, Tenten, Hinata, and Saya, they headed towards the core of the dragon vein.

Although she was reluctant to part with the three children, she knew that these children had looked up at the stars in the night sky countless times, missing their family.

They will definitely meet again in the future!

Bright incandescent lights illuminated the dim environment of the passageway.

Tenten, Hinata, and Saya traced their fingers along the walls of the passageway, their eyes filled with the same reluctance.

Everything here was built bit by bit by them and the residents of Loulan.

Six years!

How many times can one live...?

Well, the average lifespan of Konoha's high-ranking officials is too high in the future; they may indeed have many six-year periods.

But those were days filled with laughter, tears, emotions, and grievances.

It's something they'll remember for a lifetime.

We walked out of the underground tunnel, which was several hundred meters long.

A massive underground complex gradually came into view.

Inside the towering underground cavern, there are rows of enormous chakra channels, each over a meter in diameter, arranged in an orderly fashion.

In the well-organized factory buildings, the strong and healthy residents of Loulan each performed their duties.

They may be using the energy of the dragon vein to drive the machining of large mechanical parts, or they may be mass-producing various kinds of daily necessities.

They all seem to be very basic things.

But Yamanaka Kei knew that whether it was the merger of the Land of Wind, the Land of Fire, and the Land of Earth, or the battles with Kirigakure and Kumogakure, the people of the Naruto world would inevitably be affected by the war.

These are the supplies that the people urgently needed after the war!

Yamanaka Kei gave Tenten, Hinata, and Saya a thumbs-up—three seemingly delicate little girls.

This mission was truly accomplished exceptionally well!

As for whether all these things will have an impact on the future.

As long as the ninjas' productivity is unleashed, it will only result in a slightly larger population; how much of an impact can that have?

Passing through dense underground production areas.

Queen Saya, holding Sarah's hand, led her deeper underground into an ancient building that was clearly not from this era.

"The light rising high above Loulan, a heart filled with mixed emotions, the dragon vein that must be protected, the white blade piercing through, gazing at the sky, sand and storms swirling in, the radiant sun vying for glory, flowers dancing and scattering, the golden light inherited through time and space, severing the blooming of dark life..."

The mother and daughter hummed an ancient folk song.

The dragon vein hidden deep underground seemed to be responding to the melody of the two, with the special purple chakra light flickering like breathing.

It illuminated the somewhat dim underground passageway.

"Um?"

Shan Zhongjing glanced at Saya and Sara, who were ahead of him.

The song the mother and daughter were singing was slightly different from the song he remembered from his previous life.

The last two lines of the lyrics.

His memory was of "the light inherited on the spiral, severing the dragon's hand and heading towards the inner court."

But now it has become "the golden light inherited in time and space, severing the blooming of dark life".

Was it the change he made by traveling through time?

No, it shouldn't be.

In the original work, Minato Namikaze had already sealed the Dragon Vein by the end of the Third Shinobi World War.

It wasn't until later, with the appearance of the centipede, that the seal was broken.

After that, the dragon vein completely disappeared.

In other words, Minato Namikaze most likely did not use the power of the dragon vein, nor did he go back in time to change anything.

"So... someone from a distant era communicated with the dragon veins and gained the ability to glimpse a corner of the future, just like Gamamaru?"

Shan Zhongjing pondered aimlessly for a while.

If I can't come up with an answer, I'll stop obsessing over it.

There are many secrets in the Naruto world, whether it's the demons, the Grell Stone, or the so-called Sky Ninja Fortress. It would take a lot of hard work to find the source of each one.

He'd be exhausted to death.

Sarah, who was being led by her mother Saya, would occasionally turn back to look at the scenery in the mountains.

I looked at it from beginning to end, and then from end to beginning.

On that tender little face of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old, there were moments of anticipation, moments of confusion, and moments of bewilderment.

Compared to the original story, where the Loulan Queen's mother died early and she was treated as a puppet for a long time, this is a different story.

Sarah is clearly more innocent now.

His face couldn't hide anything at all.

Seeing that Shan Zhongjing was looking at her and giving her an inquiring look.

Sarah bit her lower lip, carefully choosing her words as she asked.

"My lord, are you... are you Jin Guang?"

"Well... while it might be a bit arrogant to admit it directly, I suppose so, barring any unforeseen circumstances."

Yamanaka touched the tip of his nose, subconsciously thinking that the golden light Sarah was pointing to was the one sung about in the ballad.

"Oh~ so you're my successor..."

Sarah's little mouth was covered by Saya.

Then, the dignified Loulan Queen, her cheeks flushed, gave Shan Zhongjing an apologetic smile.

"Lord Jing, I'm sorry. Because of my relationship with Tian Tian and the others, I know some things about the future. So I sometimes tell the children that the golden light in the prophecy will become the new king of Loulan. Sarah may have misunderstood."

"It's okay, Sarah is a very lovely child."

Shan Zhongjing waved his hand, understanding dawning on his mind.

They also realized what Sarah had been trying to shout.

pity.

Saya reacted too quickly and didn't shout it out!

Every day, everyone was laughing so hard their eyes disappeared from their smiles. Hinata covered her mouth, trying not to laugh, while Saya exaggeratedly slapped the wall.

Saya gave the three of them a reproachful look.

He grabbed his daughter Sarah's little ear and strode quickly toward the depths of the dragon vein.

Yamanaka Kei followed behind the two with a smile. When Sarah gave him a resentful look, he spread his hands and put on an expression that said, "It's none of my business."

We arrived at the deepest part of the dragon vein.

Saya and her daughter Sara worked together to harness the power of the dragon vein and open the closed gate.

A blinding purple light emanated from the gate.

When the light fades.

Shan Zhongjing stepped closer.

Inside a large building that resembles a giant atrium.

The dense dragon vein energy, now completely liquefied, surged and rolled in the courtyard like boiling water, radiating terrifying energy fluctuations that sent chills down one's spine.

The stone bridge beneath everyone's feet extends from the main gate to the platform in the center of the courtyard.

That is the convergence point of the dragon vein energy revealed by Loulan, and also the location of the control switch of the Loulan dragon vein!

"Severing the dragon's hand... So this is a point where the dragon's claw extends from the dragon vein?"

Shan Zhongjing stepped onto the stone bridge, and Saya, her daughter, and Tiantian followed behind. Then, they closed the stone gate again.

When we send Tian Tian and the others back to their original time and space, it will inevitably generate a powerful energy fluctuation.

The energy of dragon veins can easily have some negative effects on ordinary people.

The mountain scenery led them to the dragon vein switch, which resembled a stone eye.

He waved to Tenten, Hinata, and Saya.

He raised his hand and tapped Tenten's forehead three times with Sage Chakra.

In the wisp of chakra smoke, a time-travel controller, the size of a washbasin and just the right size to be mounted on the Dragon Vein switch, appeared in his hand.

Place it on the dragon vein switch.

As the controller activated, streaks of purple dragon vein energy shone forth.

The mountain scenery quickly set the precise time for the crossing and exited the central platform area.

"Sister Saya, Sister Sara, we'll come find you again when we get back!"

He waved goodbye to Saya and Sara every day.

"The generational order is wrong~"

With a helpless grumble, Sha Ye also began to say goodbye to Sayasara.

Hinata took out her treasured boxing gloves from her bosom and handed them to Sara, her big eyes filled with reluctance.

"That cunning Hinata, she secretly hid a gift! Saya and I weren't prepared at all~"

"No, no, it's just, it's just..."

The farewell was accompanied by the three sisters' voices and Sayasara's reluctant words of advice.

A powerful surge of dragon vein energy erupted.

It only took a few seconds.

Tenten, Hinata, and Saya disappeared from the platform.

The dragon vein energy also receded back into the courtyard.

Shan Zhongjing squinted, not missing a single detail of the time travel he had just experienced.

After thinking for a while...

Looking down at the dragon vein energy still churning and surging beneath his feet, which seemed to have hardly been consumed, he inwardly marveled at the sheer magnitude of this energy.

"Wait for me for one minute."

The mountain scenery said something to Saya and Sara.

He walked up to the dragon vein control switch and, based on the information from his previous illusionary memories, adjusted the timeline back to the past.

He stood up and waved to the mother and daughter.

His figure disappeared from the platform amidst another burst of dragon vein energy.