I am the new Hokage of Konoha.

Yun Ting was aware of this, so he allowed the secret service to investigate.

After a series of tedious procedures, the leader of the Anbu respectfully said, "Lord Hokage, you may enter now."

"Mm." Yun Ting nodded.

Soon, with the hand seals of the ANBU ninjas guarding the area, the sealing techniques surrounding the secret chamber were temporarily released one by one.

Seeing this, Yun Ting didn't need to be reminded and immediately pushed open the door and entered.

Upon entering, the entire secret chamber was quite spacious, with the only thing that caught the eye being a huge scroll on the central stone platform.

This is Yun Ting's goal for this trip.

The Book of Seals.

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The Scroll of Seals needs no introduction. As a forbidden book kept by successive Hokage, it contains various powerful forbidden techniques of Konoha.

Forbidden techniques refer to ninjutsu that are either extremely powerful, require very high skill levels to master, or cause great harm or even death to the user. Because they are not suitable for promotion to ordinary ninjas, they are sealed away.

Only those exceptionally talented ninjas who are utterly loyal to Konoha have the opportunity to learn a forbidden technique from the Scroll of Seals after receiving permission from the Hokage.

Minato Namikaze learned his Flying Thunder God Technique in this way.

As the Fourth Hokage, Yun Ting naturally had access to the Book of Seals at any time.

He hadn't come much before because he was short of money.

However, he has now gained a lot of reputation in Konoha because of the Wood Release incident. He has more reputation points than ever before, so he can use the forbidden techniques in the Book of Seals.

Upon opening the Book of Seals, the first thing that caught Yun Ting's eye was the renowned "Multiple Shadow Clone Technique".

He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, his thoughts immediately turning to Naruto, who was still in Kushina's womb.

"Back then, Naruto was able to steal the Scroll of Seals thanks in no small part to the help of that old scoundrel, the Third Hokage, who was always spying on him."

Recalling the numerous checks he had undergone, and recalling how easily Naruto obtained the Book of Seals in the original story, without a single ANBU ninja standing guard nearby showing their faces, Yun Ting couldn't help but shake his head.

Fortunately, Naruto was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and the son of Minato Namikaze. Anyone else, let alone stealing the Scroll of Seals, would have faced imprisonment even if they had returned it willingly.

After that, he kept trying to bring back the defector Uchiha Sasuke, thinking that everything would be back to normal. Little did he know that if Sasuke really came back, he might not be executed because he was the only one with Uchiha blood, but he would probably spend most of his life in prison.

Sasuke Uchiha must have been well aware of this.

He'd have to be crazy to go back to Konoha with Naruto.

After a moment of reflection, Yun Ting refocused his attention on the Book of Seals.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Big Purchase

Yun Ting refocused his attention on the Book of Seals.

Naruto, that idiot with terrible taijutsu who can only win by sheer numbers, is perfectly suited for the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.

But that doesn't mean he needs it.

The number of shadow clones was not of much help to him.

Instead of wasting that chakra, he should use it on the various ninjutsu techniques he is more proficient in.

In addition, although he had plenty of reputation points this time, he didn't reach the point where he would learn every forbidden technique he saw.

We still need to carefully select one or two.

Yun Ting continued flipping through the sealed book, looking back.

"The Four Symbols Seal... will not be considered for the time being."

"The Corpse Demon Seal? Ugh! What bad luck! I'd rather die than learn it!"

"The Dark Travel Technique is a powerful illusion technique that can make up for my lack of illusion skills. It's also not too expensive, so I can consider it."

"Impure World Reincarnation... Excellent, very powerful! But the technique created by the Second Hokage was not truly complete. It was Orochimaru who perfected it and further developed it, which became the true Impure World Reincarnation in the future. Now that Orochimaru has passed away, and I don't have the ability to do it myself, let's just forget about it."

"By the way, just in case, I should write down the hand seals for the Impure World Reincarnation. If I die many years later, and someone completes the Impure World Reincarnation and summons me, I can just unleash the Impure World Reincarnation: Release. Wouldn't that be a huge surprise?"

Thinking of this, Yun Ting quickly memorized the reverse hand seals of the Impure World Reincarnation technique.

He then continued flipping through the book, roughly reviewing all the seals.

Besides the aforementioned ninjutsu, the Scroll of Seals also contains techniques such as Mutual Explosion Tags, Spirit Transformation Technique, Eight Gates, and Flying Thunder God Technique.

The reputation points required to exchange for these ninjutsu vary.

The lower-level Dark Walk spell requires 20,000, and the Multiplying Explosive Talisman spell requires 30,000.

The highest cost is the Flying Thunder God Technique, which is related to time and space, which costs 250,000; the Eight Gates Technique costs 300,000; and the incomplete Impure World Reincarnation costs 320,000.

It's worth noting that the original price of Wood Release Kekkei Genkai is 500,000, and that's even considering that Kekkei Genkai are generally much more expensive than ninjutsu of the same power.

This gives you an idea of ​​how powerful these forbidden techniques are.

Especially the Impure World Reincarnation, a forbidden technique that snatches people from the hands of the Grim Reaper and is practically a bug in itself, is priced ridiculously high by the system even when it's incomplete.

Clearly, the system's evaluation criteria for ninjutsu are not solely based on the strength displayed.

Fortunately, Yun Ting did not need to exchange for the Impure World Reincarnation technique; otherwise, even with his self-proclaimed wealth, he would not have been able to withstand such a drain.

Having just experienced Orochimaru's defection and the appearance of Wood Release, Yun Ting now possesses a reputation of 800,000 points.

This was an unprecedented number, but thanks to his meticulous planning and maximizing his influence, he reaped a great harvest.

Eight hundred thousand reputation points, the vast majority of which came from the people Yunting had previously exploited.

Unlike in the past when all they could get was +1, this time they faced Yun Ting again with various bonuses such as +5, +10, +15, and so on.

Unfortunately, no one has been able to surpass Might Guy.

Furthermore, what Yun Ting found objectionable was that reputation points could only be gained within a certain area he was in. This meant that his expectation that the entire ninja world would continuously generate reputation points for him once the news of Wood Release was released was shattered.

Of course, even without this restriction, the latter is still a fantasy.

After all, reputation points are earned by showing respect and admiration for the Hokage.

For those outside the Land of Fire, the news that Yun Ting possessed Wood Release was more of a source of gossip than worry or joy.

Even within the Land of Fire, aside from Konoha, the reaction from other citizens was probably not very strong.

After all, you can't expect people who have to pay money to hire ninjas to deal with bad things to have much respect for the Hokage.

In comparison, they were less impressed by the officials and nobles who directly led them.

Therefore, no matter how busy Yun Ting was, he still had to make time to harvest from the people.

The unsuspecting villagers thought his approachable attitude remained unchanged, so they respected him even more.

Let's get back to the present.

Although Yun Ting now has a huge sum of 800,000, he cannot touch 500,000 of it.

These were prepared for the Shikkotsu Forest Sage Technique.

Within the system, Sage Techniques are priced significantly higher than Ninjutsu, and even Bloodline Limits.

The Shikkotsu Forest Sage Technique is comparable to the most expensive Wood Release technique.

This is because it brings a completely new energy system that multiplies the caster's strength, and also because the Sage Techniques exchanged by the system are not the half-finished kind that Jiraiya had to rely on Fukasaku and his wife to succeed, nor the kind that Naruto had to hold out for five minutes to enter Sage Mode. Instead, it is the Sage Mode state that Hashirama Senju could enter quickly with a snap of his hands together and then remain in for a long time.

With Sage Mode and Wood Release, Yun Ting can be said to be infinitely close to the state of a god of the ninja world.

Therefore, for Yun Ting, this 500,000 is absolutely untouchable.

As for why he didn't exchange it immediately, besides the fact that the idea of ​​successfully cultivating it in one go was too shocking, especially since he witnessed it in the moment and it was hard to explain, he also wanted to take advantage of the fact that there was still plenty of time and spend more effort on cultivating immortal techniques to improve his progress. This way, when he exchanged it later, he would spend fewer reputation points.

Having grown accustomed to a life of poverty, one inevitably develops a habit of being frugal.

Anyway, there's still plenty of time before the Nine-Tails' rampage. With his current strength, he can handle whatever happens in between, so there's no need to rush.

Of course, the necessary preparations still need to be made.

Just like the bottom line of 500,000 reputation points.

In this way, Yun Ting would only have 300,000 available.

Among them, forbidden techniques such as the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Eight Gates Formation can only be chosen as one.

Yun Ting didn't hesitate much and quickly chose the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The Eight Gates Formation is indeed an incredibly powerful forbidden technique, but for Yun Ting, who has mastered Wood Release, opening the first seven gates is merely icing on the cake. Furthermore, once he acquires Sage Mode, it becomes even less necessary. After all, a single Wood Release technique will be sufficient to replace the power of the first seven gates of the Eight Gates Formation.

The true essence of the Eight Gates Formation undoubtedly lies in the eighth gate.

Just like when Guy opened the Seventh Gate, he only scratched Madara Uchiha's itch, but when he opened the Eighth Gate, that final kick almost ended the game.

But such a glorious outcome comes at the cost of one's own death.

Yun Ting didn't even want to learn the Corpse Demon Seal, so why would he be willing to learn the Eight Gates Formation, which was also a desperate technique?

Especially considering that it costs 300,000, and the first seven methods are not very helpful, while the last method will kill you after one use, it seems like a huge loss.

Instead of wasting time on that, I'd rather learn the Flying Thunder God Technique. Even if I can't win, I can always escape.

Besides, if he couldn't defeat his enemy even using Wood Release in Sage Mode, he didn't believe that the power after opening the Eighth Gate would truly kill him.

Taking all these factors into consideration, the Eight Gates Formation is indeed a powerful forbidden technique that allows one to ascend to the heavens in one step, but for Yun Ting, who is currently at a certain level, it is by no means an indispensable help.

In comparison, the Flying Thunder God Technique, a space-time ninjutsu, would be of much greater help to him in combat.

So, after choosing the Flying Thunder God Technique, he also chose the Dark Travel Technique and the Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique, thus spending all his budget.

He still had a few hundred reputation points left, and he planned to exchange them for some common ninjutsu to expand his ninjutsu pool and make himself more well-rounded.

Thus, this large-scale procurement effort came to an end.

Yun Ting's strength will see a comprehensive improvement once again.

If we want to do something this big again, we'll probably have to wait until after the Nine-Tails' rampage.

Chapter Thirty-Eight: Real Estate Tycoon - Thousand Hands

Inside the Hokage's office.

With the help of Shikaku Nara and Minato Namikaze, Yun Ting's workload as Hokage was greatly reduced, which allowed him to have more energy to review the new ninjutsu he had obtained from the sealing techniques, and even find time to connect with his female secretary.