Three years have passed by in a hurry, but the Country of the Sea and the Sea Ninja Village have not wasted these three years. Their economy, population, and strength have all developed rapidly.
With a large investment of money, the ninja school has trained nearly a thousand ninjas, of which more than 200 have reached chunin status.
The invitations to wandering ninjas have never stopped, but within three years, more than a hundred people have joined.
The main reason why the number of people is so small is that Zhang Xuetao has restricted the conditions for inviting wandering ninjas. The most important thing is that they cannot be rebellious ninjas from other well-known ninja villages.
There is really no way around this condition. The more you experience it, the more timid you become, and you don't dare to do anything that is not in line with your strength.
It is precisely because of this that in this short period of time, he has not dared to take risks, so when facing the five major countries and the five major ninja villages, as well as those well-known ninja villages in the ninja world, the gap is still very big.
Fortunately, the Kingdom of the Sea did not attract prying eyes from other people, or in other words, it did not attract prying eyes from major forces.
Some minor problems were solved by the Sea Ninja Village itself, and some that could not be solved were spent on hiring Kakuzu.
In a training place on the main island of the Kingdom of the Sea, two people were sparring.
These two people were Zhang Xuetao and Bai. The entire venue was ravaged by the aftermath of their battle, forming a small world of ice and water.
"No, no, no, I still can't beat you!" Zhang Xuetao sat down on the ground, waved his hand and said helplessly to Bai.
"I want to make progress too, don't I!" After Bai finished speaking, he looked at the battle traces around him and continued: "It's been less than five years since you started practicing chakra and it's been less than five years now. Being able to become a Jonin is also an incredible talent. Life and death
When it comes to fighting, you can beat everyone except the elite Jōnin who have experienced hundreds of battles."
"No! There is no time. It seems that I have to choose to use the Lost Tower to gain time for practice." Zhang Xuetao said helplessly to Bai.
Bai took a deep look at Zhang Xuetao, then turned to the distance, which was the Kingdom of Water. She narrowed her eyes slightly and said in a deep voice: "Is it really possible to travel through time and go to the previous time and space?"
Zhang Xuetao jumped up, patted the dust on his butt, and said: "I ask you, do you still believe it? I have never lied to you. The thing about traveling through time and space is true. However, there is another thing before traveling through time.
Something needs to be done.”
Bai walked directly outside the venue and said as he walked: "Come to me if anything happens! Also~"
He turned his head, glanced at Zhang Xuetao, and then continued to say slowly: "You didn't lie to me, you just didn't tell me some things."
After eating, Bai used the teleportation technique and left.
Watching Bai leave, Zhang Xuetao was very helpless. Maybe the secret was worth others' curiosity after all. In the past three years, Bai had been making insinuations from time to time. He wanted to know what secret Zhang Xuetao wanted to hide? What is the future crisis?
But Zhang Xuetao was very strict about this matter, and he did not dare to speak out because he knew that he did not have the strength to reveal these secrets.
Even if he talks to Bai himself secretly and quietly, because he knows that Bai Jue is likely to be everywhere, and there may be a Bai Jue hiding somewhere and eavesdropping.
What's more, there are Immortals of Six Paths. Although their bodies are dead and only their souls are left, the remaining souls can see the entire world, even
He knew every move Hei Jue made.
If you speak out and attract the attention of these people, it is very likely that the strength and influence accumulated over the years will disappear.
Zhang Xuetao clenched his fists, looked up at the sky, looked at the waning moon in the sky, and thought in his heart: Kaguya Otsutsuki will be released in less than a year or two, and I am only a jounin now. That's all I have with this strength.
He is nothing more than cannon fodder in a battle.
Although I am very afraid of time travel and I am afraid that doing something I think is insignificant will change the whole world, but there is nothing I can do about it.
Existence is reasonable. Maybe the mysterious golden light that helped me in the past is really myself, the me after I mastered the power of the Nine Tails.
Zhang Xuetao soon made up his mind to embark on a time and space journey through the Lost Tower.
It's just that he also knows that there is still some time before the plot of the Lost Tower, and he still needs to improve his strength and collect some resources as much as possible during this period.
Zhang Xuetao came to the ANBU headquarters of the Kingdom of the Sea, hoping to find Qianye Qing to announce the latest mission. It seems that when he arrived, he found that Qianye Qing was not here.
"Where has he gone?" Zhang Xuetao said to Zhongshan Baxue.
Zhongshan Yaxue hurriedly explained to Zhang Xuetao: "The minister received news from the Kingdom of Ghosts a few days ago, saying that he wanted to fulfill the agreement made three years ago, but he did not explain the specific agreement."
"Oh, I know." Only then did Zhang Xuetao think of the thing about the shadow mirror transformation technique, and everything from three years ago suddenly came to mind.
He sighed and shook his head to get rid of all these thoughts.
He said directly to Zhongshan Yaxue: "Originally, there are two missions that need to be released. The urgent mission should be designated as S-level!"
After Zhongshan Yaxue heard Zhang Xuetao's words, his eyes widened immediately, and he asked with some suspicion and uncertainty: "Two S-class?"
"Um!"
Zhang Xuetao's "hmm" directly shocked Zhongshan Yaxue. Due to Zhang Xuetao's low-key behavior over the years, there has been no S-level mission for more than two years. And the last S-level mission was done by hiring outsiders, and now all of a sudden
Two S tasks are about to be released. It seems like something big is going to happen!
Zhang Xuetao ignored Nakayama Yatsuki's shock and directly announced the mission: "I want to find two people. I'm afraid these two people have the strength of elite jounin, and even surpass jounin and become S-level figures. But I don't
You don't need to fight him, you just need to find their traces. One of them is called Shen Nong and the other is An Lushan."
"This time I won't hire anyone from outside the Ninja Village. I need to keep it a secret. In addition, time must be fast. I have trained you for so many years, and it's time for me to see the results."
After Nakayama Yatsuki heard Zhang Xuetao's words, he immediately broke out in cold sweat. As the right-hand man of ANBU Minister Chiba Qing, he naturally knew how much money Zhang Xuetao had invested in ANBU.
"Okay, you don't have to be nervous. I won't let you investigate without giving you any information. I'm the only one pointing to this Shennong. I'm not sure if his real name is, but now he should be walking around with this name.
He should be a medical ninja of all places."
"As for the other one named An Lushan, he is a puppet master from the Sand Ninja Village. I just don't know if he has betrayed the Sand Ninja Village yet."
"These two tasks are based on the Shen Nong
This is the most important thing.”
After Zhang Xuetao was silent for a moment, and after careful consideration, he still said: "If you really can't find him, when Konoha Village is attacked by Kong Ninja, you can search for his whereabouts around Konoha."
After Zhang Xuetao finished speaking, he left directly. After receiving Zhang Xuetao's order, Zhongshan Yaxue naturally began to mobilize the strength of everyone in the ANBU to complete these two tasks.
Zhang Xuetao did not reveal the relationship between Shennong and Kong Ninja Village, because he knew that this clue was of little use at present, or to be precise, it was of no use to the ANBU in finding Shennong.
They just need to know that Shennong will appear near Konoha at that time.
Naturally, he was looking for An Lushan for the plot of The Lost Tower, but to be honest, he wasn't too worried about this.
Even if he couldn't find An Lushan, he could go directly to Loulan and wait. After all, the plot of Lian Kong Ninja hadn't started yet, so there was still enough time.
And Shen Nong is indeed what he is eager to find, because this is where he can quickly improve his strength before traveling through time and space.
The aircraft carriers and planes in the Kong Ninja Village are okay. What Zhang Xuetao wants to get most from Shennong now is the zero-tail technique and the weakened Eight Gate Dunjia.
Three years have passed by in a hurry, but he still has not obtained a more advanced sealing technique. Zero-Tail's sealing technique may not be as good as the Bagua seal, but at least it is much more advanced than the sealing technique he has mastered now.
Feeling the energy in the sealing technique and the violent chakra of the nine tails, I felt quite helpless.
It can be described as empty treasure mountain but not as a description, although a sealing technique has been developed that can be used at acupuncture points and can successfully seal the Nine-Tails Chakra here.
But these chakras are not as overbearing as the Bagua Seal. The Bagua Seal not only has a huge sealing space, but also can transform the Nine-Tails Chakra and limit the violent power of the Chakra.
It is precisely because of this that the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki is different from other Jinchuuriki. Other Jinchuuriki will suffer from the violent chakra leaked from the tailed beasts because of the flaws of the sealing magician.
The best example is the one-tailed Jinchuriki Gaara. Of course, like other perfect Jinchuriki, the reason why they were not tortured was not because of the sealing technique, but because they were recognized by the tailed beasts.
It is precisely because of this that although Zhang Xuetao has sealed the nine-tails chakra in his body, as long as the nine-tails chakra is drawn out and exceeds the limit, Zhang Xuetao will directly fall into madness and lose his mind.
In these short three years, Zhang Xuetao has lost consciousness nearly twenty times, and each time he lost consciousness, he fell into madness. Fortunately, each time he practiced in a secret base nearly 100 meters underground.
, so no one else knows this secret except Shiro and a few people from the Uzumaki clan.
Not only did the problem not be solved in three years, but the situation became more and more violent.
And this also loses the meaning of sealing the Nine-Tails Chakra. After all, the function of the Nine-Tails Chakra is to increase the amount of chakra, not to become a madman.
And if you don't want to become a madman, you need to use a small amount of chakra to suppress the power of the Nine-Tails Chakra.
It was precisely because of this that he wanted to quickly obtain a higher-level sealing technique, just to be able to control the power of the Nine-Tails.