Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#350 - Earth Dragon Cave

In the current Naruto world, the Three Great Sacred Grounds hold a rather special position.

Just like the Hidden Leaf Village, their status in the ninja world is one of transcendence and oversight.

What's even more speechless and infuriating to other ninja villages is that since the beginning of the ninja world, these Three Great Sacred Grounds seem to have been firmly tied to the Hidden Leaf Village.

Mount Myōboku, Shikkotsu Forest, Ryūchi Cave~

Every so often, one or two ninja world contractors would emerge, and all of them would come from the Hidden Leaf Village~

Among them, the toads of Mount Myōboku are the most active, practically treating the Hidden Leaf Village as their second home as they accompany Naruto's growth.

Even Shima-Sennin often runs to the Hidden Leaf Village's market to buy groceries~

Secondly, Shikkotsu Forest also frequently shows its face due to the three generations of contractors: Hashirama, Tsunade, and Sakura.

As for Ryūchi Cave, it is the most mysterious of the three.

However, when it comes to combat power, Ryūchi Cave, the sacred ground inhabited by a massive number of snakes, is probably the strongest.

By the Boruto era, the foundation of Ryūchi Cave had begun to be revealed, with some snakes who had mastered the Senjutsu of this sacred ground even evolving into human form~

Of course, this matter originally didn't have much to do with Liang Yue.

After all, he couldn't possibly run to Orochimaru's territory and have him press his paw print on Ryūchi Cave's contract scroll.

However, one thing did manage to connect Liang Yue to Ryūchi Cave, and that was~ the Three Great Sacred Grounds seemed to be interconnected.

Although each sacred ground covers a vast area, they seem to exist within the same mysterious space.

After obtaining the Shikkotsu Forest contract scroll from Tsunade, Liang Yue once again entered a long period of cultivation.

Then, about a year later, Orochimaru came uninvited to Shikkotsu Forest.

According to Liang Yue's observation, the direction from which he came should have been Ryūchi Cave.

… …

"Long time no see, Chunqiu-jun~"

From afar, looking at the "Thunder Fire Wood" that was slowly converging and disappearing behind Liang Yue, a hint of amazement unconsciously flashed in Orochimaru's eyes.

"Orochimaru? I'm surprised you could find this place."

After finishing his practice, Liang Yue came to the door and invited Snake Uncle into his temporary hut.

"It was indeed not easy to find, but I have now returned to the Hidden Leaf Village according to Chunqiu-jun's request, and in addition to bringing back a group of promising young people,

Sasuke has also successfully returned to the village, now~ it's time for Chunqiu-jun to fulfill your promise."

Orochimaru wore a smile, his snake eyes filled with anticipation.

"Oh? You actually returned to the Hidden Leaf Village?"

Liang Yue was surprised to hear this.

"I gave them conditions they couldn't refuse, and even invited the Fire Country Daimyo to guarantee it, hehehe~ Originally, I didn't plan to trouble Chunqiu-jun.

However, Tsunade seems to have a deep prejudice against me, and the old Third Hokage is also hiding in Mount Myōboku to cultivate, just like Chunqiu-jun. Jiraiya is now training outside with the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki.

So, I had no choice but to come to Chunqiu-jun myself."

Orochimaru's expression remained unchanged, but the arm gripping the armrest seemed slightly stiff.

Obviously, after returning home again as a Hidden Leaf ninja, his feelings were completely different from when he was implementing the Hidden Leaf Crush plan.

After the two finished speaking, Liang Yue casually threw a kunai to the ground, came to Orochimaru's side, placed his hand on his shoulder, and with a slight tremor, the scene in front of him blurred.

The next moment, the two returned to the Hidden Leaf Village.

"Flying Thunder God Technique! I didn't expect Chunqiu-jun to have also learned this ninjutsu! I also researched it for a while back then, but unfortunately, I gave up without making any progress."

"This technique requires a relatively strong mental arithmetic ability from the practitioner. If you can really cultivate your chakra to the next level and complete the body strengthening with natural energy, you should be able to practice it."

The sunlight was bright, and the two were now at the top of the Hidden Leaf Hokage Rock. From here, the entire Hidden Leaf Village could be seen in its entirety.

Liang Yue and Orochimaru quickly jumped off the Hokage Rock and slowly walked towards the Hokage Building.

"By the way, my cultivation method has relatively high requirements for mental state. This is related to your views on chakra and the world."

While walking, Liang Yue kindly reminded Snake Uncle.

Because according to his understanding, Snake Uncle's Reincarnation Jutsu had to be performed every three years, and the soul of the host would be continuously worn away during the process.

This method originally seemed to have very limited drawbacks.

At worst, the resistance to genjutsu would become relatively low.

But the current situation is that if Liang Yue's Martial Dao Innate breakthrough method is to be performed, Orochimaru might suffer a bit if his soul and mental strength are weak.

"… … Regarding this, I have already heard something about it. I heard that the small tree entwined with flames and lightning behind Chunqiu-jun is the sublimation and crystallization of mental strength~ right?

Under the interweaving of thunder and fire, it can actually produce life, and Chunqiu-jun is truly a genius to be able to master Wood Release from this perspective."

Orochimaru was silent for a while after hearing this, then directly changed the subject.

"Your words are not accurate enough. That Thunder Fire Wood thing is actually my understanding of natural things. It's a bit like those monks in the temple who worship Buddha statues all day long.

The Buddha statue has become their spiritual sustenance, but I have turned this sustenance into another more practical thing. To put it bluntly, this is a method of visualization~

It is equivalent to inviting a kind of thing in nature into your heart. If you can continue to walk down this path, you can also use it to cultivate into the Sage Mode you mentioned."

Speaking of this, Liang Yue suddenly paused and looked at a dark corner on the street before continuing.

"Like the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, and Tsunade, although they have successfully cultivated this Sage Mode, they have not been able to comprehend the ability to understand natural things like Thunder Fire Wood.

As for the mental visualization method, I myself first comprehended the Thunder Fire Tree before indirectly finding a way to absorb natural energy."

"… … It's really amazing, Chunqiu-jun is really a treasure, your ideas are simply unheard of, it really excites my whole person!"

Orochimaru really seemed very excited at this time, his tongue had unconsciously stretched out of his mouth, constantly licking his lips… …

"Control yourself a little, this behavior is disgusting."

"… …"