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After hearing the system prompts, Zhixue's expression also changed.
The Otsutsuki clan? Could it be the fisherman with the turtle?
Chapter 173, New Commission
In the long-range magic lantern technique performed by Payne, the figures of Payne and Scorpion gradually appeared on the fingers of the heretic demon. In this dark field, about 2 minutes later, Zhixue's colorful shadow It was also formed.
Seeing that there were only Pain and Xie next to him, Zhixue also asked Pain: "It seems that this mission is quite special. Uncle Loquat Juuzang didn't come."
Looking at the confused Zhixue, Payne nodded before continuing: "This mission is indeed different from the past. The place you need to go to is deep in the desert, which is the caravan that you and Xie solved last time. 30 miles north, the commission fee is 1400 taels."
"Ah? This was all a year ago, right? Is there any big problem there?"
Zhixue was a little puzzled. There was nothing in this desert, so why did things keep going there?
"According to the intelligence gathered by Jue, a strange energy seems to have penetrated from that place, which also caused some puppets buried deep in the desert to take action, causing a lot of trouble for the caravan."
As soon as Payne finished speaking, Xie asked a puzzling question.
"This person should be looking for someone from Sunagakure Village, right? Or the neighboring Fire Country is also a good candidate. Why did they come to us?"
Although Zhixue didn't speak, she actually had the same doubts as Xie in her heart. If the black caravan came to them a year ago to gain advantage, could it be that they came to them for the same reason this time? As businessmen with good ears and eyes, they would know about any trouble anywhere.
They should also know what happened to the last caravan sitting here, and they actually came to them to complete the mission.
"I heard that they seemed to regard the purple energy seeping out of the sand as a treasure, so I thought..."
"So, they don't even know what this thing in the ground is, so they just think about how to sell it for money?" Zhixue was extremely shocked when she heard Payne's description.
Are they all so desperate? I'm not afraid that this is something unclean like an evil god. (Hidan: Are you polite?)
"They are the client and we are the task party. We just need to complete the task. Xiaoxue, you are in the desert now, just close. Since Loquat Juuzang is a water escape ninja, it is not suitable to carry out tasks in dry places. , so this time let Xie take action with you instead of him."
Facing Payne's explanation, Zhixue also nodded.
Uncle Wei is really not suitable for fighting in the desert. He has either water escape or sword skills. In an environment like the desert, the water escape will probably be drained before it is used up. He is a weakling, and this mission is so dangerous. I won't send it.
After accepting the mission issued by Payne, Zhixue ended the Magic Lantern Body Technique.
After returning to the academy, I specifically told Gaara the news about his trip.
"Master, are you going to complete the mission?" Gaara, who was sitting on the chair, said as he looked at Zhixue, who was a little anxious.
After getting along with Zhixue for a long time, he could also see something, but what exactly Zhixue did was unknown.
"Ah, that's right. I may have to leave for a little longer. Remember to keep an eye on the academy for me."
"Master, I have been taking care of him for two months. Practice makes perfect, so don't worry." Gaara looked at Zhixue and said with a gentle smile.
The master is the only light in his life besides Yashamaru, and he will not let this little remaining fire in his heart disappear.
Seeing Gaara who was so confident, Zhixue was relieved and rushed to the location of the forest farm. He made a simple seal to allow Mudun's chakra to grow for a period of time. Then he tidied up and walked in. The desert disappeared into the wind and sand...
6 hours later…
Zhixue sat on a stone monument and drank hot milk tea. After waiting for a while, she vaguely saw Xie's figure in the yellow sand in the distance.
Looking at Zhixue who had been waiting here for a long time, he controlled Fei Liuhu to come here.
"It seems that you have been waiting for me for a long time."
"It doesn't take long. Is our client here? Why does it feel like there is no one around?" Zhixue waved her hand and said, looking at the surrounding area with nothing but wind and sand.
"No, although this is the place where we were entrusted, those businessmen are still in a safe zone further north. After all, you can feel the abnormal reaction here, right?"
Facing Xie's question, Zhixue also nodded his head, then opened his Sharingan, and his surrounding vision was instantly wrapped in a light purple.
This is the Chakra of the Dragon Vein, but according to the original plot, it should have been sealed by the Fourth Hokage. There should not be any signs of being so active. According to the system's emergency mission guidance, go southwest for about Ten kilometers away is the location of the Dragon Vein Formation Eye. Maybe something can be seen there.
Following Xie, Zhixue rushed to the direction of Dragon Vein, and encountered several puppets stimulated by the chakra of Dragon Vein. After the battle, they were also taken into the scrolls by Scorpion one by one.
Some of the precious parts of these puppets can be reused. Because Kakuzu is very strict with the organization's money, Scorpion often quarrels with him, so now some of them can be saved without spending money.
嘀，距离目标还剩4公里，嘀，距离目标还剩2公里…距离目标还剩1公里…999米…500米…200米…
Under the constant prompts of the system, Zhixue and Xie finally saw the location of the mission after crossing the ruins. However, it seemed that someone had already arrived there first, and they seemed to be still quarreling.
"Loulan has been destroyed. Your Majesty the Queen, the seal is almost in tatters. For the sake of our people, please stop guarding here obsessively."
"You traitors, although Loulan is gone, you were also residents of this country before. How can you disobey Her Majesty the Queen's wishes!"
"Even if Her Majesty the Queen wants to seal the dragon veins with her own power, it depends on whether she has the ability. You must know that the Fourth Hokage, who was once called the Golden Flash, has not completely sealed this guy. He is so determined to have his own way. If it continues, it will inevitably bring greater losses!"
Looking at the noisy crowd in the distance, Zhixue was also a little surprised.
Is it the butterfly effect again? It turns out that the seal of the Fourth Hokage is about to expire here. If the huge chakra aggregate that can almost maintain the operation of the entire Loulan breaks through the seal, it may not be something that these ordinary people can resist.
Just when Zhixue and Xie were about to check out the situation, a voice broke the noisy environment.
"Are you... the people invited by that group of businessmen?" A beautiful woman in a brown dress walked out of a nearby tent and looked at Zhixue and Xie, who were wearing Akatsuki robes, and asked with slight hostility .
Chapter 174: Ancient Kingdom of Loulan
"Are you... the people invited by that group of businessmen?"
Hearing the sound, Zhixue also looked at the person's position, and then used the teleportation technique with Xie to disappear.
Zhixue had a hunch that if she hooked up like this stupidly, she would be in a lot of trouble. Instead of going without contact, bypassing ordinary people and going to the core position, she had to do this urgent task anyway. of.
Sara's pupils were shocked when she saw Zhixue turning around, and then she quickly ran over when she saw the two people disappearing instantly, but she didn't find any trace.
"That little girl..."
……
Loulan Ruins, under the underground top tower, is the part that is isolated underground by the yellow sand. However, it seems that because of an invisible barrier protection, it has not been completely buried by the sand and dust blowing from the desert.
Looking at the purple energy that was still seeping out around the stone tower, Zhixue flew into the air, broke off a small piece of stone, then looked at it carefully with his eyes widened, and said -
"This kind of chakra is really energetic."
"I seem to have heard of this capital when I was a child. It is located in the desert of the Land of Wind. The capital is like a layer of mist. It once seemed to be very prosperous, but it fell into desolation after the Third Ninja War. ." Xie looked at the purple light that was still emitting in the center of the tower, and gradually went deeper into it.
"It seems that Loulan was quite famous before." Zhixue murmured as he followed Xie to the gate.
Using the sealing technique to push open the door restriction here, Xie was a little surprised when he saw the cracked seal in the distance and the flying thunder god kunai inserted above.
The magnitude of this chakra is really extraordinary. It's hard to imagine who could seal this place for so long. This is much stronger than the technique used by Sunagakure Village to seal the one-tail jinchūriki.
Hey, we are 20 meters away from the target. Please continue to approach the dragon vein. The system will use the seal vulnerability to automatically teleport the host to the past to complete the system task.
Walking on the dilapidated long bridge, Zhixue was stunned when she heard the system's words.
Wait, if you play like this, you won't be teleporting the scorpion too, right?
Ding, because the timeline is too sensitive, for the sake of safety, the system needs to conduct a time-travel debugging. The destination is not long before the dragon vein is sealed, and the emergency mission that the host needs to stop requires a second jump. On the way, when the system is preparing for the second jump, the host can also complete the theater version mission and obtain rewards.
Zhixue nodded her head when she heard what the system said. However, traveling through time still requires the help of the power of dragon veins and needs to be adjusted. Sure enough, is she a second-hand system? (sad)
Ding, host, please don't think too wildly. The strength of this system lies in selling services, not special functions such as time and cause and effect.
After arguing with the system for a while, Zhixue also walked up to the seal and gently touched the surrounding stone walls. A burst of fluorescent purple light slowly flowed out from the seal, and... Under the pull of an inexplicable force, the gap in the seal gradually collapsed, and the surrounding earth seemed to be shaking slightly.
"This is..." Xie, who noticed the movement, rushed to Zhixue's side and frowned as he watched the chakra leaking out of the dragon vein seal.
"The situation is not right, let's retreat quickly." Looking at Zhixue, who was still a little dazed with his hands on the wall and looking at the seal that was not moving, Xie was also anxious and stretched out from Fei Liuhu. A rope was tied around Zhixue's waist, and then she was lifted and ran outside.
"Hey! Wait, it's too tight, it hurts!"
"Don't be afraid of the pain at this time!" Fei Liuhu tied Zhixue firmly on his back and dived outside at high speed, but just when Xie was about to rush out of the area, suddenly the air There seemed to be something blocking the scorpion, and the light that continued to erupt from behind was like a generated purple tornado that slowly swallowed up the surrounding things together with the two of them.
When Zhixue was sucked into the dragon vein, he felt like he was thrown into a drum washing machine, spinning back and forth. The sight in his field of vision was as blurry as an old-fashioned TV that had lost its signal. There was a strange sound as if the formation was being forced into a straight line.
After traveling through the tunnel of time for an unknown amount of time, Zhixue and Xie fell from the sky to the ground.
bang!
Thanks to Fei Liuhu's hardness and toughness, Zhixue and Xie were safe and sound.
Zhixue, who still felt a little dizzy, got up from the ground, shook his head, and then untied the rope around his waist.
"Here is..." Zhixue adjusted to the light in front of him and said in awe as he looked at the surrounding environment of tall towers.
Is this the Loulan from many years ago? It seems to be developing very well. It is quite remarkable to be able to establish a country of this size in the hinterland of the desert.
The body of Scorpion came out of the amber, and frowned when he saw the puppet with sparks coming from its feet.
He is a puppet master and is relatively weak in close combat. He usually relies on this big iron puppet to protect himself. Now that the walking part is broken, it may be difficult to repair it here.
"What a headache." Taking out the scroll, Xie put Fei Liuhu away, and then looked at the surrounding environment in silence.
I always feel like I'm being sucked in by the things in that seal.
"Can you still sense where we were before?" Xie looked in Zhixue's direction and asked.
Facing Xie's question, Zhixue also shook his head with regret.
"It seems that things are more troublesome than we thought." Xie put the Akatsuki organization's coat on his body, and then took out a compass from his pocket, but the direction on it was still swinging irregularly. Every bit of regularity.
"Well, it seems that because of the chakra here, the magnetic field is chaotic and the compass is not very useful." Zhixue opened his senses and felt the continuously rotating gears and a large number of puppets being produced under the nearby tower. The arsenal said.
It seems that this is indeed where the movie version is, but I don’t know when the timeline is.
Ding, the second jump integration time is 12 hours. During this period, the host can also choose or give up the theatrical version mission.
Theatrical Mission: The Lost Tower.
Mission option 1: Follow the original story and assist the ninjas of Konoha Village in defeating the traitor An Lushan.
Mission rewards: Five Elements Seal, Telescope Technique (with crystal ball), Queen Sarah and the people of Loulan’s gratitude.
Mission choice 2: Go straight to the Nine Tails, and then use the mighty Susan to knock away all the enemies that resist. Mission reward: The shock from the Red Sand Scorpion, the fear of the people of Loulan, Thunder attribute proficiency LV.3.
Chapter 175, Infiltration
"Your Majesty the Queen, tonight is the time for you to meet your dear people. I estimate that today's parade will be quite enjoyable." In the room of the tower, Queen Sarah gently touched the photo of her mother in her hand and listened. When he arrived at the announcement from Loulan Minister An Lushan outside the door, he also smiled slightly.
"Thank you very much, An Lushan. Loulan's current prosperity is all due to your efforts over the past few years."
Hearing Sara's compliment, the corners of An Lushan's mouth curled up slightly, and there seemed to be a lingering excitement on his ugly face.
"Your Majesty the Queen is so kind. Since the death of the previous queen, as a minister personally promoted by the former king, I naturally have to share the worries of the royal family and even the entire Loulan."