Chapter 232 What is Longdi Cave?
Chapter 232 What is Longdi Cave?
After a brief exchange, Orochimaru asked Kabuto to take Zabuza and Bai to their room to stay, and started talking about business with Lu Li.
"Mr. Lu, I have contacted Longdi Cave. If you want, you can go there today to learn the immortal arts."
Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth, took out a huge scroll and spread it on the ground. It was the summoning technique of Ryuchido.
"This is?"
Lu Li pretended to be curious.
"The spiritual scroll can be used to sign a contract with Longdi Cave. As long as Mr. Lu writes his name on it with blood, the contract can be established. After that, I will have them use reverse spiritualism to send us over."
Orochimaru explained, taking a step back and motioning for Lu Li to sign.
Lu Li squatted down to check and found that this scroll was similar to the one that Jiraiya showed to Naruto in the original work. It should be a very important main contract scroll. I'm afraid that only people who are highly valued by Ryuchi Cave can get it.
Although Orochimaru himself cannot learn fairy arts, he is highly valued by Ryuchido. There must be some inside stories that outsiders don't know.
Lu Li wrote his real name in blood on the scroll, and a strange power was established with him, and the space also made a prompt sound.
[Pioneer 008 has signed a spiritual contract with the Dragon Cave of the Immortal Land. He can use chakra to summon the beasts of the Dragon Cave, and can also be summoned in reverse.]
After completing the contract, Orochimaru did not delay and first used the summoning technique to summon a small snake, "Please go back and tell Tian Xinshenji to summon us in reverse."
Orochimaru spoke very politely, indirectly indicating that the spirit beasts in Ryuchi Cave were not easy to serve.
Soon, Lu Li felt a summoning force. He did not resist and turned into smoke with Orochimaru and disappeared on the spot.
Different from the feeling when he traveled through the world by space projection, the spiritual travel was completed almost instantly, and Lu Li landed without any real feeling of traveling through time.
What came into view was a dark but very spacious underground cave. He and Orochimaru were standing in the central area that was like a square. At the top of the steps in front of them was a stone temple.
What is enshrined in the temple is none other than a giant white snake, which is the White Snake Immortal from Longdi Cave.
Like the giant toad sage of Mount Myōboku, the white snake sage is also an old monster who has lived for more than a thousand years. He attained enlightenment on this planet before Kaguya-hime became the ancestor of chakra.
Lu Li took a look with his reconnaissance skills and found that he could only see a row of question marks. This did not mean that all of the White Snake Immortal's attributes were ridiculously high, it only meant that its spiritual attributes far surpassed his own.
Standing right in front of Lu Li and Orochimaru was a beautiful girl with long green hair, pale skin, and wearing a white gown. She was none other than Tian Xin Shen Ji, one of the three Yan Yi sisters.
"You two, welcome to Longdi Cave."
When Tian Xin Shen Ji spoke, she showed her sharp teeth and blue tongue. It can only be said that after entering the Ryuchi Cave, Orochimaru's style did not seem strange at all. Instead, Lu Li was out of place here.
"Mr. Lu, this is the Longdi Cave. I still have research to do, so I'll go back first."
Orochimaru said this while smiling and forming hand seals to cancel the reverse summoning technique. He had received a large amount of research funds and could not wait to purchase new scientific research equipment.
Lu Li wanted to ask Orochimaru something, but Orochimaru turned into smoke and disappeared on the spot, leaving him speechless and calling it a rip-off.
He still didn't know what the training process in the Ryuchi Cave was. After all, his only understanding of this place was from the sequel to Naruto he watched in the space. However, although Naruto's son, Boruto, passed the test of the Ryuchi Cave, he did not learn the magic here in the end. Instead, he followed in his father's footsteps and learned the magic of Myoboku Mountain.
Lu Li doesn't think that Myoboku Mountain is strong and Ryuchi Cave is rubbish just because the two protagonists in the original work both chose the Myoboku Mountain magic.
In fact, from the perspective of expressiveness, he felt that Myobokusan's magic had the most shortcomings.
The conditions for the Sage Mode at Myōboku Mountain are very harsh. Even Jiraiya cannot enter the perfect Sage Mode and has to rely on the help of the Fukasaku Sage and his wife to maintain it. Naruto also uses his clone to condense natural energy and transfer it to his original body.
On the other hand, the fairy arts of the Wet Bone Forest and the Ryuchi Cave do not have so many complicated steps. Take the example of Hashirama Senju in the former, who was truly unstoppable in a fight, with almost no visible side effects, and his recovery and endurance were at their maximum.
The latter, Longdidong, refers to Yakushi Kabuto. Although he is a bit ugly, he can always maintain the sage mode. Judging from the external performance of Tian Xinshen Ji and others in front of him, Lu Li feels that Kabuto’s practice is not the perfect Longdidong sage art, so his appearance has changed so much.
Generally speaking, immortal arts are natural energy. The methods of practice vary from school to school, but the final results will not be very different.
Lu Li didn't come here to learn the immortal mode that would turn him into a 'snake man'. He just wanted to know the principle of how this world absorbs natural energy and see if he could improve on his existing system.
"Oh, there's a guest, Tian Xin, bring him up."
The White Snake Immortal in the temple above woke up from his deep sleep and looked at Lu Li with a very human gaze. Although he was a snake, his eyes were like those of a kind old lady.
However, Lu Li would not be deceived by the appearance of the White Snake Immortal. If Miaoboku Mountain and Wet Bone Forest were considered lawful good among the three major immortal places, then Longdi Cave was chaotic neutral.
In the ninja world, anyone who can find the Ryuchi Cave can come and learn magic. But if one cannot satisfy the White Snake Immortal and pass the test set by it, then one will be eaten by the three goddesses with beautiful facial expressions.
"Mr. Lu, please follow me."
Tian Xinshen Ji bowed and saluted. If her true face was not exposed, she would look like a normal ancient beauty.
Lu Li followed the other party's footsteps, stepped onto the stairs, walked in front of the White Snake Immortal, and waited for the other party to speak.
He found that he was different from Boruto. He did not take the normal route, but went directly to meet the White Snake Sage. This was probably because of Orochimaru's face.
"Oh... let me see..."
The White Snake Immortal poked its head out slightly and examined Lu Li carefully. As it looked, a hint of surprise appeared in its vertical pupils.
It was silent for a moment, as if calculating something. After a moment, the surprise in its eyes turned into horror, "I can't even figure it out. Could it be the person in the prophecy... No, I can't see any future for him..."
It was talking to itself, and seemed to be in a panic, causing the servant Tian Xinshenji to panic as well. She had served the White Snake Immortal for hundreds of years, and had never seen the White Snake Immortal lose his composure like this. Could it be that Lu Li was the son of prophecy?
But looking at the horrified look in the White Snake Immortal's eyes, it didn't seem like that. She couldn't help but ask curiously, "White Snake Immortal, what did you see?"
The White Snake Immortal fell silent and just looked at Lu Li with a complicated expression.
In the depressing atmosphere, Lu Li couldn't help but speak, "White Snake Immortal, I want to learn the immortal arts of Longdi Cave. Do I need to accept any test?"
"Do you want to learn the magic we have here?"
The White Snake Immortal seemed a little surprised, which made Tian Xinshen Ji very strange. After all, everyone came to Longdi Cave basically to learn immortal arts.
"Can I learn?"
Lu Li asked.
The White Snake Immortal pulled back the corners of his snake face, as if he was smiling, "Of course, as long as you can pass my test."
"what do I need to do?"
Lu Li was not surprised, he was just wondering why the White Snake Immortal had such complicated emotions when he first saw him.
"Deep in the Dragon Cave, behind the group of snakes, there is a crack that connects to the lava abyss. I want you to go down and help me see what's there from the bottom."
The White Snake Immortal said in a subtle tone, "Remember, you cannot kill any snakes in the dragon caves along the way."
Lu Li frowned when he heard that. He knew that there was a place deep in the Longdi Cave where giant snakes lived in groups. There were monster snakes everywhere that were tens of meters long. They were ninja beasts that could use chakra, and even the strong ones could use fairy techniques.
Asking him to pass through a colony of obviously unfriendly giant snakes without being able to kill them was much more difficult than Boruto's childish test.
What confused him even more was that as the owner of Longdi Cave, the White Snake Immortal who was familiar with the past and could predict the future, actually had to go to a certain abyss crack to see what was there. It really didn't make sense.
"This is the test. Do you accept it?"
The White Snake Immortal stared at Lu Li and confirmed.
At this time, Lu Li received a prompt from the End Space, and he got a new side quest.
[Side Quest. First Round: The Test of the Dragon Cave]
Mission content: Go through the dangerous Dragon Cave, reach the deepest point that no one has ever reached, and explore the truth in the abyss.
Mission difficulty: Normal to difficult
Mission Reward: Open the second ring of the side mission and get a mysterious reward.
Failure penalty: -1 to all attributes
Lu Li hasn't seen a mission with punishment for a long time, and the mission rewards are also very vague. What is the mysterious reward?
After thinking about it, he felt that it might be related to the truth in the abyss, and he might have inadvertently started an incredible chain of tasks.
Perhaps, his journey to learn immortal arts this time will have different changes than expected.
With this in mind, Lu Li said, "I accept. Do you have a map? Which direction should I go?"
The White Snake Immortal turned his head and pointed out a direction for Lu Li, "This journey will go all the way north, and the end is the destination."
Lu Li didn't say anything more after hearing this. Seeing that the other party had no intention of giving him a map, he turned around and headed north.
After Lu Li left, Tian Xinshenji couldn't help but ask curiously, "White Snake Immortal, is there such a place behind the group of snakes? What's in it?"
The White Snake Immortal looked at Tian Xinshen Ji meaningfully and said, "I don't know either."
"What? Is there something else you don't know?"
Tian Xin Shen Ji was surprised, "This is the Dragon Cave."
In her opinion, the White Snake Immortal is the oldest living creature in the world. She dare not say that she knows everything in the world, but she should know everything about the Dragon Cave, right?
But the White Snake Immortal just looked at her with his wise eyes, "You are right, this is the Dragon Cave."
Tian Xinshenji didn't understand the riddle of the White Snake Immortal. She thought for a long time and asked shamelessly: "Is there any saying about that place?"
The White Snake Immortal was silent for a moment and then said, "I am the founder of Longdi Cave, but have you ever thought about why this place is called Longdi Cave instead of Snake Cave?"
Tian Xin Shen Ji thought for a moment and replied, "Isn't it because you, the White Snake Immortal, have a beautiful vision and hope that we can cultivate and become dragons one day?"
As far as she knew, among the group of giant snakes deep in the Ryuchi Cave, there were snakes that were more powerful and brutal than Orochimaru's summoned beast, Manda, and had already evolved some of the characteristics of a dragon.
"That's part of the reason, but the most important thing is..."
When the White Snake Immortal said this, he seemed to be filled with emotion, "...I have seen a dragon before."
Tian Xinshen Ji was horrified after hearing this. Dragon? Are there really dragons in this world?
Where is it? Could it be that a real dragon once appeared in this dragon cave?
The White Snake Immortal created the Dragon Cave to practice because he had seen a real dragon. Did he hope to be transformed into a dragon one day?
But if so, why is it not visible now?
Could it be... Goddess Tian Xin looked towards the north. Is there a real dragon in that Jedi that no one has ever reached?
(End of this chapter)