"You lecherous immortal, look at how my hand has become like a toad! What should I do? What should I do?"
For women who love beauty, appearance is more important than life.
Yuki Mineko was extremely anxious and even threw away her previous disguise as a weak woman, and blurted out the word "lecherous immortal" hastily.
"Excellent talent is a double-edged sword. I didn't expect it to erode so quickly!"
Jiraiya grabbed Yuuki Mineko's wrist without further ado.
"Bear it!"
Jiraiya's other hand extended his index finger, with a spiritual light emanating from the fingertips.
"Chichi—!"
Like the sound of burning flesh, Yuuki Mineko felt a scalding heat coming from Jiraiya's fingertips on the back of her hand.
She gasped in pain and subconsciously wanted to pull her arm back, but when she thought that he was treating her, she gritted her teeth and endured it.
"Okay. This fingerprint will disappear in a few days."
Yuki Mineko quickly pulled back her arm, put it in front of her eyes and observed it carefully, she saw that the skin on the back of her hand was smooth and flat, returning to its original state.
There was just an extra black mark the size of a finger.
"Oh, oh, yeah, I'm sorry, Master Jiraiya! I was so rude just now, please forgive my offense."
Yuki Mineko breathed a sigh of relief. She then realized that she had actually called the lecherous immortal "the lecherous immortal". She was immediately terrified and got up from her seat to apologize to Jiraiya.
"I am not such a petty person, so I will forgive your slip of the tongue."
Jiraiya said openly as he looked at Yuuki Mineko, who was kneeling on the ground with her forehead pressed against the mud.
It would be great if Lord Jiraiya could be so generous as to share some with us.
The man with glasses couldn't help but think.
For a moment, he really hated his parents for not making him a beautiful woman. He couldn't help but ask:
"Master Jiraiya, what is going on? Miss Kiritani's hand..."
"Rather than explaining it, it would be more intuitive for you to see it with your own eyes. Once we get to the Toad Oil Waterfall, you should be able to understand it." Jiraiya said.
"Now that you've rested enough, let's go! You guys don't want to turn into toads, do you?"
What exactly does Master Jiraiya mean by this?
Could it be that our bodies will gradually turn into toads like Ms. Kiritani?
Because of such worries, all parts of my body began to itch inexplicably.
Jiraiya clasped his hands together and the Yellow Spring Swamp began to solidify. The soil layer was thick and he could walk freely.
“This is the last leg of the journey.”
Jiraiya took the lead and walked in front. Although the people behind him were a little worried because of Jiraiya's last words, they had no choice but to follow.
After walking out of the swamp, the natural scenery along the way is still lush and green, with huge plants everywhere.
"Ms. Kiritani, how are you feeling now?"
Jiraiya asked casually as he walked.
"Lord Jiraiya, I feel much better now." Yuuki Mineko replied.
"This immortal is not asking about your physical condition, but your spiritual power."
"After getting help from Lord Jiraiya, the heat flow in my body... the spiritual power has been controlled." Although Yuuki Mineko wanted to hide her shortcomings, when she thought of the many times the lecherous sage had helped her before, she realized that this was an opportunity and finally told the truth.
"Is that so? Let me take a look."
Jiraiya stopped walking when he heard that and looked at Yuuki Mineko with interest.
"You don't have to worry. If there is any abnormality, this immortal will take action."
"Yes, Lord Jiraiya!"
Yuuki Mineko held her breath, took a deep breath, then stretched out a hand, spread her five fingers, and a flame began to dance in her palm.
The flames jumped and rose higher and higher, and finally reached more than ten centimeters long.
The others looked at the flame in Yuki Mineko's hand and couldn't help but show envy and jealousy.
Why can't they awaken their extraordinary powers? Is the gap between their talents and Ms. Kiritani's really that big?
Yuuki Mineko didn't blush or feel nervous, and it was obvious that she still had some strength left.
"Yes, Miss Kiritani is indeed different from those useless people. She can stimulate spiritual power in such a short time. She can be regarded as a rough diamond." Jiraiya touched his chin with an admiring look on his face.
"No way, Lord Jiraiya! I am far from being able to match your divine power to burn the locust plague to ashes in one go!" Yuki Mineko's face was full of admiration and respect.
"Hahaha! Of course!"
"Lord Jiraiya, could you please give me some guidance? Please!" Yuuki Mineko blinked her eyes, took the initiative to step forward and took one of Jiraiya's arms, and said coquettishly.
"This is a bit..." Jiraiya looked embarrassed.
"Please!"
Yuki Mineko secretly gritted her teeth, and her body moved closer and closer, intentionally or unintentionally.
With the beautiful girl in his arms, Jiraiya's face showed a charming expression and his tone began to loosen.
"Hehehe, then..."
He was about to say something when the grass began to rustle, and a huge rhinoceros beetle with a glossy black color and a metallic luster blocked their way.
Looking at this beetle as big as a calf, Jiraiya's eyes flashed.
When you want to doze off, here comes the pillow. This rhinoceros beetle is really the perfect target.
"Okay, Ms. Kiritani, I will teach you a move. Watch carefully and pay attention to my hand prints."
Jiraiya reluctantly pulled his arm out of Yuuki Mineko's arms, opened and closed his hands, and made a few seals with slow but fast movements.
Si-wei-shen-hai-wu-yin.
"Art fire escape ho fireball!"
A huge fireball with a diameter of more than five meters shot out from Jiraiya's mouth and engulfed the giant rhinoceros beetle.
The rolling heat waves made everyone take a few steps back.
"This is the basics of fire magic, the Great Fireball Technique. The method of forming the seal is this. I have tried my best to slow down the process." Jiraiya turned around and said with a smile, sparks still lingering in his mouth.
"Ms. Kiritani, you should temporarily accumulate your spiritual energy from your mouth to your chest, and then suddenly spit it all out. How about that? It's very simple, isn't it?"
What do you mean by very simple?
When the others heard that Jiraiya was going to teach Miss Kiritani magic, they opened their eyes wide, wanting to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
But Lord Jiraiya's movements were so dazzling that even though I tried my best to catch them, I could only barely make out one or two gestures.
Can you do it again? It would be best if you could teach us step by step in slow motion!
"Yes! I understand!"
Yuuki Mineko's eyes lit up. She had noticed before that the lecherous immortal would raise his hand before casting a spell, and it looked shadowy as if he was making some movement.
It was just so fast that it was completed in an instant, beyond the reach of the naked eye.
This time, the movement slowed down significantly. Although others only saw part of it, Yuki Mineko captured all the hand prints.
Yuki Mineko followed suit, moving her hands quickly and smoothly, and finally opening her mouth and spitting out a fist-sized ball of fire from her rosy lips.
The fire went out when it was only a few dozen centimeters away from his lips.
"Cough, cough, cough!"
Yuuki Mineko couldn't help coughing and felt her throat was about to burn, but she still raised her head and looked at the lecherous immortal with anticipation.
I am a genius to be able to use it right the first time!
"It's okay, Ms. Kiritani."
Unexpectedly, Jiraiya showed a bit of disappointment in his eyes. He said indifferently, then turned around and continued walking forward.
Yuuki Mineko was stunned and stood there. She was so happy that she thought she would be praised by the lecherous immortal, but she didn't expect such a bland reaction. Could it be that bad?
"We're here, Toad Oil Falls."
After walking for a few kilometers, Jiraiya finally stopped and led them to a valley.
“How many toad stone statues are there?” Everyone was stunned.
"These toad stone statues are all your predecessors, strangers who accidentally entered Mount Myoboku, failed practitioners, and..." Jiraiya sighed softly.
"You don't want to turn into a toad and end up like this."
Chapter 211 Chapter 212 The end of the instance, the giant stone statue of the toad
"Is this the Toad Oil Falls?"
Yuuki Mineko and the others who traveled from Yoyogi Park to Myobokuyama stood beside Jiraiya and looked into the distance.
The vertical cliffs cut by knives and axes are covered with green lichens and various huge taro leaves. Yellow oily waterfalls cascade down and accumulate in a pool. In the pool there is a huge stone frog holding a leaf and spitting out a bunch of smaller waterfalls from its mouth.
On the flat ground before the waterfall, blue-black stone statues of toads of various sizes stood silently.
"Mount Myoboku is also a famous place for cultivation in the inner world. Countless people come here to practice. But the spiritual energy of the heaven and earth in Mount Myoboku is very mysterious. If you can't control it well, you will turn into a toad if you breathe in and out too much. After turning into a toad, you will become a part of nature again..." Jiraiya looked at these stone toad statues and sighed with a complicated expression.
"Those who failed in their practice in the past are these toad statues in front of you."
Yuki Mineko couldn't help swallowing and looked around again.
“These are all…”
There are hundreds of stone toad statues all over the mountains and valleys.
Were they once living people?
These toad stone statues have frog heads and human bodies, with Buddhist expressions, their hands in the mudra, and they sit upright on the ground.
Looking at it this way, there are indeed some traces of human nature left.
"Then was the change in Miss Kiritani's hand a sign that she would turn into a toad?" the yellow-haired young man blurted out.
"That's right. Mortals like you who have almost no spiritual power will gradually turn into toads after staying in Myoboku Mountain for two or three days. Among these toad stone statues, there are also a small number of foreigners like you." Jiraiya said without changing his expression.
"Ms. Tongya has good aptitude and has absorbed more spiritual energy, so her frog transformation has been advanced."
Everyone looked at each other in disbelief.
At this time, they couldn't help but remember that they had also encountered a stone toad statue on the road.
Presumably, he was also a mortal like them, who accidentally entered Mount Myoboku. However, that unlucky guy was not lucky enough to meet Lord Jiraiya, and eventually turned into a stone toad statue and stayed in Mount Myoboku forever.
"I see! Just like oxygen intoxication, we humans who traveled from reality cannot get used to the high concentration of spiritual energy in Myoboku Mountain, which is why abnormalities occur." The man with glasses pushed up his black-framed glasses, his eyes flashing with wisdom.
The so-called oxygen intoxication is a low-altitude reaction that is the opposite of altitude sickness.
That is, when you re-enter the plains with relatively high oxygen content from a high-altitude area with thin oxygen, you will feel lazy and dizzy, just like being drunk.
After listening to the glasses man's imagination, Jiraiya showed an indifferent expression on his face.
Yuuki Mineko couldn't help but hold down her left hand which had turned into a toad leg, and a look of fear flashed in her eyes.
To a young girl like her who prided herself on her looks, becoming a toad was an unbearable burden.
It’s better to just die!
Uh, after turning into a toad, it seems that it will also turn into stone very quickly, so it should be dead...
"Although I have solved the symptoms of Miss Kiritani's transformation into a frog before, it is only a temporary solution and not a permanent cure. If you continue to stay in Myoboku Mountain, you will become like this sooner or later." Jiraiya continued to talk nonsense.
"If you really turn into a toad, even this immortal will not be able to restore you."
After hearing what the lecherous immortal said, Yuki Mineko could only put aside her little thoughts.
During this time together, she observed that although Jiraiya possessed powerful sage powers and occasionally made dirty jokes like a middle-aged uncle and looked around in a perverse way, he was essentially an easy-going and compassionate person, even a bit of a pushover.
Even if it is a bit lustful, it is harmless and even makes it seem more humane.
It is also a perfect breakthrough. Yuki Mineko originally wanted to please Jiraiya and stay with him to learn more magic, but staying in Myoboku Mountain for too long would actually pose such a huge hidden danger, so she decided to return to Tokyo as soon as possible.
"Master Jiraiya, how can we leave Myoboku Mountain?"
