Chapter 165 Wooden Stake
"You overestimate me."
In response to the question from the Slug Sage, Lu Nie thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Creating an energy similar to chakra and natural energy, isn't this a little beyond Luna's ability?" Tsunade laughed dryly, and suddenly the smile disappeared from her face.
She thought of the Collapse Jade and the Collapse Jade Mode she had gradually mastered after integrating the power of the Collapse Jade. That power seemed to be a new power?
But that should also be a type of chakra, or natural energy, right?
Thinking of this, Tsunade was a little unsure. What if the Slug Sage was referring to the power of the Hogyoku? So the next moment, her voice became weaker and weaker, and finally, together with the Slug Sage, she focused her attention and sight on Lu Nie.
"It seems that you still have some concerns. Let's leave it at that for now. I just want to see what kind of person this potential reformer is.
This kind of thing is like a crown embellishment in my long life."
The gentle voice of Slug Sage sounded in Lu Nei's heart. Lu Nei glanced at Tsunade who was unaware of this and gained a better understanding of Slug Sage's ability and strength.
"Even an immortal like Lord Huoxiao is interested in that kind of power?" Lu Nie raised his head and asked tentatively.
Apart from Myoboku Mountain, which has not made any movement yet, two immortals from the three major spiritual holy places have already shown some interest in this.
"Although the Wet Bone Forest is a separate entity, your human world is still the main body. We are very sensitive to changes in energy. If we can't keep up with the changes, we will be eliminated. This is a fact that has been confirmed thousands of years ago.
But don't worry. We can only sense the change in energy, not directly target the person who caused the change.
Some time ago, Tsunade mastered a new power mode and resumed the practice of the Wet Bone Forest Immortal Art that had been interrupted. The power in her body made me feel abnormal.
Through communication with Tsunade, I learned about you and the Hogyoku."
The Slug Fairy spoke in a gentle and unhurried tone, as if the so-called survival of the fittest and other changes could not really stir her emotions.
Hearing this, Tsunade looked at Lu Nie embarrassedly. She had already guessed it in her mind, but now these words coming from the mouth of the Slug Sage completely confirmed it.
"Will the Hogyoku be useful to Lord Slug as well?" Lu Nie didn't care about Tsunade's apology. When Tsunade went to Ryuchi Cave to practice fairy arts, he was prepared to be exposed under the eyes of the Slug Sage. He just didn't expect that the Slug Sage would let Tsunade bring him to the Wet Bone Forest.
"I don't know." The Slug Immortal shook his head under the stunned gaze of Lu Nie and the others. "I'm not good at predictions, nor do I want to interfere in too many affairs of the outside world. I just wanted to meet you. Now that I've met you, I'm satisfied. At least you will be imprinted in my memory for a long time to come."
The Slug Immortal's tone seemed to be indeed content, and his big head nodded naively. But no matter how cute he looked, his body was as big as the Slug Immortal's, and it still gave people a daunting and oppressive feeling.
"You can ask Tsunade to take you around the Wet Bone Forest. Although the scenery here is monotonous and boring, I think there are some things you will still need."
The Slug Immortal moved his head back into the mist, and the sound caused the mist to vibrate, expanding and contracting like breathing, fluctuating endlessly.
As the fog covered the huge body of the Slug Sage and the place fell into silence again, both Lunae and Tsunade knew that this meeting had come to an end.
"Tsunade-sama, Ryuuga-sama, please follow me."
The big slug under the feet of the two people spoke gently. Although it said "Please follow me", after Lu Ni and Tsunade agreed, it actually took the initiative to lead them in one direction.
"Where are we going?" Tsunade squatted down, put her hand on the back of the big slug, and asked curiously.
"Deeper in the temple! There may be something that Lord Lunie needs. Please don't be polite when the time comes. Although Lord Lunie is not the contractor of Shigulin, Shigulin will still be Lord Lunie's friend."
The big slug said as he tried hard to hurry on.
Lu Nie immediately became interested in what the big slug said. Obviously, this was given to it by the slug immortal. After all, the connection between slugs is like an interconnected network, where thousands of split bodies share intelligence and information.
Sound and language are only used when communicating with the contractor or humans in the outside world.
Lu Nie didn't know whether this kind of communication could be interrupted, or whether it was limited by distance, but he didn't have the urge to use the slug fairy's split body to conduct experiments to verify his ideas in such a place.
After all, he is still in the territory of the Slug Immortal, isn't he?
What Lu Nie was curious about was the things that Slug Sage said would be useful to him. He certainly didn't think that Slug Sage was deceiving him. The other party obviously had some understanding of him through Tsunade, so the things left for him were either really what he needed, or precious and rare enough for him to need.
The scenery along the way is indeed monotonous and boring. When you first come in, the towering, rugged trees and the misty environment may make your eyes bright and feel fresh.
But over time, the monotonous and repetitive environment will make this sense of novelty fade quickly and gradually become boring.
The only thing that still interested Lu Nie was that he was curious about the plants here, especially those giant trees that were as rugged as bones and had no branches or leaves.
Trees grow in this place full of natural power and vigorous and abundant vitality. Lunie really wants to take some specimens.
It was still unknown when he would come to the Wet Bone Forest next time. From what the Slug Immortal had said, he didn't mind if he took something away from here. So along the way, Lu Nie kept scanning the things that interested him, intending to pack a copy for each of them before leaving.
It just so happens that some experiments outside have reached a bottleneck period. It seems like it would be a good idea to change the research ideas and projects and study the products of the Wet Bone Forest?
"Before I leave, can I take away some of the things I like here? Like those giant trees and the water from the Fountain of Living Liquid?"
Lu Nie asked the big slug for confirmation.
“Of course, although the environment of the Wet Bone Forest is not very friendly to life, the plants that can survive here have a high affinity for natural energy.
As for the Fountain of Living Liquid, it was created by the power of the Slug Sage and can be found everywhere in the Wet Bone Forest. In the hands of the Medical Ninja, it can replace the slugs and become the material for making medicine with healing power.
But I need to remind you, Lord Lunie, that the Fountain of Living Liquid is a product unique to the Wet Bone Forest, and it can only exist in an environment with extremely abundant natural energy.
If you take it outside, its effect will quickly dissipate over time. If you store it in the Dragon Cave, it might affect its effect, and it might eventually become a fountain of venom?" The big slug said at the end, his tone full of uncertainty.
After all, the three ancestral immortals have lived for at least a thousand years, their bodies are extremely large compared to their race, and their bodies are filled with tremendous natural energy and chakra. Given the extremely corrosive nature of natural energy, it is only a matter of time before their habitats are eroded and affected by their power.
In any case, other life forms and external objects that enter the Wet Bone Forest will be affected by it over time, either assimilated or turned into nutrients and dissipated.
Excessive vitality, once it exceeds a certain limit, becomes an unbearable burden for a ninja.
For example, right now, Tsunade's face looked a little strange as she looked at Shikagawa who was absorbing the natural energy of the Wet Bone Forest with his eyes closed, as if he was carefully feeling it.
For a moment she didn't know whether Lu Nie was so brave that he was fearless, or he was confident and conceited, or he thought that with her and the big slug around, he wouldn't see him in danger.
If you stay in a place with abundant natural energy for a long time, all kinds of problems will arise, not to mention that there is no ninja who would actively absorb natural energy into his body for no reason!
There is a huge gap between the difficulty of mastering natural energy and mastering chakra.
Although the natural energy of the Wet Bone Forest is relatively mild, it is only relatively mild. Its corrosiveness and assimilation are even more hidden and powerful.
But seeing that Lu Nie did not show any abnormality, after careful observation and perception, Tsunade didn't care about it anymore.
Lu Nie is not a reckless fool like Jiraiya, so he naturally knows the saying "know when to stop". When he realizes that something is wrong, he will naturally stop.
However, Tsunade was speechless about the fact that Kane, whose name was Nara but was actually a member of the medicine-jar clan, could stay so contentedly in the Wet Bone Forest, an environment full of vitality.
The environment here is a great tonic for the Nara clan, but they can't stay here for long. If there is a spring of living fluid, the Nara clan's weak constitution seems to be able to be cured?
In terms of nourishment, how could the medicines grown and the deer raised by the Nara clan possibly compare to the spring of living fluid?
"Tsunade-sama, Ryuuga-sama, we're here!"
Just as Kagane and Tsunade were both silent, thinking about something, the soft voice of the big slug rang out.
The awakened Kane and Tsunade looked around and found that there were large and small springs of living fluid scattered all around. The smallest one was only half a meter in diameter, like a puddle, and the largest one was like a small hot spring with a diameter of three meters.
The big slug's body moved, covering the living fluid springs along the way. The spring water in it was quickly absorbed by the big slug, and then mixed with the energy in its body and turned into body fluids that flowed down from its body, merging into the ground beneath it and into the pits.
Lu Nie, who had noticed this scene before, finally determined that the environment of the Wet Bone Forest had become like this because of the hardworking slugs that had been split off. These split bodies had become part of the ecological cycle of the Wet Bone Forest.
Finally, the giant slug stopped in front of an object that looked like a wooden stake.
Although it was a wooden stake, it was also very large, requiring at least three or four people to hug it. It looked like the remains of a tree. But it looked similar in color to the trees outside, and was very different from the white, rugged giant trees in the Wet Bone Forest.
It was about ten meters long, bare, and lying on the ground. There was no living fluid spring around it.
"What is this?" Tsunade jumped off the big slug and came to the fallen wooden stake to observe it. She was puzzled, because it really looked like just a wooden stake.
"It is a tiny part of a powerful monster. It was thrown here by the Slug Immortal thousands of years ago. Although the monster is dead and this is just its empty shell, its interior and material still carry some of the monster's power characteristics."
The big slug explained to Tsunade and Kagane in a soft voice.
“If Lord Lunae wants to use it to forge ninja tools, then it is enough material to forge powerful ninja tools that will satisfy you.
If it is only used for research, I believe Lu Nie and his men will be able to learn a lot of secrets from it."
After listening to this, Tsunade took the initiative to walk forward, put her palm against the rough surface of the wooden stake, closed her eyes and felt it carefully.
boom!
Tsunade felt as if her spirit had been hit hard, her body staggered back a few steps, and her hands covering the wooden stake suddenly lost contact.
"Tsunade-sama!"
"Tsunade-sensei?"
Lu Nie and the big slug spoke at the same time. Two slugs as thick as a baby's arm fell from the big slug, landing on Tsunade's shoulders and head with a clatter, puffing their mouths and emitting fluorescent light, examining and conditioning Tsunade's body.
"I'm fine!" Tsunade waved her hands, and did not stop the two slug sub-bodies from using their own power to expel the strange power in her body and calm the power in her body.
"It's devouring my chakra! Also, it gives me the feeling that it's full of vitality and has a violent spiritual attribute." Tsunade frowned and told Luna what she had just felt.
“It’s like a plant, but also like a living thing.”
What Tsunade didn't continue to say was that she even felt a power similar to her great-grandfather's Wood Release from her perception just now!
This discovery, as well as the big slug’s previous introduction to the wooden stake, made her mind feel a little confused!
Could it be that the great grandfather's wood escape power was inherited from this wooden stake? Or was it from a monster thousands of years ago?
This is ridiculous!
Tsunade felt that something must have gone wrong.
"Lord Lu Nie, you can take it away. But be careful, it may pose some other unknown danger." The big slug turned his head and whispered to Lu Nie who was approaching the wooden stake.
"Of course, thank you very much for this gift! I like it very much!" Lu Ni stretched out his hand to cover the wooden stake, feeling his chakra being swallowed up. There was no panic on his face, but instead a happy look as if he had found a treasure.
(End of this chapter)