"Uh …"
Ningci didn't know how to answer Hyōjin's sudden question.
In his opinion, his teacher should know better than anyone else what the Three Holy Lands meant. Therefore, he didn't understand why his teacher would ask such a question.
Before Ningci could think of an answer, Hyōjin asked casually, "Are Orochi Sinya and Bunta Toad very strong?"
"This …" Stunned again, Ningci said hurriedly, "Teacher, you might not have seen Naruto's spiritual beast, Sinya, and Sasuke's spiritual beast, Bunta Toad. They are really powerful spiritual beasts!"
Ningci knew clearly that Hyōjin had only arrived at the scene after Sinya had left the previous battle drill. Therefore, he guessed that Hyōjin hadn't seen Naruto's spiritual beast or Bunta Toad from Mount Myoboku. Otherwise, he felt that his teacher wouldn't have asked such an obvious question.
Hyōjin smiled and looked at the horizon.
It was already evening. The setting sun was setting in the west, leaving only a faint afterglow. On the other side of the sky, the bright moon was faintly discernible in the sky.
Looking at the faintly discernible moon in the sky, Hyōjin said calmly, "Be it Mount Myoboku or Ryuchi Cave, they are just dispensable aids!"
Ningci was puzzled. "Dispensable?!"
At this moment, there was a commotion on the street in the distance.
Ningci looked over and saw a large group of students from the Ninja School walking towards him.
The ones leading the group were none other than Naruto and Sasuke. Shikamaru, Xiaoli, Ino, Sakura, and the rest of the students were following behind Naruto and Sasuke in a chaotic manner. They were arguing about something and looked very excited.
Soon, the students arrived in front of Hyōjin.
"Hello, Principal!"
The noise stopped abruptly, and all the students respectfully bowed towards Hyōjin.
Hyōjin asked casually, "What are you guys doing?"
Sasuke quickly said, "Headmaster, I want to challenge Naruto today!"
The corners of Hyōjin's mouth curled up when he heard that. He thought to himself, "Heh, Sasuke thinks he's capable again."
Sasuke had just signed a spirit link contract at Mount Myoboku during the day, and now he was anxiously looking for Naruto in the evening. It could be seen that Naruto had really provoked Sasuke quite a bit these past few days.
Naruto held the back of his head with his hands and looked indifferent. He didn't seem to take Sasuke's challenge seriously.
Seeing Naruto's appearance, Sasuke snorted coldly and said, "Humph, you'll see what happens today!"
Naruto curled his lips and said, "Who's afraid of who!"
The other students were either supporting Naruto or Sasuke, and it immediately became noisy again.
Hyōjin smiled playfully and said, "The school didn't forbid you guys from exchanging pointers. Why did such a large group of people come looking for me on the streets?"
Sasuke hurriedly bowed towards Hyōjin and said, "The school's practice field is too small, and we can't display our skills. Headmaster, please allow us to go outside the village to exchange pointers!"
If the students wanted to leave the village and exchange pointers outside the village, they had to get permission from the headmaster, Hyōjin. Therefore, Sasuke and the others came looking for Hyōjin.
Hyōjin waved his hand and said, "I knew it would be like this. Go, but don't go too far."
Hyōjin had already discovered that Kakashi, Zhishui, and even Itachi were following this group of children in the dark. Therefore, he casually waved his hand and agreed to Sasuke's request.
Sasuke's face lit up and his gaze shifted to Ningci who was standing beside Hyōjin. He said, "Ningci, you come along as well!"
"Me …? I … I think I'll pass! "
Hearing that Sasuke and Naruto wanted to exchange pointers outside the village, Ningci understood that they would definitely use powerful spiritual beasts. Therefore, he didn't give it much thought and rejected them.
He was clear that he had already been left behind by Naruto and Sasuke. He no longer had the qualifications to exchange pointers with them.
Naruto asked curiously, "Why?"
Sasuke also stared at Ningci with some doubts.
"I …"
Just as Ningci was about to find an excuse to reject it, he suddenly realized that Naruto and Sasuke weren't inviting him to exchange pointers with them. Instead, they were simply asking him to observe the exchange, just like the group of students following behind them.
Knowing that he had misunderstood them, Ningci was shrouded by an immense sense of awkwardness and bitterness.
Before the actual combat drill, he was one of the top students among his batch. Even Sasuke, who was the strongest among his batch, would be extremely cautious when he invited him to exchange pointers.
But now, Sasuke no longer had the intention to invite him to exchange pointers.
Just as Ningci was at a loss for words, Hyōjin said, "You guys go ahead first. I still have something to tell Ningci."
Naruto and Sasuke didn't suspect anything. They led a large group of students to the village gate excitedly.
After his batch had gone far away, Ningci sighed faintly and then said to Hyōjin gratefully, "Teacher, it's all thanks to you just now. Otherwise, I would have made a fool of myself."
Hyōjin smiled and said, "I'm not trying to help you out. I do have something to tell you. Come with me."
Swish …
With that said, Suijin grabbed Neji's shoulder, and with a flicker, he disappeared from the spot.
After a few leaps, Hyōjin directly crossed the outer wall of the village and took Ningci to an open space outside the village.
Ningci looked around and exclaimed, "So … so fast!"
He had always known that his teacher's speed was very fast. However, it was only at this moment that he personally felt how fast his teacher's Teleportation Technique was. In just a blink of an eye, he had already arrived outside the village.
Hyōjin asked, "Ningci, do you really want a spiritual beast?"
Recalling the scene earlier, Ningci nodded heavily. "Mmm, I really want to have a real spar with Sasuke, Naruto, and the others. But … but I don't want you to beg others for me anymore."
Hyōjin bit his finger and slowly formed a seal while saying, "We don't beg others!"
He recognized the sequence of Kuroto's hand seals. It was the Hai, Xu, You, Shen, and Wei of the Art of Spiritual Communication. Nincu exclaimed, "Teacher, you … you also have a spiritual beast?"
Hyōjin's lips curled up and he shouted softly, "Spiritual Beast!"
Bang …
In an instant, a huge gust of white smoke surged out and enveloped the surroundings.
The evening light was dim to begin with, and the afterglow of the setting sun had already fallen to the horizon. Therefore, as the huge gust of white smoke surged out, the surroundings instantly turned dark.
After the white smoke gradually dissipated, the dimmed light did not return. This was because at the place where the white smoke was surging, a huge object the size of a mountain was revealed. It blocked the setting sun on the horizon, dragging out a long shadow.
"This …!?"
Standing under this huge shadow, Neji raised his head with a dumbfounded expression on his face …
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