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#351 - Return to Konoha

After leaving the Hokage Building, Liang Yue officially confirmed Orochimaru's sincerity in returning to Konoha.

Although Tsunade, as the Fifth Hokage, had some aversion to Orochimaru himself, she did not deny the fact of Snake-Uncle's return, nor his contributions to Konoha…

So, in the following time, Liang Yue also followed the agreement with Orochimaru and came to a secluded place to inform him of the method to break through the Innate Realm.

The whole process lasted about two hours. When Liang Yue left, Snake-Uncle, like the Third Hokage back then, seemed to have gained some understanding!

But thinking about this matter, it's actually quite normal.

After all, among the three disciples taught by the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, Snake-Uncle undoubtedly had the highest comprehension and talent.

That little old man valued Orochimaru the most~

It's a pity that Snake-Uncle later went astray and embarked on the road of researching immortality…

But this cannot deny Snake-Uncle's talent in cultivation.

Being able to quickly gain some understanding of breaking through the Innate Realm can only mean that he has already accumulated enough on this path.

In addition, it is worth mentioning that~

Besides himself, Snake-Uncle also brought back many talented young people this time.

Most of them were originally reserved as resources for Orochimaru's body replacement plan, but now that he has returned to Konoha, this plan naturally has to be put aside.

Especially after obtaining the method of breaking through the Innate Realm from Liang Yue, Snake-Uncle may not need these young people for a long time to come.

Even if Orochimaru re-ignites the idea of a 2.0 version of the body replacement and longevity experiment in the future, these people may have already passed their expiration date~

Therefore, after arriving in Konoha, Tsunade and a group of Konoha executives even launched a fierce debate over the whereabouts of these young people.

The reason is that the people who can be favored by Orochimaru are naturally very outstanding in their qualifications and bloodlines.

But except for Sasuke, most of them are not from Konoha.

Not to mention their complicated origins, some of them even possess the bloodlines of famous bloodline families from other ninja villages, and they have not been instilled with the Will of Fire since childhood, etc.

Therefore, it is naturally not easy to directly decide on the issue of belonging, but it would be too regrettable to give up on them.

After all, Jugo, Suigetsu Hozuki, Karin Uzumaki, Kimimaro Kaguya, Guren who possesses the Crystal Release bloodline, and Yūkimaru who is not a Jinchuriki but can control the Three-Tails…

At this time, Danzo, the giant of Konoha's dark forces, emerged, seizing the opportunity to say that as long as these children were handed over to him, it would not take long to train a group of tools who would be forever loyal to Konoha…

Fortunately, Tsunade is not stupid.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the Third Hokage who had retired at that time, had not yet entered Mount Myōboku for asceticism.

After a debate, these children were eventually uniformly incorporated into the Konoha Anbu…

Then, in terms of treatment, they enjoyed the Anbu organization but without specific positions, just like Liang Yue, and after being disbanded, they were temporarily led by the mentors of the Twelve Little Strong, such as Might Guy, Kakashi, and Kurenai Yuhi.

In addition, Sasuke, although he was forcibly taken away by Orochimaru for a period of time before.

But during the confinement, Snake-Uncle did not abuse him.

On the contrary, he was actually quite good to Sasuke, not only teaching various ninjutsu techniques, personally cultivating combat experience, and even signing the contract of Ryūchi Cave.

This treatment is exactly the same as in the original book.

If it weren't for knowing that Orochimaru was cultivating the next body for himself, this would be no different from a formal successor~

It is worth mentioning that, because Sasuke's identity is relatively special.

Therefore, although he had been with Orochimaru for a period of time, he was still trusted on the whole.

Almost at the first moment after meeting, Sasuke unhesitatingly made a request to Liang Yue.

Looking at the impulsive young man in front of him, with his face full of excitement and a hint of trepidation, Liang Yue led him to the riverside training ground where they used to go when they were in school.

"It's not so easy to learn my advanced version of chakra cultivation."

Liang Yue said to Sasuke as they walked.

"Of course! I am willing to pay any price for this!"

Upon hearing this, Sasuke seemed to think that he was going to make some conditions, so he replied without hesitation.

The determination and stubbornness on his face seemed like ten cows couldn't pull him back.

"Alas~ I don't mean that. What I want to say is that the methods practiced by the Third Hokage, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru are actually not suitable for you.

Or rather, not suitable for you now."

After arriving at the riverside, Liang Yue sat down on the ground with Sasuke and said unhurriedly.

"Why?"

Sasuke was stunned when he heard this and quickly asked.

"Because without exception, the methods practiced by these people are all things that can be tried after cultivating chakra to the peak level and developing the meridians in the body.

And after achieving something on their respective cultivation paths."

After saying that, looking at the confused Sasuke in front of him, Liang Yue thought for a while before continuing.

"This is like, you are hungry, and then there are many pancakes in front of you. You eat one, but you are not full. You eat the second one, but you are still not full. It was not until you finished the third one.

Only then did you finally get full, but the fact that you are full is because you ate three pancakes, not because you directly ate the third pancake. The same principle applies.

If you want to achieve a qualitative change in chakra, you must first have that kind of strong chakra foundation, unless~ you eat meat…"

"Eat meat?"

Sasuke said with a confused look.

"Um~ What I mean is that when you are hungry, you don't eat pancakes, but meat pancakes…"

Liang Yue gestured twice in front of him at this time and said.

"Then I want to eat meat!"

"… … This involves a fundamental issue, which is~ can natural energy be directly absorbed to convert into Sage Chakra without enough chakra accumulation."

"It should~ be possible, after all, Chunqiu, you seem to be like this."

"… … Alright~"

Saying that, Liang Yue had to show his "Thunder Fire Wood" behind him, and then put it in his palm, looked at Sasuke in front of him with bright eyes, and continued.

"In the beginning, I comprehended this thing first, and then slowly found a way to absorb natural energy and transform Sage Chakra. You can understand it as a kind of~"