Chapter 20: The Temple of Fire
After casually packing up some daily necessities, Ling set off for the Fire Temple. The Uchiha clan suspected that it might be a conspiracy of the Konoha higher-ups, and specially sent two ninjas to follow Ling to prevent accidents.
The Temple of Fire was not too far away from Konoha Village, and the two ninjas of the Uchiha clan on the road were worried about sudden changes, so Ling also understood and hurried together. We departed from Konoha at noon and arrived at our destination in the evening.
"It's arrived" The evening clouds floated in the sky, and Ling's face was also reflected in a strange paleness.
"This is the Temple of Fire?" A ninja muttered as he looked at the huge wooden door of the temple in front of him.
The huge wooden door is engraved with the sign of the wooden leaves, the two square fire temples above the wooden door, and there is a statue that seems to be strange and solemn on the left and right sides of the door, and the whole gate gives people the feeling that "boy, if you are not afraid of death, come in and try it!" This feeling
The other ninja looked at the grand and solemn temple in front of him and was slightly stunned, then asked Ling, "It seems that it should be here, right, let's go in directly?" ”
Ling was the leader of this operation, so it was still necessary to ask him what he thought.
"No need," Ling said lightly, and then tilted his head in the direction of the gate, where the two monks were standing on the steps and in front of the gate to sweep the fallen leaves blowing in the distance.
"Understood." The two ninjas glanced at each other and walked directly towards the gate, Ling also slowly paced out behind him, and the figures of the three people walked through the gravel path on the ground to the gate.
"Huh?" A monk was puzzled when he saw the ninja beside Ling He and immediately walked over, "Please wait a minute. ”
"Is there something wrong? Monk. Before Ling could speak, a ninja frowned impatiently and said a word, his words were frivolous, but also full of arrogance.
The monk was stunned when he heard this, as if this was the first time he had seen such a person who did not know how to be polite. Dissatisfied with the ninja who spoke, the monk just wanted to say something when Ling directly said: "We are ninjas of the Uchiha clan, and we are here on the orders of Hokage-sama. ”
"Hokage-sama's order?" The monk raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "We haven't received any news from Konoha about your mission, please go back." The tone was a little cold, and it seemed that he was very displeased with the arrogant appearance of the ninja just now.
"Why are you monks talking so much nonsense, we"
"Shut up."
The ninja was about to reprimand the monk when Ling was the first to speak and interrupted him.
"I'm sorry." The ninja was stunned for a moment, and then retreated behind Ling with a little reluctance.
Looking at the monk with an angry face, Ling stepped forward and took out a scroll in the ninja bag and said, "This is a secret mission issued by Lord Hokage, it's normal that you don't know, please come out of your abbot, he should know about it." ”
The monk looked at Ling, who was speaking, and saw that the other party's face was handsome, and his tone was not like the ninja just now, but after a few rounds of courtesy, he folded his hands and saluted, "Please wait a moment." ”
Ling nodded and watched as the other party slowly walked back to the temple.
"Shh Looking at the monk's slow and unhurried pace, the ninja who went to speak first gritted his teeth lightly in dissatisfaction. It is estimated that it is because the Uchiha clan, who is a famous family in the ninja world, is a little unhappy that it is not taken seriously, Ling ignored it, and just looked at the gate of the Fire Temple lightly.
After a while, a monk in a robe slowly walked out, followed by several monks who looked like followers.
Walking down the steps without slowing down, the monk stood still in front of the three of them, and his eyes swept towards Ling and the two ninjas beside him with some coercion: "Who is Uchiha Ling?" ”
Ling raised his eyebrows slightly, the monk's tone was very interesting, it seemed that he had never heard the name at all, and it seemed that he just wanted to know who was Uchiha Ling among the three.
Looking at this monk with a majestic face but an anxious look between his eyebrows, Ling stepped forward and looked at him, "I am"
"Uchiha's genius" The monk looked at Ling with a slight frown after hearing this, "We have already received the order of the three generations of Hokage-sama, it's just!" Although you are a genius, it also depends on whether you have the ability to obtain the name of guardian ninja! ”
It's a little out of line with the plot. Originally an honest, healthy and upright person now appeared and didn t say anything but directly provoked me what is the reason Thinking of this, Ling Yuwei slightly hooked the corners of his mouth.
"Why don't you test my strength?" Ling chuckled, his dark pupils instantly turned blood-red, and he looked even more vivid and dazzling in the reflection of the sunset.
"The abbot of Dilu, a character with a bounty of 30 million, I also want to try it."
Di Lu was stunned when he heard this, and the eyes of the entourage behind him were a little hesitant. The high reward offered by the bounty was originally a secret matter, but Ling knew about it, and knew the amount of the bounty very well, which made these monks feel that Ling was a very dangerous person.
"Funny young man!" Di Lu stared, looking at Ling's eyes and suppressed.
"It's fine." Ling shook his head meaninglessly, then looked at Di Lu as if he was looking forward to it and said, "Since you want to test, let's start." As soon as the words fell, his hands had already thrown out a few kunai like lightning!
Di Lu turned sideways to avoid Ling's attack and folded his hands together, his eyes were sharp, and a light that seemed to be unexistent but extremely dazzling emanated from him.
"Interesting." Ling raised his eyebrows slightly and sank his figure.
"Ho ah!! Jilu roared, and Chakra erupted! The seemingly unpreserved offensive had approached Ling who was standing in front of him. However, to his surprise, Ling flashed sideways without panic.
Why?! Can he see my attacks? Is it the power of the Sharingan? Still is
"I can see the color of the chakra in my chakra." Di Lu was still surprised when Ling's voice came.
After dodging a huge fist that smashed towards him, Ling slid on the ground and distanced himself from the ground, "Your attack is just a chakra release, my eyes can see clearly." ”
"It's terrifyingly powerful! But," Dilu's voice suddenly became high-pitched, "You can see it, but you may not be able to hide it!" ”
"Idiot!"
"There's no room to challenge Ling at all!"
Just as Jilu was about to launch a bigger offensive, the two Uchiha ninjas sneered sarcastically.
"That's the end of the test." Behind Di Lu, Ling used the kun in his hand to top his waist.
How so? Could it be a shadow clone? What about the ontology?
Feeling the force on his waist, Lu was shocked.
"It's an illusion." Ling gently explained, "From the beginning. ”
Di Lu frowned silently, and slowly withdrew the chakra emanating from his body, the battle was over, and he was completely defeated! Only the frowning brows revealed the unwillingness in his heart
Walking inside the Fire Temple, Ling looked with interest at the quaint buildings and Buddha statues around him. Di Lu could afford to put it down, and after the battle, he didn't say anything but walked directly into the temple, and Ling naturally followed him in.
As for Di Lu, Ling was too lazy to guess anything, and he really didn't have any interest in paying attention to a person who was going to be put into the corpse cabinet where the bounty was stored in the future.
"Here you are, this is your room." A monk who led the way took Ling and his party to the place where the temple was staying. When I opened the door, fine dust fell from the eaves.
"You are not a ninja monk here, so you can't be arranged in the monks' dormitory, this is where the guests live, but the temple has not been a guest for a long time, please forgive me." Looking at Ling as he looked at the dust on the floor of the room and some of the furniture, the monk opened his mouth to explain.
"Nothing." Ling shook his head and walked into the room without paying attention.
"About Master Dilu" The monk looked at Ling, lowered his head and thought for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "Master Dilu is not usually like this, something happened in the temple a few months ago, and most of the original Guardian Ninja Twelve Warriors died in battle, so he was a little bored to see you become the new Guardian Ninja."
Ling Lai's timing was very ingenious, at this time, it had just ended the internal fighting between the twelve warriors because of different ideas, and many of his companions had already died, and now Ling's arrival as a new guardian ninja reminded Dilu of that tragic battle and made him feel bad.
"Yes," Ling muttered in a low voice, without the slightest suspicion or interest in this matter.
"Then I'll take my leave, you can do it yourself." Looking at Ling's senseless appearance, the monk was relieved and prepared to leave.
Ling nodded, and then stopped paying attention to the monk and began to look at the room carefully. After the monk left, the two ninjas who had come in together glanced at each other, and one of them took out a scroll and handed it to Ling.
Silent, Ling took the scroll and opened it to read the contents carefully, while the two ninjas waited quietly.
"Help me bring a message to the head of the family, I know what to do." After reading the contents inside, Ling spoke softly, staring at the scroll with thoughtful eyes.
"Got it!" The two ninjas bowed, "Now that we've reached our destination, let's go back to the village first." ”
"Thank you for taking care of me all the way." Ling Jaw Bow.
"You're serious."
After explaining what to do, the ninjas left, and Ling Ze pondered the contents of the scroll just now.
The Uchiha clan suspects that it is the trickery of the Konoha higher-ups that makes Ling more careful, and they will pressure Konoha to return to Konoha as soon as possible.
Ling didn't think there was any value in the Uchiha clan's plans, and it was inevitable to be careful, but he didn't have the idea of returning to Konoha anytime soon. Staying in the Temple of Fire with peace of mind, relying on the protection of Ape Fei, and quietly thinking about what to do next is what Ling wants. Time is slowly dwindling, and he must think of a way to protect himself before the conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha clan is maximized! It may be possible to avoid Konoha's slaughter by relying solely on Ape Fei, but Ling's ambition can't allow him to live like a stealth! Either be strong enough to defy everyone, or simply die! After coming to the Hokage world for so many years, he already has the consciousness to face death! Therefore, Ling will not choose to rely on anyone, he just wants to rely on himself!
"Kaleidoscope Writing Wheel Eye"
Muttered to the window, the setting sun had already dyed the sky red, Ling looked at the clouds in the sky and slowly clenched his fists
"Gotta get!"