Chapter 3 Apprenticeship
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The Temple of Fire, located on a hill five kilometers away from the capital of the Land of Fire, is still flourishing because of its long history and grand temples.
"Your Royal Highness, we're going to go on foot!"
Under the reminder of the housekeeper Ji Nai, Li Chuan jumped out of the carriage, and a long staircase leading to the top of the mountain appeared in front of him.
Unlike when I watched anime when I was a child, the temple was deserted, and at this time, the stairs were full of ordinary people from the Land of Fire up and down, which seemed very lively.
I think it may have been because of the tomb robbery incident, and Jilu temporarily closed the Temple of Fire.
"Let's go!"
Not to talk nonsense, Li Chuan waved his hand and took Ji Nai, the servants and the guards to climb down the stairs to the top of the mountain.
Because now his body has returned to the level of the peak of his previous life, plus after entering this world, his body was instantly endowed with the physique of a human in this world, and the number of cells has increased significantly, and he obviously feels that his body has become a lot stronger.
So when he climbed to the gate of the Fire Temple at the top of the mountain, he didn't feel tired at all, unlike ordinary people like Ji Nai, who were already out of breath.
"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Prince's body to be so good!"
In the eyes of Ji Nai and other servants, their prince belonged to the kind of prince who had been squatting at home for many years, rarely went out, and rarely exercised, but he didn't expect that his physical fitness was so much better than them.
"Is this the Iron Seal?"
The gate of the Temple of Fire is more than five meters high, made of cast iron and painted with gold lacquer, while two huge stone statues stand on either side of the gate.
According to his vague memory, Li Chuan remembered that the gate and the stone statue were not only decorations, but also a powerful defensive enchantment made by the Fire Temple with enchantment ninjutsu and sealing techniques, enveloping the entire Fire Temple.
Once opened, it requires the Chakra, a fairy talent unique to the monks of the Temple of Fire, to be able to pass through, a defense that can never be breached.
However, it seems that in addition to being broken once by the "empty" rampage with the nine-tailed chakra, it was also forcibly broken once again by the undead duo of the "Xiao" organization.
"Your Royal Highness, do you want to go to the Temple of Fire to host the reception?"
Seeing Li Chuan standing at the door of the temple without moving, Ji Nai asked softly.
In Kino's opinion, although the Temple of Fire is famous, it is just a temple, and His Royal Highness the Prince of High Status has come over, and the presiding officer of the Temple of Fire should personally come out to receive and accompany him.
Li Chuan shook his head when he heard this:
"No, let's go shopping first."
He came to learn ninjutsu, not to pretend to be 13, so his attitude naturally had to be better, otherwise even if he really worshiped the Temple of Fire, Di Lu was unwilling to pass on his true skills, and he had no choice.
Although the status of the Imperial Family of the Fire Country is high, they do not have absolute control over Ninja Village and Ninja Temple.
Not to mention that he is a prince without power, even if the daimyo comes over, he can't force the Fire Temple to hand over the ninjutsu that has been passed down in the temple for so many years.
After walking around the temple with his entourage and burning a few pillars of incense, Li Chuan found that the Temple of Fire mainly enshrined two Buddhas, one was Guanyin and the other was King Fudomei.
"This is very appropriate for the famous ninjutsu of the Temple of Fire, Thousand Hands Kill and Angry Eyes King Kong."
After visiting the Temple of Fire, he no longer wasted time, and directly found the steward monk in the front hall who seemed to have a good status, and said politely:
"In Xia Yuanchuan, if you have something to see, you will be presiding over the land, please pass it on."
"Is it His Royal Highness?"
The monk in charge of the front hall was a human spirit, and when he heard that Li Chuan's surname was Yuan, which was the surname of the royal family of the Fire Country, he instantly thought of the rumored prince who didn't go out often.
"Exactly."
Li Chuan nodded.
The monk in charge immediately smiled and made a Buddhist salute with a respectful face:
"The little monk will let the host be informed, and His Royal Highness the Prince will first ask the little monk to rest in the backyard guest room."
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Unlike the hustle and bustle of the front hall, the backyard of the Fire Temple is closed to visitors, so no one else can be seen except for the monks who are practicing their physical skills in the open space.
"Hey, is that young man also a monk of the temple, why hasn't he shaved his ordination?"
Walking with the monk steward on the way to the living room in the backyard, Li Chuan saw a young man with long hair, his heart moved, and he asked the monk in charge.
The monk in charge looked at Li Chuan's eyes, and there was a trace of disgust on his face:
"Your Highness, that's empty, the child brought into the Temple of Fire by the Lord of the Earth and Land is a lay disciple, so there is no need to shave."
"How old is he?"
Li Chuan asked casually.
The steward thought for a moment:
"I think I'm eleven years old."
Li Chuan nodded when he heard this, and didn't ask any more.
In fact, he guessed who the boy was at first glance, and the main reason for asking the steward was to know the age of the boy so as to roughly judge when he entered this world.
Although he still has an impression of the main plot of the Hokage, after all, he watched the anime when he was a child, and he is not very clear about what specific events happened in which year of the Hokage world.
However, he had the impression that Sora's age was not much different from Naruto's, Sora was now eleven years old, so Naruto should be almost eleven years old, and Naruto seemed to be twelve years old when he graduated from the ninja school.
In this way, he roughly had some understanding of the timeline he was in, and at the same time, he was secretly relieved.
This time is actually quite good, the plot has not yet unfolded, and there will be no embarrassing situation where he just entered the Temple of Fire and encountered an undead duo to destroy the temple.
"Ji Nai, you guys wait outside!"
Commanded Ji Nai, and entered the guest room under the guidance of the monk in charge, Li Chuan waited patiently while sipping the hot tea of the Fire Temple.
After waiting for about five minutes, a bald monk in his thirties, dressed in a monk's robe, knocked on the door and walked into the guest room.
"The Temple of Fire presides over the land and has seen His Royal Highness the Prince."
"You don't need to be polite."
Li Chuan hurriedly got up and returned a Buddha salute.
"I don't know what His Royal Highness the Prince has to do with the little monk?"
After sitting cross-legged on the futon, Di Lu had a puzzled look on his face.
Regarding the noble prince's sudden visit to the Temple of Fire to find him, Di Lu actually didn't have any clue in his heart.
When he was young, he was one of the "Twelve Guardian Ninjas" of the Fire Country, but at that time, his mission was to secretly protect the Daimyo. This prince, who has always lived in a simple place, has only seen a few times, and has not even said a word.
"Abbot of Dilu, this king came this time mainly to become a monk in the Temple of Fire and become your disciple!"
Li Chuan didn't beat around the bush, and directly stated his purpose of finding land. In his capacity as a prince, there is no need for too much verbal temptation.
Di Lu's eyes suddenly widened when he heard this, revealing a look of disbelief.
"Your Royal Highness, are you sure you're not joking with the little monk?"
The dignified Prince of the Land of Fire, how noble his status is, he actually wants to go to the Temple of Fire to become a monk, and he still has to worship him as a teacher, which really caught him off guard and is a little incomprehensible.
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