"Right. The reason why our three great sacred lands are willing to be driven by humans, and are willing to teach them sage arts, is also because we owe a debt of gratitude to those people."
"Although they all failed, their spirit and courage in fighting against evil made us beast clans greatly admire them."
These words had roughly clarified the relationship between the sacred lands and humans. Seizing this opportunity, Black Dragon sincerely advised Ryun.
"Brother, as a native born and raised here, I don't expect you to pity all living beings. But you really cannot let the demon tree destroy the home we rely on for survival."
Black Dragon's visit as a lobbyist this time was not just for the other two sacred lands. It was more for itself, and for this world.
A thousand years ago, when Kaguya Otsutsuki brought calamity to the world, Mount Myoboku decided to step forward. They sent Gamamaru, the Great Toad Sage, to influence the will of Kaguya's sons, making mother and sons turn against and kill each other, thus saving this world. Now, it should be Ryuchi Cave's turn to contribute.
Black Dragon's words surprised Ryun greatly. He couldn't help but view these sacred lands in a higher light.
"Don't worry. I am not from the Otsutsuki clan, and I would absolutely never do anything to destroy my own home." Ryun gave his promise with a serious face.
Even though the Divine Tree's roots had now spread throughout the entire world, Ryun had not allowed the revived tree to absorb the earth's energy. His goal was very clear. It was to recover the chakra scattered outside.
In his eyes, the Divine Tree was always just a tool. After using the tool, he would naturally put it away, seal it.
Of course, when fighting against the Otsutsuki clan in the future, this tool would naturally be used by him as a combat weapon.
"That's good then. I knew it. Huh."
Black Dragon's words stopped abruptly before it could finish.
It saw a young girl walking towards them. Moreover, this young girl was actually a sage. The key point was that the power within her body was very different from ordinary sages. This girl seemed to be able to keep herself in Sage Mode at all times.
"Let me introduce. Her name is Nanaise, my daughter. This is Uncle Black Dragon. It comes from Ryuchi Cave, one of the three great sacred lands." Ryun smiled and introduced both parties to each other.
"Hello, Uncle Black Dragon. The senjutsu chakra inside Uncle Black Dragon is very powerful." Nanaise took the initiative to greet. As a sage, she could also sense the power within Black Dragon's body, especially that Dragon Pearl.
"It's actually an innate constitution that is close to natural energy. A spiritual communication constitution. It's the same constitution as my mother." Black Dragon suddenly exclaimed. The next moment, it stared intently, circling around Nanaise. That aggressive gaze scared Nanaise into covering her small chest.
"Oh. The White Snake Sage also has such a constitution. Is there any significance to it." Ryun asked in surprise.
"My mother is an extremely rare Sage Snake. Even without actively cultivating, its cultivation can increase autonomously. This constitution can easily sense natural energy, and can effortlessly absorb and convert it into its own power."
Currently, besides not yet developing the good habit of cultivating while sleeping, Nanaise could guide natural energy into her body for cultivation no matter what she was doing at other times. Ryun already knew what Black Dragon was talking about.
"This constitution is a favorite of heaven and earth. It is an excellent candidate to become a spirit medium. Beings possessing this constitution can 'knock on heaven above, and communicate with the pure land of the underworld below'. If your daughter can receive guidance from my mother, she might even be able to cultivate that mysterious and profound art of destiny dao."
Black Dragon said excitedly. Nanaise's special nature made it want to recommend her to the White Snake Sage. It knew its mother would definitely not overlook such a constitution, even though Nanaise was a human.
"It's that amazing." Ryun was both surprised and delighted for a moment. He had long known Nanaise was special, but he didn't expect it to be this incredible.
"I originally wanted her to sign summoning contracts with the three great sacred lands. Now it's perfect. Have your mother take Nanaise as a disciple. Teach her all the secret skills you have. My Nanaise is very talented in everything, learns everything quickly."
Ryun put his arm around his daughter's shoulder and praised her vigorously, making Nanaise feel embarrassed.
"Alright. I will inform my mother about this matter."
Next, Ryun and Black Dragon returned to a previous topic. "Speaking of which, Mount Myoboku has spiritual spring water. What treasures does Ryuchi Cave have."
As soon as these words were spoken, Black Dragon's eyes instantly became vigilant. "What do you want to do."
"I'm just asking out of curiosity."
Back when Ryun cultivated at Ryuchi Cave, he was only in a few specific locations. The snake clan simply didn't give him a chance to tour the place. Those three Snake Maidens kept a very close watch on him, not allowing him to go to many places, even though Ryun's relationship with them was fairly good.
"Don't ask if it's nothing. Ryuchi Cave has nothing." Black Dragon said unhappily.
"Really nothing. Is Ryuchi Cave that poor." Ryun pretended to be surprised.
These words instantly angered Black Dragon enough. "Our Ryuchi Cave is poor. Your home is the truly poor one. Even the natural energy here is so thin. Staying here makes breathing feel difficult. This lousy place, I wouldn't live here even if you gave it to me."
Black Dragon ridiculed mercilessly. The next moment, it picked up the gourd at its waist, wanting to take a drink to replenish some natural energy. However, as soon as it untied the gourd, Ryun snatched it away.
"What's in your gourd. Is it wine or something."
"You. Give it back to me." Black Dragon urgently wanted to reclaim the gourd. But the next moment, it was once again fixed in place by the Rinnegan.
"Bro, we're brothers. You have good stuff but won't share it with your brother, hiding and concealing it."
Ryun glared at it fiercely, then directly pulled out the stopper. An extremely rich and gentle natural energy instantly spread out.
"This is the so-called spiritual spring water, right. Produced in Mount Myoboku." Ryun asked with a surprised look.
"You know and still ask." Black Dragon still wore a stinky face.
Ryun nodded subconsciously, then carefully poured a few drops of the spiritual spring water onto his palm.
The spiritual spring water was golden and shiny. Upon contacting Ryun's palm, it immediately turned into pure energy and surged into his body.
"Isn't this just the water from the Toad Oil." Ryun asked subconsciously. The nature of this water was similar to Dragon Vein spirit liquid, but the spiritual energy it contained was clearly much stronger than Dragon Vein spirit liquid.
He remembered in the original anime, there was a plot about the Toad Oil. It was an 'assistant accelerator' for cultivating Mount Myoboku's sage arts. However, the water from that Toad Oil seemed to have strong side effects.
"It seems you know Mount Myoboku quite well. You even know about the Toad Oil." This time it was Black Dragon's turn to be surprised.
"This stuff, if you come into contact with it too much, you'll turn into a toad or frog, right. You keep it in a gourd, planning to drink it directly." Ryun's eyes were full of curiosity.
"This is the source water of the Toad Oil. It hasn't been polluted by those toads. Of course it can be drunk." Black Dragon looked at him with an expression like looking at a country bumpkin.
In the original, the Toad Oil water used by Mount Myoboku for Naruto's training was plentiful. That spring was mainly used to assist the toads in shedding their skin. You could say it was practically the bathing water of the toad clan. It contained the toad clan's bodily fluids, toad venom, and fragments of toad shed skin. Coming into contact with that water would definitely have side effects. Frog transformation was actually normal.
The spring water in Black Dragon's gourd was different. This was the source water of the Toad Oil. It could also be considered a truly rare and precious type of natural treasure.
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