Senior Brother of Konoha

"You mean?"

Naruto said two and a half sentences in a row, his expression was very excited, and his eyes were so bright that they were almost as bright as a torch.

Ramen smiled and nodded, "Although it's not exactly what you imagined, it's still a pretty good surprise."

Naruto didn't have time to continue asking, so he hurriedly sat down cross-legged, running his breathing and exhaling the mind method and looking inside the Dantian Qi sea, trying to find the surprise that Ramen said.

But soon, he discovered that the so-called surprise was not as surprising as he imagined.

The sea of ​​Qi in Dantian that I saw when I looked inside was not much different from what I saw when I was practicing at Konoha Gate. Except for the addition of a black mist-like mist of Qi in the corner.

The most important thing is that this mass of black energy is not very numerous, at least not as much as he imagined.

Exiting the inner view, Naruto opened his mouth to question, but was interrupted by Ramen.

"I've already said it, it won't be exactly as you imagined, why don't you listen?"

Naruto glared and waited for Ramen to continue explaining.

"Although after Keiji Hirabayashi's soul died, the huge amount of true energy contained in the Soul-Resident Spirit Orb was already ownerless, but it has been corroded by those resentments, and it is not without any harm to you."

"If you are allowed to directly absorb those true energy, the only consequence will be that your mind will be eroded by resentment again and you will become a monster like Hirabayashi Keiji."

"so"

Naruto asked: "So"

Ramen smiled and said: "So my body will absorb those true essences first, and then after purification is completed, I will slowly release them for you to attract."

Naruto nodded, "So that's it. How come those true essences have black energy attached to them?"

Ramen said proudly: "That's right, those black energy are the remaining resentment of Keiji Hirabayashi. Even my body cannot be completely refined. You can only rely on yourself to slowly refine it while absorbing it."

"But don't worry. The amount of resentment left in the black energy is very small. At most, it can make you appear a little dazed. It won't take long for you to be fine."

Naruto said thoughtfully: "So that's what it's like."

Ramen added: "However, because the amount of true energy that Hirabayashi Keiji has cultivated and absorbed over the past hundred years is extremely large, and the sources are extremely mixed, with your current physique and ability, there is no way to refine and absorb it on your own in a short period of time. After being refined by my body, it can be stored in your Dantian Qi sea, allowing you to slowly refine and absorb it."

Naruto asked: "How long will this process take?"

Ramen frowned and replied: "Your talent is so bad, it probably takes hundreds of years."

Naruto said doubtfully: "No, from other aspects, my talent cannot be considered bad, at least it is worse than Haruno Sakura and the others. Isn't it your body that is causing trouble?"

Ramen smiled dryly and said: "Maybe there is a little reason, but essentially you are no different from common people practitioners like Haruno Sakura. If it weren't for the help of my body, your talent would be even worse."

Naruto shook his head, "I still don't believe it."

Ramen shrugged, "In short, if you only rely on your own talent, it will take at least a hundred years, but this is already quite good. It means that as long as you concentrate on practicing for a hundred years, you will have 200 years of true energy, and you can compete with those true spirits. Root disciples are on par with each other. And"

It smiled mysteriously and continued: "And you just got the True Water Orb, which increases your cultivation speed by another 8%, which is about the same as the Earth Spirit Root disciples."

"It can be said that your trip to the ruins of the Kingdom of Waves was quite successful."

Naruto thought for a moment and felt that what Ramen said made sense.

Although there are still some doubts in my heart, I have finally achieved quite good results, and this trip can be considered a success.

At this time, he looked at the soul-carrying spirit bead in his hand, which was no different from an ordinary bead, and asked: "If I put this thing into Sasuke, can I get away with it?"

If it were anything else, it shouldn't arouse others' suspicion.

However, Kakashi and others have all seen the Soul-Resident Pearl. It was originally dark and strange, but now it has turned into a harmless look. It will inevitably arouse their suspicion. If it is dealt with so simply, I am afraid it will be very serious. It’s hard to pass.

Ramen looked troubled, "I'm afraid it won't work. No matter how stupid you are, you can tell that something is wrong."

Naruto calculated in his mind for a moment and asked: "Ramen, can you sense where Kakashi and the others are?"

Ramen replied: "I can only give an approximate location. It's not far from here in a straight line, but if you walk, it will take at least two hours."

Naruto was heartbroken, but still stuffed the Soul Orb into the unconscious Sasuke, and then told Ramen: "Kakashi and the others will definitely come to look for Sasuke, you help me watch them, if Sasuke wants to wake you up, Knock him out again."

"If it's Kakashi and the others who come here, then you can knock me out."

Ramen asked: "Why should I knock you out?"

Naruto chuckled and said, "It's nothing. When they come over, I'll push them and pretend that I was knocked unconscious by Sasuke as soon as I came in. Then I don't know the rest. They can ask whatever they want, just say I don't know, anyway. There’s no way they can find out the truth.”

"That's a good idea." Ramen praised, and then asked: "Then what are you doing now?"

Naruto walked to the corner near the exit, closed his eyes and sat down cross-legged, and casually replied: "Take a rest for a while."

"You can rest in this damn place."

Ramen said in surprise.

Naruto snored in response, but fell into a deep sleep in the blink of an eye.

Speaking of which, being able to fall asleep instantly in such a weird place was one of his abilities.

Of course, it also has something to do with his experience these days. No matter how mature his body is, it is still just a child. It is not surprising that he can sleep after such a long time.

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"Naruto, Naruto"

I don't know how much time passed before Naruto was woken up by calls in his ears.

He opened his eyes in confusion and saw Haruno Sakura leaning in front of his face and shouting. He hurriedly put his arms behind his back and sat up against the wall.

Haruno Sakura breathed a sigh of relief, took two steps back, and asked with concern: "What's wrong, Naruto, what happened to you and Sasuke?"

Naruto rubbed the lump on the back of his head and replied blankly: "What's wrong? Are you talking about Sasuke?"

He pretended to know nothing, "I don't know what happened. After I found Sasuke in the mountain gap, I called him but he refused, and then I chased him here.

later"

He frowned and thought for a while before replying: "Later, I saw Sasuke fighting with a black shadow, so I rushed over to help. Then I was attacked by something unknown and fainted."

Of course Naruto knew what was going on, but he directed it all.

At this time, he was not at a loss, but complaining constantly.