Konoha starts from the root

"Come out!"

Just after Bai Ye uttered these three words, a sigh seemed to appear in his heart out of thin air.

Then his face began to distort, as if something was struggling to leave.

Not only that, as time passed, his soul began to twist everywhere, as if he had entered a lake full of ripples.

After nearly 5 minutes, a shadow with a somewhat familiar face appeared in front of him.

At the same time, Bai Ye's own face completely changed back to what it looked like in his previous life.

Looking at the extremely illusory soul shadow in front of him, Bai Ye hesitated for a moment and said: "Aoki?"

"Hey~", the person in front of him sighed again, and then said: "Bai Ye, I didn't expect that ten years have passed, and you still remember my name?"

Although he had been mentally prepared, Bai Ye was still shocked by Aoki's appearance.

I still vaguely remember that at the beginning of my time travel, those scattered memories belonged to a child named Aoki.

In other words, the original owner of this body is actually Aoki.

After thinking of this, Bai Ye immediately became vigilant and asked, "Are you still alive?"

Aoki smiled bitterly and said frankly: "Thank you very much for this."

"What do you mean?"

"When I was first brought to the 'root', I could not withstand the torture of illusions and the erosion of curse seals. I should have died silently like those thirteen people.

But your appearance brought my dying soul together. From then on, our fates were connected. Sometimes I can't even tell whether I am Aoki or Baiye? "

After hearing this, Bai Ye became even more alert.

Seemingly aware of Bai Ye's abnormality, Aoki smiled and said, "Don't worry, my fate has been determined from the moment you completed the spiritual transformation technique."

As he spoke, he spread his hands and motioned Bai Ye to look at him.

Bai Ye looked closely and found something abnormal.

Due to the spiritual transformation technique, his soul has been activated into a spiritual body, and the surface is protected by a layer of rich chakra.

But Aoki's soul is still in a normal state, and if Bai Ye hadn't unconsciously used chakra to protect him, he might have dissipated long ago.

Bai Ye seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly asked: "Have you always been preventing me from learning the art of spiritual transformation?"

After hearing this, Aoki shook his head and nodded again.

After a moment of silence, he said: "You didn't complete your practice before. That was because our souls were entangled. I didn't deliberately stop you. It was indeed me who did it just now."

"Why?" Bai Ye asked.

Aoki didn't hide anything and said truthfully: "Because I don't want to die, you should have considered my existence or other abnormalities when practicing the spiritual technique.

Therefore, when activating the soul, it is based on yourself.

However, our souls are intertwined. Once you complete the art of spiritualization and separate the spirit body from the physical body, I will also be separated from the physical body.

But I have not transformed into a spirit body. Once I leave the physical body, I will become a rootless tree, and death will only happen sooner or later. "

When Bai Ye heard this, he immediately thought of the tearing sound he heard before. It was obviously caused by Aoki's soul leaving his body.

Just as Aoki said, Bai Ye, who had sufficient knowledge reserves, just in case, when he activated his soul, he did not base it on the current soul, but took the risk to base it on the soul of his previous life.

Sure enough, my caution was correct.

After another period of silence, Bai Ye suddenly asked: "Is the consciousness in Huanzhi's body yours?"

Aoki nodded, confirming Bai Ye's guess, and said, "I envy you the kind of life you remember."

Bai Ye heard this and asked in a deep voice: "Can you read my memory?"

As he spoke, his chakra surged, as if he would take action at any moment.

Aoki waved his hand and said: "Don't be nervous. I was indeed able to peek a little at first, but when you refined the chakra, I couldn't. I don't know why?"

"Is it possible to extract chakra..."

Bai Ye seemed to have thought of something, and looked towards the upper right corner of his field of vision.

Sure enough, the inverted triangle representing the panel was still floating there.

Obviously, it was the panel that stopped Aoki from peeking into his memories.

Thinking further, the panel can also prevent others from reading one's memory.

Of course, it was impossible for him to verify this.

"Aoki, I have one last question for you."

"Just ask!"

"It's been so long, why don't you try to take your body back?"

Aoki was silent for a moment and replied: "Before this, I thought the two of us were one."

Before he could finish his words, a palm penetrated his head.

However, even after receiving this blow, Aoki in his soul state could still speak: "Sure enough... it is so... very... in line with your... style, Baiye."

Baiye's expression remained unchanged, and he didn't care about what Aoki said at the end. Was it true?

No matter what, he would never allow the other party to exist in the world again.

As chakra gathered in the palm of his hand, Aoki's soul gradually distorted.

After a moment, it was completely shattered, as if it had turned into what Bai Ye had seen when he traveled through time.

At this time, Bai Ye realized that it wasn't that Aoki didn't want to fight for his body, but that he simply didn't have the ability.

Before that, he should have just relied on himself, barely putting his broken soul back together.

Judging from the situation of the other party, not everyone can go to the Pure Land. There is a high probability that only the ninja can enter after death.

Although the pure land can attract the soul, without the protection of chakra, the soul cannot survive the initial stage.

Therefore, Bai Ye only saw Aoki's dying soul at the beginning of his journey.

Just when Bai Ye was about to take back his palm and let the power of nature destroy Aoki's soul, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

He has always been afraid of the illusion of Sharingan. If the soul fragment in his hand can be made into an instrument that can resist illusion, it will undoubtedly be a big help to him.

In theory, his idea is feasible.

After thinking for a while, Bai Ye started to try.

The sun rises and the moon sets, and in the blink of an eye, another day passes.

In the room, Bai Ye's spirit body was slightly illusory, which was caused by excessive chakra consumption.

Still, it's all worth it.

At this time, he held a mask as thin as cicada wings in his hand. It was not an entity, but an illusory existence.

Bai Ye gave it a name - Soul Mask.

If you insist on speaking, you can think of it as a spiritual weapon similar to the Ten Fist Sword.

However, the functions of the two are completely opposite. One is to release the illusion seal, and the other is to resist illusion attacks.

In order to create the soul mask, Bai Ye really put a lot of effort into it.

If his level of sealing had not improved and his understanding of the soul and spirit had not reached another level, he might not have been able to complete this work.

Slowly putting the soul mask on his face, Bai Ye's spirit body immediately changed its face.

This is a face without any expression, as if it were drawn, but it is ordinary but reveals a little weirdness.

However, Bai Ye felt very satisfied.

This can not only be used as a spiritual weapon to defend against illusions, but can also be used as a cover when performing spiritual transformations.

After feeling it carefully for a moment, Bai Ye controlled the spirit body and returned to his body.

However, the next moment, his expression changed.