People raise Hokage in Yunyin

Time always passes by unconsciously, and when I look back, three years have passed.

At this time, Hibiscus, Darui, and Xi were galloping on the desert.

"Teacher, hasn't the task been completed? Why are we still here?"

While running, Nozomi asked curiously.

"There are a few things that I want to confirm, and they happen to be nearby, so come and take a look. The mission is easy, isn't it?"

Hibiscus smiled and replied.

"It seems that it's time for Naruto to start school recently. If you miss it, Teacher, I'm afraid you'll be nagged by him again!"

Nozomi said somewhat amusedly.

Because of Hibiscus, Xi and Darui became familiar with Naruto within a few years.

Who doesn't like a child who has a cheerful and sunny personality, is strong but not willful on weekdays?

"So we have to rush back as soon as possible..."

Hibiscus was a little helpless, and her pace quickened a bit.

Before leaving for the mission, Naruto had announced that he was going to start school, and Hibiscus had indeed promised him that he would attend the opening ceremony.

"That's fine, teacher. I just hope I can leave the desert as soon as possible. I feel like I'm about to be roasted..."

Darui brushed his bangs from his forehead, his hair soaked with sweat.

At this time in this endless desert, he hated his dark skin for the first time.

"It'll be fine soon, isn't it already here?"

Hibiscus stopped and comforted the disciple behind her.

"here it is……"

Xi looked at the scene in front of her in shock.

On the desert in front of you, there is a state of broken walls and ruins. The broken building fragments are completely inserted under the sand and dust, only the weathered and somewhat deformed surface is exposed.

From the surrounding scenes, traces of the town can be faintly seen.

In the very center of the town, there is a shallow pit, and you can faintly feel the dust pouring into it.

"Speaking of which, I can feel it from the front. It seems that the terrain here is tilting here..."

Darui touched his chin and said thoughtfully.

"This is Loulan, the ancient country of Loulan."

Hibiscus said suddenly, and then fell into silence looking at the scenery in front of her.

"Loulan? I seem to have seen this somewhere...what is it?"

When Xi heard the name, he seemed to think of something. He held his forehead with one hand, closed his eyes and fell into deep thought.

Seeing that both of them seemed to be thinking about something, Darui moved forward alone.

'When I walked in, I realized how big this town is!'

'This should be a street with houses on both sides...'

As he moved forward, Darui looked left and right.

‘Looking at it this way, this big pit seems to be right in the center of the town! ’

Climbing up to the tallest building fragment, the view suddenly opened up. Looking around, there were some broken corners of the building that were exposed on the ground among the yellow sand.

"Ah, I figured it out!"

Xi shouted in the distance, pulling Darui back from doing nothing.

"So, what is it?"

Darui walked over.

"Loulan seems to be a country in the desert, a small country led by a queen."

Xi frowned and recalled the knowledge he had seen in the files.

Because the country is so remote, there seems to be very little description of it.

"It's not very prosperous, but because it's located in a remote and desert environment, it's not being watched by other countries. It doesn't have its own shinobi village."

After thinking for a moment, Xi added.

"So, looking at it like this, this country is dead, right?"

Darui asked curiously after listening patiently.

“It seems like not much has been said about this part.”

Speaking of this, Xi was also a little curious. The demise of a country was not explained in detail.

"It seems to have happened decades ago. At that time, there seemed to be a huge battle fluctuation here, and then Loulan perished."

"After all, Loulan is so far away from us, Yunyin, so it's normal for our intelligence to lag behind!"

After thinking for a while, Xi added.

"In other words, this big hole was caused by the battle?"

Darui looked at the shallow pit not far away and frowned.

"This is a desert, and sand is gathering here all the time. It's hard to imagine how fierce the fighting was at that time."

Darui smacked his lips. Based on his current understanding, he could not imagine a ninjutsu that could cause a big hole in the sand that would remain there for decades.

"Maybe it's a dust release ninjutsu similar to that of the Tsuchikage. I heard that dust release has unparalleled penetrating power and destructive power."

Xi thought for a while and gave his own judgment.

Compared to Darui, he had read more classics, but he could never imagine a ninjutsu that could produce such destructive power.

"Teacher, what have you been thinking about since just now?"

The two chatted for a long time before they remembered Hibiscus who had been silent at the side.

At this time, Hibiscus was staring at the ground not far away with a strange look on his face.

"...No, nothing."

After hearing the greetings from the disciples, Mu Jin came back to her senses and kept glancing into the distance.

Xi and Darui looked at each other, both seeing Hibiscus's carelessness, but they knew enough not to ask any more questions.

"Let's go forward first. What I want to confirm is right in front."

Hibiscus took the lead, followed by the two students.

'For some reason, I always feel familiar chakra fluctuations...'

‘Is it because of the dragon veins? ’

Mu Jin secretly guessed that he came here just to see the power of dragon veins with his own eyes.

‘And the scene here feels even more desolate than I remembered. ’

Hibiscus grabbed a handful of sand from the ground and felt it carefully.

'Even the sand feels dry...'

After thinking for a long time but unable to come up with an answer, Hibiscus could only move forward full of doubts.

Although in this ruins, he did not know the specific location of the dragon vein.

But with the ability of the tailed beast, he could vaguely feel the place where the chakra content was the most abundant on this piece of sand.

‘Is it actually right in the middle of the sandpit? ’

After sensing it, Hibiscus, who had been pacing around for a long time, finally walked to the middle of the sand pit.

'It's all buried in the sand...'

Hibiscus inserted her hands into the ground, and her senses followed the overflowing chakra and continued downwards along the fluctuations of the sand.

The two students stood quietly beside him. They both knew that their teacher's perception was beyond ordinary people's.

‘And I don’t know why, but I always feel that the fluctuations in the dragon’s veins are a little... nothing more than that? ’

Hibiscus frowned, unable to believe her own judgment.

Dragon Vein is known as the lifeblood of the earth, it contains a large amount of chakra power, and even has the energy to destroy the ninja world.

Although the last sentence sounds a bit false, there is no doubt about the energy of dragon veins.

In the original work, it even has the power to travel through time. Compared with the dragon vein in front of me, although the chakra is equally huge, it feels like it is nothing more than this.

Hibiscus's spirit continued to follow the chakra downwards and downwards. In front of him was a thin layer of chakra film, which seemed to produce completely different changes as long as it was punctured.

‘Although the quantity feels average, this texture is undoubtedly different from other chakras. ’

After sensing it for a long time, Hibiscus's spirit finally retreated.

‘The power of Dragon Vein is still too low. It’s not clear whether it can achieve the effect I want, and... I still need some preparations. ’

"I'm done confirming, let's go!"

Standing up, Mu Jin greeted the two students.