I just returned to Konoha and found that all my clan members were gone.

Watching the corpse in front of him gradually losing its ability to move, Ye Lan made a dissatisfied sound. He was already sure that part of the Impure World Reincarnation given by Orochimaru was incomplete and could not achieve the same effect as his own.

More than two months have passed since the last mission in the Land of Water. The village's current tasks have been almost completed, and the senior ninjas have begun to have free time. Whenever Ye Lan has time, he will sneak out of the village to study the Impure World Reincarnation technique, but there has not been a single successful case. He has done exactly what was said in the scroll, but the things that came out of the Impure World Reincarnation technique are completely useless.

"What a shameless person." Ye Lan walked out of the laboratory hidden underground. A few snowflakes had begun to fall from the sky outside, and the nearby villages were already decorated with lights and decorations.

"The New Year is coming soon..." Ye Lan just remembered that this world also celebrates the New Year, and Konoha has begun to get busy. Ye Lan has always lived near the Uchiha clan, but he just realized it now.

Walking on the streets of Konoha again, everyone had a happy look on their face. Ye Lan also showed a friendly smile to everyone who greeted him one by one. With nothing to do, he walked to the training ground where he used to come often.

As soon as he arrived at the training ground, he found Sasuke, who was sitting on the ground meditating. Qi Sha was staying beside him. When he saw Ye Lan coming, he just glanced at him and then kept paying attention to Sasuke's condition.

It was already a cold winter, but beads of sweat appeared on Sasuke's forehead from time to time, and a stream of white steam kept coming out from his head. Ye Lan could see that Sasuke was practicing the mastery of natural energy.

A faint blue eye shadow suddenly appeared in the corners of Ye Lan's eyes. After a long period of training, he no longer needed to concentrate for a long time to enter this state. However, there was a disadvantage to entering the state so quickly, which was that the duration was far less than that.

Ye Lan didn't need to fight at this moment, he just wanted to better observe Sasuke's condition. He saw that the natural energy that was invisible to the naked eye was constantly being absorbed by Sasuke, and Sasuke seemed to have used a lot of effort to control it.

As more and more natural energy entered Sasuke's body, it began to become chaotic and began to run wild in his body. Sasuke could no longer control the natural energy in his body, and bird-like feathers began to appear on his face.

Without waiting for Ye Lan to step forward, Qi Sha raised his wings and flapped them towards Sasuke's head, and the chaotic natural energy in Sasuke's body was directly dispersed.

Sasuke fell to the ground, gasping for breath, looking a little confused. The training went smoothly at the beginning, but why did he fail every time at the last step? It felt like the chakra and natural energy in his body were about to fight.

"Sasuke." Ye Lan walked up to Sasuke, placed his hands on his shoulders, and injected his natural energy into Sasuke's body for observation.

Just now he noticed that when Sasuke's chakra merged with the natural energy, it seemed to have its own consciousness and began to reject the natural energy. Sasuke would never take the initiative to do this kind of abnormal rejection, so there must be something wrong with his chakra.

When Ye Lan's natural energy came into contact with Sasuke's chakra, Sasuke's chakra was like sensing a ferocious beast invading its territory and began to drive Ye Lan away.

However, Ye Lan's control over natural energy is comparable to Sasuke's. He said to Sasuke, "Empty your mind."

Sasuke also realized that something seemed to be wrong with his body, and began to empty himself. The chakra in his body seemed to have entered a dormant state, allowing Ye Lan to invade.

This is... In the deepest part of Sasuke's body, Ye Lan discovered a different chakra, which was very similar to Sasuke's chakra, but with some differences. That chakra was perfectly integrated with Sasuke's chakra. If it weren't for the perception of natural energy, ordinary people would not be able to detect it at all.

Ye Lan was also somewhat curious. This was the first time he had seen this type of chakra, and he had never heard of anyone having such a method. Moreover, that strand of chakra did not seem to have any ill will towards Sasuke. Its existence seemed to allow Sasuke to use his own chakra more skillfully.

Ye Lan thought of what Sasuke realized when he developed his talent in ninjutsu. Indra, the ancestor of the Uchiha clan, was said to have inherited the power and spiritual energy of the Six Paths Sage's Chakra, and was also the origin of the Uchiha clan's Sharingan.

This is a legendary thing, but Ye Lan, who has already seen the Rinnegan, is rethinking whether this is a history that really happened.

There is another reason why Indra chose Sasuke. This was not found in Ye Lan, who was also an Uchiha.

Ye Lan retracted his hand. Sasuke saw Ye Lan's thoughtful expression and asked, "Is my control not enough?"

Sasuke has made great progress in his control over natural energy, but the chakra that is suspected to be Indra will affect him. The only way to solve this problem is to start with the chakra in his body.

Ye Lan extended his hand again, which contained a mixture of chakra and natural energy, and then said, "Lift your clothes a little."

Sasuke was puzzled but did not continue asking. He knew that Ye Lan should have found a solution. He unbuttoned his coat, revealing the skin on his shoulders.

Ye Lan then placed his hand on Sasuke's bare shoulder, and a mark formed by chakra and natural energy appeared on Sasuke's shoulder. The pattern of the mark was exactly the same as Ye Lan's cross kaleidoscope.

"This is a seal that I made by mixing my natural energy and chakra. It doesn't have much effect, but it can guide you to better integrate your natural energy. You can try it."

Ye Lan initially thought about using sealing techniques to seal the unknown chakra, but he was afraid that it would affect Sasuke's growth. After all, he didn't know whether that thing was good or bad, so he thought of this method. Although it would take many times of practice to fully control the natural energy, it was much easier than before.

Upon hearing this, Sasuke put on his clothes again, sat cross-legged, and began to absorb the natural energy from nature. This time seemed a lot easier than last time. The seal on his shoulder began to emit a blue light, helping Sasuke stabilize the natural energy. Nanashi was also looking at Sasuke curiously from the side.

I didn't expect Ye Lan's method to make Sasuke progress so quickly. Qi Sha looked at Sasuke, and saw that a faint blue eye shadow had begun to appear in the corners of his eyes. When it was about to be completely integrated, the energy in Sasuke's body began to become chaotic again, and the curse seal could not stabilize.

When Qi Sha saw that something was wrong, he used his wings again to knock him to the ground.

"I feel like I'm almost there..." Sasuke was not discouraged. This time he had completed the task much more successfully than before. He had seen no hope at all before, but now he believed that after a few more practices he would be able to control natural energy.

"Well, the effect is much better." Ye Lan was quite satisfied with Sasuke's performance. Speaking of which, the inspiration for this curse seal came from the Heaven's Curse Seal that Orochimaru cast on Red Bean.

"Sasuke! Brother Ye Lan!" A girl's voice appeared at the entrance of the training ground. Ye Lan and Sasuke looked and saw Sakura, whom they hadn't seen for a while.

"You guys are really hardworking. It's almost the New Year."

Sakura walked forward quickly, her master Tsunade had given herself a day off and she was wondering who it was as she passed by on her way home, she hadn't expected these two to still be training.

"I've been quite free lately, so make the most of your time." Ye Lan had a good impression of Xiaoying, after all, he had taught her for a while. "I'm sure things will get busy after the New Year."

Sasuke also greeted Sakura when he saw her. Although Sasuke didn't say it, he valued the people in Team 7 very much in his heart.

"Let's take a break. How about having a meal together?" Sakura waved to Qi Sha again. At first, she was a little surprised to know that Sasuke had signed the same summoning beast as Ye Lan, but she was not surprised when she thought about their life experiences, and she herself had also signed the slug.

Sasuke actually wanted to continue practicing, after all, he was only one step away, but then Qi Sha opened his mouth.

"Take a break, Sasuke. New Year's Day should be a very important holiday for you humans."

After saying that, he ignored Sasuke's opinion and directly cancelled the summoning technique.

Now Sasuke couldn't even practice. Without the supervision of the Seven Assassins, rashly practicing natural energy would be tantamount to seeking death.

"Let's go. Don't let your teammates down." Ye Lan teased. Xiaoying blushed when she heard it.

Seeing this, Sasuke no longer refused. He remembered that he had been alone during the New Year before, and now it didn't seem bad. He walked up to Sakura, smiled, and said, "Then where shall we eat? You decide."