Konoha Thief

Chapter 494
"Master, please save us!"

After the lecture was over, the village chief and the twenty remaining people in the village knelt down in front of Lao Zi.

"To bear the suffering in the world, this is cultivation." Lao Zi sighed, "I am also on this road of cultivation, and I have not overcome the cultivation of others."

"But you used to be a ninja!" The village head raised his head, his dark face turned red, and he said excitedly, "You who possess that incredible power must be able to help us!"

"The only thing I can help you is to give your soul sustenance and calmly face the suffering in life." Lao Zi shook his head and said, "Because I am also one of the sufferings in this world."

"What?" The village chief couldn't understand Lao Zi's words, and the other villagers also looked at each other in blank dismay.

"That's it." Lao Zi didn't explain, got up and passed the crowd, "I will stay here for three days, if you have any questions about what I said, you can come to me at any time."

No one cared about what he said. The villagers who were struggling to fill their stomachs didn't have the slightest feeling for Lao Zi's ideas of cultivation and enduring suffering. Their only hope was to eat enough and live on!
Therefore, Lao Zi is destined to be only a lonely traveling monk, and he will have no companions in his practice.

The next day, Lao Zi still sat cross-legged at the same place as yesterday, facing the single-digit audience, and told about the things he encountered on the road of cultivation and the corresponding insights.

It's just that he regards suffering as the tribulations and trials he encountered in his practice, which is not attractive to the villagers who are struggling to survive, not even for entertainment.

Therefore, when the day ended, the villagers had completely ignored him, only the village chief was still beside him, begging and praying from time to time.

"Suffering is cultivation, I can't help you." As the sky darkened, Lao Zi got up and left.

"You are capable of helping us, but you just don't want to!" The village chief finally couldn't bear it anymore, and he said angrily, "What kind of nonsense practice and suffering are just excuses!"

Upon hearing this, Lao Zi stopped, sighed and shook his head.

Seeing the other party stop, the village chief's expression changed, from furious to sad and sad, his tone softened, and he said in a crying voice: "Please help us, we can't last long, even if it's right It's time for our test to come to an end, maybe, maybe it's because of this reason that you came here at this time?"

Speaking of this, his eyes lit up, and he said hastily: "It must be so, you will come here, there is definitely a reason for it!"

Hearing this sentence, Lao Zi turned around, frowned and looked at the other party, and then seeing this village in a desolate place, he couldn't help but think in his heart: Is it really as he said, this is the place on his way to practice? test?

"I need to think about it." Lao Zi looked at the village head and said.

"Okay, okay!" The village chief responded quickly, with a look of joy at seeing hope on his face.

As night fell, the shadow of the Bone Hill Mountains covered the village, immersing the village in deadly darkness.

Lao Zi sat on the roof of the thatched hut, and the cold wind blowing at night made him shrank his neck involuntarily, thinking about what the village chief said in his heart.

Part of his practice is to control the four tails in the body, and the other part is derived from his own philosophy. He believes that people exist in the world to gain something after experiencing the world and gain peace of mind.

Therefore, he is extremely opposed and dissatisfied with Ohnoki's provocative actions that caused chaos in the ninja world. After all, there are enough sufferings in the world.

It's just that he doesn't have the ability to change Onoki, nor can he change the entire ninja world. He can only change himself, embark on the path of practice, and hope to achieve transcendence.

He came to the most remote place in the ninja world, pretending to be a traveling monk, and promoting the idea of ​​practice, but he walked all the way, but no one followed his footsteps.

But this did not shake him, he just became more and more firm in his beliefs, thinking that other people are in his own practice, and he only needs to take care of himself.

However, the words of the village chief shook him a little. He thought that he only needed to take care of himself and ignore other people in his practice, but if other people were also a part of his practice, then maybe his previous path had gone astray.

"Maybe, I should give it a try." Lao Zi hesitated and said.

The moonlight swayed down through the gaps in the clouds, and Lao Zi's red hair fluttered in the night wind, falling into the eyes of a figure hidden in the darkness.

"I found it." Xia Shu narrowed his eyes and sneaked into the village quietly.

Finding the target is only the first step. Next, we need to plan an action plan and find the best entry point based on the actual situation, which will take some time for investigation and research.

The next day, before dawn, the villagers gathered in front of Lao Zi under the call of the village chief.

"My lord, as you said, suffering is practice, but obviously not everyone can conquer suffering." The village chief said in a weak tone, "When we are powerless, our only choice is to seek help The stronger one, so please save us!"

Lao Zi frowned, and didn't respond immediately, because he hadn't thought about the matter clearly.

"My lord, please cross us!" The villagers knelt on the ground and bowed in unison.

Lao Zi frowned even harder, but he still didn't make a decision.

He left Yanyin Village because of a conflict of ideas. Although he was a little shaken now, he still couldn't easily make a decision.

"To cross us is to cross yourself!" The village head shouted immediately upon seeing this, "You help us through the suffering, that is your practice, and our destiny is the result of your practice!"

Hearing this, Lao Zi's brows loosened slightly, and the previously wavering ideas began to change.

"I don't know what the future holds, and whether I have the ability to help you through your suffering, but maybe this is..."

Lao Zi finally let go, but only halfway through his words, a "village" suddenly jumped up, drew a sharp knife and rushed towards him.

"Die! Four-tailed Jinchuriki!" The shout came from the mouth of the "villager", and Lao Zi couldn't help but be surprised by the content of the words.

However, although the other party's words were astonishing, his actions were not fast enough, and it was full of flaws in Lao Zi's eyes.

"Drink!" Lao Zi quickly jumped up from the ground, dodged the sharp blade's thrust sideways, and at the same time hit the opponent's abdomen with his clenched fist without hesitation.

Bang! ~
The scorching fist hit the enemy, but the opponent suddenly turned into a puff of smoke and dispersed, revealing several detonating symbols that were burning rapidly.

(End of this chapter)