Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

When Qingye sensed the natural energy for the first time, his journey of time travel almost ended.

For some reason, the natural energy of this world is extremely unfriendly to humans. Ninety-nine percent of people who come into contact with this power will turn into stone statues.

Qingye was originally one of the 99%. However, it was not known whether it was his mental strength or his strong soul that gave him a certain resistance to the erosion of natural energy.

This resistance is very weak, but the natural energy that is encountered for the first time is also very limited.

At that time, his whole body froze. But he was not completely petrified. After struggling for a day, he finally returned to normal.

This experience left Qingye with lingering fears. For a long time, he dared not touch natural energy casually. But he was unwilling to give up.

After a long period of training, although he failed to find a way to train his mental power and soul, he still achieved an extremely precise level of control over his existing mental power.

Qingye was unwilling to give up, and after a series of preparations, he took the initiative to try to contact natural energy for the first time.

As expected, his body stiffened again, but returned to normal a day later.

The situation was equally dangerous, but Qingye was overjoyed, because being able to reappear meant that his guess was correct.

Qingye didn't have the method to cultivate the Sage Mode. It was even more impossible for him to have the spiritual contract of the three holy places. Therefore, his Sage Mode needed another method.

Every once in a while, he would actively absorb natural energy, then wait for his body to recover, and then repeat the above process.

Time and again, he wanted to let his body gradually adapt to the natural energy in this repetitive process, and eventually be able to absorb and use this power.

This is a really stupid method, but for Aoba, it is the hope of being able to participate in the main storyline of the world.

After all, this world is extremely dangerous. Even if the Six Paths Sage left a backup plan, the whole plan is no different from walking on a tightrope. The most important thing is that in the process of the two saviors saving the world, who knows how many cannon fodders were sacrificed.

Qingye didn't like being cannon fodder, and he didn't like his fate being in the hands of others. That's why he had the slow and painful practice mentioned above.

At this time, it was already Qingye's third year using this training method.

In three years, he has been able to absorb a considerable amount of natural energy into his body, and his body will not be petrified.

However, it still cannot reach the level of completely no impact.

After absorbing natural energy, he still felt a certain degree of numbness in his body.

Ninjas are assassins with extremely high agility. This kind of paralysis is fatal in actual combat.

Therefore, he has not yet been able to complete his own Sage Mode.

However, according to Qingye's calculations, it was almost there. At this rate, in about half a year, he would be able to complete his Sage Mode training.

Only then will I have an extra trump card to gain a foothold in this world.

After the natural energy circulated in his body, he felt his body begin to become slightly numb. Qingye immediately stopped training.

In fact, his training could be much faster. This world is too dangerous. Even though this is Konoha, in Qingye's opinion, it is even more dangerous than the outside world.

Therefore, he never dared to give up his practice. He could only carefully control his progress every time to ensure that he always maintained a certain level of combat effectiveness.

After finishing a day's training, Aoba finally lay down to rest.

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The next day, Aoba went to Otsutsuki Ichiraku's ramen restaurant and ate a bowl of deluxe ramen. Then he walked towards the village where he had agreed to meet Naruto.

Although it is outside the village, it is actually still within the boundary of Konoha Village. After all, it is impossible for Naruto to escape from the village. Strictly speaking, this is just a suburb far away from the city.

After another half day of training, the two of them ate grilled fish while talking.

"Brother Aoba, this is my secret base. I train here secretly every day after school. When I become stronger, I will teach that arrogant Sasuke a lesson."

At this time, Naruto has already had a quarrel with Sasuke. Who made Sakura, Naruto's dream girl, be crazy about Sasuke all day long?

The key point is that Sasuke still seems to be indifferent. This makes Naruto really unbearable. But he can't beat Sasuke, so he can only practice secretly after school every day, hoping to defeat Sasuke one day.

"Did that guy called Uchiha Sasuke bully you?"

"Ah... not really."

"Then why did you beat him?"

"Because he bullied Sakura. Sakura is so pretty, and he ignored her when she spoke to him. It was really rude. Even for Sakura's sake, I must teach him a lesson."

It turns out that he still has the temper of a child.

"Then do you know why Uchiha Sasuke doesn't like talking to people?"

"what?"

The extermination of the Uchiha clan was a big deal in Konoha. To be honest, most people in the village already knew about it. But no one dared to discuss it easily.

Naruto had no source of information in the village. The few people he could talk to were Shikamaru and Choji.

Those guys were too lazy to explain the matter to him. So Naruto was still confused until now. He knew that something happened in Sasuke's family, but he didn't know what happened.

As time goes by, he will know it naturally. But now, it just happened not long ago. He really doesn't know the details very well.

"It seems like something happened in his family? But no matter what happened, it shouldn't be..."

"Everyone in his family is dead. Every Uchiha is dead."

"......This......" Naruto was speechless.

"How is this possible? How could something like this happen? Who did it? How could something like this happen in this village?"

At this time, Qingye suddenly turned his head and looked at the woods not far away. He did not continue to answer Naruto's first two questions. Instead, he directly responded to the last question.

"This can only mean one thing, this village is not as safe as you think. Alright Naruto, let's stop here for today. I have a mission tomorrow, so I need to go back today to make some preparations."

After saying that, Aoba didn't wait for Naruto's response this time and disappeared directly in front of him.

"Oh... I'm leaving now. I wanted to thank Aoba-sama properly!