In the dark and beautiful night lit by the shine from the moon the individuals conversed with a peaceful aura around them.
"You agreed to it quite nonchalantly. It's not like I am ungrateful but I am curious about your identity." Yue's voice rang into the night tainted with confusion and curiosity.
"It because you are a friend and I always help my friends. And this matter should be east to handle for me but I might play around so I would advise you too not worry. I am the strongest being under the stars, the immortal Sage. Nobody other than you knows about me, so you are the first person." Naruto said playfully and overdramatically.
"The Immortal Sage! It is an honor to become friends with such a high being but unfortunately you would be too old for this competition. I apologize for any mistake I made." Yue said awkwardly.
"Haha. Don't worry I am not really old, just hit 22 this year so I should be eligible." Naruto laughed at thought of him looking like old man sage and replied.
The moment she heard the words Yue was shocked within at hearing his age and even though she thought he was strong, she didn't really believe he was immortal or anything but just a braggart. In her eyes he was a playful and naïve looking man who liked to brag but even then she didn't think he was that driven by her looks so she was comfortable with his presence.
"Then all should be well. Do you have a place to stay or should I prepare one."
"I am travelling so I have no place to stay, so I would be grateful."
"Very well then I shall have a room prepared and we will after tomorrow as I have to attend an event here."
"Okay I still have to look around bit more so take your time."
Yue nodded to his words and excused herself leaving Naruto alone under the moonlight.
"Man, I am definitely not good at this picking up girl's thing. But I shall not give up and follow the wise words of the ancients."
'There are only two ultimate goals that a man pursues; one is to conquer the world, the other is to conquer women. To conquer the world is to reach a new height in life, but to conquer women, is to embellish the scenery of life. If one isn't able to conquer the women that he wants, even if he conquered the entire world, he would still be at a lonely summit, and experience loneliness everywhere.'
Those thoughts rang in his head since he had time for himself and had read the books that Jiraiya followed. These words had led him to conquering Shion, Hinata, Hanabi and Kurotsuchi but even then he still felt he needed more excitement in life with new adventure and they could not satisfy his hunger when he unleashed himself.
'Can't believe I have to use seals to control my lust when I get in the mood, as it doesn't go down. Damn being immortal with high yang energy is terrible.'
While thinking of such things he walked around the compound when he was led to a place where he could hear loud thumps from. At the place he saw a well built young man of 2 m height punching a metal post for training purposes he assumed.
The boy was weaker than Yue by a lot and had very low energy but Naruto felt that deep within he held something strong. 'A bloodline' was the first thing that came to mind and he thought of collecting it, as it could be beneficial to his home.
He decided the boy who seems to desire to become stronger and felt deep sorrow inside him at being in this position. He walked and stopped 10 m from him.
"Hello" Naruto said in way that it was directly transmitted to the boys head and he stopped what he was doing in shock, and turned towards Naruto.
"Yes" The boy muttered in confusion at the abrupt voice in head and the appearance of an unknown man.
"I see that you are training hard but it's not going well is big guy. How about I provide you some help for a small price." Naruto offered like a shady trader.
"Can you really help become strong? If you can I am willing to serve you or give you 50% of what I can earn." The boy said with some hope and uncertainty.
"Of course or else my name is not Naruto Uzumaki. By the way, what's your name kid?" Naruto said in a confident tone.
"My name is Xia Yuanba and I accept your offer but what is the price." Yuanba looked a bit excited and asked.
"The price is something really nothing just need some blood from you, that's all."
"You can take as much you want if it does not hinder me or harms me."
"Well good boy but don't say such things to other people as they could advantage of your naivety. You are lucky I am good guy but sharpen your mind kid." Naruto warned as he could feel Yuanba was a really simple person.
"Thank you I will take your words to heart, it reminds me of what brother in law said to be about the same thing."
"Then you should really learn from the advice before it's too late. But now let's get started; stand straight while I pour some of my energy inside you."
Yuanba nodded and stood straight while Naruto walked up to him and put his hand on his abdomen. He started pouring some chakra in and saw what was inside his body through it and felt the tyrannical power held within his spiritual veins. As his body seemed to be able to handle it he let his chakra push him through several ranks by turning into similar energy.
Yuanba felt himself breakthrough with ease and stopped at Nascent Profound realm and this made so excited that he hugged Naruto out of sheer joy and cried out to share his happiness.
Naruto let him do that while he thought about the special kind of veins the kid had. 'They seem to operate like the Sharingan and need a condition to activate.' He thought and separated himself from Yuanba.
"Okay calm down Yuanba, now I will be taking a sample of your blood. Don't worry it won't hurt."
Yuanba stood still with suppressed excitement while Naruto used a syringe to take out his blood and even took a sample of his veins which would have hurt Yuanba but Naruto made it so he felt no pain and healed him as he was done.
"Thank you for your assistance Yuanba but the training isn't done let me help you learn how to fight efficiently with your body." Naruto said with some battle spirit leaking.
"Yes" Yuanba replied and stood ready.
While the two were busy with their sparring, from the eastern side of the New Moon City gate, a youth dressed in black attire slowly walked up. He appeared to only be sixteen and there was still some immaturity left on his features; however, his gaze was weighty and profound, and his complexion carried a resolute determination and indifference. His progressive strides were very slow, and every step left a shallow print onto the solid ground along with a stream of startling sweat drops.
The youth was Yun Che; he had walked from the Cyan Forest Town to this destination. The distance between Cyan Forest Town and New Moon City was a total of three hundred fifty kilometers, and Yun Che had been walking for over a month.
Why did it take a month, it was because his master Jasmine had asked him to find a heavy object that was at least 200 kg but Yun Che had shown his spirit was indestructible by using all his money and buying a chunk of pig iron that weighed 330 kilograms from the smithery in Cyan Forest Town.
Afterwards, Yun Che traveled by foot with this chunk of pig iron strapped onto his back. If it was for a profound practitioner at the True Profound Realm, this weight wasn't considered to be much; however for a profound practitioner at the Nascent Profound Realm, this was definitely not a weight that could be easily ignored.
The process had been slow but rewarding, a repeat of walk, rest, eat and continue. The sweat drops he left behind during this entire journey, if merged, was enough to form into a decently sized stream.
From the difficult initial step to the gradual adaption later on, after the process of exhausting and recovering again and again, for thousands of times, Yun Che's profound energy in his profound veins became even thicker and richer. It was enough for him to have a breakthrough two weeks ago but he forcefully suppressed it. Since the earlier increase of his profound strength was too fierce, it was necessary for him to adequately stabilize the profound energy while also allowing his body to completely adapt and control his profound power.
"Finally arrived." As Yun Che strolled onward, the corner of his mouth formed a smile.
"The current you can undoubtedly achieve a perfect victory against any Profound Beasts of the same level. But in the end, profound beasts only have low intelligence and have very singular and boring attack patterns. If you want to become a legitimately strong practitioner, you'll need to battle more with people…. Then, let us start with this New Moon City." Jasmine said, as if she was an experienced elderly person
"Yes!" As Yun Che nodded his head. His gaze contained no fear at all, but instead possessed an indistinct excitement and expectation.
"Now, put down the pig iron on your body. Your current body should be completely used to the huge growth spike of profound power….. No, even if it had spiked up a few more levels, your body should still be able to endure it."
Yun Che released the pig iron and dropped it down, causing it to smash a deep dent into the surface of the ground. At that instant, Yun Che felt that his body was so light that it seemed as if it didn't exist. He slightly channeled some energy, and kicked under his foot; from this jump, he actually leapt over sixteen straight meters! After firmly landing onto the ground, he swung his right hand; a crimson colored flame fiercely ignited from his right hand, then quickly extinguished, re-ignited, and extinguished again…. he controlled it freely to his heart's content without any resistance.
"I'll tell you some good news. With your current body, you can barely endure the first stage of the Evil Immortal's seven gates! This means, you can now attempt to open the first gate when you meet an opponent that you can't defeat!"
"I can open the first gate already?" Yun Che's face was full of astonishment.
"Only barely. As a last resort, you can try to open it. With your current profound power and physique, it shouldn't cause any major danger to your life. However, I am unsure about whether or not it would cause any permanent damage. Before reaching the seventh level of Nascent Profound Realm, it's best to not use it recklessly." Jasmine's spoke with warning words.
Yun Che originally wanted to try to feel the sensation of opening the first gate, and at the same time, wanted to see how powerful the profound skills would be with the gate open. But after listening to Jasmine's words, he could only obediently put down that thought. If by chance his body couldn't endure and was injured permanently, that would certainly be a huge loss.
This duo had arrived in the city and walked around the city, bought items and turned towards the New Moon Profound Palace. But they were not harbingers of peace their steps herald a storm was about to be unleashed in the city.
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