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Chapter 109: Rather than searching for a Pure Land, we should create one.
"Ugh! Teachers are always like this, always playing the riddle-maker, then leaving after they're done!"
Gamamaru stomped his leg, muttering to himself in frustration, but his thoughts were racing. A wildly audacious yet perfectly reasonable guess suddenly exploded in his mind.
"Could it be...could it be that the teacher is from a previous era?!"
The moment the thought crossed his mind, the entire frog, Gamamaru, shuddered violently, a chill creeping down its back.
The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.
Perhaps in the distant past, so far back that Mount Myōboku had just been founded and even Kaguya had not yet appeared.
Human beings have already created highly advanced civilizations. The cameras, instruments, and even the periodic table of elements that we painstakingly invent today were already created in the previous era.
That glorious era most likely perished completely for some unknown reason, buried deep in history, and its inhabitants are nowhere to be found.
His teacher, Manji, was very likely the only survivor of the previous era, who chose to live in seclusion on Mount Myōboku, avoiding the world.
That's why the teacher forbade him from developing lethal weapons.
It's not that it's forbidden, but the teacher has witnessed the destruction caused by those weapons firsthand and knows the horror of them.
The teacher was extremely familiar with all the inventions because he had seen, used, and even come into contact with them in the previous era!
"How long has that teacher lived...? Thousands of years? Or... tens of thousands of years?!"
Thinking of this, Gamamaru felt a chill run down his spine, and an indescribable shock swept over his entire body.
But these were just his guesses, without any evidence whatsoever.
Throughout Mount Myōboku, the only person who might know the true origins of Master Manji is the White-browed Toad Sage.
But the white-browed toad has been dead for hundreds of years, so who would know that?
The White Ape King might have known, but he too had been dead for hundreds of years.
"Never mind, as the teacher once said: the more you know, the less happy you are."
Gamamaru shook his round head, shaking off all the wild and chilling speculations in his mind.
Instead of wildly speculating about the teacher's origins, it's better to focus on doing what you're supposed to do and continue studying his inventions and the knowledge in his dreams.
On the other side, inside the Sage's Hall on Mount Myoboku.
Wanci's figure slowly materialized from the thick fog. He raised his hand and lightly brushed his sleeve, a faint smile appearing on his lips.
"Heh, Gamamaru's dream is quite interesting."
Manji paid no attention to Gamamaru's earlier probing and subsequent speculations; to him, they were nothing more than the wild thoughts of a junior.
Just then, a soft footstep sound came from outside the palace gate. Bai Jue stood at the door with a bow, his posture extremely respectful, and bowed deeply to Wan Ci: "Immortal, on the Dragon Vein, Immortal Fukasaku and Abi have finished their investigation, and everything is as usual."
Wanci nodded slightly upon hearing this, his tone calm and even: "Thank you for your hard work. Pass down the order to seal off the dragon vein site and strictly prohibit anyone from approaching or investigating. There must be no mistakes."
"Yes, sir!"
Bai Jue immediately agreed, a warm feeling rising in his heart.
The Great Immortal has always been respectful and humble, never treating these White Zetsu as mere tools, but truly as his subordinates. This respect earned him his utmost respect.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing."
Wanci suddenly spoke up, casually taking out a pre-drawn blueprint and handing it over.
"Organize a team to find a spacetime artifact called 'Li,' which is shaped like a turtle. Use your abilities to find it at all costs."
The core purpose of his simultaneous planning of the dragon veins and search for the plow was to eliminate all possibilities of time travel.
I will never allow people from the future to enter this era!
Furthermore, we cannot tolerate any disruption of the spacetime line; all forces capable of interfering with time and space must be firmly under our control.
Therefore, he intends to rule alone for a thousand years!
He could be considered to have acted alone for a thousand years, severing the possibility of time travel for himself.
"Yes, sir!"
Bai Jue accepted the blueprints with both hands, bowed respectfully again, then turned and quickly retreated to arrange the search.
After Bai Jue left, the main hall returned to silence.
Wanci slowly walked into the hall, his eyes slightly narrowed, his gaze deep and unfathomable, his thoughts focused on the dragon vein.
Wanci's insistence on controlling the dragon vein was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but rather stemmed from two crucial reasons.
First, it cuts off the possibility of others using the dragon vein to travel through time and space, thus eliminating time and space disorder at its root.
The second plan is an even more insane and grander one—to use the almost limitless chakra of the dragon veins to create a completely new space.
Since mastering the Rinnegan, Manji has been diligently studying the existence of Yama, the Pure Land, and the Shinigami within the Reaper Death Seal.
These things have actually appeared in the legends of the Naruto world. He originally wanted to find their origin with the power of the Rinnegan, but the deeper he studied, the more confused he became.
Because he was shocked to discover that these things seemed to not exist at all.
Pure Land, Yama, Death God... none of them have a physical form, nor a fixed "respawn location".
But I can't believe these things really don't exist.
Since it appeared in the original work, it's impossible that it doesn't exist.
"Then why don't I think about it the other way around?"
A shocking idea suddenly exploded in Wan Ci's mind.
Since it can't be found, is there any possibility?
—These things were meant to be created by me, weren't they?
Is it only if I personally create a Pure Land and personally shape Death and Yama, these legendary beings, that they will truly be born in this world?
Thinking of this, Wanci's pupils trembled slightly, and he couldn't help but murmur softly, his tone filled with a sense of sudden enlightenment and relief.
"That's not surprising...that's not surprising..."
Rather than spending a lifetime searching for a vague and illusory paradise, it is better to create your own other shore of life and death that belongs to this world.
"Instead of searching for a pure land, we should create one."
Wanci nodded meaningfully.
What Wanci wants to do is to use the endless chakra of the dragon vein as a foundation and the supreme power of the Rinnegan to control life and death as a guide to create the Pure Land space by his own hands.
"Oh, right, there's one more thing I need to take care of."
He muttered to himself countless times, a hint of understanding flashing in his eyes.
He has accumulated quite a few souls now.
"It contains the original soul of Hagoromo, the exclusive soul of Yatagarasu, and the remnant souls of the brothers Ashura and Indra..."
"The souls of Izumi, Shuichi, Fox, Uzuki, Futen... are still here."
"Oh, right, and the soul of that kid Hamura Otsutsuki."
Speaking of this soul, it's a long and unexpected story.
One afternoon, Manji suddenly had a whim and used his senses to probe into the body of Otsutsuki Hamura.
He had only been casually looking around, but he was astonished to find a hidden remnant of chakra soul at the core of Hamura's origin.
"Goodness."
Wanci couldn't help but smile, a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.
He originally thought Hamura was a calm and honest descendant of the Otsutsuki clan.
After all, Manji himself praised Yumura as a good person.
When they subdued him, they didn't thoroughly search his soul. Who would have thought that this guy, like his brother Yu Yi, secretly retained a part of his original soul within his body!
Fortunately, this wisp of soul was firmly suppressed by the sealing technique used by Wan Ci, and has remained in a deep slumber, never revealing itself in the slightest.
"So neither of these two brothers is truly honest."
Wanci grimaced helplessly, secretly cursing in his heart.
He didn't know why Hamura would secretly preserve this wisp of soul, but he figured it was simply to have a backup plan.
Perhaps they intend to send cheat codes at some point in the future, or perhaps they are hiding some unfinished plan.
"Kaguya...you whole family, humph, none of you are honest people. You should have a conscience!"