The Flower Bud in the Mountains

A cold wind howled, and on the altar, Yemo rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought, pacing around in a small circle. Kakashi, unusually, kept his mouth shut and did not disturb Yemo.

The key to breaking the seal now lies with Yemo. If Yemo can break the seal, they will be able to enter the sealed land that Yemo spoke of. Although they don't know what's inside, Kakashi has a strong premonition that they might be able to find out everything if they go inside. This strong premonition is not only Kakashi's, but also Yemo's.

However, breaking this legendary seal is no easy task. Yemo's understanding of Space Seal is limited to brief records in ancient texts.

Actually, breaking the Space Seal isn't that difficult, but it's not easy either. First, you need to know the coordinates and the hand gestures for breaking the seal. Yemo had seen the four elders perform both of these actions before.

Although we know these two points, it doesn't mean that these two points can completely unlock the seal. There's no such simple seal in the world.

"I'll give it a try!" Yemo stopped in his tracks, his tone lacking confidence; he wasn't sure he could break the seal.

Leaping off the altar, Yemo stood where the four elders had just stood. He did not act immediately, but instead recalled the actions of the four elders in breaking the seal in his mind. That scene played slowly in Yemo's mind like a movie.

After making sure he had memorized every step, Yemo finally began. Following the actions of the four clan elders, Yemo raised his right middle finger and bit it. With a slight flick of his finger, a drop of blood flew toward the altar. The flying blood slowly stopped in mid-air, as if dragged by an invisible force.

Yemo was overjoyed. The first step had indeed been successful. The next step was the runes. As long as the runes were written correctly, the sealed passage should be triggered.

Use air as paper, fingers as pens, and blood as ink!

His fingers danced in the air like a swimming dragon, each rune clearly appearing beneath his fingertips. He had already recalled those runes more than ten times in his Yemo, so he Yemo with unparalleled skill, without the slightest pause.

As more and more crimson runes appeared in the air, Kakashi felt Taiseki lift from his heart. Everything was moving in a positive direction, and at this rate, there was a high chance that Yemo could break the seal.

But in the next second, the runes in the air suddenly exploded. Before Yemo, who was concentrating on writing, could react, he was blasted away and crashed heavily to the ground, rolling several times before coming to a stop.

Even Kakashi was startled by this sudden scene. Regaining his composure, he rushed to Yemo's side and helped him up, asking, "Are you alright, Yemo?"

Yemo waved his hand to indicate that he was alright, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said with great regret, "It was just a little bit more. If it weren't for the problem at the last moment, I would have broken the seal."

"Oh well, if it's not broken, it's not broken. We'll figure out a way, and we'll eventually break the seal here," Kakashi comforted him, though he also felt a pang of regret, since they were just one step away from success.

Yemo shook his head and said, "No, I want to try again. There were no mistakes before, but the last step went wrong. I already have a general idea in mind."

Kakashi helped Yemo up and stood obediently to the side. Yemo then walked back to where he had been standing and repeated the same steps.

Yemo had no problems with the initial steps, so he did them quickly. However, Yemo movements slowed down noticeably towards the end.

At this moment, Yemo was naturally extremely nervous. He had run into trouble in the final stage, and now he had reached the very last moment, which was the place where the problem had just occurred. If he still couldn't succeed this time, then he would be powerless for the time being.

Not only was Yemo nervous, but Kakashi, who was watching all this, was also extremely nervous. It would be such a pity if they failed at the last minute after getting to this point.

Under their tense gazes, the last rune was completed safely in Yemo's hands, and the two of them breathed a sigh of relief at the same time.

As the last rune fell, the blood-written rune emitted a strange power, stirring the surrounding void and distorting the space before them. Gradually, a spatial entrance resembling a black hole appeared.

Call...

"Finally, it's a success," Yemo breathed a deep sigh of relief, raised his hand and touched his forehead with the back of his hand, only to find that his forehead was already covered in sweat from tension.

"Holy crap, that's impressive! I didn't expect you to actually succeed, Yemo!"

Kakashi had somehow appeared behind Yemo and excitedly patted Yemo's shoulder, startling Yemo.

Rubbing his sore shoulder, Yemo said irritably, "So you never really thought I'd succeed."

Kakashi, realizing his thoughts had been discovered, gave an awkward smile and said with a serious expression, "How could that be? I've always believed that only you can break this seal."

Too lazy to pay attention to this sarcastic person spouting nonsense with a straight face, Yemo turned his head to look at the spatial entrance in front of him and said, "It's a good thing it was me. If it were someone else, even if they knew the method, they wouldn't be able to solve it."

"What do you mean?" Kakashi asked Yemo curiously.

Yemo explained, "Those old guys are very careful. Besides the necessary runes, breaking the seal also requires the power of bloodline. In other words, only members of the Uzumaki Clan can break this seal. No matter what you do, it won't work for anyone else."

"You can do that?" Kakashi was somewhat incredulous. He had never even heard of sealing based on bloodline power before.

"Alright, let's not talk about that anymore, let's go inside and discuss it!"

Yemo didn't want to explain to Kakashi what Bloodline Seal was, nor did he have time to explain. Before he finished speaking, he had already stepped into the spatial entrance, and Kakashi quickly followed suit, stepping inside as well.

As the two entered the passage, the constantly rotating entrance, like a black hole, slowly disappeared, and the enormous altar returned to calm, leaving only the howling wind unwilling to leave.

As Yemo entered the entrance, he was met with complete darkness. The next second, he found himself in a dark passage. He shook his dizzy head to clear his head.

He gently rubbed his two fingers together, and a flame ignited between them. Although the flame was weak, the light it emitted was enough to illuminate the surroundings. Only then did Yemo realize that he was deep inside a man-made tunnel.

A loud bang came from behind. Yemo turned around and saw Kakashi standing behind him. It took Kakashi a while to recover from the dizziness of the spatial teleportation.

Looking around, Kakashi asked curiously, "Where is this?"

"I'm not sure either, but there's a breeze coming from ahead. That should be a ventilation shaft. Let's go over and take a look," Yemo, looking at the flame flickering between his fingers.

The two walked through the dark passage, with nothing to distinguish them, so they didn't know how far they had walked. They only knew that after about fifteen minutes, a faint light appeared in the passage ahead.

Yemo's face lit up with joy. Seeing the light meant they weren't far from the exit, so the two quickened their pace and walked for about a hundred or two meters before finally reaching the end of the passage.

Reaching the end of the passage, Yemo looked ahead and was immediately stunned. Kakashi, seeing Yemo standing still, took two steps forward and was also stunned.

Before them stood a towering tree, hundreds of meters tall. This tree was unlike any other; not only was it tall, but it also had only one main trunk, unlike ordinary trees which have many branches branching off from the main trunk. Most surprisingly, at the very top of this tree was a huge purple flower bud.

What's even more bizarre is that this tree didn't grow on the ground, but rather in a huge, sealed space. It's hard to imagine how such a tree could grow in such a space.

After a long, stunned silence, Yemo finally came to his senses. The shock he felt at the strange scene before him lingered for a long time.

"Where exactly is this place?!"

What Kakashi said was not only his own question, but also Yemo's: where exactly were they?