Hidden Sand Village
A maintained graveyard and an abandoned one were completely different.
Because of the wind and sand, an unattended graveyard would soon gradually vanish beneath their erosion.
A few months ago, when Hidden Radiance Village issued its warning, many villages relocated the bodies of their important figures.
Hidden Sand Village did the same, though its people were not quite as thorough.
The environment here was too harsh, and bones decayed far faster than elsewhere.
Nothing remained of the First and Second Kazekage—not even scraps.
The Third Kazekage's body had already been turned into a puppet and was kept with Rasa.
Besides that, only the remains of a few famous ninjas had been relocated.
In fact, the graveyard still contained the body of Bunpuku, the previous One-Tail Jinchuriki.
But Bunpuku had never fought in his entire life.
Many in Hidden Sand Village held little respect for the old monk. When he died, he was buried carelessly, and no one thought of him when the graves were relocated.
That was why Chiyo had later been able to take Bunpuku's remains so easily.
But Bunpuku had not been alone. On the contrary, he had left behind a legacy, and this generation had produced an outstanding disciple.
His name was Fa Yi. From childhood, he had studied and inherited Bunpuku's bloodline and spiritual power.
This bloodline did not refer to blood in the literal sense.
It referred to the spiritual power Sealing Technique used to seal the One-Tail within Bunpuku: the Celestial Detachment Seal.
This Sealing Technique was extremely powerful, but it required scripture-like seals to be carved onto the body.
Every Jinchuriki before Gaara had used this Sealing Technique.
Its advantage was its powerful sealing strength, making it difficult for the One-Tail Shukaku to go berserk.
Its drawback was that the