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As one of the Three Great Sage Lands, Ryūchi Cave had always existed somewhere between reality and illusion, much like the secret realms in fantasy novels.

To enter Ryūchi Cave, one not only had to find its exact location but also pass an examination. Otherwise, one could spend an entire lifetime without ever setting foot in a Sage Land.

At that moment, Aoba was walking through a strange valley within the Land of Fire.

The reason it was strange was that, from the outside, there appeared to be absolutely nothing there.

But if anyone accidentally entered it, they would immediately be enveloped by dense fog that could not be dispersed. If they were "lucky," they might find their way out after getting lost. If they were "unlucky," they would be lost inside forever and never escape.

That was why very few people had come near this place for a long time.

Yet how many people knew that the "coordinate entrance" to the Sage Land Ryūchi Cave, which existed between reality and illusion, was right here?

Aoba had come here because of that conversation with Orochimaru—a discussion described as cooperation, but which was actually a transaction.

One of the conditions had been that Orochimaru tell him where Ryūchi Cave was.

Although the most convenient way to reach one of the Three Great Sage Lands was to sign a summoning contract with the corresponding clan on a Summoning Scroll, then use the Reverse Summoning Technique to travel there directly,

Aoba did not want to expose his true identity at this point, lest it cause further complications in the cooperation they had already established.

Besides, what he wanted was not some summoning beast, but the White Snake Sage's blood and Senjutsu.

Signing a contract would only make things troublesome. He might even fall