Moonlit Beauty

Jiang Feng was very interested in the [Power of Emotion] from Nangong Wentian's template, and he had some ideas of his own. He thought he might be able to use it to develop something like the Path of Emotion Swordplay.

If he really could develop it, then his own Path of Emotion Swordplay would surely surpass Ximen Chuixue's Path of Ruthless Swordplay by far.

Jiang Feng had Ximen Chuixue's template too, from the time of Sword God's Smile, when his Path of Ruthless Swordplay had reached perfection and he had truly attained the Sword God realm.

Unfortunately, even Ximen Chuixue at the Sword God realm couldn't help Jiang Feng all that much.

Back in the early days of online fiction, there was a type of novel that went wild praising Tai Chi Fist, Zhang Sanfeng, the Tao Te Ching, Dugu Qiubai, and Ximen Chuixue.

Just how over the top did it get?

The protagonists of those novels would often level up and jump between worlds. By the time they reached some Hongmeng Primordial World, even a speck of dust there was comparable to a single universe in the original world, and the experts could destroy countless vast worlds with a sneeze.

And yet Zhang Sanfeng's Tai Chi Fist, Laozi's Tao Te Ching, and Dugu Qiubai's Nine Swords of Dugu—things that ordinary mortals had supposedly grasped after decades of "looking at the sky from the bottom of a well"—were somehow stronger than the realms and knowledge accumulated over countless eras by the top experts of that Hongmeng Primordial World.

It was that ridiculous.

Jiang Feng really wished the templates granted by [Martial Arts Supreme] were just as ridiculous. Unfortunately, the system was a lowB.

He had Dugu Qiubai's template and Ximen Chuixue's template... He understood Tai Chi Fist, the Realm of No Sword, the Sword God realm, and all the rest.

But these ethereal concepts didn't amount to much in the Naruto World. Everyone he faced could topple a three-hundred-jin British strongman with sheer strength. Even a Genin's physical abilities and combat experience during wartime could far surpass those of a top expert from a Low Martial World. No matter how high his realm was, he could still be taken out in one move.

So he still needed overwhelming strength. There was no point in going on about realms or intangible concepts like Yin Yang Qiankun—unless his realm was the [Complete Realm] from Sea Tiger.

Compared with Ximen Chuixue's Path of Ruthless Swordplay, the Power of Emotion from Nangong Wentian's template was much more about sheer force. It could really turn emotions into power, letting him wield the Sky Crystal Sword to unleash signature moves like Ice Shatter and Flame Strike.

Jiang Feng sent out more than a dozen Shadow Clones to study the Path of Emotion Swordplay while he slacked off and slept. The next morning, he got up early and recalled the Shadow Clones. As expected, they hadn't come up with anything. Once he'd fallen asleep, they'd slacked off too.

After breakfast, Yahiko eagerly took Jiang Feng and Tsunade on a tour of the Akatsuki Organization's base, proudly showing his friends his ideals and accomplishments.

The Akatsuki Organization was dedicated to peace in the Ninja World. It advocated getting people from every nation and village to put aside their hatred through dialogue and, even when they disagreed, settle disputes in more peaceful ways.

So far, over a hundred Ninja—mostly from the Land of Rain and neighboring small countries—had embraced his ideals and joined the Akatsuki Organization, working toward their shared dream.

As Yahiko explained, Nagato, Konan, and a crowd of supporting characters stood behind him with their chests puffed out, sharing in his pride.

Tsunade hesitated, but in the end, she said nothing.

Jiang Feng asked Yahiko a few practical questions. After hearing his answers, he didn't say anything more, instead cheerfully bonding with the Akatsuki Organization members, following Yahiko around as they helped refugees in the Land of Rain...

In his spare time, he looked at beautiful women, practiced swordsmanship, and offered guidance to the Akatsuki Organization members, mainly teaching Yahiko and the ordinary members Taijutsu and swordsmanship.

Nagato had the Rinnegan, and Konan had Paper Ninjutsu. Each of them had their own specialized abilities, so he didn't need to guide them much.

What kind of grandmaster would you be if you had the Rinnegan and didn't use martial arts?

A few days passed just like that. Jiang Feng cheerfully hung out with the Akatsuki Organization, while Tsunade remained troubled by something.

On the eve of their departure, after another banquet, Jiang Feng returned to his room to rest.

It was very late. The room was unlit, and the evening breeze drifted in through the window, filling it with the fragrance of rain.

Jiang Feng lay on the bed, his eyes still wide open. He was waiting for someone—a very beautiful woman.

Rain pattered outside, and footsteps sounded in the hallway. They were so light that Jiang Feng could barely hear them.

The door was unlatched. Someone gently pushed it open, stepped inside, then quietly closed it again.

By the moonlight, Jiang Feng could easily make out the visitor's figure. She was tall, though not as tall as Konan. Tsunade stood only a little over 1.6 meters, and looked tall solely because of her excellent proportions.

"You're here."

Tsunade looked surprised. "You knew I'd come?"

Jiang Feng wanted to give Tsunade a bad review. If she'd followed the strict Gu Long formula, she should have answered, "I'm here," and then he would have said, "You shouldn't have come"...

Tsunade wasn't playing by the rules, but Jiang Feng was a natural show-off and still knew how to get things back on track.

"Not only did I know you'd come, I also know why you came."

Tsunade folded her arms and leaned against the doorframe with a cold laugh. The pose made her ample bosom seem even more imposing. "Then tell me. Why did I come?"

"What else would a young, beautiful woman come to a man's room in the middle of the night for?

I'm warning you, I can't resist temptation."

Jiang Feng claimed he couldn't resist temptation, yet he remained sprawled on the bed without moving. It was just too soft and comfortable. Konan had laid out three quilts for him when preparing his bed; everyone else, even Yahiko, had only one.

Tsunade laughed. She was laughing because she was annoyed.

She'd come to see Jiang Feng for another reason, of course. But watching him lie there without moving, she suddenly felt that maybe it wouldn't be so bad to chat with the young man about something else.

"You think I'm young and beautiful?"

"You practice the Yin Seal precisely because you want others to think you'll stay young and beautiful forever, don't you?

I've always respected women's wishes. Since that's what you want, I'll naturally treat you as a young, beautiful woman."

"But I don't see you as a young, handsome man.

You're far too young. If I were in my teens or twenties, perhaps I'd fall for a young man like you. Unfortunately, my heart is no longer young.

From the very beginning, you were never someone I considered."

Hmph. Women.

Jiang Feng suddenly gave a cold laugh.

"What do you mean by that?"

"A cold laugh means a cold laugh."

Jiang Feng knew Tsunade was lying. At the very least, he was certainly not "someone she never considered," because Tsunade had kept her footsteps very light on the way over—a feminine touch.

If she didn't see him as a potential partner, then Tsunade was simply Tsunade. Only when she saw him as a "man" could she be a "woman."

Jiang Feng had seen through Tsunade's lie, but he wouldn't call her out.

A clever man never exposed a woman's lie to her face. Even if you did, she'd have a perfectly good explanation. And even if you didn't believe it, she'd never admit she'd been lying.