Uninvited Guest

The Uchiha clan compound is still located in the center of Konoha, occupying a vast area, similar in size to the Sarutobi clan's land, with a comparable number of clan members and ninjas.

Jiang Feng's home is also very large, called "Sakura Manor," situated on the edge of the Uchiha clan grounds, and it also occupies a considerable area.

Initially, Jiang Feng's home wasn't this large. After he became prosperous, Jiang Feng spent money to acquire the houses and land of neighboring clan members, transforming his home into a small manor.

It is now mid-March, the season when cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Nearly a hundred cherry trees, including Oshima cherry, Yoshino cherry, and Kawazu cherry, with white or pale pink blossoms, fill the courtyard.

Walking into the manor filled with cherry blossoms, Konan was momentarily lost in thought. Her cold, beautiful face suddenly held an indescribable color. The beauty of this manor was something she, who grew up in the Land of Rain, could never have imagined.

"It's so beautiful," Konan murmured softly, feeling somewhat fortunate that she hadn't given Jiang Feng cherry blossoms.

Jiang Feng turned his head, not looking at the flowers, but staring directly at Konan. "Indeed, it is beautiful."

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Was he talking about the flowers, or about me?

If it were Kurenai Yuhi, whose emotions were more openly expressed and who dared to love and hate, she would have asked this question directly, even pressing me on who was more beautiful between her, Konan of Amegakure, and Tsunade of Konoha.

In comparison, Konan, who was a few years older, was more emotionally reserved and possessed more girlish charm.

The girl's cheeks flushed slightly. She turned her head back to look at the cherry blossoms filling the manor and said slowly, "So many cherry blossoms must require a lot of sunlight."

"Unfortunately, this kind of beauty doesn't last."

Jiang Feng suddenly sighed, "Cherry blossoms are flowers that bloom and fall simultaneously. A single cherry blossom only lasts seven days from blooming to wilting, and a whole tree of cherry blossoms will only last 16 days from blooming to complete wilting.

Humans are the same. A lifespan of a hundred years, yet the most charming period of youth only occupies one or two tenths of it."

"It is precisely because this fleeting beauty is so transient that it is even more worthy of our appreciation and cherishing."

"But I wish to make this fleeting beauty last forever." Jiang Feng handed Konan a book, or rather, a booklet.

"What is this?" Konan asked with slight confusion.

"Bright Jade Technique, a special method I researched that can make youth last forever."

Jiang Feng shamelessly claimed the identity of the creator of the Bright Jade Technique for himself. After all, no one else in the Naruto World could find the original author.

Moreover, he had carried forward and developed the Bright Jade Technique, which originally had only nine levels, to the thirteenth level. He was at least a co-creator.

So far, Jiang Feng hadn't drawn any inner force techniques stronger than the Bright Jade Technique. For example, the Nameless Inner Force cultivated by Nangong Wentian in the Little Soldier version was clearly stronger than the Bright Jade Technique.

But why had Jiang Feng never switched to cultivating other inner force techniques?

Because the Bright Jade Technique, hailed as one of the Four Great Divine Skills of Gu Long and the closest cultivation method to immortality in the Gu Long system, had a very powerful effect: eternal youth, and even becoming younger as one cultivated.

In the original plot of The Legendary Twins, Yaoyue and Lianxing, when they first appeared, looked around twenty years old. Ten to twenty years later, the two Palace Mistresses still looked around twenty years old.

After in-depth research, Jiang Feng discovered that practicing the Bright Jade Technique to the eighth level would grant side effects like eternal youth and improved skin quality, which optimize one's appearance, and could also extend lifespan to a certain extent.

This wasn't like the Yin Seal's "eternal youth" that would revert to its original state without Chakra, but true eternal youth. Even upon death, the corpse would remain young.

What more could be said? Brothers, this had to be practiced. Not for the strongest, but for the most handsome!

In the later stages, Jiang Feng developed the tenth, eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth levels, further enhancing the Bright Jade Technique's lifespan-extending effects. Currently, Jiang Feng had a natural lifespan of at least two hundred years.

Having Konan practice this wouldn't necessarily increase her strength by much. The main draw was the side effects of eternal youth, improved skin quality, and extended lifespan.

A woman adorns herself for the one who pleases her. That evening, Konan began contemplating the Bright Jade Technique. The next day, Kurenai Yuhi, sighing, brought the young girl Kurenai to Sakura Manor, adding a touch more color to the place.

Ninja world inhabitants generally matured early, and the young Kurenai was bold in love and hate. Kurenai Yuhi had long tacitly accepted Jiang Feng as her future son-in-law and was quite satisfied with him.

But moving into the man's home before marriage, what did that mean?

The young Kurenai, through various pleas and constant emphasis on the threat posed by Konan from the Land of Rain, finally persuaded her father, Kurenai Yuhi.

After a few cups of tea at Sakura Manor, Kurenai Yuhi rose to take his leave. Before departing, he stammered out a stern warning to Jiang Feng, saying that hugging, holding, and sweet talk were one thing, but he must absolutely not do anything he shouldn't. His daughter was still young...

Jiang Feng patted his chest and guaranteed, "Don't worry, Captain, I'm a traditional man!"

Kurenai Yuhi understood what Jiang Feng meant by "traditional": traditional in the sense of wanting many wives, like those Daimyo and Aristocrats.

Although most Konoha ninjas practiced monogamy, the mainstream in the ninja world, at least among the Aristocrats, was polygamy or monogamy with multiple concubines. Those Aristocrats generally married a principal wife and several secondary wives.

Because of this tradition in the ninja world, and because this prospective son-in-law was too outstanding, and his daughter had set her heart on him, the father-in-law Kurenai Yuhi didn't say anything further. He just shot Jiang Feng a fierce glare before getting up to leave.

In the following days, Jiang Feng finally lived the leisurely life he had always dreamed of. He spent his days admiring flowers, appreciating beauties, and in his spare time, practicing his techniques and skills, guiding the two girls in some techniques.

Many people assumed that Jiang Feng, Heavenly Flying Immortal, who became famous throughout the world at such a young age, must be a vibrant person striving for success.

In reality, it was the opposite. Jiang Feng was a very lazy person, so lazy that sometimes he didn't even want to get out of bed, wishing someone would urinate for him.

Yet, he was still full of vitality because he was a person who loved life and enjoyed living.

Sitting under a cherry blossom tree at noon, forgetting all worries and hatred, basking in the sunlight and appreciating the rich floral fragrance.

Sitting by the window after dusk, casting aside unnecessary social interactions, admiring the falling petals in the setting sun, closing his eyes to listen to the sound of petals falling.

Sitting by the river under the bright moon, his heart calm, blowing in the cool, soft spring breeze, feeling the vigorous life force of all things growing in the quiet of the night...

Why were there no morning and early afternoon activities?

Because he couldn't get up.

Such a life, wouldn't it be intoxicating?

Even better, in his Sakura Manor, there were beauties to admire: Konan's quiet elegance, Kurenai's lively charm...

Even though the two girls didn't get along perfectly, it didn't detract from their beauty. Girls who get jealous are often more beautiful than those who don't.

It was a pity that such happy days couldn't last.

Heavenly Flying Immortal was, after all, not an immortal who had transcended the mortal world, but an exiled immortal banished to the mortal realm, fallen into the dust.

An uninvited guest arrived at Sakura Manor.