Zhan's Confusion

"They're so easily amused. I haven't even put up a fight yet, and they've already run away." Watching the ninja who led the way escape, Tianqi found a tree, jumped onto a branch, and sat up.

Zhan jumped up the tree and sat down next to Tianqi, saying, "Aren't you afraid of corrupting them? They might actually dare to beat me up in the future."

"Haha, you're strong, what are you afraid of? I was just joking with him. If you really got beaten up and defeated, I'd be laughing in my dreams," Tianqi patted Zhan on the shoulder.

"You're too happy too soon. With their strength, they'd need to cultivate for a few hundred more years to defeat me. I'm confident in that much," Zhan said confidently, puffing out his chest.

"Then what are you afraid of? In the Shinobi World, strength speaks. Once you have strength, you'll have a voice, just like me now."

"To put it bluntly, looking at the entire Shinobi World, there are only a handful of people I can take seriously right now, and they can only hold their own against me for about 50 moves. There's no way they can defeat me," Tianqi said casually, but Zhan found it incredibly domineering.

"I envy you. You're only in your early twenties and you already have this kind of strength. Just how strong are you now?" Zhan said enviously.

Tianqi thought for a moment and said confidently, "How strong am I? Let me put it this way: for the next thirty years, as long as I don't act recklessly, I will be invincible."

"Invincible for the next thirty years? My goodness, that's so powerful, but why only for thirty years?" Zhan looked at Tianqi in confusion.

"People get old, you know. I can't stay young forever, or I'd be immortal. Maybe in thirty years, the younger generation will surpass me. Who can say for sure? You know what I mean?" Tianqi replied.

"That's true. Being invincible for thirty years is already a legendary figure. Actually, I've always had a question in my mind, but I don't know if I should ask you," Zhan said, glancing at Tianqi.

"What questions do you have? Just say them. I'll tell you everything I can, since you and I get along so well," Tianqi said, putting his hand on Zhan's shoulder.

"Well, I'll get straight to the point then. Why is it that I've noticed you haven't been training much these past few years, yet your strength has only increased? Can you tell me how that's going on?" Zhan asked the question he had been wanting to ask for the past few years.

"Well..." Tianqi hesitated, thinking to himself. He hadn't expected Zhan, who looked like a roughneck, to be so observant. With a system, who would bother with strenuous training? But how should he answer him?

"Is it that I can't say? If you can't say, then don't say. After all, everyone has their own secrets. I'm just curious." Seeing Tianqi hesitate, Zhan said nonchalantly.

"It's not exactly a secret, but it's a bit difficult to say. Let me put it this way: I used to be completely helpless, until one day, I encountered an opportunity."

"Thanks to this opportunity, I went from being a helpless person to a well-known master. Everyone has their own opportunity. As long as the opportunity comes, I believe you can also soar to the sky." Tianqi did not directly mention the system, but instead replaced it with an opportunity.

"I see. No wonder you haven't been training much, yet your strength is still increasing. It turns out you've encountered your own opportunity."

"It seems that opportunity is more important than hard work. I wonder when my opportunity will come. I don't ask to be as good as you. I'll be content as strong as you," Zhan said calmly.

"Who can say for sure? Maybe it'll arrive tomorrow," Tianqi said, not saying it was impossible. He still gave Zhan a glimmer of hope.

"Maybe so. Who cares? What's mine will stay, and what's not mine can't be forced." Zhan no longer cared about the matter of chance.

"Lord Zhan, Tianqi, dinner is ready." While the two were chatting, the ninjas below had already prepared the meal. The food was sealed in scrolls, so they could be taken out and eaten directly or heated up, which was quite convenient.

"Alright, enough chit-chat. I haven't eaten all day, I'm going downstairs to eat. Tianqi, are you coming?" He stood up and asked Tianqi.

"You go eat, I'm not hungry. I'll go back to my lodgings and continue my relaxing." After saying that Tianqi jumped down from the tree and walked towards the small building, while Zhan went to eat with them.

Back in the small building, Tianqi lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling. He felt something was missing. He had only been away for a day and already missed Tsunade. He wondered when the mission would end.

"Never mind, let's count sheep and go to sleep. We still have to travel tomorrow. One sheep, two sheep, three sheep... Baa!" Tianqi counted and drifted off to sleep.

In his dream, Tianqi stood in the starry sky, and a group of Datong people appeared before him. Each of them possessed the strength of the Six Paths level, and every strike they unleashed was earth-shattering.

Facing the Ōtsutsuki clan members, Tianqi showed no panic whatsoever, even a slight smile on his lips. He gently raised his hand and extended two fingers, unleashing a purple energy beam from his "Death Beam" finger. The energy pierced through the bodies of more than a Ōtsutsuki members, instantly killing them all.

"What Ōtsutsuki? You're just weaklings. Destroying you is like crushing a few ants. Watch my prince fight, ah-da-da-da-da!" Tianqi gathered energy balls in his hands and waved them rapidly.

One energy ball after another hurtled towards the Ōtsutsuki clan. As the energy balls landed, explosions rang out, and the Ōtsutsuki clan was instantly annihilated.

"Hahaha, what Ōtsutsuki members? They're utterly pathetic! I am the strongest person in the entire Hokage world! Hahahaha!"

"Tianqi, wake up, wake up!" Zhan's voice came from his sleep. Tianqi slowly opened his eyes and saw Zhan's face.

"Holy crap, who is this? They're so ugly!" Tianqi opened his eyes and was immediately startled.

"What do you mean? I kindly came to wake you up, and you actually said I'm ugly? That's too much!" Zhan said, pointing at Tianqi.

"It's all a misunderstanding. Your face was too close. I was still a little dazed after just waking up." Tianqi rubbed his eyes. Actually, Zhanzhang wasn't ugly. Uchiha people are generally quite good-looking. All of this was thanks to Indra.

Indra was the eldest son of Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo of Sage of Six Paths, and also the ancestor of the Uchiha Clan. Indra was quite handsome, and as his descendants, the Uchiha people were also quite good-looking.

"I heard you laughing outside, and I thought you were already awake. But when I came in, I found you were dreaming and laughing like an idiot. What were you dreaming about that made you so happy? Tell me about it," Zhan said, looking at Tianqi with a lewd expression.