Catching White Zetsu

With a whoosh, Qingcheng appeared directly at the White Zetsu Base.

The Demonic Statue of the Outer Path sat back in its fatherly role, continuing to supply nutrients to the White Zetsu on the branches.

Qingcheng said with a serious expression, "That frail Demonic Statue of the Outer Path actually has to raise so many White Zetsu. I, the righteous Uchiha Qingcheng, will help you."

However, when Qingcheng counted the number of White Zetsu, he noticed something was wrong; there were far fewer of them.

Qingcheng thought to himself, "Wasn't it supposed to be 100,000 White Zetsu? How come there are less than 10,000? Where did they go? Did they replenish their life force and awaken, and are now going to the Shinobi World to gather information?"

Qingcheng immediately formed hand Hand Seals and shouted, "Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Bang bang bang, bang bang bang, a puff of white smoke rose from the White Zetsu Base, and a thousand Shadow Clone appeared, filling the entire base.

Qingcheng addressed his Shadow Clone, "Capture all these White Zetsu and put them all in Storage Scroll. Send some men to thoroughly search the area around the base."

After saying that, Qingcheng tossed down dozens of Sealing Scroll and dozens of Storage Scroll, then walked into the base.

Qingcheng planned to take another look at where Old Man Madara lived, and while he was at it, also search for the base where Uchiha Obito stored his Sharingan. He had a whole wall covered with Sharingan, and they were all Three-Tomoe.

When the Uchiha Clan was massacred, Uchiha Obito was also digging out Sharingan, even more than Danzo, and he Sharingan them all as exhibits in his base in the Land of Grass, hanging them on an entire wall.

Qingcheng recalled that it was at that base when Uchiha Obito took the blind Sasuke for the transplant surgery.

Qingcheng thought to himself, "Using other people's eyes as resurrection coins, only Obito and Danzo have done that. Next time I find Obito, I'll just kill him and then resurrect him, making him like Danzo."

Qingcheng plans to retrieve the Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan members and return them to them. Each clan member needs a pair of the Uchiha Clan Sharingan to be resurrected. As for whether they can find their own eyes again, no one can guarantee that.

Qingcheng muttered to himself, "I wonder how the Sharingan Cloning Technology is progressing at the Technology Department. Uchiha Obito and Danzo both used Izanagi a few times. If they resurrect the Uchiha Clan members, there definitely won't be enough Sharingan. They might even have to leave some of the clan members blind. Tsk tsk tsk."

Qingcheng walked into the base, looking at the pitch-black underground cave, devoid of any sunlight, and muttered a few more words to himself:

"Is this where the old man with the freckles lives? If I had come a few years earlier, I might have been able to pull the plug on his oxygen tube,"

Meanwhile, Qingcheng's Shadow Clone had already begun their work, leaping onto the branches laden with White Zetsu. With swift, decisive strokes, they sealed all the White Zetsu hanging from the branches, preparing to pack them up and take them away.

A group of Shadow Clone also jumped out of the base and began a thorough search of the Land of Grass, intending to find Uchiha Obito and take all the Sharingan inside.

Qingcheng activated his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan; his scarlet eyes, like radar, clearly saw the entire underground cave.

Qingcheng looked at the center of the cave, where a huge stone bed stood, and there was an empty, gaping hole.

Qingcheng thought to himself, "Obito must have taken all of Uchiha Madara's clothes, his Uchiha Gunbai, and all those Yin-Yang Release Ninjutsu."

Qingcheng complained, "Uchiha Madara is quite the recluse. He can actually live here alone for so long. If it were me, even if you gave me ten Tsunade, I wouldn't want to."

Qingcheng started with zero frames, kicking the stone bed to shatter it with a single blow, causing a loud crash to the ground.

Boom boom boom, thud thud thud.

The massive stone bed was kicked away, rolling seven or eight times in the air. Qingcheng looked down and, seeing nothing amiss, frowned.

With a serious expression, he said, "Besides these White Zetsu, there shouldn't be anything else. I need to activate my maximum range Perception Technique to see what other bases might be underground in the Land of Grass."

Having said that, Qingcheng immediately circulated his Senjutsu Chakra and shouted, "Sage Mode!"

Starting with zero frames, with a snap, Qingcheng clapped his hands together, instantly entering Sage Mode. His face displayed the same markings as the First Hokage —this was the characteristic of the Perfect Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Forest.

The Sage Mode in Shikkotsu Forest doesn't have any special moves, unlike Mount Myōboku which has its own set of techniques like Frog Kata and Frog Strike.

It doesn't resemble the Senjutsu of Ryūchi Cave, which include techniques like the Immortal Art: White Rage Technique and the Immortal Art: Inorganic Reversal Technique.

However, the Senjutsu of Shikkotsu Forest possesses the ability to Seal-less Healing, and can also enhance various physical stats, such as attack power, defense power, physical strength, and the ability to absorb natural Chakra energy. Simultaneously, it can strengthen the attack power of Ninjutsu and increase the range of Perception Technique.

The Senjutsu of the Three Great Sage Regions vary in ability, and their strengths are not significantly different. However, the most disgusting one is the Ryūchi Cave, which turns people into something that is neither snake nor human.

Therefore, the Senjutsu patterns on Qingcheng's face are a symbol of male pride; as the saying goes, "A man who doesn't paint his face isn't truly skilled."

As Qingcheng unleashed his far-reaching Perception Technique, the entire underground of the Land of Grass, along with the civilians of the Land of Grass and the ninjas of the Kusagakure, slowly transmitted back into Qingcheng's mind, like a map of the Land of Grass.

"What people are in which place, what caves are there, what are the people doing there—all of this gradually appeared in Qingcheng's mind."

About ten minutes later, Qingcheng sensed through Natural Energy that there was a spacious cave not far from here, and that the cave was sealed to conceal the detection of Perception Technique.

However, under the perception of Sage Mode, one could vaguely sense that there was a restriction in that place.

Qingcheng immediately stopped his Perception Technique, thinking to himself, "Obito's secret base must be there. I'll go see what's going on. If I happen to run into Obito, I'll just take care of him and kill him right here in the Land of Grass. He still wants to activate the Eye of the Moon Plan and be with Rin in his dreams? You're just lusting after her body, ugh, you filthy thing."

The Shadow Clone placed all the White Zetsu together, and many White Zetsu were placed outside, because there were only so many Sealing Scroll.

However, these Shadow Clone used sealing techniques on the White Zetsu, keeping them in a deep sleep from which they could not wake up.

Qingcheng walked to the edge of the White Zetsu pile, activated the power of his left eye, and shouted, "Yomotsu Hirasaka!"

A pitch-black spatial rift appeared out of thin air beside the pile of White Zetsu. Qingcheng then stuffed all of the White Zetsu into the Yomi Space.

Looking at the space where there were still two hundred million Explosive Tag, Qingcheng said with a look of satisfaction, "With so many Explosive Tag, plus the Mutual Exploding Tag Technique, we could blow up a small country."

Qingcheng activated the Lightning God Armor again, his entire body crackling with azure lightning. Using the Lightning God Armor would increase his speed.

Immediately, Qingcheng transformed into a bolt of lightning and rushed towards another cave, intending to check if it was Obito's base.