The Ryūchi Cave Trial

The Land of Grass, Orochimaru's base.

After agreeing to work together, Orochimaru finished tidying up the laboratory, then followed Fei Shi to a secluded spot.

"Summoning Technique!"

A cloud of white smoke dissipated, revealing a giant snake in front of Fei Shi and Orochimaru.

"Orochimaru, what's so important that you summoned me, huh? If you don't have a sacrifice this time, you can take its place yourself. Hmm? Is this brat the sacrifice? Just one?!"

It was Manda of Ryūchi Cave.

Fei Shi smiled and slowly extended his right hand.

"Shinra Tensei!"

Boom!

Manda was blasted away.

After flying over a hundred meters, Manda was left dazed. Who was he? Where was he? What had he come here for?

"Heh heh heh, Manda, I'll make it up to you with a sacrifice next time. This time, he wants to learn Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode, so I summoned you here especially for him."

Orochimaru turned to gesture at Fei Shi, but then he spotted something unbelievable.

The Rinnegan?!

Orochimaru had never expected to see those legendary eyes again.

Weren't they the eyes of the organization's leader?

This brat had a pair too? Shouldn't his be the Sharingan?

Manda also looked at Fei Shi. When he saw the rows of markings in Fei Shi's eyes, he was just as shocked.

The Rinnegan—the legendary eyes. Manda had only ever heard of them from the White Snake Sage. The Sage of Six Paths, who had founded the Ninjutsu Sect, had possessed eyes like these.

"Hmph! Kid, you want to learn Senjutsu? Fine. But you'll have to pass the trial. If you fail, you'll die. Are you still going?"

"If I hadn't been prepared, I wouldn't have asked Orochimaru to summon you here."

The unknown was what made it so enticing. He really wanted the system's unknown reward. He had plenty of points, but that damned system limited what he could buy. The shop updated periodically, and there were only a limited number of items each time.

It wasn't like during the Great Harvest, when the shop had been overflowing with wares. Couldn't find what you were looking for? A search tool was provided for free. If it could find it, you could buy it—as long as you had enough points.

Besides, he'd drawn an unknown reward before: the Tree of Life from the Soul Land 4 World.

His plan to start a revolution had been a spur-of-the-moment idea, born out of boredom. The system had also given him a clear goal: build Revolution Bases. The more he built, the better his reward would be when the mission ended.

He had no idea what the current reward would be. Since the people he'd taken on as disciples were all important characters, he was sure the reward would exceed his expectations.

Well then... reward, here I come.

Manda said, "Since you're ready, get ready. I'll use the Reverse Summoning Technique to summon you to Ryūchi Cave."

Poof!

Manda vanished in a cloud of white smoke. A short while later, a force pulled them into Ryūchi Cave.

Ryūchi Cave lay underground, and its location was difficult to find. The only way in was for someone from Ryūchi Cave to come to you and choose you as its successor. Otherwise, reaching Ryūchi Cave was no easy feat.

Soon, they met the Three Divine Princesses of Ryūchi Cave: Tagorihime, Ichikishimahime, and Tajitsuhime.

The Three Divine Princesses of Ryūchi Cave were responsible for testing those who wanted to learn Ryūchi Cave's Senjutsu.

There were three trials.

First, temptation by food. Anyone who could resist their appetite would pass with ease.

Second, a test of strength and endurance. This required great strength and stamina, or it was easy to fail.

The final trial was an illusion, and also the most dangerous.

Anyone who became trapped in the illusion and couldn't escape would fail.

The penalty for failing any trial was to be eaten by the Divine Princess overseeing it, who would drain the victim's chakra.

They didn't waste any time talking and got started right away.

The first trial: temptation by food.

Whether as Fei Shi or Ye Shifei, he'd tasted every kind of delicacy, so he passed easily.

Tagorihime's expression darkened.

The second trial went just as easily.

With a Sage Body and strength already at Six Paths Level, Fei Shi passed without trouble.

Ichikishimahime's expression was just as grim as Tagorihime's.

They could sense the vast chakra inside Fei Shi through Natural Energy. It tempted them like meat tempted a dog.

Though his chakra was beyond anything they could imagine, they still greedily longed to devour it.

The third trial: the illusion.

Tajitsuhime prayed fervently that Fei Shi would fail.

Her head transformed into a snake's, and she bit down on Fei Shi's neck, pouring Natural Energy into his body.

A mountain of gold appeared before Fei Shi.

A mountain made of gold.

Of course, this was because Fei Shi hadn't resisted. With his Rinnegan and Tenseigan, he wouldn't have been affected by an illusion otherwise.

Fei Shi scoffed at the mountain before him.

Seeing his disdain, Tajitsuhime changed the illusion.

Tajitsuhime thought, Fei Shi is a man. If I used a woman, he'd become trapped in the illusion and unable to escape. She decided to conjure the most alluring woman he'd ever seen.

A voluptuous woman suddenly appeared before Fei Shi. A stream of nosebleed burst from his nostrils, and he covered his eyes with a hand, repeating to himself, "What is seen is not always to be looked at. What is seen is not always to be looked at."

The woman before him was none other than one of the Konoha Sannin, Lady Tsunade.

Lady Tsunade wore a bathrobe and reclined on the ground, her ample figure tantalizingly visible beneath it. Fei Shi was almost having a physical reaction.

He reminded himself that she was his older sister, and soon calmed down.

"She's my sister."

As soon as he said that, Tsunade stopped winking at him.

Tajitsuhime hadn't expected that to happen. So she conjured the woman Fei Shi most wanted to conquer. Many of the people who'd taken the trial before had fallen to this trick.

A cloud of white smoke appeared before Fei Shi, and then a tall woman with fair skin, dressed in a white gauzy gown, emerged.

She had Byakugan and a pair of horns, as well as long, blue-white hair that trailed all the way to the ground.

Fei Shi marveled at the woman's beauty and couldn't help wanting to conquer her on the spot.

The woman before him was the Progenitor of Chakra of the Ninja World, the Rabbit Goddess, Kaguya Otsutsuki.

She was also known as Otsutsuki Airhead.

At that moment, Kaguya Otsutsuki's cool face was flushed, and she looked at Fei Shi with a shy, alluring expression.

Her hurried breathing sent Fei Shi's mind racing toward images unsuitable for children.

The sight made Fei Shi wish he could turn into a werewolf.

But he knew it was an illusion. The real Kaguya was waiting for him on the moon, ready to share a romantic evening with him.

Then Fei Shi began to release his ocular power, and the illusion collapsed in an instant, revealing Tajitsuhime before him.

Tajitsuhime's snake-like face was right in front of him. She was practically drooling as she waited for him to fail so she could enjoy the delicacy before her.

"Sorry to disappoint you."

Fei Shi teased the startled Tajitsuhime.

"Why? Why did you wake up? When you saw the goddess you wanted to conquer but couldn't, and wanted to make love with you, you should have been trapped in the illusion!"

Tajitsuhime was furious. She'd lost such delicious chakra just like that.

"She wasn't a goddess I couldn't conquer. I just haven't had time to go find her. I know where she is and what she's doing. Besides... your illusion is too weak to affect me."

As the Rinnegan slowly emerged in Fei Shi's eyes, Tajitsuhime understood. He'd been playing around the whole time.

"You were messing with me?!"

"Hey, hey, hey, Auntie, don't do anything rash. I'm not interested in playing the hero of the greenwood."