Senju Clan Ruins, Advanced Draw Opportunity

Senju Clan Ruins, Advanced Draw Opportunity

After Orochimaru left, Team 7 did not linger.

Sasuke walked at the front, holding the Heaven and Earth Scrolls. His expression was far uglier than when they had entered the Forest of Death.

The reason was simple.

Orochimaru had clearly come for him, yet in the end, he had focused all his attention on Chenshu Senju.

As the genius of the Uchiha Clan, this was the first time he had realized that he could even lose out when it came to being targeted.

"Sasuke, what's wrong?" Naruto sidled up and asked.

"Shut up."

"He must've been crushed by Chenshu Senju."

A vein throbbed at Sasuke's temple as he turned to Naruto. "Do you want to die?"

Naruto immediately took two steps back.

Sakura Haruno walked beside them, feeling that this team was beyond saving.

One was responsible for cheating, one was responsible for brooding, and one was responsible for getting beaten up.

As for her...

She was responsible for making sure they did not turn the exam into a demolition project.

Half a day later, the four arrived at the central tower and passed the second stage of the exam ahead of schedule.

[Forest of Death challenge completed.]

[Obtained ten draw opportunities.]

[First battle against a Kage-level expert. Obtained one advanced draw opportunity.]

Chenshu Senju halted.

An advanced draw?

This was the first time the system had given such a reward.

However, the notifications did not end there.

[Detected a nearby remnant of Senju bloodline.]

[Bloodline Search Mission triggered.]

[Go to the Senju Clan Ruins and find the remnant to obtain one advanced draw opportunity.]

Again.

Chenshu Senju looked toward the northwest of the Hidden Leaf Village and quickly made up his mind.

That afternoon.

Chenshu Senju left the village alone and arrived at a forest that had been abandoned for many years.

According to the original owner's memories, this had once been the territory of the Senju Clan.

But as the clan members steadily dwindled, the remaining members gradually integrated into the Hidden Leaf Village. The former Senju territory had long since been forgotten.

After passing through the woods, several dilapidated wooden houses came into view.

Most of the courtyard wall had collapsed. The ground was overgrown with weeds, and above the entrance hung a plaque with only half of it remaining.

Chenshu Senju stepped into the courtyard, his sensory ability spreading outward.

There were chakra fluctuations underground.

They were faint, but deeply hidden.

Just as he was about to approach the main house, a cane suddenly flew out through the window and shot straight for his head.

Chenshu Senju sidestepped. The cane grazed his ear and embedded itself in the wooden door behind him.

"Who gave you the nerve to trespass into the Senju Clan Ruins?"

An aged voice sounded.

A white-haired old man emerged from the room. He wore a loose gray robe and carried a kettle in one hand.

Chenshu Senju looked at him, then at the women's undergarments hanging outside the house.

The scene went silent for several seconds.

The old man's face darkened. "Those are rags for wiping tables."

"I didn't ask."

"..."

The old man raised a hand, and the cane embedded in the wooden door flew back into his grasp.

"Kid, what's your name?"

"Chenshu Senju."

At the sound of that surname, a glint flashed through the old man's cloudy eyes.

"That kid from the Senju branch family who couldn't even refine chakra properly?"

Chenshu Senju fell silent for a moment. "Your information is a little outdated."

The old man snorted and slammed his cane against the ground.

Dozens of shattered stones rose into the air. Infused with chakra, they shot toward Chenshu Senju from every direction.

Chenshu Senju formed a hand seal with one hand. Wooden pillars rose from the ground and blocked every stone.

"Wood Release: Wood Locking Wall."

At the sight of the interlocking wooden pillars, the old man froze in place, and the kettle in his hand fell straight to the ground.

"Wood Release?"

He abruptly looked up, all traces of his earlier casualness gone.

The next moment, the old man used the Body Flicker Technique to close in. His cane swept toward Chenshu Senju's waist.

Chenshu Senju raised an arm to block. Immense force traveled up his arm, and the ground beneath his feet cracked.

This old man looked like he had one foot in the grave, yet he struck more viciously than plenty of jonin.

"Not bad reflexes."

The old man twisted his wrist. A short blade sprang from the bottom of his cane and stabbed toward Chenshu Senju's chest.

Chenshu Senju activated his Sharingan and sidestepped the blade, while grabbing the old man's wrist.

Vines burst from the ground and instantly wrapped around the old man's legs.

Just as the old man tried to break free, a Wood Dragon as thick as an arm extended its head from behind Chenshu Senju and bit down on his cane.

His chakra rapidly drained away.

"It can absorb chakra too?"

The old man's pupils contracted. He decisively released his weapon and retreated.

But the moment he landed, dozens of wooden spikes had already sealed off the area around him.

Chenshu Senju remained where he was and did not continue attacking. "Still want to fight?"

The old man looked at the wooden spikes around him, then at the slowly circling Wood Dragon. In the end, he sighed.

"No more fighting."

"I'm old. My back can't take it."

Chenshu Senju withdrew his Wood Release. "Take care of yourself. Use fewer rags for wiping tables."

The old man's face instantly darkened.

After living so many years, this was the first time he had been left speechless by a junior.

"The waves behind drive on those before. This old man truly is old."

The old man picked up the kettle and turned toward the main house. "Come in. After guarding it for so many years, I've finally waited for someone who can take it away."

The room was extremely bare.

The old man moved aside the bedboards, revealing stone steps leading underground.

The two entered the hidden chamber, where a rotten stench rushed toward them.

The Senju clan crest was carved into the walls, while a dust-covered wooden box sat in the center.

"My name is Senju Gaku. Back then, I was in charge of guarding the clan's secret vault."

Senju Gaku opened the wooden box and took out half of a damaged scroll.

"Before the Senju Clan disbanded, someone tried to destroy this place. I seized this half of the scroll, but I also suffered wounds that could never be healed."

Chenshu Senju accepted the scroll.

The writing on it was already incomplete. Only words such as First Hokage and senjutsu could still be made out.

[Senju bloodline remnant discovered.]

[Bloodline Search Mission completed.]

[Obtained one advanced draw opportunity.]

[Detected clue to an incomplete secret technique: Sage Art: Wood Release.]

[Collect the complete scroll to unlock a legendary challenge.]

Chenshu Senju's gaze shifted slightly.

A legendary challenge meant a legendary reward.

"Where is the other half?"

Senju Gaku fell silent for a moment before slowly replying, "The Valley of the End."

"After the First Hokage's battle with Madara Uchiha, the other half of the scroll was left there."

After saying this, he leaned against the wall, and his breathing gradually weakened.

The thing he had guarded for decades had finally been handed over. His final obsession was gone as well.

Senju Gaku looked at Chenshu Senju, a complicated smile appearing on his face.

"Don't let Wood Release disappear again."

Chenshu Senju put away the scroll and nodded seriously. "Don't worry. It will only grow stronger."

Senju Gaku closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth lifting slightly.

The hidden chamber fell quiet once more.

Chenshu Senju stood there for a moment before turning and walking up the stone steps.

He did not immediately head for the Valley of the End.

The Chunin Exams were not yet over, and Orochimaru was still hiding in the Hidden Leaf Village.

Leaving the village for somewhere so far away was clearly not a suitable choice right now.

More importantly, he already had two advanced draw opportunities in hand.

Chenshu Senju opened the system interface.

[Perform two consecutive advanced draws?]

"Draw."

[Advanced draw initiated.]

[Obtained epic reward: Flying Thunder God Technique fragment.]

[Obtained epic reward: Wood Human Technique fragment.]

Two immense streams of information flooded into his mind.

Chenshu Senju looked at the half-scroll in his palm, his expression gradually turning serious.

The Flying Thunder God Technique and the Wood Human Technique had appeared at the same time.

Once the official matches of the Chunin Exams began, those in the Hidden Leaf Village who were waiting to watch the show might first need to consider whether the spectator stands were sturdy enough.