Gathering his thoughts, Qian opened the Status Panel and glanced toward the Bloodline section.
After several days of cultivation, the progress bar for his Byakugan had moved forward again. It was getting closer and closer to the breakthrough threshold of (60000/100000).
Just as Qian was preparing to spend a few days breaking through, an unexpected guest arrived nearby the very next day.
The following day.
Noon.
Qian was cultivating deep within Ryūchi Cave.
Suddenly, a memory surfaced in his mind. An Shadow Clone stationed outside had discovered someone approaching and dispelled itself with the Shadow Clone Technique.
Qian stopped cultivating and quickly reviewed the memory.
His brows furrowed slightly.
There was no other reason. The unexpected guest was not Obito Uchiha or Black Zetsu, who had attacked his Shadow Clone several days ago as he had expected, but Nagato, the leader of the Akatsuki Organization.
No, more precisely, it was Deva Path Pain, a puppet controlled by Nagato.
However, after thinking it over, he was no longer surprised.
Whether Obito Uchiha wanted to use someone else to kill him or shift the risk elsewhere, Nagato was a fine choice.
Thus, it was not surprising that Obito had been the one to clash with him while Nagato was ultimately the one who came looking for him.
As for how the other party had found this place—
Qian was not surprised by that either.
As the saying went, wherever one walked, one left traces.
Indeed, he had not caused much commotion while taking over Ryūchi Cave, and Ryūchi Cave itself was rather well hidden, rarely appearing in the Ninja World.
But in the end, it still maintained ties with the Ninja World.
By now, he had occupied Ryūchi Cave for several months. Anyone who took the trouble to investigate would discover