Various thoughts flashed through Qian's mind as he took one last look at the other locations.
These were all places where he had vaguely sensed someone—or something else—watching him.
For now, he had no intention of exposing them.
The battle just now had already disrupted his cultivation plans.
Since he had achieved his goal, he was unwilling to waste too much time on this matter.
Thus, after sensing that all those gazes had vanished, he left behind several Shadow Clones to monitor the surroundings as usual before returning to the depths of Ryūchi Cave.
Of course, he had not forgotten to send another Wood Clone to Konoha.
As the undisputed center of the current Ninja World, Konoha was also his birthplace and the place where he had spent the longest time in public over the past decade or so.
It was foreseeable that after this incident, it would definitely come under close scrutiny.
At the same time, Konoha itself would certainly react.
What? You say Konoha had not participated in this incident, so there was no way they could know?
Setting aside whether a secret known by two people could still be considered a secret, even if it was, its disclosure was only a matter of time.
Moreover, there had been more than two witnesses just now.
The gazes he had sensed alone included beings from the other two great sacred lands.
Given the relationship between Mount Myōboku and Konoha, it was only a matter of time before this news reached Konoha.
Of course, he had sent a clone back to Konoha not to protect the village or anything like that.
It was true that over the past decade or so, especially during the early years before his strength had grown, Konoha had provided him with considerable assistance, but he