The electronic screen behind the platform lit up.
The image showed the layers of mountains deep within the Land of Rain.
Towering trees blotted out the sky, and mist filled the valleys.
An Uchiha clansman pointed at the screen and began his introduction.
"The Land of Rain was closed off for years. Almost no one ever ventured deep into its mountains."
"After Lord Long Ri led the organization in taking over the Land of Rain, the Heavenly Earth Trading Company sent its first personnel into the region to conduct a comprehensive survey of the forests, mineral veins, and land."
The images on the screen changed rapidly.
Medicinal plants of strange shapes were dug out of cliffs, dense forests, and underground rock formations.
Some had thick roots and had been growing for hundreds of years.
Others were surrounded by rich vitality and were even more than a thousand years old.
Many of the Merchant Guilds' representatives in the hall sat up straight.
They had traded in medicinal herbs for years and naturally understood what century-old herbs meant.
Thousand-year-old herbs were treasures that money alone could not buy.
"The Land of Rain was hiding this many rare medicinal herbs?"
"Those places were always shrouded in war and rain. No one dared venture deep into them before."
"After taking over the Land of Rain, the Uchiha even managed to uncover resources like these."
Ren stood in the center of the platform, his voice steady.
"These herbs are the core ingredients of the Intermediate Bloodline Tempering Potion."
"After Long Ri brought the herbs back to the family, I refined several doses of the Intermediate Bloodline Tempering Potion."
"Two of those doses went to Uchiha Shisui and Itachi Uchiha."
The gazes in the conference hall once again converged on Shisui and Itachi.
The Intermediate Bloodline