"Ding! Yahiko has been detected rescuing Kaguya Kimimaro and guiding him into Dusk. The system has issued a new mission: nurture nine Kage-level powerhouses to become the Nine Divine Envoys of Dusk. Mission completion rewards: one copy of the Longevity Art and one Sudden Enlightenment Pill!"
Early the next morning, a system notification suddenly rang out in Qingyun's mind while he was fast asleep. He had been about to grumble, but the moment he heard the rewards, he sat bolt upright in bed.
"Qingyun, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. I just remembered something. Go back to sleep!"
With that, Qingyun dressed and went out into the courtyard. He focused his mind on the system and, sure enough, saw the newly issued mission.
The Longevity Art was precisely the Cultivation Technique Qingyun had been waiting for. With it, he could fuse all the disparate streams of true energy within him into a single whole. Once that happened, his strength would surely soar.
However, this mission was extremely difficult. Nurturing nine Kage-level powerhouses to join Dusk was not something he could accomplish in a short time.
After all, since the mission specified nurturing them, inviting people who were already at Kage level to join Dusk would surely be useless.
Qingyun sat in the pavilion and began pondering.
He already had two candidates by his side: Uchiha Itachi and Yuki Haku. Both had tremendous potential. By practicing the Cultivation Technique he had taught them, they would naturally reach Kage level once they grew up.
Aside from those two, there was Xiangling, who was still young, and Kaguya Kimimaro over on Yahiko's side. All four had tremendous potential, so reaching Kage level would be no great challenge for them.
But aside from those two, who else was there?
Qingyun silently considered the exceptionally talented ninja in