Thick beams rose from the ground, sturdy walls swiftly closed in, and elegant eaves extended outward.
A brand-new house, even more imposing than the original, rose from the ground at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The sound of water in the bathroom ceased.
Tsunade and Shizune changed into clean clothes and walked out.
Looking at the brand-new house before them, still giving off the fresh scent of wood, they were speechless for a moment.
Tsunade walked over to a pillar, reached out, and ran her fingers over its grain.
"Wood Release..."
Tsunade's voice trembled slightly.
She suddenly turned and stared at Uchiha Yao.
"Why do you know my grandfather's technique?"
Tsunade asked the question with utmost seriousness, without a trace of humor.
Shizune also looked at Uchiha Yao nervously.
Wood Release held extraordinary significance in Konoha, and even throughout the entire Shinobi World.
It was the symbol of Hashirama Senju, the First Hokage—the supreme power that had pacified the warring era and founded Konoha.
Aside from the First Hokage himself, no one else had ever been able to use it.
Although Yamato could use Wood Release, he had only acquired an incomplete version through Orochimaru's cell transplant experiments. It could not be compared to the First Hokage's Wood Release at all.
Yet what Uchiha Yao had displayed just now, whether in scale or in the life energy it contained, was no different from the Wood Release of the First Hokage described in legend.
An Uchiha had mastered the Wood Release unique to the Senju Clan.
It was simply too unbelievable.
"This?"
Uchiha Yao's expression did not change.
"Maybe it's because I'm exceptionally talented."
"One day, I woke up and suddenly felt like I could communicate with trees."
"Then I gave it a little try, and it worked."
Uchiha