"Well, if it isn't Luo Yu. Haven't seen you for a few days. How'd you get so worn out?"
Just as Luo Yu was enjoying the regenerative effects of Hashirama cells, Chu Wen came over.
His younger brother Chu Ge followed him, but only dared watch from a distance.
After the ordeal in Shikkotsu Forest, Chu Ge's condition had grown worse.
He was still taking medication even now.
His therapist had advised him not to go near Luo Yu.
Otherwise, he might suffer a relapse.
Chu Wen had his reasons for daring to approach Luo Yu, too.
Only after recently reading his family genealogy had he learned that an ancestor of their King Yuanluo lineage had once been a jinchūriki.
Although their enhanced bloodline couldn't compare with a true jinchūriki physique, compared with ordinary people...
Their clan's compatibility with the Nine-Tails' power was still quite high.
During the Harmonizing Domain challenge, Luo Yu had been a natural counter to both spaces, so Chu Wen's results had fallen behind his.
But for the Tailed Beast Tournament, Chu Wen believed he could reclaim his pride thanks to his ancestral legacy.
For that very reason, he had specifically brought along Chu Ge, who wasn't participating in the Tailed Beast Tournament.
He wanted to prove to his younger brother that Luo Yu wasn't unbeatable.
That way, he could dispel the shadow hanging over his brother's heart.
Most importantly, as far as bloodlines went, the Fox Immortal Palace could more or less be counted as their distant relatives.
Unlike the declining King Yuanluo lineage, the Immortal Palace had several Kage-level experts.
If he could establish a connection with someone from the Fox Immortal Palace, he might even get some preferential treatment in the later assessments.
So Chu Wen started thinking about finding himself a powerful