Having figured that out, Yechen no longer lingered. He summoned a Shadow Clone to watch the area while his real body entered the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace to cultivate and study ninjutsu.
The next morning arrived.
While cultivating, Yechen suddenly received a message from his Shadow Clone.
He ended his cultivation and stepped straight out of the Nine Heavens Evolving Heaven Palace.
"What's going on?"
"See for yourself."
The Shadow Clone wasted no words and dispelled the technique.
The next moment, a flood of memories poured into his mind.
After reviewing them, Yechen flashed onto the trunk of a nearby tree.
Then he gazed into the distance, toward the plain northwest of the town below the mountain.
He could vaguely make out two figures there.
Those two figures were none other than Jiraiya and Orochimaru.
From the Shadow Clone's memories, he knew the two had run out of town. Now one was chasing the other, bounding farther away from the area.
In other words, they had been hiding in town for the past three days and had only now given themselves away.
Watching them run farther and farther away, Yechen leaped into the air and shot high into the sky. Using the clouds to conceal himself, he followed at a distance.
They continued on like that.
Yechen had thought they would start fighting soon after leaving town. To his surprise, even after an hour of running, neither showed any intention of stopping.
He kept following them. Since he did not need to fly at full speed, and he had enormous energy reserves while constantly absorbing energy from the world around him, there was no danger of running out of energy.
Along the way, Yechen also spotted some Anbu Ninja. Unfortunately, after following for a while, they could no longer