From Jiraiya's reaction, it was clear that he really had not sensed anything unusual.
Jiraiya ranked among the very best in strength. Since even he had not sensed the attention of whoever was "watching," Ye Chen wondered whether his own senses had been mistaken.
He shook his head slightly and stepped onto the bank, still looking puzzled as he said:
"Uh... nothing. Maybe I've been soaking in the hot spring too long and started hallucinating."
"Sir, please keep soaking! I'll go pour myself some tea."
Jiraiya also looked at Ye Chen in confusion for a moment before shaking his head and saying:
"All right! Pour me a cup too, and call me when it's cooled down."
Ye Chen nodded and headed straight toward the wooden cabin behind him.
Just as he stepped inside, Ye Chen remembered something and turned to ask:
"Sir... hmm?"
The instant he turned, the scene before his eyes changed.
The hot spring behind him had vanished, and he now stood in a vast desert.
Scorching waves of air "burned" Ye Chen's skin with extreme realism.
Ye Chen turned to look toward the wooden cabin that should have been behind him.
There was no trace of the cabin. The vast desert stretched as far as the eye could see, with no end in sight.
The scorching air even rushed into Ye Chen's nostrils with extreme realism.
Ye Chen simply closed his eyes, the corners of his mouth lifting as he murmured:
"Oh? What sophisticated Genjutsu."
In an instant, his surroundings had undergone a complete transformation.
Ye Chen did not believe any Ninjutsu could produce such an effect, except Genjutsu.
And any Genjutsu that could affect Ye Chen without his noticing was indeed very "sophisticated."
Clearly, someone had made a move against Ye Chen and Jiraiya.
So far,