Over this stretch of time, his control over the chakra inside him had gradually improved as well. Now, even if Tsunade did not come over, the two of them could enjoy a decent mix of meat and vegetables at every meal.
Since Sasuke had mastered all these farming tasks, it was naturally time for Xuan Zhe to teach him something new.
Following Xuan Zhe's instructions, Sasuke placed a bulging bag of money on the table as an offering to his master.
The first thing Xuan Zhe did was pick up the money bag and weigh it in his hand.
The satisfying heft of the bag made the corners of Xuan Zhe's mouth curl upward.
He told Sasuke to fetch something from beneath his bed.
Sasuke now obeyed his every word and went into the inner room without a question. When he came back out, he held a sword.
The sword looked much like the Kusanagi Sword Orochimaru had used in his surprise attack on the Third Hokage.
But there was a major difference-this sword was built around conducting lightning release chakra.
For Sasuke Uchiha, it was practically tailor-made.
In the original story, Orochimaru had given Sasuke his sword. But the Orochimaru of this timeline had not been traumatized by that lunatic Itachi's abuse and had no interest whatsoever in the Sharingan, so naturally, he had nothing to do with Sasuke.
Since Xuan Zhe intended to drag Sasuke Uchiha out of his originally miserable fate, he could not possibly let him stray down the wrong path again.
That said, he still needed all the proper equipment.
So, in exchange for healing Orochimaru's sealed hands, Xuan Zhe had asked him to forge a lightning-attribute sword.
Through a twist of circumstances, things had ended up following the original plot after all.
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