Jia Nan could not help swallowing.
Yu Wang's demand was simply inconceivable.
He was actually asking a young man to become the future ruler of Yu Province??
After all, Yu Wang's four disciples were all Level Seven Kings now, and he had trained them for decades.
If they found out about this, no one knew what the consequences would be.
Qi Yuan stared at Yu Wang and could tell that he was not joking.
Then he slowly asked, "Why?"
Yu Wang slowly sat down as well.
"Do you know what the situation is like in Desolate Heaven City, which I guard?"
Yu Wang spent most of his time away from Yudu, staying instead in Desolate Heaven City near the border between Yu Province and Central Province!!
"The Secret Realm Space entrance connected to Desolate Heaven City doesn't lead to just one S-Rank Secret Realm Space."
"There are a full twenty S-Rank Secret Realm Spaces that I know of alone. They opened passages between themselves more than a decade ago."
"In the entire Nine Provinces Alliance, my Desolate Heaven City faces the greatest pressure!!"
"And that exit in Desolate Heaven City is their only way into the outside world!!"
Qi Yuan's brows knitted tightly. Secret Realm Spaces were generally independent.
Especially S-Rank Secret Realm Spaces like these, which rarely connected with one another.
Otherwise, they would have joined forces and devoured the human world long ago.
But the Secret Realm entrance in Desolate Heaven City was extremely unusual.
"Twenty S-Rank Secret Realm Spaces means at least twenty King Beasts!!"
Yu Wang continued, "However, according to my covert investigations, there are at least fifty of them!!"
"Yet we have fewer than twenty Kings in Yu Province!!"
Qi Yuan had yet to feel much, but Jia Nan's expression changed drastically.
"Lord Yu Wang, how is that possible??"
"How could they have so many at the King realm??"
Yu Wang gave a self-deprecating smile. "You all treat me as a Guardian Deity, believing that I alone have stopped the King Beasts' advance!!"
"But with my strength, I can hold off ten, or twenty, but how many more can I hold off??"
"The reason Desolate Heaven City hasn't fallen yet is that the Demon Beasts aren't united either. They often fight over territory within the Secret Realm Spaces, giving Yu Province some breathing room!!"
"But something seems to have changed recently. Powerful Foreign Races have gained control of even stronger Dōjutsu."
"Now I can no longer infiltrate the Secret Realm Spaces. Otherwise, their techniques will detect me immediately!!"
Then Yu Wang sighed again. "I'm already seventy this year. I've entered a Ninja's period of decline!!"
"Over the past year, I've clearly felt that my energy is nowhere near what it used to be."
"I can't hold on much longer."
Qi Yuan could not help looking at Yu Wang, only to find that although his face was young, his expression was extremely aged and weary.
"My four disciples are quite capable. They've all reached the Level Seven King realm!!"
"But the differences between Kings are even more fatal. All of them are merely mediocre Kings."
"If I'm gone one day, they won't be able to hold Desolate Heaven City at all!!"
"When that happens, most of the family clans within Yu Province will certainly carve out their own territories. Each will care only about its own power and status, without giving ordinary people's lives a second thought."
Yu Wang stood up and faced Qi Yuan.
"Your appearance has given me new hope. You entered the Eighth Layer of the Inheritance Tower, and you can wield the Mangekyō Sharingan!!"
"If you also learn my Flying Thunder God Technique, I can entrust the burden of Yu Province to you!"
"So, Qi Yuan, can you accept this burden?"
Qi Yuan sank deep into thought.
He had received Six Paths Madara's inheritance and had already awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan. In theory, he had no reason to fear anyone.
However, according to Yu Wang, Desolate Heaven City alone faced no fewer than fifty Level Seven King Beasts.
Moreover, the Foreign Races possessed the Rinnegan. He had no choice but to speed up his progress with the inheritance!!
I can forcibly upgrade to the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and the Rinnegan using enhancement points!
But what about Wood Release? Senjutsu?
Even if those can develop on their own through Six Paths Madara's inheritance, what about the Ten-Tails?
He could hardly produce the Ten-Tails out of thin air inside his stomach and then become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki.
When the time comes to capture Tailed Beasts, I'll definitely have to venture deep into S-Rank Secret Realm Spaces!!
The world of Ninja has all sorts of bizarre techniques. Could this world develop its own unique techniques to counter the Rinnegan?
Qi Yuan took a deep breath. He also thought of Yan Gang and the others.
Although he had only spent a short time with them, they had given him considerable warmth in this world.
So, for now, Yu Province was his home.
Wasn't protecting his own home the most natural thing in the world?
His eyes cleared!!
Then he stood up, bowed to Yu Wang, and said, "Teacher, I accept!!"
Color returned to Yu Wang's face in that instant, and he said repeatedly, "Good! Good! Good!"
"Jia Nan, make the arrangements tomorrow morning! Spread the news that I, Yu Wang Gu Cheng, have taken a new disciple!"
Qi Yuan hesitated. "Teacher, there's no need to make such a big fuss, is there?"
But Yu Wang said, "This is a joyous occasion."
"Besides, making your status known will give those in Fengzhou some reservations. And Gu Huan, too..."
Gu Huan?? He has the same surname as Yu Wang???
Qi Yuan recalled the information about the person who possessed the Rinnegan.
Through interrogation using genjutsu, Qi Yuan had learned that he possessed Orochimaru's Inheritance.
He was also the leader of the Freemasons. Ten days ago, he had seized the body of a member of the Foreign Races and possessed one Rinnegan!!
Furthermore, through the system's notification, he knew that the leader of the Freemasons was named Gu Huan!!
"Gu Huan was once my junior fellow disciple, but he was obsessed with human experimentation."
"He even wanted to toy with the corpse and soul of Old Yu Wang, his own father!"
"I thought I had killed him back then, but I never expected him to still be alive in this world."
Qi Yuan's gaze sharpened, and he told Yu Wang what he knew.
Yu Wang's expression immediately grew grave again!!
"He actually obtained the Rinnegan??"
"No wonder there was an uprising in the S-Rank Secret Realm over in Qing Province. So he was the reason!!"
Then he looked at Qi Yuan again. "So, are there indeed details about the Rinnegan in your Mangekyō Sharingan's memories?"
Qi Yuan smiled faintly without saying anything more.
He did not merely have information about the Rinnegan. He could fully evolve his eyes into the Rinnegan.
It was just that, for now, he could not conveniently tell Yu Wang about something like that.
"The Rinnegan originated from a mysterious inheritance within the Secret Realm Spaces!!"
"But even those Foreign Races cannot control the legendary Rinnegan."
"I never expected Gu Huan to obtain one."
"If you run into him again, you mustn't let your guard down. This time, it was mainly because Gu Huan hadn't mastered the Rinnegan. Even 'terrifying' cannot begin to describe true Rinnegan techniques!!"
Qi Yuan needed no reminder from Yu Wang about that. He understood the Rinnegan's power better than anyone else in this world.
"Teacher, have you ever witnessed the Rinnegan appear?"
Yu Wang looked thoughtful. "Our human race once controlled the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, but during a certain incident, they were sealed away by a Rinnegan technique!"
"From then on, the Three-Tails and Six-Tails fell into the hands of the Foreign Races!!"
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