After Uchiha Tenxiu reached an agreement with the Queen of LouLan, he followed her lead and embarked on a journey to the Dragon Vein.
As LouLan's greatest treasure, a highly classified secret that sustained the entire nation, the Dragon Vein was located at the very bottom of the royal palace.
Surrounded by intricate mazes and mechanisms involving sealing jutsus, it was impossible for ordinary people to enter.
Along the way, the Queen of LouLan walked with light steps, like a fairy descended from the heavens, while Uchiha Tenxiu followed closely behind, looking dashing.
However, behind them, Uchiha Chiri seemed a bit downcast. Her heart was filled with complex emotions; on one hand, she was happy that Tenxiu had successfully negotiated the terms, but on the other hand, she was saddened by her own identity issues, with a myriad of thoughts swirling in her mind.
Watching Tenxiu walk behind the Queen of LouLan, Uchiha Chiri couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness. She felt that her position in Tenxiu's heart seemed to be becoming increasingly vague, as if she could be replaced by other women at any time, especially since Tenxiu had just agreed to another marriage.
Could it be that Tenxiu hadn't thought of Zhili at all?
Xuenai and Lingyue were one thing!
Why could even this future woman, whom he had never met, be acknowledged by Tenxiu?
Zhili could do it too!
Just as Uchiha Chiri was lost in thought, Uchiha Tenxiu, who was walking ahead, suddenly turned his head.
His gaze happened to fall upon Uchiha Chiri. Uchiha Tenxiu noticed Uchiha Chiri's abnormality, and a feeling of pity welled up in his heart.
Along with a sense of helplessness.
Compared to others, Uchiha Chiri's talent in cultivation was unparalleled; apart from himself, almost no one in the entire Ninja World could compare to her. However, when it came to emotions, she was too clumsy and blind.
It was the same before; she clearly had some realization in her heart, but under Yingzi's provocative words, she insisted on going out to train in a fit of pique.
Otherwise, their status would have been confirmed long ago.
However, Yingzi too, being arranged by Lingyue to do such things, he must teach her a good lesson in the future.
Thinking of this.
Uchiha Tenxiu no longer hesitated.
Thus, Uchiha Tenxiu subconsciously reached out and gently took Uchiha Chiri's tender right hand. This sudden action instantly caught Uchiha Chiri off guard; a blush of shyness immediately spread across her cheeks, and her heart pounded like a startled deer, instantly filled with joy.
"Could it be that Tenxiu already understood my feelings?" Uchiha Chiri mused to herself, "It must be. If I hadn't come out to train in a fit of pique, how would Tenxiu have told me about such an important matter as the LouLan Dragon Vein? Moreover, Tenxiu only let me search for it alone and never told anyone else. This shows that in Tenxiu's eyes, Zhili is the most trusted person."
As she thought of this, Uchiha Chiri's mood gradually brightened. She felt that her position in Tenxiu's heart was still unique, and Tenxiu's trust in her was unmatched.
"So, in Tenxiu's eyes, only I, Zhili, am the most trustworthy person!" The corners of Uchiha Chiri's mouth curved slightly upward, revealing a sweet smile.
At once, Uchiha Chiri's knot in her heart was untied, and she no longer felt sad, tightly gripping Uchiha Tenxiu's hand.
No matter what, she would never give up again.
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"This is it." The Queen of LouLan finally stopped, standing before a magnificent hall. This grand hall was buried a hundred meters underground, as if it were a secret place forgotten by time.
The entire hall was constructed from massive stone blocks, with an interior measuring approximately forty meters in both length and width, and a height reaching ten meters. In the center of the hall, there was a formation pattern composed of special runes. These runes flickered with a faint light, seemingly containing endless power.
"This is the Dragon Vein!" the Queen of LouLan said softly, her voice echoing in the vast hall, carrying a hint of reverence and devout faith. Then, she began to use her ability with both hands, and streams of green light surged from her palms, coiling around the formation pattern like agile snakes.
As the Queen of LouLan moved, the runes on the formation pattern in front gradually began to glow, and the previously faint light became increasingly dazzling. Suddenly, a slight tremor occurred, followed by a purple Chakra light pillar that shot up like a volcanic eruption, with a diameter of several meters.
However, this powerful Chakra light pillar did not break through the hall's roof as people imagined; instead, under the control of the Queen of LouLan, it was tightly confined within this grand hall. The surging amount of Chakra had gradually transformed from a gaseous state to a liquid state, like a torrent raging within the hall, its power astonishing even Uchiha Chiri.
One must know that Uchiha Chiri at this moment was already a Kage-level expert, a top-tier existence in the Ninja World.
Even with such strength, she was still awed by the power of the Dragon Vein before her, which was enough to show how incredibly powerful the Dragon Vein contained.
Behind the Queen of LouLan, Uchiha Tenxiu and Uchiha Chiri both felt this powerful Chakra fluctuation. They unhesitatingly activated their Three-Tomoe Sharingan, their scarlet eyes gleaming with sharp light, peering into the mysteries of the Dragon Vein Chakra with enhanced dynamic vision. They saw that this purple power was filled with an indiscernible life force and the power of space-time, a mysterious and unpredictable energy whose source lay deep within the planet's core, and the purple Chakra energy pillar appearing on the surface was merely a tiny manifestation, less than one ten-thousandth of its true origin.
“Is this power the Chakra of the Dragon Veins? This scale even surpasses the legendary Tailed Beast power. It’s endless, almost without limit!” Uchiha Chiri exclaimed, her eyes filled with disbelief. Such power, even the Nine Tailed Beasts combined, couldn’t compare.
“Indeed!” Uchiha Tenxiu also sighed. The quality of this level of Chakra, even the Chakra from the Nine-Tailed itself, couldn't compare. Whether in terms of quality or quantity, it basically had no comparability with the power of the Dragon Veins.
It’s a pity that such a powerful force was sealed by Konoha in the original plot, leading to LouLan’s demise.
And Queen Sara from the original work, she actually held gratitude towards Konoha, believing that Konoha saved her and her country. She was too naive.
After all, with the Ninja World War already brewing at that time, LouLan, exposed to the outside world, was inherently one of the Sand Ninja's forces and an indispensable granary for the Land of Wind. Konoha sending people to seal the Dragon Veins' power was simply because they didn't want it to be used by the Land of Wind and the Sand Ninja.
And the protagonist’s actions in the original work, seemingly righteous and grand in sealing the Dragon Veins, were nothing more than the fuse that completely destroyed a nation, causing LouLan to lose its ability to survive.
It's like now, even if it wasn't used for war, LouLan could still easily obtain oases with the power of the Dragon Veins, carving out a pure land in the great desert, and living self-sufficiently. Did it need Konoha to grant it civilized freedom?
Damn it, LouLan became refugees in later generations.
Konoha's actions were truly disgusting.
You said defeating Hyakuzu required sealing the Dragon Veins, but after you defeated Hyakuzu, why didn't you unseal the Dragon Veins?
Somehow, Konoha's actions reminded Uchiha Tenxiu of a certain country from his previous life.
Considering that LouLan now belonged to him, Uchiha Tenxiu had already made up his mind to use this reason to teach Konoha a good lesson in the future.
Little did he know, Uchiha Tenxiu's idea would soon come true.
“Alright, now see if the power of the Dragon Veins will reject you,” the Queen of LouLan said softly, a hint of anticipation and worry in her voice.
Although in the prophecy, the Dragon Veins guided her here and told her that the future of the Dragon Veins belonged to this young man, she still didn't dare to be careless. After all, this was a mysterious and powerful force, and no one could be sure what kind of impact it would have on a person.
The Queen of LouLan gazed at the young man, a glimmer of hope flashing in her eyes. She genuinely hoped that this young man could successfully absorb the power of the Dragon Veins, because in the several different future paths shown by the Dragon Veins, only this young man was the only existence who could help LouLan continue to survive and lead LouLan towards glory.
She couldn't help but recall those images: some showed LouLan gradually declining in the desert, eventually disappearing into the long river of history; others showed LouLan barely surviving, but constantly in turmoil; and only one image showed LouLan, under the young man's leadership, re-emerging with vibrant vitality, becoming a prosperous nation.
Thinking of this, the Queen of LouLan's hope for the young man grew even stronger.
She silently prayed, hoping that the young man could smoothly merge with the Dragon Veins and unleash its true power.
Uchiha Tenxiu also sat down, facing this energy. He first sensed the origin of this energy, then mixed it with his own Chakra. He then absorbed the tiny bit of Dragon Veins Chakra emanating outwards into his Mangekyo Sharingan space, slowly decomposing it, and observing the different energies it split into.
Uchiha Tenxiu could achieve near-omniscient abilities within his Mangekyo Sharingan space. It was precisely through this decomposition that Uchiha Tenxiu deciphered the main components of this energy: a large amount of space-time power and life force, mixed with the essence continuously condensed by the planet's life, as well as the faith accumulated by this planet over hundreds of thousands of years, specifically humanity's faith in all things on the planet.
It was precisely because faith served as an all-encompassing guide that the power of the Dragon Veins could be utilized by humans.
Controlled by the Queen of LouLan's clan, who were naturally attuned to guiding faith, this gave birth to the pure land of LouLan.
Upon this, Uchiha Tenxiu no longer hesitated, instantly absorbing another portion of this energy and storing it in the small world derived from his Mangekyo Sharingan.
This way, his Mangekyo Sharingan's small world would also be able to give birth to its own Dragon Veins origin in the future.
Even if it was just a tiny bit, it was enough.
Anyway, all he needed was the origin; as long as it was cultivated properly afterward, it could still derive enough Dragon Veins power.
Uchiha Tenxiu divided this Dragon Veins origin into two parts within his Mangekyo's small world: one part he threw into the bright underworld he named the Heaven Realm, and the other he threw into the dark underworld he named the Underworld, allowing them to absorb specific nutrients from their respective realms and embark on unique Dragon Veins growth paths.
Next.
Uchiha Tenxiu turned his attention back to the remaining massive amount of Dragon Veins origin, storing all of it in the heavenly dimension fragment's space.
“It’s just that, it will take a bit of time now!”
Uchiha Tenxiu thought to himself, in order not to make the heavenly dimension fragment's power extraction too vast and excessively damage the planet's origin, he had to operate meticulously in the coming time, otherwise it might very likely cause the Dragon Veins to run wild.