Bird Country, a place full of life and vitality.
At this moment, Uchiha Tenxiu and Uchiha Sakurako, leading their thousand-person team, had successfully exited the border of the Land of Rain and entered this beautiful country.
"We've finally reached Bird Country!"
Uchiha Tenxiu said, looking at the environment that was different from the cold ice of the Land of Fire and the rainy conditions of the Land of Rain. Winter in Bird Country had quietly passed, and spring was about to arrive.
"Stop here. We will set up camp in the Village ahead for a while to resupply! My awaited friend should be arriving soon!"
Uchiha Tenxiu ordered everyone to stop, choosing a peaceful nearby Village to rest their weary bodies and replenish supplies.
Of course, for Ninja, this journey was nothing, but for the ordinary people accompanying them, it was extremely exhausting. Even though the team had become coordinated like an army through practice, more than ten days of continuous travel was still very tiring.
However, in Uchiha Tenxiu's plan, if all went smoothly, this marching expedition could basically be considered perfectly accomplished. Whether the remaining journey needed to continue depended on the success of another plan!
Thus, this team, which had traversed two countries, began a half-month rest in Bird Country.
On this day, Uchiha Tenxiu strolled in the wild, admiring the blooming flowers around him. These flowers swayed gently in the early spring breeze, emitting a faint fragrance that made him feel refreshed. He immersed himself in this beautiful natural scenery, enjoying the breath of early spring, but what he was thinking about in his mind was the long-awaited scheme.
Spring in Bird Country, due to its unique geography, was the earliest country in the entire Ninja World to welcome spring.
The character "Bird" in its national name symbolized a majestic eagle soaring with outstretched wings, also signifying the country's abundant and countless bird species, including numerous migratory birds.
Naturally, those migratory birds from outside also flew back into Bird Country during this early spring, like wanderers returning home. They circled in the air, singing joyfully, as if recounting their travel adventures to this land, and their songs brought more life and vitality to this land.
Seeing these migratory birds, Uchiha Tenxiu's face showed a triumphant smile, and his heart finally settled. Then he said, "Summoning Technique!"
With that, Uchiha Tenxiu formed hand seals, slapped his palm on the ground, and a large number of contract runes scattered.
With a "bang" and a cloud of smoke, a giant eagle with a shoulder height of two meters and a wingspan of ten meters was summoned.
"Master!" The giant eagle Garuda's sharp eyes looked loyally at Uchiha Tenxiu, and he respectfully lowered his head and said.
As a giant eagle subdued by Uchiha Tenxiu and given the name Garuda, his clan was originally just one of the Uchiha Clan's millennium-old Summoning Beast spoils of war, like a forgotten pearl in a corner. However, when Uchiha Tenxiu left Konoha, he was like a star rekindled, specially awakened in the Ninja World by Uchiha Tenxiu.
This clan of Summoning Beasts was owned by an enemy clan defeated by the Uchiha Clan a hundred years ago. Since being defeated by the Uchiha Clan a hundred years ago, the Uchiha Clan, who loved cats like their lives, had always looked down on other Summoning Beasts, which led to the Giant Eagle Clan seemingly sleeping and never appearing in the Ninja World.
And when Uchiha Tenxiu, this uninvited guest, came to sign a contract, their clan seemed to see a glimmer of hope in the darkness, and they joyfully agreed immediately, as if they had been waiting for this moment. After all, simply living in the Summoning Beast world was like living as a savage in the wild, lacking food and clothing. Only by establishing a relationship with humans could they achieve excellent survival.
And Uchiha Tenxiu only learned this explanation from the Giant Eagle Clan after signing the contract.
In his previous life, Uchiha Tenxiu had always wondered why those Summoning Beasts had to sign contracts with humans.
Perhaps the Three Great Sage Regions had some other schemes, but why did those ordinary Summoning Beasts also have to fight and die for Ninja?
However, the current Uchiha Tenxiu now understood that although the Summoning Beast world was another dimension existing attached to this planet, it was a wild and primitive natural world where various barbarities prevailed. Nevertheless, Summoning Beasts themselves were highly intelligent creatures, which enabled them to think and gradually form their own unique tribal cultures, and then various Summoning Beast families emerged.
However, because the bodies of Summoning Beasts were essentially still animals, this characteristic limited their ability to develop powerful civilizations. Although their intelligence was rich, they could only struggle to survive in a wild ecological environment. It was precisely because of this that Summoning Beasts could only enjoy various benefits with human support. Only by signing contracts with humans could they bring the excellent things inherited from the human world back to their own clans.
The claims that Summoning Beasts did not need high-grade medicines, cultivation resources, and daily necessities from humans were simply nonsense! In fact, the demand of Summoning Beasts for these things not only existed but was also quite huge.
Just like the Mount Myōboku Sage Region in the original story, the giant short sword used by Gamabunta, like a mighty greatsword, or the indestructible armor on Enma, could these Summoning Beasts also work as blacksmiths? Basically, these were all bestowed by Ninja families.
Not only their own clans received a large amount of resources and materials to arm themselves from the Ninja World, but they also sold surplus human world resources to other Summoning Beast clans in the Summoning Beast world, earning a profit as middlemen. They used this difference in price to purchase a large amount of cultivation resources. Compared to the Ninja World, which had already been thoroughly excavated, the Summoning Beast world was a wilderness, but it also contained vast areas of unexcavated treasure resources.
And this was a rich resource that both Summoning Beasts and Ninja eagerly craved.
And relying on these resources, the Summoning Beast clans of famous Ninja were often able to develop and grow stronger with the help of human Ninja.
Summoning Beast clans that had no connection with humans often declined because their resources were stolen.
Therefore, living like mercenaries as Summoning Beasts, although arduous and cruel, was their unique way of survival, just like Ninja. And it absolutely did not mean that once Ninja signed a contract with Summoning Beasts, they could disregard the life and well-being of the Summoning Beasts. That was simply wishful thinking!
If Ninja merely treated Summoning Beasts as dogs to be called and dismissed at will, only summoning them when needed and discarding them like worn-out shoes when useless.
Then, when it came to battle, if a Ninja tried to use the Summoning Technique, it would probably fail, and his Summoning Beast would have long since disappeared and be out of contact.
And this was precisely why the Giant Eagle Clan was so excited when Uchiha Tenxiu summoned and signed a contract with them.
Because with humans as partners, they could have a better life in the Summoning Beast world. Their entire clan could also expand due to human support; otherwise, just for survival resources, they would only have to reduce their own clan numbers to ensure the abundance of prey in their hunting grounds.
Not to mention, in the subsequent negotiation, Uchiha Tenxiu, with a grand gesture, offered ten times more materials and resources than the family who had signed them a hundred years ago.
Instantly, the Giant Eagle Clan exclaimed, "Loyalty!" and internally swore to pledge their lives to Uchiha Tenxiu.
Speaking of which.
One must mention the strength of the Giant Eagle Clan that Uchiha Tenxiu signed.
As Summoning Beasts, the Giant Eagle Clan was not like those arrogant Summoning Beasts that appeared in the original work, possessing so-called Sage Mode inheritances and powerful Forbidden Techniques.
In the Summoning World, they were inherently considered relatively ordinary. Their only advantage was that as creatures living in the sky, they had huge bodies and an aerial advantage over the ground. Coupled with their fast and high-flying attributes, although they were not as good as other races in combat, in terms of survival, there were no natural predators or counter-relationships.
Their safety was also sufficiently guaranteed.
They were also proficient in Chakra control and some basic racial Ninjutsu.
What Uchiha Tenxiu valued most was this: they could fight and flee. A wise man does not stand under a tottering wall. With such an aerial combat unit, he could always withdraw from danger.
Of course.
Summoning Technique and Reverse Summoning Technique were also Ninjutsu they had to learn.
And this was also the most crucial reason why Uchiha Tenxiu signed a contract with the Giant Eagle Clan. It was related to a very important plan of Uchiha Tenxiu, and it was precisely because of this plan that Uchiha Tenxiu obtained this Summoning Beast scroll from his clan and began the Summoning Beast contract signing.
Reverse Summoning Technique, this was a Ninjutsu that not even many Summoning Beasts with Sage inheritances could easily learn.
However, as aerial creatures, the Giant Eagle Clan had strong Chakra control abilities and had even made these two Ninjutsu their clan's regular Ninjutsu.
And Uchiha Tenxiu happened to know that the Reverse Summoning Technique was not only a Ninjutsu to call for allies but could also serve as a life-saving measure at crucial moments.
For example, if the situation was unfavorable, using this technique could allow him to perform a space-time transfer.
And now.
It was time to use this technique.
The next moment, Uchiha Tenxiu's Sharingan suddenly activated in his eyes. Although it was only a one-tomoe Sharingan, under the effect of a large amount of Chakra infused into his Dojutsu, images of the Sharingan appeared in the eyes of the migratory birds in the sky.
Then, these migratory birds seemed to have been brainwashed, forgetting their spring return flight path and recalling their autumn departure route. Following the ascent of the giant eagle Garuda, they went to a distant place to "winter" again.
Seeing this.
Uchiha Tenxiu finally nodded with satisfaction and said, "Next, we'll see if the Summoning Beast's mission can be completed!"
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