Su Mu passed by a village.
Many people in the village were rushing towards the ancient city with great anxiety.
"Hurry up! I heard the next village tied a woman to a stake to sacrifice to a centipede for peace!"
"Is that true? Is the centipede harming the villagers because of that woman?"
"It seems so. Recently, no one dares to go gold prospecting anymore, for fear of being eaten by that centipede."
"After tonight, the problem should be solved, right?"
Several villagers walked past Su Mu.
Every word they spoke just now entered Su Mu's ears clearly.
At this moment, Su Mu's eyes gradually turned red, and the anger in his heart surged like waves.
"It must be Kushina!"
Inside the ancient ruins, the ground trembled with increasing intensity.
Everyone peered inside with the faint light of torches.
A giant centipede crawled out from behind a stone pillar.
"Oh my! It's out! It's out!"
"Look at this behemoth!"
"I've never seen such a big centipede before!"
After crawling out, the centipede coiled around the stone pillar, staring intently at all the villagers present.
The sharp-tongued elder slowly stepped forward: "Great Centipede, we know this woman has disturbed your peace, so we specifically brought her here to sacrifice to you!"
"Please, eat her, and then bless everyone with safety!"
With that, the sharp-tongued elder knelt down with a thud.
Then, all the villagers behind him followed suit and knelt down.
The hundred-legged centipede slowly extended its body towards Kushina.
Kushina looked at the centipede overhead without fear. In her black eyes, a middle-aged man with a thick black beard appeared.
"You must know where the Dragon Vein is located..."
A strange voice echoed in Kushina's ear.
"Don't be delusional, I won't tell you!"
Kushina's resolute demeanor made the middle-aged man inside the centipede suddenly burst into laughter.
"Rasengan!"
A thunderous voice echoed throughout the ancient ruins.
The centipede suddenly turned its head and saw Su Mu, holding a super-sized Rasengan in his right hand, smashing it towards them.
Boom!
The ground instantly collapsed.
The man inside the centipede, startled, jumped out and fled towards the depths of the ancient ruins.
The villagers were all terrified.
As the dust settled, Su Mu, holding Kushina, looked coldly at them in front of the stake.
"Where are the Taketori elite warriors!"
As soon as he spoke, hundreds of Taketori clan elite warriors leaped out from behind the mountain, their killing intent soaring into the sky!
"Master, please give your orders!"
The sharp-tongued elder trembled and hid among the crowd, terrified that Su Mu would single him out.
"Kill all the villagers who were present and watching!"
"Leave no one behind!"
"Chop that old man who came up with the idea into pieces and feed him to the dogs!"
"Understood!"
Hundreds of Taketori elite warriors drew their bone swords and immediately commenced a slaughter.
"Master, I knew you would come for me."
Su Mu held Kushina in his arms, his face full of affection.
Her graceful figure made Su Mu's touch even more delightful.
"I've made you suffer."
Kushina shook her head obediently: "Master, when I first arrived, I discovered the Dragon Vein hidden beneath this place."
"I'll take you to retrieve it."
Su Mu seemed to recall something. The Dragon Vein was a very important item in the original Naruto story.
It possessed the unique ability to travel to the past.
If he could use the system to recycle it, perhaps he could sell it for a good price!
"You clever girl, you've given me an incredible surprise right from the start."
Su Mu affectionately ruffled Kushina's red hair.
"As long as Master likes it, there will be more surprises in the future."
Kushina shyly nestled into Su Mu's embrace.
Entering the depths of the ancient city of Loulan, in a basement.
Kushina moved aside a heavy stone.
A dragon-shaped device was deeply embedded in the ground.
A golden kunai was inserted into it.
Su Mu immediately recognized that the seal was on the kunai.
As long as the kunai was pulled out, the Dragon Vein would reappear.
"So the Dragon Vein was hidden in this place all along!"
An excited shout came from behind.
Su Mu and Kushina turned to look.
The middle-aged man who had been hidden inside the centipede excitedly jumped down from above the basement.
"How about a deal with you? If you open this Dragon Vein, you can return to the past Loulan!"
"Help me ascend to the throne, and I will give you immeasurable wealth!"
The middle-aged man said excitedly to Su Mu and Kushina.
Su Mu smiled faintly: "What good will it do even if you go back to the past? The fate of Loulan's demise cannot be reversed; it is predetermined."
"As for you, An Lushan, what qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?"
The middle-aged man was shocked and took two steps back involuntarily: "How do you know my name! Who are you!"
Su Mu didn't want to waste time with him. With a single Shunshin, he appeared in front of An Lushan, his right hand directly grasping his throat: "You are not worthy of knowing."
Crack.
With a slight exertion of force from Su Mu, An Lushan met his end.
Dropping An Lushan's corpse, Su Mu squatted down in front of the seal.
"This seal is not difficult to break, but I wonder how much of the Dragon Vein remains inside."
With this thought, Su Mu extended his right hand and grasped the handle of the kunai.
With a slight pull, the kunai was instantly pulled out.
The seal broke, and the golden Dragon Vein shot outwards.
"Trying to leave?"
"System, recycle the Dragon Vein!"
[Host, please wait, currently appraising...]
[Appraisal complete, Dragon Vein price: 300,000 shock points!]
[Do you wish to recycle?]
"Recycle!"
[Recycling successful, 300,000 shock points have been issued!]
[Ding, detected that the host has one more item that can be recycled. Do you wish to appraise?]
Su Mu scratched his head in confusion. Another item?
"Appraise."
[Appraisal complete, Flying Thunder God Kunai price: 50,000 shock points!]
[Do you wish to recycle?]
Good heavens, Su Mu almost forgot. It was Minato Namikaze who sealed the Dragon Vein back then.
He never expected this kunai to be worth 50,000 shock points.
Interesting.
"Recycle!"
[Recycling successful, 50,000 shock points have been issued!]
Su Mu nodded in satisfaction, then turned, picked up Kushina, and rode the Flying Nimbus towards the direction of the Eight Treasures Glazed Pavilion.
Outside the inn. Kuaishu Pavilion.
Naruto had already transformed into his Six-Tails form.
Tsunade waited anxiously for Su Mu's return.
"Do you think he will intervene?"
Jiraiya sighed. He believed Su Mu was a man of principle.
Since he said he would not interfere with matters outside the inn, he would surely uphold it.
Tsunade shook her head, unsure.
"Perhaps I can offer him an irresistible condition."
"It might work."