Duanshan Street, the Eight Treasures Glazed Tower.
Su Mu suddenly opened his eyes.
As if sensing something, he pushed open the door and walked out slowly.
He saw that in the sky to the east, a daylight vanished instantly.
He sighed helplessly, "It seems you still haven't managed to guide Uchiha Sasuke onto the right path."
Hiss~
A faint sound came from under his feet.
Su Mu looked down and saw a small white snake looking up at him.
He squatted down, cupped the little snake in his palm, "Since it's come to this, what are your plans now?"
It turned out this small white snake was Orochimaru's true form.
"When I decided to become a Qi cultivator, I abandoned my past ideals."
"After I started cultivating, I became increasingly indifferent to human emotions. I also saw through the three calamities and karmic fire in my destiny."
"No matter what, I will not revive myself by taking over other people's bodies again."
Orochimaru sighed faintly.
He hadn't expected Sasuke to be so stubborn. Who was that masked man beside him?
Su Mu nodded slightly, "That's right, you've seen it very clearly. True cultivation is inherently lonely; one needs to sever all emotional ties."
"You've indeed changed a lot. Why don't you stay with me for now?"
"I'll find a way for you to continue cultivating, but you must be prepared. If you truly have no intention of regaining a physical body through possession now,"
"At the very least, you'll need to cultivate for a hundred years before you can gain the qualification to take human form again."
"You are currently, at best, a spirit beast with some cultivation. Transforming into human form is not something that happens overnight."
Orochimaru nodded firmly, "I'll do as you say. I'm willing, and I won't regret it."
Su Mu stopped wasting words and carried the little snake into the house with both hands.
From the Myriad Things Exchange Mall.
Su Mu found a formation book called the Spirit Gathering Formation.
[Ding, 5000 Shock Points have been successfully deducted. The item has been issued.]
[The total number of Shock Points the host currently possesses is: 370500 points.]
[Eight Treasures Glazed Tower First Gate Mission Progress: 100000/1000000.]
Previously, by telling stories in the Eight Treasures Glazed Tower, Su Mu had earned 100,000 Shock Points.
The system's mission required that the Shock Points accumulated from telling stories within the Eight Treasures Glazed Tower would count towards the mission progress.
He was still 900,000 Shock Points away from opening the first gate.
Su Mu felt utterly disheartened.
However, fortunately, the Shock Points gained from each storytelling session were now dozens of times more than when he first started.
"The first gate requires 1,000,000 Shock Points."
"There are eight gates in total, this..."
Su Mu dared not imagine the points needed for the later gates.
He placed the small white snake into a transparent box and created a miniature Spirit Gathering Formation.
Thus, Orochimaru could safely absorb spiritual energy and cultivate within the box.
Cloud Hidden Village.
The subordinates who had gone to investigate the situation in the Sound Village last night had returned.
"Raikage-sama, the investigation is complete."
"Hmm, what happened?" the Raikage asked indifferently, sitting on the sofa.
"Orochimaru has been killed."
"Orochimaru, killed?!" The Raikage suddenly stood up from the sofa.
"What exactly happened, explain it clearly!"
The Raikage was immensely shocked.
He had personally witnessed Orochimaru arrive on a sword on Duanshan Street that day, repelling the Akatsuki with a single move.
Furthermore, various stories about Orochimaru cultivating the immortal from Su Mu's tales were circulating throughout the ninja world.
How could someone with such strength die so easily?
The intelligence ninja kneeling on the ground was startled and quickly recounted what he had seen the previous night.
"It... it was a young man. When I arrived, Orochimaru was already heavily wounded."
"There were a total of five people. The young man in the front held a sharp sword and personally severed Orochimaru's head."
"Inside... there was someone wearing a swirl mask, and the other three were unknown."
The Raikage took a deep breath to calm himself.
He truly couldn't fathom how Orochimaru had been killed by an unknown young man.
At the same time, a guess suddenly formed in his mind.
"Kusanagi Sword! It must be!"
Thinking this, he grabbed the subordinate kneeling on the ground, "Did you get a clear look at the young man's appearance?"
"I... I saw it. On his back was a red and white fan emblem, and he possessed a three-tomoe Sharingan."
The Raikage was taken aback, "A red and white fan emblem, three-tomoe Sharingan? The Uchiha clan?!"
Darui, standing nearby, interjected, "Could it be Uchiha Itachi? He personally massacred the Uchiha clan back then."
The Raikage slowly shook his head, "It doesn't seem like it. If Uchiha Itachi personally slaughtered his clan, why would he wear clothing with the clan emblem?"
"Could it be that he didn't kill all the Uchiha clan members back then?"
However, these were not his primary concerns now.
The most important thing was that the young man had killed Orochimaru and thus taken the Kusanagi Sword.
Since the Kusanagi Sword was no longer in Orochimaru's possession, they could openly try to seize it.
At the same time.
All five Great Nations received the intelligence that Orochimaru had been killed.
In Konoha, when Tsunade heard the news, her heart couldn't help but clench.
After all, he was a former comrade-in-arms. It was truly a pity that he had met such an end.
"Fifth Hokage, since Orochimaru is dead, do we still pursue the Kusanagi Sword?"
The captain of the ANBU intelligence team asked.
Hearing this, Tsunade angrily slammed the table, "Do you still not understand why Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were sent to the Ninja Prison?!"
"The 'Weapon Compendium' is meaningless to Konoha. Inform everyone that no one is to have any superfluous thoughts about any of the weapons listed within."
"On the basis of peace, those weapons are the harbingers of war!"
Deep in the woods.
Sasuke, along with Jugo and the others, were desperately fleeing.
Behind them were elite ninjas from the various Great Nations and smaller nations.
"Cut him off from the front, split into two groups!"
"The rest follow me!"
The elite unit of Kirigakure, in the Land of Water.
Led by Ao, they were relentlessly pursuing and ambushing Sasuke and his group.
The objective was Orochimaru's Kusanagi Sword.
But Sasuke was also wronged. He hadn't found the Kusanagi Sword on Orochimaru.
"They know I killed Orochimaru, yet they still dare to chase me, are they crazy?"
Sasuke grumbled as he ran.
"They all witnessed Orochimaru's strength with their own eyes. They don't believe a mere brat who hasn't even grown his facial hair could kill Orochimaru."
"Perhaps they simply believe you used some despicable means."
Suddenly, a vortex appeared before Sasuke.
Then, a masked man wearing Akatsuki robes slowly walked out.
"Everyone, with this outfit, do I look like an assassin?"
With that, the masked man proudly puffed out his chest.
For some reason, Sasuke felt the masked man before him was somewhat amusing today.
Where was the oppressive feeling from before?
"The pursuers are catching up, why aren't you moving!"