Naruto: Ming Dynasty people roaming the ninja world

On the way to the Kingdom of Earth, the grassland in front of Mo Congfeng's eyes gradually disappeared, more and more exposed rocks appeared in front of everyone, and the terrain quickly rose. When mountains appeared in front of everyone, the Kingdom of Earth was about to arrive!

The three members of Team Hatake were at the front to lead the way. Yuhi Shinku became the link between Team Hatake and Team Tsunade. Team Tsunade closely surrounded the Third Hokage and moved forward at a steady speed!

As soon as the group entered the Land of Earth, they met a team of ninjas waiting on the side of the road. They claimed to be a team sent by the Third Tsuchikage, Ohnoki, to welcome the ninjas.

The leader of the welcoming ninja stepped forward and spoke, "I am Iwagakure Jonin Higashinari, and I have received an order from the Third Tsuchikage to come and protect the Third Hokage."

The Hatake team stopped and sent Yuhi Shinku back to report to the Third Hokage. After a while, Yuhi Shinku returned and conveyed the Third Hokage's reply, "The Third Hokage thanks the Third Tsuchikage for his kindness, but Konoha has its own capable guard ninjas, and does not need the guards of the Iwagakure ninjas!"

Dong Siren laughed loudly, "Although the Third Hokage does not need our protection, the order of Lord Tsuchikage cannot be disobeyed, and we will definitely carry out this mission to the end!"

After Dong Si Ren finished speaking, he quickly returned to the team and led the Iwagakure team to follow the Konoha group, neither getting close nor getting far away!

On the way to the Iwagakure Village, the Konoha group encountered several Iwagakure teams. Whenever they tried to get close, they were driven away by the Toushi team!

"This team of Iwagakure ninjas are really carrying out a guard mission!" Mo Congfeng, who had been running for a long time, couldn't help but speak!

Hatake Sakumo explained, "They are both guards and monitors. They are guarding against us to prevent us from making any other moves during this visit, or from having any information they don't want us to know!"

"What I see is the division of the Iwagakure Village. Within the village there is a faction that favors peace and another that favors war. The Third Iwakage, Ohnoki, is worried that we will be attacked by unknown ninjas!" Obiru chuckled.

"So this peace talk went very smoothly. The team of escort ninjas sent by the Third Tsuchikage has already made his attitude clear. It looks like peace will come soon!" Mo Congfeng sighed!

"Peace, huh!" Hiruhu laughed loudly, "The power of the five great nations has not been exhausted in this ninja war. This kind of peace is just a break in the war, a brief respite for the ninja villages of the five great nations! Even if they stop fighting the Iwagakure Village, the Thundergakure Village will still be a big trouble!"

Mo Congfeng expressed a different opinion, "I don't think the Third Raikage will give up peace because of the two messengers. The two messengers were just a cover-up to snatch Konoha's talents. Deep down in his heart, the Third Raikage still lacks the motivation to fight against us, Konoha!"

Mo Congfeng thought of Shimura Danzo's analysis. This Ninja War was a battle of shadows, and the candidate for the Fourth Raikage of the Hidden Cloud Village had already been determined. The Fourth Raikage would not go down if he did not see enough benefits. When Konoha reached peace agreements with the Kingdom of Wind, the Kingdom of Rain, and the Kingdom of Earth, there was no need to go down and fight Konoha! As long as the Fourth Raikage chose to wait, the Hidden Cloud Village would in fact become the only winner among the five major countries in this Ninja War!

"Haha, Mo, you probably don't even know the name of the purple-haired ninja you defeated!" Beilu laughed!

Mo Congfeng frowned slightly, "Why, is that purple-haired ninja a relative of the Third Raikage?"

"That purple-haired ninja is the long-famous magnetic ninja Troy, the only magnetic ninja of the Hidden Cloud Village. One of the bloodline limits of the Hidden Cloud Village has been cut off because of him! Now the news of his death has probably spread back to the Hidden Cloud Village. It's hard to imagine what will happen with the Third Raikage's hot temper!" Beilu approached Mo Congfeng and spoke softly.

Hatake Sakumo, who was not far away, heard what Hiruhu said. He paused, stopped and looked back at the two of them in surprise.

"Captain Hatake, it's absolutely true. Cong Fengmo seriously injured the magnetic ninja Troy, and I was the one who finally took his head. The trophy is still in Cong Fengmo's hands!" Beiluhu also stopped and looked at Hatake Sakumo with an indifferent expression!

"What an amazing sword! I originally thought that a ninja with a bloodline limit was already the top in the ninja world, but I didn't expect to be defeated so easily!" Biru exclaimed, turning his head to Mo Congfeng who was forced to stop, "You are very different, you must have some special secret!"

Xihi Zhenhong from behind had already caught up, "What's going on? Is there anything unusual?"

"It's nothing. A mediocre ninja like me still has a big gap with everyone else. I'm a little tired after traveling for so long!" Biruhu wiped the sweat off his face.

"Hirohu, you've changed so much. Your personality was not like this before. You were such a silent person before, and you just did your tasks diligently. Now you seem like a different person!" Hatake Sakumo said puzzledly.

"Hey! I volunteered to join the team, thinking that I had caught up and was full of confidence. But I didn't expect that there was still a big gap between me and everyone else!" Beiliuhu said calmly!

While they were talking, Tsunade's team had already caught up with them. "What's going on?" the Third Hokage asked in a deep voice!

"We've walked quite a distance and are almost at the Iwagakure Village. Why don't we stop and rest for a while so we can be in better condition to enter the Iwagakure Village!" Hatake Sakumo suggested!

The Third Hokage pondered for a moment, "That's fine, we can stop and recover our chakra!"

So everyone stopped, and the Third Hokage took a short break, then began to tell the people sitting around him interesting stories about when he followed the Second Hokage on a mission. Sometimes he would also tell a few funny and embarrassing stories about the First Hokage, and soon made everyone laugh. The only one who didn't laugh was Tsunade.

This was also a special activity for everyone during their break over the past two days. Every time after talking about these things, the Third Hokage would sigh, lamenting that he had grown old and become too wordy!

Mo Congfeng only knew that the First and Second Hokage were high and mighty, and all he heard were their great achievements. This was the first time he heard from the Third Hokage how they were similar to ordinary people!

"Alas, when the First and Second Hokage were still alive, Konoha was so powerful. There was no need to run to the heart of the enemy country to ask for peace. Even the tailed beasts in each village were captured by Konoha and then distributed to them. It's because our generation of Konoha is too weak!" The Third Hokage suddenly sighed!

"After I took office as Hokage, I was forced to open up the forbidden techniques sealed by the Second Hokage to the ninjas in the village for exchange and learning, just to make Konoha strong again!" The Third Hokage looked around and saw only serious faces. He forced a smile, "Finally, Konoha has you, a group of powerful ninjas who have been trained and grown in this Ninja War!"

Mo Congfeng was puzzled when he heard this. Which of the eight guard ninjas present had gained such strength by relying on the forbidden techniques opened for exchange by the Third Hokage?

The Third Hokage continued, "The future of Konoha belongs to you. Our generation is already old, and the future of Konoha will be left to you to guard!"

Everyone said yes, but Mo Congfeng had no idea what they were thinking.

After resting, everyone set out again and soon arrived at the Iwagakure Village. The Iwagakure Village was surrounded by mountains and had natural fortifications, making it a good place that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

After the Konoha group arrived, they were quickly received by the Iwagakure Village staff. When they entered the Iwagakure Village, there was no welcoming or seeing-off team like the one in Konoha.

Most of the residents on the road were busy with their own affairs, and occasionally looked at the Konoha group with a wary look.

After the receptionist arranged the accommodation, he informed the Third Tsuchikage that he would meet the Third Hokage tomorrow, and then said goodbye and left.

At the signal of Hatake Sakumo, the escort team conducted a detailed inspection of the residence and familiarized themselves with the surrounding terrain and made full preparations for possible battles! Only then did Mo Congfeng realize how reckless he was when he escorted Shimura Danzo!

The meals that the Iwagakure Village prepared for the Konoha group were also very simple. I don't know if it was intentional for the Konoha group, or if this was just the living habit of the Iwagakure Village!

After nightfall, Team Hatake and Team Tsunade took turns to keep watch, always vigilant to ensure the safety of the Third Hokage!

Early the next morning, the Third Tsuchikage requested a meeting with the Third Hokage. The Third Hokage was allowed to enter with a team of guards. Naturally, the Third Hokage chose Tsunade's team!

The first day's talks obviously did not produce the expected results. It seemed that there were still some details that the two sides had not finalized. According to Hatake Sakumo, there was some task share division and so on, but Mo Congfeng didn't quite understand it!

The next morning, the meeting did not continue. According to the receptionist, the Third Tsuchikage was busy! In the afternoon, many ninjas came to the Third Hokage's residence. The Third Tsuchikage sent more Anbu guards to protect the Third Hokage's residence tightly and dispersed many ninjas who came too close!

The talks were held again on the third day, and this time it seemed to go very smoothly. In the evening, a banquet was even held for the first time to entertain the Konoha group!

The first time Mo Congfeng saw this legendary bloodline-killing Dust Release ninja, his appearance was completely beyond Mo Congfeng's expectations. He was very short, which was very consistent with the image of a Japanese warrior like Wu Dalang in Mo Congfeng's mind.

Mo Congfeng guessed that the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki might have a blood relationship with Japan. After learning that the Dust Release Ninja would gain the ability to fly, which is rare among ninjas, Mo Congfeng became more convinced of this.

Mo Congfeng made such a guess, maybe the strong men of the Land of Earth used their flying ability to cross the mountains and the sea to reach the country of Japan further west, and then the Ninja Realm and Japan had exchanges and communication. However, this kind of thing can only be done by the rare strong men of Dust Release, so this kind of exchange and communication is not close, which caused the subtle differences between the two places!

The food at the banquet was very ordinary, and everyone's dining standard was almost the same as the previous two days, except that the solo meal was turned into a group meal!

At the banquet, several Iwagakure ninjas challenged Konoha's guard ninjas. Mo Congfeng thought the real show was about to begin, and was wondering which ninja from Konoha would be sent by the Third Hokage to fight. However, such a challenge was stopped by the Third Tsuchikage Ohnoki!

The talks in the Iwagakure Village continued for another two days, perhaps to discuss some specific details. Two days later, a peace agreement was reached, and the Third Hokage finally said goodbye and left, but his face did not look very good.

The Konoha group left the Iwagakure Village and headed towards the Land of Grass. Along the way, everyone was extremely vigilant, as if an attack could happen at any time!

However, until entering the Land of Grass, the expected attack never happened. Mo Congfeng lamented that although there might be factional disputes in the Land of Earth, it was still controlled by the Third Tsuchikage!

After entering the Land of Grass, the Third Hokage and Hatake Sakumo took turns reminding everyone not to let their guard down, because the danger would always exist as long as they had not returned to Konoha's camp in the Land of Grass!

Sure enough, about a quarter of an hour after leaving the Land of Earth and entering the Land of Grass, two teams of Iwagakure ninjas caught up, but the imagined attack still did not happen.

The Iwagakure ninja sent a man to talk to the Konoha group and actually asked for a challenge. The targets of the challenge were the two fangs of Konoha, Hatake Sakumo and Mo Congfeng. The reason for the challenge was that the Iwagakure ninja had recently sent a troop to besiege Shimura Danzo, but suffered heavy losses and was completely wiped out!

However, a strong team in the original planned army was unable to participate in the battle due to some reasons, which led to such a disastrous defeat!

Later, according to vague information that was passed back, they learned that the battle was the result of the Konoha Twin Fangs who roamed nearby. Therefore, at the banquet in the Iwagakure Village, this team of ninjas wanted to launch a challenge, but were stopped by the Third Tsuchikage.

Therefore, this team of ninjas specifically challenged the Konoha group when they left the Land of Earth and entered the Land of Grass, and stated that the act of challenge had nothing to do with the peace between Konoha and the Iwagakure Village, and was purely their personal behavior!

One team of ninjas challenges the two fangs of Konoha, and another team of ninjas serves as witnesses. No matter what the outcome, there will be no revenge afterwards!

Mo Congfeng was surprised. It was so rare to meet such a group of ninjas in the ninja world. They really had... well, a bit of the temperament of Japanese samurai!

Mo Congfeng and Hatake Sakumo exchanged a glance, "Captain Hatake, it seems that I am the one who is holding you back this time!"

Hatake Sakumo laughed loudly, "Being able to compete with such an opponent is exactly the opportunity I have been looking for, Mo, it's really thanks to you for giving me this opportunity! But now we are the guards of the Third Hokage, we have to ask for permission from the Third Hokage, and we can only fight after getting permission!"

The Third Hokage nodded in agreement, "I agree that Hatake Sakumo and Mo Congfeng should accept the challenge, but we still have a lot of important things to do and we have to continue on our journey, so we can't be here to watch and witness the battle!"

At this time, Beilu Hu flashed out and said, "Third Hokage, I am willing to stay and be a witness for Konoha!"