“Don’t underestimate your family’s foundation.”
“What exactly is that supposed to mean? How come I know nothing about it?”
Ruofeng’s thoughts churned.
Unfortunately, he had no idea what Jiraiya was talking about.
Over the past five years, Ruofeng had searched through the residence countless times.
Yet every single time, he had found nothing related to shinobi.
Ruofeng had always believed that his family was nothing more than an ordinary merchant family.
But he couldn’t understand how his family could possibly have nothing to do with shinobi.
Putting Jiraiya aside, even his family’s hot-spring business inevitably involved dealing with shinobi.
Ruofeng simply didn’t believe that his family had no connection to the shinobi world whatsoever.
Unfortunately, after five entire years, he still hadn’t found the slightest trace.
He had almost given up.
Who would have thought that Jiraiya would suddenly tell him that his family’s foundation was not to be underestimated?
He had even admitted that he himself didn’t know exactly what that foundation was.
Ruofeng thought silently,
“Grandfather looks so frail. He’s practically an ordinary old man.”
“What secret is he hiding?”
Ruofeng shook his head.
By then, Jiraiya had already walked toward the courtyard entrance.
He waved his hand.
“It’s almost noon. Make sure lunch is prepared quickly.”
“I want more of that red magical beast meat.”
“This stuff is incredibly nourishing.”
“But Sasaki said it’s specially prepared for you and isn’t available to anyone else.”
“You’re too stingy. It’s not good to keep it all to yourself!”
Ruofeng chuckled as he watched Jiraiya leave.
“That is magical beast meat.”
“There are only a few tons of it to begin with.”
“Once it’s gone, I don’t even know whether the Three-Thousand Worlds Junkyard will produce garbage from the Battle Through the Heavens world again.”
“Who knows if I’ll ever get more magical beast meat?”
With that, Ruofeng turned and walked toward his small living room.
Ruofeng’s residence was a small courtyard within a much larger estate.
A three-story building stood inside it.
Ruofeng entered the small living room and looked toward a shelf in the distance.
A bronze sword gleamed brightly.
This was the bronze sword he had obtained from the world of The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles.
He had originally expected it to be covered in rust, but it appeared to be in perfect condition.
Ruofeng walked over and gently lifted the bronze sword, feeling the faint humming vibration coming from within it.
Aside from the bronze sword, there was also a book and a jade box.
In the Naruto world, where physical combat techniques were not yet particularly advanced, a book on Jeet Kune Do was already quite valuable.
The book contained numerous techniques for generating force, as well as various fighting techniques.
These were exactly the kinds of things Ruofeng needed.
He didn’t know how terrifying Jeet Kune Do would become in the hands of a shinobi specializing in physical combat, but it certainly wouldn’t be weak.
The jade box contained three pieces of Qilin Resin.
This substance was capable of treating various injuries.
In The Grave Robbers’ Chronicles, even people suffering from corpse poison could be saved with Qilin Resin.
After consuming it, one’s blood would also contain an odor that frightened mosquitoes and other insects.
All of these were precious treasures.
However, compared to the porcelain bottle hidden in a secret compartment, they were still far inferior.
Ruofeng looked at the bottle.
“Foundation Establish Spiritual Liquid.”
“Although its effects aren’t as good as the one refined by the Medicine Elder, it should have extraordinary effects on people in the Naruto world.”
“I wonder if I can use this Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid now.”
Ruofeng muttered to himself.
He clearly remembered the original story.
When Xiao Yan used the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, he endured extraordinary pain.
It was the kind of agony that felt as though his entire body were being torn apart.
Furthermore, the Battle Through the Heavens world and the Naruto world were fundamentally different.
They weren’t even on the same level.
Perhaps because the Battle Through the Heavens world possessed far greater energy, even children born there had stronger physical constitutions.
That was why Ruofeng had never used the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid after obtaining it.
Even when he ate magical beast meat that morning, he had first watched Jiraiya eat it without any problems before daring to consume it himself.
As for the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid, there was a possibility that it could overwhelm his body and cause serious damage.
Ruofeng gently touched the porcelain bottle.
“First, I’ll use magical beast meat to strengthen my body.”
“Then I’ll consider using the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Liquid.”
With that, Ruofeng placed the porcelain bottle back inside the secret compartment.
At that moment, a maid slowly approached.
“Young Master… today’s medicinal bath is ready.”
“Would you like to go now?”
Ruofeng shook his head.
“Forget it today.”
“Store the medicinal bath. I’ll use it together with the next one.”
The maid looked somewhat surprised.
After all, this was the first time Ruofeng had refused his medicinal bath.
But she was only a maid and didn’t dare say anything more.
As soon as she finished speaking, another maid came over.
“Young Master… Chef Sasaki came to ask about the red magical beast meat.”
“There isn’t much left, and there isn’t enough to maintain today’s lunch.”
Ruofeng nodded.
“Oh?”
“Then have him come and get some.”
He waved his hand before leaving the bedroom himself and walking toward the small storage room in the courtyard.
Several refrigerators had already been prepared there.
All of them were filled with frozen magical beast meat.
This had taken Ruofeng an entire night to arrange the previous day.
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Several days passed in the blink of an eye.
Ruofeng continued refining chakra every day while also doing some simple physical training.
Jiraiya had told him that the amount of chakra his body could currently withstand was limited.
Any more would place too much strain on his body.
Therefore, Ruofeng could only use up the chakra he had already refined before extracting more.
Because of this, Ruofeng spent his days using chakra while practicing physical techniques.
Thanks to chakra, Ruofeng’s speed, strength, endurance, explosive power, and other physical abilities had all improved considerably.
If he failed to control himself properly, he could easily cause damage.
Ruofeng had originally wanted to ask Jiraiya for a few ninjutsu techniques to practice.
However, Jiraiya immediately refused.
Instead, he told Ruofeng to focus on chakra control.
Helpless, Ruofeng began practicing chakra control.
At least this was relatively simple.
The original story had already demonstrated the basic exercises.
Tree climbing.
Water walking.
As for Jiraiya, after eating magical beast meat for three days, he had completely recovered.
He then left, apparently to reunite with his team.
Ruofeng had been quite reluctant to part with three days’ worth of magical beast meat, but there was nothing he could do.
After all, Ruofeng had originally used Jiraiya as a test subject because he was afraid that the magical beast meat might harm him.
Jiraiya had eaten it without experiencing any problems.
As a result, Jiraiya had ended up eating Ruofeng’s magical beast meat for three straight days.
Fortunately, he hadn’t eaten too much during those three days.
Otherwise, Ruofeng would have been heartbroken.
Ruofeng shook his head and continued walking toward the water in front of him.
He concentrated chakra into the soles of his feet and carefully controlled it.
Just as he stepped onto the surface of the water, an aged voice suddenly came from the distance.
“Ruofeng… Jiraiya is taking you to the Ninja Academy!”