Chapter 129: Zhiyu's Heart Knot

Bai An's eyes turned and he thought:

"It's not too late to talk about it tomorrow. Let's first find a house to use as a warehouse."

Thinking of this, Bai An said to Momochi Zabuza:

"Okay, I'll look for him tomorrow."

After saying that, he walked towards the living room.

As soon as I entered the living room, I saw Uchiha Izumi sitting on the sofa, eating snacks and watching a movie.

Bai Eucalyptus teased:

"You're living a comfortable life. Bai is still out there practicing, and you're eating, drinking, and watching movies. You look so cool."

Uchiha Izumi rolled his eyes and said unhappily:

"Please shut up your stupid mouth and don't ruin my good mood by nagging me as soon as you come."

Bai An smiled, sat on the sofa, snatched the potato chips from Uchiha Quan's hand, and Uchiha Quan glared at him.

"Bai Ergou, you..."

Then I heard Bai An say:

"Okay, okay, what's wrong with eating some of your chips? Besides, I bought these."

Uchiha Izumi then leaned back on the sofa with his arms folded, and Bai An continued:

"Okay, let's get down to business. Contact Xun An tomorrow and start shipping seafood here."

Uchiha Izumi asked:

"Have you chosen a store yet?"

Bai An nodded and said:

"Well, let's implement it tomorrow. We'll be busy."

After saying that, Bai An stood up and threw the potato chips back to Uchiha Quan, then walked towards his bedroom.

Uchiha Izumi shrugged, continued to watch and nodded, picked up the potato chips, reached his hand in, and then threw the bag of potato chips directly to the ground.

"Fuck! Bai Ergou! Damn it, if you're done eating, give it to me!"

......

next day

After Bai An finished his daily practice, he returned to the villa and called Bai to the table.

"Bai, please do me a favor."

Bai blinked and looked at Momochi Zabuza who was standing beside him. Momochi Zabuza nodded. Seeing this, Bai nodded and agreed:

"it is good."

Bai An looked at the two of them with strange eyes, which made them both silent.

Bai An then smiled and said:

"Let's go."

Standing up and walking out of the house, Momochi Zabuza looked at Bai An's back and thought:

"I always feel like he has a serious illness. What was that look in his eyes just now? It's so weird..."

......

Bai Yan brings Bai to reunite with Zhi Yu.

Zhiyu looked at Bai, then looked at Bai An and said:

"I see. No wonder you asked me to use the sealing technique."

Bai An smiled and nodded

"Let's go. It's really the right time, right place, and right people."

After saying that, he walked towards the house he had already bought.

The three of them entered a room together.

Zhiyu introduced:

"This house was bought exactly as you requested."

"It has good shelter and a large space to store a lot of goods."

Bai An looked around and said with satisfaction:

"Yeah, not bad. Oh, by the way..."

Bai An looked at Zhi Yu and asked:

"how much did you spend?"

Zhiyu smiled and said:

"Hey, the lowest price is over 400,000."

Bai Eucalyptus gave Zhiyu a thumbs up.

"Oh, you bargained well."

Zhiyu waved his hand and said:

"Bargaining is actually secondary. The main reason is that this house itself is not very suitable for living. It has poor light and is not ventilated."

Bai An smiled and said:

"That's pretty good."

Then he looked at Bai and said:

"Bai, let's start!"

Bai Weiwei nodded, and then quickly formed seals with both hands.

Si-Wei-Wu-Mao-Wei-Wu-Mao

Then Bai placed his hands on the ground and said softly:

"Ice escape. Ice prison technique!"

In an instant, the temperature of the entire room dropped to freezing point. The surrounding walls were covered with frost. Ice began to spread with Bai as the center, and finally an ice prison ball appeared that was large enough to trap an adult.

At the same time, Bai An looked at Zhi Yu and said:

"Wei Yu!"

Zhiyu nodded, then clapped his hands and slapped the ice prison ball.

"Four Symbols Seal!"

(I don’t mean shouting. In the case of shouting moves, I will mark it out, for example, so-and-so shouted, so-and-so yelled, etc.)

In an instant, four obscure runes began to spread from Zhiyu's palm until they covered the entire ice ball, and then covered the runes. Zhiyu looked at Bai and said:

"You can remove the chakra now."

Bai couldn't help but be a little surprised

"Can we withdraw now? Can the ice prison still be left in place?"

Afterwards, Bai slowly withdrew his chakra, and just as he expected, the ice prison ball remained in place.

Zhiyu withdrew his hand and said:

"The problem of this small storage has been solved, but won't the ice melt?"

Bai Eucalyptus said:

"We are poor now, but when we make a profit, we will improve this room and turn it into a big refrigerator."

Bai asked from the side:

"Well, can I go?"

Bai An nodded and smiled:

"Ah."

After that, Bai An threw a bag of money to Bai and said:

"Here, here."

Bai took the purse, weighed it, and then looked at Bai An. He didn't expect that Bai An would actually reward him, so he nodded to Bai An to show his gratitude.

After Bai left the house, Bai An put the ice ball out of harm's way, clapped his hands, looked at Zhi Yu and smiled:

"You are so skilled in it, you must have practiced a lot behind the scenes."

Zhiyu was feeling a little depressed, and scenes of the past flashed before her eyes one by one.

It was a ruin, with flames shooting up into the sky and thick smoke billowing. Houses were burned down one after another, and the ruins were filled with a tragic atmosphere. The lucky survivors were looking for their lost relatives in the mess, and the cries and shouts intertwined into a horrible scene.

Zhiyu's face became more and more ugly. Every time she used the sealing technique, she would think of the past that she couldn't bear to recall.

Bai An looked at Zhi Yu and said calmly:

"People are just like this. They hate you for what you have, laugh at you for what you don't have, despise you for being poor, and fear you for being rich..."

Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, then raised her head and looked at Baian in shock.

These simple twelve words fully reveal the greatest evil in human nature - jealousy.

The greatest evil of human nature is that we are not necessarily good at judging others. You never know how much malice those people who are close to you in life may harbor towards you behind your back.

Some people hate for no reason. They are mediocre, untalented, and doing nothing. So your excellence, your gift, your kindness and happiness will become original sin in the eyes of these people.

The most terrifying thing is that some people can be so ruthless as to sacrifice themselves and even the other party's life, and the destruction of the Whirlpool Country is the most typical example, which demonstrates this truth vividly.

Zhiyu choked up and murmured with a trembling mouth:

"Why, why, why..."

Bai An continued:

"It's caused by jealousy. Jealousy can destroy a person, but it can also make a person successful."

"When your own talents or abilities are within the control of these people, it will have a certain positive effect and serve as a motivation."

"And when the things you have are beyond the control of these people, they will try every means to discredit you, or even make you disappear from this world."

Bai Yan looked into Zhi Yu's eyes and continued:

"You ask why? Sorry, there is no answer, because this is reality, this is human nature."

As she spoke, tears began to fall from the corners of Zhiyu's eyes.

As an adult and a ninja, Zhiyu naturally understood the truth behind this. However, there is a saying that outsiders will never know the pain of insiders. Bai An also knew this truth, so he exhaled deeply and continued:

"Alas, there is no right or wrong, no justice or evil in this world. There is only a stance and a winner. This is a world where the fittest survive."

"Zhiyu, I know that the knot in your heart has not been untied, but I still want to say that becoming strong is the only way you have to go, because only in this way can the future be in your own hands, and the economic base determines the superstructure."

"Strength is the foundation for everything. In fact, according to the strength of your Uzumaki clan, you have already achieved the foundation I mentioned, but do you know why it ended up like that?"

Zhiyu asked subconsciously:

"Why, why?"

White Eucalyptus extends two fingers

"Two things."

"First, the issue of development. The reason why the five major countries are strong is not just because of their strength. As I said just now, the economic base determines the superstructure, and the superstructure is also an important part. When the two echo each other, the country will become strong..."

Zhiyu lowered his head in thought, and suddenly asked:

"What is the superstructure? You mean something other than what it seems to mean, right?"

Bai An explained:

"The superstructure is divided into the ideological superstructure, also known as the conceptual superstructure, and the political superstructure."

"The ideological superstructure refers to political thought, legal thought, morality, art, etc."

“Political superstructure refers to politics, legal system, military, police, prisons, etc.”

Zhiyu absorbed the meaning of what Baian said. Although it was the first time he heard this concept, the meaning was not obscure and he quickly understood it.

So he kept nodding and exclaiming:

"Good, very comprehensive. This is much more comprehensive than the clan rules preached by the clan... Indeed, if there is no real strength or support, no matter how well the above buildings are built, they will collapse..."

(The Uzumaki clan, the country is the clan, the clan is the country.)

Bai An couldn't help but smile as he listened to Zhi Yu's mumbling. They hadn't expected that Zhi Yu's ability to understand would be so fast and so thorough. They joked in their hearts:

"Hey, you can. It took me two or three days to understand it. You understand it now? Well, not bad. You are a seedling with the potential to develop ideas..."

At the same time, Zhiyu's mood fell again, and he murmured:

"In comparison, the Uzumaki clan is far behind..."

Zhiyu raised his head and looked at Bai Yan and said slowly:

"Ean, I've never heard of this. Did you learn this in school?"

Bai Eucalyptus said:

“Not really, this is my personal summary. I call it philosophy.”

Zhiyu was even more surprised when he heard this.

"Ah! Personal summary? Philosophy?"

At the same time, I thought:

"A, a personal...summary!? You must be kidding! How old is he? He actually has such unique insights. But, what does philosophy mean?"

Bai An saw the doubt in Zhi Yu's heart and immediately explained:

“Philosophy is a discipline that explores fundamental questions concerning the nature of human existence, knowledge, values, and reality. It seeks to understand the general laws governing the development of the world as a whole and to explore the relationship between man and the world as well as the laws governing his own development.”

At the same time, I thought:

"Maybe... I can organize it and publish a philosophy book... Yeah, a good choice..."

Without thinking any more, Bai Yan saw that Zhiyu's negative emotions had subsided a lot, so he began to talk about the second reason for the demise of the Uzumaki clan.

"Now that we have finished talking about the first point, let's talk about the second point."

Zhiyu became serious and found that she could learn a lot of knowledge from Baian, all of which she had never been exposed to before.

"The second and final reason is the national territorial issue."

"I've been to the Land of Whirlpools and looked at its approximate land area. It's only slightly larger than a normal island. And if you look at the five major countries, the weakest of them, the Land of Water, is more than five times larger than the Land of Whirlpools. That means there will be a significant difference in the number of ninjas. Of course, there's another problem. Your country hasn't absorbed other races. I don't know why. Is it to ensure pure blood or something else? But this is undoubtedly the biggest problem and the main reason for the difference in the number of ninjas."

“When these two factors come together…”

Bai Yan looked at Zhi Yu, and Zhi Yu sighed.

"Alas, this led to the situation of destruction..."

Bai An nodded slowly

"This factor is no less important than the first one, and it is also the basis for whether a country can become strong..."

Zhiyu clenched his fists, nodded and said:

"understood."

Bai An stopped while he was ahead and comforted Zhi Yu and said nothing more.

"Zhiyu, the future is bright, but the road is tortuous. This prosperous age will be as you wish. You have many shining points, such as business acumen. So far, from what I have seen, you are at the top."

Well, he only saw Zhiyu. If Uchiha Izumi was there, he would definitely roll his eyes to the sky.

"Well, I won't say any more. You and I are both bulls. No, we are both dark horses. As long as you exist, the Uzumaki clan will surely stand tall in this world again one day."

Zhiyu was deeply moved by the inspiring words, and gradually, admiration, appreciation and gratitude appeared in her eyes.

Zhiyu looked at Bai Eucalyptus and nodded heavily

"Ah."

At this moment, her heart knot was relieved a little, and she immediately smiled like a flower, looking exceptionally beautiful and charming.

Bai An smiled and nodded in response, then turned and left the house.

Zhiyu looked at Bai An's back and thought:

"It will definitely happen, Bai An, thank you for making me firm..."