Chapter 240 Hui Clan

Sanwei sent Ling and Youlu all the way to where they could see the coastline, and then stopped swimming, "There is too little fog in the waters of the Fire Country. Going further will cause unnecessary commotion. I will send you here."

"It's enough to send it here." Ling raised his hand and patted Sanwei's shell, then stood up. "As for the ore matter, you didn't trust me yet, but you still helped me so wholeheartedly. Thank you so much."

"I'm just helping Nibi."

"No matter who you originally wanted to help, I got some tangible benefits in the end. We are not enemies, so I still have to thank you." Ling jumped down from the edge of the three-tailed carapace, then turned around again and raised his hand to pat the hard and rough carapace of the three-tailed carapace. "I hope I can know your name one day."

Sanwei glanced down at Ling, didn't say anything, and sank into the water with bubbles gurgling, swimming away.

"Although there were many twists and turns, the successful achievement of the goal still makes people feel happy from the bottom of their hearts..." Ling let out a long breath, and his smile became helpless, "But am I the one who is hated by him?"

"No, that guy likes you very much," Youlv, who was lying on top of Ling, yawned, "otherwise it wouldn't help you."

"Really? It looks like I'll have a chance to know his name when we meet again," Ling laughed softly, "But I still feel regretful..."

"what?"

"I only took one-fifth of the ore that Sanwei brought back..." Ling sighed, "They were all top-quality materials."

"If you really want something like that, I'll take you to find the place where it slept," Youlv swung his tail. "I remember one time it slept for hundreds of years, and the sea where it was sleeping turned into land. After such a long time, there must be good ores there that are worth your expectation."

"Eh——Is he sleeping for hundreds of years? This is really hard to imagine..."

"Humph~ There are still many things you can't imagine..."

Ling nodded, "Indeed, before I came into contact with the Three-Tails, I never thought that the influence of the tailed beasts would be so close to me..."

The man and the cat set out on their journey home in this relaxed atmosphere. Since they were carrying precious minerals that sealed several scrolls, Ling did not take a detour to the Kingdom of Soup, but went straight back to the clan to find the Elders' Hall.

After Ling handed over several scrolls filled with ore, the elders of the clan who had been won over by Uchiha Genshan and planned to nominate Uchiha Akihiko to the throne began to play dumb again - it was not that they did not want to decide on an heir quickly, but it was just that the things Ling brought back every time were too good to the clan.

Even though Ling had already told them that he would do his best to assist whoever the next successor would be, the elders still believed that Ling would assist Madara more attentively than Uchiha Akihiko.

Yes, Madara.

After another round of successor selection began, Madara grew at a terrifying speed, and just like Ling did in the past, he quickly suppressed all his peers in all aspects. He has become the undisputed candidate for the young clan leader.

If there is anything wrong with the new heir...it's only his temper.

However, for the Uchiha clan, as long as you are strong enough and have the ability to stand up for the clan members, you can follow the clan leader with confidence - the strong always have some small privileges.

Not to mention that Uchiha Akihiko couldn't stand being repeatedly reminded and hinted to fight for power, so he simply immersed himself in the mission and refused to return to the tribe.

Ling naturally didn't understand the new wave of intrigue among the elders, or he wouldn't care even if he knew - after all, no matter which of the two became the clan leader, it would not have the slightest impact on him, but would only make him more unbridled.

So after telling the elders about his need for new weapons, Ling returned home with a sense of relief. But before he could get close to his brothers, he was called to the study by Uchiha Tajima, and received a piece of news from Uchiha Tajima that greatly affected his mood - the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had issued a secret mission to the Uchiha clan to exterminate the Senju.

"Ling, do you think our clan should accept this mission?"

Ling frowned and spoke after a brief silence, "Whether for public or private reasons, I hope the clan will not accept this mission."

"Oh?"

"Based on the content of this mission, the daimyo is obviously afraid of the power of the Senju clan and wants to hire us to check and balance them. This is not a big deal, but the problem lies in [elimination].

There are many ninja clans that are wary of our two clans. Right now, the Senju clan is the first to be feared. But if the Senju clan is wiped out, we will naturally become fat meat in the eyes of other clans with our vitality severely damaged, and we will become a thorn in the eyes of the daimyo... It is hard not to think that we will be the next target to be [annihilated]. "

Uchiha Tajima nodded with satisfaction, "What if we have to accept it?"

Ling raised his hand and touched his chin. After a long while, he spoke, "Then we can only find a way to drag someone down with us as a shield. I remember that before our clan came to the Land of Fire, the Thousand Hands had another old rival, right?

This kind of large-scale mission cannot be carried out in one or two days. We just need to try our best to let the other party take the initiative to accept the mission during this period, and our clan will assist them from the side, so that we can avoid direct confrontation as much as possible..."

Listening to Ling's narration, Uchiha Tajima became more and more satisfied, "Yes, Ling, you really didn't let me down... I'll leave this matter to you to arrange."

"Yes, I will inform them, but then again..." Ling tilted his head, "Father, shouldn't you ask Ban to discuss this matter and teach him?"

"That's exactly what I want to tell you," Uchiha Tajima raised his hand and patted his eldest son's shoulder, "You've been out on your own for a while. When Madara comes back from his mission, you can take him with you and then explain to him how to think as an heir."

"...Have you already discussed this with Madara?"

Uchiha Tajima took a deep breath and patted Ling's shoulder again. "Although for our clan, as long as we have enough strength, we can make the clan members follow us willingly, but as the head of the clan, I really can't...

Sigh - anyway, Madara is always more willing to listen to you than me, so I'll leave this matter to you. Make him understand as soon as possible, and also, do your best to make Madara treat his peers with a better attitude."

"……Yes, I understand."

After respectfully accepting the task, Ling felt overwhelmed - everything else was easy to deal with, but how was he supposed to teach his naive brother how to deal with the intrigues among the ninja clans?