Chapter 383: Lukewarm Snail

"It's okay. I like to hear these stories. It's an honor to hear the history of the old times from the mouths of those who experienced it firsthand... If you don't mind, please tell me more."

The living slug wiggled its tentacles. "You are different from the humans who came here before. They were always anxious to have me teach them fairy arts, and they were not interested in these things at all... But the worst thing to do when learning fairy arts is to be anxious."

"It sounds like learning immortal arts is not limited by qualifications?"

"Yes, the most important thing in immortal arts is the [heart] you hold when practicing immortal arts, or in other words, the will that supports your practice of immortal arts. The purer the [heart], the better you can practice immortal arts."

Feeling Ling's still tense shoulders, Huo Xie was very considerate and maintained a posture without too much movement. "When we went to teach Yuyi, Yuyi was carrying the love for the world in her heart and made rapid progress~

It's a pity that in order to gain strength faster, he chose to directly practice the magic that was improved by Mount Myōboku, instead of learning the most ancient magic from me. He failed to form his own path. Otherwise, with his fame at the time, the ninja world might have had another human-centered holy place.

But there is nothing I can do. After all, the situation was so critical at the time. He could make such a choice for us, who had nothing to do with him. I have absolutely no right to blame him..."

In this way, Huo Xiao told Ling about the magic, while occasionally inserting a piece of history and expressing his own feelings, so that after most of the day, Ling still didn't understand the magic, but through Huo Xiao's muttering, he guessed the original history.

To summarize it in general terms - the Six Paths Sage and his brother thought that their mother was going to destroy the world, so they gathered their strength and sealed their mother. Oh, and because they were afraid that their mother would break the seal, they sent their younger brother to the moon to guard their mother, and they never saw their younger brother again for the rest of their lives.

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How to say something?

【When I type a question mark, it’s not because I have a problem, but because I think you have a problem. 】

When Ling roughly deduced this history, his first reaction was that he was thinking too much, but as Huo Xiao talked more and more, Ling's doubts about himself turned into speechlessness towards the Sage of Six Paths - how on earth did this guy manage to manage his family relationships like this?

The mother was sealed, the brother was sent away, the son was split up... Honestly, isn't this a bit sick?

[I now understand why the Six Paths Sage - the old man Six Paths chose Ashura as his successor... He saw his own shadow in the other person, so he wanted to use his son to prove that he did nothing wrong, right?]

Ling raised his hand and pinched his brow. [And who knows. Indra's strong talent and arbitrary way of doing things at that time also reminded him of his mother. He was afraid that another person would appear to destroy the world, so he always favored the slightly clumsy younger son, hoping that someone would control the eldest son after he left...

It's so strange. Obviously, everything he did was to give the ninja world a so-called "future", but I can't thank him... How urgent was the situation at that time to allow that old man Liudao to go so smoothly and take every step in the worst direction? 】

"Oh, oh, I'm really getting old. I didn't realize I've been talking to you for so long," Huohuo noticed Ling's actions and stopped talking. His thin little voice was full of apology. "I'm really sorry that you have to endure my nagging even though this is our first meeting. Am I annoying you?"

"No, I just felt a little shocked and confused about what you said after combining it with part of the clan's history..." Ling sighed and shook his head. "How should I put it? I seem to have misunderstood my ancestors in some ways. If I were to encounter such a mess, I would probably find ways to take revenge on the whole world."

The living slug shook his tentacles, feeling that his unintentional sigh seemed to have caused some serious consequences. After a brief silence, he brought the topic back to the practice of immortal arts. "In short, the immortal arts I practice are the most ancient and unimproved immortal arts. Although this immortal art can be activated without chakra, it has extremely high requirements for the [heart]. If you want to learn it, you must be clear about what your [heart] is."

Ling also suppressed the chaotic thoughts in his mind and asked seriously, "Can you give me an example?"

The living slug thought for a moment and said, "Let me take myself as an example. In the beginning, I was just a small slug about the size of your knuckles. But as I watched my kind die one after another due to their short lifespans, I began to want to survive.

After that, I thought about it every day. When I came to my senses, I had grown almost as big as a man. I realized that I had guided the natural energy invisibly and learned the magic. "

[I only realized it when my knuckles grew to the size of a human...] Ling's mouth twitched slightly, [Should I say that this immortal is too mild-mannered?]

"After that, I grew bigger and bigger and was no longer fit to wander around, so I chose a place to settle down and absorbed natural energy to sustain my life. During this time, I also taught many creatures the essence of fairy arts. It was not until Gamamaru from Myoboku Mountain came to ask me to help Hagoromo deal with Kaguya that I left this place that was called the Wet Bone Forest at some point."

Huoshou's voice became a little lower. "In that battle, I really tried my best, but Kaguya and Yui were too powerful. Even though I tried my best to save them, I ended up being weaker than ever before...

Moreover, I could feel that Yuyi and Hamura were in pain, so after that, I took advantage of my weakness and wandered around for a long time, hoping to get an answer. That’s when I met Vulpix by accident, and I learned a lot from him and talked with him…

Oops, I've strayed off topic again - where was I just now? Oh, right, Yuyi and the others - oops, it doesn't seem to be here either..."

The slug started to change the subject again, but Ling was already lost in thought about what it had said before - if, he meant if.

[If I have the qualifications to learn immortal arts, what is my heart? ]