Chapter 337: The Joint Chunin Exam Begins

Hearing Qingsi's affirmative words, Black Zetsu felt that what he had done over the years was not in vain. After all, his father could still understand him. Therefore, his mood was slightly elevated. He looked at Qingsi with burning eyes, wanting to know Qingsi's plan.

Qingsi's eyes transformed into Samsara Eye, and he said to Black Zetsu, "I have a Samsara Eye that is more powerful than Hamura's. Together with the Samsara Eye of my disciple Nagato, the prerequisites for lifting the seal of 'Six Paths Chibaku Tensei' have been gathered. Now we just need to wait until Nagato grows up to the point where he can fully exert the power of Samsara Eye. With your help in Yin-Yang Release, it will be easy to release Kaguya from the moon!"

Black Zetsu's eyes lit up instantly. Kiyoshi's plan was much better than his. There was no need to go through the trouble of guiding and helping Uchiha Madara to implement the so-called "Eye of the Moon" plan. There was no need to wait for Uchiha Madara to revive and regain his youth before collecting the tailed beasts and becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchūriki...!

He is truly worthy of being his father!!!

"However, we still need to collect the tailed beasts. After Kaguya returns, we will need them to restore her strength!" Seiji continued. You know, the Ten Tails belongs to Kaguya, and without the Ten Tails, Kaguya's power is incomplete.

"By the way! Black Zetsu! How far has the plan of that old idiot Uchiha Madara progressed?" Qingsi suddenly thought of something at this time, and changed the subject to ask Black Zetsu. When he covered the entire ninja world with his perception before, he did not sense the chakra aura of Uchiha Madara. Presumably, Uchiha Madara learned the lesson from being discovered last time, and this time he used a barrier to block perception and aura, and hid deeply...!

But now, Black Zetsu and White Zetsu are both his teammates, so it’s time to put the lid of Uchiha Madara’s coffin on him!!!

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"Father! I haven't been keeping an eye on Uchiha Madara recently! He had previously asked White Zetsu and others to infiltrate the Uchiha clan in Konoha to find a spokesperson for him who could carry his name, walk in the ninja world for him, and eventually resurrect him!" Black Zetsu organized his thoughts and responded.

Then Black Zetsu thought for a moment and continued, "However, he seems to be planning something in secret, but he didn't tell the White Zetsu. He just asked the White Zetsu to collect information about a small country called Loulan in the Kingdom of Wind! I think he might be eyeing the legendary dragon vein dormant under Loulan that has huge energy!"

"That location should be one of the battle sites between my mother and the two traitors Yuyi and Yucun. I remember Yuyi went there after the war and repaired the environment there. However, I was afraid of being discovered by him, so I didn't go close at that time. I don't know what Yuyi did there! Could it be that this so-called dragon vein was created by the traitor Yuyi!"

"Loulan... Dragon Vein..." Qing Si murmured in a low voice. He seemed to have some impression of this thing, as if he had seen an introduction to it when watching a short video in his previous life.

Moreover, he knew about the small country of Loulan. There was information about Loulan in the Hidden Mist Village, and the location of Loulan was part of the territory of his ancestral country a thousand years ago.

However, Qingsi remembered that there was no such thing as a dragon vein there at that time. You know, he and Kaguya knew very well the places with huge energy in the ancestral country, and those energies had long been transformed into nutrients for the sacred tree to breed chakra fruits...!

Therefore, Black Zetsu's guess is very likely the truth. This dragon vein was most likely created accidentally by Otsutsuki Hagoromo while repairing the environment of the Wind Country's thousands of miles of red land after sealing Kaguya...!

Due to some kind of operation by Otsutsuki Hagoromo, endless natural energy has been gathering at the location of Loulan over thousands of years, and its scale is getting bigger and bigger. This should be the truth about the dragon vein.

"So that's how it is, no wonder..." Qingsi understood. The reason why Uchiha Madara, the old rookie, set his sights on the dragon veins was because the power of the dragon veins was essentially natural energy, and the huge amount of natural energy would of course be beneficial to the Ten Tails, even though the Ten Tails was now just a shell called the Outer Path Statue. Otherwise, with Uchiha Madara's old body, he would not do such a thing without any benefit...!

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At this time, the ground nearby changed and a white figure emerged from underground.

It was the real White Zetsu who was summoned by Black Zetsu and came through the "Mayfly Technique".

"Lord Qingsi!" White Zetsu greeted him very respectfully. He had already learned Qingsi's true identity from Black Zetsu, and knew the relationship between Qingsi and their master Kaguya who created them. It could even be said that, to some extent, Qingsi was also their master.

"Where is Uchiha Madara now?" Qingsi asked directly without any nonsense. At this moment, he couldn't wait to have another fight with old Madara and completely nail the lid of his coffin!

"He took A Fei away from the underground base we opened in the Land of Grass, but A Fei was controlled by him with illusion, so we don't know his exact location. However, it is speculated that he should have gone to Loulan!" Bai Jue thought for a moment and replied.

Qingsi nodded. It seemed that he had to go to Loulan. However, before that, he still had to go back to the village to explain the work for the next few days. After all, he still needed to go to Konoha to witness the outstanding performance of the "Genin" of their Kirigakure Village in the Joint Chunin Exam...!

"Very good! Then next, Black Zetsu will go back to the village with me, and White Zetsu will be responsible for going to Loulan to search for Uchiha Madara's location. Notify me immediately after finding it!" Qingsi made arrangements.

Just now he tried again to see if he could find the specific location of Uchiha Madara through perception, but unfortunately, he still found nothing. Therefore, Qingsi guessed that Uchiha Madara might have created a barrier to block perception and chakra aura, and then hid in it. Therefore, he needed the help of White Zetsu. After all, he didn't have so much time to go to Loulan to search in person.

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Loulan.

Underground dragon veins.

In a quiet underground space with a barrier.

Uchiha Madara, wearing a gangster's coat, looked eagerly at the huge chakra reaction hidden in the dragon vein in front of him with his scarlet Sharingan.

That was the same power that he felt when his good friend, the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, displayed the final battle at the Valley of the End!

"That's right! This is the power of Hashirama's magic!" Uchiha Madara's eyes revealed a hint of complexity, and he murmured softly.

Back then, he was defeated by the magic of Hashirama Senju. A move of such massive scale that it covered the sky and the sun, "Magic Technique·Wood Release·True Thousand Hands", instantly destroyed his "Powerful Equipment·Nine-tailed Fox".

However, Uchiha Madara's eyes became firm again in an instant. Although the ninja world thought that the winner of the battle in the Valley of the End was Hashirama Senju, as the winner, Hashirama Senju had already gone to the Pure Land, while Uchiha Madara, as the loser, was still alive and well...!!!

Hai-Xu-You-Shen-Wei, five seals slowly passed through Uchiha Madara's hands.

"The art of spiritual communication! The outer demon statue!!!"

White smoke spread out, filling the entire space. A huge humanoid creature with ten column-like protrusions behind it, a body like a dead tree, and nine closed eyes appeared in front of Uchiha Madara.

It is the body of the Ten-Tails, the Outer Path Demon Statue!

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Sensing the tremendous natural energy contained in the dragon vein, the Outer Statue became excited and restless. It was craving...!

A smile appeared on Uchiha Madara's lips, and the seals in his hands began to change, and powerful chakra burst out through his body.

Under the control of Uchiha Madara, the Outer Path Demon Statue opened its mouth wide, spit out a dragon-shaped translucent chakra, and then plunged into the dragon vein.

Although under normal circumstances, only the lineage of Queen Loulan has the ability to control dragon veins, it is obvious that Uchiha Madara is not in this normal situation. With his strength, although he is old and does not have the Rinnegan, it is still very easy for him to forcibly extract the dragon vein chakra, not to mention that he also has the super-sized existence of the Outer Path Demon Statue...!

A Fei's outer clothes opened layer by layer, and with the presence of the Outer Path Demon Statue, Uchiha Madara no longer needed A Fei to attach to his body for the time being. Then, a tube extended from the Outer Path Demon Statue's body and inserted into Uchiha Madara's chest. Then, a very small part of the natural energy absorbed by the Outer Path Demon Statue entered Uchiha Madara's body through the tube...!

"Is this the senjutsu chakra? This kind of power is nothing special!" Feeling the senjutsu power surging out of his body, Uchiha Madara sneered. At the same time, the face of Hashirama Senju that appeared on his left chest due to the transplantation of Hashirama Senju's cells had black stripes around the corners of his eyes, and a circle like a black bull's eye appeared on his forehead. It was the face of the sage Hashirama Senju!

"Wait! Hashirama! Peace is not far away...!!!" Uchiha Madara sat down, muttering to himself...!

However, since the natural energy contained in the dragon vein is enormous, and Uchiha Madara does not have his own original Samsara Eye at this time, the absorption process will be quite long.

So, for the next period of time, Uchiha Madara will stay here...!

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Three days later, Konoha.

The Joint Chunin Exam, which has attracted the attention of the entire ninja world, has finally officially begun...!

Inside the Konoha Ninja Academy, the "Genin" from various ninja villages have gathered in a large classroom, waiting for the first exam to begin.

"boom!"

A puff of white smoke rose from the front of the classroom, and the chief examiner of the first round of the Joint Chunin Exam, Yamanaka Inoichi, made a brilliant appearance.

As the son of the chief of the Yamanaka clan, the 21-year-old Yamanaka Inoichi is already a well-known jonin in Konoha. Because the Yamanaka clan is good at perception, and Yamanaka Inoichi is currently the strongest perceptual ninja in the Yamanaka clan except for the chief, he was designated by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen as the chief examiner of the first round of the Joint Chunin Exam.

Of course, in addition to the chief examiner Yamanaka Inoichi, there were also a dozen other Chunins who served as invigilators!

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After all the candidates had their seats shuffled and sat back down under the arrangement of Yamanaka Inoichi, the first exam of the Joint Chunin Exam officially began.

Because this Chunin Exam was held exclusively by Konoha, the rules of the exam were also followed according to Konoha's normal Chunin Exam process.

The first one is the written test.

However, although it is called a written test, what is more important is to examine the candidates' ability to collect information. Only those who can collect the answers to the written test from those "candidates" who have been arranged in advance under the attention of the invigilators can be considered a qualified Chunin!

Of course, if the candidate can answer all the questions based on his/her personal ability, then he/she can certainly be passed.

After the exam started, the candidates from various ninja villages began to show off their magical powers. Various and dazzling methods were constantly used in this classroom.

For the six "Genin" from the Hidden Mist Village who came to take the exam, this exam can be said to be extremely simple. You know, among these six people, except Hoshigaki Kisame, the other five can be regarded as academic masters. Therefore, these questions that are quite difficult for ordinary ninjas are not difficult for them at all.

As for Hoshigaki Kisame, although there were indeed two or three questions that he could not answer, he had the strength of a jonin, so "collecting" intelligence was a piece of cake for him.

Hoshigaki Kisame, who specializes in water jutsu, can be said to have made great use of it. He simply condensed a drop of water, and through the refraction of the water drop, Hoshigaki Kisame easily got the correct answer from Mei Terumi, who was sitting relatively close to him.

That's right, compared to the several "candidates" arranged in advance by Konoha, Hoshigaki Kisame still trusts his captain Terumi Mei more. After all, Terumi Mei's theoretical knowledge has been praised even by their teacher, the Third Mizukage Bing!