Chapter 566 The Foul-Smelling Mud from Planting Trees: A Major Crisis Hidden in the Eastern District

The next day.

Liu Yun, controlling Otsutsuki Shingetsu, arrived near the Creation Tree. Many powerful Otsutsuki were stationed there, but he still risked coming here to gather intelligence.

As soon as he got closer, he attracted the attention of several Otsutsuki, and some even came up to question him...

Fortunately, Liu Yun was highly skilled and daring, and also possessed some of Otsutsuki Shingetsu's memories, so he was able to calmly deal with any unexpected situation.

The Tree of Creation is so enormous that even those without megalophobia would feel fear and unease in its presence. Words like "mountain" are insufficient to describe its grandeur!

"From the land of the gods... the Chakra Tree of Takamagahara... once it descends upon the mortal realm, it will be a calamity for all living beings..."

Looking up at the Tree of Creation, Liu Yun felt a surge of emotion.

At this moment, the planet beneath his feet was actually larger, better, and had more abundant natural energy than the ninja world. However, even the best life-bearing planet could not withstand the rooting of the Creation Tree.

Moreover, the Otsutsuki clan is now planning to plant another divine tree on this planet, and they will sacrifice all the living beings on the planet to make it bear the finest divine fruit. It can be said that this planet is about to perish!

Of course, even if the Otsutsuki clan didn't sacrifice Godwood, the planet would probably be hard-pressed to survive if the expeditionary force from the ninja world launched a war a few days later.

Just as Liu Yun was observing the Tree of Creation, a gaze from a distant tree suddenly fell upon him and stared at Otsutsuki Shingetsu for quite some time.

Liu Yun remained unmoved by the gaze directed at him. He stood there calmly for a moment until the gaze shifted away, then he slowly turned and left.

"It seems really difficult to get to the top of the tree and kill her, but this high priest seems to be paying attention to the situation below the tree. Perhaps we can find a way to lure her down to the tree and kill her..." This thought flashed through Liu Yun's mind.

Office of the Third Elder of the Otsutsuki clan.

"Reporting to the Elder, after a full round of patrols by the clan soldiers, no unusual situations were found within the clan territory. However, as clan members who were not currently in the wild gradually returned to the clan, and some brought back their offspring from other planets, there are quite a few unfamiliar faces in the clan..."

A junior commander of the clan soldiers reported his investigation to the Third Elder.

“Unfamiliar faces… Did you verify their identities? Is there anything suspicious about them?” the Third Elder asked, frowning.

"No... because the clan chief instructed us to treat the Hui people well, so when we encounter them, we usually just ask them a few simple questions and let them pass..." the clan soldier commander told the truth.

In his view, those with Byakugan were mostly members of his clan. If these people were Six Paths level experts, they would all have names and identities, and he would know most of them... As for the remaining lesser Karami who were not Six Paths level, there seemed to be no need to investigate them...

The Otsutsuki clan soldiers were very lazy in their daily patrols. They generally relied on their eyes to distinguish friend from foe. If they saw white eyes, then the other party was one of their own. If the other party did not have white eyes, then they were a stranger and it was worth questioning them...

In short, as long as you have a bad reputation and behave yourself within the clan without causing trouble, the clan soldiers won't bother to pay attention to your words and actions, even if they don't know you personally.

After all, everyone was used to a comfortable life, and no soldier in the clan would think that an enemy would dare to infiltrate their Otsutsuki clan and cause trouble.

The Third Elder was quite dissatisfied with the explanation given by the clan's military commander, but she did not dare to issue any orders to question each of the returning clansmen, for fear of provoking the dissatisfaction of the clan leader and the returning clansmen.

"Never mind, I'll go check it out myself..."

The Third Elder sighed softly. She decided to follow her instincts and go outside for a walk to see if she could find anything unusual.

The unease in her heart grew stronger and stronger, to the point that she couldn't sleep at night. She had to find the source of her unease and then eliminate it!

The Third Elder's residence and office were both in the southern part of the clan's territory, but as she walked, she ended up in the eastern part.

As the Third Elder followed her intuition and wandered around the eastern region, a sapling planted in the mud caught her attention when she passed through a section of road with heavy pedestrian traffic.

To be precise, what caught her attention was not the sapling itself, but the huge lump of mud on which the sapling was planted!

This lump of mud made her feel dangerous, as if her unease was caused by it!

On the surface, this lump of mud looked no different from ordinary mud in terms of color and nature. However, when the Third Elder activated his Byakugan to examine the lump of mud, he saw an unusually strong amount of chakra within it!

"How can such a dense concentration of chakra be contained within the mud? And it's also mixed with very powerful natural energy..."

The Third Elder dug out a clod of mud and examined it closely, his confusion growing ever deeper.

However, as she kneaded the soft, mushy mud, she suddenly smelled a strange odor. When she brought the mud to her nose to sniff, she could clearly smell a foul, disgusting stench of saliva...

The next second, she immediately threw away the mud in her hand with disgust and used chakra to condense water to continuously wash her palms...

"Which idiot actually used mud containing powerful chakra to plant trees???"

Because the sapling was growing well, the mud was rich in 'nutrients,' and it was planted openly in a crowded place, without even hiding in the mud...

All these factors suggest that the Third Elder is not dangerous, and this guy who works in landscaping is even quite knowledgeable about planting trees... It would be a waste of his talents if he didn't go to an alien planet to plant a divine tree...

Planting trees in foul-smelling mud containing powerful chakra—besides the Otsutsuki clan, who are experts at planting trees, who else could come up with such a creative idea?

Her intuition warned her that this thing was dangerous, but what she saw told her that although it was a bit abnormal, it was still reasonable... She couldn't figure out why it was dangerous at all...

Deidara's clay bomb, in terms of concealment alone, is ten times more concealed than the clay explosive called 'C4'. Ordinary people have no idea how dangerous this thing is. Even the Third Elder, with his White Eyes open, couldn't see the danger hidden in this lump of mud.

Imagine a piece of C4 high explosive dropped on your doorstep or thrown on the street. Unless you're a highly skilled bomb expert, most people would only associate C4 with dough, butter, mud, or even a large piece of chewing gum... Could you imagine that this is a powerful explosive that can send someone flying in an instant?

"Someone... dig up a piece of mud and take it back to study..."

Although the harm of the mud was not immediately apparent, the Third Elder still trusted his intuition and decided to have someone take some mud back to study it.

After giving these instructions, she continued her aimless patrol of the eastern part of the clan's territory. The unease hadn't disappeared; in fact, it intensified as she entered the eastern area, as if the entire region was unsafe...

"Damn it, what is the reason... It seems to be mud, but it also seems to be more than just mud..."

The Third Elder swept her menacing white eyes across the entire eastern district, but found nothing unusual, which left her feeling bewildered.

Only a very small portion of the mines Deidara laid were left lying around on the roadside. Most of the clay bombs were well hidden by the shrewd Sasori, making it almost impossible to spot anything unusual with a single glance using his Byakugan.