Chapter 156

As for the further evolution of the Byakugan,

the Sage of Six Paths himself was not entirely sure.

After all, since he and his brother sealed Kaguya Otsutsuki,

he had never seen his younger brother, Kaguya Otsutsuki's son, Hashirama Senju, again.

Therefore,

the Sage of Six Paths himself did not know,

what the Byakugan would become if it continued to evolve,

but the Sage of Six Paths himself was certain,

that the moon held countless descendants of Hagoromo Otsutsuki,

and the culmination of their bloodlines' collective Byakugan evolution,

its power was no lesser than that of the Rinnegan,

and perhaps even capable of surpassing his own Rinnegan!!

Yet, as to what specific abilities and powers it possessed,

the Sage of Six Paths did not know.

So he entrusted this extremely difficult task to Hashirama Senju,

hoping Hashirama Senju could ascend and explore it himself,

and discover for himself what lay at the end of the Byakugan's evolution.

He also hoped Hashirama Senju would understand,

just how powerful Kaguya Otsutsuki had been in those days.

Perhaps then he would comprehend the Sage's true intentions,

for whenever the Sage appeared,

Hashirama Senju always felt deeply skeptical of him,

which made the Sage of Six Paths deeply displeased.

It felt as if he were nothing but a fraud!!

Yet at this moment, Hashirama Senju voiced his own doubt.

"Though I now know that Kaguya Otsutsuki's descendant, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, resides on the moon…"

"But… how do I get there…?"

"I can't fly…"

This was Hashirama Senju's inner doubt,

he had no idea how he could reach the moon,

and with his current strength,

even if he could jump higher than ever,

he certainly couldn't jump straight to the moon…

But you can't just jump straight to the moon...

although the ninja world had some secret techniques for flight,

Hashirama Senju knew,

that such flight techniques were exceedingly hard to find.

Even if he found such a flight technique,

he could never fly directly from the ground to the moon!!

Someone in the ninja world had once attempted this experiment,

they all wanted to know,

how high one could fly using a flight technique?

After using the flight technique,

the highest any of them had reached was just above the clouds, and then they could ascend no further!!

Some even forcibly pushed their techniques beyond the clouds,

but they never returned.

When the Sage of Six Paths saw Hashirama Senju's expression,

a look of foreknowledge appeared on his face.

He shook his head slowly and said,

"I am well aware of your concern…"

"Though Hagoromo Otsutsuki and I could fly from the ground to the moon by our own power alone."

"Many of Hagoromo Otsutsuki's descendants were merely ordinary people, and to solve this problem…"

"Hagoromo Otsutsuki and his descendants spent immense time and effort establishing a teleportation channel between this planet and the moon!!"

"All you need to do is reactivate this teleportation channel, and you can safely teleport directly from this planet to the moon—far safer than flying up yourself…"

"Yet, with enough time, you could also fly directly from the ground to the moon."

"With the power of the Rinnegan and the Six Paths chakra, you already possess the ability to fly and traverse the vacuum…"

"But you still need to explore and master this ability yourself…"

"If you're not in a hurry, you can first familiarize yourself with your abilities, and choose a suitable time to fly to the moon…"

"But if you're in a hurry, you can go find and activate this teleportation array first…"

Of course I'm in a hurry!!!

How could I not be anxious?!!

Hashirama Senju suspected that the Sage of Six Paths, that old fellow, was deliberately keeping him in suspense!!

Clearly knowing how desperately he wanted to raise his own strength right now,

yet after saying so much,

he kept beating around the bush with him here,

and simply wouldn't say how to get to the moon!!

If it weren't for the fact that he couldn't beat the Sage of Six Paths,

he would have already started laying into him by now!!

And the Sage of Six Paths, catching a glimpse of the anxious look on Hashirama Senju's face from the corner of his eye,

felt a secret thrill in his heart!!!

At last he could get a handle on this kid for once,

ever since meeting him,

the entire rhythm of conversation had been led by Hashirama Senju.

This had long since made the Sage of Six Paths feel displeased!!

Now that there was a chance to take back the rhythm of conversation,

naturally the Sage of Six Paths would not hold back!!

Seeing that the moment seemed about right,

the Sage of Six Paths decided to formally tell Hashirama Senju the location of the teleportation array.

"This teleportation array is now within the clan lands of the Hyuga clan..."

"In those years when Hamura departed, he brought the descendants with the purest bloodline to the moon."

"And the descendants with the thinnest bloodline were left on earth, to guard the teleportation arrays on the moon and on earth."

"At the very beginning, the two branches of bloodline on the moon and on earth still visited each other often..."

"Sometimes this branch of bloodline on earth would go to the moon, sometimes the bloodline on the moon would come to earth..."

"But as time went on, it seemed some changes occurred among Hamura's descendants both on earth and on the moon, so the two clans gradually stopped visiting each other."

"This branch of bloodline on earth grew weaker and weaker in strength, to the point they could no longer even activate the teleportation array."

"And Hamura's descendants on the moon also split into two branches — one was called the Main House, the other was called the Branch House; the Main House and the Branch House had differences in ideology..."

"This branch of bloodline descendants Hamura left on earth even forgot the surname Otsutsuki, and they adopted the two characters 'Hyuga' as their surname..."

"And now, you only need to go to the Hyuga clan's lands, and following the method I tell you, activate the Hyuga clan's teleportation array, and you can go to the moon."

At this point, a look of lament also appeared on the Sage of Six Paths' face.

He had not expected either,