Chapter 906

Lin Cheng's return to normal was a matter of one week later, and the specific circumstances, apart from Hyuga Hiashi, Hyuga Neji's two brothers and a very few branch family members who had participated in caring for Lin Cheng, were strictly sealed off even from the other high-ranking members of the village.

"They are not members of the Hyuga clan, and I have reason to be uneasy about them! Especially now, Lin Cheng's condition is really strange…" The one who issued this order was Hyuga Neji; after searching through all the literature preserved within the clan, he had been unable to find any useful information that could explain Lin Cheng's state.

After this short week, Lin Cheng's appearance had not changed much; perhaps the most noticeable difference was that his skin color was now closer to ivory white.

Feeling the meridians within his body that had been reconnected, although he felt a little like complaining, the chakra flowing through them was so sparse that it even produced a certain illusion akin to emptiness.

Looking at his own palm, the change in skin color should be the greatest; Lin Cheng's originally somewhat pale skin now resembled a natural-born white, and in other respects he was also growing closer and closer to the true body on the moon.

Kaguya began to consider a question: once this body of Lin Cheng truly completed more of the fusion, would it become as indestructible as the true body, with the only option being to rely on sealing arts to contain it? Probably only when that day came would it truly be understood.

No wind, no sound, not even air; a grey-white desert and badlands, and a sky so black it seemed capable of swallowing everything — or rather, there was no sky at all, only a void. And walking across such a wasteland was none other than Azure Dragon Qianqian, who had previously tossed Young Yuanzi to Jiraiya and then fled, having long since vanished without a trace. Her steps were not easy; clearly, even with a body as tough as the Azure Dragon's, she was being suppressed by the harsh environment around her.

Qianqian had already stayed in this desert of only silence for too long; all this time, the scenery around her had been both monotonous and maddening. However, compared to the purpose for which she had spent so much time finding a way to locate this godforsaken place, the mere influence of the environment could hardly be called an obstacle. Once again she climbed over an icy sand dune.

Looking up, on the distant horizon there appeared something that clashed with its surroundings; even though it looked extremely dilapidated, with half of it having collapsed, Qianqian immediately recognized it — she had reached her destination.

A cluster of old palace buildings that had completely lost their original form. Picking up a broken brick and examining it carefully, Qianqian discovered that the stone materials used in this building complex had almost all been sourced and fired on the spot.

Applying a little force, the brick in her hand crumbled into grey-white sand; the construction was extremely ancient, which coincided exactly with the intelligence she had obtained.

Ōtsutsuki Hata, who had voluntarily accompanied Kaguya into exile, had erected this building complex under seemingly impossible circumstances. Of course, Qianqian did not believe that these abandoned palaces, which had completely collapsed into ruins, represented Ōtsutsuki Hata's entire work; clearly, the true location where Kaguya was sealed was not here. Judging from the intelligence she had already gathered, this was entirely unsurprising.

Turning her head to look at the deep, dark, endless void, that blue planet that seemed so close was like the only source of light; she was like a flame in the darkness — if there were moths, it would truly be a cruel hope.

Qianqian pursed her lips. Fortunately, she had merely projected herself onto the moon through a secret art; otherwise, even she would have been unable to cross the distance between two planets. Thinking of Kaguya being sealed in this godforsaken place, fully conscious yet unable to move even a single finger — and this situation had continued for a full thousand years.

Sometimes, having too long a lifespan did not seem to be a good thing either. With this thought, Qianqian had already arrived at the very center of the entire ruin.

The largest hall within the collapsed palace complex — even though it no longer had a dome in its heart, just looking at those pillars that required several people to encircle them, one could imagine how magnificent it must have been when intact.

This was all merely surface appearance. Without hesitation, Qianqian walked to what appeared to be the center of the hall; feeling the hollowness of the floor beneath her feet, she directly raised her foot and stomped down hard. A soundless shockwave spread outward with Qianqian at its center.

The building, which had basically been reduced to just its foundations, instantly collapsed. Because the moon itself has no atmosphere and insufficient gravity, the debris, almost without decelerating, was carried by the shockwave as it spread outward. Apart from a bottomless great hole, there was no longer any trace of man-made construction at the spot where Qianqian had just been standing.

From initially needing to apply her own force to descend, to once again feeling the gravity from below.

Qianqian did not know how long she had been falling; just as she was nearly out of patience and about to transform into the Azure Dragon, the dim, falling layers of earth before her instantly switched to a vast, suddenly open space, and she could even see, not far away, the light source illuminating the entire underground world.

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