Chapter 44: The Thing I Feared Most Still Happened

Night, Lian Ye lay on his bed, pondering the cause of the Valley of the End battle's outbreak.

After Konoha was founded, the Uchiha Clan's status in the Village was rather awkward.

The two's philosophies diverged.

Madara Uchiha foresaw that after Hashirama, Qianshou Feijian would inherit the Hokage Position, and the Uchiha might face annihilation.

He worried about Konoha's future, believing only his own way could safeguard the Uchiha Clan.

The long war made Uchiha Clan's Members loathe war and fear power.

Madara Uchiha, who always prized strength, failed to gain the Village's approval, and even the Uchiha Clan's Members did not trust or support him.

This left Madara feeling isolated and helpless, so he decided to leave Konoha and seek "true peace."

That so-called peace was Heijue's alteration of the Uchiha Stone Tablet's content—Infinite Moon Reading.

It made everyone drown in Ninjutsu within Genjutsu.

To Madara, wasn't this a kind of peace after all?

And the Valley of the End battle was the key for Madara Uchiha to awaken the Rinnegan.

According to the Stone Tablet, to activate the Rinnegan he must possess Hashirama's cells.

Thus, Madara controlled the Nine-Tails to assault Konoha, engaging Hashirama in battle.

This battle was also his farewell to the past.

"The Ninja World's peace is about to end..." Lian Ye murmured softly.

After the Valley of the End battle, little time remained for him to grow stronger.

If nothing unexpected occurred, in that fight Senju Hashirama was gravely wounded and would pass away within a few years.

By then, other ninja villages eyeing Fire Country would, upon hearing of Senju Hashirama's death, launch war without hesitation to seize that fertile land.

The first Ninja World War would erupt.

War is cruel; without enough power, survival is hard.

If Lian Ye remembers correctly, the first Ninja World War lasted many years, and several Shadow-level Strongmen perished in it.

Qianshou Feijian died in that war...

The war endured a long time; Lian Ye only knows a few major battles, yet they do not affect the war's overall pattern.

For example: the Second Generation Raikage launched an attack on Konoha, Feijian resisted, and after the fight continued for a while, both sides decided to form an Alliance.

During the Alliance Ceremony, Jinyin Jiaoyin staged a coup, killing the Second Generation Raikage and leaving Feijian severely wounded.

To cover his subordinates, Feijian stayed alone to fend off Jinyin Jiaoyin.

In the end, both sides perished together.

Additionally, the battles of Kirigakure Village and Iwagakure Village were fierce, and the Second Generation Water Shadow and Second Tsuchikage perished together in combat.

Lian Ye knows this is useless; with his strength he cannot alter the war's course.

At most he could warn Feijian early that the Alliance was dangerous, letting him prepare, or keep him from attending the Alliance Ceremony...

If he could change Feijian's fate, that would be good.

This youngster's political skill is at least better than Yuanfei Rizhan's.

With his leadership, Lian Ye's survival rate on the Battlefield could be a bit higher.

It also cannot be ruled out that this old fool deliberately gave him a suicide mission.

Given Lian Ye's understanding of Feijian, that probability is low, but not impossible...

For Feijian, the Village's safety outweighs everything.

If Lian Ye's death could benefit the Village, surely he would not hesitate to send him to his death.

In the end, having great personal strength is the most important!

"There's only a few years left; I will definitely become stronger!" Lian Ye clenched his fist, "From now on, training volume doubles!"

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Elsewhere, Feijian's room.

Feijian lay on his bed tossing and turning; he, who usually enjoys excellent sleep, was unusually insomnia today.

His older brother's abnormal behavior today made him feel puzzled and uneasy.

He didn't know what his older brother was worrying about?

Now the Village thrives, and the villagers' lives are happy.

Under his older brother's deterrence, other nations dare not start war, and the Ninja World has achieved its first peace since the Warring States era.

In such an environment, he doesn't understand what his older brother worries about?

Feijian fell into contemplation, "What could possibly make my older brother lose appetite and sleep?"

Suddenly, a person flashed through his mind.

If there were any upheaval, it could only be that Madara Uchiha guy.

Feijian's expression grew solemn, and he whispered softly:

"Could Madara Uchiha be plotting something?"

Since Madara Uchiha's defection from Konoha, no one has heard of his whereabouts, as if he evaporated from the world.

He had previously sent people across the Ninja World to search for Madara's trail, but unfortunately found nothing.

Feijian knows Madara Uchiha's terrifying nature.

If Madara does something extreme, only his older brother can stop him.

"I hope my guess is wrong..." Feijian said.

The Uchiha Clan is a bunch of dangerous psychopaths, and Madara Uchiha is the most dangerous among them.

There were originally two, and one was accidentally taken out by him.

So only the last one remains.

It's hard to imagine—if Madara Uchiha were to launch an attack on the Village, how many innocent people would be caught up?

Thinking of that, Qianshou Feijian sat up from the bed at once and strode toward the doorway.

Qianshou Feijian is a suspicious person; as long as something could happen, even with a low probability, he will not stand by idly.

To prevent this from happening, he needs to summon the sealing squad to reinforce Konoha Village's Jutsu Barrier, preventing Madara Uchiha from breaking into Konoha.

Twilight stains the sky like blood.

It seems to foretell that something bad is about to occur.

Qianshou Feijian had just opened the door when a deafening roar suddenly echoed from afar, the sound stabbing the eardrum.

Immediately after came a powerful and violent chakra.

He instinctively looked toward the source of the sound.

A massive crimson fox marched toward Konoha Village, its nine gigantic tails sweeping the forest, cutting trees cleanly in half wherever it passed.

"This... is this the Nine-Tails?" Qianshou Feijian leapt onto the roof.

At the instant he saw the Nine-Tails, his pupils suddenly contracted.

He had heard rumors about the Tailed Beast.

He also heard that Cloud Hidden Village tried to capture the Nine-Tails, but the Nine-Tails is so powerful that almost everyone sent there died.

Among them, two people were inadvertently swallowed into the Nine-Tails' belly.

They survived inside the Nine-Tails' stomach by devouring its flesh and blood, miraculously.

The two endured inside the Nine-Tails' belly for two weeks before it finally spat them out.

However, they turned misfortune into blessing, gaining the Nine-Tails' chakra.

Qianshou Feijian was puzzled, "Why is the Nine-Tails here?"

At that moment, the Nine-Tails' scarlet vertical pupils turned toward Konoha.

Qianshou Feijian noticed the Nine-Tails' eyes, and his breathing suddenly halted.

"Sharingan?!"

He saw a Three Tomoe Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes!

Moreover, a familiar figure stood atop the Nine-Tails' head.

Clad in red armor, it wielded a scythe and a round fan.

"Madara Uchiha!" Qianshou Feijian's expression grew solemn.

He hadn't expected that the very thing he feared would still occur...

Madara Uchiha... really came!