Chapter 543: We Can Come Out Now, Right?

Three days later, in the desert.

"Lian Ye, do we return directly to the original timeline, or continue traveling to other timelines?"

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang looked at the map in his hand, then turned his head toward his companion.

Although he is uninterested in everything happening in this timeline, he wants to keep enjoying this hard‑won travel time with Lian Ye.

When he returns to the Village to resume official duties, such leisurely moments will be hard to come by.

At least it will be so until he retires…

Thus, deep down he hopes Lian Ye will suggest continuing to other timelines.

Only a good brother could say that; his own nature wouldn't let him voice it.

Lian Ye rested his hands behind his head, unaware of Tuan Zang's hidden thought, and after a moment said,

"We'll go back first, then have the queen activate a Dragon Vein once more and see other periods."

They have been in this timeline only a few short days.

Tuan Zang barely managed to get leave; ending the trip so soon would indeed be a pity for them.

Lian Ye naturally doesn't want his good brother to return to the Village so early.

Anyway, with Yuanfei Rizhan stationed in the Village, there's no need to worry about any mishap.

Having served many years as Hokage Assistant, he can certainly run the Village in perfect order.

Besides, isn't that kid Qianshou Feijian in the Village?

If an unsolvable problem truly arises, they can just ask him to resolve it.

Since the Village won't face a crisis, he naturally wants to travel to other timelines with his good brother to experience local customs.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang heard Lian Ye's words, felt a quiet joy but showed none, and feigned nonchalance with a nod.

"I have no objection; I'll follow whatever you say."

Since the year Lian Ye became the squad leader, aside from occasional map disputes, he has unconditionally obeyed Lian Ye's orders at all other times.

Even after the squad disbanded and he became Hokage, the habit never changed.

Lian Ye knows Tuan Zang won't refuse, yet he still asks for his opinion.

Likewise, Tuan Zang knows Lian Ye knows he won't refuse.

Decades of togetherness have already forged a tacit, harmonious coordination between them.

Even Xiaochun Zhuanqin, who once served in their squad, never developed such rapport, or perhaps mutual understanding.

The reason is that Xiaochun is a woman; the two aren't interested in women and subconsciously keep their distance.

One could say Xiaochun suffered silent, cold‑bullying within the squad.

But she herself seemed completely unfazed, even enjoying it, laughing foolishly each day at their daily interactions.

Lian Ye and Zhi Cun Tuan Zang were puzzled by this, yet had no intention of digging deeper.

They just treated it as Xiaochun's personal quirk.

"We're about to reach Loulan's borders; I'm really curious which timeline we'll go to then."

Lian Ye looks forward to the Dragon Vein's random time‑travel property; it feels like a blind box full of uncertainty.

"I'm looking forward to it too," Zhi Cun Tuan Zang said, feigning anticipation.

In truth, he isn't particularly interested in which timeline they'll visit; he just wants to travel with Lian Ye.

Had he not unintentionally shown emotion in this timeline, Lian Ye's nature would certainly not have left so quickly.

Someone who can travel outside the Village for half a year couldn't possibly leave so early.

It was merely tending to his feelings.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang decided that, regardless of the next timeline, he must not show displeasure in front of Lian Ye.

He must never dampen Lian Ye's travel enthusiasm!

Let his good brother fully enjoy the fun of travel, while he simply stays quietly by his side.

He has never been interested in travel.

If anyone else invited him, he wouldn't agree at all!

The illustrious Third Hokage of Konoha Village is a figure who handles countless affairs daily, even his spare moments spent pondering the Village's development.

If not for Lian Ye's verbal hint, where would he find the mind to travel?

Even the usually carefree Lian Ye never said for Tuan Zang to take leave and accompany him on a trip.

He only reminded him to retire early, so they could travel together then.

The two soon arrived at Loulan.

In this timeline, Loulan had long become ruins; the once bustling streets no longer existed.

Queen Sara, though she kept the Loulan people alive, did not rebuild Loulan. The Dragon Vein was sealed by Bofeng Shuimen, hidden within the ruins.

"No one will clean up after us; the Dragon Vein could run rampant…" Zhi Cun Tuan Zang said gravely.

He naturally knows the Dragon Vein's power.

In their current timeline, the Loulan Queen handled the sealing of the Dragon Vein, and it seems no one here could reseal the newly opened Vein after they leave.

"No need to panic; I've already thought of a solution," Lian Ye whispered reassuringly.

Before arriving in this timeline, he prepared a large contingency precisely to prevent this.

Speaking so, he pulled a piece of flesh and blood from the Storage Scroll.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang: "……"

How many people's flesh has this guy actually brought over?

The one summoned before was Madara Uchiha; who is he trying to summon now?!

"Guess whose flesh I brought?"

Lian Ye shook the flesh and blood in his hand, having no intention of stating it outright.

Zhi Cun Tuan Zang: "……"

He has no way of knowing his good brother's thought process, and seriously suspects that Lian Ye's Storage Scroll contains a heap of Konoha strongmen's flesh and blood.

Among them even his own flesh and blood tissue…

He also doesn't know whether Teacher Feijian allowing him to study Impure World Reincarnation is good or bad?

This guy is too good at stirring things up!

"Really not going to guess?" Lian Ye, seeing Tuan Cang silent, suddenly found it uninteresting: "You guy have not a single humor cell."

Although after his childhood tutelage, Tuan Cang hasn't turned into the selfish, self‑serving type like Pot Shadow.

But fundamentally that aloof, silent, taciturn personality hasn't changed.

Lian Ye had no immediate plan to use Impure Earth Reincarnation, but instead tossed the flesh and blood to Tuan Cang, then looked toward the ruins ahead.

"Everyone's been with us all the way; they can come out now, right?"

Hidden in an alternate dimension, Uchiha Obito: "???"

Damn! When exactly did they discover me?

Hidden underground, Heijue: "???"

This guy probably isn't talking about me, right?

It has lived in the Ninja World for thousands of years, and is very confident in its own concealment methods.

The Uchiha in front of it is powerful, but not enough to detect its existence, right?

Know that as long as it intends to hide, even someone like the Sage of Six Paths cannot become aware of its existence!

Let alone a Uchiha Clan's Member who possesses a Kaleidoscope Sharingan.

With that thought, Heijue instantly put its mind at ease.

Lian Ye definitely wasn't talking about it; it must be someone else who came along.

"My patience is limited; I don't want to repeat it a second time!"

Lian Ye stared at the Loulan ruins ahead, his voice cold as he said.