Chapter 803: Uchiha Shun Extra

"Lian Ye, how have you been lately?"

Ten years in Konoha.

Uchiha Shun secretly found Uchiha Lianye.

The two had been friends since childhood at the orphanage, and even though they didn't live together, their bond never changed.

"From now on, don't come to me so often," Lian Ye said in a low voice. "My status is sensitive; too much contact with me would be bad for you."

He was adopted by Qianshou Feijian, and the Uchiha were surely resentful.

Even if the fault doesn't lie with him...

Although Qianshou Feijian never said it outright, he often hinted that he was cut off from his clan.

Such a thought is quite normal.

Qianshou Feijian adopted Lian Ye and taught him cultivation; he could never become a White-eyed Wolf serving the Uchiha in the future, could he?

Since he was adopted, he has had to sever ties with the Uchiha.

Fortunately, Lian Ye had just crossed over and had no emotional foundation with his family, and the only person he knew in the orphanage was Uchiha Shun.

"Lian Ye."

Uchiha Shun's expression was complicated.

They had been friends, but because of this reason they had to part.

"Can our relationship really never return to how it was?"

"You should understand in your heart."

Lian Ye looked at the guy who was half a head taller than him, wondering what the other had been fed on to grow up like that.

They were in the same grade, yet the gap was that huge.

"I understand, Lian Ye," Uchiha Shun said seriously, "From now on we are strangers."

Although he was unwilling to admit it, the fact was that way.

After speaking, he gave one last glance at his former friend and turned away without hesitation.

"Tsk, my only Uchiha connection is gone."

Lian Ye sighed as he watched his departing back.

When he was first adopted by Qianshou Feijian, he would occasionally go to the Uchiha Clan Territory.

After all, he was an Uchiha clan member, so he naturally couldn't betray his roots.

But later the orphanage Director's attitude toward him changed, and combined with Qianshou Feijian's hints.

It made him realize he could no longer go to the Uchiha.

Otherwise he'd become a traitor.

Uchiha Clan Territory, orphanage.

Uchiha Shun returned to his room and said nothing.

His former friend had become a stranger, which was hard for the ten-year-old to accept.

He thought that once he grew stronger, he could become friends with Lian Ye again.

He believed that by then no one could say anything.

From then on, Uchiha Shun began to train hard, aiming to become the one who could win back his former friend.

A few years after graduating from Ninja School.

His strength reached Chunin level.

Uchiha Shun was very pleased; as long as he kept training, it would only take a few years to become Jonin.

By then, he and Lian Ye would be friends, and he believed neither the Uchiha nor Qianshou would say anything.

But things didn't go as hoped.

After Uchiha Tanaka became clan leader, he harbored resentment toward the wayward Lian Ye.

A proud Uchiha clan member, yet being adopted by his mortal enemy Qianshou Feijian was a disgrace to the family.

He began to openly and covertly threaten Lian Ye to leave Qianshou Feijian and return to the clan.

But Lian Ye, who was adopted by Qianshou Feijian, couldn't just leave at will.

Because of Uchiha Tanaka's overbearing pressure, Lian Ye completely severed ties with the clan.

The clan leader ordered that no one in the clan may associate with Lian Ye!

At that moment, Uchiha Shun, who had just returned from a mission with his squad, felt the sky had collapsed.

What a joke.

Lian Ye has severed ties with the clan; then what's the point of all his years of effort to become stronger?!

Late night, in the forest.

"Lian Ye, what exactly happened between you and the clan leader?"

Uchiha Shun finally got a chance to meet Lian Ye and eagerly asked for the reason.

"Nothing much, that old Uchiha Tanaka went crazy, trying to make me leave Qianshou Feijian and return to the clan."

He was also helpless about the suddenly erratic clan leader.

Sure enough, pure-blood Uchiha have some psychological issues.

He wouldn't talk to Qianshou Feijian, yet came to threaten him.

Truly a mysterious confidence...

"Why did it turn out like this?"

Uchiha Shun heard the words and muttered to himself, his face blank and at a loss.

"Then we..."

The conversation hadn't finished, but Lian Ye interrupted it.

"From now on we'll be strangers; the best thing is that if we meet in the future, we won't fight."

Seeing his former comrade's resolute demeanor, a mixture of emotions churned in his heart.

"Is this really the only way?"

Uchiha Shun left in a dejected, soul‑lost state.

He actually had few friends in the clan; teammates were teammates, and friends were friends.

The only friend in his heart was Lian Ye.

Unfortunately, for various reasons they gradually drifted apart.

No, it can't be like this!

Uchiha Shun thought that as long as he worked hard to become stronger, one day he could openly become friends with Lian Ye again.

Later he worked even harder at cultivation.

But his talent was limited; once his strength reached Jonin level, further improvement became difficult.

His efforts hit the ceiling.

When the first Ninja World War broke out, Lian Ye swiftly ended the war with his overwhelming power and Poison technique.

Since then he became the Village's hero.

Uchiha Tanaka dared not target Lian Ye, but ordered the clan members not to have any contact with him.

Uchiha Shun's strength was inferior to the clan head's, so he was forced to avoid contact with Lian Ye.

But he learned that Lian Ye cooked for Qianshou Feijian every day, so he often lingered at the market hoping to find a chance to meet him.

Whenever he had time, he would loiter in the market.

But he couldn't meet Lian Ye every time, yet he never gave up.

Thus it continued for about ten years.

Until the Second Ninja World War broke out.

Uchiha Shun's squad fell into an ambush, and at the critical moment Lian Ye appeared and killed the enemies.

After several years, they spoke to each other again.

"Thank you…"

He was so emotional his words became incoherent.

He had thought he would die here, but his former friend saved him.

That feeling was beyond words in its delight.

"You're badly wounded; return to the camp to recover. I'll handle the rest."

After giving the few of them instructions, Lian Ye left.

Uchiha Shun stared blankly at his departing silhouette, reluctant to look away for a long time.

He knew in his heart that they would never have a chance to be friends again.

They were already no longer people of this world.

The earlier injury severely reduced his strength, and after the war he no longer continued as a ninja.

Instead, he opened a Barbecue Restaurant in the Village.

The Barbecue Restaurant had been open only a few days.

Lian Ye brought Yuanfei Rizhan and others to hold a celebration banquet.

Uchiha Shun's gaze occasionally fell on Lian Ye, and he suddenly thought these days weren't bad…

Every so often, Lian Ye would bring friends to the Barbecue Restaurant for a meal.

Although they didn't interact much, since they were in a proprietor‑customer relationship, they could always exchange a few words.

Later Uchiha Tanaka abdicated, and Uchiha Jing became the clan head.

In fact, Uchiha Shun envied Uchiha Jing, because he could openly interact with Lian Ye.

Unlike him, who could only watch silently and do nothing.

Actually, he could disregard the clan's scrutiny.

But he had been too cautious before, and later he simply had no face to become friends with Lian Ye again.