Chapter 5: The Key to Unlocking the Treasure

The Sharingan granted Zhang Luofu not only powerful dynamic vision, hypnosis, and insight—but even his gaze surpassed its limits; he could now see figures nearly a kilometer away with the naked eye.

This already exceeded the effect of a tenfold telescope.

At a kilometer’s distance, even with a tenfold telescope, the scene would appear as if viewed from only a hundred meters away—most people couldn’t make out details clearly.

But in Zhang Luofu’s eyes, the scene a kilometer away seemed as close as if right before him!!

He watched from afar as Zhang Chulan and Liu Yanyan entered a small inn.

Zhang Luofu didn’t have to wait long.

Liu Yanyan stepped out of the inn alone; beside her, several figures cloaked entirely in black robes carried a large package into a car.

Seeing this, Luofu directly told the driver beside him: “Driver, be careful—follow that car!!”

“Young man, Itachi can hire my car, but I can’t do anything illegal!! First tell me—what do Itachi plan to do by tailing them?”

His expression darkened; Luofu quickly showed a gnashing, furious look and said: “That bitch is my girlfriend. I just want to know who the other bastard is. Got it?”

The driver instantly understood. He gave Zhang Luofu a sympathetic glance, pressed the accelerator, and sped after Liu Yanyan’s direction.

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On the car, the driver, steering with one hand, spoke earnestly: “Young man, don’t be so hot-headed. Even if Itachi really… really caught some proof, don’t resort to violence. Remember, she’s just your girlfriend, not your wife—even if your wife cheated, Itachi can’t just hit her. And Itachi kids today—Itachi treat emotions like a joke. Don’t be too heartbroken; I’ve been driving for years—what haven’t I seen? Let me tell Itachi, last time I met a guy who traveled often…”

“Enough!! Driver, shut up for a moment! I’m not in the mood to hear this!!” Luofu impatiently cut him off.

No wonder he was a Tianjin driver—every word sounded like a xiangsheng performance.

But now Luofu’s mind was entirely focused on tracking Liu Yanyan, hoping to catch a glimpse of the Earth Monkey’s underground technique, seeking inspiration to complete his plan of turning ninjutsu into magic.

During this period, Luofu’s efforts weren’t entirely fruitless.

The hand seals of the ninja world were useless—he’d tested them countless times; each time he triggered them, the primordial qi would fall silent again.

Even compared to the ninja seals, simple Daoist hand gestures were superior.

For example, the Thunder Ancestor Seal or the Five Thunder Seal stirred the primordial qi far more powerfully than a sequence of ninja Lightning Release seals—far more efficient.

After following for less than an hour,

Liu Yanyan’s car stopped outside a deserted sports field.

Seeing this, the driver instinctively said: “Young man, Itachi’d better ditch this girlfriend of yours. She’s playing too dirty. Break up now before Itachi lose more.”

“Thanks for the advice, Driver!” Luofu glared at him, then transferred payment via phone: “Alright, fare’s paid. Itachi can go now!!”

“Young man, listen to me—don’t act rashly! Rashness is the devil! Lose the fight, Itachi end up in the hospital; win it, Itachi go to jail. She’s just a girlfriend, not a wife—even wives get divorced. There are plenty of fish in the sea, don’t…”

The driver kept babbling, but Luofu, after stepping out of the car, scanned the surroundings and swiftly climbed to the roof of an abandoned building, overlooking the sports field from above.

His crimson eyes held only a single tomoe of the Sharingan.

Each additional tomoe in the Sharingan exponentially increased the drain on primordial qi.

Since Luofu was still waiting, he needed to conserve his primordial qi as much as possible.

Everything that followed unfolded exactly as he remembered.

Liu Yanyan met with Xia He and Lu Liang; Xia He teased Zhang Chulan…

The moment the Nandatong agents surrounded the field, Luofu’s eyes spun rapidly into a three-tomoe Sharingan.

Beneath the earth, a figure swiftly tunneled toward Xia He and Zhang Chulan.

The flow of primordial qi—even from afar—was fully visible to Luofu.

In the world of the individual, there were many observation methods—but even a three-tomoe Sharingan was only comparable to some rare techniques, capable of revealing the movement of primordial qi, yet incapable of imitation or replication.

Luofu didn’t need imitation or replication—he needed a key to unlock a treasure.

For Luofu, the Fire, Lightning, Earth, and Wind Release jutsu were like a treasure chest; he lacked only that thin, paper-thin hint of insight.

That hint was the key to the treasure—it would let Luofu leap instantly into becoming a fully-rounded Yiren.

Currently, with only primordial ability, Luofu could barely mimic the auxiliary power of the Twelve Labor Emotions Array—or the close-combat prowess of Demon Slayer Luofu’s Star Breathing. Outside of that, he could not manifest a single combat Yishu.

Yes!!

Demon Slayer Luofu, besides sharing with Zhang Luofu the Seventh Sin Eye at the brow—capable of manipulating and triggering the Seven Deadly Sins—was, before his transformation into an Oni, a Pillar of the Demon Slayer Corps.

His developed Star Breathing, though inferior to Kokushibo’s Sun Breathing and Michikatsu’s Moon Breathing, was certainly no weaker than the myriad other breathing styles that followed.

More crucially, Demon Slayer Luofu was born centuries before the story’s beginning; back then, the Demon Slayer Corps was vastly stronger than the future members who didn’t even know what a Bloodline Mark was. Perhaps because he simultaneously shared the abilities of Uchiha Luofu and Demon Slayer Luofu,

After returning from the shared space, Zhang Luofu quickly mastered Star Breathing, reached the level of activating the Bloodline Mark, and, aided by the Sharingan’s power, glimpsed the mystery of the Ultimate Realm—the Transparent World. He was close to fully unlocking it.

With all these buffs combined,

What he now lacked was a true key to unlock his own treasure.

And that key—was right before his eyes!!

(End of Chapter)