Chapter 201: My Job Panel Is Somehow an Anime Style? Chapter 90

Hearing Li Ang's words, Orochimaru's face instead revealed a smile: "Long Jun, aren't you being a bit too arrogant?"

This one of the Three Shinobi had already written off the person before him as a raving madman.

Seeing that he did not trust him, Li Ang did not take offense, and instead brought up another matter: "Chakra is not the power native to this world itself; as a contractor of Ryūchi Cave, you must have heard something of this, no?"

The smile on Orochimaru's face froze for an instant.

He had indeed heard similar words from the White Snake Sage.

The original power of this world was called natural energy by the White Snake Sage, and it was also one of the necessary conditions for learning Sage Mode.

But unfortunately, Orochimaru had never learned it.

Or rather, he did not want to learn it, because the process of cultivating Ryūchi Cave Sage Art was far too dangerous.

"What does this have to do with what you, Long Jun, just said?"

Seeing Orochimaru rein in his smile, Li Ang could not help but smile as well: "The being from beyond the heavens sowed the Divine Tree; the Goddess of Uzu killed the being from beyond the heavens and seized the Chakra Fruit that the Divine Tree bore."

"What do you mean?"

Orochimaru could not help but knit his brows tightly.

Terms like the being from beyond the heavens, the Divine Tree, the Goddess of Uzu, and the Chakra Fruit kept circling in this one of the Three Shinobi's ears.

But upon seeing that Li Ang did not seem to intend to continue, Orochimaru immediately realized something.

He smoothed out his brow, and a false smile reappeared on his face: "What does Long Jun want?"

"A contract with Ryūchi Cave."

Li Ang had barely thought before he spoke out the first payment he required.

The reason he chose this payment was that a Ryūchi Cave contract would not cause any substantial loss to Orochimaru.

It was a price both sides could accept.

Sure enough, after a brief consideration, Orochimaru nodded and agreed.

As he formed hand seals, a huge scroll soon appeared before Li Ang accompanied by a puff of white smoke.

The scroll looked much the same as the Myōboku Mountain contract that Naruto had signed in his memory, except the color was slightly different.

He unrolled the scroll and saw two names.

Orochimaru, Uchiha Sasuke.

Seeing this, he bit his finger, then wrote his own name on it in the script of the Naruto world.

Thanks to the 【Traveler】 talent, otherwise Li Ang really would have been like some martial-exam champion unable to write his own name.

'Li Ang.'

Looking at the name on the scroll, a glint flickered in Orochimaru's eyes.

Never heard of him.

He could be certain that in recent years none of the major shinobi villages had such a powerful ninja.

"Long Jun can continue now, yes?"

Orochimaru rolled up the scroll and said with a false smile.

"Tch—I recall that just signing a contract with Ryūchi Cave isn't enough, right? You'll have to take me on a trip around Ryūchi Cave."

Ryūchi Cave was different from Myōboku Mountain and Shikkotsu Forest; the snakes inside were mostly ill-tempered by nature, and they couldn't simply be summoned out and used.

Of course, for Li Ang, those merely oversized snakes were of little use; his true purpose was to go meet the White Snake Sage and see if he could learn Ryūchi Cave's Sage Mode.

After a moment of silence, Orochimaru summoned an ordinary snake, neither too big nor too small: "Give word, please ask Tagitsuhime to reverse-summon us to Ryūchi Cave."

As the words fell, the little snake vanished in an instant.

At this moment, Orochimaru's snake-like pupils glanced at Li Ang.

He had not expected the person before him to know Ryūchi Cave so well.

Tch. A pity, didn't fool him.

But not only Ryūchi Cave, even he himself was well understood.

A strange person.

Soon, two magic circles covered in dense characters unfurled beneath their feet.

Having studied the Summoning Technique, Li Ang naturally knew this was the effect of a reverse summoning, and so did not resist.

Boom—

As the white smoke slowly dispersed, Li Ang found he had already been transported from Orochimaru's underground secret base to a gloomy cavern.

"Orochimaru, you've decided to train in Sage Art?"

At this moment, a voice carrying a hint of malice reached both their ears.

Hearing this, a sinister smile on his face, Orochimaru replied: "Tagitsuhime, I'm merely bringing a new contractor to find a suitable summoning beast."

"A newcomer, huh."

The woman named Tagitsuhime looked at Li Ang standing to one side.

"Hiss—!"

Looking at Tagitsuhime, whose vicious intent was fully exposed and whose face was transforming from human to snake, Orochimaru slightly furrowed his brow: "Tagitsuhime, without the White Snake Sage's permission, you can't just go ahead and eat a contractor, can you?"

"My apologies."

A trace of bewilderment appeared on Tagitsuhime's face as she forcibly transformed her features back into a human's.

For some unknown reason, the new contractor beside Orochimaru always made her feel extremely tense.

At this moment, Li Ang spoke up: "Take me to see the White Snake Sage; I want to train in Ryūchi Cave's Sage Art."

"Yes."

Tagitsuhime instinctively responded in the posture of a subordinate.

However, at this moment a hint of displeasure appeared on Orochimaru's face: "Long Jun should know that training in Sage Art takes no small amount of time, right? And if one fails—"

His implication was that today's selection of a spirit-linked beast was enough; he should hurry back and reveal the rest of the matter.

"Orochimaru, go back and prepare the terms of the deal," Li Ang replied calmly, "as for failure—"

"Do you believe the words of someone who failed to cultivate immortal arts?"

Upon hearing this, Orochimaru fell into a brief silence.

A few seconds later, he let out a cold snort, formed hand seals, and vanished.

Clearly, he had accepted Li Ang's words.

At this moment, Li Ang turned to Tianxin Shengji, who stood motionless: "Let's go."

He knew cultivating immortal arts would take considerable time, but it didn't matter—what he could obtain from Akatsuki was already mostly secured.

Even if they expelled him, it wouldn't be a major issue.

As for capturing the Tailed Beasts—

His presence or absence made little difference.

"Your Grace, the White Snake Immortal is not—" Tianxin Shengji was about to refuse upon hearing Li Ang's words, but then her expression froze. "Your Grace, please follow me."

Saying this, she turned and walked into the depths of the cave.

Along the way, Li Ang saw an enormous number of snakes, some of which were so massive they rivaled the Tailed Beasts.

He wondered what they'd been eating to grow so large.

Soon, under Tianxin Shengji's guidance, Li Ang arrived before a temple at the very deepest part of the cave.

Looking at the hunched old woman seated upon the temple's throne, Li Ang knew she was the so-called White Snake Immortal.

Of course, besides the White Snake Immortal, two other women, dressed similarly to Tianxin Shengji, were also present.

"It has been a long time since any guest came here."

The old woman rose from her throne, walked up to Li Ang, and began to scrutinize him.

"You wish to learn the immortal arts of Dragon Palace Grotto?"

Seeing Li Ang nod, the old woman suddenly laughed: "Then let me see if you're worthy."

As she spoke, her pupils transformed into vertical slits.

Unlike the old toad of Myōboku Mountain, her prophetic ability was extremely weak.

Still, it was sufficient for this situation.

After all, she only wanted to glimpse the near future of this madman who came to Dragon Palace Grotto seeking power, and determine whether he had the qualification to cultivate its immortal arts.

The immortal arts of Dragon Palace Grotto were not something anyone could learn.

Then she saw it.

Within a bronze palace vast beyond a planet, swirling clouds filled the air; a faceless man sat upon the Wang Zuo, gazing at her.

His blinding golden eyes, like stars, nearly burned her soul to ash.

'Oh, White Snake Immortal? Remember not to look carelessly in the future.'

The old woman gasped sharply; a voice, as if an illusion, echoed in her mind.

What was that??

She stared blankly at Li Ang, who stood before her, utterly confused.

She could no longer recall the specific images, only the intensely blazing golden eyes, and that—

That indescribable aura.

"White Snake Immortal?"

Seeing her state, the three Shengji nearby cried out in concern.

At the sound, the old woman snapped back to awareness.

She glanced at the three Shengji, then at Li Ang, and spoke: "Forgive me for embarrassing myself."

"Your Grace?"

The three Shengji were stunned—they had never seen the White Snake Immortal show such deference to a human.

Especially Tianxin Shengji, as the first Dragon Palace Grotto member to encounter Li Ang, she had long sensed something odd.

But before they could react, the old woman vanished abruptly.

Immediately, a white snake of absurdly enormous size appeared before them.

The White Snake Immortal had dispelled her disguise.

It slithered to Li Ang's feet, lowered its massive head, and spoke: "For you to seek the immortal arts of Dragon Palace Grotto is my honor. I shall now infuse you with natural energy."

"Oh?"

Li Ang now began to understand.

He suspected the White Snake Immortal's drastic change in attitude was almost certainly due to his bloodline.

Yet after acquiring the technique to conceal his dragon aura from the 【Ai O Group】, he had already learned and used it.

He didn't know how this giant snake had discovered it.

But pondering it now was useless.

Li Ang ignited his golden eyes, gazing at the White Snake Immortal, and murmured: "Interesting."

"Then proceed."

Upon seeing Li Ang's golden eyes, the White Snake Immortal's mind held only one thought.

It couldn't be wrong—

This man was the owner of those very eyes.

After a moment of silence, the White Snake Immortal made an extremely bold decision.

She was going all in.