Chapter 70: Trading with Orochimaru
A long, pallid face. Narrowed eyes in which sickly yellow, snake-like pupils radiated a terrifying aura…
The suffocating pressure of Kage-level strength—this was the Sannin known as the Wind of Calamity, Orochimaru! Orochimaru had actually walked out of the laboratory himself. His pale face was twisted with pain—this body had been used for far too long and could collapse at any moment. If he didn't find a new vessel for reincarnation soon, he would truly die.
He needed Sasuke! "Long time no see. You really weren't as cute as a child anymore."
Li Jie Xuan greeted Orochimaru naturally.
"You know me?"
Orochimaru leaned against the wall, confusion filling his eyes. "But I've never seen you before!"
After all, the one I met was you from another timeline—three years old! Li Jie Xuan merely smiled and shook his head. "Let's talk about the deal instead!"
"What do you want?"
"The complete immortality technique!"
Li Jie Xuan nodded with a smile. "What—did you think you had anything else worth trading?"
"You want the immortality technique?"
Orochimaru's gaze instantly turned dangerous. His sickly yellow snake pupils tightened slightly. The secret of immortality had consumed nearly his entire life. He had paid everything just to barely complete the foundation—how could such a thing possibly be handed over so easily!
"You have quite the appetite! On what grounds?"
"Because you need Sasuke!"
"Not enough!"
Orochimaru sneered. "Sasuke is destined to be mine. At worst, I'll just wait three more years—I'll still have him!"
"Add the Byakugan!"
Orochimaru accepted Hyuga Neji's Byakugan and curled his lip disdainfully. "This kind of defective Byakugan—Danzo has given me plenty…"
"I'm talking about a complete Byakugan!"
Li Jie Xuan smiled and raised two fingers, pointing at his own eyes. "You hand over the full process of the immortality technique, and I'll give you Sasuke—and these eyes of mine!"
At those words, even Orochimaru was stunned. He had seen lunatics before—but never one like Li Jie Xuan! To trade away his own eyes—these precious, complete Byakugan—for a forbidden technique! If not for the same fanatical pursuit of immortality, how could someone make such a choice? "Interesting. Truly interesting!"
Orochimaru clapped lightly, then took out a small purple scroll from his clothing and tossed it over from a distance. "It's yours!"
The moment Li Jie Xuan caught the scroll, the system's voice rang out.
"Acquired—Complete Immortality Technique Scroll!"
"The scroll includes the Living Corpse Reincarnation Tome and the Curse Mark Technique!"
With the system's confirmation, it meant Orochimaru hadn't played any tricks. Li Jie Xuan stretched out both hands and, right in front of Orochimaru, forcibly dug out his own eyes!
"Orochimaru, this is what I promised you!"
Kabuto Yakushi accepted the Byakugan, excitement written all over his face. "This really is a perfect Byakugan! With this, many experiments can be restarted!"
"As for Sasuke, he's seven kilometers away—three hundred steps to the left. If you hurry, you'll still make it!"
After speaking, Li Jie Xuan calmly sat back down where he was. The moment Kabuto heard Sasuke's exact location, he rushed off…
After a brief silence, it was Orochimaru who walked over to Li Jie Xuan first. "I can tell—you really have seen me before…"
"Yes. We even fought once."
Since there was nothing better to do, Li Jie Xuan didn't mind chatting with Orochimaru. After all, this counted as a different kind of old acquaintance.
"Who won?"
"I did—barely."
Li Jie Xuan shook his head with a smile. "In truth, you were a bit stronger than me at the time. I relied on external means."
"..."
Li Jie Xuan sat there, chatting and laughing with Orochimaru.
Just then, Kabuto returned…
"This child is actually able to be this close to Lord Orochimaru!"
Kabuto adjusted his glasses, hiding the shock in his eyes. Orochimaru didn't have such a thing as friends…
He returned with the sealing barrel still emitting purple smoke. Sasuke hadn't been released from the seal yet and remained in a state of feigned death.
"Lord Orochimaru, hurry and perform the reincarnation!"
Kabuto was anxious—he valued Orochimaru's life even more than his own! However, Orochimaru suddenly stood up and took out a small piece of white snake skin from his robe. "This is White Snake Slough. Without the aid of Ryuchi Cave, the curse mark cannot be activated."
"Because the power of the curse mark comes from Ryuchi Cave!"
After saying that, Orochimaru disappeared into the darkness with the sealing barrel…
Gripping the white snake slough in his hand, Li Jie Xuan immediately felt cold sweat break out all over his body. He wasn't an encyclopedia—there was no way he could remember every detail from Naruto.
The power of the curse mark comes from Ryuchi Cave!
This was something Li Jie Xuan had overlooked.
In the end, Orochimaru had still kept a card up his sleeve.
If Orochimaru hadn't been moved by Li Jie Xuan's pursuit of immortality, this trip might have been completely wasted…
Just then, the system suddenly issued a notification to Li Jie Xuan: "Mission failed. This training instance is about to end…"
Mission failed? That meant Orochimaru had succeeded!?
Before Li Jie Xuan could confirm it, an overwhelming wave of dizziness slammed into him.
Li Jie Xuan knew he was about to leave this world. Laughing, he shouted loudly, "Orochimaru— you were much cuter when you were a kid…"
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