CHAPTER 241: CHAPTER 134: WISDOM

"Boom!"

The boulder landed, and Orochimaru suddenly shivered, vigilantly drawing out a kunai.

Kamihane leisurely looked around, a smile on his face, as if he had expected everything.

This was a cramped stalactite cave, dark and cramped. The surrounding walls were covered with pits, and the dense crystals on the ground provided the only source of light.

"Buzz..."

Orochimaru’s black hair fluttered, and a high-speed rotating chakra ball condensed in his palm. Accompanied by the swirling airflow, he pressed it **** the stone door next to him.

"Rasengan!"

With a "boom" sound, blue light burst forth, and the Rasengan exploded suddenly, but the stone wall did not react in any way. Instead, Orochimaru was blown away by the powerful reaction force.

Kamihane lightly reached out and grabbed Orochimaru’s collar like a spiritual rhinoceros, preventing him from falling directly on the wall.

"Unlike the illusion in the first level, everything in front of you is a genuine sealing barrier. With your current methods, you can’t break through it," he said lightly, letting his disciple swing back and forth like a swing, but his arm remained motionless.

The impact gradually dissipated, and Kamihane let go, allowing his disciple to land on the ground.

"Sealing technique?" Orochimaru regained his composure, bent down and picked up a tricolor crystal, staring at its standard triangular pyramid outline, lost in thought.

He stepped to the side of the wall and observed carefully before realizing that the pits on the wall were not naturally formed. Although the size and shape were different, the inner wall was smooth and flat, as if inlaid with invisible geometric bodies.

He glanced around and found a small triangular pit. He put the triangular pyramid in his hand into it, and the size and length were just right.

"Are? You’re quite smart!"

A woman’s voice suddenly appeared in the cave. Orochimaru turned back suddenly, and a petite white figure came into view.

This woman was floating cross-legged in the air, and the decorations on her body were similar to those of Tagitsuhime. The white ribbons behind her were moving without wind, and her face was lovable. A pair of round almond eyes were full of cunning.

"Let me introduce myself, I am Ichikishimahime, and this is the second test leading to Ryūchi Cave."

Orochimaru licked his lips, "If I kill you, the stone door will open, right?"

"Eh?" Ichikishimahime blinked her eyes and chuckled, "Unfortunately, this barrier is not my work. I am just a proctor. It is useless to kill me."

"That’s a pity," Orochimaru shook his head and sighed lightly.

"Eh, you’re looking down on me." Ichikishimahime floated in front of Orochimaru, "Don’t look at me like this, I’m still a sage. If we really fight, you may not be my opponent."

"What about me?" Kamihane asked with interest.

"You don’t count," Ichikishimahime glanced at Kamihane and said calmly, "White Snake Sage has told me, you can just be air. Anyway, this mere test won’t be difficult for you."

Orochimaru picked up another crystal and said lightly, "If I’m not mistaken, I probably have to fill all the crystals into the wall in the correct positions to pass the level, right?"

"That’s right, you are so smart."

Ichikishimahime tilted her body and shook her head, "I will only let you go if you fill all the holes in this stone room."

"All the holes..."

Orochimaru pondered for a moment and formed seals with both hands, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

"Boom boom boom boom!"

A burst of white smoke scattered, and Orochimaru created four shadow clones. Several small snakes crawled out of the sleeves of each shadow clone at the same time. They crawled through the crystal piles, sending the crystals selected by Orochimaru back to his hands.

"It’s so strange, I didn’t expect you to be able to control snakes?" Ichikishimahime said in surprise.

Orochimaru held a small snake in the palm of his hand, watching it "hiss" and spit out its letter, and said softly, "These snakes are all raised by me personally. I referred to the method of raising insects by the Aburame clan of Konoha Village, and used my chakra to feed them since I was a child, so our hearts are connected."

"Also, I don’t like to be disturbed when I’m working," Orochimaru glanced at her sideways, "You keep talking to me, it will delay my progress."

Ichikishimahime sighed regretfully, "So ruthless."

Orochimaru immediately became focused, and the clones also began to act, filling the suitable crystals into the wall little by little.

In the middle, Orochimaru encountered an "L" shaped hole, but he didn’t have a crystal of this shape in his hand. He just thought about it slightly and inserted two rectangular crystals of the same width into the hole in combination.

In addition, when he encountered some crystals that were larger than the scale of the hole, he would not hesitate to break them directly, cut them into suitable sizes with wind blades, and then perfectly fill them in.

This scene made Ichikishimahime open her eyes slightly.

You know, this is the most difficult step in this trial.

It is said to fill all the holes, but the size of the crystals and the holes do not correspond one by one. There are always some strangely shaped holes that cannot be filled, and no matter how hard the examinee searches, there is no way to find a suitable crystal at all.

In the long search, the will will be gradually worn away, and the chakra will be swallowed like sucking bone marrow.

But... Orochimaru seemed to skip this step directly.

Soon, with the concerted efforts of all the clones, Orochimaru filled all the holes in less than half an hour. As the last crystal was embedded in the pit, the entire stone room suddenly disappeared, and the surroundings returned to a piece of mist.

Ichikishimahime sat on a large stone, her two slender legs hanging down, and asked curiously, "How did you guess that step?"

Orochimaru asked in confusion, "Which step?"

"Aiya, it’s the step of creating your own shape!"

"Oh, you said that," Orochimaru said casually, "When facing seemingly solidified problems, you need to change your thinking and solve the problem from different angles. If there is no suitable path, you need to create one yourself. This is the basic quality of a researcher."

"You are amazing..." Ichikishimahime pouted her small mouth, and finally glanced at Kamihane before gradually dissipating her figure.

"Okay, teacher, we can go to the next level," Orochimaru turned to look at Kamihane.

Suddenly, a wisp of cold wind crawled over his back, and he instantly widened his eyes. Before he could turn his head, a human-headed snake’s head approached the back of his neck silently and bit down.

"Pfft!"

A numb pain came from his neck. Orochimaru’s face twisted. Out of the subconscious instinct of a ninja, he immediately raised his hand to fight back, but was easily dodged by the opponent.

A fluttering figure of a woman appeared behind him at some point. The long neck shrank like a spiritual snake and turned to normal size.

"Nice to meet you, my name is Tagorihime, and I am responsible for the third test."

The woman touched her lips, retracted her fangs, and the hideous snake face instantly turned into a beauty’s face, and her voice was soft.

Orochimaru pressed his neck hard and reached into his waist bag, "This time, are we finally going to fight!"

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