At noon that day, Shangguan Mo and his group were stopping by the roadside to rest.

Some low buildings could be seen in the direction ahead of them, which seemed to be the edge of a small town.

Shangguan Mo and Tian Feng were chewing their dry food, their eyes were a little unfocused, and they looked listless.

They practiced until late last night, and were called up by Watanabe Mousse before dawn this morning.

This boring journey made people feel even more sleepy after noon.

Only Watanabe Mousse leaned against a carriage and looked at the map in his hand.

"By the way, why do we have to pass through Youmeng City ahead? There are so many people and eyes, which will only add trouble to our mission!"

Tian Feng said with some dissatisfaction, and then choked his throat, as if he was choked by the dry food, and quickly poured a large mouthful of water into his mouth.

"I don't know, but when I was in the mission hall, Zuo Xun Jonin specifically told me about it."

Watanabe Toneri said lightly.

"Oh? He actually went to the mission hall? Doesn't he hate dealing with those merchants and nobles the most?"

Tian Feng was a little surprised, but he didn't think much about it.

They are all companions from the same village. Since there is an explanation, it must be for their own good.

Only Shangguan Mo was confused.

"Zuo Xun Jonin? Who are you talking about?"

"It's another male Jonin in the village! No way! You don't even know him?"

Tian Feng looked at him a little exaggeratedly.

"Oh..."

Shangguan Mo nodded slightly, and the image of a cheerful middle-aged man emerged in his mind.

On the day Shangguan Mo left the village, Tangyin Village.

Task Hall.

The space here is quite spacious, but the decoration of the hall seems very simple to outsiders, which makes some merchants who come to the hall to issue tasks look more frivolous, and the contempt in their eyes is not concealed at all.

Until a thin old man appeared.

"Lord Zhi Yujing!"

"I heard that you were injured, and I was worried about your health. Now it seems that I was worried too much. Aren't you fine?"

"Yes, Lord Zhi Yujing, how can you have time to visit us small merchants today! I should have prepared a gift to visit you..."

The hall instantly became lively and even exaggerated.

Zhi Yujing walked in slowly with a smile on his face.

If Shangguan Mo was here, he would be able to see at a glance that the leader of Tangyin Village looked more old than when he saw him that time.

Two Tangyin ninjas followed closely behind him, their eyes never leaving Chiyujing, with some worry in their eyes.

In front of these rich people, Chiyujing seemed very happy, smiling and greeting the few people who came to post the employment tasks.

After talking for a while, seeing that Chiyujing, the leader of Tangyin, seemed a little tired, these merchants also left tactfully and stopped disturbing him.

After a slow circle in the hall, Chiyujing was ready to leave.

He came to the mission hall this time just to pass on the news that he was in good health through the mouths of these Tang Kingdom merchants.

In the past month, he has hardly shown up in the village. Whether in the village or outside, there are some rumors, which makes the residents of the village a little unstable.

At this time, the injuries he suffered in the previous battle with Jizo have basically recovered.

But the severe damage to his internal organs caused his body functions to decline rapidly. In addition, he was already sixty years old. After the war, although he saved his life, his strength was no longer the same as before. He himself didn't even know whether he could still fight.

Just as he turned to leave, a person in the hall caught his attention.

Slightly startled, Zhi Yujing walked towards a soup ninja sitting in the hall.

The mission hall is a place for accepting employment and issuing tasks to village ninjas, so usually there will be one or several ninjas from Tangyin sitting here.

When the business is busy, there will be several ninjas in the mission hall to accept employment from the people of Tang Country, and these employment tasks will be rated according to the difficulty level, and finally they will be issued to Tangyin ninjas with corresponding strength according to the task level and difficulty.

With the scale of Tangyin ninjas, these Tangyin ninjas sitting in the mission hall are generally Genin, and now the cold winter has not completely passed, and there are not many ordinary people who come to Tangyin Village to issue tasks.

But let Zhi Yujing

Jing felt a little strange that it was the off-season for missions, but the person sitting in the mission hall was actually a Chunin.

And he knew him.

He built and developed the Yuyin Village by himself. Except for some Genin he couldn't name, he was familiar with other Chunins.

Each of these Chunins in the village was recruited by him personally or promoted by him.

"Tanuki, why are you here?"

Chiyu Jing looked at a male ninja in his thirties sitting behind the desk.

The Tang Ninja stood up quickly and bowed his head respectfully.

"Chief, I didn't have any missions today, so I came to the mission hall to take a look."

"Hmm..."

Chiyu Jing nodded without comment.

"I see, it's okay, I'm just a little curious, so please continue to work."

He said with a smile.

"Yes! I don't feel tired serving the leader!"

The raccoon shouted with a sullen face, but a trace of relief flashed in his eyes.

But what kind of person is Zhi Yujing? Half of his body is buried in the soil. He can be said to be old and wise.

Naturally, he took in the performance of the raccoon.

But he still had a smile on his face. He nodded to the raccoon kindly and turned to leave the mission hall with the two soup ninjas.

As soon as he walked out of the mission hall, Zhi Yujing's face quickly became gloomy, and his eyes were thoughtful.

"Go check which people in the village have accepted the mission today. Remember, do it secretly."

"Go check which ninjas have entered the mission hall today, including the records of leaving the village. Come back and tell me when you find it."

After just thinking for a moment, Zhi Yujing quickly said to the two confidants behind him.

“Chief, there are not many ninjas in the village who have received new missions today. There are only three teams, but one of them is… um, a little strange.”

In a room, Zhiyujing was listening to the report of his confidant.

“Why is it strange?”

Looking at his subordinates with strange faces, Zhiyujing raised his gray eyebrows slightly.

“It’s the senior ninja Watanabe with his son and two young junior ninjas, Hetian Feng, and… the junior ninja who just graduated from the ninja school—Shangguan Mo!”

The soup ninja paused for a moment and continued.

“Oh, by the way, they have accepted an escort mission from the Land of Fire.”

“Hmm…”

Zhiyujing felt relieved after hearing this and nodded lightly.

He personally arranged this lineup to pave the way for Shangguan Mo, the young man he had high hopes for.

He had a premonition that his time was running out, but he was always worried about the future of the Hidden Tang Village.

Although Shangguan Mo is not even an adult yet, and he is just a fledgling Genin who has just graduated from the Ninja School.

But he has long known Shangguan Mo's character from Jingxia Rino, and he is very optimistic about this young man.

He also believes that it is a wise choice for him to hand over the village to him in the future.

But in fact, he has no better choice.

Shangguan Mo, who performed so well in several battles, has naturally been seen by him.

He is mature, thoughtful, strange, kind-hearted, and powerful. Except for being a little lazy and unwilling to take responsibility, Shangguan Mo has almost no shortcomings in his eyes.

And Watanabe Mousse is treated by him as his own brother. With his strength as a Jonin, he will be the strongest supporter of Shangguan Mo in the future.

Tian Feng and Watanabe Toneri are the most talented young people in the village. It should be no problem for them to be promoted to Jonin in the future. If they build a good relationship with Shangguan Mo at this time, they will naturally become his right-hand men in the future.

It can be said that he has already arranged Shangguan Mo's future path clearly!

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like