"Drop that pitiful look already."
Ye Liang wasn't interested in young people—he preferred more mature company. He carried Temari to one side, helped her tend to her wounds, then stood up.
"I have other matters to attend to. I'll be leaving now."
As Ye Liang turned to leave, Temari quickly called out, "Lord Ye Liang, please come back with me to Sunagakure! I wish to thank you in person!"
Ye Liang slightly shook his head, remaining noncommittal.
Right now, he needed to find Kaguya Hime—there was no time to get involved in Suna's troubles.
Just as he turned away again, he heard Temari murmuring behind him, "...Too bad Lady Kaguya can't be healed."
A sudden clarity hit him!
Ye Liang abruptly spun around, rushing straight to Temari's side. "You know Kaguya?"
"Eh... Lord Ye Liang, what are you doing!"
Temari jumped in surprise.
Ye Liang grabbed her hand, and she blushed instantly.
"Lord Ye Liang, I'm still a decent woman!"
Ye Liang: [No response.]
Cough cough!
Ye Liang cleared his throat.
"Miss Temari, may I ask who this 'Lady Kaguya' you mentioned is? Is she a white-haired woman with white eyes?"
"You know Honored Lady Kaguya!" Temari's face lit up with excitement. She eagerly grabbed Ye Liang's hands. "I beg you—save Honored Lady Kaguya! If not, she'll be in grave danger!"
"What happened?"
Ye Liang took Temari's hand and started walking, listening as she explained that Kaguya seemed to be in danger.
"The situation is this—our village fell into chaos a few days ago. Half our Jonin defected from Sunagakure, and those of us left have been barely surviving under Lord Baki's leadership.
Then Lady Kaguya appeared. She helped us defeat the rogue ninja and saved the entire village. But... but!" Temari suddenly flushed red.
Ye Liang patted her gently on the back. "It's okay, continue."
Temari nodded.
"After we were safe, we spent several days with Lady Kaguya. Then one day, after drinking water, she suddenly spat out blood and collapsed into unconsciousness!
The medical ninjas said she suffered from a severe internal illness and required a rare medicinal herb to cure her. So I came out looking for medicine. It's already been several days."
"Internal illness? How could Kaguya possibly fall ill?"
Ye Liang was shocked.
Kaguya belonged to the Otsutsuki Clan. Even though she had suffered great losses, she wouldn't develop normal diseases—otherwise, she'd have long since died centuries ago.
"Perhaps it's due to some other reason."
Realizing this, Ye Liang quickly summoned an Explosive Bird. Holding Temari tightly, they flew swiftly toward Sunagakure Village.
After a long while, the two landed at the center of Sunagakure.
"Lord Ye Liang, have you been to Sunagakure before? You seem very familiar with the place," Temari asked casually as she hopped off the Explosive Bird.
"Mm, I came here some time ago, Lord Ye Liang."
Ye Liang nodded slightly, then followed Temari to her quarters.
The villagers along the way looked gaunt and pale, bearing faint injuries across their bodies as well.
"What exactly happened to your Sunagakure? Why did so many Jonin defect?"
Temari sighed and shook her head. "All because of Lord Sasori."
"Lord Sasori?"
"Not hiding anything from you, Master Ye Liang," the man said, "actually the legendary figure of our village, Sasori of the Red Sand, has returned.
We were originally preparing for Gaara's Kazekage inauguration, but it seems Sasori also has great interest in this position. Naturally, Granny Chiyo, as the ceremony host, disagrees.
Although everyone is happy about Sasori's return, he's still a rogue ninja, and implicated in the death of the Third Kazekage. So the villagers have split into two factions.
One faction supports Granny Chiyo's decision, while the other supports Sasori."
"Are your villagers really this casual about things?" Ye Liang asked doubtfully. "After all, Sasori is just a rogue ninja. Whether he is truly loyal to Sunagakure is not certain, not to mention he did assassinate the Third Kazekage."
"You know about what happened back then, Master Ye Liang?!"
Ye Liang smiled. "Just heard about it."
Actually, the Third Kazekage's death was indeed caused by Sasori.
However, Ye Liang didn't learn this from hearsay, but from watching it in an anime... He wasn't sure how to explain this to Temari.
"Master Ye Liang, I'll be honest, we villagers actually don't trust Sasori either, but Gaara is just too young, and there's also a..." She hesitated. "...Well, I don't even know how to put it myself."
"Fine."
Ye Liang nodded understandingly.
Gaara had the One-Tail Shukaku sealed inside him. Over the years, he had unconsciously hurt many villagers, thus accumulating resentment among them.
As for Sasori...
He was simply exploiting the villagers' resentment.
Just when the villagers were unwilling to accept Gaara as Kazekage, he suddenly interfered, becoming a pawn used by the villagers.
"Ah, your Sunagakure always has so many troubles." Ye Liang shook his head.
Before long,
they arrived at Temari's house.
Temari was Gaara's older sister and daughter of the late Kazekage, so her residence wasn't bad at all.
A three-story villa with a dome roof, elaborately decorated, with guards at the entrance. In the relatively underdeveloped Sunagakure, this was already the dwelling of a noble young lady.
The guards at the entrance saw Temari coming and quickly approached. "Lady Temari, did you find the rare medicinal herb?"
Temari shook her head helplessly, but seeing Ye Liang beside her, she lit up. "Let's not talk about that now. Just let us in quickly. This man is a close acquaintance of Lady Kaguya."
The two guards looked suspiciously at Ye Liang for a moment, then stepped aside.
Ye Liang followed Temari into the house. His eyes immediately fell on Kaguya lying on the bed. She was unconscious, her body overwhelmed by Death Qi, a heavy aura of decay radiating outward.
"Her body has been invaded by Death Qi!"
Death Qi wasn't something good. Although it was a form of energy, it carried intense corrosive power. Ye Liang could cultivate it only because of his special cultivation techniques.
Kaguya has no cultivation techniques at all. Prolonged exposure naturally leads to such a condition.
"Ask everyone to leave. I'll start treating her now," Ye Liang said.
Temari immediately lit up with joy. She quickly asked everyone to leave the villa, carefully closed all the windows and doors, then returned to the room, only to find Ye Liang had already disrobed Kaguya Hime.
"Master Ye Liang, what are you doing!"
"Silence! I need quiet!"
Ye Liang retrieved the supportive Yomi Pearl and then pulled out the Chaotic Cursed Blade from his spatial dimension.
The Chaotic Cursed Blade was forged from The Suppressing Blade and the Supreme Evil Cursed Blade. Keeping it nearby could suppress the Death Qi in the room, slowing its spread.
Once everything was ready, Ye Liang started drawing the Death Qi from the Yomi Pearl into Kaguya. Though Kaguya's condition stemmed from Death Qi damage, replenishing what she lacked could temporarily halt her physical decline.
He slightly increased the pressure, exerting force on the Death Qi Orb. A massive surge of Death Qi poured out.
Temari, standing behind him, shivered involuntarily.
The energy of the dead was chillingly cold and ominous.
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