Orochimaru thought for a moment, sighed, and felt a little annoyed.
"Even if the White Snake Sage is really seeking change, I don't have any bargaining chips to offer."
A white snake that has lived for a thousand years and controls Senjutsu, Orochimaru doesn't think his methods can help it.
This isn't self-deprecation, but self-awareness. Senjutsu is already in his area of unknown knowledge.
"This information isn't for you to use like this."
The Genie shook his head, "I just want to tell you that the White Snake Sage might not be stingy with power. Natural energy isn't a big deal for it."
Orochimaru paused, a thoughtful look on his face, a little confused.
He could see what the Genie meant. Yes, the White Snake Sage has accumulated power for a long time and doesn't lack a little bit of energy, but what does that have to do with him? Can he expect it to give it away for free?
The free stuff is always the most expensive. Weren't they just discussing how to pay the price to get the White Snake Sage to carefully teach him Senjutsu?
"There are costs that can be seen, and costs that can't be seen."
The Genie knew Orochimaru's concerns, and smiled,
"Ten million ryo, that's the price you charged Uchiha Jinsuke for the First Hokage cell transplant surgery, but if it was just ten million ryo, would you have done it for him?"
"That... of course not."
Orochimaru's mind flashed back to the many gains he had from that surgery, and a little understanding arose in his heart.
"This time, there's no need to deliberately achieve the same level of exchange, but to show an attitude, to make the White Snake Sage look at you, like you look at Uchiha Jinsuke..."
The Genie patiently advised, trying to make his expression more clear, because this kind of behavior is exactly Orochimaru's weakness.
Orochimaru showed extremely strong ninja talent at a young age, and was always admired and feared by others.
He was used to being in a high position, looking down, even in equal deals, he often had a sense of superiority, and never thought he would be lower than others.
In order to entice the White Snake Sage's interest in investing, it would be quite difficult to get Orochimaru to show off his skills.
If it's not done well, it will backfire.
The Genie can only try to explain this idea clearly. The specific adjustments and changes still need to be made by Orochimaru himself.
After thinking for a long time, a strange look flashed in Orochimaru's eyes. He aims for eternal life, and with the Genie by his side, he can understand some of the White Snake Sage's mindset.
The previous generation plants trees, and the next generation enjoys the shade. For beings who live forever, it means planting trees today and enjoying the shade tomorrow.
Such beings, like him, are actually not stingy with fertilizing and watering the seeds.
Thinking of this, Orochimaru suddenly turned to look at Manda, who was happily devouring the second pig.
The Genie noticed Orochimaru's gaze and smiled, "It seems you already have an idea in mind."
"I just suddenly thought that the White Snake Sage has probably made more attempts for transformation than we imagined."
Orochimaru's lips twitched slightly, and he licked his lips,
"Let's not talk about Manda for now. There are also three human-shaped snake princess in Ryuuchi Cave. Are they snakes after transformation, or are they ninjas who practiced Senjutsu? The latter is fine, but if it's the former, how big are the real bodies of the three snake princesses?"...
The topic suddenly became a bit more strange and interesting, but the Genie also knew that Orochimaru didn't have the worldly desires, and didn't want to be Xu Xian.
"Let's ask Manda about this again. Although this guy is a stupid snake, he's lived long enough and should know some things."
"That's not appropriate. Manda's attitude towards the snake princess in Ryuuchi Cave is unclear. Asking rashly might startle them. This guy is also very smart in some ways."
Orochimaru grinned, "We'll have a chance to test this out later. Before that..."
Rumble...
Suddenly, the ground shook, and Manda dragged his fat body and swam to the tree where Orochimaru was, looking down condescendingly, "Orochimaru, the third sacrifice, quickly send it over to me."
Orochimaru glanced at Manda's bulging belly, "What, you're still not full?"
"What a joke, even ten more... no, even five more, I can still eat them."
Manda gave a disdainful snort, "Orochimaru, you wouldn't want to cheat on the bill, would you?"
"Heh..."
Orochimaru remained calm and said seriously, "Of course not, it's just that the summoning time is limited, and it's time to send you back now. You don't need to worry about cheating on the bill. I will go to Ryuuchi Cave to practice Senjutsu later, and I will naturally offer sacrifices then."
"Senjutsu? You haven't given up?"
Manda raised his nostrils high, his snake face showing a human-like contempt, "Then I'll wait for you in Ryuuchi Cave."
Bang... A puff of white smoke rose, and Manda disappeared.
Orochimaru stood on the treetop for a while, then suddenly returned in the direction of the Land of Fire.
Giant beasts have preyed in this area before, so he needs to go further to find suitable prey.
The Genie poked his head forward and asked, "I thought you were tricking it, but I didn't expect you're actually going to catch another one for him."
"Why not?"
Orochimaru's lips curled up, a playful smile on his face, "However, my sacrifices are not so easy to eat."
...
Land of Earth.
Located between the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth, unlike its neighbor the Land of Rain, this place is dry and has little water. Looking around, there are only rocks and sand, everywhere emitting an atmosphere of desolation and decline.
Barely worthy of being called a country, the population is sparse, with almost no towns, mostly clustered in the form of villages and families.
Of course, the villages here are just small villages of a dozen or dozens of people, not comparable to Konoha, which is called a village but is actually a town of hundreds of thousands of people.
So poor that the Land of Earth can't even afford a ninja village, and the great powers have no interest in occupying it.
The Land of Earth can exist only because the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth need a strategic buffer zone.
Orochimaru has commanded ninja armies many times, and has also commanded the three-country war here. He knows the situation of the Land of Earth very well, but this time when he came, looking at this familiar scene again, he was inexplicably sighed.
He knew that the desolation and decay of the Land of Earth was inseparable from the existence of the White Snake Sage.
In the ninja world, natural energy is not an empty word. It is closely related to the prosperity of an area. For example, the ancient kingdom of Roran, located in the desert, can still open up an oasis with the help of the Dragon Veins.
Presumably, if the White Snake Sage is killed, or if it is helped to condense its body and complete its transformation, the energy escaping from Ryuuchi Cave will definitely change the poor fate of the Land of Earth and let the land revive.
Hmm... and then it will be destroyed by the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth. That's really a sad fact.
With emotion in his heart, his pace did not stop at all. Soon, Orochimaru arrived at the location of Ryuuchi Cave.
A bottomless rift in the earth.
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