No sooner thought than done!
Ye Liang immediately left Anko's cottage.
The Summoning Technique was a special kind of ninjutsu. Ye Liang didn't plan to practice it at the training grounds—if he summoned a massive summoning beast like Gamabunta (Chief Toad of Mount Myoboku), he'd definitely destroy the training facilities.
And Ye Liang had no intention of paying for damages.
After much consideration, he finally decided—
To go to the Valley of the End!
...
Endless stones everywhere!
This was the location from the original story where Naruto and Sasuke had their final battle. Gentle streams flowed all around, thanks to an enormous waterfall upstream ensuring a constant water supply. And with the canyon downstream so wide, the water never became too deep.
Ye Liang had chosen this place specifically because of its vast space—perfect for summoning huge creatures.
He found a relatively smooth boulder and sat down on it.
There were plenty of stones scattered across the creek, perfect for stepping across.
"This should work."
He took out a large scroll and spread it out on top of a rock.
It was an advanced summoning scroll.
Of course, learning the Summoning Technique required such a scroll, because the technique involved a very complex ritual. Without a scroll, carving the necessary runes directly onto the ground would take far too long. Therefore, engraving the runes onto scrolls for portable use became the basic requirement for summoning techniques.
Ye Liang grinned happily at his summoning scroll—it had cost him ten thousand ryo to buy from the Third, who apparently gave him an inside price. A normal ninja would pay ten times that amount for one.
"Location perfect! Tools sufficient! Time to begin the summoning ritual. Over!"
What was he even rambling about? After mumbling through some useless chatter, he suddenly pulled a small knife from his pocket and cut open his thumb.
The Summoning Technique required blood.
This particular scroll Ye Liang held was a random summoning scroll.
Authentic summoning scrolls were handed down from ancestor to descendant.
For example, in the original story, Naruto's scroll had been given to him by Jiraiya. It already bore pre-carved runes and had formed a contract with the toads of Mount Myoboku. Therefore, whenever Naruto used the Summoning Technique, he could directly call forth the toads there.
But Ye Liang couldn't do that.
He didn't have an ancestral summoning scroll, so he could only rely on these random scrolls. By using them, he could randomly summon nearby summoning beasts onto the scroll, then tame them and add them to his list of available summoning beasts.
Happily, Ye Liang pressed his bleeding thumb onto the scroll.
"Puff!"
A tiny tadpole the size of a thumb appeared on the scroll.
"Are you freaking kidding me?! How come I only summoned a tadpole with my talent?" Ye Liang was puzzled.
As a jonin, his chakra reserves were substantial. The more chakra used, the stronger the summoned beast should be. Judging by the amount of chakra he had just used, there was absolutely no way he should have summoned only a tadpole!
Disappointed, he immediately attempted another summon.
This time, a snail about the size of a fist appeared...
As long as the contract wasn't signed, he could attempt again. So Ye Liang wasn't worried about the first failure.
He reopened the wound on his finger and tried once more.
A long time passed.
Konoha
Hiruzen Sarutobi was going over documents in his office when a flustered Jonin suddenly barged in.
"Bad news, Lord Third! Someone stole from the storage vault—one Advanced Summoning Scroll is missing from its shelf!"
"The Advanced Summoning Scroll?"
Hiruzen hesitated for a moment before returning his attention to the papers in his hands.
"Oh that? I gave it to Mr. Ye this morning—he came to buy some scrolls."
"You gave it to Mr. Ye?"
The Jonin instantly understood, though unease crept into his thoughts.
"That summoning scroll was supposedly defective. It can't even summon high-class summons properly—it keeps pulling out all sorts of bizarre things. Do you even realize that, Lord Hokage?"
He glanced again at the Third, but since Hiruzen ignored him, he could only leave in silence.
...
The Valley of the End.
Ye Liang had failed his summoning attempt for the hundredth time.
"Damn it! If this fails again, I'll personally smash up the Hokage's office!"
Now he finally understood—he'd been tricked by the Third. As a Jonin, he'd poured countless chakra into this effort and hadn't even managed one decent summon yet. Instead, he kept calling forth utterly weird stuff.
[Summoning Technique Activated!] Like old shoes!
Or paint buckets!
Worst of all, Ye Liang once actually summoned an enormous slug!
As big as a mountain!
He almost puked out the ramen he'd eaten for breakfast!
In his previous life, his biggest fear had been these slimy creatures, so he immediately canceled the summoning ritual.
"Huff! This will be my last try—please, dear heavens, let it produce a decent summon this time!" Ye Liang prayed desperately, though already feeling dizzy.
After cutting his finger a hundred times, he felt like he was about to pass out from blood loss. Ye Liang thought he'd probably need ten bowls of rich bone broth just to get back on his feet.
[Summoning Technique Activated!] Boom!
Smoke burst forth from the summoning scroll again.
This time, something slimy and gross-looking appeared—incredibly similar to "poop."
Ye Liang stared blankly at the thing.
It was even slowly wriggling!
"What the f**k! Failed again, you lying bastard Old Man Third! I'm gonna kill you over this crap!" Roaring with rage, he stormed off toward the Hokage office.
But just as he turned around, that disgusting "poop-looking thing" suddenly lunged straight at him!
Ye Liang quickly raised his hands to block—
And the instant they touched, a golden light flashed through the air! The contract had been forged.
"..."
Normally, successful summoning contracts require emotional connection.
That means building rapport with the summon creature, mutual interaction—simply put, becoming friends.
However, there exists another method for making contracts.
[Summoning Technique Activated!]
"Persuade them with strength!"
If your fists are strong enough, even the wildest summon beasts will bow down to you.
That's exactly how he did it.
Subconsciously blocking the "poop's" attack with his palm, he instinctively exerted part of his power.
"Dung," the creature instinctively chose to submit upon sensing the overwhelming power from the other side, which was why the summoning succeeded.
"..."
"Why! Why would heaven treat me like this!"
"A Dung summon?"
This must be unprecedented in ninja history!
Ye Liang looked at his summoned beast with disgust — a pile of squishy, oozing slime slowly squirming around.
He naturally knew it wasn't real feces — most likely an unknown soft-bodied animal or even a discarded remnant of some creature.
But one fact could not be denied.
This thing had no combat strength whatsoever. Just by looking at its snail-like speed, Ye Liang understood everything.
Thirty minutes later.
An angry figure burst into the Hokage's office.
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