Chapter 231: Are You a Dead Man?
At a thousand meters in the air, the violent astral wind cut like knives. The Golden-Winged Roc carried them back to the Land of Fire in just one day. In the distance, the familiar Konoha Village came into view…
But the current Konoha didn't seem peaceful…
"Stop right there!"
Looking down from the sky, countless black dots moved across the ground, chasing one another. It looked like one group had stolen something from another and was being pursued.
Li Jiexuan didn't pay it much attention. Right now, the most important thing for him was to find Uchiha Yuya's body—everything else could wait.
The Golden-Winged Roc could travel a thousand miles in a day. With just a few flaps of its wings, it descended above the Uchiha clan's compound…
But the once calm and dignified Uchiha estate was now in chaos. Flames burned everywhere, and it clearly wasn't just a simple fire.
"Whoosh…"
The Golden-Winged Roc flapped its wings, and the fierce winds instantly blew out the flames. Li Jiexuan jumped down from its wing and casually grabbed a member of the Uchiha clan.
"What exactly is going on? Why is the Uchiha clan in such disorder?"
The soot-covered Uchiha clansman sighed impatiently. "What else could it be? It's all because of that corpse!"
"A corpse?"
"Uchiha Yuya's corpse!" The clansman waved his hand irritably. "Ever since that brat showed off once, it's like the whole world knows he has some kind of Mangekyō Sharingan."
"For that pair of eyes, we get at least three waves of thieves every month!" The clansman gritted his teeth in anger. "This time, it finally got stolen…"
"Stolen!?"
Li Jiexuan clenched his teeth, immediately sensing that something was wrong. Those people chasing each other earlier must have been the ones who stole Yuya's body!
"Let's go!"
The Golden-Winged Roc shot into the sky. Only then did the Uchiha clansman slowly come back to his senses. "That guy just now looked kind of familiar…"
"Damn it!"
They chased all the way out of Konoha, but couldn't find any trace of those people. It seemed they had already fled far away.
But just then, Li Jiexuan suddenly sensed the presence of a curse mark. Though faint, he was certain it belonged to him.
"Byakugan!"
Hyuga Yizhen activated his Byakugan and discovered that deep within the forest there was a massive underground chamber. Those thieves hadn't gone far at all—they were hiding here using a concealment technique.
That faint curse mark was also coming from here. What exactly was going on?
"Let's go down and take a look!"
With the Byakugan, Li Jiexuan kicked open the hidden entrance to the underground chamber. Sure enough, Uchiha Yuya's corpse lay inside, with several Mist ninjas guarding it nearby.
Seeing Li Jiexuan charge in alone, the Mist ninjas were momentarily stunned before pulling out kunai and rushing at him…
Among them, the strongest was a jōnin skilled in snake-style ninjutsu. Because of that, Li Jiexuan became even more certain—these people were all Orochimaru's subordinates!
"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!"
Li Jiexuan used the Kusanagi Sword to slice apart all the poisonous snakes, frowning as he shouted, "You're all Orochimaru's subordinates? Stop right now!"
"Who the hell are you? You think we'll stop just because you say so?" The Mist ninjas sneered, their attacks growing even more ferocious!
"I am Li Jiexuan!" Li Jiexuan had no choice but to announce his name. That jōnin should know about his relationship with Orochimaru.
However…
"You're Li Jiexuan?" The Mist jōnin burst into laughter. "Li Jiexuan died over a year ago—what are you, a dead man!?"