Naruto's Journey to Training

Time flies, time is like an arrow.

In the blink of an eye, it was seven years later.

Zhen Gu stood alone in front of an iron pillar that was deeply inserted into the ground. Now, she has grown from a naive girl into a mature and cold beauty.

The cold figure carries a hint of sharpness even when he is simply standing.

In his hand he held a wooden sword that looked as if it had been worn to an unknown degree, and his eyes reflected the iron pillar not far away that was already full of gaps left by sharp blades.

These gaps are the evidence of her sword-cutting over the years. Some are deep, some are shallow, just like a magic needle that has withstood countless storms without falling, standing stubbornly on the top of the mountain.

Zhen Gu tightened the wooden sword in his hand, took a deep breath, and then his eyes became more fierce.

“This time, I must succeed!”

Zhen Gu silently closed his eyes, began to lean forward slightly, put one hand on the hilt of the sword, and tightened his fingers slightly.

The movements of her swinging and sheathing the sword countless times over the years kept appearing in her mind, and soon the pictures froze in her mind, and finally all turned into a picture that she could not get rid of until now, that was the movement of Riyu gently swinging the branch.

Zhen Gu began to imitate unconsciously, and in an instant, she swung the sword with a seemingly slow but extremely fast swing.

The action of swinging the sword began to coincide with Yu's figure, and finally reached perfect unity without the slightest deviation, as if it was a natural thing.

The strength of the entire body was concentrated on one point, and the sword lightly brushed across the iron pillar, like a floating light and phantom.

If someone stood here, they would see that the sword passed through the iron pillar as if in a dream, and there was no sense of the sword blade cutting through the iron pillar at all.

Zhen Gu naturally put away his sword and slowly opened his eyes. A flash of sword light flashed in his eyes, and then he heard a "pop" sound. A tiny crack appeared in the middle of the iron pillar, and then with a "swish", the upper half of the iron pillar fell heavily to the ground with a harsh friction.

Zhen Gu did not cheer, but just stared blankly at everything in front of him.

"It was successful!"

Zhen Gu murmured softly. In fact, when she swung the sword, she knew that she would succeed.

There was not a single doubt in her mind, because that sword contained all the faith she had gained from practicing sword day and night over the years.

But she, who should have been happy and excited, now felt a little melancholy.

Because she knew the significance of cutting down the iron pillar. It meant that she would graduate from her master's program, which meant leaving her teacher who had become increasingly close to her over the years. This was the last thing she wanted to do.

Her mind was pure, all she wanted was a sword and a master, but now one thing was missing!

"Makoto, congratulations!"

Just then Yu's voice sounded behind her.

Zhen Gu turned his head and saw the familiar handsome face with a slight change in it.

There was relief in that face, but that was not what she wanted to see.

"Master, how can I not become a disciple?"

Zhengu hesitated for a moment and then mustered up the courage to speak.

"What are you talking about! Silly child!" Yu gently tapped Zhengu's forehead.

"As a qualified swordsman, you must go through countless trials and tribulations. Do you just want to be a fledgling under the wings of your master forever, and refuse to go out and see the wider world?"

"But Master, I don't want to leave you!"

Zhengu lowered his head and replied.

"Go! Zhengu, this world belongs to you, and how its future evolves also depends on the sword in your hand. Master will be waiting for you in a higher dimension, and I look forward to seeing you there!"

After saying this, Yu's figure slowly dissipated in front of Zhen Gu like bubbles.

Zhen Gu lowered her head and said no more words to persuade him to stay. She knew what her master meant, so she didn't want to disobey him.

But she just couldn't let go of the reluctance in her heart. In her life, Yu was like a father who gave her another life and made her miss him very much. So she escaped for the first time and didn't want to say goodbye to her master.

But when she raised her head, the tears in her eyes still blurred her vision, because that person was really gone.

"Master, I will definitely find you again!"

After saying that, Zhen Gu kowtowed heavily several times in the direction where Yu disappeared, tightly gripped the wooden sword in his hand, and walked towards his room without hesitation.

Under the mountains.

Zhengu, dressed neatly in a white corset and a black miniskirt, shook her flowing long hair and looked again at the mountains where she had lived for ten years.

A trace of nostalgia flashed in her green eyes again, and then her gaze became firm, and she took one step at a time towards her journey.

Ten years later, she returned to the small town where her destiny was changed. Compared to ten years ago, there has not been much change here.

There is still a sense of decadence. Although there are many people coming and going, there are only a few with smiling faces.

After walking a few steps, she stopped at a familiar place. As if across time and space, she saw a group of children who, like them, could only pray to others for their fate. Zhen Gu stopped there for a long time.

Thoughts flashed through his eyes one after another.

"Maybe without the existence of the master, I would still be the same as them! No, maybe I would not even be who I am now!

After all, such orphans may not survive this winter. If they catch a cold or get sick, they will be struggling on the brink of death.

Thinking of this, Zhen Gu walked forward silently, took out a handful of copper coins, and gently placed them in the children's bowls.

In fact, she wanted to give some food, after all, she knew what these children wanted, but she didn't have those things at the moment, so she could only give some money, and she didn't put much in each child's bowl.

Because she knows what these children will face once there are too many of them.

As for the money, it was of course the money Yu left for her to go down the mountain before he left.

Although I cannot support her lavish spending, I can still give these children some money for food.

After the children expressed their gratitude earnestly, Zhen Gu said nothing and left the place silently. He walked around the village and town, reminiscing about the past. Finally, Zhen Gu stopped in front of a blacksmith shop.

Then she walked in. Now that her swordsmanship had reached perfection, it was time to change to a more handy weapon.

"Hey! Beautiful lady, do you want us to make a weapon for you? Or do you want to choose a ready-made one that we already have?"

As soon as Zhen Gu entered the blacksmith shop, he saw a sturdy man running towards him with a flattering look on his face.

When the blacksmith saw Zhen Gu dressed neatly and cleanly, the flattery in his eyes became even stronger.

In this era, if one can wear clothes without patches and keep himself clean and tidy, he must be from a wealthy family.

"I need a sharp sword that's right for me."

Zhen Gu spoke coldly. Since she had been practicing alone for a long time, she was not used to people who were too enthusiastic.

The blacksmith's smile widened when he saw this.

"Miss, you can roughly tell us your standards, and we can prepare it for you. Our store is the only and best blacksmith shop in town, and it will definitely meet your needs!"

Zhengu nodded.

"Just be sharp enough and hard enough!"

When the blacksmith heard this request, the smile on his face froze, but he quickly reacted!

"Shizhu, bring me the store's treasure, Sakura Fubuki!"

"Okay, master!"

The apprentice not far away immediately went to the backyard, and then happily took out a sword with a snow-white scabbard and a cherry blossom pattern engraved on it. It was obvious that this sword was specially made for girls.

"Miss, this sword is made of the finest cold iron. A noble lady in this town asked me to make it for her on a whim. But later, due to some things, the noble lady paid a penalty and never paid any more attention to the matter. So this sword has become the treasure of our store!"

At this point, a trace of pain flashed across the blacksmith's eyes. In fact, the noble lady did not pay any penalty at all. She just sent a servant to inform him and then left arrogantly.

He did not dare to argue with the noble lady. For this, the blacksmith even owed a large foreign debt. In order to satisfy the noble lady, he almost spent a lot of effort.

Zhen Gu took the sword, felt its heavy touch, and pulled out the sword slightly. Then a cold light flashed, and the faint cold feeling passed through the hilt and into her palm. Zhen Gu's eyes lit up.

"How much!"

The blacksmith thought about it and raised five fingers.

"Five hundred taels, what do you think, young lady?"

Zhen Gu frowned, as she didn't have that much silver on her, but she quickly took out a piece of golden object and threw it to the blacksmith.

"Look, is this enough?"

The blacksmith felt his hand sinking and he bit it with his teeth before nodding quickly.

This is a piece of gold! It is far more than the price he offered.

Zhen Gu didn't care much about this. This was a stone she picked up while fishing in a mountain river. She thought it was golden and beautiful, so she took it back.

When she went down the mountain this time, she just put it in her pocket and didn't pay much attention to it.

After so many years in the mountains, she had long lost the concept of money. After all, she could be self-sufficient in food and clothing in the mountains.

If the master had not left her some money before she left, perhaps the most valuable thing at this moment would be her stone.