Ancient Land of Loulan.
After the ocular power restraint that Ryun had placed on Sāra dissipated, this queen of Loulan became extremely fearful of the black dragon coiled within the dragon vein.
She had considered issuing a mission to a major ninja village to eliminate that black dragon, but the scene of Anrokuzan being killed in two moves years ago was still vivid in her memory.
Moreover, after controlling Loulan these years, she had discovered many of Anrokuzan's ambitions and crimes, and even learned that her own mother was killed by Anrokuzan. So her attitude towards the black dragon gradually changed from hatred to gratitude.
Although Sāra was worried about the black dragon permanently residing in the dragon vein and absorbing its power, Ryun, over these years, aside from ordering her to prepare food, had not made any other unreasonable demands, nor had he harmed her.
This was the most important reason why Sāra, even after breaking free from the mental control, did not immediately seek out a major ninja village to slay the dragon.
"This guy, he has been lurking at the bottom of the leyline for several months now. Not eating, not drinking, not coming up for air, not even moving once."
Sāra placed her hands on the control platform of the dragon vein, intently sensing the situation within the purple spiritual liquid.
If she couldn't feel the dragon vein's power continuously flowing into the black dragon's body, she might have thought the monster was already dead.
One day later.
Two ninja from Konoha were led by guards into the Ancient Land of Loulan and, after being granted permission, met with Sāra.
Kushina and Minato's journey had been relatively smooth. The two encountered hardly any trouble or danger. Plus, Kushina was anxious to find the person, so they didn't waste much time before reaching their destination.
"Two guests from Konoha, I have not heard the name Uchiha Ryun. Can you describe his appearance in detail?" Sāra asked gently from her seat.
"Appearance? Very handsome, very handsome, super handsome is right. His clothes are probably black, hair is black-purple, eyes are one white one black. He should have come here about five years ago... He wrote a letter months ago saying he was still here..."
Kushina quickly listed Ryun's characteristics. Upon hearing this, Sāra immediately understood who they were looking for.
Wasn't that the little evil dragon who was overstaying his welcome here!
"What is your relationship with him? And what kind of person is he? Can you give a general idea..." Sāra did not immediately lead them to the dragon vein, instead asking these questions.
"I am his fiancée. This is his classmate. As for what kind of person he is, you actually don't know..."
Kushina first declared her status to this queen, then expressed surprise that after Ryun had stayed here for so many years, this Queen of Loulan still didn't know who he was.
And living in the same ninja world, as the queen of a small country, she hadn't even heard the name Uchiha Ryun.
This actually showed how isolated and weak Loulan was.
A small oasis nation surrounded by thousands of miles of yellow sand, news from the outside world truly had difficulty reaching them.
"You are actually his fiancée..."
Sāra was also surprised. She hadn't expected that monster to have found a human partner. It was like something out of a storybook.
"Your Majesty, you know where he is, right? Can you take us to him?" Kushina seemed somewhat anxious.
"You haven't said what kind of person he is yet..." Queen Sāra asked curiously again.
"Ryun-kun, he is a good person..." Minato suddenly spoke up to answer for Kushina.
"..."
"Alright... follow me."
Sāra stood up helplessly, then led the two through layers of doors, finally entering the core area where the dragon vein was located.
"Such dense chakra energy!!!"
Both were shocked by the energy contained in the surrounding air.
"Your friend has been staying here for a full five years. During that time, he used some kind of mental genjutsu to control me for over four years. For Konoha ninja to act like this is really too overbearing..."
Sāra complained about Ryun's misdeeds as she walked, making Kushina and Minato's expressions awkward.
"Sorry, sorry, Your Majesty... When I see him later, I will tell him off properly. I'll make him apologize to you..."
Kushina apologized repeatedly, her face red. But the next moment, as if she thought of something, she quickly asked,
"That, when he controlled you, did he... do any other bad things? For example... bully you or anything..."
"Bully me? Of course he did!" Sāra was opening the final door and answered without thinking.
"What!!!"
Kushina's voice instantly rose several octaves, and her face immediately turned gloomy.
As the final stone door opened, visibly dense purple energy rushed towards them, causing Minato to exclaim in wonder. But Kushina, at this moment, had no mind for admiration, her head full of only wanting to demand an explanation from Uchiha Ryun, that 'heartless scoundrel'.
She had waited for him for so long in Konoha, and never expected this dog scoundrel to actually find a woman outside. And she was a red-haired queen too... No wonder he abandoned her, this 'village girl', and never came home all these years...
The more Kushina thought about it, the angrier she became, her eyes directly reddening.
"See this platform? He made me move several hundred pounds of food here every ten days for him to eat. And he didn't allow me to call anyone else to help. Every time I served him food, I was exhausted. Just walking back and forth and moving that food took half a day..."
Sāra continued to complain incessantly. Hearing this, Kushina was visibly stunned.
"Huh? That's it? Ryun only made you provide food?"
"Well... it seems he didn't make me do anything else..." Sāra replied after thinking for a moment.
"Haha... That's good if he didn't mess around, hahaha..." Kushina suddenly laughed loudly several times, making Minato and Sāra both bewildered.
"What's so funny???"
"Ahem... It's nothing, nothing, I was rude... Speaking of which, where is Ryun? Why don't we see him?" Kushina coughed dryly and then looked around asking.
"He is at the bottom of the dragon vein. I don't know if he's sleeping or what, but he hasn't surfaced for several months. Not eating, not drinking, and not moving at all..."
Sāra pointed at the spiritual liquid pool at the bottom.
"Several months without eating or drinking, hasn't surfaced? Could something have happened? I'll go down and look!"
As Kushina spoke, she wanted to jump into the spiritual liquid pool. Minato, seeing this, quickly grabbed the back of her collar to stop her from risking it.
"Don't act recklessly. This liquid is very unusual. You stay up here. I'll go down and look."
"You don't need to worry about him. That guy is definitely not dead. I can clearly sense his life force... See the bubbles occasionally rising to the surface of the liquid? That's the air he exhales."
Sāra explained. The two followed her pointing finger and indeed saw small bubbles emerging from the bottom of the spiritual liquid. Moreover, the intervals between the bubbles seemed quite even... This indicated Ryun's breathing was stable, so there probably wasn't a big problem.
"Let me ask bluntly, is your fiancé a human? Or... a dragon?" Sāra couldn't help but voice this question as she looked at Kushina.
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