Traveling through Naruto with Heroes of Might and Magic

Chapter 17 Unlocks New Buildings

Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief.

He has 50 points of natural energy remaining.

In other words, this upgrade of the Tree of Life does not involve deducting all 150 points at once.

Instead, after initially consuming 100 points, the remaining 50 points are deducted slowly.

That means you won't feel dizzy anymore.

"Senior, I won't spar with you today."

Qingwu pointed to the ancient tree emitting a verdant light, "I need a huge amount of energy to maintain this Wood Release technique."

Having said that, Qingwu controlled the withered wood guards and began to collect wood in a grand manner.

Watching as giant trees were decomposed and absorbed.

Kakashi hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped...

Even now, he still feels that this way of restoring energy is very much like some kind of evil ritual.

"I have brought the Hokage's secret order!" Kakashi said.

Qingwu turned her head and asked, "What?"

Kakashi looked around. "I need to test the fighting strength of the summoned creatures... I've already fought the one you called the Dryad Guardian. What about the other two?"

"It's that horse and the short guy," Kakashi gestured with his hand.

Qingwu thought to himself: Is the Third Hokage so eager to know the strength of my Wood Release?

"I don't have the energy to maintain a psychic creature right now," Qingwu declined.

In reality, he was worried about losses among the centaurs and dwarves.

The ninja from the Aburame clan of Root easily killed four centaurs, so Kakashi could certainly do the same.

"It's okay, I can wait."

Kakashi crossed his arms and nodded his chin at the slowly growing sapling: "What kind of medium is this? Can it summon new creatures?"

"Uh..." Qingwu's eyes darted around, and he gave a haphazard explanation: "It's to improve the environment. When natural energy is more concentrated, my spiritual creatures will be enhanced."

"Oh?" Kakashi looked at him. "It seems your research is going well. I'm looking forward to seeing what new things you come up with."

"It's what the third generation is looking forward to, isn't it...?" Qingwu thought to himself.

After spending the last two days with him, I can clearly feel that Kakashi has become more talkative. Perhaps... it's because I owe him money?

Thinking of this, Qingwu asked, "Senior, I want to do tasks to make money. You have a lot of experience, do you have any suggestions? I mean, tasks that are easy, pay well, and close to home."

"Didn't I just lend you 50,000 taels?"

Kakashi's tone was full of surprise: "You're short of money?"

Qingwu opened his mouth, there was really no way to explain this. Should he tell Kakashi that he had already spent it?

"You said you wanted to go to the battlefield before, was it to make money?" Kakashi suddenly asked again.

"Hmm..." Qingwu looked embarrassed.

"Never mind..." Kakashi shook his head and didn't ask any more questions. He simply replied, "I told you yesterday that the Hokage wouldn't allow you to go to the battlefield."

"Can we skip the main battlefield and form a small team to take on some supply transport missions?" Qingwu asked tentatively.

"..." Kakashi was silent for a moment, "You'd better not leave the village."

"But no one can guide me in my ninja way," Qingwu said sincerely. "Studying behind closed doors will hinder my growth. I hope to go out and gain experience."

"..." Kakashi replied, "If you insist... I will report to the Hokage."

"Of course, of course." Qingwu wiped his sweat.

His purpose in speaking to Kakashi was to get Kakashi to convey his demands to the Third Hokage.

Another silence fell. Kakashi then asked, "How much longer will this Wood Release technique take?"

"It's getting late, why don't you go and get busy?" Qingwu urged him to leave again.

The eyes behind the mask gave him a deep look, then Kakashi vanished in an instant.

"Before you grow stronger, you really have no freedom at all."

Qingwu muttered something to himself, then sat cross-legged under the ancient tree of life and closed his eyes...

……

【Ding! 】

[The Tree of Life has been upgraded!]

Qingwu, who was on his way back from Yanshan, received a system notification.

He had just gone to the mine to retrieve two dwarves, preparing to deal with Kakashi's "inspection" later.

The remaining four dwarves continued tirelessly mining the stone.

Running back to his territory, Qingwu immediately checked the condition of the ancient tree.

The height is not much different from when he left. It has grown from a seedling that was only half a person tall before the upgrade to a height of seven or eight meters.

The trunk became thick and strong, and the crown became like a canopy.

【Ancient Tree of Life (Growth Stage)】

[Unlock new buildings: Wooden House, Magic Spring]

Unlocking the Realm of Nature

[Effect 1: Natural energy regeneration speed +100%, wood/stone ore acquisition efficiency +40%]

[Effect 2: Weekly natural output (50 wood, 50 stone)]

【Effect 3: Natural Domain: All friendly units within the domain gain +5% to all attributes. Domain range: radius 1 kilometer】

Sure enough, new buildings were unlocked, two new barracks.

You can recruit Tier 3 and Tier 4 units respectively.

Moreover, a new function was unlocked, and Qingwu then noticed that the withered wood guards that he had sent out to collect wood had returned on their own.

It stretched out its arms and continuously extended its roots.

Originally, a wall was built extending into the ground within a radius of 500 meters, but later a new wall was built within a radius of 1,000 meters.

Qingwu looked around somewhat guiltily. In such a short time, he had already incorporated one-tenth of the Death Forest into his territory.

"In the end... I won't end up with the whole forest, will I?"

Besides the newly unlocked Nature area, the other two features were already available before.

However, they have all received significant improvements.

The rate of natural energy recovery and resource gathering bonuses are doubled.

The weekly natural output of Effect 2 currently seems somewhat lackluster.

Because they possess an entire Dead Forest and Rocky Mountains, income from timber and stone quarries is not a problem.

The biggest problem is still the gold coins!

Qingwu breathed a sigh of relief, just then the system notification sounded again.

【Ding! 】

[The Heart of the Barrier Upgraded!]

A rich natural energy suddenly emanated from the ancient tree of life, seemingly "flowing" out and enveloping the entire body of the green wutong tree.

call out!

Kakashi landed to the side, looking at the kid in front of him with an expression of enjoyment.

"So comfortable..."

Qingwu was in a daze at the moment, somewhat like someone who was drunk, completely relaxed.

A buzzing sound seemed to be coming from my ears.

But the buzzing sound doesn't come from hearing; it resonates directly in the depths of the soul.

On the trunk of the ancient tree of life, the emerald green veins flicker like awakened blood vessels, and the other end of these vessels connects to the green parasol tree.

Kakashi watched the scene before him with curiosity, not daring to make a sound.

Whoosh—

It was as if an invisible barrier had been broken.

Centered on the ancient tree, a ring of emerald green light, condensed to the point of almost liquid, surged out like a tidal wave, instantly enveloping the entire newly formed territory within a radius of a thousand meters.

Where the halo swept across, many seedlings sprouted on the open ground that had previously been harvested by the Deadwood Guardians.

"!!"

Kakashi leaped onto a tree branch in shock, deeply stunned by what he was witnessing...