Chapter 29: Meng Ling's Decision, Journey to Holy Spirit Mountain

  "Is it a choice between two? Hehe, I didn't think that in this world there would be such a decision, but this won't defeat me. Today, let's just rest for a day." After getting out of bed, Meng Leng stretched her delicate body, and suddenly, a crackling sound came from her body.

  "It's really easy, first go to that Ramen shop and fill your stomach properly before anything else." With a whistle, Meng Ling directly pushed the door and walked out.

  "The air outside is really fresh, after the battle it's great to have a good bowl of ramen, this kind of day is really comfortable." Meng Ling couldn't help but exclaim as she gazed at the sky which was several times bluer than Earth's.

  Ten minutes later...

  "Uncle, long time no see." At this moment, Meng Ling had arrived at the Yile Ramen shop and just as she entered, she greeted Uncle Ramen.

  "Oh? Isn't this Xiao Mengling? Didn't you have practice today? Why are you here so early?" La Mian Shu asked curiously.

  "It's nothing, even if I'm practicing very intensively, I still need to balance work and rest, otherwise it would be counterproductive, don't you think?" Meng Ling explained slowly.

  "What does that mean?" Hearing Meng's idiom, La Mian Shu and Xiao He were at a loss.

  "Well, that's what I mean, if you overdo it with cultivation, you'll also get a bad effect from praying, this is just my usual way of saying things." Meng Ling explained.

  "Hmm, it's really suitable to say that. By the way, are you here to eat ramen today? It's already been prepared for you, please go ahead." The nearby Irises placed a large bowl of ramen in front of Meng Leng and smiled as she said this.

  "Thank you, Kawahagi-san." Although Muer was just talking to Ramen Uncle, she had gotten into the habit of fighting her own illusions and began to observe her surroundings unintentionally. She found that while she was speaking, Kawahagi had already started preparing his ramen. Thinking about it, if such business acumen were on Earth, it could be said to be top-notch as well. No wonder the business at Yume Ramen shop was so good.

  "I'm going to start now." Meng Ling clasped her hands together, performed a Japanese greeting that she particularly disliked, and then began to enjoy her breakfast.

  About half an hour later, Meng Ling finished her breakfast under the "stunned" gaze of La Mian Da Shu and Xiao He after she had downed three large bowls of specially made noodles.

  "Thank you, uncle. I'll take my leave now." After bidding farewell to the ramen shop owner, Meng Ling left the store and returned to her own room.

  "Alright, I've made up my mind. Let's start cultivating now, Sister Sally." As soon as she arrived in her spiritual world, Meng Leng immediately shouted loudly towards the sky of her spiritual world.

  "Oh? Is that so? You've made up your mind already? Let me tell you, this cultivation isn't as simple as playing house with you." Sally reminded.

  "It's okay, I've already prepared for this. Now you can start my new training. It looks like it's going to be fun." Meng Ling said with a smile.

  "So you're saying that now you've made up your mind?" Sally asked cautiously.

  "Of course, I won't back down. Let's get started now, or else with my current 'age' in Konohagakure, it would just be a waste of time." Meng Ling replied calmly.

  "Um, since you've already made up your mind, I won't remind you of anything else. But there's one thing you should know: don't force yourself, or even if your body doesn't get hurt inside the Offering Tower, your spirit will be crushed." Sally cautioned kindly.

  "Hmm, I knew that, thanks for reminding me, Sally. So can I go in now?" Meng Ling asked lightly, although her tone was as calm as ever, but she was already filled with gratitude towards Sally's advice just now.

  In Meng Ling's eyes, Sally had long since ceased to be just a dull deity; she was more like an elder sister who cared for her so much.

  "It's good if you've made up your mind," Sally said, but then she trailed off a bit awkwardly.

  "Is there something wrong, Sally?" Meng asked softly, seeing Sally's embarrassed look.

  "Hmm, although you've already made up your mind and there's nothing wrong with that, but now there's a small problem in front of you. If this problem isn't solved, you won't be able to continue cultivating the 'Tian Dao Jiu Duan' inside the Supplying Tower." Sally said somewhat helplessly.

  "What's wrong?" asked Meng Ling.

  "This problem is easy to say and easy to say, but it's indeed quite difficult. It depends on whether you have a good method or not." Sally said lightly.

  "You go ahead and see if I can solve it," Meng Ling said firmly.

  "Hmm, you know, after you defeated your own illusion yesterday, you can actually start cultivating the 'Tian Dao Jiu Jue' now. However, there is still a hidden danger present." Said Sally.

  "What's the hidden danger?" Meng Ling asked directly.

  "This hidden danger is your mind."

  "What's with my spirit?" Meng Ling was somewhat perplexed.

  "You should know that this world exists in your mind, and the 'Tian Dao Jiu Dui' requires you to spend all your mental energy to cultivate it with true concentration. So now there's a question, if you're already going to be truly 'fully concentrated', then whose mental energy is supporting this world?" Sally said calmly.

  "What do you mean?"

  "Now you need one, no, multiple beings with extremely strong spiritual power to replace you in supporting this world, but don't even mention multiple ones, it's already very hard to find just one." Sally said calmly as she glanced at Meng Leng in the void.

  "What do I need to do now?" Meng Ling heard a hint of meaning in Sally's tone and immediately knew that Sally actually had a way.

  "Mmm-hmm, your observation skills are indeed good, I have a plan." Sally explained.

  "What's going on?" Meng Ling's heart skipped a beat.

  "Return to Holy Spirit Mountain and find the Five Great Elders to help you support your spiritual world. With their current cultivation, there's absolutely no problem. However, this brings up another issue - what method do you have now to return to Holy Spirit Mountain?" Sally said calmly.

  "If it's just like that, I have two ways." Meng Ling said with a smile.

  "Two? You'd better say whether it's feasible or not." Sally's voice came out again.

  "The first method is to use the 'Spiritual Contract' to make the five elders recall me, so I can directly return to Holy Spirit Mountain. The second method is to inform one of the five elders, Zong Xuan, and ask him to use the 'Shrinking Distance' method to bring me back to Holy Spirit Mountain." Meng Ling explained calmly.

  "Well, this isn't a bad method after all. The problem is solved then. You can set off now." Sally's voice came again.

  "Hold on, I just thought of something. If we're going to Holy Spirit Mountain, then I might have another problem." Meng Ling said with a hint of helplessness, habitually touching his nose.

  "What's wrong now?" Sally asked.

  "Actually, you don't know that in the world of Naruto, due to the intelligence and confidential files of various countries, ninja villages are not allowed to enter and exit at will. So now I have a problem, although I'm not a ninja yet, if I leave Konoha Village silently, I'll definitely be seen as a traitor and hunted by the Anbu. Therefore, I must explain it to the Third Hokage and the Council of Elders. The Third Hokage is easy to handle, but Mount Myoboku cannot be known by the Council of Elders. If those people who don't care about consequences find out about Mount Myoboku's existence, they'll definitely go there to sign a contract with the Tailed Beasts and other beasts, and at that time, Mount Myoboku will not be peaceful anymore. So now I just can't think of what excuse to use to deceive the Council of Elders and the Third Hokage, and also allow me to leave Konoha Village." Mugen explained somewhat helplessly.

  "Hmm, if you put it that way, this is indeed a big problem. What kind of excuse should we come up with? Why don't you say you're going to visit relatives?" Sally asked.

  "Please, Sally-nee-san, there's no such thing as a family visit in this world, and I already said when I first arrived at Konoha that I'm an orphan. Such inconsistent words would raise suspicion."

  "So, um, how about visiting friends?" Sally asked.

  "It's no good..."

  …………

  I am that jumping dividing line

  Three days later, on a clear morning, Meng Ling finally perfected his own 'lie', saying that he was not strong enough and had to go back to his family to find something. Later, he also said that outsiders were absolutely not allowed to enter his family. So it was glossed over like this.

  But in the Konoha Elder Council, how many people really believed in Danzo's excuse?

  Although the answer is 1:1, the remaining half of the people are very interested in Meng's words 'things that can improve one's strength'.