Chapter 873: Chapter 36: Bearing the Weight
In early September, the reconstruction of the towns and facilities in the Land of Demons, which were destroyed by the Ghost Legion of the specters, had been basically completed.
The main priestess of the Land of Demons was replaced, with the five-year-old Shion assuming the role, and the duty of the next seal on the demon was transferred to her.
Though she was merely a five-year-old girl, no one underestimated Shion because of the special status and responsibilities of a priestess.
After the ceremonial observance, the missions from various countries remained but were unable to obtain the intelligence they sought from the Land of Demons, hoping their country’s ninja might accomplish this.
Such spies mainly came from Hidden Cloud Ninja of the Land of Lightning, Hidden Rock Ninja of the Land of Earth, and Hidden Sand Ninja of the Land of Wind.
At this moment, Konoha was striving hard to reconcile the internal conflicts within the village, and due to the severe damage suffered during the Third Ninja War, it had no spare power to reach the distant Land of Demons.
Meanwhile, the Hidden Mist had secretly formed an alliance with the Land of Demons, with Yagura, the Fourth Mizukage, regulating within the Hidden Mist Village, making it the least of the Land of Demons’ concerns.
Thus, for the foreseeable future, the hidden opponents of the military of the Land of Demons were still the ninja spies sent by the Land of Lightning, the Land of Earth, and the Land of Wind.
In the laboratory, there was a small, delicate black water pot the size of a palm on the experiment table. Hakushi looked at this black water pot with a very satisfied expression on his face.
After filling this pot with clear water, he called out to Lin, who was seriously doing an experiment on the other side, "Lin."
"What is it, Master Hakushi?"
Lin put down her work and went over to Hakushi’s side, curiously seeing him doing something around the small black water pot.
The material of the black water pot’s exterior didn’t look like metal but seemed to be made of ceramic.
It was just a water pot, but the small pot gave Lin an extremely strange feeling, although she couldn’t pinpoint exactly what felt odd.
"Master Hakushi, what is this?"
Lin couldn’t help but ask curiously.
Hakushi didn’t immediately answer but instead continued, "Try pouring a cup of water with this pot."
"Pour a cup of water?"
Lin was slightly stunned.
Then, with a thoughtful look on her face, she reached out and grabbed the handle of the black water pot, preparing to lift it.
The result was, the black water pot remained motionless on the experiment table.
No matter how much force Lin used to lift it, it was as if it was fixed there and wouldn’t budge.
Lin’s face was filled with astonishment.
What kind of water pot was this?
She had trained in Immortal Techniques, and her strength wasn’t weak. Although she couldn’t unleash monster strength like Tsunade of the Sannin, lifting a boulder larger than a person wasn’t a problem.
She was very curious about the material used to make this black water pot.
The palm-sized black water pot was actually heavier than a grown adult.
It was truly incredible.
Unwilling to give up, Lin continued to increase her strength, and in the end, the Chakra Armor of the Tailed Beast even appeared on her body, making her physical strength increase once more.
However, the black water pot still remained fixed there, and even the power of the Tailed Beast couldn’t make it move an inch.
Lin gave up the idea of picking up the black water pot. If it had budged slightly under her strength earlier, Lin might have seen hope in lifting it.
But the key was that pure strength couldn’t affect it at all.
This couldn’t help but make Lin feel discouraged.
"How does it feel?"
Hakushi asked with interest.
Lin thought for a moment and helplessly looked at Hakushi, saying, "Master Hakushi, this pot, it can’t be picked up by pure strength, right?"
Though phrased as a question, Lin was confident in her inner speculation.
This wasn’t just based on her intuition; the Seven-tailed Beast within her also said to her— Lin, this pot is peculiar. Even if you used all my Chakra power, you probably couldn’t pick it up. Give it up.
This short sentence shocked Lin greatly.
The power of the Tailed Beast was formidable. Without even releasing an earth-shattering Tailed Beast Ball, merely a flip of its massive body could cause enormous destruction, challenging for ninjas to resist.
So far, only a small elite group of ninja in the Ninja Realm could withstand a Tailed Beast head-on.
Most ninjas, when facing a Tailed Beast, could only adopt evasive strategies, not daring to confront it directly.
Moreover, ultimately subduing a Tailed Beast always relied on Sealing Techniques or special techniques with strong suppressive power over Tailed Beast Chakra, like the Sharingan and Wood Style, instead of relying on ninja techniques with tremendous destructive power.
Even the mighty Tailed Beast found it difficult to lift this water pot, and Lin was somewhat incredulous.
But the Seven-tailed Beast was relatively gentle among the Tailed Beasts, disdaining to lie and deceive others.
If even the Tailed Beast found it difficult to lift, Lin could only suspect that this black water pot wasn’t something that could be picked up by pure strength alone.
Some special technique was required to lift this pot.
And this special technique could only be explained to her by Hakushi, the creator.
Hakushi nodded, affirming Lin’s statement was correct.
No matter how great the pure force, the pot couldn’t be lifted.
"Then, let go of that strength and try to feel the weight of this pot with your heart."
