"Oh?! You can recognize me?"
"Things are getting more interesting now! Heh heh..."
The eerie, hoarse laughter continued, "Then... Fei Yun-kun, let me see what your aptitude truly is!"
Before he finished speaking, countless giant snakes around them launched an attack, frantically coiling around and biting Fei Yun.
His Three-Tomoe Sharingan spun, and Fei Yun constantly weaved and dodged through the snake horde, his tachi dancing in his hand, leaving trails of blood.
"Clang! Clang! Clang!"
One giant snake corpse after another fell to the ground, but more giant snakes continuously swarmed forward.
Fei Yun flashed onto a tree trunk, stuck his tachi beside him, and quickly formed hand signs: "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
A giant fireball appeared, and Fei Yun continued to spew sustained high-temperature Chakra from his mouth, igniting the surrounding forest, keeping the giant snakes from getting close.
Orochimaru's sinister laugh echoed: "Oh! The scale and intensity of this Fire Release are on par with Itachi's!"
"But..."
"Ninjutsu: Myriad Snake Net!"
Whoosh!
Tens of thousands of black snakes swept over like a tsunami, destroying everything in their path; the forest vanished directly beneath the terrifying snake horde.
"Hey! Hey! Hey!"
"Are you not playing by the rules? Going all out right from the start?!"
Staring at the overwhelming tide of snakes, Fei Yun felt his scalp tingle, and his trypophobia was about to act up.
He wasn't Uzumaki Naruto, who could break all techniques with an explosive amount of Chakra.
However, Fei Yun still created three Shadow Clones, simultaneously using Fire Release Ninjutsu to attack the snake tide.
"Swish! Swish! Swish!"
Long swords shot out from the mouths of each snake, entering attack mode, bombarding Fei Yun's super-wide-range Fire Release.
The sea of fire and the sea of snakes collided, canceling each other out, and the explosive energy stirred up waves of air.
Just as Fei Yun finally let out a sigh of relief, seeing that his full-power Fire Release had managed to block the snake tide, he sensed a dangerous presence behind him.
"Swish! Swish!"
Several giant pythons, moving with incredible speed, coiled around and restrained Fei Yun and his Shadow Clones, slowly tightening their grip.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
The Shadow Clones couldn't withstand the pressure and dissipated into smoke, leaving only the main body still wrapped by the giant pythons.
"Shadow Clones? Judging by their performance just now, Fei Yun-kun also has a large amount of Chakra!"
"Excellent! Truly excellent..."
Orochimaru's smooth long hair fluttered in the strong wind as he stared at Uchiha Feiyun in front of him, unable to resist extending his damp tongue.
Fei Yun felt his handsome face being fiercely licked, leaving a wet sensation.
This sent a shiver down his spine, and goosebumps rose all over his body: "I say, let's just talk, no touching... or licking, alright?"
Seeing Orochimaru merely staring greedily at his body, Fei Yun felt increasingly uncomfortable.
Don't be like this, okay?
We're both handsome men, how are countless young maidens in love supposed to live if you act like this?!
Fei Yun suppressed the revulsion in his heart and asked, "I'm very curious, how did you find me? My actions should have been very secretive, I shouldn't have left any tails!"
"For me, it's not a difficult task!"
Orochimaru felt that he had already captured Uchiha Feiyun, and of course, he didn't mind chatting a bit more. He continued with a smile, "There are many people in the Ninja World who aren't afraid of Konoha, but only one person would pay an exorbitant bounty for the families of those old geezers from Konoha!"
Fei Yun nodded: "That number one handsome guy in the Ninja World is me!"
Orochimaru extended his long tongue, licked his lips, and continued, "By integrating information from various sources, one can roughly deduce the area where the bounty first appeared. By keeping an eye on the Bounty Exchange Offices in that area... wouldn't I meet Fei Yun-kun?"
"And I just happened to be in this area!"
It had to be said, it was truly a coincidence. If Orochimaru had arrived even a moment later, Fei Yun would never have come near this area again!
Fei Yun's face was calm as he spoke lightly, "Then, Lord Orochimaru, what is your purpose in seeking me out?"
"Fei Yun-kun, do you know what eternal life is?" Orochimaru asked his classic philosophical question.
"Hmm..."
Fei Yun pondered for a moment, then said, "I think so."
"I still don't know, so I need a perfect body to..." Orochimaru had only spoken half his sentence when he suddenly paused, "Ah? You already know?"
Uchiha Feiyun's answer made Orochimaru slightly stunned; the Ninja World's foremost academic mind was somewhat frozen by Fei Yun.
Fei Yun smiled and nodded.
You must be kidding!
Could such a philosophical academic question stump a Huaxia student who had received compulsory education?
Such papers involving ultimate topics tend to be quite sophisticated and profound.
However, precisely because of this, it is often difficult to find a clear answer.
Moreover, let alone academic papers, there are tons of charlatan videos of this type.
If Fei Yun were to talk about this, he could talk to Orochimaru for an entire day and night.
For example, some people are alive, but they are already dead. Some people are dead, but they are still alive.
So, eternity means living on in glory, never being forgotten, etc... Therefore, we should do this and that... Abba abba... Bili bala... Orochimaru smiled slightly: "Then, Fei Yun-kun, what do you say is eternal life?"
Fei Yun also smiled and said, "It is for Spiritual Power/Mental Strength to be eternal and indestructible. Only by abandoning the physical body can one obtain the physical body."
"Only by abandoning the physical body can one obtain the physical body!" Orochimaru trembled, murmuring his words repeatedly.
At this moment, Orochimaru's golden snake eyes moistened. On the path he had pursued his entire life, a person who could understand him had finally appeared.
"Clang!"
A cold light flashed, and the giant python coiling around Fei Yun was sliced into countless pieces. Chakra erupted, scattering the blood.
Fei Yun broke free from his restraints, and Orochimaru wasn't particularly surprised.
Because Orochimaru had already realized that this person was extraordinary; from the very beginning until now, Uchiha Feiyun had not shown the slightest hint of fear!
And most importantly, Orochimaru had just sensed Fei Yun's incredibly powerful Spiritual Power/Mental Strength!
One must know that the reincarnation ritual of [Immortality Reincarnation] is the Seize of Spiritual Power/Mental Strength.
Orochimaru felt that even with home-field advantage, he wouldn't be able to seize control of Uchiha Feiyun's body, because his Spiritual Power/Mental Strength was too strong!
After breaking free, Fei Yun did not continue to attack. Instead, he shook the blood off his tachi and sheathed it.
"Orochimaru, do you know about Spiritual Power/Mental Strength cultivation methods?"
"Spiritual Power/Mental Strength cultivation methods?"
Fei Yun put away his tachi and continued to ask, "Then do you know about ancient Spiritual Power/Mental Strength cultivators?"
Orochimaru still looked puzzled: "Spiritual Power/Mental Strength cultivators?"
Fei Yun nodded and began to make things up: "A long, long, long time ago, there was an empire, and within that empire, there was a..."
"Back then, there was no Chakra. People cultivated Spiritual Power/Mental Strength, and they were also called immortal cultivators! They struck the heavens above and captured dragons in the deep sea below!"
"They contended with the heavens, lived for tens of thousands of years, and enjoyed eternity! They held stars in their hands and shattered the scorching sun with their fists! A single sword light chilled nineteen continents, battling gods and demons for thirty thousand li..."
"If I were not born, the path to eternity would be like a long night for all ages, Lord Orochimaru!!!!"