Under the Bamboo Forest of Naruto

"Distant relative!"

Liu Yu muttered these two words in a low voice while looking absently at the ancestral reliefs carved on the wall. The black stone boundary monument here, coupled with Maitreya's actions, can basically confirm the reliability of this news.

It has to be said that Ryūha was shocked by Maitreya's answer. She did not expect that the final answer would be this. If the Kusachi clan and the shrine maiden clan are distant relatives, this can barely explain why Miroku wanted to take in a clan member.

However, this reason alone is far from enough. Just like Uzushio Hidden Village and Konoha Village have been on good terms in the past, Konoha even printed the emblem of the Uzumaki clan on Konoha's standard vest, but Konoha did not show any influence on Uzumaki.

He provided help during the destruction of Shiogakure Village, and did not even provide help to the Uzumaki clan members who were living in various places.

Although the Kusanagi clan is distantly related to the shrine maiden clan, there is no contact between the two clans in Liuyu's memory. Even Sister Naiko doesn't know much about these things. She probably came to understand them after coming into contact with Dong Ling.

to these secrets.

On the eve of the incident in Caoyin Village, facing the threat of the annihilation of the clan, the senior leaders of the clan did not even think of going to the Kingdom of Ghosts. This also shows that the exchanges between the two clans have gradually faded over the long history.

Miroku left some time for Liuyu to digest the shocking news, and after a while he spoke again: "Do you know where the knife on your waist comes from?"

"knife?"

Liu Yu subconsciously looked at the Mikazuki Munechika worn on her waist and muttered in confusion.

"This sword is a token of the patriarch passed down from the time of the Cao Qian clan. It was lost during the Warring States Period. Later, it was said that my mother found it through the power of bamboo escape."

Liu Yu looked at Maitreya and explained, is there any other explanation for the origin of Mikazuki Munechika?

"You are basically right, but there is one thing wrong, that is, your mother did not retrieve the sword through the power of bamboo escape, but she took it from the shrine of the Kingdom of Ghosts."

"Taken from the land of ghosts?"

Liu Yu asked back, this is different from what Sister Naiko told him! How could it be a token of the clan leader that was passed down from the time of the Kusachi clan and end up in the country of ghosts?

Seeing the doubt on Liuyu's face, Maitreya continued to explain:

"After this sword was lost during the Warring States Period, it was found by the Miko clan by chance, and it has been enshrined in the shrine of the Demon Country ever since. Since the Kusanagi clan has not given birth to a successor to the Bamboo Escape Blood for a long time,

Being unable to fully utilize the capabilities of this sword, coupled with the relationship between the two clans, the Kusachi clan has acquiesced in allowing the Miko clan to keep this sword."

"This sword has been enshrined in the shrine of the Kingdom of Ghosts since then until the arrival of the previous generation of Bamboo Escape Blood Successor, your mother. It was also at that time that I met your mother."

"..."

Liu Yu listened quietly without interrupting Maitreya's speech. At the same time, she was also curious as to why these secrets were not even recorded in the family's secret scroll.

"Take it out, please?"

"it?"

Liuyu was stunned, what did it refer to? But soon Liuyu noticed that Miroku's eyes were always staring at Mikazuki Munechika on his waist, and he quickly realized what "it" Miroku meant.

"Um!"

Liu Yu nodded slightly and began to form seals to summon the white jade stone pillar, and then used his own blood to activate the second form of the white jade stone pillar.

Looking at the keyhole in the middle of the white jade stone pillar, Liu Yu glanced at Maitreya again, then with a firm expression, he took out the Mikazuki Munechika from his waist and inserted it. Then, the white jade stone pillar shot out a dazzling white light, with records floating between the light pillars.

A scroll of family secrets.

Seeing the scroll emerge, Maitreya's eyes flashed with excitement, and then Maitreya took out the hairpin from his hair and pricked his middle finger.

A drop of blood seeped out from the bright white fingertips. After the blood seeped out, it seemed that it had received some inexplicable summons, and it slowly flew towards the scroll in the beam.

Seeing this, Liu Yu really believed that the Kusachi clan and the shrine maiden clan were distant relatives. Otherwise, this scroll would not be sensitive to Maitreya's blood.

Feeling the blood slowly approaching, the scroll opened on its own initiative, flipped quickly, and turned directly to the part with the word "sealing" written on it.

Seeing this, Liu Yu couldn't help but get excited. He had always been thinking about how to open the scroll's seal. Like Maitreya, he tried to use blood as a guide to open the scroll, but there was no progress for a long time. The sealing technique recorded in the family

There is no way to break the seal on this side of the scroll.

I didn't expect that I would have the opportunity to unlock the seal today. It turns out that the blood of the shrine maiden clan is needed to unlock the scroll. No wonder I had no progress before.

In Liu Yu's excited sight, the blood on Maitreya's fingertips slowly floated over the word "Feng". Soon, the blood on Maitreya's fingertips began to blend into the word "Feng". As the blood on Maitreya's fingertips merged,

The entire sealing style began to slowly dissipate, and the originally sealed contents slowly emerged.

"It's actually really solved!"

Seeing the seal being idle, Liu Yu's heartbeat couldn't help but quicken. The ninjutsu recorded in the unsealed content before this scroll were so powerful that it was hard to imagine what the sealed content behind it was.

"Look! Haven't you been thinking about how to open it?"

Seeing Liu Yu's excited look, Maitreya couldn't help but chuckle. This child was still as anxious as her mother back then.

"Lord Maitreya, don't you take a look?"

Liuyu took down the scroll with excitement, and was about to look through the contents of the seal, but then he paused, as if he thought of something, turned around and asked softly, what is the seal of this scroll after all?

Maitreya unlocked it.

"No, I've already read the content here. Also, you don't have to call me Maitreya-sama. If you don't mind, you can call me Auntie."

Seeing Liu Yu's anxious look, Maitreya chuckled and said in reply, Liu Yu's mother had already read this scroll when she came to the Ghost Country.

"Thank you! Aunt Maitreya!"

Liuyu turned around and saluted Maitreya respectfully. This time it was not purely out of etiquette like before, but from his own heart.

Although she is not very clear about the relationship between her mother and Maitreya, she can feel that Maitreya's care for her is sincere, and she really takes care of her as an old friend. This kind of warmth from the elders has continued to grow after his father's death.

, Liuyu hadn’t felt it for a long time. Although she still had many questions, it didn’t stop her from saying thank you to Maitreya.

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