Chapter 273 Gifts and Messages
Seeing Qingming's serious expression, Elder Uchiha thought he was worried about what would happen next.

So, he laughed and said, "Don't worry, Qingming boy. When you arrive at the Wuyin battlefield, someone in the clan will take care of you."

Hearing this, Qing Ming knew that the other party had misunderstood something, but he did not correct it. Instead, he followed the other party's words and said, "Thank you for the arrangement, Elder."

"Ah."

Elder Uchiha nodded, then as if he remembered something, he suddenly said, "Wait for me."

After saying that, he turned and walked into the inner room, then quickly returned, with a book and two scrolls in his hands.

Seeing these three things, Qingming's heart moved slightly. He already had some guesses in his mind, but he still asked in doubt: "This is..."

"Didn't you ask for support from the tribe? Here, this is what you want."

As he spoke, Elder Uchiha handed three things to Qingming.

Qingming quickly took it.

On the side, Elder Uchiha explained: "The book records a senior's experience in developing water attribute chakra."

Upon hearing this, Qing Ming immediately opened the book and took a quick look through it. It was indeed similar to the experience of developing wind-attribute chakra that he had obtained in the Uchiha library.

With this book, he can save a lot of time and energy.

However, now is not the time to flip through it, so Qing Ming quickly put it away and turned his eyes to the two scrolls in his hands.

Seeing this, Elder Uchiha spoke again: "These two scrolls each record a water-style ninjutsu, which should be enough for you to study for a while."

Qingming opened the two scrolls and saw that one of them recorded the ninjutsu - Water Style: Water Array Wall, and the other one recorded the ninjutsu - Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet.

Both were B-rank ninjutsu, one offensive and one defensive, and it was clear that the other party put their heart into it.

The only pity is that both the 'Water Style: Water Array Wall' and the 'Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique' are just ordinary versions.

That is to create an upright water wall to protect oneself, and the "Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique" with an extremely long forty-four seals.

However, Qingming didn't care too much about it.

There is no other reason. With the proficiency panel, he only needs to spend time and energy to raise their levels.

At that time, whether it is changing the form of ninjutsu or reducing the number of hand seals, he can decide according to his own wishes.

Therefore, you don’t need to worry too much about whether it is an optimized version.

However, just as a hint of joy appeared on his face, the elder Uchiha in front of him told him bad news.

Then he said, "As for the Kusanagi sword you want, the clan hasn't got it yet. I was going to give you these things together with the Kusanagi sword, but now that you're back, take these away first!"

Qingming did not listen to the second half of the other party's words, nor did he care about the meaning of the explanation. He only noticed that the other party said that he did not get it, not that he did not find it.

"In other words, there is news about Kusanagi Sword in the clan?"

Qing Ming's mind moved, and he asked directly.

Although he didn't know why Qing Ming asked this, Elder Uchiha still said truthfully: "Yes, intelligence shows that before the war broke out, the leader of the Artisan Ninja Village accidentally obtained a sword and seemed to be trying to copy it, but unfortunately he never succeeded. So theoretically, the other party has one in their hands now."

"Wait, you don't want to do it yourself?"

As Elder Uchiha was speaking, he suddenly saw Qingming's eyes light up and he quickly asked.

Qing Ming heard this and asked, "Why? Is it not possible?"

Seeing Qingming talking about the snatch as a matter of course, Elder Uchiha pointed at him and scolded with a smile: "You kid..."

In fact, he didn't know that Qingming was treating the person differently based on his appearance. If it was someone else, Qingming wouldn't be so obvious.

But the elder Uchiha opposite him was obviously a radical.

As for radicals, to put it in a positive way, they do things in an unconventional way; to put it in a negative way, they do not follow the rules.

Moreover, this is a supernatural world, where power belongs to oneself, and strength often determines many things. Once those small ninja villages have something good, aren't they taken away by the five major ninja villages?
So, the thoughts he expressed were nothing.

In fact, because of his thoughts, the radical elder in front of him might even find him more pleasing to the eye!
However, to his surprise, the elder Uchiha in front of him directly rejected his idea and said bluntly: "No!"

"why?"

Qing Ming did not hold back and asked directly.

Hearing this, Elder Uchiha shook his head and said, "You won't find him."

"What do you mean?"

Qing Ming asked again.

"That's what it means."

Elder Uchiha replied: "Since the war broke out, the Takumi Village has been disbanded, and all the Takumi Village ninjas have gone into hiding."

"what?"

When Qing Ming first heard the news, he was confused.

Seeing this, Elder Uchiha continued: "You should know that the Artisan Ninja Village is very good at making ninja tools, right?"

"Ah."

Qingming nodded.

"Then do you know that in peacetime, more than 70% of the ninja equipment of the five major ninja villages are supplied by them?" Elder Uchiha asked again.

Qing Ming shook his head.

He really didn't know this. In his previous life's memories, all the small ninja villages were mentioned briefly. Who knew that the Artisan Ninja Village had such a great influence?
However, at this point, he had guessed why the Artisan Ninja Village was disbanded.

As arms and weapons suppliers, they are too weak to maintain such huge interests.

Even, they can't even keep themselves out of trouble.

It’s fine in peacetime, just make some money if you can.

But in times of war, it is no longer a question of making money or not, but that their existence has affected the balance of the war to some extent.

With such a powerful ability to manufacture ninja tools, if the Artisan Ninja Village completely turns to a certain village and devotes all its efforts to making ninja tools for it, then the advantage of this village in ninja tools will be extremely huge.

No one wants to see this kind of situation.

If I fight for it myself, I will become the target of public criticism.

Therefore, in order to ensure that other villages will not receive assistance from the Artisan Village, the best way is to wipe them out.

Only in this way can the relative balance of the war be ensured.

Obviously, the leader of the Artisan Ninja Village realized this and sensed the hidden crisis.

Therefore, the Artisan Ninja Village was disbanded early, and all the people were broken up into small groups and scattered throughout the Ninja World.

The Artisan Ninja Village can supply more than 70% of the ninja tools to the five major ninja villages in peacetime. That is the result of their concerted efforts and division of labor.

Now that everyone is scattered, it is naturally impossible to do this.

In this way, even the five major ninja villages would not have to spend a lot of effort to find and deal with them.

In this way, when the war is over, they can gather again and rebuild the Artisan Ninja Village.

This is the way of survival of the Artisan Ninja Village.

Through his own thinking and Elder Uchiha's narration, Qingming understood the reason why the Artisan Village was disbanded, and also understood why the other party denied his idea.

Under such circumstances, there is no way he can find the leader of the Artisan Ninja Village!
(End of this chapter)