Lemon Tree Works: Naruto Shippuden Legend of Ningci, Naruto Shippuden Legend of Ningci NO. 21 Summoning Beast

  When Ning woke up again, it was already noon. He walked around the house but didn't see Hong's figure anywhere. He thought to himself that she might still be consoling Ba Yun.

  Without much consideration, Ning thought he should also prepare some necessary medicines. He was preparing tonics for Yayoi, and most of the ingredients were available at Konoha Hospital, but not all of them. The rest could only be obtained by Ning himself, and there should be some herbal medicines around here!

  Ning sneaked into the Death Forest, a very dangerous place for ordinary Jonin. He also came here to cultivate and search for herbs while being careful of the endless monsters that emerged from all directions.

  After being busy for several hours, Ning was very satisfied. Most of the herbs had been found, and the remaining ones were not too important and could be dispensed with. In those few hours, Ning had killed countless monsters, which also made him feel a little melancholy. This world seemed to be full of strange things - centipedes could grow several meters long, insects grew bigger than elephants, and all sorts of bizarre creatures existed. However, thinking back to the spiritual beast, Toad Wen Ta, whose head was as big as a small mountain, Ning could barely accept the mutation of these insects.

  "Help...!" A faint voice entered Ning's ears.

  "What? Nǐ Cì found it a bit strange, what's going on, is someone else coming in here? With some interest in his heart, he walked towards the place where the sound came from. When he arrived at the place where the sound had come from earlier, Nǐ Cì looked around in surprise, what was going on, no one was there?"

  "Amethyst eyes!" The surroundings were reflected in Ningci's line of sight, and the faint Chakra reaction coming from above his head caught his attention. He quickly climbed up along the trunk.

  High up on the branch, a huge spider web was stretched out, and a black spider as big as one meter in size was crawling towards the center of the web. Seeing an unexpected guest, its blood-red eyes stared at Jinbao, and its swollen abdomen quivered slightly.

  This... what is this? The bizarre and fantastical world of the Ninja has already become somewhat familiar to Ningci, but this thing in front of him... Ningci truly doesn't know how to describe it. Its shape is that of a silver-white butterfly, no, it should be said that it's a small person with butterfly wings and antennae.

  Pfft…… The black spider spat out a mouthful of white, flower-like webs at Ning Ci, who didn't even look up. A layer of flames appeared on his hand, and with a slight flick, the incoming web was reduced to ashes. Slightly annoyed, he lightly snapped his index finger, sending a small, round bone fragment flying towards the black spider. In an instant, it pierced through the spider's head. Picking up the unknown creature, Ning Ci jumped down from the giant tree and found a nearby stream.

  Carefully holding the small creature in his hand, which was only about two finger joints in size, it surprisingly had a layer of gauze wrapped around its body. The tiny body was a complete and exquisite female figure, looking very cute. On top of her head, two antennae slightly trembled as she also sized up Ning Ci.

  "Thank you so much, I'm Xiaodie. Thanks to you, otherwise I would have been eaten by that ugly guy today!" A crisp voice came out of this little thing's mouth.

  Little butterfly? And it has a name, Ning Ci felt a bit strange in his heart. This little butterfly's appearance should be like those elves in the fantasy novels he read in his previous life, right? Why would such a thing appear in this Fire Shadow world? Moreover, the elf seemed to be very powerful too, but this little butterfly couldn't even handle a spider, it was really weak.

  "Little Butterfly, can you still talk?"

  She nodded slightly, and her face was flushed with a faint blush. Ning Ci felt a little dizzy and still shy, "Uh, do you have family? I mean, do you have companions, just like you?"

  When Ning Ci asked, Xiaodie's face showed a hint of bitterness, and she said in a hoarse voice: "No, when I crawled out of the cocoon, there was no one else around me, nor did I see anyone who looked like me. I saw that those butterflies looked similar to me, so I gave myself this name. It's just that I'm too weak. Although I've been careful, I still got caught by that big guy today."

  For some reason, when Ning Ci heard this little guy say that, he suddenly felt a bit of sympathy in his heart. He said inexplicably: "How about this? You come with me and be my spiritual beast. Do you know what a spiritual beast is?"

  Upon hearing Ning Ci say that, Xiao Die's face was filled with surprise and delight. "Really? But I'm very weak and don't have any combat strength at all. Letting me be your contracted spirit beast would be of no help to you." As she spoke, a hint of bitterness floated onto her face.

  "It doesn't matter, just stay with me as usual, I can handle the battles myself. But how did you know all this? You haven't met anyone else, have you?" Ning asked somewhat curiously.

  "I don't know, it's as if I was born with this understanding." Little Butterfly said happily, flapping her silver wings in Ningci's hands, dancing in the sunlight that filtered through the trees at noon, and the little girl who flew lightly was like a spirit.

  Now, Ning Ci still didn't understand why he had suggested making Xiao Die his contracted spirit beast. Was it because of loneliness? He shook his head, not allowing himself to think about these things. Looking at Xiao Die's joyful face, Ning Ci felt a faint excitement in his heart.

  "Right, do you know how to sign a contract? I'm not very familiar with this aspect." Suddenly thought of this question, Ning Ci remembered that when Naruto and Jiraiya signed the contract, they pressed their handprints on the cursed seal book, but in this situation, what should be done now?

  "I know." Xiaodie said softly, flapping her wings to fly to Ningci's wrist, gently biting down and letting out a trickle of blood. She murmured something under her breath as the blood slowly began to change, finally transforming into an image of a small butterfly that floated on Ningci's wrist like a tattoo.

  "That's it." Xiaodie looked at this pattern and said in a crisp voice, "I still don't know your name, master."

  "My name is Hinata Niji. You can just call me Niji, calling me master feels a bit strange." Niji said softly, looking at the flower pattern on his wrist.

  "Alright, got it, Ning Ci! I'm not completely useless either. I can merge with you, let's give it a try and you'll see what happens!" Suddenly remembering something, Xiao Die excitedly said, without waiting for Ning Ci to say anything, she suddenly merged into Ning Ci's wrist. The small butterfly tattoo seemed to come alive, full of vitality.

  A strange chakra was flowing through Ningci's body, wings! Looking at the pair of butterfly wings that appeared behind him, Ningci couldn't help but laugh and cry. This kind of chakra-constructed wing, Ningci's Peacock Method could also achieve it, otherwise, for ordinary ninjas, it would be a pretty good ability.

  He didn't say these things to Little Butterfly, Ning Ci simply waved the silver butterfly wings and flew up into the low sky.

  "Hehe, Ning Ci, isn't this ability of mine pretty good?" Little Butterfly's tone was somewhat complacent, like a child showing off their treasure. Ning Ci smiled slightly and didn't say much.

  "Right, Ning Ci, I haven't had a good rest for a long time. Now, I'll take a break in your body. If you want to retract your wings, just think about it and it's done." The voice that came again was tinged with a faint fatigue, like a small butterfly without the ability to protect itself in the Death Forest, where only being constantly on high alert and careful of one's surroundings could ensure survival.

  Ning Ci's heart felt a twinge of sympathy for the little guy's plight, watching as the butterfly tattoo slowly faded away.

  Folded his wings, Ning Ci started to cultivate in the Death Forest, various ninjutsu freely accompanied by cultivation, in the Death Forest, birds and beasts fled, mournful cries spread throughout the forest.

  As the sky slowly darkened, Ning brought a large package of herbs and headed outside. Halfway there, Ning felt something was off. After using ninjutsu so wildly in the afternoon, why did it seem like he still had plenty of chakra left?

  Ning opened his purple pupils to observe the situation inside his body. What was this? A weak, silvery-white chakra flowed through Ning's meridians, passing through each cell. The cells that this strange chakra passed through quickly recovered their vitality. How did this happen? The source of this chakra, following its flow, actually appeared from the mark left by Xiao Die.

  Does Xiaodie also have the ability to help ninjas quickly recover their chakra?

  Tentatively, Ning used the Dragon Fire Technique again, and row after row of giant trees collapsed under the cover of dragon fire, burning into ashes. Ning didn't care about the killing power of this technique at all, as he was now concentrating on feeling the changes within his body.

  Indeed, in a very short period of time, Chakra recovered nearly half of it, which is about half the amount of Chakra used for Dragon Fire Technique, and then the speed slowed down afterwards.

  Wow, this little butterfly is not weak at all. Such ability would be a rare find for any ninja. It's like I've stumbled upon a great bargain. With that thought in mind, Ning Ci quickly ran outwards.