The Immortal Sage

"Damn" Naruto muttered as his location changed as he was teleported

'I should have been careful. Where am I?' Naruto thought as he looked around, he was standing in an open ground and in the distance he could see a forest along with many mountains.

'How do I get back?' He mused as he looked around for any clue that could be nearby but he couldn't find a thing.

'So there is nothing to help me get back. I will need to look for the same signature as those ruins to find another teleportation circle or something.' Naruto concluded as he started walking towards the forest as he could sense living beings in that direction.

'If I could use the sage mode then I would have found the place easily, unfortunately I don't have the qualifications yet.'

As Naruto walked, he sensed tiny beasts heading for him and looked towards the direction to see countless tiny terrors, they resembled a monkey without fur and they seemed to be thirsty for his blood. He was already using the flame transformation and seeing that they didn't seem strong, Naruto wasn't worried but kind of excited to get a real fight after some time.

'Fire dash' Naruto thought as he ran towards the beasts leaving a trail of fire burning the little critters

'A good day to test out some moves'

Naruto easily dodged their moves and continued to burn them while running he charged the flames within his hands and when he was satisfied he jumped up, smashing the big ball of flames between the crowds.

"Really too weak, can't even take hits." Naruto muttered as he started walking away from the scene of carnage towards his destination as he felt something from the forest.

He had expanded much of his energy so he let go of the transformation so that he was ready to use it when necessary. When he entered the forest he came across a little girl that was different, she had wings on her back and she was looking at him with an inquisitive look.

He could sense several other presences around the place and the girl was very confident as she stood there with her pet bird.

"Who are you? What are you doing here?" She asked calmly but he could sense the hint of arrogance within her and the darkness

'Another one, what are the parents teaching their kids?' Naruto thought as he found the similarity between this girl and Shen Xiu

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto and I am just looking around, I wished to see how it looked inside the forest." Naruto said in a friendly tone

'What a weird name? I have never heard of any Uzumaki clan, so just a commoner.' Sikong Hongyue thought as she looked down on Naruto, commoners were beneath her stature.

"This is the territory of the Silver Wing Family, if you do not want to die get lost peasant." She said with contempt which surprised Naruto kind of as she was the first one to act like that in front of him.

"That's unfortunate as I need to check this place out. I would appreciate it if you would grant me permission to enter this territory." Naruto said with a smile that showed confidence, he wasn't worried about weaklings hurting him even Ye Mo was slower than him at his best so he could always escape.

"I think you have forgotten your place in this world, the strong rule the weak." Hongyue said as she walked towards him with her sword and slashed down with full force, expecting to cut him in half.

"Too weak" Naruto muttered as he held the blade between his fingers, she couldn't even budge it

"Let go" She said in embarrassment as she pushed harder

"As you wish" Naruto said as he kicked her away as the other enemies swooped down from the sky, attacking him from all sides with their swords.

'I should have taken her hostage, nah that would not be my style.' Naruto thought as he moved faster than they could react, jumping from tree to tree Naruto broke their wings effortlessly while the girl watched in awe as he dispatched the royal guards without getting hit.

'He is moving too fast, how can this be? Not even father can move like this?'

'Is he a hidden expert who was just roaming? Yes that has to be it; otherwise this has to be a nightmare.' Sikong Hongyue felt many thoughts flow through her mind until she convinced herself of the most logical reason for this event.

'We have already disrespected him, he might kill us all. This all my fault, father I am sorry for being a bad daughter.' She started crying at the possibility of imminent destruction of her family at the hands of this fire devil.

"Sniff"

Naruto finished knocking down the opponents and the area was filled with groans of pain along with curses but the girl's cry stood out, which surprised him as she seemed to be too prideful for such an act. He walked towards her as she tried to get away but then her face changed and she stood up, "Please Master, do not punish my clan for my ignorance. I will take responsibility so I beg you to let them go." Sikong Hongyue got her knees and begged with tears flowing down her cheeks

Naruto helped her up and she didn't resist his touch, he cleared her tears and said gently, "I won't destroy your clan so just show me around that is all I wish."

"Really? This isn't a cruel joke?" Hongyue questioned with hope in her tone

"Yes, I forgive you for attacking me." Naruto said with a smile while his chakra infiltrated Sikong Hongyue's body

'What is this feeling? I feel so safe and warm; all my problems seem to melt away.' Sikong Hongyue quivered with his gentle touch and her fear crumbled away like it was never present.

"Thank you Master Naruto, this loyal slaves name is Sikong Hongyue. I will make sure to grant your d.e.s.i.r.e." She said with a blooming smile that came naturally to her and she felt happy

'Looking at these people change with a touch makes me wonder how potent is my chakra or is it because they are too weak. Hmm, it might be because they are not used to it and mine is kind of really pure.' Naruto pondered as he nodded to the girl and said, "Lead the way, I wish to get permission to look around alone as that would be faster."

"As you wish" She replied, taking flight heading towards the city hidden in the trees

'I hope he takes me in as his apprentice, he is so much powerful than father especially that transformation. Where did he get such a powerful demon beast?' Sikong Hongyue thought dreamily with her feelings not knowing the actual difference between their powers.

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Naruto ran after her after leaving an imprint of his presence in the region so that monsters don't kill the soldiers. On the way he could see other giant birds like the one Sikong Hongyue was playing with and the houses of the people were in the trees.

'A village hidden in the leaves' Naruto thought with an amused smile. He was led to large building in the center of the village.

"This is it, Master please excuse my father as he is not used to etiquette." Sikong Hongyue said nervously while casually throwing mud on her father's image.

"No problem" Naruto said while wondering how come the affect was so severe, not understanding that people here lived by the motto strong devours the weak and he gave the image of someone too strong to mess with once he fought.

Hongyue nodded and she entered the place leading Naruto to the hall where her father would be sitting at the throne dealing with the family matters.

"Father, I have brought someone of great stature." She said in an excited voice as she entered the hall causing Sikong Yi to look up from his doc.u.ments, towards her.

'What has gotten the girl so happy?' He was confused but smiled at his lovely daughter

"Oh, who is it?" He pretended to show interest as he already knew there was no one worthy of his respect within this prison.

"Hello, nice to meet you. My name is Uzumaki Naruto" Naruto said in courteous tone as he entered making Sikong Yi shift his attention to him.

'Who is this youngster and how did he cause my daughter to become like this?'

"Father, Master Naruto wishes for permission to search out territory." She spoke carelessly not taking into account what she was saying.

"Master? This silver rank brat, I will have you ripped apart for this crime you filth." Sikong Yi said with anger as she assumed that his daughter had been hypnotized

"Father what are you talking about, Master is no way a silver rank. He is stronger that you so please come to your senses. Master please forgive father for his insolence."

'Man, this is weird how did she become like this. I don't remember Shen Xiu acting so dramatically.'

"Calm down, I wish you no harm. I only need some time to search for something personal, if you want you can have your guards follow me." Naruto said to pacify the situation as he could see the black gold rank fighters about to attack him which would be bad for him.

'I think I should have just avoided contact with them and searched the area while using transformation jutsu.' Naruto thought as he waited for the big man's response

"You can't even harm me if you wished, so why would I care?"

Naruto stopped him from continuing, "I can see that you are in pain, how about I heal you in return for the permission."

Sikong Yi stopped his words as he was tempted, his body was in immense pain as he grew older and he cursed the fact they had low life force.

"I will give you one chance, any funny business and you are dead." He said in a cool tone, his anger nowhere to be seen.

"That won't be problem" Naruto said as he approached the man on the throne cautiously, he hadn't let down his guard and had already panned out his escape route. He stood at touching distance and extended his hand to Sikong Yi's shoulder, using the healing jutsu he had seen countless time and experienced it at least twice to replicate it. His hands glowed green as they hovered over Sikong Yi, this scene made them wonder what he was doing as they only knew healing through medicine.

On the other hand Sikong Yi felt very comfortable as his pain subsided to range where only felt a tiny tingle, "Why did you stop?"

"Apologies but I do not have enough energy to continue and I don't trust you either. I will stay here doing my thing and will heal you everyday so that it completely disappears at the end or no deal." Naruto said in authoritative tone, like he had seen Gaara do along with Ye Zhong's.

'Thanks for your advice Shikamaru'

"So you are trying to force me into it. Very well I accept your request but if it seems like you are tricking me, I will kill you and all your loved ones. You can leave now; my guards will follow you along in the territory." Sikong Yi said in a dismissive tone

"Thank you for being understanding" Naruto said as he walked away

'I will need to fix the man, he reeks of evil. Now where to start' Naruto pondered as he stood outside the building.

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"Father, you were being too rude. What if Master decided to kill you?" Hongyue said in a worried tone

Sikong Yi stood up and appeared in front of her instantly, he held her up with his two hands holding her tiny waist.

"He is not someone strong; the brat is just a silver rank. Why do you insist on this nonsense?" He said as he looked at her in annoyance

"But he beat all the guards effortlessly and moved too fast for them" She muttered helplessly, putting her head down as her father was angered

"That only means he is a genius with higher capability and you are too weak to judge our levels so do not just be lost in the illusions of your foes. I have checked his level and he is silver rank, close to breaking to gold rank. He is the same age as you so try to learn from him, use him as a motivation and seduce him he is valuable" Sikong Yi said in a gentle manner and put her down

'Healing ability and power to fight with so many of the same level is really impressive but most important part is that he was not afraid to stand in front of me. What is his backing?'