The Gift of the Sage

The next day,

At the Xiao Clan, many influential people from across the Floating cloud city had gathered at the manor for the marriage of the number one beauty in the city and the number one wastrel of the Xiao Clan,

Many people had sighed in pity for the young lady while many more were filled with rage,

While this was happening, the said couple were right now near their elders as the ceremony had just been completed, Xia Quingyue kept looking towards the entrance of the Xiao Clan, waiting for Naruto to show up,

Just as she thought that he may not come, the doors to the chamber flew open as Naruto slowly floated into the room with a warm smile on his face as he looked at Qingyue who was dressed in her wedding dress,

"You look very gorgeous in that dress Qingyue, no matter what you may do in the future, never forget that you can always depend on me" he said with a smile as he put his hand on her head as she lowered her head and let out a rarely seen smile on her face,

Some distance away, the Xiao clan looked on the scene but did not dare to make a move, normally, they would always act all haughty but the moment they saw the man casually float into the room, they knew that he was at least at the Sky profound realm, so they decided against going near the man,

Xiao Che however, was looking at the man with great jealousy, ever since he had reincarnated, he had never been able so much as make her even utter a few words towards him, yet, the moment the strange man praised her, she showed a very beautiful smile that had even mesmerized him as well, this made him feel extremely jealous of the man,

However, he decided against making a move against the man because he saw that someone else was already making a move.

"Who are you? and how did you enter this hall without any permission?" asked a young man with a medium build and black hair, the rest of the Xiao Clan elders immediately widened their eyes in terror at what the foolish young man had done, immediately, the head of the Xiao Family, Xiao Yunhai ran towards the man and bowed his head while forcefully doing the same to the young man beside him,

"Forgive my son for being ignorant senior, my name is Xiao Yunhai and i am the head of the Xiao Clan, this is my son Xiao Yulong," he said as he gestured to the young man who had talked before,

Naruto looked at them and did not put it in mind, for him, he could not care less of who they were unless they were directly related to those he cared for, he turned towards them and said,

"It is alright, my name is Naruto Uzumaki and I happen to be a friend of Qingyue so I came here to congratulate her on her wedding," he said and turned around, he then turned towards Qingyue and said with a smile,

"I hope I did not miss the gift-giving ceremony?" he asked to which she shook his head,

"In that case, I want you to take my gift first and foremost," he said as he handed her a small box made of an unknown metal,

As soon as she opened the box, she along with everyone in the vicinity were assaulted by a very powerful profound energy originating from the box, she looked into the box to find a small bead made of translucent purple crystal,

"Is this Purple Veined Divine Crystal?" she mumbled in awe as everyone in the vicinity felt their souls tremble at the name of the object, the purple-veined divine crystal is something that no one in the floating cloud city would ever dare to dream of having, even those in the four great sects would not necessarily have access to this material,

' It may look like the Purple Veined Divine Crystal, but it is far more potent and powerful, so use it wisely' she heard a voice in her head which originated from Naruto who looked at her with a smile,

A Purple Veined Divine Crystal is a mineral that is formed as a by-product of the crystallization of the profound energy produced by a Divine Master Realm expert breaking through into the ranks of true gods, normally, a remote planet such as this would not have any of such materials, but as this planet happened to be the battlefield of many true god realm experts, there was some scarce amount of it available on it,

However, what Naruto had gifted Qingyue was not the A Purple Veined Divine Crystal but something even more amazing and unique, normally, a house-sized Purple Veined Heaven Crystal is required to refine a Purple Veined Divine Crystal the size of a fingernail, but what Naruto did was compress the Purple Veined Divine Crystal the size of a few houses into the size of pearl, this compression had made the already priceless and powerful Purple Veined Divine Crystal into an even more powerful and unique artifact, if Qingyue were to succeed in refining the crystal, she would most probably directly achieve the Devine Origin Realm

The crystal was so powerful that even an old monster such as Yun Che was tempted by the power it possessed,

For Xia Qingyue However, this crystal represented a way for her to gain power and get her closer to her goal of finding her mother, thus, she could not help but hug Naruto and shed a few tears as he hugged her back with a warm smile on his face,

It was at this moment that Naruto felt a spike in Killing Intent from the groom, although it was nowhere near the level of Kurama, it was still quite strong, this made him frown, he turned towards Xiao Che who was staring at him with a neutral look on his face,

"You must be the groom right? I leave Qingyue in your hands, but make no mistake, something happens to her because of you, and you will find yourself buried in the ground" Naruto said, and to add weight to his threat, released his own killing intent,

The killing intent was so potent that even Xiao Che himself staggered a few steps back under the pressure as most of the Xiao Clan had already wet their pants and were on the verge of collapse,

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In the mountain range known as the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range,

Naruto was flying leisurely to a certain location in the mountain range, after attending the marriage if the girl that he had seen gown up and considered a daughter, he had decided to leave on his trip around the world, but first, he wanted to meet one of the few friends he had left,

He soon arrived at a small village that was built around a massive formation that served as a trial grounds, he sneaked into the grounds making sure that no one would see him,

"Hey Phoenix, it's me" he shouted, soon enough, a massive bird with flames coming off of its body descended on the ground and said,

"What is it, Lord Naruto?" it asked to which Naruto replied,

"I am once again planning to go on a journey so there is a chance that I might end up picking up a student once again , so I want you to make sure not to pass on your legacy to someone else, I would like my future students to challenge a trial ground of an Uncorrupted Phoenix" he said to which the phoenix bowed and said,

"As the King of all Beasts, I have no choice but to acknowledge your orders, I, the Primordial Phoenix hereby declare this place unaccessable to anyone but you," It said to which Naruto nodded, he then said,

" Also, I can sense that the people in the nearby village are still suffering from your curse, I think it had been long enough and they seem to have learned their lesson, so remove the curse as well," he said to which the Phoenix nodded and let out a screech, soon all the villagers would find that the curse on them has been lifted,

After bidding her farewell, Naruto left the mountain range and went to the Wasteland of Death where he met the Dragon God's residual soul and gave it the same orders,

"Now then, only that arrogant fellow the Golden Crow is left, looks like i will have to go to that continent after all" he muttered as he disappeared from the continent.