The Sage leaves his seclution

In his cave, Naruto was right now sitting in a meditative position as tremendous power revolved around him forming a Chakra storm,

However, suddenly, the storm stopped as a small smile appeared on his lips, with his eyes closed he said,

" Qingyue, stop hiding your presence, you know better than anyone that you cannot hide from me," he said as a girl of 16 years of age with a peerless beauty and cold disposition came out of hiding, but on her cold face one could see small traces of a smile,

She knew very well that she could never hope to match him in anything, she had learned that fact in the last 11 years that she had spent knowing more about him,

However, her smile suddenly stopped as she remembered the reason for her arrival at Naruto's cave,

"Naruto, i am going to get married tomorrow, i came here to invite you to the ceremony," she said to which Naruto raised an eyebrow and turned around, finally opening his eyes,

"Marriage? I thought you became a disciple of that lass Chu Yueli from Frozen Cloud Azgard, as far as i remember, that foolish sect doesn't allow for their students to be in a relationship" he said to which Qingyue nodded, when she was 12 years old and had just broken through the Elementary Profound realm to Nascent Profound realm, she had met one of the fairies of Frozen Cloud Azgard, Chu Yueli,

Even though her obsession with cultivation had reduced slightly thanks to Naruto, she still wished to find out the reason for her departure, thus , she accepted the offer of Chu Yueli and became a disciple of Azgard despite Naruto's warnings

"I am only going to marry in name, a few days after the marriage is over I will leave for Azgard, the only reason I am marrying that man is to fulfill my father's promise to uncle Xiao Ying, but after I leave, I may not be able to come here again" she said the last part in a small voice which was barely louder than a whisper,

This was the part that was more painful for her than anything else, in her heart, Naruto had a place that was just below her father and brother, he was the one that had consoled her during her times of weakness, he was the one that would encourage her in her moments of failure, he was there for her when she felt she was all alone, he was there to reprimand her from her foolish actions, in every way of the world, he was like a pseudo-father to her,

That is the reason why her heart hurt a lot when she thought about how she may never be able to see him again

Knowing her internal dilemma, Naruto chuckled and got up from his position to walk towards her,

he placed his hand on her head as a seal appeared on the backside of her palm, what he gave her was a very advanced form of his father's Hiraishin mark,

"Qingyue, you may be a long-distance away from me in the future, but for me, that distance nothing, i could travel to your site instantly, if you ever find yourself in danger, or if you simply want to talk to me, just drive your profound energy into that seal, and i shall be there" he said with a warm smile as Qingyue herself had a warm smile on her face,

"now go home and prepare for the wedding, i will be there tomorrow with a wedding gift you cannot even imagine," he said with a fox-like grin to which Qingyue nodded and left the cave,

As soon as she left the cave, the smile on Naruto's face fell off as a cold look appeared,

"How long are you planning in hiding Chu Yueli?" he said, immediately, a beautiful woman wearing the uniform of the frozen cloud Asgard appeared in the cave,

" your senses must be really good if you are able to sense me even when i am hiding, but i am not here to test you, i am only here to warn you," she said arrogantly,

honestly, she could not understand why her student respected this man so much, even when she concentrated so much, she could not sense even an ounce of profound energy in him and it was very difficult for her to sense anything from him,

just as she was contemplating these things, she heard the man chuckle, but then, suddenly, she felt a tremendous pressure crash on her which forced her to the ground, even when she circulated her energy she was unable to withstand the pressure, it felt as if she was submerged into the very bottom of the ocean, it was then that she heard his voice,

" little girl, you are a billion years too young to be threatening me, you are but an Emperor Profound Realm practitioner, it is very unwise to challenge someone without knowing about their power, however, since you are Qingyue's teacher, i will let you off with a warning, but make no mistake, if something happens to her, i will make sure that it would be the last day for your sect" he said as he slowly reigned in his power from the woman who was shivering in fright,

Soon after that, without turning back, she flew away towards her sect,

Naruto sighed as he looked at the fleeing woman and mumbled,

"It would seem that the world has changed once more, it is about time i came out of my seclusion to see the world once more"

soon, he came out of the cave as all of his things collapsed into a folded space that existed in his ring, but unlike the dimensional ring of this world, his ring did not have any limit to its storage,

He then turned towards the Profound beasts that had been resting near his cave for many years and said,

"I will be leaving this place for an indefinite amount of time, so you all can take all the precious metals and herbs in this place and raise your cultivation," he said to which all the beasts bowed in acceptance, unlike the rest of humanity, the beasts of this world has yet to forget who he truly was and how dangerous of an existence he is, after all,

He was not called the King of Beasts for nothing,

Under the mistified look of the beasts, Naruto slowly rose into the air and vanished in tremendous speed that no one in the world would be able to keep up with,

And so, the Sage left his millennia-long seclusion