"Let's leave such trivial matters for later, Naruto." Hearing this, the White Snake Sage removed the pipe from her lips, tapped out the ash, blew out a puff of white smoke, and slowly said, "The most pressing matter right now is the Ancient Sage Art Legacy of Ryuchi Cave that you are about to receive."
At this, the expression of the White Snake Sage turned unprecedentedly serious.
Channeling her sage power, she transformed herself into the likeness of an old woman. Rising from the throne where she was revered, holding her pipe, she walked step by step toward Naruto. Without stopping, she kept walking straight ahead until she stepped out of her palace-like cavern dwelling, and then signaled to him with a voice, "Naruto, come with me."
Chapter 279