A month later, the dry food brought by Chao Yanqian had long been exhausted, and now Chao Yanqian had to eat food such as roasted mice and grilled frogs.
I don't know if Ryūchi Cave and Mount Myōboku are innately opposed, but the toads here are unexpectedly many, and they have simply become the staple food of these snakes. And unless you get special permission, the snakes in Ryūchi Cave are not allowed to go out privately. Otherwise, some giant pythons would probably use humans as food.
Chao Yanqian from his previous life hadn't learned Buddhism, Taoism, or anything similar, so Chao Yanqian could only force himself not to recall the memories of his past life. But the more he tried, the more impossible it became to calm down and perceive natural energy.
In the end, Chao Yanqian thought of a strategy with the help of Naruto's cultivation method from the original manga.
That is, to put yourself in a dangerous situation, relying on external dangers to force the mind into a state of peace.
To put it simply, it was to find a towering pinnacle, then place a wooden board on it, sit on the board, and keep his body balanced.
In this kind of environment, where even a little movement might cause him to lose balance and fall off, Chao Yanqian had to work hard to keep his body still.
The body's response needs to be manipulated by the brain. As long as the brain concentrates on other things, it can temporarily forget unnecessary thoughts, thus maintaining a relatively distraction-free state of mind.
In this state, after a period of practice, Chao Yanqian's body was able to remain still freely. And after this period of training, Chao Yanqian could barely control his state of mind, allowing himself to enter a state of tranquility.
After another month, Chao Yanqian sat quietly on the peak of a stone cliff. The purple eyeshadow on his eyes became clearer and clearer, the fleshy horns on his forehead raised little by little, and the white transparent snake-shaped chakras around his body became more and more obvious.
As more and more natural energy entered his body, Chao Yanqian finally relied on his own will and successfully entered Sage Mode.
Returning to normal state, Chao Yanqian jumped down from the cliff and came to the side of the Little White Snake, and said gratefully, "I really appreciate all you've done for me during this period."
"Looking at you now, you should be able to enter Sage Mode by yourself," Little White Snake said.
"Although it's still a bit forced, it's almost there! As long as I continue practicing, I can slowly become proficient," Chao Yanqian said.
"En! But the natural energy in the outside world is quite different from that in Ryūchi Cave. You'd better stay here a while longer before leaving, otherwise you might not be able to perceive natural energy outside," Little White Snake said.
"I see, thank you!" Chao Yanqian said.
For the next period, Chao Yanqian continued cultivating in Ryūchi Cave. While the Little White Snake was away, Chao Yanqian tried to introduce Senjutsu Chakra into the [Yin Seal] to see if it could store Senjutsu Chakra.
When Senjutsu Chakra entered the [Yin Seal], Chao Yanqian immediately felt that the [Yin Seal] had a feeling of being filled.
This feeling was like pouring water into a balloon, giving the balloon a heavy feeling.
Ordinary chakra is like air, which can be injected into a balloon to make it bigger. Senjutsu Chakra, however, is like water. Although it can also be injected, it cannot be injected too much.
Similarly, [Yin Seal] can store a huge amount of chakra, but if used to store Senjutsu Chakra, the storage capacity is greatly reduced.
But even so, Chao Yanqian was very happy.
In the original manga, Tsunade releases the chakra stored in the [Yin Seal] all at once to heal the entire Konoha ninja forces. Sakura also said that since she didn't need to maintain a youthful appearance, she could release even more chakra than Tsunade.
Chao Yanqian also does not need to maintain a youthful appearance. Although the storage of the [Yin Seal] is reduced, this is Senjutsu Chakra! Chao Yanqian couldn't imagine how long it could last in battle if all the chakra he accumulated over a year was stored in the [Yin Seal].
And Senjutsu Chakra can multiply the power of ordinary ninjutsu several times, even dozens of times. This huge boost was enough to double Chao Yanqian's combat effectiveness.
In a normal state, without using the [Flying Thunder God Technique], Chao Yanqian's strength at best reached special jonin. When facing a fast-reacting jonin, Chao Yanqian's [Super Strength Fist] might not even be effective.
Tsunade could be toyed with by Kabuto, let alone Chao Yanqian at that time.
But if he entered Sage Mode, with the help of natural perception and the power of the Super Strength Fist, even against Kakashi, already an elite jonin in the original work, Chao Yanqian could be confident of victory.
With natural perception, Chao Yanqian could also apply the [Flying Thunder God Technique] in battle. If so, even facing a Kage-level ninja, Chao Yanqian would not be without the power to fight.
The combination of these abilities meant that Chao Yanqian's strength was no longer the same as before.
More importantly, Chao Yanqian wondered: if, in Sage Mode, he used [Super Strength Fist] together with [Earth Release: Added-Weight Rock Technique] and [Super Strength Fist] again how terrifying would the combination of the three techniques be?
Would it really reach the point where a punch could shatter the ground?
Regarding the secret techniques of Earth Release from sunagakure, Chao Yanqian had been planning for a long time, but the time was not yet ripe.
Chao Yanqian had a deep understanding of the original Naruto works. He remembered that before the Uchiha Clan's extermination, Shimura Danzō once robbed Uchiha Shisui of his Mangekyō Sharingan, successfully taking one eye. The other eye was entrusted to Uchiha Itachi by Shisui.
Chao Yanqian's plan was to seize the remaining eye of Uchiha Shisui when Danzō made his move.
The Mangekyō's ultimate genjutsu, [Kotoamatsukami], could manipulate others at will without their awareness, permanently and completely changing their minds and wills.
But each use of [Kotoamatsukami] required more than a ten-year cooldown unless you had the cells of Hashirama Senju, in which case the cooldown could be greatly shortened.
Chao Yanqian's plan was to use [Kotoamatsukami] to control Onoki's son, Kurotsuchi's father, Loess (Hōton).
Loess was Onoki's son and an elite jonin in sunagakure. He must know many secret techniques of Earth Release, and he might even have access to some of Onoki's secret ninjutsu.
If [Kotoamatsukami] successfully controlled Loess, then Chao Yanqian would be able to obtain sunagakure's Earth Release secrets.
However, although [Kotoamatsukami] is powerful, Uchiha Shisui is still too young now. There will likely be a long time before he awakens his Mangekyō Sharingan. All Chao Yanqian could do for now was wait.
After mastering Sage Mode, Chao Yanqian's next plan was to continue colluding with Danzō and monitor him until Danzō made his move against the Uchiha Clan
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