Chapter 135: A Supplement for the Otsutsuki Clan
"This stone, perhaps natural energy is secondary."
Just as Izayoi made his evaluation, the Wood Clone's voice suddenly entered his ears.
The Wood Clone raised its hand, clenched its fist, and a hint of surprise flashed in its eyes.
Immediately, the information was transmitted to Izayoi's mind in real-time.
Digesting this information, Izayoi's eyes also flickered, and then he used the Tenseigan's chakra absorption, draining the energy from the billiard ball-sized Gureiru Stone in his hand.
When the blue-green energy flowed into his body, Izayoi's appearance didn't change at all, still in Sage Mode.
In terms of aura, he didn't seem to have become stronger either.
However, Izayoi widened his eyes in surprise and murmured, "So powerful, so pure life force..."
The information the Wood Clone had just transmitted in real-time was its feeling about its own body, more accurately, about the Wood Release.
Although Izayoi had absorbed its Sage Art chakra, he couldn't absorb the life force within the Gureiru Stone's energy.
The Gureiru Stone was not a natural energy stone.
That empire, which didn't even leave its name behind, didn't just use this stone for battle. More often, they utilized the life force within to create all sorts of things, bringing convenience to life, developing technology, inventing high-tech that this era didn't possess, and even preventing aging...
Both contained power capable of destroying continents, but the Dragon Vein's power had the attribute of space-time.
And the Gureiru Stone mine had the attribute of life.
Just now, when the Wood Clone absorbed the basketball-sized Gureiru Stone, it was like Nagato putting on Obito's armor, enhancing the power of Wood Release.
Or rather, the Yang Release chakra had become stronger.
The strengthening of Yang Release chakra meant Izayoi's physical energy had become stronger, and at the same time, his cells were also affected by the life force.
At this moment, Izayoi seemed to understand how the people of that empire made livestock grow overnight, created continuously fruitful crops, and inexhaustible water wells.
At the same time, Izayoi finally understood why Nagato had personally taken action just to deal with a small fry like Hyde.
This life force was simply the greatest supplement for Wood Release.
As long as the harmful components within the Gureiru Stone, which was natural energy, could be removed or controlled, then the life force was the bonus reward, the experience points for enhancing chakra and Wood Release.
Moreover, this harmful component was only harmful to others.
For Izayoi and Nagato, it was also a good thing to enhance their strength.
This thing, for Izayoi and Nagato, had no downsides at all. It was a miraculous elixir that would make them stronger just by consuming it.
"No wonder that guy Nagato has been dragging it out with me, unwilling to give up even now. So he had already discovered this," Izayoi exclaimed.
The Wood Clone also looked at the Gureilu Stone in front of it and sighed, "What a pity."
This pity referred to the fact that the Wood Clone couldn't help the main body absorb the Gureilu Stone's energy like it did just now, using the natural energy within to sense the natural energy of the natural world and cultivate true Sage Mode.
Natural energy could be absorbed, but life force couldn't. Even if Izayoi retrieved the Wood Clone, that life force was no longer pure, and it would enhance Wood Release chakra instead of physical energy.
Uncertain about how many stones the mine had and how much improvement it could bring, Izayoi absolutely couldn't let the Wood Clone waste such a treasure and could only absorb the Gureilu Stone's energy himself.
In that case, the amount of Gureilu Stone Izayoi could absorb each day was also limited.
Because the conditions and risks of cultivating Sage Mode required a massive amount of chakra.
Only a massive amount of chakra could suppress the backlash of natural energy and fuse Sage Art chakra according to the proper ratio.
If the amount of natural energy incorporated into the body exceeded the limit and couldn't be fully fused into Sage Art chakra, one would suffer severe backlash.
In mild cases, one would turn into a monster; in severe cases, one might die.
True Sage Mode could only be cultivated by Izayoi himself.
Moreover, before absorbing the Gureilu Stone, Izayoi had to first exhaust all the Sage Art chakra in his body to avoid imbalance.
This was easy to solve. He could let the Wood Clone use the Tenseigan's chakra absorption. Izayoi only needed to recover his chakra to continue absorbing the Gureilu Stone.
However, this was also wasting the natural energy within the Gureilu Stone.
"Is there a way to make the body also absorb this natural energy, or to maximize the effect of this natural energy?"
Izayoi waved his hand, causing the Wood Clone to teleport away. He then sat cross-legged in front of the pile of Gureilu Stones, arms crossed, his face pensive, flipping through the important information in his mind that he would recall every so often since coming to this world, information that time couldn't blur.
The original work had very little information about natural energy, but it was very important.
For example, Gamamaru sought out Hagoromo Otsutsuki because he hoped the brothers could destroy the God Tree.
Because since the God Tree took root, the natural energy of the earth had been decreasing every year.
Natural energy might be the life force of this planet, or a part of the life force.
Chakra fruits also contained components of natural energy.
Kaguya Otsutsuki, who ate the chakra fruit, should also be able to use the power of Sage Art, but as someone who became a god in one step, she might have looked down on this power, or her talent was as questionable as her combat experience.
However, as her eldest son, Hagoromo Otsutsuki sensed natural energy as soon as he arrived at Mount Myoboku.
Under Gamamaru's guidance, he even extracted Sage Art chakra instantly.
Moreover... Hagoromo Otsutsuki had no eye shadow, and his pupils didn't change.
Madara Uchiha in the original work absorbed Hashirama Senju's Sage Art chakra, and although he also had no eye shadow, Hashirama Senju on his chest showed a facial marking.
Apart from Hagoromo Otsutsuki, everyone else who mastered Sage Mode, without exception, had different colored eye shadows, and their pupils would also change, including Hashirama Senju.
However, there was one person who eventually, like Hagoromo Otsutsuki, had no eye shadow.
That was Naruto Uzumaki in his standard Six Paths Sage Mode.
And Naruto Uzumaki was the reincarnation of Asura's chakra, someone who was born inheriting the Sage Body.
Izayoi opened his eyes, thinking inwardly, "Otsutsuki bloodline, Sage Body."
As Kaguya Otsutsuki's son, born with horns and top-tier configuration, he didn't need any Yin-Yang Release to obtain ultimate eye techniques.
Hagoromo Otsutsuki's Otsutsuki bloodline must have been a level above red.
And his Sage Body, although acquired through later cultivation, could be inherited by his sons, and was very likely also a level above red.
Having this level of Sage Body was undoubtedly a talent brought by the Otsutsuki bloodline and the chakra fruit.
Just like how Izayoi, after obtaining the Otsutsuki bloodline (red), not only unlocked several entries one after another but also unlocked the Medical Genius entry the first time he cultivated medical ninjutsu.
"I need to verify something." Izayoi used the Tenseigan's farsight, switching his perspective to a base on a sea island, his gaze focused on an orange-haired boy.
Several bubbles floated around the boy, and one purple bubble caught Izayoi's attention.
[Sage Transformation (Purple)]
"Not him," Izayoi said lightly, then switched his perspective again, his gaze focused on Sasuke Uchiha, who was diligently training. Bubbles floated around him.
Having transplanted Hashirama's cells for more than half a year, Sasuke Uchiha's current strength had reached the level of a trump card.
The power contained in Hashirama's cells was stimulating his Indra's chakra, and his chakra was increasing every day. He not only had the conditions to cultivate Sage Art but had also mastered the Sage Mode of the Ryuchi Cave.
The increase in chakra and the Yin-Yang Release also allowed Sasuke Uchiha to do something even Nagato couldn't, just like Madara Uchiha:
Wood Release upgrade.
Sasuke Uchiha, who had just transplanted Hashirama's cells, had a blue Wood Release entry, just like Nagato.
But now, Sasuke Uchiha's Wood Release entry had been upgraded to purple, the same level as Yamato and Izayoi.
Of course, although they were both purple level, Sasuke Uchiha's Wood Release was still vastly different from Izayoi's.
Izayoi, who possessed the Otsutsuki bloodline (red), had Wood Release that, like Hashirama Senju's, had the ability to absorb chakra.
As long as certain conditions were met, Izayoi's Wood Release could evolve to the golden level at any time.
On the other hand, Sasuke Uchiha's limit in the future would be to use Flower Tree World Advent and Wood Dragon Jutsu like Edo Madara.
"Not him either."
After reading Sasuke Uchiha's entry, Izayoi still uttered those two words.
Switching his perspective to Jiraiya, Izayoi said again, "Still not him."
This "not him" referred to Jugo, who could use Sage Transformation, and Sasuke Uchiha and Jiraiya, who had mastered true Sage Mode. None of them had the Sage Body entry.
On the other hand, Naruto Uzumaki, who had not yet cultivated Sage Art, had the Sage Body (red) entry.
And only he, after receiving the transmission from the Sage of Six Paths, could achieve what even Hashirama Senju couldn't—no eye shadow.
Because after receiving the Six Paths power, his Sage Body had temporarily reached a level above red.
Unfortunately, his Otsutsuki bloodline was still only at the blue level.
Once he lost the Sage of Six Paths' power, he would revert to his original state.
Analyzing this, Izayoi couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of his mouth, muttering with a hint of excitement, "Perhaps... I can also cultivate the Sage Body later in life!"
Because his chakra also flowed from the chakra fruit, and his Otsutsuki bloodline had reached the red level.
In terms of configuration, his bloodline was one level lower than Hagoromo Otsutsuki's, and the purity of his chakra was not as good as the eldest son of the chakra progenitor.
But Izayoi wasn't pursuing a Sage Body above red; he just needed to cultivate the Sage Body.
Even the white level was fine!
As long as he unlocked the Sage Body entry, even if it was white, Izayoi could upgrade it to red, or even a level above red, using system points.
In this way, he wouldn't have to rely on Naruto Uzumaki for luck.
Thinking of this possibility, Izayoi was extremely excited and immediately began to try.
He created another Wood Clone, had it absorb his Sage Art chakra, and then the main body absorbed the energy of another Gureilu Stone.
Natural energy and life force poured into his body. The latter was quickly absorbed by his body, while the former flowed through his meridians along with his chakra but didn't fuse into Sage Art chakra.
If it were anyone else, even Kisame Hoshigaki and Kakashi Hatake, who didn't have the burden of the Sharingan, their chakra couldn't suppress this natural energy.
Only Izayoi, who possessed the Otsutsuki bloodline and the Tenseigan, as well as Wood Release and Yin-Yang Release, could suppress and control this natural energy.
Izayoi sat cross-legged, his hands forming a meditation seal, trying to sense the natural energy in the natural world with the help of the natural energy in his body.
Perhaps because the natural energy was relatively scarce, the Wood Clone brought another basketball-sized Gureilu Stone and placed it on the main body's lap.
Soon, Izayoi had absorbed all the energy within it.
Due to the surge of natural energy in his body, Izayoi could no longer maintain the calm he had before, and his body reacted.
Like a chicken injected with hormones, Izayoi's body swelled slightly.
The meridians in his body throbbed faintly.
If he continued, he would soon show signs of beastification.
Helpless, Izayoi could only fuse the natural energy into Sage Art chakra, and the main body entered Sage Mode again.
"In this state, it might be easier to sense the existence of natural energy," the Wood Clone said.
"That's not the Sage Body, but Sage Mode," Izayoi shook his head.
Due to being in Sage Mode, Izayoi found his brain extremely calm. Coupled with the fact that the Wood Clone was a more independent entity and wouldn't experience fatigue feedback after being dispelled, he began to multitask and think of a solution.
As if he had thought of something, the Wood Clone suddenly said in real-time transmission, "The Sage of Six Paths could cultivate the Sage Body without the characteristics of a holy land because his Otsutsuki bloodline was more advanced, and his chakra came directly from the chakra fruit, which might have contained a very high proportion of natural energy. Your configuration, main body, is far inferior to his, so you definitely can't directly cultivate the Sage Body like him."
"However, your current guess, main body, is that an advanced Otsutsuki bloodline has the potential to cultivate the Sage Body. Then why not, like Yin-Yang Release, first master true Sage Mode, and then use Wood Release and Yin-Yang Release to convert all chakra into Sage Art chakra, allowing natural energy to exist in the body for a long time, and see if it affects the changes in cells?"
"Given the nature of the system, even a slight change will definitely unlock an entry. At that time, just use points to upgrade it, right?"
Hearing this, Izayoi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at the Wood Clone with amazement. "Amazing! As expected of me!"
The Wood Clone immediately showed a smug expression.
"I was too hasty. Such entries are not so easy to obtain. Let's follow this method," Izayoi said with fighting spirit. "First, master true Sage Mode, and then, like Goku and Gohan in the Cell Saga of Dragon Ball, make Sage Mode a constant state, using Sage Art chakra to influence the cells containing physical and spiritual energy."
"Sage Art chakra is itself a fusion of physical energy, spiritual energy, and natural energy in a 1:1:1 ratio. Even pickles can be marinated, so I don't believe these cells will be unaffected."
Having found his goal, Izayoi's mood suddenly became extremely cheerful. He stood up, walked out of the underground base, and went to find Hinata to share his joy, also bringing a gift for his girlfriend.
The Gureilu Stone was not only a supplement for him but also a supplement for the Otsutsuki clan.
(End of this chapter)
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