Eating Is the Most Important Thing in Life

Hinata rested her chin on her hands, deep in thought.

Natural Energy is everywhere in the Shinobi World, but very few ninjas are truly qualified to cultivate Senjutsu.

Although the Natural Energy in the outside world is scarce, it is not non-existent.

Although the Natural Energy in the Three Great Sage Regions is immense, the plants there have not mutated.

However, living in a place with excessive Natural Energy can affect the human body itself.

Jugo's existence is proof that his village is affected by Natural Energy, and that Jugo loses his mind when he transforms.

The influence of Natural Energy on Jugo has penetrated deep into his genes.

"Hmm..."

Hinata suddenly thought of a sentence.

In my past life, when I watched detective movies and TV shows, the characters would always say: when there is no progress in the case, you should go back to the evidence itself and see if you have missed any important evidence.

Hinata recalls the entire process of her training in Sage Mode, as well as her initial assessment of Sage Mode, including the formation of the Sage Body.

Animals can extend their lifespan by up to thousands of years using Natural Energy, so why can't humans?

Hinata, in any case, didn't believe it.

The Three Great Sage Regions must be hiding something. Even the Senjutsu practiced by Jiraiya and Hashirama Senju was just the most basic application of Senjutsu Chakra.

When Jiraiya instructing Hinata on how to train in Sage Mode, the words he used most often were 'control' and 'balance'.

Only by controlling the balance of physical energy, mental energy, and Natural Energy within the body can one enter Sage Mode and use Senjutsu Chakra.

Natural Energy is volatile; it can influence humans to lose their rationality.

But how can Natural Energy influence human reason?

Absorption and transformation!

Just like when we accept new knowledge and new ideas, we must first accept the knowledge and ideas before they will influence our understanding of the world.

Jugo's method of utilizing Natural Energy differs from that of Sage Mode.

Natural Energy exists within Jugo's spirit and body, is absorbed by his body, and is transformed into his own energy.

However, Jugo's passive absorption method is clearly wrong.

The most correct way is to transform Natural Energy into life force before absorbing it.

"So how do we transform it?"

Hinata felt that she had figured out the most crucial point.

Balance!

This energy balance is not a balance between physical energy, mental energy, and Natural Energy, but rather a balance between vitality and Natural Energy.

They may sound similar, but their essence is different.

Once the life force and Natural Energy are in balance, the unfavorable factors in the Natural Energy are filtered out through some medium, and then the life force absorbs the Natural Energy, thereby making the life force even larger.

Jugo's example tells us that Natural Energy can be absorbed by the human spirit and body separately, and the spirit and body are the life force that sustains human survival.

Hinata suddenly thought of the Ten-Tails.

What's the difference between the Ten-Tails' state and Jugo's Jugo when he loses his mind?

The Ten-Tails' intelligence is even inferior to that of the Nine Tailed Beasts!

Therefore, the God Tree is not merely a medium for transforming Natural Energy into life force; it is also a medium for filtering out unfavorable factors from Natural Energy.

The true use of Natural Energy is to absorb, balance, filter, and then allow life force to absorb the filtered Natural Energy, thereby allowing life force to grow.

Just like a child needs to eat to grow up.

Life force consumes the filtered Natural Energy and also grows.

Rice needs to be cooked before it can be eaten, Natural Energy also needs to be processed to become palatable food.

What makes these Three Great Sage Regions so special is not only because they contain a large amount of Natural Energy, but also because they have ways to filter out the unfavorable factors in Natural Energy.

Ryūchi Cave seems to lack a bit in its methods...

Hinata analyzed the situation carefully and felt that her guess was quite reasonable.

Having figured out the key points, the next step is to figure out how to do it.

Hinata can absorb and balance energy because only when energy is balanced can Hinata control Natural Energy.

What about filtering?

What medium should be used to filter Natural Energy?

Ordinary flowers and plants cannot absorb Natural Energy because they lack spiritual energy and therefore cannot maintain balance.

"How about we try using Yin Release Chakra?"

Hinata can only use her imagination now and try out all sorts of methods.

"If we consider plants as living beings with only a physical body and no soul, then can I maintain a balance with the Natural Energy by combining my spiritual energy with the 'physical energy' of the plants?"

Hinata conducted a small experiment.

The plant is very weak.

Hinata her Byakugan and carefully channeled her Yin Release energy into the bonsai, then gathered Natural Energy to converge it.

"..."

After waiting for a long time, the potted plant showed no change.

When Hinata uses Chakra now, Natural Energy merges with Hinata's Chakra, becoming Senjutsu Chakra.

Hinata is no longer able to use normal Chakra.

Hinata decided to abandon the Natural Energy in the world and try using her own Chakra instead.

"..."

The result was the same – failure.

It's not the potted plant's own energy, so it can't absorb it.

Although the experiment failed, Hinata's thinking suddenly became clear.

"My idea is feasible!"

Hinata was absolutely certain of this, because the God Tree was such an existence.

Absorbing the God Tree allows one to unlock the Rinnegan, which controls the Yin-Yang Power, because the God Tree itself possesses both Yin and Yang powers.

Perhaps the God Tree was created using the Yin-Yang Release.

Hinata couldn't cultivate the God Tree, but she could use her pharmacological knowledge to combine Chakra, Natural Energy, and herbs to create a pill similar to Soldier Pills, but one that permanently boosted Chakra rather than providing a temporary boost.

In this way, Natural Energy will be absorbed by the human body like nutrients.

"As expected, my knowledge accumulation is still insufficient!"

Hinata is increasingly aware of her own lack of knowledge.

Hinata can have her imagination run wild, but when it comes to actual experiments, Hinata's completely clueless.

Hinata didn't even know how to conduct experiments, let alone how to do them.

Hinata actually had another method, which was to use herself as an experiment.

Just like Hinata's initial idea, to gather the power of the Nine Tailed Beasts, to treat herself as a God Tree, and to use Natural Energy to nurture herself.

This idea is not impossible, because that's exactly what the Three Great Sage Regions did.

The Great Toad Sage, the White Snake Sage, and the Slug Sage have all used their life force to survive. A thousand years have consumed too much of their life force, and now they are unable to make ends meet. That is why they cannot evolve into an eternally immortal being like Kaguya.

However, Hinata lacked the two most important steps.

Filtering, and methods to allow life force to devour Natural Energy.

While absorbing Natural Energy might be possible through passive absorption like Jugo's method, 'filtering' is the real key.

Hinata doesn't want to lose her mind.