The Effects of the Body Nourishment Technique

After leaving the barbecue restaurant, Uchiha Kiyoshi could hardly wait to get home and experience the effects of the Body Nourishment Technique.

He had finally reached the point where he could try the Body Nourishment Technique, yet so many things had happened along the way.

First, he had gotten addicted to reading and wasted half an hour. Then he had been invited to dinner, which took another hour or so. Now, Uchiha Kiyoshi truly could not wait any longer and hurried home.

Meanwhile, after Uchiha Kiyoshi left, Tsunade curiously asked Orochimaru why he had suddenly taken an interest in Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Unexpectedly, Orochimaru did not answer directly. Instead, he asked, "What do you think of Uchiha Kiyoshi? Don't you find him interesting?"

Tsunade thought about it and realized she could not understand Orochimaru's way of thinking, so she gave up.

Still, when it came to Uchiha Kiyoshi, she thought highly of him. But he was, after all, from the Uchiha Clan, so there was not much she could say.

After returning home, Uchiha Kiyoshi did nothing else and went straight to the study.

After adjusting his condition, Uchiha Kiyoshi immediately began testing the Body Nourishment Technique.

After a month of effort, Uchiha Kiyoshi had already preliminarily perfected the Body Nourishment Technique. It could use the Physical Energy broken down from Chakra to nourish the cells throughout his body, making up for the losses the cells suffered while refining Chakra. At the same time, it could slightly strengthen his physique and improve his physical condition.

Perhaps it could even increase Uchiha Kiyoshi's Chakra reserves.

The increase in Chakra reserves here referred to an increase in the ratio of Chakra he possessed compared with an ordinary person.

In other words, compared with the maximum amount of Chakra Uchiha Kiyoshi would possess at the same point in time without using the Body Nourishment Technique, using it would raise that limit somewhat.

It was equivalent to his physique gradually approaching that of an Uzumaki Clan ninja, allowing him to possess more Chakra than others at the same stage.

There was another margin involved. The depletion caused by cells refining 1 Ka of Chakra actually required less than 1 Ka to restore. For example, the Physical Energy produced by breaking down 0.4 Ka of Chakra could make up for that loss. The remaining 0.6 Ka of Chakra was essentially profit.

After all, work had to turn a profit. Otherwise, would that not mean taking a loss? Cellular depletion came from the process of extracting Physical Energy from food, did it not? If Physical Energy could not compensate for cellular loss, why would cells possess such a function? It should have been eliminated during evolution. Not only did it need to make up for the loss, it also needed to turn a profit, or it would still be eliminated.

No longer dwelling on it, Uchiha Kiyoshi calmed himself, crossed his legs on the floor, and adjusted his breathing.

Sensing the Chakra within his body, Uchiha Kiyoshi carefully guided it through his body. Whenever it reached a certain area, he broke down a portion of the Chakra and allowed the resulting Physical Energy to disperse there, nourishing the cells.

After a full half hour, Uchiha Kiyoshi had finally nourished every cell in his body once. He called this process one Circulation Cycle.

The first time had the best effect. Uchiha Kiyoshi continued refining Chakra while continuing to use the Body Nourishment Technique. He completed four full Circulation Cycles before he sensed that further nourishment would no longer improve his cells, and only then did he stop.

The barbecue he had eaten that night had not gone to waste. At the very least, he had enough energy while refining Chakra.

Moreover, Uchiha Kiyoshi guessed that once he formally began cultivating the Body Nourishment Technique, his appetite would definitely increase greatly.

When cultivating the Body Nourishment Technique, he would not perform just one Circulation Cycle.

For example, suppose he originally refined 10 Ka of Chakra, and his cells reached their limit from the depletion and could no longer continue refining. At that point, 4 Ka of Chakra used with the Body Nourishment Technique could make up for the cellular losses from that refining process. For convenience, he could directly use all 10 Ka of Chakra to nourish his body with the technique. Then, not only would the cells recover, they would also be nourished and become more vigorous. At that point, he could refine Chakra again, repeating the process until the cells reached their nourishment limit—until they were "full" and needed time to digest. Then he would refine Chakra one final time, use 4 Ka of Chakra to make up for the final loss, and the remaining 6 Ka would become his usual Chakra reserve afterward.

Perhaps Uchiha Kiyoshi would need to go through such a process once every day in the future. Naturally, he would need to eat more to provide his cells with nutrients for refining Chakra.

However, that still required further observation. He needed to see when the cells could fully digest it. Or rather, there was no need to wait for complete digestion; as long as they could withstand nourishment again, he could use the Body Nourishment Technique.

What Uchiha Kiyoshi needed to do was find the optimal interval. Whichever one offered better value, he would choose that one.

After completing four Circulation Cycles, Uchiha Kiyoshi was mentally exhausted, but the sensations coming from his body were completely different.

It was like the feeling his little finger had given him last time. His body, which had long been in a state of depletion, had been nourished. It greedily absorbed Physical Energy and sent wave after wave of pleasure through him.

A sense of delight rising from the depths of his heart made Uchiha Kiyoshi unable to stop.

"No, this process is too addictive. This is what cultivation truly is."

However, Uchiha Kiyoshi quickly came to his senses, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Could that just now have been what cultivators call going astray?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi had nearly become immersed in the pleasure of his body improving. Fortunately, as a ninja, his willpower was still strong, and he reacted in time.

"So going astray isn't making a mistake while cultivating, but being unable to control one's own power and losing oneself?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi silently warned himself. He had been careless this time, and he absolutely had to be more careful in the future. He could not become too carried away.

After reminding himself, Uchiha Kiyoshi used the lightness in his body to resist his mental exhaustion and continued studying the effects of the Body Nourishment Technique.

First of all, his physical fitness had improved by a huge margin. Uchiha Kiyoshi felt that in a contest of pure physical ability, he could now defeat two of his former selves by himself.

Beyond his physical fitness, there was an indescribable sensation. His entire body felt full and complete. Whether it was his reactions or anything else, Uchiha Kiyoshi could feel the difference.

The most obvious change was in his Chakra reserves.

While using the Body Nourishment Technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi had fully let go and refined Chakra for the first time, reaching 6.8 Ka. Yet after this round of Body Nourishment Technique cultivation, even after deducting the Chakra he had used in the final round to make up for cellular depletion, he still had 5.7 Ka of Chakra left!

If not for that portion of Chakra being consumed, Uchiha Kiyoshi's maximum Chakra reserves would have reached 7.4 Ka! In a single session, it had increased by 0.6 Ka, roughly a ten percent increase!

However, it would probably slow down in the future.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was truly filled with joy. The Body Nourishment Technique had finally entered cultivation, and its effects were not bad. Next came the matter of persisting every day.

Name: Uchiha Kiyoshi (Six years old)

Chakra: 5.7 Ka/5.7 Ka (7.4 Ka)

Chakra Attributes: Fire Release, Water Release, Earth Release

Omitted

Early the next morning, Uchiha Kiyoshi was overjoyed as he looked at his status panel. The Chakra he could command had gone directly from just over 3 Ka to 5.7 Ka, increasing by more than half. Many forms of training could now be carried out.

Of course, his Chakra control had also changed. The smallest amount of Chakra Uchiha Kiyoshi could now control was 0.1 Ka, while the amount he could control freely was only 1 Ka.

Uchiha Kiyoshi could foresee that as his Chakra increased in the future, he might only need to keep training his control over 1 Ka of Chakra for his Chakra control to improve rapidly.

The cells throughout his body had been nourished, and naturally, his eyes were no exception.

After carefully sensing them today, Uchiha Kiyoshi discovered that he could actually feel that his eyes had already begun showing certain signs.

Signs of awakening his eyes!

Perhaps yesterday's Body Nourishment Technique had stimulated the tissues in his eyes that produced special Chakra? Or perhaps his emotions had been too intense, causing signs of his eyes awakening?

In any case, no matter what the reason was, Uchiha Kiyoshi firmly suppressed the urge to awaken his eyes.

According to his plan, now was not the right time to awaken them.

Uchiha Kiyoshi did not want to become a tool of the Sharingan. Only once he possessed the strength to control the Sharingan would he consider awakening it. That way, he could fully unleash the abilities of the Sharingan at every stage.

In the original story, even after Uchiha Shisui obtained the Mangekyō, he relied on it too much and trusted the Mangekyō Sharingan too deeply. When facing Danzo, he carelessly had one eye taken from him.

Yet at that time, Uchiha Shisui did not think of escaping. Instead, he activated Susanoo with one Mangekyō. Yes, he was impressive, activating Susanoo with one eye, but what was the point? Would Danzo feel any heartache if those Root ninja were killed? No!

He could clearly have escaped using his peerless Body Flicker Jutsu, yet he pushed himself to the brink of collapse. He had been far too impulsive.

Even if his heart had died and he only wanted to leave his last words for Itachi before helping him awaken the Mangekyō, he should still have tried to remain rational. He had to escape first, did he not?

What if, after using Susanoo, his body was too exhausted for him to escape the Root ninja pursuing him? He had merely been lucky that they did not catch him. Otherwise, it would have been a tragedy.

And Uchiha Itachi, after awakening the Mangekyō, seemed to have stagnated in every other aspect as well. He had learned the C-rank Fireball Jutsu in a single attempt. With that talent, even without the Sharingan, he would definitely have reached Kage Level.

But what did Itachi do in his later years? Even with the physical enhancement gained after awakening the Mangekyō, he had only barely reached Kage Level. That was also a waste.

Do not say the Mangekyō's strain on the body was the problem. He had also been bewitched by the Mangekyō's power. Otherwise, he would not have relied on it so heavily.

His talent in Ninjutsu was no weaker than his Sharingan talent. In other words, if he had cultivated seriously, his strength would have been no weaker than that Mangekyō, which even harmed his body.

Of course, that was without activating Susanoo.

But that was a life-saving trump card, something that should not be used unless absolutely necessary. It could not be counted as regular combat strength. At least not before obtaining the Eternal Eye.

Therefore, one could not become a slave to the Sharingan. One had to control it and make it serve oneself completely.

But could Uchiha Itachi and Shisui really have failed to understand that? Yet once someone possessed powerful strength, they would inevitably want to use it. Slowly, they became addicted, until they could no longer control themselves.

Therefore, Uchiha Kiyoshi would not awaken his Sharingan now.

Normally speaking, a Single Tomoe Sharingan corresponded to the strength of a Chunin.

As long as one awakened a Single Tomoe Sharingan, one could reach Chunin strength in a short time.

A Two-Tomoe Sharingan corresponded to two levels: Elite Chunin and Special Jonin.

A Three-Tomoe Sharingan corresponded to strength ranging from Jonin to Elite Jonin.

Moreover, with the Uchiha Clan's extensive experience in exploring the Sharingan, mastering it was quite quick. As long as one awakened the Sharingan of the corresponding stage, mastering that level of Sharingan would not be difficult.

The strength granted by the Sharingan was forceful. Even a Genin, after awakening the Sharingan, could quickly obtain the corresponding strength as long as they could master and adapt to it.

But Uchiha Kiyoshi did not want to be dominated by the Sharingan's power. He could only awaken his eyes after gaining sufficient strength, so that the power brought by the Sharingan would not cause him to lose himself.

A Chunin paired with a Single Tomoe could not only control the Sharingan's power, but could also perfectly unleash strength comparable to an Elite Chunin. That was the proper way to use the Sharingan.

Those ordinary Uchiha clansmen all developed this way. Of course, their talent was lacking, so they awakened their eyes later. By then, their strength was already sufficient, and they were not greatly affected.

There was another type: those influenced by the Sharingan, but who raised their own strength through long-term training later on and eventually mastered it. However, such ninja had already been affected by the Sharingan, and their hearts had changed. Their rationality carried madness within it, which was why the Uchiha Clan was said to be mad.

Uchiha Clan ninja were nothing more than these two types, perhaps with those currently transitioning through the second type included as well.

That was right, only those two types. Before awakening the Mangekyō, the Sharingan consumed Chakra and put little strain on the body. It was more of a boost, so even if one frequently relied on the Sharingan, one could still train until they controlled it.

But the problem was that Uchiha Kiyoshi did not want to be affected by the Sharingan, so he naturally abandoned the second path. Only the first remained.

Furthermore, because he did not know what level his Sharingan would be when he awakened it—whether it would be a Single Tomoe or a Two-Tomoe Sharingan—Uchiha Kiyoshi could only consider awakening his eyes after obtaining the strength of an Elite Chunin or even a Special Jonin. (Don't worry, it will happen soon, before Chapter 100. And later on, there will be a period of rapid growth in strength.)

After suppressing the signs of his eyes awakening, Uchiha Kiyoshi relaxed.

After doing some simple training, Uchiha Kiyoshi made breakfast and prepared a lunchbox for noon. Once he finished breakfast, he happily went to school.

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