Setting Sail on the Great New Voyage

Handshake.

Release.

Naruto reached out, wanting to rub the Nine-Tails' head. The Nine-Tails instinctively dodged, but remembering that Naruto had connections, it reluctantly held still and let Naruto rub its head a few times.

"Then I'll leave today's lunch to Kurama." Satisfied after rubbing Kurama's head, Naruto said with a grin.

"Relax, relax. This old man never goes back on his word." The Nine-Tails curled its lip, displeased by Naruto's distrust.

After giving the Nine-Tails a few simple instructions, Naruto walked to the side and communicated with the system.

"System, I've completed Foundation Establishment. I can learn a Tempering Method now, right?" The thought of finally coming into contact with a Tempering Method, mastering it, and then being able to make friends made Naruto unable to suppress his excitement.

"Yes. I'll impart a Tempering Method to you now."

As soon as the system finished speaking, passages of obscure, profound scripture poured into Naruto's mind. In an instant, Naruto felt his head swell as the massive amount of information became impossible to digest all at once.

Two hours later, Naruto finally opened his eyes, his face full of exhaustion. Mental depletion was far more tiring than physical exhaustion.

After resting for a moment, he sank his consciousness into his mind. There, a book floated quietly. With a thought, its pages began to turn.

Indestructible Body!

That was right. The Tempering Method the system had bestowed upon him was called the "Indestructible Body."

Train essence, energy, and spirit within; train sinews, bones, and skin without.

Once mastered at the introductory level, a blade would leave only a white mark, while a spear would leave only a white dot. Its defense was terrifying.

Upon reaching perfection, essence, energy, spirit, and body would become a Primordial Unity. Unafraid of heavenly lightning, immune to water and fire, undefeated and indestructible.

Just reading the description made Naruto feel that this technique was utterly terrifying. Once he mastered it, wouldn't he be able to stand there and let people hit him until they exhausted themselves without even harming a hair on his head?

It truly deserved to be called an ultimate Tempering Method.

At the same time, this Tempering Method came with two additional techniques: "Body is Weapon" and "Thousand Jin Embrace."

"Body is Weapon."

Just as the title implied, it taught one how to fully utilize one's body, turning every part into a weapon for killing enemies. Hands and feet went without saying—even the major tendons throughout the body, and even one's hair, could kill.

It brought the Indestructible Body to its absolute limit.

"Thousand Jin Embrace" was even more domineering. The strength of the entire body was poured into both arms. Hug a tree, and the tree would break. Hug a mountain, and the mountain would split. Hug a person, and they would probably be crushed into a puddle of flesh.

"I love it!"

Naruto felt an indescribable fondness for this kind of Hardening combat style.

This was how men fought!

"Grrr..."

Naruto's face reddened. Why was he hungry again so soon?

"Haha, Naruto. Now that you've bathed in the Five Spirit Sacred Blood and completed Foundation Establishment, your body has risen to a higher level. Every breath consumes an enormous amount of energy. Therefore, you now need to consume many times more energy than before."

"Once the Indestructible Body reaches the introductory level, you'll need to eat an entire cow a day." Knowing Naruto's doubts, the system immediately answered.

"An entire cow a day?"

Naruto thought of the village's meat prices. Ever since pork had inexplicably risen in price, every other kind of meat had followed suit and skyrocketed. With his living allowance, he simply could not afford it.

For the past two years of strength training, he had barely managed to sustain himself by hunting in the wild.

But since the system had answered him, perhaps, with its vast abilities, it could solve this problem for him. So Naruto asked, "System, I'm too poor. Is there any way to solve this problem?"

"Of course there is," the system answered confidently.

"Oh?" Naruto's eyes lit up. "Tell me."

"Raise livestock. Look, the Back Mountain is such a treasure of excellent feng shui, yet Konoha's villagers aren't using it. Go talk to the person in charge of Konoha and say you want to lease this section of the Back Mountain. Raise cattle and sheep in the future and become self-sufficient. Wouldn't that perfectly solve the problem?"

Raise livestock?

That really was a solution, but Naruto did not understand anything about livestock breeding.

"That's easy. I have some books here. Once you thoroughly study them, you naturally won't need to worry about this anymore."

After the system finished speaking, several books came tumbling down. Naruto picked them up and looked.

"Efficient Sheep-Raising Techniques," "Complete Guide to Breeding Techniques," "One Hundred Ways to Manage a Breeding Farm," "The Effects of Music on the Growth of Cattle and Sheep," "How to Make Cattle and Sheep Enjoy Mating," "Breeding Farm Wastewater Treatment Techniques," "Breeding Farm Air Purification Techniques"...

There was a huge pile of books, all about livestock breeding.

Naruto carefully put the books away. He could not lose them—these were the foundation of his survival. After tidying them up, Naruto hugged the books and went to find the Nine-Tails.

He wondered if the Nine-Tails had finished making lunch.

He was so hungry!

"Nine-Tails, is lunch ready yet?" Naruto shouted from afar when he saw the Nine-Tails roasting something over the fire.

"What's the rush? It'll be ready soon." The Nine-Tails pouted and continued turning the roast chicken in its paws.

Naruto came over and sat beside the Nine-Tails. The moment his gaze landed on the Nine-Tails' head, he wanted to pet it. The thought became action, and Naruto reached out to stroke its head twice. Instantly, he felt much less hungry.

"Stop fooling around. I'm working." The Nine-Tails looked somewhat displeased, but its body showed no resistance at all.

"Hehe, Kurama, your fur is really beautiful," Naruto said sincerely.

"Of course it is..." Hearing Naruto praise it, the Nine-Tails immediately raised its head proudly at a forty-five-degree angle toward the sky and began boasting endlessly.

As he listened to the Nine-Tails praise itself, Naruto looked at the four roast chickens and asked, "Why isn't it roast rabbit? I don't really like chicken..."

"Rabbit? Where would there be rabbits on this Back Mountain?" The Nine-Tails looked puzzled.

"There aren't any?" Naruto scratched his head. If there were no rabbits, then what had he been eating on the Back Mountain for the past two years?

But Naruto did not care whether there were any or not. He was simply too hungry. Seeing that the roast chicken was nearly done, he hurriedly grabbed one and started gnawing on it without caring about the heat.

The moment it entered his mouth, Naruto frowned. "Kurama, this is roast chicken?"

"Yeah. What's the problem?" The Nine-Tails stared at Naruto in confusion with its two upright eyes.

"This... Kurama, don't tell me you don't know how to cook at all?" Naruto put on an expression of sudden realization.

"Cooking? This old man... of course I know how..." The Nine-Tails sounded somewhat lacking in confidence. This old man used to eat everything raw. Now I'm cooking for you, and you still have so much to say.

"If you know how, then why didn't you add any seasoning?" Naruto still did not believe it.

"Eat it or don't..." The Nine-Tails said angrily, reaching to snatch the roast chicken from Naruto's hand.

Naruto was far too hungry to let it take the chicken. He turned away and continued eating. Only after devouring three roast chickens did he finally feel his hunger fade.

Naruto stood up and communicated with the system.

A book dropped in front of the Nine-Tails. Only then did Naruto say, "This is a book that teaches people how to cook. It's for you."

A summoning technique?

But there had been no Chakra fluctuation?

Seeing Naruto conjure a book out of nowhere, the Nine-Tails pondered inwardly. But it ignored Naruto because—

Naruto had made it far too angry just now!

Angry!

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