Inside Ryūchi Cave.
Orochimaru compared the data of every past successful Ryūchi Cave Sage Technique practitioner against Jiraiya's data.
Unfortunately, Orochimaru had been unable to obtain the First Hokage's Sage Technique training data. Tsunade did not have it either; otherwise, the results would have been even better.
The differences between the Sage Techniques of these two great sacred lands were the key to Orochimaru breaking through his impasse.
Although their principles were nearly identical, their training processes ultimately differed in their own ways. That was where the distinct characteristics of the two Sage Techniques came from.
Compared to the snake-like chill, brutality, bloodthirst, and ruthlessness within Ryūchi Cave's Sage Chakra, Mount Myōboku's was indeed relatively gentler.
But it was still fraught with danger.
Orochimaru continuously recorded the similarities between the two on the scroll in his hand and wrote down his own deductions.
Those shared aspects were likely the most important parts of training in Sage Techniques. Otherwise, there was no way to explain why success remained possible even after other parts had changed.
However, this approach had a drawback.
It was incomplete.
Some content would inevitably be mistakenly removed in the process, and it would need to be examined piece by piece to find it.
This was also the greatest problem Orochimaru currently faced.
The process required human experimentation.
Otherwise, what he developed would definitely not be a complete Sage Technique.
Leaving aside whether there would be hidden dangers, its power might also be far weaker than that of orthodox Sage Techniques.
Orochimaru sighed and rubbed his brow.
His research had hit a bottleneck.
Orochimaru decided to leave Ryūchi Cave for some fresh air first. The place was cold and damp, filled with venomous snakes. Though they posed no threat to him, it was still not a good place