Cell Activation Technique

"Greetings, Teacher Orochimaru."

Feng Ye bowed to Orochimaru.

The matter had already been decided. There were no other options, so he could only follow this path and think of ways to deal with it.

"Muhuhuhu..."

Orochimaru looked at Feng Ye and let out a somewhat sinister laugh. "Things here are finished. Come with me."

With that, Orochimaru's figure flickered and vanished from the hall.

Feng Ye turned to glance at Hiruzen Sarutobi. Seeing him nod, Feng Ye bowed to him as well, then vanished in a flicker and followed Orochimaru.

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

The two swiftly left the central watchtower.

As Feng Ye followed behind Orochimaru, pondering how he ought to deal with this teacher of his, Orochimaru arrived at a spot in Death Rock Cave and stopped.

"That is..."

Feng Ye looked around. This was where he had previously fought Kisame Hoshigaki. Most of the water had receded, but the ground was still wet and muddy.

Orochimaru's gaze swept over the area and soon found an arm in the mud. It was Kisame Hoshigaki's arm, which Feng Ye had cut off earlier.

"Blegh!"

A curve appeared at the corner of Orochimaru's mouth. He suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a sticky scroll. After catching and opening it, his tongue shot out, wrapped around the arm, and brought Kisame Hoshigaki's arm back, placing it on the scroll.

Pfft!

White smoke flashed, and the arm disappeared, having been sealed inside the scroll.

After finishing all this, Orochimaru turned to Feng Ye, holding the scroll as he said, "This is the first time I've seen such a unique constitution. It is valuable research material. If you encounter special types of ninja in the future... try to bring me some samples."

Feng Ye's mouth twitched, but he nodded. "Understood."

"Let's go."

Orochimaru flicked out his tongue, swallowed the scroll again, and continued onward.

Could you not do that?

It's really... disgusting...

Feng Ye could not help complaining inwardly. He suddenly felt even more exhausted than after his battle with Kisame Hoshigaki, but he could only helplessly follow Orochimaru. The two soon left Death Rock Cave.

After arriving near Konoha, Orochimaru formed a one-handed seal at a certain spot, and a passage leading underground suddenly appeared in the ground.

This should be Orochimaru's secret base.

Feng Ye silently judged as much and followed Orochimaru inside.

Upon entering the base, Feng Ye found that it was indeed dominated by dark tones. After passing through silent tunnels, he entered a hall filled with all sorts of bizarre sights: strange insects soaking in some kind of liquid, as well as organs such as hearts and livers.

Fortunately, Feng Ye had studied medicine in his previous life, so he had a strong tolerance for such things. He did not feel uncomfortable at all and even silently judged some of the specimens to be rather crudely made.

"As expected of White Fang's child. You seem quite accustomed to the conditions here as well."

Orochimaru had been observing Feng Ye's condition the entire time. After walking for a while, he gave a dark laugh and said, "Sure enough, you are quite suited to be my disciple."

"Is this Teacher Orochimaru's laboratory?"

Feng Ye glanced around and knowingly asked Orochimaru.

Orochimaru nodded. He walked over to an empty glass jar, spat out the scroll containing Kisame Hoshigaki's arm, took out the arm, and tossed it into the jar.

After doing that, Orochimaru swallowed the scroll again, then turned to Feng Ye. A glint of interest flashed through his snake-like eyes as he said, "You should have inherited quite a few Taijutsu and Ninjutsu techniques from White Fang. You have no need to learn some of my methods, but at your level, you should know what you need, right?"

Feng Ye pondered for a moment before raising the most pressing issue. "My Chakra reserves are insufficient. Does Teacher Orochimaru have any method to increase Chakra reserves?"

"Chakra reserves?"

Orochimaru smiled. "Given your circumstances, once your body develops further in a few years, your Chakra reserves will not be inferior to a Jonin's. But it seems you wish to possess even more Chakra. Hmm... it is not as though there is no way."

Feng Ye's eyes brightened slightly as he looked at Orochimaru and quietly waited for him to continue.

Orochimaru shifted his gaze away from Feng Ye and swept it across the specimens in the room. "Chakra is extracted from the human body's 130 billion cells and is also combined with Spiritual Energy. There are few methods to increase spiritual power, and I do not have any particularly effective ones here. But as for increasing Cellular Energy, I do have one method."

As he spoke, Orochimaru spat out a scroll and handed it to Feng Ye with his tongue.

Feng Ye reached out and accepted it, silently complaining inwardly.

This hand is beyond saving.

However, his desire for the technique outweighed his disgust for the scroll. Feng Ye opened it and immediately saw the heading on the first line.

Cell Activation!

"This is the Cell Activation Technique. It can give the cells throughout your body greater vitality. Not only can it increase your Chakra reserves, it also possesses powerful self-healing properties..."

Orochimaru folded his arms before him. "This technique is the foundation of many of my techniques. However, you have White Fang's Hatake Swordsmanship, as well as Lightning Release Ninjutsu suited to you. You likely will not need my subsequent techniques, and it seems you do not particularly wish to learn them either... Hehe."

After hearing Orochimaru's words and reading a small portion of the scroll, Feng Ye had already roughly understood what this technique was. It was a very fundamental technique whose effect was to enhance the cells' recovery and vitality!

If he was not mistaken.

This technique should also be the foundation of Orochimaru's Body Shedding Technique, Regeneration Technique, and the like. Only once cells possessed powerful activity could one accomplish those nearly immortal feats.

"Thank you, Teacher Orochimaru."

Feng Ye closed the scroll and bowed to Orochimaru.

This technique truly suited him. In fact, it suited him exceptionally well!

Ordinary methods of strengthening the body could at most reduce the negative effects of the Eight Inner Gates, not eliminate them completely. But the Cell Activation Technique should be able to offset the negative effects of the Eight Inner Gates to some extent!

Because its essence was not to increase cellular strength, but to increase cellular activity, enhancing vitality and recovery!

"Go train."

"If you wish to watch me conduct experiments, you may observe from the side as well."

Orochimaru smiled faintly at Feng Ye's expression and stopped paying attention to him. Instead, he walked into the laboratory on his own and began preparing to study Kisame Hoshigaki's arm.

Feng Ye was somewhat interested in Orochimaru's experiments, but that interest could not compare to his desire to cultivate the Cell Activation Technique. After bowing to Orochimaru once more, Feng Ye left Orochimaru's research base.