Sage Mode That Amplified Kekkei Genkai
Matsutani Shinya's Matsutani Shinya lasted longer than Yichen had expected, from noon until it was completely dark before he finally snapped out of it with an excited expression.
"Teacher Yichen, I have an idea. You said before that Yang Release represents life force, while Yin Release at its Chiya create life. Since the energy underground contains both Yang Release and Yin Release, is it possible that the person or god who created this energy is creating life?" Matsutani Shinya's words left Yichen speechless. He thought Shinya was pondering a solution, but his thoughts had wandered so far.
Yichen knew the original story about the effect of these energies, which was simply to improve the environment. So he never thought about it in that way. Yichen always thought that these energies were ownerless and existed naturally.
Now that Matsutani Shinya had said that, Yichen suddenly felt that it wasn't impossible. Could it be that Sage of the Sage of Six Paths level was conducting some kind of experiment?
Judging from the current situation, if it really was an experiment, then it had definitely failed. Yichen wondered if this was a nascent form of life, could he possibly give it life?
Could the Sunagakure's One's Own Life Reincarnation give life to these energies? Could the Konoha's Spirit Transformation Jutsu attach a soul to them? If used as a vessel for Impure World Reincarnation, could the Reanimated Body exist for a long time? Yichen's thoughts drifted, conjuring up many random ideas, but he quickly dismissed them all.
Even Sage-level can't do this, so I shouldn't waste my time.
Matsutani Shinya ignored what Yichen was thinking and continued with his speculation, "Judging from the composition of the energy underground, it should be a high-level Senjutsu generated by the combination of Yin Release, Yang Release, and Natural Energy."
"To create such Senjutsu, one would need an extremely high level of mastery of Yin Release and Yang Release techniques. According to you, teacher, I doubt anyone in the entire Ninja World could accomplish that."
"But: I remember you said, teacher, that the cells of the First Hokage of Konoha, Hashirama Senju, contained near-perfect Yang Release. Could we use that as a medium to mobilize that energy?"
Yichen's heart stirred, and he suddenly thought of something: White Zetsu clone. Yichen did not have the complete First Hokage's Cells, only White Zetsu clone related to the First Hokage's Cells. Although they were not as good as the original First Hokage's Cells, the Wood Release in the White Zetsu clone did indeed possess powerful vitality.
The current home of the Little Rhino Dog and the Little Chōmei is located in Outer Path Statue Fragment, where Madara Uchiha may have added some of the First Hokage's Cells.
However, the Yichen could not be extracted.
Yichen estimated that the successful transformation of Little Rhino Dog and Little Chōmei was likely due to the energy similar to that of the First Hokage's Cells.
However, this substance is definitely no longer present in the Outer Path Statue Fragment, as Little Chōmei seemed to have some difficulty transforming last time. Therefore, the thing in Yichen's possession that is closest to the First Hokage's Cells is the White Zetsu clone.
Without hesitation, Yichen gave Matsutani Shinya a few instructions, then went to the branch office and told the person in charge there. He then flew back to Iwagakure that very night using the Light-Weight Rock Technique.
Powered by the Tailed Beast Chakra, Yichen disregarded his energy expenditure and traveled at full speed, completing the round trip in relatively short time. Yichen quickly retrieved a White Zetsu clone and returned to the Rainbow Ice Wall.
Next, following Matsutani Shinya's plan, Yichen used the Yang Release technique from the White Zetsu clone as bait and his own Senjutsu Chakra as a bridge to begin drawing upon the Natural Energy underground.
Two weeks later, cheers suddenly erupted from the Rainbow Ice Wall from Yichen and Matsutani Shinya, drawing the attention of Little Rhino Dog, Little Chōmei, and Little Flower who were playing together.
"Finally, I succeeded." Feeling the Natural Energy surging from the ground, Matsutani Shinya couldn't wait to collect it, but he just couldn't do it.
As before, this energy disappeared quickly after it was released.
Yichen smiled and said, "Alright, be content. This is enough for our experiments."
Yichen is still in Sage Mode. After speaking, he stood at the exit of the underground energy dissipation and closed his eyes to begin sensing.
Sure enough, this time it felt different.
Previously, Yichen used Kazahana Sōsetsu's machine to input his Senjutsu Chakra underground to sense this energy. But now, Yichen is directly experiencing this energy with his body, and the feeling is now more direct and clearer.
After a long while, Yichen opened his eyes and said, "I think I understand something."
Matsutani Shinya looked at Yichen with anticipation. Although he was highly talented, he was still young and his strength had not yet developed. He had not yet begun to cultivate Senjutsu, so the real experiment still had to rely on Yichen.
Yichen smiled and said, "The time was too short for me to explain clearly, but I feel that I should be able to make some progress in my Sage Mode and take it a step further."
Matsutani Shinya nodded, quickly calming himself down and no longer in a hurry. Yichen, seeing this, felt a pang of envy; such a temperament was truly enviable, perfectly suited for cultivating Senjutsu.
A few days later, Yichen, who had been using his body to sense the underground energy, suddenly stopped his cultivation.
Yichen opened his eyes, One-handed Hand Seals, and softly uttered, "Porcelain Release, Kunai Rain."
As soon as he finished speaking, within a radius of several meters centered on Yichen, endless rows of rocky Kunai appeared out of thin air. Then, these overwhelming Kunai immediately shot outwards, passing over the Rainbow Ice Wall.
Boom boom boom...
A Kunai struck a distant mountain wall, moving with Kunai speed and carrying astonishing power, each impact producing a muffled boom. This terrifying attack continued for a long time before finally ending.
Matsutani Shinya witnessed Yichen's move before, and he knew that the previous Yichen could not have so easily unleashed such a fast, powerful, wide-range, and long-lasting Kunai Rain.
There's only one reason for this change: Porcelain Release has been enhanced by Senjutsu Chakra. Previously, Yichen's Senjutsu Chakra could only enhance regular Ninjutsu, but couldn't amplify Bloodline Ninjutsu. But now, he's finally overcome that hurdle.
Matsutani Shinya paused for a moment, then immediately asked, "Teacher Yichen, you succeeded?"
Yichen nodded and said, "That's right, I understand how to use Senjutsu Chakra to cast Kekkei Genkai."
The two discussed for a long time, Yichen carefully explained his understanding to Matsutani Shinya.
Finally Yichen said, "Shinya, you should come back to the village with me this time. Learn Sage Mode first, then come back here to study it."
"Yes," Matsutani Shinya replied, something he had anticipated.
These past few days, seeing Yichen able to conduct experiments himself while he could only watch has been incredibly painful for him. He has made up his mind that he must learn the Senjutsu when he returns to the village this time.
Yichen and Matsutani Shinya put away the White Zetsu and shut down the newly opened underground energy channel. They figured they could just reopen it next time. Then, the two of them, along with the two Tailed Beasts and a Ninja Cat, returned to the branch headquarters.
At the branch office, Atsumi Akino had already completed the setup of the teleportation device and successfully made contact with the village.
However, Yichen had been practicing Senjutsu, so Atsumi Akino and her group did not return, but waited for Yichen here.
"Teacher Yichen, this Heavenly Transfer Technique is not much different from the technology mastered by the Cloud ninja. It can teleport long distances to a fixed point, but the items being teleported must be hard enough." Atsumi Akino explained the Teleportation Array to Yichen.
"Currently, the only way to transport items is to put them in these specially made boxes; otherwise, the items will be destroyed during long-distance transport."
After saying that, he handed a box to Yichen.
Yichen ignored the box and instead asked Atsumi Akino, "Currently?"
Atsumi Akino smiled slightly and said, "Yes, currently, we have an advantage over the Cloud ninja; we have a lot of data to refer to."
"We have the Flying Thunder God marks of both the Second Hokage and Fourth Hokage, various materials personally written by the Fourth Hokage, especially the introductory materials, and we also have a complete Flying Thunder God training scroll."
"Furthermore, when Obito Uchiha the Tsuchikage's Office Building last time, he provided us with a lot of data, which is extremely useful. Most importantly, there is still a large amount of data in the Sealing Jutsu from Uzushio Village that I need to analyze."
"I suspect there are some special runes inside, used to counteract the compressive force during Space Teleportation. Give me some time to analyze this data carefully; I'm sure I can find the key."
Yichen was overjoyed and nodded, saying, "Keep it up! This is another S-rank mission record, as usual. Later, once you find a way to overcome the spatial compression force, we'll add another S-rank Ninjutsu record."
Atsumi Akino smiled and nodded.
Just then, a Chakra fluctuation suddenly appeared on the Teleportation Array in front of the two, and then a box exactly the same as the one in Yichen's hand suddenly appeared out of thin air.
"Huh, the experiment is over? Why is something else being sent over?" Atsumi Akino Earth Flow over naturally, picked up the box, and opened it.
Inside was a scroll with the words "To be opened by four generations" written on it.
Atsumi Akino was startled, realizing that this wasn't an experimental item, but genuine intelligence. She quickly handed the scroll to Yichen, saying, "Teacher Yichen, this is an intelligence scroll the village gave you."
Yichen was taken aback. He took the book and opened it. Inside, it read, "Konoha and Sunagakure are in secret contact and may be joining forces against an enemy. The specific target is unknown."
Yichen frowned. This shouldn't be happening; why would Konoha choose this time to cause trouble?
"At this point, I wouldn't dare to cause any trouble!" Yichen, somewhat puzzled.
After thinking for a while and still not understanding the reason, Yichen said to Atsumi Akino, "Let's go back to the village immediately."
"Yes," Atsumi Akino replied.
Soon, the group that had come with them, along with Matsutani Shinya, headed towards Iwagakure at top speed.
To increase their speed, Atsumi Akino, Sokai, and the Little Rhino Dog Little Chōmei all sat on Yichen's Porcelain Platform.
Matsutani Shinya's ninja cat Little Flower, also wanted to go up, but Yichen slapped her down. You're not even seizing this great opportunity to lose weight? You're thinking of hitching a ride?
On the way back, Yichen handed over control of the Porcelain Release to a Shadow Clone, while his main body sat on the platform and began to try to enter Sage Mode in normal state.
Yichen wanted to try it right after finishing his enlightenment at the Rainbow Ice Wall. However, he was already in Sage Mode at the time, so he didn't try it yet.
Now that we have the opportunity, it's a good time to see how it goes.
Once the Natural Energy Seal was broken, the Natural Energy in the outside world became much sparser. Yichen tried several times at first without success, but gradually, as he relaxed and became less agitated, Yichen finally felt the Natural Energy gathering in his body.
Another hour passed, and the Natural Energy that was rapidly gathering towards Yichen's body suddenly stopped. At the same time, Yichen, who was sitting on the Porcelain Platform, suddenly opened his eyes.
At this point, the Sage Face Markings on Yichen's face were no longer complex, with only some remaining around his eyes. It was similar to Naruto's face when Six Paths of Pain invaded Konoha in the original story.
The moment Yichen opened his eyes, the Jonin in the group all felt the sudden surge of power from Yichen's side and cast puzzled glances at him.
Even the Anbu protecting the area sent two teams to investigate. When they saw that the person emanating the powerful aura was Yichen, they dispersed and returned to the shadows.
Yichen was not a beginner in Sage Mode after all, and he quickly suppressed his aura and signaled to everyone not to worry about him and to continue on their way.
Matsutani Shinya strode over and excitedly asked, "Teacher Yichen, you can enter Sage Mode outside now?"
Yichen smiled slightly at him.
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