Seclusion

What was the Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief?

In the past, Fang Xiu would definitely have asked the Main God Great Light Sphere. After all, he knew very little about traditional Taoist terminology.

But during his trial in the Hong Kong Ghost World, his conversation with the Corpse-Dissection Immortal Yanxu Daoji had already made the answer clear:

The six storehouses were the six bowels—the body's six organs for absorbing energy.

"The five viscera and six bowels are divided into inner and outer functions. The five viscera govern the inside and do not interact directly with the outside world, while the six bowels govern the outside and absorb nourishment from the world to sustain themselves."

"The Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief represents the body's six digestive organs. The words 'immortal' and 'thief' are also worth pondering; they must carry a unique meaning..."

"This technique, optimized by the Main God Space, seems to be based on the idea of creating a perfect digestive system. I suspect that those who practice it can instantly break down whatever they consume, then absorb its nutrients at high efficiency, avoiding waste and leakage."

As these thoughts turned over in his mind, Fang Xiu grew interested in the related exchange and proactively checked the detailed information.

Just as he'd expected!

—"Immortal" meant that this method could no longer be called a mortal technique.

—"Thief" naturally meant stealing.

The technique's core principle wasn't hard to understand. Just as he'd guessed, it used the large intestine, small intestine, stomach, triple burner, gallbladder, and bladder to steal the vitality of heaven and earth.

Whatever the name.

All that mattered was whether it was useful!

Fang Xiu had already planned to improve his Yang Release through nourishing food, strengthen his body, and unlock a higher form of the Rinnegan. He made his decision at once and exchanged for the technique.

"Once you've mastered the basics, you can slow aging and feel full without eating, because your digestive system will autonomously absorb nutrients from the world and turn them to your use."

"Once you've reached great proficiency, you can seize the fortune of heaven and earth, absorb its vitality, and use it for yourself. You'll be able to easily neutralize attacks and even devour various spiritual beings... That part is rather similar to the Rinnegan's Preta Path."

"Furthermore, once I reach the pinnacle, I won't just be able to deal damage. I'll also be able to control enemies, gather intelligence, and even serve as support!"

According to the Main God's description, while the technique was in operation and siphoning vitality from heaven and earth, nearby allies would slowly recover. The principle was simple: they were eating the scraps.

As for the original Six-Storehouse Immortal Thief's major flaw, it lay in one area: its effect on the practitioner's mind.

It was said that after learning the technique, practitioners would involuntarily become hollow inside, growing less and less able to control their own state. They would gradually forget their emotions, until they crossed the line of what it meant to be human!

In this case, just as it had optimized flaws in bloodlines, the Main God had altered the technique so that Reincarnators would be spared from falling into such a state.

The trade-off was lower efficiency. It couldn't achieve the heaven-defying, hundred-percent conversion rate of the original. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been called an "optimized, abridged version," nor would it cost just 1C2D to exchange for.

"Good enough is good enough."

"Normally, what technique would work at one hundred percent the moment you exchanged for it?"

Fang Xiu took it all in stride.

Maybe he really was hungry—

After upgrading his Rinnegan, he had automatically gained the nature transformations for the five basic types of Chakra. From there, all he needed was time to learn and develop techniques of other elements and get used to using them.

He had also inherited general abilities such as Shinra Tensei, Banshō Ten'in, the Six Paths of Pain, and Planetary Devastation.

Unfortunately, his unique abilities were still gestating! Limbo (Madara), Amenominaka (Kaguya), Amenotejikara (Sasuke), Sukunahikona (Momoshiki)...

In fact, every powerful person who awakened the Rinnegan would gain a new, terrifying ocular technique, much like those who awakened the Mangekyō.

But Fang Xiu's body couldn't keep up. If he forced the abilities to manifest and used them now, it was anyone's guess whether their potential would suffer—but he'd certainly be squeezed dry on the spot.

"The process is a lot like growing a tree."

"To ripen the fruit, you need to plant the seed in the soil and make sure it gets enough nutrients from every source." "So... if I want to get stronger, I'd better start eating!"

Enjoying delicious food = increased combat power.

A succession of dazzling lights flashed.

Red-Haired Pig

(Mammalian Beast) Origin: Toriko Price: 50 Reward Points per 1,000 grams of meat.

Description: A giant pig covered in red hair. It has a powerful physique, an exceptionally violent temperament, and sharp tusks. It charges headlong into any opponent it encounters.

Its meat is delicious, tender, and juicy. A brief roasting brings out its purest flavor, and eating it can strengthen the body to a certain extent.

Trumpet Lion

(Mammalian Beast) Origin: Toriko Price: 50 Reward Points per 100 hairs.

Description: Violent by nature, it hunts in groups. Its meat is tough and has no food value, but its mane makes excellent sponge cake and is a prized delicacy.

Lobster Fish

(Fish Beast)

Origin: Toriko Price: 20 Reward Points per 1,000 grams of fish meat; 20 Reward Points per 100 grams of claw meat.

Concave-Jawed Pterosaur (Pterosaur Beast) Price: 60 Reward Points per 1,000 grams of meat Description: A pterosaur beast that lives in mountainous regions, among steep cliffs, and in caves. Because of its concave-shaped head, some hunters call it the "Sunken-Jaw Dragon."

Despite its comical nickname, its meat is excellent, and its bones can be used to make a rich, fragrant stock. Eating enough of it can even raise an ordinary human's level of existence.

In fact, the Main God Space supplied more than just rare ingredients from Toriko. Meat was also available from certain xianxia and fantasy worlds.

For example, the right paw of a thousand-year-old black bear demon, the sinews of a Deep Sea Flood Dragon Beast, or the gallbladder of a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake...

If someone simply wanted to broaden their horizons and raised a side mission to SSS rank for the highest-quality selection, then... even Tang Seng's flesh would appear on a Reincarnator's menu.

Although its listed effect was only this:

Immortality (unique effect)

Warning!

Tang Seng is the reincarnation of Golden Cicada, the foremost disciple of Tathagata Buddha, and possesses boundless merit. Anyone who eats his flesh will gain eternal life, but will also bear endless karmic debt and suffer immeasurable retribution throughout eternity! Only one serving is available. Origin: Primordial World. Anyone who partakes will face the unceasing hostility of the Buddhist sect in all subsequent trials, until death!

Fang Xiu: "..."

He hastily murmured "Amitabha" to himself, then buried his head in his food and focused on sipping the rich stock simmered from a Pterosaur's skull, fishing out big chunks of Red-Haired Pig char siu.

Below the tower, in the Forest of Death,

his clones were hard at work. Some were getting familiar with the five basic Chakra natures whose skill trees had been fully unlocked. Some were cultivating their souls, slowly increasing their Yin Release as if climbing a cliff like snails. Others were experimenting with combining elements to develop Kekkei Genkai.

Of course, there were also clones studying Sage Mode, whose door had already been kicked open, along with the three minor divine abilities.

Efficiency was through the roof...

As for his original body? He was cultivating the most crucial Yang Release, desperately drawing nutrients from all kinds of food. He didn't dare slack off for even a moment, eating and drinking with all his might.