Reason × Sage Art

The next day, in the backyard of the Nara House, Fish swam in shallow water, while insects and birds chirped in unison, Beneath the lush greenery lay a neatly manicured lawn, Nara Dan sat cross-legged in the center, Yet, there was something different; a small red flower bud beside Nara Dan was on the verge of blooming, appearing full of vitality, If any of the household servants were to see this, they would be astonished, Because this lawn was trimmed and maintained daily, and it was impossible for any weeds or wild flowers to appear, Usually, even the tender grass that grew a bit too tall would be leveled, let alone a plant as conspicuous as a budding flower.

But immediately, something even more surprising happened, As Nara Dan slowly opened his eyes, That budding flower bud actually began to bloom at a speed visible to the naked eye, In the blink of an eye, it became a fully blossomed flower, and it had even grown a bit in size.

"As expected."

"The Life Magnetic Field can not only influence the magnetic fields of other humans,"

"But it can also influence the magnetic fields of every blade of grass and tree in nature."

Just now, Nara Dan had used the influence of his Life Magnetic Field to stimulate the rapid development of the flower bud.

Or rather, Nara Dan had shared a bit of his own abundant Life Energy with the small flower; a mere drop in the bucket was more than enough for a creature of that size to benefit endlessly.

"That is why there is a saying that even the place where a divine dragon urinates will give birth to dragon-kin."

"It makes it sound as if dragons are afraid to urinate."

"It is indeed not just a factor of powerful genetic influence,"

"How could there be any genes in urine?"

"It is better to say that the leakage of Life Energy allowed those creatures to take advantage of it."

Therefore, the abundance of Life Energy is all relative, To the flowers and plants, Nara Dan is the 'divine dragon', But to a divine dragon, Nara Dan might not even have as much Life Energy or as much influence as someone else's urine.

Moreover, at Nara Dan's level, the perception of Life Energy is as clear as looking at the lines on one's palm, This, in turn, exacerbated Nara Dan's panic regarding himself, That's right, panic.

Because even though Nara Dan tried his best to restrain the loss of his Life Energy, compared to an ordinary person, he had already gone from being an electric eel to casting a dragnet, But in this world, energy and matter are always conserved; there is no such thing as an eternal, unchanging entity, The lifespan of flowers and plants will not exceed ten years; to them, Nara Dan's Life Energy is abundant, But if calculated carefully, it would not exceed two hundred years, And that is on the premise of not fighting others; fighting would naturally greatly accelerate the leakage of Life Energy, It seems the reason why those powerhouses who have reached God-Seeing Indestructibility can still only live for a hundred years or so lies in this, The body may be indestructible, but it leaks.

"If it were a dragon-kin, whether it be a Western dragon or an Eastern divine dragon,"

"Such long-lived species, even if they sleep for a thousand or ten thousand years, their Life Energy remains continuous."

"Only such creatures can be considered true powerhouses,"

"Surpassing humans in every aspect by far."

"Of course, entropy increase is unavoidable,"

"Everything has an entropy value; humans are like this, and dragon-kin are the same."

"Humans delay the arrival of entropy increase through metabolism, but it is merely a drop in the bucket."

"Masters like the Sea Emperor restrain their energy and close their pores,"

"But the human life volume is only so much; how can it compare to those long-lived species?"

Nara Dan shook his head; the saying that humans have limits is indeed not without foundation.

"If one truly wants to transcend humanity, there is only one path,"

"And that is to stop being human."

"Either introduce the genes of stronger creatures,"

"Or cast off the concept of being human,"

"And exist in this world in the form of a soul or some other manifestation."

"The former goes without saying, but obtaining such genes and technology is a massive challenge."

"As for the latter, there are plenty of pioneers."

Nara Dan couldn't help but ponder them one by one; he also harbored ambitions, for immortality is the ultimate dream of humanity.

"Orochimaru can be considered to have walked half the path."

"But he didn't realize that the soul also has an entropy value."

"Constantly changing bodies only accelerates this process."

"It is nothing more than lingering on in a wasted existence."

"The inherited chakra of Indra and Ashura is also half a path."

"But in reality, their own wills have long been worn away by countless cycles of reincarnation."

"All that remains is the nature of their chakra itself."

"Without self-awareness, there is no way to maintain entropy."

"The Sage of Six Paths is undoubtedly stronger, with a fairly complete sense of self."

"Beyond his chakra energy being more vast than his two sons', he seems to rely on the Underworld to maintain his soul."

"However, seeing how he basically never shows his face and cannot act directly, it's clear the restrictions are significant."

"Perhaps he is just a weakened version of Empress Houtu."

Nara Dan smiled, brainstorming with great interest in his mind.

"If I were to truly walk this path,"

"Rather than living timidly, it would be more exciting to completely cast aside the cognitive scope of humanity."

"To become some kind of data-based lifeform, or even a rule of heaven and earth."

"Or perhaps becoming a part of some great existence would be more satisfying."

As he thought this, Nara Dan gazed at the air in front of him, as if he could see some kind of powerful and abundant energy floating there.

The Nara Dan of before naturally couldn't sense it, but now that he had reached God-Seeing Indestructibility, under the shroud of his Life Magnetic Field, he was capable of sensing the powerful energy particles floating between heaven and earth.

These energy particles were endless, silent like the deep sea; ordinary people could never perceive them, but once triggered into fluctuation, they would absolutely have the effect of overturning heaven and earth, causing mountains to crumble and seas to reverse.

"Sage Chakra is indeed a good path."

"It extends life and grants supernatural powers."

"Although it cannot grant eternal youth, longevity is not bad either."

"Which of those Sage Creatures doesn't live longer than the Sage of Six Paths?"

"Their schemes are calculated in millennia, comparable to Black Zetsu."

"But it's not that easy either."

"The Sage of Six Paths was also a user of Sage Chakra, so why didn't he choose this path?"

"Who would choose to be a dead man if they could be a living one?"

"Moreover, constitutions like those of the Uzumaki and Senju cannot fully control Sage Chakra."

"The roots of this body of mine are Nara, and the nature of Yin Release is predominant in my bloodline."

"It is even more difficult to control."

Ever since Nara Dan broke through to God-Seeing Indestructibility, it wasn't as if he hadn't tried to actively contact Sage energy, but the nature of this body was too repulsed by Sage energy; the compatibility was poor.

Sage Chakra could often only stay in his body for a short time.

"Those animals are unusually compatible with Sage energy."

"But there must be some kind of side effect."

"It's even possible that those Sage animals were once humans who practiced Sage arts."

"And were eventually transformed by the Sage arts."

Nara Dan secretly speculated using the limited information he had.

Sage Chakra easily causes people to go berserk, turn to stone, turn into frogs, and so on.

Truly making it one's own must inevitably involve some unknown side effects.

Those who practiced Sage Chakra, like Jiraiya and Kabuto, all had animalistic features to varying degrees.

Same, being short is my fault.

It's not the book's.

The book is innocent!

Don't drop the book!