When Otsutsuki Hagoromo saw Black Zetsu, he was very surprised, because he sensed that this person was a pure Yin-Yang Release creation, and there were very few people in the Ninja World with such attainments.
The first person he thought of was his mother, the Rabbit Goddess the Otsutsuki Kaguya. The subsequent conversations confirmed his suspicions, and the more he learned, the more frightened he felt. He never imagined that there was such a hidden story behind his son's struggle.
At the same time, he was also glad that Bai Sui had captured Hei Black Zetsu, otherwise he really wouldn't have realized that for thousands of years someone had been secretly plotting to break the seal on the moon.
If Black Zetsu really succeeds in this, the current Sage of Six Paths isn't really confident he can reseal his mother, considering that the element of surprise attack played a part in the initial success.
Now everyone has gathered together to begin preparations for resisting the Ōtsutsuki Clan. They are making targeted adjustments to both their military strength and energy systems.
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"Grandpa, we've come to see you!" With a loud voice, a little girl in bright red, accompanied by her husband, burst into the Grand Tutor's mansion.
Yes, the Grand Preceptor's Mansion has now been upgraded to the Grand Tutor Mansion, and Bai Sui was appointed Grand Tutor decades ago, but such an honor is no longer of any real use to him.
"Oh, it's Kushina with her boyfriend. Come, come, come sit here." Bai Sui, who is over 120 years old, finally looks like she has shed her childishness and appears to be in her thirties.
In fact, over the past fifty years, Bai Sui had gradually begun to detach himself from worldly affairs. After all, time is the most ruthless thing, and apart from a few guys who had already reached the level of Otsutsuki, most of the people he knew had passed away.
Unexpectedly, about twenty years ago, a little girl was born into the King of Kang's lineage. She was the current King of Kang's niece and Bai Sui's great-great-granddaughter.
From a young age, this little girl had always wanted to run to Bai Sui's mansion, saying that she felt safe and secure by Bai Sui's side. In fact, her family had some objections at the time, since Bai Sui was already a hundred years old. They thought that it would be bad if a child, running around recklessly, bumped into the old ancestor. After all, Kushina had always been a tomboy since she was a child and was never able to sit still.
Later, seeing that Bai Sui really had no physical problems, everyone gradually loosened their control over Kushina and let her play around on her own.
As a result, Kushina had only been studying at the Hongwen Hall for a few years when she was snatched away by this blond young man. Now the two are even married. The reason she came to see Bai Sui was because Kushina realized she was pregnant and wanted to tell Bai Sui the good news.
" Minato, you've come several times already. Don't be shy here. Come, come, sit down and have an apple." Bai Sui already knew about this beforehand, having sensed it suddenly about three days ago, and then today Kushina came back to tell him that she was pregnant.
However, Bai Sui still pretended to know nothing. After all, sometimes knowing everything isn't a good thing. Just like now, it had already ruined Bai Sui's sense of surprise. But life always needs some sense of ritual, so Bai Sui waited for Kushina to say it herself.
"Grandpa, guess why we've come?" Kushina kept Bai Sui in suspense.
"Oh? Haha, let me guess, what's the reason? Is it because Minato bullied you, so you came to complain?" Bai Sui joined in the banter.
"Ugh, Minato would never bully me, I'm the one bullying him!" Kushina said, scratching his Minato.
"Hahaha, so why did Kushina come here? Is it because Minato was selected for this batch of space training? Is she here to show off?" Bai Sui then revealed another thing she had foreseen.
However, speaking of this space training, it is also the result of Bai Sui and his group over the years. Because they were aware of the potential drawbacks of chakra, they developed it from multiple angles and systems.
As a result, with substantial funding, the researchers who initially developed the floating Sky Island and airships have continued to train talent and iterate generation after generation, eventually developing the necessary facilities for space travel.
Based on this, after discussion, everyone decided to build defensive fortifications outside this Earth in order to keep enemies at bay and minimize the potential damage to the Ninja World.
Seeing that Bai Sui had guessed what else she wanted to say, Kushina panicked, afraid that Bai Sui would guess that she was pregnant, so she quickly said, "Oh dear, Grandpa, that's not what I wanted to say, I found out I'm pregnant."
"Oh? Is that so? Come here quickly, let me see." Bai Sui then beckoned Kushina over.
"Hehe, my parents originally wanted me to go to the hospital for a checkup, but when they heard that I was coming to you, they stopped talking about it. After all, when it comes to medical skills, only my Aunt Tsunade in the entire hospital can still show her face in front of you. No one else even has the right to speak to you." Kushina chuckled.
Bai Sui gently pinched Kushina's nose. "You're so sweet-talking. Go ahead, you and the baby are both healthy, don't worry. Speaking of which, you've come at just the right time. We just developed a new cultivation system and enhancement method a couple of days ago. You're all eating here today, and I'll go get some materials later so your baby can use them this afternoon."
This is not just something Bai Sui said; it can be said that they gathered all the top talents in the entire Ninja World and developed all sorts of new things, big and small, over the past fifty years.
For example, regarding the issue of chakra, after years of research, people have gradually discovered many of its characteristics.
First, there's the issue of the total amount of chakra. Everyone discovered that the total amount of chakra in the Ninja World is indeed gradually increasing, especially after the Ninja World became peaceful, the population began to grow rapidly, Chunin increased dozens of times.
However, after comparing the souls in the Underworld with the chakra in the entire Ninja World, everyone discovered that the total amount of chakra was constantly increasing. After further investigation, they found that the reason lay in that wisp of spiritual power.
This spiritual power can be passed on to children through heredity, allowing the children to also develop chakra.
After numerous studies, Bai Sui and others finally discovered a way to block the transmission of chakra.
Even if that spiritual power has been passed on to the child through heredity, it doesn't matter. As long as they switch to another system before actively refining chakra, it's fine. Because through their experiments, they found that almost all other systems will start to reject external forces after being cultivated to a certain level.
At that time, that wisp of spiritual energy will be passively expelled from the body during this process, and without a corresponding carrier, this wisp of spiritual energy will quickly dissipate.
Perhaps due to the inherent characteristics of the chakra system, in everyone's attempts, it was discovered that the chakra system was indeed faster at forming combat power in a short period of time.
Therefore, although everyone is also promoting other training methods at the same time, the ninja system is still the most widely used at this stage, including Kushina and her husband, who both still use the chakra system.
Just two days ago, their research made new progress: they discovered a new cultivation system, which was made possible by the ingenious ideas that Bai Sui had previously shared.
This cultivation method differs from Bai Sui's internal seeking method; it is a purely external seeking technique.
Simply put, it involves using a large amount of pure life energy to infuse into the practitioner's body, then circulating it in a specific way, or through physical exercise, ultimately producing an energy temporarily named "Qi".
This energy is highly destructive and increases combat power very quickly. It can be said that as long as there is enough energy and one's foundation is strong enough, one can gain extremely powerful strength in a short period of time.
Among the attempts made by many, the easiest way to obtain life energy is through chakra. As long as the special spiritual power within chakra is extracted, it will decompose into pure physical and spiritual energy, which can then be used as resources for cultivation.
However, this kind of energy is more violent and difficult to control compared to other energies. Unlike chakra, which can be transformed into various magical escape techniques, the application of this kind of energy is currently limited to simple energy output.
However, even with just energy output, after everyone's attempts, in just one month, they were able to create a powerful individual who could directly shatter a mountain with his energy.
To everyone, this was a groundbreaking success, because in this way, perhaps in the future, people would not only not be afraid of the Ōtsutsuki Clan extracting their chakra, but could instead capture the Otsutsuki and decompose their chakra to achieve the effect of using war to sustain war.
Bai Sui thought to himself, "Where have I seen this kind of energy before?" Then he realized, "Isn't this exactly the same as the energy in Dragon Ball?"
What Bai Sui needs to do now is to prepare a gift for Kushina's child—a physical energy that can enhance his physique right now and lay the foundation for his future cultivation.
And this gift was none other than Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, who had been hiding in the Ninja World all along, or rather, his current host, Jigen. Speaking of which, Jigen was truly good at hiding.
Even Bai Sui suspected that it might be because Ōtsutsuki Isshiki could sense the Rhythm that the other party had been avoiding the area he had already engraved. Otherwise, how could it have been until recently, after Bai Sui had engraved the Rhythm of the entire planet's surface, that he was able to discover the other party's whereabouts?
Moreover, according to Bai Sui's perception, the other party never stayed in one place. Every once in a while, they would leave using teleportation, clearly trying to evade their pursuit.
It seems that even if the other party didn't know Bai Sui's exact purpose and ability to record the entire world, they also knew that such behavior would not benefit their concealment.
As for why the other party didn't know about Bai Sui's ability to record the entire world, it's because if they did, they would know that Bai Sui possesses the ability to teleport in all recorded locations. His frequent escapes would be completely pointless and would only increase the possibility of being discovered.
Originally, Bai Sui had decided to find an opportunity to capture Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. On the one hand, he could use him for experiments, and on the other hand, he could obtain a lot of information about the Otsutsuki from him. It was likely that Ōtsutsuki Isshiki, as the one being protected, would know more than Otsutsuki Kaguya, who was the guardian.
Actually, Bai Sui originally wanted to go alone, but after thinking about it, she decided it would be better to go with Madara Uchiha and the others. After all, the other party was an existence that had lived for thousands of years. If he had any trump cards up his sleeve, they could share the risk with someone else.
Thus, Bai Sui quickly assembled a five-person team: Bai Sui, Madara Uchiha, Madara Uchiha Senju Hashirama Otsutsuki Hagoromo, and Otsutsuki Hamura.
In fact, Bai Sui originally wanted to find Madara and Hashirama, but unexpectedly, the two of them were also there. When he heard that he was a member of the Otsutsuki, he joined the team.
Guided by Bai Sui, the group quickly arrived at Jigen's location. Upon seeing the five people who suddenly appeared, Jigen was clearly taken aback, obviously not expecting them to find him at this time.
However, he reacted quickly, almost instantly assessing the difference in strength between the two sides, and immediately opened a black and red circular portal to escape from the area.
However, don't forget that the scene was essentially occupied by members of the fearless Otsutsuki. This kind of spatial teleportation ability might be able to bully ordinary people, but it would be impossible to escape smoothly in front of beings of the same level.
And so, there she was, dressed in a white haori, with a black cloak over it, her hair gathered on top of her head, a long braid hanging down her back, the Roman numeral IV tattooed below her left eye, and a wedge mark on her chin.
Cixian wore red neckbands and wristbands, had black nail polish, a black crystal on her abdomen, a red belt around her waist, and red Jigen.
They stood there dumbfounded, inside the ever-swirling black and red portal, but thanks to everyone's combined efforts to solidify the space, there was no sign of them being teleported.
This discovery caused Jigen, who had been behaving very elegantly, to show a hint of bitterness on his face, because he knew what he was about to face.
To be honest, he had mentally prepared himself for this day, but he didn't expect that when it actually came, he still couldn't accept it so easily. After all, although he had lived for thousands of years, he was unable to fulfill his master's orders in the end.
It's ironic, but Jigen has lived for a thousand years thanks to the power of Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. Recently, he couldn't withstand the erosion of time and needed to find a new weapon for Ōtsutsuki Isshiki. However, he didn't expect that in this forcibly unified Ninja World, he couldn't easily take anyone away. Even an ordinary civilian was registered and would be checked regularly.
This was actually a last resort for Madara Uchiha. After all, who knew when the Ōtsutsuki Clan would descend? So they could only use this method to periodically screen the Ninja World in order to detect any anomalies as soon as possible.
All subsequent chapters will be in 4K format. I found that while writing, many chapters were in 2K format, and the plot became somewhat disjointed when divided into chapters. So I simply decided not to divide them anymore; all future chapters will be in 4K format.
In addition, I will still maintain a daily update volume of 4K, and the quantity will not decrease. I will see if I am not too busy during the May Day holiday and write more to give you all extra updates.