As Senjutsu Chakra accumulated in his body, his appearance also began to undergo drastic changes.
Pieces of fine white scales emerged from the surface of his skin, quickly covering his arms, neck, and cheeks like vines.
The outline of his face also began to deform slightly, with high cheekbones and an elongated lower jaw. The originally fitting mask made an overwhelmed sound under the force of this distortion.
"Clang--!"
The mask was finally pushed to the ground, revealing the face twisted in pain.
His facial features switched back and forth between human and snake, his teeth became sharp, his pupils narrowed into a thin line, and a suppressed hissing came from his throat.
White Snake Sage was perched high up, watching the scene below indifferently, without any fluctuation in his golden vertical pupils.
She neither warned nor made any intention to give any guidance, she just watched quietly, as if waiting for a destined ending.
Ning Xue grabbed the ground with both hands, and his nails scratched several deep white marks on the floor tiles, making a harsh friction sound.
The extreme pain of being forced into a strange energy made him groan involuntarily, and he knelt heavily on the ground, fingers scratching at random on his body.
"Click, click..."
His fingers began to deform, his nails were elongated and curved, and a layer of fine scales appeared on the surface of his skin.
He looked down at his reversing fingers.
The originally slender knuckles are shortening and thickening, evolving towards a strange shape.
No, we can't go on like this!
He forced himself to calm down and quickly mobilized the Mōryō Chakra in his body, trying to use that ancient power to strengthen his body to suppress the erosion of Natural Energy.
The purple-black Chakra spread from his neck to his limbs, but before it could spread, it suddenly retracted into his body as if it had hit an invisible wall.
"Pfft--"
Ning Xue spit out a mouthful of blood, and his eyesight turned black.
At this moment, the lazy and plain voice of White Snake Sage came from above, as if he mentioned it casually.
"If you haven't mastered Natural Energy, don't think about it being compatible with other energies."
But these words were said lightly, as if they were just unintentional words.
But the moment it fell on Ning Xue's ears, it was like an enlightenment.
Natural Energy... compatible... He suddenly remembered his experience with Land of Snow.
Thinking of those times when he was able to guide the flow of ice and snow in the wind and snow without Hand Seals, and thinking of the notebook left by his mother.
The words in the notes seemed to emerge line by line before his eyes.
"Fujiwara Clan, the power that resonates with ice and snow has been passed down from generation to generation.
He is not Kekkei Genkai, but Secret Technique who relies on the unique Chakra operation method to communicate with nature.
It comes from our understanding and awe of this land of ice and snow, rather than a gift from blood.
Because of this, our family has a far greater adaptability to ice than ordinary people.
Can sense cold more easily, guide ice and snow, and even create ice and snow."
So that's it.
That feeling of familiarity is not an illusion.
Natural Energy of Ryūchi Cave and the power of ice and snow of Land of Snow are essentially part of nature.
He had felt it and manipulated it before, but he had never thought of absorbing it for his own use.
He closed his eyes, forced himself to stop struggling, and focused all his attention on the rampant Natural Energy in his body.
He gave up using brute force to suppress it, and instead tried to use Fujiwara Clan's Secret Technique method that resonated with ice and snow to guide it.
He regarded the Natural Energy of Ryūchi Cave as the wind and snow of Land of Snow, accepting it with the same breathing rhythm and the same movement path.
Gradually, those blocked meridians began to loosen.
The originally violent and disorderly Natural Energy seemed to have found a channel and began to flow slowly along a fixed route.
The scales on the skin faded one by one, the distorted facial features gradually returned to their original shape, and the bent fingers stretched again and returned to their human appearance.
The painful look on his face slowly faded away, replaced by an unprecedented concentration and calmness.
After an unknown amount of time, he changed from kneeling to the ground to sitting cross-legged, with his back straight, his hands resting naturally on his knees, and his breathing becoming deep and even.
He was immersed in the state of sensing Natural Energy, and slowly but firmly introduced those powers into the meridians in his body one by one.
White Snake Sage was perched high up, looking at the scene below, with a rare flash of surprise in his golden vertical pupils.
She didn't speak, just thought secretly in her heart.
She originally just thought that this kid was very brave and dared to use two kinds of energy at the same time, so she mentioned it casually, without expecting it to have any effect.
But who knew that this sentence would give him an enlightenment and directly comprehend the correct path of absorption.
This kid... is quite lucky.
In this way, Ning Xue sat cross-legged quietly for more than ten minutes.
A layer of light blue eye shadow gradually appeared around his eyes, with a slight light white halo around the edges.
A thin layer of Chakra Cloak began to appear on his body surface, which was translucent and exuded a cold aura that was completely different from Mōryō Chakra.
Behind him, two translucent white Chakra snakes quietly emerged, circling slowly behind him like streamers.
The two snakes have no entity, but they really exist, like the concrete embodiment of Natural Energy.
As the last trace of Natural Energy was guided into the body, Ning Xue opened his eyes suddenly.
In those eyes, Byakugan is still there.
But in those pure white eyes, the pupils were two vertical black lines, like snakes.
Sage Mode.
Ning Xue stood up slowly, feeling the new and flowing power in his body.
He didn't speak, but just looked down at his hands, gently closing and loosening his fingers, feeling the fullness that blended with nature.
After a moment, he raised his head and looked at the entrenched White Snake Sage above, his voice calm and steady.
"Thanks for the advice."
(Ah, you are all immortals, you must add more skills, right? Is there anything that is simple to operate, but not exceeding the standard, with high values and a large range. Wind Release, Water Release, Ice Release, how about one of them all?)