Chapter 3

Then he impatiently urged, "Let's go get them now, okay?"

"Alright, alright. I really can't do anything with you."

Uchiha Meixin smiled and shook her head. She got up, took him to the study, pulled out all the medical books she had collected, and handed them to her son.

Over the next month or so, Uchiha Yan completely immersed himself in the ocean of medical books.

During that time, his parents did not sit idle either. They brewed the Uchiha Clan's secret Foundation Building medicine into a medicinal solution, mixed it into water, and began giving Yan medicinal baths to build his foundation.

Once a week.

As Yan grew older, the dosage would gradually increase.

Yan finished every medical book his mother had given him in just one month, and he thoroughly understood them all.

[You reviewed the medical knowledge from your previous life, revisited the old and learned the new, repeatedly contemplated it, and combined it with certain medical theories from the Ninja World. A sudden insight struck—your medical skill has risen to the proficient level.]

[Based on the Uchiha Foundation-Building Medicinal Bath Formula and combined with your own medical expertise, you deduced and improved it, successfully creating Uchiha Foundation-Building Medicinal Bath 2.0.]

[Uchiha Foundation-Building Medicinal Bath 2.0]: Its medicinal efficacy is 30% stronger than the original version, while its side effects are greatly reduced. The medicinal toxins can be fully purged after just three days, allowing it to be used again.

"There's still one step missing. I'm only one step away from the Perfect Foundation-Building Medicinal Bath. I need more medical and herbal information from the Ninja World."

Uchiha Yan frowned and murmured to himself.

He vaguely felt that he was only a final push away from creating the perfect formula.

"Looks like I can only ask Mom and Dad for help again. I'll see if they can get more medical books from the clan or the Ninja Hospital."

Having made up his mind, Uchiha Yan voiced his thoughts that evening after both his parents returned home.

Uchiha Meixin was stunned after hearing her son.

"You're saying... you've been researching a Perfect Foundation-Building Medicinal Bath?"

Uchiha Yan nodded, his expression so serious that he clearly was not joking.

Uchiha Senichi exchanged a glance with his wife. Their eyes both seemed to say, Has this child gone crazy?

Meixin sighed, her tone softening as she tried to persuade him. "Yan, the medicinal bath formula you're using now was gradually developed by our Uchiha clan over thousands of years, generation after generation. And you think you can create something better all by yourself?"

"This isn't a matter of whether you're smart enough. It's simply impossible. Don't aim too high."

Qianyi nodded along from the side. "Your mother is right. This isn't something you can change just because you want to."

But then he changed his tone and patted his son on the shoulder. "Still, if you really want to read medical books, leave it to me. However many you want, your dad will get them for you."

It was a good thing that the boy wanted to learn.

What if he someday became a top medical ninja like Tsunade—or even better than Tsunade? As his father, he would have plenty to be proud of!

He was, after all, the vice-captain of the Uchiha Police Force. He had at least that much influence.

The moment Uchiha Yan heard that, his eyes lit up.

He grabbed his father's arm. "Dad, it's a promise! Sorry for the trouble!"

Then he pulled a scroll from his clothes and handed it over. "This is a new formula I worked out over the past month. I used our Uchiha Foundation-Building Medicinal Bath Formula as a base and made some changes. I think the effects should be 30% better than the original, and the side effects should be reduced quite a bit too."

"Dad, Mom, can you try it out?"

"Hm?"

Qianyi and Meixin froze at the same time.

"Really? Since when did you become capable of this? You didn't just scribble it down randomly, did you?"

Though they voiced their doubts, they still accepted the scroll and opened it.

They did not immediately dismiss their son's work.

That was not how their family educated children.

Even if the formula ultimately proved useless, they would not crush the child's enthusiasm.

Ever since Yan was little, they had taught him that confidence and ambition mattered more than anything.

Qianyi did not understand medical principles or herbs. After giving it a quick look, he passed it to Meixin.

She was the expert in this area.

More than an hour passed in the blink of an eye.

Uchiha Meixin finally put down the papers in her hands and looked up. She stared at the little boy before her with a face full of shock, her voice trembling slightly. "Yan, did you really modify this formula yourself?"

"What? Is there a problem?" Uchiha Senichi leaned closer, frowning as well.

"No, there doesn't seem to be a problem." Meixin nodded firmly. "At least, I haven't found anything wrong. The combination of herbs and the explanations of their properties are all very clear. I think it should be fine. We'll know once we test it with the actual ingredients."

She truly found it hard to believe that this formula had been developed by her own son.

He was only one year old!

And he had only been reading medical books for a little over a month.

Yet he had managed to create something of this caliber?

The way the herbs were combined, how their properties interacted, and how the conclusions were supported were all written in incredible detail.

There was even plenty of content that she, his mother, had never considered before.

Even if the formula did not turn out to be as miraculous as it claimed, this ability alone was enough to prove her son's talent for medicine and herbal combinations.

What kind of monster did I give birth to? Could I really have given birth to someone like this? Meixin could not help muttering inwardly.

"Hahaha!" Uchiha Senichi did not think nearly as much. He scooped up his son and laughed so broadly that his mouth would not close. "Just as expected of my son! Amazing!"

He patted Yan's small shoulder, his face brimming with pride. "If this formula is really that impressive, you'll have made a tremendous contribution! Even the clan will have to acknowledge your achievement. Won't they have to give you a whole pile of rewards?"

According to the new formula, each medicinal bath would be 30% more effective. More importantly, the side effects were reduced, and the medicinal toxins could be purged in three days—more than twice as fast as the old version.

That meant medicinal baths could be used at least twice a week.

From then on, the children of the Uchiha clan would effectively have twice as much time for Foundation Building, with effects more than doubled.

Once this thing was introduced, it would certainly give the Uchiha Clan's children a more solid foundation, raise their future potential, and greatly increase the odds of producing geniuses.

"Wife, stop dawdling. Let's hurry up and test it! The sooner we confirm it, the sooner our Yan can use it! What do you say?" Qianyi urged.

"Alright, let's go." Meixin nodded decisively. "Bring Yan too. If the clan elders have any questions, he can explain them himself."

And while they were at it, they could pave the way for Yan to gain access to all the clan's medical books in the future.

"Alright!"

The family of three set off immediately. Before long, they arrived at Third Elder Uchiha Akiba, who oversaw the clan's medical ninjas, and explained everything from beginning to end.

At first, when he heard that Yan, a baby barely over a year old, had come up with something better than the Uchiha Clan's ancestral Foundation-Building Medicinal Bath Formula, the Third Elder naturally did not believe it.

But after personally reading through the complete new formula and carefully examining it, he was utterly stunned.

Even so, he still did not believe that Yan had created it.

The Third Elder read the medicinal bath formula over and over again. Then he asked Yan a whole series of questions about medicinal principles before he finally became fully convinced of the boy's ability.

They gathered the ingredients, brewed the medicine, and tested it on a group of mice. The results matched perfectly.

After personally examining the changes inside the mice, the Third Elder excitedly grabbed Uchiha Yan under the arms and spun him around several times on the spot. "It all works! Hahaha! Yan, you've made a tremendous contribution this time! Our Uchiha Clan is going to rise!"

No one understood the importance of this medicinal bath formula better than him.

This was hope for the future.

After his excitement subsided somewhat, the Third Elder put away his smile and asked solemnly, "Little Yan, tell me. What reward do you want? Grandpa will agree to anything."

Uchiha Yan answered without hesitation. "Grandpa Qiuye, I want to read every medical book in the clan's collection. I feel that my foundation is still lacking, and I need to learn more."

He paused, then added, "Maybe I'll be able to come up with even better medicinal baths in the future—or even other formulas."