Chapter 38

With the Uchiha Bloodline Purification Technique as a foundation, combined with his research into the Uzumaki bloodline over the past few months, his efficiency was frighteningly high.

It only took half an hour—

[You drew upon the Uchiha Bloodline Purification Technique and combined it with your understanding of the Uzumaki bloodline to derive a new technique. Your gains were immense, and you successfully created the Uzumaki Bloodline Purification Technique.]

The new technique unfolded in his mind, but Uchiha Yan showed no joy on his face.

He frowned and muttered, "This won't do if things keep going like this."

First, there was the Uchiha Bloodline Purification Technique, and now there was the Uzumaki Bloodline Purification Technique. That meant he had to spend twice as much time every day refining two different bloodline techniques.

And that was only for now.

In the future, he would definitely have to develop cultivation methods for the Senju, Hyuga... and all kinds of other bloodline techniques.

By then, just practicing bloodline purification techniques would take up an entire day.

He would not be able to do anything else. Just cultivating this alone would exhaust him to death.

"I need to create a technique that can fuse all bloodline techniques into one."

His mind raced.

"As long as I can twist all the bloodline techniques into a single rope, I'll only need to practice one bloodline purification technique each day."

Of course, he knew that this would not be easy.

He still had to collect more bloodline techniques and spend time fully uncovering their deeper secrets.

"Let's take it slowly. My current progress is already frighteningly fast. I shouldn't be too greedy."

At that thought, Uchiha Yan laughed self-deprecatingly, realizing that he was indeed a little unsatisfied.

He stopped cultivating, got up, took a shower, and changed into clothes a size larger.

After perfecting his Uzumaki Physique, he had shot up by seven centimeters and was nearly one meter thirty tall. His previous clothes could no longer fit him at all.

Once he was done, he left the underground laboratory and returned to the living room.

"Oh, you finally came out!" Uchiha Meixin looked up and happened to see her son stepping over the threshold. She could not help but nag him. "If you hadn't come out soon, I was about to go in and drag you out. What took you so long today?"

She was carrying dishes fresh from the stove, and the aroma of the food had already filled the entire room.

Uchiha Yan walked over with a smile and gave his mother a firm hug. "I broke through during cultivation just now, and organizing everything took quite a while." After speaking, he craned his neck and glanced toward the dining table. "Mom, what are we having for lunch?"

"Braised pork and grilled fish, both of which you like." Uchiha Meixin answered him, then looked him up and down. She reached up and compared his height with her hand. "Why do I feel like you've grown again? You've been shooting up awfully fast these past few days."

"Mm." Uchiha Yan nodded. "I've been practicing the Uzumaki Sage Body lately, so it's normal for my body to grow a little faster. But I've reached temporary perfection today, so I won't keep growing this crazily from now on."

Changing the subject, he took his mother's hand. "Right, Mom. Since we have some free time, I'll teach you how to cultivate the Uzumaki Sage Body and help you get started."

"This physique is very practical. It can strengthen your vitality and lifespan, and it can also greatly increase your chakra reserves. It will even help with awakening the Sharingan in the future."

As he spoke, he lowered his voice and added, "If only we could get that brat Hashirama's original cells. Then you could directly cultivate the Hashirama Sage Body. That would be even more powerful."

However, he also knew that the Uzumaki Sage Body was not inferior. The Mind's Eye of the Kagura alone was an exceptional ability—the number of sensory-type ninja in the Ninja World was pitifully small. With this skill, one's chances of surviving missions would increase considerably.

"Oh? You can teach it now?" Uchiha Meixin's eyes lit up as she began calculating. If it could extend her lifespan and strengthen her vitality, could it also help her maintain her beauty? Could it slow down her aging? She was especially interested.

"Mm. I've already cultivated it to the limit and tested everything that needed testing. There's nothing wrong with it." Uchiha Yan nodded and had his mother sit down.

He extended a finger and gently tapped the center of his mother's brow. The cultivation formula for the Uzumaki Sage Body, along with the Aura-Concealment Spell, surged into her mind in one go. He also added a seal lock in her Mental Sea—not to guard against his own mother, but against those ill-intentioned people outside. With this protection, unless someone could forcibly break through the seal he had left behind, no one would be able to touch the memories inside Meixin's mind.

"Come on, Mom. Eat this." Uchiha Yan took out a pill and handed it over. "After that, just circulate your energy according to the method I taught you. I'll guide you through it once."

Uchiha Yan forced a drop of blood out from his fingertip, refined it into a Bloodline Seed with a unique method, and held it to his mother's lips.

This seed was not ordinary blood. It was pure Uzumaki bloodline power purified from his own blood, far cleaner than directly using Kushina's blood.

"Okay."

Uchiha Meixin did not hesitate. She opened her mouth and swallowed it. Then, guided by her son, she began circulating the energy within her body.

Uchiha Yan waited until the Bloodline Seed had completely fused with his mother's heart. He then used Innate Qi to help it take root before finally stopping.

"That's it. From now on, practice that breathing method every day and slowly nurture it. It'll probably take several years."

After a pause, he continued, "Once I create an Innate Art suitable for all of you to practice, you'll be able to use the Innate Qi from it to nurture the seed. The process will be much faster."

It was not that he did not want to do it himself.

It was simply too time-consuming.

Uchiha Yan still had to research other things. It was more realistic to let his mother take her time with this.

Besides, there were still his father, his elder brother, and Mikoto.

If he had to personally accelerate the maturation process for every one of them, he would not be able to do anything else all day.

"Mm, this is fine."

Uchiha Meixin smiled and nodded, reaching out to stroke her son's head. "Mom isn't in a hurry. I don't rely on this to make a living. The other techniques you taught me are enough. It's fine if this takes a little longer. Just don't push yourself too hard."

Her son was good in every way except that he worked too hard.

From childhood to adulthood, the boy always seemed to carry a sense of urgency that drove him to grow and become stronger with all his might.

He even dragged the entire family into becoming stronger with him.

He was dragging the entire Uchiha clan into becoming stronger as well.

He lived far too exhausting a life.

That was not what she wanted to see as his mother.

Before long, Uchiha Senichi, Uchiha Hao, and Mikoto all returned.

Uchiha Yan taught them the cultivation method for the Uzumaki Sage Body and guided them through the initial steps.

He also taught them an Aura-Concealment Technique and instructed them, "For now, use this to suppress the fluctuations of your chakra and spiritual power. It'll make it easier to pretend to be weak while hiding your true strength. Once your Uzumaki Sage Body reaches a higher level, it can also conceal the aura of your vitality, making it difficult for others to detect you and saving you a lot of trouble."

The others nodded and committed his words to memory.

"Don't worry. We'll be careful."

At this moment, Mikoto suddenly asked, "Yan, this Uzumaki Sage Body belongs to Kushina, right? Is it really all right for us to practice it?"

She paused, and her voice grew softer. "If we cultivate the Uzumaki bloodline, wouldn't we become the same as Kushina? If we're together in the future, could that cause any problems? What if something happens to our child?"

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became.

Seeing her face turn pale, Uchiha Yan could not help laughing. He raised a hand and ruffled her hair. "Relax. It's not what you think."

"All those Uzumaki Bloodline Seeds were condensed from the pure Uzumaki power I cultivated myself. They have nothing to do with Kushina's bloodline anymore."

"If there's any change at all, it's simply that, in addition to our Uchiha bloodline, we'll also gain the physique of the Uzumaki clan."

"You're overthinking it, girl."

Mikoto froze after hearing that. Once she came back to her senses, her face flushed red.

She noticed that everyone around her was looking at her strangely, so she hurriedly lowered her head and buried herself in her food.

Seeing this, Meixin smiled and smoothed things over. "All right, all right, stop watching the show and eat while it's hot."

Halfway through the meal, Meixin could not help asking, "Dear, is another battle about to break out? The number of wounded at the hospital has been increasing every day. We're almost worked to death over there."

Senichi put down his chopsticks, and his expression darkened.