Chapter 14

At this point, Dr. Kureha ignored the shocked expression on Uchiha Chisato's face and continued, "The blindness in your right eye is inseparable from the depletion of your Life Origin and Soul Origin, isn't it?"

"Use moves like that less often in the future."

"They shorten your lifespan."

"Also, your left eyeball and the meridians around it are badly damaged too."

"Your vision must have been affected long ago."

"Although the method that Xunjing gave you recently has restored some of your vitality and eased the condition of your left eye somewhat, that little improvement is far from enough."

"I'll prescribe medicine to nourish and strengthen your eyes and the meridians around them. Keep taking it long-term after you go back."

"Once your eyeballs and the meridians around them have been strengthened to a certain degree and are no longer easily damaged, you can stop taking it."

Dr. Kureha mused that Uchiha Chisato most likely possessed some sort of eye-related bloodline ability.

However, that bloodline was flawed, or perhaps it was too diluted and the ability was incomplete.

That was why using that power each time damaged her eyeballs and the meridians around them.

The prescription Dr. Kureha had written to strengthen the eye meridians was, in the end, merely targeted treatment. It was not a fundamental solution.

The true solution should have been to strengthen and purify the bloodline, repairing its flaws at the source.

But that was far more troublesome, and the medicinal ingredients required were exceedingly rare. She could not be bothered with the hassle.

She might as well wait for that brat Xunjing to learn all her medical skills and let him figure it out himself.

She believed that as long as Xunjing could truly master seventy or eighty percent of her medical expertise, discovering and solving this problem would not be difficult.

Mm, judging from how Xunjing and the others had recovered recently, her assessment of his medical skills should not have been wrong.

As for the hidden dangers of Chakra?

She had noticed them too.

But she could not be bothered to mention them.

In her view, as long as this kind of energy was supported by sufficient nutrition, with enough food and supplements to maintain one's vitality, and they did not excessively drain cellular energy to the point of abnormal cell death and regeneration, it was not a major problem.

And nutrition and vitality were everywhere in this world. There was no shortage of them at all.

"You can even do something like that? Thank you so much, Dr. Kureha!"

Uchiha Chisato had no idea what Dr. Kureha was thinking. The moment she heard that there was a way to solve the Mangekyo Sharingan's declining vision, she was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked her.

At the same time, a thought surfaced in her mind, filling her with secret excitement. If this prescription can strengthen my eyeballs and the meridians around them, could it completely solve the problem of Mangekyo Sharingan deterioration?

Could this method even take my Mangekyo Sharingan a step further, allowing it to reach the level of Madara Uchiha's Eternal Eye?

That was right. Uchiha Chisato knew of the Eternal Eye.

After all, she had lived through that era of the Uchiha clan.

She had been young at the time, but her family belonged to the line of the Uchiha Great Elder. She knew many of the clan's secrets that could not see the light of day.

However, when Madara Uchiha left Konoha, he took many of the clan's ancient texts and ninjutsu scrolls with him. As a result, the younger generation of the clan later on, and even many from the middle-aged and older generations, had no idea how many secrets the clan held.

"It's nothing!"

Dr. Kureha waved dismissively, then turned and walked to the side. With a few swift strokes, she wrote prescriptions for treating Xunjing and Uchiha Chisato, adding another prescription to nourish the eye meridians and eyeballs.

She handed over the prescriptions. "Here! The ingredients can all be bought on Drum Island, so I won't prepare them for you."

"The nutritional supplements, Body-Tempering Medicine, and the medicine your mother needs to nourish and restore her soul will take a few days."

"But I have a ready-made prescription for the Longevity Pill. I'll get it for you now."

"Come with me. You can also take a look at my medical books. In the future, just come and take whatever you want to study."

"Let's go."

With that, Dr. Kureha turned and headed toward a room in the back.

Xunjing hurriedly followed.

After only a few steps, the two entered an exceptionally large room.

One wall of the room was covered in bookshelves, packed with all kinds of medical books.

Dr. Kureha walked to the very back, reached out to press a mechanism, opened the lid of a treasure chest, took out a sheet of paper, and handed it to Xunjing. "Here, this is the Longevity Pill formula. Return the paper after you memorize it, so I don't have to copy another one and you don't lose it."

"Your soul and mental strength are both quite high. You should have an eidetic memory, right?"

During the earlier examination, she had seen quite a few interesting things.

For instance, Xunjing's soul and mental power, which far exceeded that of ordinary people; the fact that he and his mother had three times as many cells as normal people; and certain unusual traits in their eyes and brains.

All of that involved Xunjing and his mother's secrets, but Dr. Kureha had some principles. She had no intention of exposing them.

Without their permission, she did not intend to use them as research subjects either.

But by her judgment, with three times the cells of ordinary people, Xunjing and his mother had at least three times the talent of others in the paths of the Black Blade Technique and Armament Haki.

If they trained properly in the future and kept up with their nutrition, becoming Commander-Emperor-level powerhouses was not impossible.

"It seems you noticed quite a lot during the earlier examination. I can indeed do that."

Uchiha Xunjing was no fool. The moment he heard Dr. Kureha's words, he understood what she was getting at and did not deny it.

He accepted the sheet of paper, glanced over it, and effortlessly memorized everything written on it.

Then he handed the paper back.

"Haha!"

As Dr. Kureha locked the paper back into the treasure chest and shut the mechanism, she chuckled. "Just a little! You let me look yourselves, so you can't blame me for it!"

After hesitating for a moment, Dr. Kureha added, "The number of cells in your bodies is three times that of ordinary people. If you train taijutsu and Armament Haki in the future, your achievements won't be lacking."

"It's best to keep this buried in your stomach. Don't mention it to outsiders. If someone with ulterior motives sets their sights on you, it'll bring plenty of trouble."

"Of course, once you become powerful beyond measure, just treat that as nonsense."

She paused, her tone turning more solemn. "There was once a race called the Lunarians, known as the Tribe of Gods. They were born able to control fire, and their vitality was absurdly strong. Because of those gifts, they were targeted by the World Government and nearly exterminated."

"It's said that the last descendant is now in the hands of Kaido, one of the Four Emperors in the New World."

After hearing this, Uchiha Xunjing's expression turned serious. He nodded. "I understand. I'll be careful. Thank you for the warning, Dr. Kureha."

In fact, once his body had mostly recovered, he had already noticed the benefits that having three times as many cells brought to body tempering.

The effects were even more obvious on his mother.

A thought flashed through his mind. It's not just me and my mother. The people of the entire Ninja World are born with roughly the same conditions.

Then if people from the Ninja World went to the Pirate World, or obtained the Pirate World's cultivation resources, wouldn't every one of them be a taijutsu genius?

However, he also understood that even with the same threefold cell count, different people could still have vastly different talent for taijutsu.

Might Guy's taijutsu talent surpassed that of most Ninja World people by several streets.

He silently made plans. Once Might Guy is born, I need to find a way to bring him to my side.

For now, I can start with his father, slowly earn his favor, win him over, and get the contract signed first.

Might Duy's taijutsu talent should not have been much worse than his son's.

The reason their achievements differed so greatly was purely because their circumstances and foundations had been different.

Might Duy had relied on himself to explore and perfect the Eight Gates. Who knew how many hidden injuries he had accumulated along the way, directly crushing his upper limit.

And resources were not even worth mentioning.

Might Guy at least had his father to blaze the trail and provide resources. Although they were limited, that was still far better than his father having nothing at all.