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Anyone else who tried that would almost certainly have died on the spot.
"Should I use the Senjutsu I developed, the one better suited to humans and easier to learn, to test Gamamaru?"
Another idea occurred to Xunjing, but he quickly shook his head and rejected it. "Still too risky. I'll keep it hidden and lie low for now."
"Damn it, once I'm strong enough, I'm stringing up that Sage of Six Paths and whipping him, consequences be damned!"
"And why are the facial markings from this method's Sage Mode exactly like Hashirama's? They look like they came from the same mold."
"Did the First Hokage develop Sage Mode without relying on Shikkotsu Forest at all? Did he use his Sage Body and incredible insight to brute-force it on his own, just like I did?"
Xunjing suddenly snapped out of his thoughts, feeling as though he had stumbled onto something extraordinary.
"And all this time, I thought he learned his Senjutsu from Shikkotsu Forest."
"Looks like even Tsunade might not know about this."
"I'll have to check with the First Hokage himself."
Asking the man involved would certainly be more reliable.
Of course, he wasn't going to seek out the First Hokage to copy his training approach.
If his guess was right, the First Hokage had simply forced his way through with his absurd physical gifts and insight.
Asked to explain his method, he would probably just clap his hands together... do this... then that... then this again... and it was done. He wouldn't be able to explain the reasoning at all.
Having made up his mind, Xunjing settled his thoughts again and continued studying the Sage Chakra Condensation Method he had accidentally developed.
He began steadily converting the chakra in his body into entirely new senjutsu chakra.
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