"I've obtained Hashirama's cells, along with all the experimental data Orochimaru has gathered during this time."
"Perhaps it's time to give it a try."
He murmured to himself.
Awakening the Rinnegan actually had quite stringent requirements.
It wasn't enough to simply mix the bloodlines of the Uchiha Clan and the Senju Clan together at random.
There was another crucial factor involved: the chakra of Ashura and Indra.
This restriction made awakening the Rinnegan difficult, and it was the greatest obstacle weighing on Xia Le's mind.
By the bright moonlight, Xia Le spread out the data recorded on paper and slowly read through it.
His brow alternately furrowed and relaxed.
By the time he finished reading everything, it was well past midnight.
He slowly closed his eyes, carefully working through the possibilities in his mind. After a moment's thought, a smile appeared on his lips.
"There's a chance!"
"Not a big one, but as long as there's a chance, it's worth trying!"
The next second, Xia Le tucked the notebook full of jumbled notes into his clothes, then took out a Sealing Scroll.
Poof!
After a puff of smoke, a seven-hundred-milliliter bottle appeared from the scroll. A writhing mass of human tissue floated inside, immersed in green liquid.
"Hashirama cells."
Xia Le narrowed his eyes slightly.
The mass of tissue, roughly the size of three fingers held together, was composed of Hashirama's cells. It had been cultivated through specialized scientific methods to keep it viable.
After considering it carefully for a moment, he unscrewed the lid.
Integrating Hashirama cells was naturally no simple matter. At the very least, swallowing them directly was out of the question.
During Orochimaru's earlier experiments on lab mice, he had exploited the powerful vitality and invasive nature of Hashirama cells to transplant the tissue into the