" Xiao Tian, to learn Senjutsu, you must first be able to enter Sage Mode, and that's where the problem lies."
Jiraiya and said, "The world is filled with some strange energies, which we call Natural Energy, but they are very rare and difficult to sense."
"The first step is to sense the Natural Energy!"
"So what do we do if we sense it?" Xiao Tian asked Jiraiya.
Jiraiya replied, "Absorbing, of course."
"No! Don't absorb it! You don't have the Toad Oil unique to Mount Myōboku to rub on your body. If you rashly absorb the Natural Energy between heaven and earth, your body will be petrified. You should sense the Natural Energy between heaven and earth first. Just this step took me more than half a month back then."
"Really? Is it that difficult?" Xiao Tian looked suspicious. As he sat cross-legged on the grass, his mind calmed down, sinking into a state of tranquility and self-forgetfulness.
Before long, he sensed the Natural Energy between heaven and earth, drifting like little spirits.
"Huh!" Jiraiya suddenly looked at Xiao Tian with a ghost-like expression, only to see a visible gust of Natural Energy sweeping up from where Xiao Tian was.
" Xiao Tian! Don't absorb it!"
However, he spoke too slowly.
Xiao Tian was courting death by frantically absorbing Natural Energy. His Chakra increased rapidly, but at the same time, his body felt a numb, senile sensation. His hands and legs were visibly turning to stone.
"You brat!" Jiraiya exclaimed in surprise, quickly grabbing Xiao Tian to interrupt the state.
"Are you out of your mind?!"
"Uh, I couldn't help it." Xiao Tian rolled his eyes. So what if he was petrified? He's dead, so what? He can just wait to be resurrected.
"Huh!" Jiraiya noticed that Xiao Tian's petrified arms and legs were slowly coming out of petrification.
"Incredible!"
Jiraiya, like a curious child, studied Xiao Tian's body.
" Jiraiya- san! You've gone too far! Why are you pulling down my pants?!"
"Hahaha! Your body has really changed! You don't need the Toad Oil from Mount Myōboku, and Natural Energy can't harm you either!"
A few minutes later, Xiao Tian's petrified state in his arms and legs disappeared, which shocked and delighted Jiraiya.
"Kid, next, you should absorb Natural Energy appropriately to try and condense Senjutsu Chakra. Senjutsu Chakra is two or even several times more powerful than ordinary Chakra. Whether you can quickly condense Sage Mode depends on yourself."
Xiao Tian nodded.
"Take your time cultivating, I have other things to do." Jiraiya suddenly felt that teaching a genius was very easy and comfortable, and he could have plenty of time to squander.
"Going to gather material, and while I'm at it, checking up on Orochimaru's activities."
After Jiraiya left, Xiao Tian used the system's counter-surveillance perception. An hour later, when he felt no one watching him, he began to court death.
The Natural Energy howled like a great wind, and Xiao Tian himself was like a small black hole, devouring the Natural Energy and condensing it into Senjutsu Chakra.
His body quickly turned to stone, becoming stiff in just over ten seconds!
Click!
With the announcement of death!
"Ding! You have selected a nearby location to respawn!"
Xiao Tian chuckled and continued to sit cross-legged, absorbing Natural Energy.
By repeating this self-destructive behavior over and over again, Xiao Tian gradually became afraid of petrification. His constitution developed an increasingly terrifying resistance to petrification. By evening, the petrification state was no longer possible, and Xiao Tian could safely absorb the Natural Energy of heaven and earth.
"It's getting dark, it's time to go back."
Xiao Tian felt the surging Senjutsu Chakra within his body and a thought crossed his mind.
" Sage Mode! Activate!"