"Meat! It really is meat!"
"My God! Am I dreaming? Such a huge piece of Chakra beef! Back in Konoha, we only got a small piece during festivals!"
"Waaaaah... This is the first time my son has ever seen so much meat since he was born!"
As night fell, the newly built central plaza of the Uchiha Sacred Land was brightly lit and bustling with activity.
Thousands of Uchiha clansmen sat around huge bonfires, each face beaming with an almost unreal ecstasy and excitement.
Before them, enormous iron pots simmered with fragrant broth. Large chunks of ninja beast meat, a specialty of the Land of Earth and imbued with pure Chakra, bubbled within the soup!
The rich aroma of meat, mixed with the scents of various spices, created a mouthwatering fragrance storm that swept across the entire square.
The children could no longer resist. Each of them held up a bowl bigger than their own face, staring longingly at the pot. They were completely unaware that saliva was dripping from the corners of their mouths.
Uchiha Inabi, the newly appointed president and logistics manager of the merchant guild, was currently holding a huge soup ladle, his face beaming as he distributed food to his clansmen. He felt he had never been so splendid in his life.
"We have everything! We have everything! Plenty!"
Inabi shouted at the top of his lungs, his voice filled with pride.
" Lord Gen'yō has decreed! From this day forward, we Uchiha will have meat at every meal! We will never break our promise!"
"Oh--!"
A more enthusiastic cheer erupted from the crowd.
Many of the older members of the clan held bowls of steaming hot meat soup, and looking at the large chunks of tender, stewed beef inside, their eyes couldn't help but well up with tears.
They recalled the injustices and exploitation they had suffered in Konoha.
I remembered those days when we could only fill our stomachs with dry rations and pickled vegetables.
I thought of the children's thin, sallow faces due to malnutrition.
Looking at this dreamlike scene before them, their reverence and gratitude for the man who had given them all had reached its peak!
Uchiha Gen'yō stood atop the castle tower, calmly gazing down at the jubilant ocean below, a slight smile on his face.
He knew that the simplest way to win people's hearts was to feed and clothe them and give them the most basic dignity.
"However, simply being full is far from enough."
A mysterious smile curved at the corners of Gen'yō's lips.
His consciousness sank into the system.
In that gleaming golden copy of the " Shennong's Classic of Herbal Medicine," he turned to a special chapter.
[Medicinal Cuisine Section]!
This chapter no longer records simple elixirs, but how to perfectly combine elixirs with top-quality ingredients to cook "divine dishes" with incredible effects!
[ Basic Blood and Qi Powder (Modified Medicinal Cuisine)]
[Recipe: 10-year-old Chakra Ninja Beast Spine Meat, 3-year-old Body-Tempering Grass, 3-year-old Spirit-Concentrating Flower, and eighteen kinds of common spices.]
[Efficacy: Significantly replenishes Qi and blood, activates Chakra; long-term consumption can significantly improve physical condition; there is a very low probability of stimulating the Uchiha bloodline to awaken prematurely!]
"Extremely low probability?"
Gen'yō looked at the description and smiled noncommittally.
That applies to ordinary people.
For him, a "god" possessing the life energy of the World Tree and the power of the system, the so-called probability is just a number that can be modified at will!
"System, consuming 1000 Prosperity Points, infuse the World Tree's life energy into tonight's soup pot, increasing the 'extremely low probability' to 'relatively high probability'!"
[Ding! Prosperity level 1000! World Tree Blessing activated!]
The next second.
The broth in the dozens of huge cauldrons in the square seemed to have become even more concentrated.
A more powerful and purer life force emanated from the soup, but it was firmly locked in place by an invisible force, without leaking out even a fraction.
No one noticed the change.
They simply felt that the broth tonight tasted a hundred times sweeter than they had imagined!
"Dinner's ready!"
At Fugaku's command, all the clansmen eagerly began to feast.
"Delicious! So delicious!"
A chubby-faced Uchiha boy, about five or six years old, was gnawing on a bone bigger than his head, his mouth covered in grease.
As he ate, he mumbled something to his parents beside him.
His father, a somewhat dull-looking Uchiha Chunin, wore a satisfied and doting smile.
"Eat slowly, Little Hikaru, no one's going to take it from you."
However, he had barely finished speaking.
A sudden change has occurred!
The boy named Little Hikaru suddenly shuddered!
A surge of pure and intense Chakra, far beyond his years, suddenly erupted from his body without warning!
"Um?!"
The boy's father's expression changed, and he immediately sensed that something was wrong!
But then something even more horrifying happened!
Suddenly, Little Hikaru's originally dark pupils turned blood red!
Immediately afterwards, a jet-black, comma-shaped Tomoe slowly emerged in his eye socket and began to spin rapidly!
One-Tomoe Sharingan!
This is eye-opening!
"What?!"
The boy's father was so shocked that he stood up abruptly from the ground, his face filled with utter astonishment that defied all comprehension!
His son is only five years old!
He had never shown any ninja talent before, and even his Chakra refining was fraught with difficulties!
Right now, all I've done is eat some meat and drink some soup...
He just opened his eyes like that?!
This... how is this possible?!
However, this is just the beginning!
"Ah! My eyes! They're burning!"
"Dad! Do you think my eyes are red?"
"My Chakra... I feel like my Chakra has increased so much!"
Exclamations of surprise rose and fell, echoing from every corner of the square!
In less than ten minutes, more than ten Uchiha children aged five to eight awakened their Sharingan on the spot because of a bowl of meat soup!
As for the adult ninjas, they felt as if their Chakra was boiling, their bottlenecks were loosening, and their strength was skyrocketing!
The entire square fell into a deathly silence in an instant!
Everyone stopped eating and stared blankly at the children whose eyes were burning with blood-red flames, their minds completely blank!
miracle!
This dinner can't be described as "sumptuous" at all!
This is a miracle bestowed upon them by the gods!
"It's... it's Lord Gen'yō!"
Someone was the first to react; he suddenly raised his head and looked at the white figure at the top of the castle tower with an incredibly fanatical gaze, as if looking at a god!
"It is Lord Gen'yō bestowed this power upon us!"
Swish!
The next second, all the Uchiha clan members present, regardless of gender, age, or social status, spontaneously and with utmost devotion, knelt down on the ground!
They performed the most sublime prostration before that man!
A roar, as powerful as a mountain collapsing and as deep as the sea, emanated from the very depths of the soul and coalesced into a sonic wave powerful enough to shake the heavens and earth, soaring into the sky!
"We... swear to follow Lord Gen'yō to the death!"
Looking down at the dense mass of his clansmen kneeling before him, and feeling the fervent faith that had reached its peak, Uchiha Gen'yō heard a series of cold, mechanical notification sounds.
[Ding! Detected that family members' happiness, sense of belonging, and level of admiration have reached their peak!]
[Ding! Family cohesion rating upgraded to "All Hearts United"!]
[Ding! Clan Prosperity +30,000 points!]
[Ding! Your Clan Prosperity has surpassed 100,000 points! New privileges will be unlocked for you in the system shop!]
[Congratulations, host! You have been granted a chance to draw an S-rank special building!]
[Start the prize draw now?]