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Chapter 691: Once in Eight Hundred Years, a Rare Sage Mode Prodigy
Chapter 691: Once in Eight Hundred Years, a Rare Sage Mode Prodigy
"You want to go to Mystic Wood Mountain? Are you planning to learn Sage Mode, Mu Yue?" Water Gate asked.
Mu Yue's desire to learn Sage Mode was known to him, as Mu Yue had previously sought out Jiraiya to inquire about it.
"Yes, Water Gate, I'd appreciate it," Mu Yue nodded.
He was definitely going to learn Sage Mode, as it was one of the few ways to enhance his strength outside of the system's rewards.
Mu Yue not only wanted to learn Sage Mode, but he also wanted to understand the Sage Modes of the three sacred sites.
The ideal scenario was for Mu Yue to draw from various sources and develop a new Sage Mode.
After all, the origin of these Sage Modes was the Sage Beasts, and perhaps for humans, it wasn't the most suitable method.
Even if the development failed, it wouldn't be a big issue. Learning any Sage Mode would be a worthwhile endeavor.
"It's not really a bother, but since you want to learn Sage Arts, why not sign a contract with Mystic Wood Mountain first?" Water Gate was a bit puzzled.
Ordinary people who wanted to sign a contract with Mystic Wood Mountain had to first locate the mountain and then undergo a trial of cultivation before becoming eligible to sign.
However, Water Gate and those recognized by Mystic Wood Mountain were different; they could directly have others sign the Summoning Blood Pact.
Given the attitude of Deep Work Sage and Ticha Sage towards Mu Yue, Water Gate believed that Mu Yue should be able to go to Mystic Wood Mountain to learn Sage Mode immediately after signing the contract.
"It's for various reasons, but now it's fine," Mu Yue replied after some thought.
The Great Toad Sage was too mysterious, and the ability to make prophecies was unique to the Hokage. This made Mu Yue reluctant to have any connection with the Great Toad Sage until he had the ability to protect himself.
Now that he had the means to protect himself, it didn't matter.
So what if the Great Toad Sage could make prophecies? His Kyurebi could even travel through time and space.
"I see. In that case, Mu Yue, sign the Summoning Blood Pact first. It will make things more convenient for traveling back and forth," Water Gate said without asking further, and prepared to retrieve the contract scroll.
Aside from summoning the contracted Summoning Beast, the Summoning Technique had other uses.
For example, under the right conditions, a ninja could be transported to the Summoning Beast's location by reversing the Summoning Technique.
Mystic Wood Mountain was far from Konoha and located in a hidden area of the Ninja World. If Mu Yue had to travel there on foot, the journey between Mystic Wood Mountain and Konoha would take a significant amount of time. This made the reversed Summoning Technique extremely important.
When Mu Yue went to Mystic Wood Mountain, he could use the reversed Summoning Technique to get there. When he wanted to return, he could notify Water Gate, who could then summon the Mystic Wood Toad and have it use the Summoning Technique to bring Mu Yue back.
Water Gate quickly retrieved the Summoning Scroll and quickly laid it out in front of Mu Yue.
Mu Yue thanked Water Gate, then lightly drew his left hand across his right index finger, causing a bloodstain to appear on his right hand.
Mu Yue then quickly wrote his name on the contract scroll and drew a hand seal.
"Summoning Technique!"
Mu Yue immediately gathered a large amount of chakra and began his first attempt at summoning Mystic Wood Mountain.
Bang! A white smoke flashed, and a green old toad with long, thick white eyebrows appeared in front of them, lying down.
"Hey, it's Little Water Gate and Little Mu Yue. Little Water Gate, why did you summon me suddenly?" Deep Work Sage jumped up with a carp leap and asked.
He had been sunbathing on Mystic Wood Mountain just a moment ago when he was suddenly summoned.
"It wasn't me who summoned you; it was Mu Yue," Water Gate explained.
"Little Mu Yue has signed a contract with us!" Deep Work Sage revealed a delighted smile.
"As expected of Little Mu Yue, he summoned me on his first try. Come to Mystic Wood Mountain often, kid. His mother has always wanted to learn cooking from you."
Deep Work Sage had always hoped that Mu Yue would come to Mystic Wood Mountain for a visit.
If he could make such delicious dishes with ingredients that humans didn't like, imagine what he could do with ingredients they loved.
"Learning cooking is no problem. I also want to go to Mystic Wood Mountain to study Sage Arts, so we can exchange ideas later," Mu Yue replied with a warm smile.
Although it was just a life skill, the value of the chef skill was even higher than that of a regular perfect-level skill, making it very convenient for gaining favor.
"Study Sage Arts? Sure, I've been quite free lately. When do you plan to start, Little Mu Yue?" Deep Work Sage asked directly.
"I can go right now."
Ever since coming to the world of the Hokage, Mu Yue's motivation had been strong.
"Then let me know when you're ready to leave, Little Mu Yue, and I'll have them prepare," Deep Work Sage said with a laugh.
Deep Work Sage then turned to Water Gate and asked, "Little Water Gate, do you want to come along? You can learn Sage Arts now."
"I'll pass for now. Let's talk about it after Mu Yue has finished learning," Water Gate shook his head.
Mu Yue's study of Sage Arts would require some of his attention, and this was the time for him, as the Hokage's advisor, to step up. If he also went to learn Sage Arts, who would develop Konoha?
"I see. In that case, let's say goodbye for now," Deep Work Sage nodded and canceled the Summoning Technique, returning to Mystic Wood Mountain.
Learning Sage Arts was not an easy task. They wouldn't force anyone to learn it; at most, they would recommend it to those they deemed worthy.
After finishing his tasks, Mu Yue packed a few things and summoned Deep Work Sage to accompany him to Mystic Wood Mountain.
The feeling of using the Summoning Technique to travel through space was not much different from using the Rasengan, so Mu Yue immediately realized where he was when he arrived at Mystic Wood Mountain, taking in his surroundings.
The first thing that caught his eye was a huge unknown plant.
Mu Yue didn't recognize this plant, neither from his previous life nor in the Land of Fire. He guessed it might be a unique species native to Mystic Wood Mountain.
Although he wasn't familiar with plants, he should have some memory of such a large and unique plant.
Aside from the giant plant, the ground of Mystic Wood Mountain was covered with many colorful mushrooms.
They looked beautiful, but whether humans could eat them was another question.
"Let's go see his mother first. She's been wanting to meet you," Deep Work Sage said, leading Mu Yue to his home.
"Oh, Little Mu Yue is here for a visit! Welcome, welcome!" Ticha Sage, who had prepared the ingredients, greeted Mu Yue with a delighted expression.
"It's just in time for lunch. Wait and see if my cooking skills have improved, Little Mu Yue," Ticha Sage said.
"We should eat first before training. Let's wait for his mother to finish making lunch, Little Mu Yue," Deep Work Sage agreed.
Although they were a bit eager to taste Mu Yue's cooking, he was their guest, and it wouldn't be right to have him cook in the kitchen on his first visit. That wasn't their way of treating guests.
"I'll do it. I've never cooked with these ingredients before," Mu Yue said with a slight smile, taking the initiative.
Mu Yue was cautious of the Great Toad Sage's abilities, but he didn't ignore the kindness of the two sages.
And for Yu Sheng Mu Yue himself, it was much better to eat the bug dishes cooked by the chef than the bug dishes prepared by Ticha Sage.
"This won't do, Yu Sheng Mu Yue, you've only just arrived at Sacred Tree Mountain." Ticha Sage felt this was inappropriate.
However, under Yu Sheng Mu Yue's persistent request, Ticha Sage reluctantly agreed.
"There's such delicious cuisine in the Ninja World!"
After tasting a bite of Yu Sheng Mu Yue's bug dish, Shizaku Sage was shocked. In over eight hundred years, he had never tasted such delicious bugs.
"The Great Toad Immortal probably hasn't had this either." Shizaku Sage thought of the Great Toad Immortal.
But soon, Shizaku Sage realized that Ticha Sage was already in a food frenzy, devouring the bugs at an incredible speed.
Shizaku Sage immediately dismissed the thought of the Great Toad Immortal and joined in the feast.
After all, Yu Sheng Mu Yue wasn't just visiting once, and the Great Toad Immortal might not even be awake at the moment.
After eating and drinking their fill, it was time for formal training.
Shizaku Sage brought Yu Sheng Mu Yue to a place filled with numerous giant toad statues and began by explaining the principles of Immortal Mode and the precautions to take.
Although Yu Sheng Mu Yue had already gained some knowledge from the original Naruto series, the real world presented even more details than the manga and anime, and he listened intently.
The essence of chakra is a balanced mixture of spiritual energy and physical energy.
The essence of Immortal Chakra is actually the addition of natural energy to this mixture, maintaining a 1:1:1 ratio among the three energies.
Therefore, the first step of Immortal Mode training is to sense natural energy.
Without sensing natural energy, there's no way to talk about absorbing and controlling it.
This is why Immortal Arts training must be conducted in sacred places.
Yu Sheng Mu Yue was unaware of the conditions in Dragon Ground Cave and Wet Bone Forest, but Sacred Tree Mountain had Toad Oil that could help cultivators gather natural energy.
With the aid of Toad Oil, cultivators could skip the step of sensing natural energy, as the oil would automatically attract natural energy into their bodies.
In this way, cultivators could control the natural energy within their bodies, allowing them to simultaneously refine their skills while working backward from the first step, achieving the effect of rapidly mastering Immortal Mode.
"Do you want to use the oil? It'll be much faster, but the risk is slightly higher," Shizaku Sage asked.
Generally, he wouldn't recommend using Toad Oil for those learning Immortal Arts.
Using Toad Oil to cultivate Immortal Mode required Shizaku Sage's full attention to disperse the natural energy with a special stick in a timely manner; otherwise, the risk was immense.
The ninjas learned Immortal Arts, but Shizaku Sage didn't receive any rewards, so he naturally wouldn't undertake such a thankless task.
Yu Sheng Mu Yue was different. Having eaten his cooking, Shizaku Sage wanted more, so he couldn't treat Yu Sheng Mu Yue the same way he would a regular cultivator.
"Not for now. I'd like to start with training to sense natural energy," Yu Sheng Mu Yue declined.
Using Toad Oil would be like entrusting his safety to Shizaku Sage, and Yu Sheng Mu Yue didn't like that feeling.
Moreover, he wasn't in a rush to fight Pain like Naruto, so he didn't need to learn it quickly. He could take his time.
After all, he didn't just want to master Immortal Mode; his ultimate goal was to develop a new Immortal Mode. Thoroughly understanding and perfecting Sacred Tree Mountain's Immortal Mode was what Yu Sheng Mu Yue should strive for.
"The first and most crucial step is stillness, which doesn't just mean standing still. It's about achieving unity with heaven and earth, merging with nature, feeling the flow of natural energy in the earth and sky..."
Shizaku Sage nodded and began explaining the key points of sensing natural energy.
After about two hours of explanation, Shizaku Sage let Yu Sheng Mu Yue try sensing and absorbing natural energy on his own.
"Although it's the first step, it's the most important one, and it usually takes a long time. Don't rush, Yu Sheng Mu Yue," Shizaku Sage reassured him.
The next moment, Shizaku Sage was stunned. According to his perception, natural energy was slowly gathering and being absorbed by Yu Sheng Mu Yue.
Shizaku Sage's eyes widened in disbelief as he stared at Yu Sheng Mu Yue.
To sense and absorb natural energy on the first attempt was the sign of a once-in-eight-hundred-years Immortal Arts genius.
Yu Sheng Mu Yue was also surprised, never expecting to have such unexpected talent in Immortal Mode.
Ten seconds later, Yu Sheng Mu Yue frowned and voluntarily stopped using Sacred Tree Mountain's guidance technique, halting the absorption of natural energy and dispersing the natural energy within his body.
For some reason, the natural energy in his body was repelling each other, not only interfering with the synthesis of Immortal Chakra but also disrupting his own chakra.
As he paused, Yu Sheng Mu Yue's expression changed.
It turned out to be the breathing technique!
His constantly running Thunder Breath was absorbing natural energy into his body in a way different from Sacred Tree Mountain's technique.
"Could it be that the breathing technique has always had this effect, but I couldn't sense natural energy and didn't know how to absorb it?" Yu Sheng Mu Yue's mind raced.
If the breathing technique could absorb natural energy, perhaps developing a new Immortal Mode would be simpler than he imagined.
To verify his idea, Yu Sheng Mu Yue stopped using the breathing technique and exited the Transparent World state, relying solely on Sacred Tree Mountain's technique to absorb natural energy.
With this retreat, not only did the absorption of natural energy stop, but Yu Sheng Mu Yue's ability to sense natural energy also decreased significantly.
Initially, Yu Sheng Mu Yue's perception of natural energy was like watching a 2K resolution video, but after exiting the Transparent World, it instantly dropped to 480p.
Despite the decline, he could still sense and control the absorption of natural energy.
This time, Yu Sheng Mu Yue successfully absorbed natural energy without any issues, effortlessly condensing Immortal Chakra.
"You're amazing, Yu Sheng Mu Yue!" Shizaku Sage couldn't help but praise him.
It was the first day, and he had already succeeded in condensing Immortal Chakra. Shizaku Sage had taught many people Immortal Arts, but this was the first time he had encountered such a situation, especially since Yu Sheng Mu Yue hadn't used Toad Oil.
At this rate, perhaps in three days, Yu Sheng Mu Yue would truly master Immortal Mode.
"Yu Sheng Mu Yue, did you encounter any difficulties just now? You stopped once in the middle before starting again," Shizaku Sage asked.
As an external energy, natural energy is different from internal spiritual and physical energies. High rewards come with high risks, so one must be cautious about all aspects of Immortal Mode training.
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