Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Tamura Hao settled down on this deserted island, cultivating while pondering the talents of the immortals.

His guess was correct; the talents of the immortals were indeed capable of applying natural energy, which could also be considered a kind of immortal technique.

However, unlike the three holy lands where natural energy is absorbed and integrated into the body, the immortals use spiritual power to perceive and integrate natural energy, and then apply it externally.

That's why the immortals can't move their bodies when using their talents, in order to maintain stillness and better draw in the surrounding natural energy.

At the same time, because only spiritual power is used to guide and integrate, and natural energy is not absorbed into the body, there is no risk of the cultivation of the immortal techniques of the three holy lands going out of control. The cultivation difficulty is much lower, and the monks of the Fire Temple basically all know a little bit about it.

Even Asuma, who wasn't a monk of the Fire Temple, could do it, but the Thousand-Armed Kannon was much smaller than the one from the Earthly Realm.

At the same time, because it is guided by spiritual power, even without chakra, the monk lineage can still create such materialized energy creations, similar to Susanoo.

The lineage of monks has a long history, even predating the Sage of Six Paths. The Sage of Six Paths himself claimed to be a monk, and his weapon was the tin staff commonly used by monks.

As for the term "chakra" used by monks, ninjas consider all energy as chakra, even natural energy is called natural chakra.

"Perhaps this thing can take root and sprout, and its absorption of natural energy will definitely be greatly enhanced."

Looking at the Hijikata lotus seeds in his hand, Tamura Hiroshi guessed that this must be a special plant that grows by relying on natural energy and can absorb the natural energy around it.

This is why monks can sense natural energy by integrating their cultivated spiritual power into it, thereby assisting them in cultivating the talents of the immortal race.

According to the old monk's memories passed down by Brother Haiyi, this lotus seed has been passed down in the Fire Temple for hundreds of years, even longer than the history of the Fire Temple itself. The exact number of years it has existed is unknown.

For so many years, it has been slowly absorbing natural energy, but it just hasn't grown.

In addition, there are many records about lotus flowers in the scriptures of monks, and the lotus flower was even a ritual implement for monks in ancient times.

That's why the Thousand-Armed Guanyin, who was transformed from a fairy in the Fire Temple, has a lotus platform; it's a ritual implement of the monks.

Of course, if we're being serious, we can consider it as a ninja tool, like the Six Paths Ninja Tools.

Since the lotus seed had absorbed natural energy for so long but had not taken root and sprouted, Tamura Hao believed that the problem must not be with the natural energy.

With this in mind, I guided the life energy within my body into the lotus seed.

The lotus seed clearly liked this pure life energy and absorbed it instantly, absorbing almost as much as it came, and even after absorbing most of the life energy that Tamura Hao had accumulated over this period, it was still not saturated.

"Looks like another big spender!"

Looking at the lotus seeds that still showed no signs of taking root, he knew it would take a long time to nurture them.

However, he has plenty of time and can take it slowly.

"I wonder if this thing can hold the chakra of a tailed beast."

A bold idea came to mind. Tamura Hao knew that to obtain the true Six Paths Sage Mode, he had to fuse the power of the nine tailed beasts.

That requires the Gedo Mazo, which is currently in Madara Uchiha's possession, so there's no way we can get it.

Not to mention that once you obtain the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, you will be targeted by many beings, and your previous failed life may have been one of those targeted.

Therefore, we need to keep a low profile. Planning to use the tailed beast's chakra is already the limit. The Gedo Mazo is too sensitive, so it's best not to touch it. If that happens, we'll have to find a replacement.

I don't know if the lotus seed passed down by the Fire Temple is enough; we can only try again after it has been nurtured and grown.

His thoughts drifted away from the lotus seeds, and Tamura Hao pondered the fusion of the Peacock Technique and the talent of the Immortal Clan. Both were applications of energy forms, and their compatibility was quite high. If the two were combined, they might actually be able to create a Gundam.

It would be a shame to come to Naruto and not get a Gundam to pilot.

After pondering for an unknown amount of time, he suddenly sensed a Flying Thunder God Technique being triggered in a distant place.

"Did you find it?"

With a glint in his eyes, Tamura Hao guessed that Nara Shikaku and his group had probably found the Tailed Beast.

Without delay, he activated the Yin Seal and used the massive chakra erupting within to perform the Flying Thunder God Technique for ultra-long-distance teleportation.

The Flying Thunder God Technique is not suitable for long-distance teleportation because the energy consumption increases significantly with the distance.

But for the sake of the tailed beasts, a little expenditure is nothing.

After consuming nearly half of the chakra stored in the Yin Seal, Tamura Hao teleported to the location of Nara Shikaku and the other three, which was on the shore of a lake.

"Is the Jinchūriki of Kirigakure nearby?"

Tamura Hao looked around. Could it be that the Jinchūriki of Kirigakure is here?

"It's not a Jinchūriki. Kirigakure currently only has one Six-Tails Jinchūriki. The Three-Tails Jinchūriki was severely injured and died not long after the Three-Tails went berserk."

Kirigakure couldn't seal the Three-Tails for long, and they hadn't found a suitable candidate yet, so they released the Three-Tails into this lake.

Nara Shikaku explained that the Tailed Beasts were a secret of the major ninja villages, and they had only managed to find out about them with great difficulty.

"The Three-Tailed Beast!"

Tamura Hao understood that the Three-Tails should not have a Jinchuriki at this stage, because it would be sealed into Nohara Rin's body in a year or two, and then released into Konoha to destroy the village, allowing the Kirigakure elites to take the opportunity to attack Konoha.

If Nohara Rin hadn't willingly died at Kakashi's hands, and if it weren't for the possible machinations of Uchiha Madara, Kirigakure might have truly dealt a heavy blow to Konoha.

After all, it was during wartime, and most of Konoha's main forces were outside, leaving the village relatively empty.

"The Hidden Mist Village has a hundred-man force stationed over there, so we can't make a big fuss."

Vanilla pointed in a direction. With their strength, it was impossible for them to wipe out that hundred-man team silently. Once the enemy found an opportunity to send a message to Kirigakure, reinforcements would arrive soon.

Most importantly, the Three-Tails was not sealed and was in its complete form. The Three-Tails is also known for its defensive capabilities, so they could not harm the complete Three-Tails at all, let alone cut off its tail.

"I remember you saw in the Cloud Village's memories before, Brother Hai, that the Golden Horn and Silver Horn of the Cloud Village were swallowed by the Nine-Tails and gained the power of the Nine-Tails by consuming its flesh and blood."

"If I could enter the Three-Tails' body, I should be able to gain something."

Tamura Hao proposed a plan: he wasn't actually targeting the Three-Tails, but rather the smaller Three-Tails within it.

"Will you bring your Flying Thunder God Technique in?"

Nara Shika realized that this was indeed a good idea.

The Three-Tails has a strong external defense, but its internal defenses can't be that strong either.

Moreover, with the Flying Thunder God Technique at his disposal, even if he encounters any danger inside the Three-Tails' body, Xiao Hao can easily withdraw without any problems.

Now you can give it a try.

"I'll go find a big fish."

Yamanaka Inoichi went straight to work, using his spirit transformation technique to fly out and search for larger fish in the lake. In the end, he controlled an unidentified ten-meter-long fish to come over.

"That should be enough to fill the gap between the three tails' teeth."

Seeing the large fish swimming towards him, Tamura Hiroshi felt that was enough.

He then broke a Flying Thunder God kunai in half and threw it over. Yamanaka Inoichi controlled the large fish to swallow it, and then swam towards the Three-Tailed Beast sleeping at the bottom of the lake.

After swimming over, it charged and rammed into the Three-Tails' eyes. Although it was not enough to hurt the Three-Tails, it was enough to wake it up.

The sleeping Three-Tails slowly opened its single eye, glanced at the little guy that was crashing into it, and without thinking much, opened its mouth wide, creating a suction force to swallow it, and then continued to sleep.

His greatest hobby is sleeping, and he naturally wants to get a good night's sleep after finally having some peace and quiet.

Yamanaka Inoichi, who was controlling the giant fish, entered the belly of the three-tailed fish. After finding no danger, he spat out the Flying Thunder God kunai in his mouth and used chakra to trigger the Flying Thunder God technique on it.

The next moment, Tamura Hiroshi appeared.

"Brother Hai, let me take you out first."

Tamura Hao created a shadow clone, carrying Yamanaka Inoichi's spirit body, and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.

The art of spiritualization is not without its limitations; it can be restricted.

Currently inside the Three-Tails' body, the Three-Tails' thick chakra cannot pass through, and can only be left using a space-time ninjutsu like the Flying Thunder God Technique.

After sending away Yamanaka Inoichi's spirit, Tamura Hiroshi used his sensory ninjutsu to try and sense it, but unfortunately, he was surrounded by the Three-Tails' chakra and didn't gain anything.

"We'll just have to search slowly."

Looking around, it walked in one direction and began to wander inside the belly of the three-tailed fox.

The Three-Tails' body is extremely large, even the largest of the nine tailed beasts in terms of sheer size. This is due to the advantages brought by its body structure, which also results in a large internal space.

After wandering around for a while, Tamura Hao finally found the group of small three-tailed foxes, which looked like a densely packed bunch.

At this moment, the smaller three-tailed creatures were also asleep, just like the three-tailed creature, which made things convenient for Tamura Hao.

"I won't stand on ceremony!"

With his eyes shining as he looked at the countless small three-tailed creatures, Tamura Hao took off the sealing scroll he was carrying on his back and untied it, revealing a sealing ninja tool.

"Multiply Technique!"

He used the Multiply Technique to transform into a ten-meter-tall giant, squatted down, and grabbed the smaller Three-Tails one by one, stuffing them into the sealing ninja tools. He finished grabbing them in no time.

Before the three-tailed fox could notice, it immediately used the Flying Thunder God Technique to leave.

"Walk!"

Appearing beside Nara Shikaku and his companions, he led them to the back of a ninja hawk not far away.

"Little Black, go back."

He gestured for Xiao Hei to return, saying that obtaining so many small three-tailed beasts this time was already enough, and as for the six-tailed beasts, he would plan for them slowly on the battlefield later.

After a day's flight back to the deserted island, Tamura Hao did not immediately return to Kikyo Mountain Fortress. Firstly, he needed to seal the chakra of the Three-Tails and the Four-Tails in succession and adapt to it. Secondly, Uzumaki Kushina's weight loss plan was not yet over and she still needed to persevere.

It took a month for Tamura Hao to master the power of the four tailed beasts, greatly increasing his strength.

Meanwhile, the lotus seed in the Fire Temple, nourished by life force and chakra, finally took root and sprouted. As he had expected, its absorption of natural energy was greatly enhanced after it took root and sprouted.

"Hopefully, this can inspire others to follow suit."

Looking at the lotus seeds sprouting roots and tender shoots, Tamura Hao placed high hopes on them, and then sealed them into the Bagua seal at the core of his abdomen.

He needs to further integrate with the lotus seed in order to cultivate into a celestial being more quickly, or even reach the immortal realm.

Because his Bagua seal is open, the lotus seed can still draw in and absorb natural energy from the outside world, even though it is sealed within the sealed space.

These natural energies all passed through Tamura Hiroshi's body first, cleansing it to a certain extent, and at the same time, allowing him to clearly sense the existence of these natural energies.

"Now I'll be able to advance my cultivation much more efficiently."

Feeling the clear natural energy, Tamura Hao was very satisfied. This was much clearer than indirectly sensing it by incorporating his chakra into the lotus seed.

Most importantly, with the help of lotus seeds, one no longer needs to remain stationary to sense and absorb natural energy. Similarly, the Guanyin Dharma Image, which condenses the talents of the immortal race, does not need to remain stationary. This is a major foundation of the Immortal Mode.

"If this lotus can bear the power of the fused tailed beast, it can spread to the Ino-Shika-Cho clans after it produces new lotus seeds, forming special Jinchūriki."

Feeling the lotus seeds within the sealed space, Tamura Hao's anticipation grew even stronger.

If this idea succeeds, it will enable the mass production of human pillars.

Although the power boost is certainly far inferior to that of a true tailed beast, and not even enough to form a tailed beast cloak or tailed beast ball, it should be able to obtain the bloodline power of a tailed beast. This alone is enough to greatly enhance the strength of the Ino-Shika-Cho clan.

In addition, these lotus seeds can absorb natural energy, making them perfect for assisting in the cultivation of natural energy. At the very least, becoming a member of the immortal race would not be a problem.

As for the higher-level Immortal Mode, it depends on whether one can perfect it.

Once the Ino-Shika-Cho trio are elevated to that level, who would dare to stop me from becoming Hokage?

"Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group are always a problem. If the Nine-Tails' rampage breaks out again, we can take the opportunity to eliminate them."

His thoughts turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi and his group. Tamura Hao didn't want to be held back by them, or even targeted by their schemes, so it was best to strike first.

"Shimura Danzo is easy to deal with; the dirty deeds he's done are enough to get him killed many times over. The difficult part is with Sarutobi Hiruzen. That old guy has cultivated his reputation too well; he's let Shimura Danzo do all the dirty work."

Tamura Hao knew the difficulty lay with Hiruzen Sarutobi. Without a sufficient pretext to take forceful action, not only would things be difficult with Jiraiya and the others, but the village itself would also be instable.

The most important thing is to find a strong enough knife to do this; we can't let the three races (pig, deer, and butterfly) do it.

"Perhaps we could contact the Uchiha clan."

After thinking for a while, Tamura Hao felt that the Uchiha sword was strong enough, and the Uchiha must be extremely resentful after being suppressed by Hiruzen Sarutobi and others for so long, so they probably wouldn't refuse such a good thing.

At the same time, the great battle between the two sides can also eliminate some radical elements within the Uchiha clan, making the village more harmonious afterward.

The more he thought about it, the more wonderful it seemed, and a smile couldn't help but appear on Tamura Hiroshi's lips.

After a while, Tamura Hao calmed down, stood up, stretched, and went to the beach to breathe in the fresh air.

"As expected of the Uzumaki clan, their vitality is strong, making them very suitable for cultivating physical techniques."

Looking at the four girls who were dragging a large tree and swimming rapidly in the sea in the distance, I couldn't help but marvel at the unique advantages of the Whirlpool Clan.

In his view, the Uzumaki clan were the true successors of the Sage of Six Paths and the Ninja Clan, because the Uzumaki clan's bloodline was too strong. They had three bloodline talents alone: ​​Kagura's Mind's Eye, Physical Healing, and Adamantine Sealing Chains, which included Yin Release and Yang Release, as well as their enormous chakra.

Furthermore, it can perfectly seal tailed beasts. In the original work, only Naruto Uzumaki can use that tailed beast chakra mode. Other tailed beast jinchūriki cannot use it, which may be related to the Uzumaki bloodline.

In comparison, the Senju clan's bloodline talent is mainly physical strength; their chakra reserves are not particularly outstanding. At least Tsunade's chakra reserves are not large, and are even less than Jiraiya's. Only by activating the Yin Seal can she unleash extremely high bursts of power.

As for Hashirama Senju, he was an overpowered character, a special case.

Kushina Uzumaki improved rapidly during this period and finally lost weight.

"They all hate you to death."

Nara Shikaku stared at the triangular dorsal fins on the sea surface behind the big tree and sighed, "Sometimes this kid really isn't human."

The sharks were deliberately lured there by someone, and they've even been kept alive this month, constantly circling the island as a tool to urge the girl to train relentlessly.

It's not even hard to imagine how much Kushina Uzumaki has hated this guy all these years; her anger, hatred, and even murderous intent are completely undisguised.

The three members of Vanilla Uzumaki who were forced to join in must also be full of resentment.

"I did it for her own good. She said she always missed Minato-senpai."

Tamura Hao didn't think he had done anything wrong. He had previously asked Kushina Uzumaki indirectly, and she did indeed have feelings for Minato Namikaze.

The main reason is that he saved the girl when he was a child. Although the Third Raikage ruined it, he did succeed in saving the girl in the beginning and won her heart.

It has to be said that Minato was quite skilled at pursuing girls, far surpassing his son Naruto Uzumaki.

As for the three people he forced into the cultivation program, I was really doing it for their own good.

"The Hidden Cloud Village has informed them about our extraction of the Two-Tails' chakra. Those people will definitely have some ideas and take some action."

Nara Shikaku mentioned something: although they had left, they had maintained contact with their families and were able to obtain information through summoning beasts.

"If you know, you know. There's no way to hide it. I'll just use the power of the Two-Tails on the battlefield later."

It's time for our Ino-Shika-Cho clan to step forward; even showing interest in the Fifth Hokage would be reasonable.

Tamura Hao didn't care; it was impossible to keep it a secret in the first place unless they killed Yugito and also killed the Two-Tailed Fox. Only then could they keep it a secret for a while.

Fortunately, the power of the nine tailed beasts has been almost fully planned. The chakra of the first, second, third, fourth, and eighth tailed beasts has been obtained, and the nine-tailed beast is in Konoha. Only the five-tailed, six-tailed, and seven-tailed beasts remain. The seven-tailed beast is still in Takigakure, and we can go there to plan at any time. The difficulty lies with the five-tailed and six-tailed beasts.

However, in this time of war, the tailed beast jinchūriki will inevitably be sent to the battlefield, as they are themselves a type of weapon of war.

Most importantly, I've already passed the period of sneaky development, and time is running out, so I have to start cultivating my ambitions.

At the very least, he wanted the entire Hidden Leaf Village to know that he existed and that he was the number one among the younger generation.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. Xiao Hao is still young and doesn't have the qualifications to compete for the position of Fourth Hokage. At this stage, the focus of those people is still on those few people."

"Besides, with Uncle Feng and our three clans (Pig, Deer, and Butterfly) around, those guys shouldn't make a move against Xiao Hao too soon."

Yamanaka Inoichi also believed it was time to build momentum for Xiao Hao, establishing his reputation in the village and the ninja world so that his future succession as the Fifth Hokage would be a natural progression.

"With Xiao Hao's current strength, he is more than capable of handling any danger."

While snacking, Akimichi Choza also said that they had all witnessed Xiao Hao's growth. He was no worse than them to begin with, and now, with the power of the Tailed Beast, he could even contend with a Kage-level powerhouse.

With the addition of the Flying Thunder God Technique, there is currently no one in the ninja world capable of killing him.

"We definitely need to show some ambition. Hiding it will only make those few more vigilant and uneasy, and they might do something excessive."

Nara Shikaku also agreed with the approach of showing their strength. Some things cannot be hidden. If the Ino-Shika-Cho trio wanted to develop, they had to show some of their abilities. It was unrealistic to expect to develop quietly without the eyes of those people.

(End of this chapter)