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Chapter 239 Popularizing Yang Dun

Yanjing City, Fourth Research Institute.

Alternative name: Ninja Forbidden Techniques Research Institute.

"This is a place dedicated to the study of ninjutsu and forbidden techniques. We select people from the five great ninja villages who are particularly interested in ninjutsu and forbidden techniques!" Ning Yuan explained the situation to Hei Zetsu on the wide park road.

"Building One is for researching the five elemental escape techniques, Building Two is for researching bloodline limits, Building Three is for bloodline elimination, and our destination is Building Four!"

Hei Jue looked around and realized that he had never known about this place before, which covered a vast area and had important work content.

This is not surprising, as his intelligence department was responsible for external observation in its early years, and after the unification of the ninja world, it merged with the disciplinary inspection department to be responsible for supervising officials. It would be impossible for them to supervise scientists.

"What are they researching in Building Four?" Black Zetsu asked.

"Medical ninjutsu!" Ning Yuan said.

Hei Jue was speechless for a moment, then started to think.

But after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure out what the connection was between medical ninjutsu and resurrecting his mother.

Moreover, is it really necessary to build such a large building to research a medical ninjutsu?

Register your information and put on protective clothing.

"Many diseases are also being researched in this building, some of which are contagious, so we have to protect ourselves!" Ning Yuan said.

Blackie was speechless: "What infectious disease could possibly infect you?"

He didn't know exactly how strong Ning Yuan was now, but he couldn't possibly be weaker than Hashirama.

Would someone like that be afraid of infectious diseases?

"Weakness and ignorance are not obstacles to survival; arrogance is!" Ning Yuan said calmly.

He always kept in mind the lessons learned from his predecessors.

Ni Yang Immortal Emperor is an eighth-level Immortal Emperor.

How did he die?

He stepped on a poisonous insect from the divine realm and died from it.

Ning Yuan is very strong and is also proficient in medical ninjutsu, but who knows if he has the kind of poison specifically for poisoning sages?

The Medical Ninja Research Institute is home to strange and unusual creatures from all over the world, so it's always better to be cautious.

Kuroze didn't know what to say, but he had to admit that it was precisely this cautiousness that allowed Ning Yuan to lie low all the way, and then successfully overthrow Hiruzen Sarutobi and unify the ninja world.

Some people, or even families, have a little bit of power and they have to make a big fuss about it, wanting the whole world to know.

They met Ning Yuan, who was a kind-hearted person.

If they had encountered even one ruthless person, the entire clan would have been wiped out long ago.

That's right, I'm talking about you, Uchiha.

Hei Zetsu himself was a cautious person. Although he was not weak and his Yin-Yang Release defense was top-notch, he never revealed his strength and always used his brain to do things.

Because of this caution, no one in the entire ninja world ever became wary of him, and naturally no one studied him specifically. This allowed him to live peacefully for a thousand years until he had the opportunity to save his mother.

In Building 4, the two changed into protective suits at the entrance, then took the elevator to the fifth floor and entered a laboratory.

Here, Black Zetsu met a familiar person.

"Chiyo?" Kuroze asked softly.

"Is this someone I know?" Chiyo turned her head upon hearing this, only to find that she didn't recognize the person under the protective suit!

This is not surprising, though. She is very famous in the ninja world, and there are many people who know her but whom she doesn't know.

"I recognize you, but you don't recognize me!" Hei Jue said, then asked Ning Yuan, "Was she in charge of researching this forbidden technique?"

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Ning Yuan asked in return.

"This..." Hei Jue frowned, then whispered, "Are you sure she can?"

He thought his voice was very soft, but he didn't expect that Chiyo, despite her age, had excellent hearing.

Upon hearing this, she turned her head away impatiently: "I'm really not up to the task. I suggest you find someone else to take charge of this project!"

Ning Yuan was speechless. These days, there aren't many people who are good at scientific research, and anyone with a bit of ability tends to start their own research project. Nobody wants to just copy what others have already done.

"That's why I'm here to help!" Ning Yuan said with a smile, then asked, "What's the situation now? How far have you gotten with the research?"

"You could say it's only just begun; we've only just figured out the principles behind this technique!" Chiyo replied.

Ning Yuan was puzzled: "Didn't you develop this technique yourselves? How could you not understand its principles?"

Chiyo looked somewhat embarrassed: "The development of this ninjutsu was largely accidental. Now, having learned so much more here in Guining, the principles that were once somewhat clear are now unclear to me!"

"What are you talking about?" Black Zetsu looked completely bewildered. "So, do you understand or not?"

"She once thought she understood, but later realized she didn't. But now she truly understands!" Ning Yuan said.

Black Zetsu nodded, seemingly understanding.

In short, the Sand Village stumbled upon this ninjutsu by accident, but they didn't know the principles behind it. Instead, they imagined a principle to convince themselves.

When they arrived in Guining and learned advanced ninjutsu theories, they realized that the principle they had come up with was false.

Now, having learned advanced ninjutsu theories, they have truly understood the principles behind this ninjutsu.

"So what exactly is this technique, and what is its underlying principle?" Black Zetsu asked.

"This technique is called Self-Reincarnation!" Chiyo explained. "It's a technique that allows one to transfer their own life force into another person's body using chakra as a medium!"

"This technique can not only heal injuries, but also resurrect people. Even those who have been dead for a long time can have their souls brought back to life as long as the body remains!"

Black Zetsu's eyes widened immediately: "Such a technique exists?"

"Isn't it just reincarnation?" Ning Yuan shrugged. "So, what's the principle behind this technique?"

In fact, when he first saw this technique, he already understood the principle behind it.

However, Ningyuan did not tell Chiyo and Ebizo directly, but let them study it on their own.

There are no external enemies in the ninja world for the time being, so there's no need to force them to grow; it's better to let them develop on their own.

"The principle behind this technique is to convert one's own life energy and spiritual energy into Yang Release chakra and Yin Release chakra, and then transfer it into another person's body!"

"If you directly transfer physical or spiritual energy, different people will experience rejection. But if you transfer chakra, there's no such problem!" Chiyo said. "So what we transferred before wasn't life energy, but Yang Release power!"

Black Zetsu was speechless: "Don't you guys in Sunagakure have the concepts of Yin Release and Yang Release?"

Upon hearing this, Chiyo gritted her teeth in anger: "Is it so strange that I've never heard of it? This is knowledge passed down secretly by large families and not taught to outsiders. Where would we learn it?"

"Ah, this!" Black Zetsu fell silent.

But in an instant, he sensed something was wrong.

It's not me who's blocking knowledge, it's those powerful clans! Why are you criticizing me?

However, this incident also illustrates that true knowledge cannot be kept secret. Even if those people don't share it, sooner or later someone will accidentally discover Yang Escape and Yin Escape!

"So what's the current predicament?" Ning Yuan asked.

"It's less a predicament and more an impossibility!" Chiyo said. "To convert one's chakra into Yin or Yang Release, one must possess extremely strong chakra control and mastery of chakra elemental transformation. And such people are few and far between in the entire ninja world!"

"It's already difficult enough for me to use this technique myself, but your demands are even more stringent—you want the caster to convert the life force of others!"

Hei Jue looked at Ning Yuan: "What do you mean? Is this technique related to what we agreed upon?"

"Of course it's related!" Ning Yuan said, "To fulfill our agreement, we need to extract the tailed beasts from all the Jinchuriki, and the Jinchuriki will die after the tailed beasts are extracted!"

"However, there is a way to remedy this. As long as these Jinchūriki are given a large amount of life force in time, they will naturally not die. And that's when the Self-Reincarnation Technique will be used!"

"But currently, only two people from Sunagakure can use this technique here. My idea is to have them evolve this ninjutsu so that they can use it on other people. Then we can extract the life force from death row inmates to replenish the life force of Jinchūriki!"

Black Zetsu wanted to say, "You're just a mere Jinchūriki. It's your glory to die for my mother."

But he couldn't bring himself to say it, because he had been cooperating with Ning Yuan for almost three years and had a deep understanding of Ning Yuan and the Ning organization.

This organization appears evil, committing countless killings wherever it goes, but in reality, it adheres to the doctrine of the supremacy of life.

No one will be sacrificed unless absolutely necessary.

Every person sentenced to death by the Ning organization must have a reason for deserving to die.

In other words, even if this person is a Jinchūriki, even if this person is an old man like Chiyo Ebizo, as long as they have not broken the law and have not been sentenced to death, they cannot be sacrificed casually.

This rule may sound like a saintly rule, but upon closer examination, one realizes that this merciful rule respects not only the life rights of criminals, but the life rights of everyone.

If a country's laws allow someone to be killed at will, then such laws are very likely to apply to everyone who is just watching from the sidelines.

But if a country believes in the sanctity of life, then ordinary people at least have a guarantee of their lives in the face of government officials, security guards, and even ninjas.

You don't have to worry about being suffocated to death by having someone kneel on your neck because you did something wrong or said something wrong.

For so many years, the five hidden villages have been fighting each other to the death. Every ninja who might be captured by the enemy would either fight desperately or end their own life.

Why were they so fierce in the face of the enemy village, but surrendered immediately when Ning's army arrived?

The Ning organization's greater strength is one aspect, but the most important point is that the Ning organization's respect for life allows these ninja village ninjas to confidently lay down their weapons and surrender without fear of being tortured or having their memories read.

Ning's rules not only won the approval of the major ninja villages, but also greatly impressed Hei Zetsu.

He didn't have to worry about being discarded by the Ning organization after unifying the ninja world, which made him believe that Ning Yuan really wanted to save his mother, rather than rescuing her and then killing her completely.

He was the one who was anxious to save his mother, but now that he finds the method to save her to be rather complicated, he is no longer in a hurry.

"The problem we're facing now is that I can't convert a test subject's life force into Yang Release chakra, let alone guide that chakra out!" Chiyo said, handing over an experimental log.

Such a large-scale experiment could not be conducted using mice, so Chiyo used monkeys.

Of course, it wasn't a summoning monkey from the Sarutobi clan, but just an ordinary experimental monkey.

Ning Yuan took the lab report, greeted Ebizo next to him, and then began to read it.

The two women originally intended to stay in Yanjing to accompany Scorpion while he studied, but they soon discovered that living in Yanjing was not easy.

Yanjing has been developing for three years, so housing prices have already risen significantly.

Furthermore, since Scorpion studies mechanics, the annual expenses for purchasing parts and such are also quite high.

In fact, the school also provides laboratories and funds experiments. Moreover, Scorpion's talent is so outstanding that many of his inventions have been bought by companies, and the annual patent fees are not a small amount.

However, Chiyo and Ebizo always felt that their grandson was not doing well, so when the Ning organization invited them to study the reincarnation of the deceased, they came without even reading the contract.

In fact, they had all made up their minds to die in the research lab, as long as the compensation from their parents was enough.

Upon hearing that the purpose of the research was to apply the technique of self-reincarnation to others, changing it to other people's reincarnation, I was overjoyed.

Who would want to die if they could live?

With a positive attitude, they naturally wouldn't slack off in their research, so the two of them were actually very dedicated to this study.

However, whether it was due to a lack of talent or the fact that this ninjutsu was indeed difficult, the two had been in the laboratory for a year, but apart from figuring out the principle of the Reincarnation Technique, they had made no progress whatsoever.

In their experimental log, Chiyo and Ebizo have tried two different approaches over the past year.

The first method involves using illusion magic to control the monkey, then having the monkey form hand seals to release its own reincarnation.

But this is obviously useless, because monkeys don't have chakra at all, so how can they release ninjutsu?

The second method involves using acupuncture to transfer one's own chakra into a monkey's body. If the monkey has a certain amount of one's own chakra, and then they are allowed to circulate it according to the self-reincarnation technique, is it possible to successfully cast this spell?

The conclusion is that it will not succeed.

Firstly, a monkey's chakra pathways are extremely narrow, and cannot hold much chakra at all.

Secondly, chakra dissipates within a monkey's body, so if fewer needles are used, the chakra will dissipate very quickly.

Use more needles to ensure that the chakra is connected at every point?

That would require hundreds of needles all over the body, which Chiyo couldn't control.

Chiyo and Ebizo are currently locked in a fierce struggle over the third approach.

That is, by using the methods of a puppeteer, monkeys are transformed into living puppets, and then the living puppets are used to unleash ninjutsu.

This technique has already shown some signs of success, as they successfully manipulated a monkey to release earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique that allows one to escape through earth) during an experiment.

If Earth Release is available, how far behind can Yang Release be?

However, this technique also has drawbacks, namely that the materials required for puppet modification are extremely numerous, resulting in enormous costs.

Unfortunately, this puppet is a one-time use item.

Whether it's worth it or not, it really is.

This huge cost is only for people like Chiyo and Ebizo who are used to being poor. In reality, the cost of modifying a puppet is only three million.

If you say that three million can buy a life, there are plenty of wealthy, elderly businessmen who would be willing to pay that amount.

Even for Ningyuan, it's worthwhile because the cost is ultimately borne by the consumer; no matter how expensive the materials are, they are all bought in Guining.

When you buy materials, you are also circulating funds, which helps boost GDP.

Moreover, among the nine tailed beasts, the Three-Tails does not have a Jinchūriki, leaving only eight Jinchūriki and eight puppets. How much money could that cost?

Kaguya can be resurrected for 2400 million yen. Black Zetsu would say that's a drop in the ocean!

"Humans and monkeys are ultimately different!" Chiyo said. "A monkey that can extract chakra and unleash ninjutsu is one in a million, but a rogue ninja who can unleash ninjutsu is practically everywhere!"

"So although our results on monkeys are still inconsistent, I feel we can start testing it on ninjas!"

"Didn't you apply to the higher authorities?" Ning Yuan asked.

"I applied, but Lady Tsunade rejected it!" Chiyo was speechless. During World War II, her opponent was Tsunade, who had cured her of countless poisons.

Unexpectedly, now that peace has been restored, Tsunade has become his superior.

Tsunade is in charge of medical and health matters, so these medical-related experiments really have to be reported to her.

Ning Yuan now knows where the experiment is stuck: it's stuck with Tsunade!

Given Tsunade's attitude towards human experimentation, she would definitely be the type to block applications for human experimentation.

Ning Yuan could bypass Tsunade and agree directly, but he didn't want to do that.

Because the door to human experimentation cannot be opened easily; even using death row inmates for experiments should be the last resort.

You've only just started and you're already using human subjects for experiments? That won't do!

If everyone were like you, resorting to human experimentation at the first sign of trouble, there wouldn't be enough death row inmates in Guining.

Who knows if they'll start kidnapping ordinary people to experiment on!

"Human experimentation, let's put that aside for a bit!" Ning Yuan thought for a moment and said, "I think that although we're researching Reincarnation, we don't necessarily have to obsess over this technique. I've seen you try three approaches over the past year, but frankly, aren't they all the same thing? They're all about controlling another person to use Reincarnation!"

Chiyo nodded: "What you said makes sense, but how else can we study it? Aren't we studying reincarnation?"

"No, no, no, you might not understand something!" Ning Yuan pointed to the sign hanging at the door: "The project our lab is researching is called the Life Force Transfer Experiment! It studies how to transfer a person's life force without killing them!"

"Since reincarnation can only achieve part of the goal, it needs improvement. Since you've been researching for a year without much progress, why not try other approaches?"

"What other ideas could we possibly have?" Chiyo asked blankly. "We've also checked the Guining Ninjutsu Archives, but we haven't found another ninjutsu that can convert life force!"

"What if we changed the term 'vitality' to 'Yang Release'?" Ning Yuan countered. "When you talk about vitality, it seems like you have to sacrifice someone, but what if all that's being output is Yang Release chakra?"

"That can kill people too!" Chiyo said irritably. "The First Hokage died from exhaustion caused by overuse of Yang Release!"

"But what if it's not excessive, but just a moderate amount?" Ning Yuan asked.

"Huh?" Chiyo was taken aback.

"A moderate amount won't cause anyone to die, will it?" Ning Yuan said with a smile.

He himself was a medical ninja, and medical ninjas also use Yang Release chakra. Doctors treat patients every day, and no medical ninja has ever suddenly died.

Yang Dun and physical strength are very strong. Moderate exercise is beneficial to physical and mental health, but excessive exercise may lead to exhaustion.

Using Yang Dun in moderation every day will not harm your health.

"You could weaken the Reincarnation Technique, so the prisoner only generates a tiny amount of Yang Release chakra each day!" Ning Yuan said. "Then we can find a way to store the Yang Release chakra and use it on the patient when needed, right?"

Ningyuan could even establish a system similar to blood donation, where those who donate Yang Release chakra can have priority access to it when they are sick.

This isn't even limited to ordinary people anymore; ordinary people can also participate.

As for whether Yang Release chakra can be stored?

Of course, otherwise how would Hashirama store his chakra?

What? You're saying that the minerals that store chakra are precious?

This stuff is like that chakra metal; ordinary people don't mine much to begin with, and only ninjas can use these things.

If ordinary people can't use it, they naturally won't have the motivation to dig it up, and if less is dug up, the price will naturally be higher.

In other words, the high price of chakra storage crystals and chakra metals is not because they are rare, but because their production has not increased.

If Ningyuan were to explore and mine minerals with national-level capabilities, these two items would likely be produced in the hundreds of millions of tons annually.

The only problem is that if the storage technology for Yang Release chakra is broken, it is very likely that this Yang Release chakra will not reach the patients, but will instead be monopolized by various powerful figures and businessmen.

This stuff is similar in nature to blood, but it's much more effective and can be considered a panacea.

Therefore, a fair inspection mechanism and a distribution mechanism need to be established.

If this mechanism is left to people to run, it is bound to breed corruption.

Therefore, Ning Yuan decided to hand it over to the Curse Master.

After their values ​​are reshaped, the Cursed One, who is absolutely loyal and selfless, will be the perfect candidate to oversee the allocation of Yang Release chakra.

"It's not just Yang Release chakra; there will be various banned drugs in the future, such as anesthetics and some addictive drugs. Since we'll have to regulate them sooner or later, why not just establish a drug regulatory department?" Ning Yuan made up his mind, but there was no need to tell Chiyo and Ebizo about it.

"Can you weaken the Reincarnation Technique to the point where it's simpler than the Three Bodies Technique, so that anyone can use it?" Ning Yuan asked.

"This!" Chiyo thought for a moment, then nodded. "It can be done!"

The logic is simple: everyone possesses both Yang and Yin techniques, and most people are stronger in Yang and weaker in Yin. Therefore, theoretically speaking, everyone can learn Yang techniques.

It's even easier to learn this than the Five Elements Escape Technique.

The reason no one studied it before was simply because someone monopolized education, leaving no place to learn.

Now that Ningyuan is popularizing it at the national level, other escape techniques can't be guaranteed, but Yang Release can definitely be done. As long as you have chakra, you can learn it!

It's worth mentioning that medical ninjutsu also uses Yang Release, but knowing Yang Release does not necessarily mean knowing medical ninjutsu.

The chakra used in medical ninjutsu is Yang Release, which is highly attributed. If the difficulty of an ordinary person developing Yang Release chakra is 1, then the difficulty of medical ninjutsu is 5.

Popularizing Yang Dun (a method of divination) is not only of great help in medicine, but also of great benefit in enhancing national strength.

Because Yang Release chakra actively nourishes the body's cells, those who can use Yang Release are strong, powerful, and full of energy from a young age.

Such people are much more efficient than ordinary people in both studying and working.

If they work more efficiently, won't the Guining Immortal Dynasty's strength increase faster?

"How long will it take to develop this technique?" Ning Yuan asked.

"About two weeks!" Chiyo thought for a moment and gave a conservative estimate.

"Don't worry about losing your job after you finish this research. You can look for other projects to research, as long as you pass the review!" Ning Yuan said. "Moreover, being a researcher at the institute is a lifetime position. As long as you don't resign voluntarily, you will receive a salary every month."

"Three days!" Chiyo immediately held up three fingers.

"Very good!" Ning Yuan nodded. "Then I'll wait for your good news!"

(End of this chapter)