Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 117 Heading to the Land of Grass

Stepping out of the room, a huge chakra wing suddenly appeared on Uchiha Tou's back, and he soared into the sky, arriving above the cliff of Sunagakure.

The Sand Village is situated in a canyon landscape to protect it from strong sandstorms from the Land of Wind. However, thanks to the First Hokage, who was resurrected through Edo Tensei, who continuously planted trees, the oasis of the Sand Village has expanded and is now almost no longer threatened by sandstorms.

The hillside above the canyon is also covered with lush green grass and shady trees, but there is also a place where the grass and trees have been cleared away to make up a huge training ground.

At this moment, two female ninjas were already training in the training ground, and Uchiha Touyu knew their identities almost without asking.

"Summer Star, Karuro, you're here pretty early!"

The training ground on the hillside can only be reached by crossing the cliffs on both sides of Sunagakure. Although it is quite large, most ninjas are unwilling to climb up the cliffs just for a larger training ground.

Only ninjas with the ability to fly can easily come here. Among the Sand Ninjas today, only Xia Rixing's Peacock Technique and Jialulu's Magnet Release have developed the ability to fly to cliffs more than 100 meters high.

Upon hearing Uchiha Tou's words, both female ninjas stopped fighting and training, and turned to look at Uchiha Tou.

"Lord Touyu!"

Upon seeing Uchiha Touyu approach, both of them showed expressions of surprise and rushed over.

Garura had long been Uchiha Tou's cauldron, while Natsumi Hoshi was a gift Garura brought to Uchiha Tou when he took the Star Village's secret treasure "Star" during a mission to Star Village.

The mission to Star Ninja Village was not difficult at all. In fact, the leader of Star Ninja Village had already decided to seal away the secret treasure "Star". Because of the practice of the Peacock Technique, Star Ninja Village had almost ruined itself. There were not even many ninjas over 30 years old in the village.

Later, Garura brought the girl to Sunagakure in the Land of Wind under the pretext of needing Xia Rixing's help to make up for the shortcomings of the Peacock Technique, and finally gave her to Uchiha Touya.

In Garu-ra's eyes, Xia Rixing's talent was almost second only to his own and Yekura's. If she had been born in Sunagakure, she would at least have become an elite Jonin in the future, making her an excellent candidate for a furnace.

Indeed, Xia Rixing not only possessed considerable talent but also maintained her primordial yin body, which allowed Uchiha Touyu to progress even faster.

Under the influence of the Joyful Union Manual, Xia Rixing completely became one of their own, forgetting all about the so-called Star Ninja Village and donning the Sand Ninja headband.

Moreover, the dual cultivation technique of the Joyful Union Manual compensated for some of the deficiencies in her cultivation of the Peacock Mystic Art, and allowed her strength to reach the level of an elite Jonin in a very short time.

Xia Rixing is now the strongest person in Sunagakure after Yekura and Karura. With her Peacock Technique, which combines offense and defense and has the ability to fly nimbly, she can hold her own against Kage-level opponents for a long time.

He hugged the two beauties and gently patted their heads, making them look like little animals begging for affection. However, after a moment, they realized what he meant.

"Is Lord Feiyu here for training?"

"No, I've already finished cultivating all that I could during this period, and I can't digest the rest in a short time."

"I've come here to solve the problem of the Peacock Magic Technique!"

In Sunagakure, apart from Natsumi Higanbana, only Uchiha Touya mastered the Peacock Technique; no other ninjas trained in it.

The ninjutsu known as the Peacock Technique does indeed have many advantages. Judging from its power alone, it combines offense and defense, and can almost be described as a miniature Susanoo. Moreover, in terms of flexibility, it is much stronger than the first and second stages of Susanoo.

It can be said that even the simple Peacock Technique, if practiced to its limit, could potentially reach the level of a Kage. However, this powerful secret technique is not without its flaws.

Not to mention that the stars required for cultivating the Peacock Technique will harm the human body and shorten lifespan, the Peacock Technique itself is equivalent to a high-level chakra nature transformation and form transformation.

Once you get used to the chakra nature and form transformations of the Peacock Technique, it becomes extremely difficult to learn other ninjutsu; at most, you can only learn ordinary C-rank ninjutsu.

Only Uchiha Hiu had a deep foundation and had advanced both nature transformation and form transformation to an extremely high level, which allowed him to master the Peacock Technique without affecting other ninjutsu.

Because the Peacock Technique is difficult to coexist with other ninjutsu, the ninjas of Sunagakure have little interest in this kind of ninjutsu with its severe side effects.

In fact, if either of these two problems is solved, the Peacock Magic Method can be considered a rare and invaluable inheritance.

Uchiha Touya couldn't solve the problem of the Peacock Technique not being able to coexist with other ninjutsu, or rather, it wasn't a problem at all; it was just that those ninjas who forcibly practiced the Peacock Technique lacked the necessary foundation.

However, Uchiha Touya could easily handle the radiation emitted by the star, thanks to the Great Dao Treasure Bottle in the Devouring Heaven Demon Art.

The secret technique of the Great Dao Treasure Bottle can not only devour and refine external power, but also remove its dross and refine its essence. Using it to deal with a small star is a piece of cake, and it can even be described as using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.

However, apart from Uchiha Touyu, ordinary ninjas cannot master this secret technique. In fact, if Uchiha Touyu hadn't directly absorbed the information from the Book of Demonic Path, he himself wouldn't have been able to even scratch the surface.

Furthermore, Uchiha Touyu did not want ordinary ninjas to practice this secret technique. The natural energy refined by the Great Dao Treasure Bottle was extremely gentle and could easily allow people to cultivate into Sage Mode, and could also improve the essence of life, achieving the effect of becoming an immortal from a human.

That's no longer Sage Mode, but the level of those animal Sages. Only someone insane like Uchiha Touyu would spread such things around carelessly.

His so-called solution was to break down and reduce the secret techniques of the Great Dao Treasure Bottle, and develop a ninjutsu specifically for absorbing the essence of star power.

Improving the effects of these secret techniques was something Uchiha Touyu estimated he wouldn't be able to do even in 800 years, but degrading them and reducing the difficulty of training them was a very easy thing to do.

"Lord Feiyu, have you solved the problem with the Peacock Mystic Technique? Then I can continue cultivating the Peacock Mystic Technique from now on?"

Upon hearing this, Xia Rixing's face lit up with joy.

In the past two years, although Xia Rixing's physical qualities have improved significantly in all aspects thanks to the dual cultivation of the Hehuan Treasure Manual, which has also increased the power of the Peacock Technique, in reality, Xia Rixing has remained stagnant in his mastery of the Peacock Technique.

Without the assistance of the stars, it would be almost impossible to continue cultivating the Peacock Technique, as this secret technique has extremely high requirements for chakra nature transformation.

"Of course you can... In fact, once your chakra control and perception of natural energy improve, you can even rely on my secret technique to achieve Sage Mode."

"By then, your strength will continue to advance by leaps and bounds, truly reaching the pinnacle of Kage-level ninjas."

"Excellent! Lord Feiyu, please teach me this secret technique!"

Uchiha Touya pulled a scroll from his robes and handed it to Natsumi Hoshino. This was the secret technique he had prepared long ago.

"This secret technique is not difficult to learn. Once you master it, Xia Rixing, you can directly practice the Peacock Mystic Art. However, to reach the level of mastery and be able to absorb natural energy, you will need to put in a lot of effort."

"Garuro, you can also take a look, and then let Yekura practice it too... I estimate that the three of you in Sunagakure are the only ones who can master this secret technique."

However, if one cannot master the secret technique, this thing can only be used when practicing the Peacock Technique. For other ninjas, it is a complete waste of time, except for those who want to practice the Peacock Technique.

After passing on the secret techniques he had developed to the two, Uchiha Touyu gave them some further guidance. Just as he was about to leave, two masked female ANBU appeared at the training ground.

"Lord Touya, the Uzumaki clan you asked us to keep an eye on has appeared in Kusagakure!"

Upon hearing the report from the two female ANBU ninjas, Uchiha Touyu's face showed understanding, and he nodded slightly.

"Understood, you may leave!"

The Uzumaki clan of Kusagakure—it's obvious that they're none other than Karin Uzumaki's unfortunate mother.

This woman from the Uzumaki clan has awakened the bloodline limit of the Sage Body, possessing the ability to heal through physical means. She can heal injured ninjas with her blood and chakra, demonstrating her exceptional ninja talent.

Unfortunately, she didn't receive a good education, which resulted in her having little strength. In the end, she ended up in the Grass Ninja Village, becoming a blood bag, and was bitten to death.

Rather than using this person as a blood bank, it would be better to simply capture her and bring her back to Sunagakure to be a Jinchūriki. After all, there isn't a suitable Jinchūriki for Shukaku in Sunagakure right now.

And of course, there's one more thing... Uchiha Hiyu felt he should test out the secret techniques he had learned.

The Grass Ninja Village is a pretty good place. Its strength is neither too strong nor too weak, it has some foundation, and it has three or four thousand ninjas. This perfectly meets the difficulty that Uchiha Tou needs, and at the same time, it can also obtain considerable benefits from the Book of Demonic Path.

Uchiha Touyu now feels that he has the strength to sweep through a major ninja village, but he is not so sure whether he can deal with the entire ninja world.

Moreover, sweeping across the entire ninja world might indeed bring instant wealth, but uprooting the entire system would make it difficult to maintain a steady and sustainable business in the future.

Therefore, the best approach is to first target these smaller ninja villages, kill most of them, and then subdue the remaining minority, making them part of the Sand Village, which is also a ninja village controlled by Uchiha Tou.

"To continuously grow stronger, to surpass this world, one must take a long-term, steady approach... Even the demonic path must wait until each generation has fully grown before harvesting!"

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As a small country sandwiched between several major powers, the Grass Country's actions are almost identical to its name, making it a true opportunist among opportunists.

Compared to the one-village-per-country system of the five great nations, the system of numerous small ninja villages in the ninja world is quite chaotic. Some only have daimyo without ninja villages, while others only have ninja villages without daimyo. The Land of Grass belongs to the latter.

The characteristic of the ninjas of the Land of Grass is that they are good at imitating and improving the ninjutsu of other ninja villages—to put it bluntly, they copy some ninjutsu and change their appearance. Moreover, those so-called improvements are mostly similar to how Uchiha Tou improved the Great Dao Treasure Bottle.

It's not that the improvement makes it stronger, but rather that it makes it weaker; this method reduces the difficulty of cultivation.

Although it sounds shameful, the Grass Village has indeed developed by relying on its opportunistic and imitative tactics. In fact, it has surpassed the Waterfall Village and Rain Village in recent years, showing signs of becoming a leading second-tier ninja village.

Because it is a fickle and unscrupulous opportunist, the major ninja villages do not trust it, but when they are in power, they are not worried that it will defect to other ninja villages. When they are in a weak position, they don't care about the grass ninjas at all.

Because they only copy the ninjutsu of other ninja villages, the major ninja villages are not worried about any geniuses emerging from the Grass Village that could threaten their position. Even if a genius did appear in the Grass Village, the Grass Village's resources would hardly be enough to support him reaching the Kage level.

"Not to mention, the atmosphere in this dilapidated ninja village is absolutely terrible. Even if some genius did appear in this village, they would probably defect immediately!"

Sitting in an inn in a town in the Land of Grass, Uchiha Touyu looked at the two trembling ninjas kneeling before him and thought to himself.

As for these two ninjas from the Land of Grass, they naturally came to Uchiha Hiyu after he arrived in the Land of Grass. The reason was that they mistook the seemingly wealthy Uchiha Hiyu for a foreign fat sheep and wanted to fleece him.

In fact, it wasn't just Uchiha Hiu; basically, any outsider passing through the Land of Grass who wasn't a ninja and was traveling alone was easily extorted by these Grass Ninja, or even robbed and murdered.

If you're alone in this country, unless you're dealing with someone who doesn't look like someone to mess with, or a ninja from another country, you could be attacked by these grass ninjas anytime, anywhere.

To be honest, Uchiha Tou had already set a very low bar for the standards of ninja villages and ninjas. However, the performance of the ninjas from the Grass Village still exceeded his expectations. After all, ninjas from a major ninja village don't resort to robbery.

"You two, give me a full report on the situation in Kusagakure!"

As soon as Uchiha Hiyu gave the order, under the influence of his Sharingan, whose power had already broken through to the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, the two ninjas immediately began to report information like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.

(End of this chapter)