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

Chapter 152 Orochimaru's Research

The underground laboratory in Konoha Village, which originally belonged to Root, has now been reopened.

Today, this former laboratory welcomed a familiar visitor.

Walking through the dark and damp passage, a hint of nostalgia appeared in Uchiha Touyu's eyes. Back when he was in Root, he often walked around here.

The Root ninjas were mostly lifeless and rarely spoke. At that time, he and Danzo were still cooperating, and most Root ninjas still didn't react much when they saw him.

Now there are more ninjas here, many of whom look rather strange and should belong to Orochimaru's subordinates.

After all, aside from Orochimaru's human experiments, Konoha really couldn't find many ninjas with bizarre shapes who had grown six arms or two heads.

These ninjas were highly vigilant. Compared to the Root ninjas, although they lacked professionalism and did not have the cold and murderous aura of assassins, they were all full of energy and were obviously fanatical believers who had been tricked by Orochimaru.

However, all this vigilance was obviously useless against Uchiha Touya. Under the manipulation of the five senses, Uchiha Touya moved as if he were in an empty place, and walked all the way to the innermost laboratory.

The laboratory door was pushed open. Compared to the cold and damp corridor outside, which was dug out directly using earth magic and had no decorations, the interior of the laboratory was bright.

"It's been a long time, Feiyu... Every time we meet, you always manage to do something that surprises me."

Orochimaru, inside the laboratory, turned his head towards the entrance, a sinister smile on his lips, and spoke.

"What are you referring to? Orochimaru-sensei? Sorry, there are far too many things about me that can surprise you, so I don't know what you're referring to."

"So many things... For example, your ambition. Controlling the Land of Wind and the Sand Village isn't enough; now the Leaf Village and the Land of Fire are also under your control..."

"And there's more... like the nationwide chakra policy, which is far more significant than any action taken by a single country or village!"

"The more people who possess chakra, the more you can obtain!"

Orochimaru, who also once obtained the Chaos Box from Uchiha Touyu, is perhaps the only "outsider" in the entire Naruto world who could guess Uchiha Touyu's thoughts. In Orochimaru's eyes, the so-called national chakra plan was undoubtedly about selecting higher-quality sacrifices for the Chaos Box.

Of course, Uchiha Hiyu had gone much further than Orochimaru imagined in the area of ​​"cannibalistic cultivation," and his diet was far more refined than Orochimaru could have imagined, a fact that Orochimaru was unaware of.

"Alright, Orochimaru-sensei, after the implementation of the universal chakra policy, I'm not the only one who benefits. Even if I'm the one eating the meat, don't you, Orochimaru-sensei, get any soup?"

Using the Qi and Blood Pills made from the Hunyuan Treasure Box, Orochimaru's physical attributes and chakra reserves are now almost comparable to those of a Tailed Beast.

Especially now that Orochimaru has mastered the improved version of the Reanimation Jutsu, his spiritual power and Yin Release chakra have increased significantly. With the addition of Yang Release chakra that his physical body lacks, he is vaguely on the verge of awakening Yin-Yang Release.

Of course, this is just a feeling. Without the pure bloodline of the Otsutsuki, relying solely on Yin Release and Yang Release chakra to withstand the attack would be impossible. Even Uchiha Tou doesn't know what amount of chakra is needed to synthesize Yin-Yang Release—in any case, Orochimaru's current chakra amount is definitely far from enough.

Moreover, the Qi and Blood Pill can only do this much; the physical enhancement it provides has its limits, or to be more precise, the physical life in the Naruto world has its limits.

The highest level of evolution in the ninja world, the strongest physical body with the most vital energy, is that of Hashirama Senju. People like the Otsutsuki clan have evolved into chakra energy beings and are no longer considered flesh and blood beings.

Therefore, Uchiha Touyu gradually stopped caring about the Qi and Blood Pills, because they were indeed useless to him. In comparison, pure chakra power and soul power, at least for now, Uchiha Touyu had not seen the limit.

"That's true..."

Orochimaru chuckled and skipped the topic. Compared to Uchiha Tou, Orochimaru, who had perfected the Reanimation Jutsu and might need to change many bodies, had a much higher demand for Qi and Blood Pills.

"By the way, Orochimaru-sensei, have you made any new inventions lately? How much of the data I gave you have you deciphered?"

"Heh, where did you get that information from? It's completely unrelated to chakra... Never mind, if you don't want to talk about it, then don't."

"That so-called Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique has been improved by me. By simply changing the flow of chakra and breaking through a few chakra nodes, I can increase my chakra by dozens of times and maintain it for five to ten minutes."

"However, the best outcome after using it is that the chakra channels are broken, and one can no longer be a ninja. The vast majority of people will die. It can be considered a quick version of the Eight Gates Formation with greatly reduced power."

"Another achievement is the Thousand Spider Poison Hand, a rather strange ninjutsu... no, to be precise, it has gone beyond the scope of ninjutsu and is closer to the bloodline limit of the escape technique type."

"Chakra that has absorbed a large amount of toxins can be directly called Poison Release. It can poison opponents in close combat, or it can be mixed into Wind Release and Water Release in the form of poison gas and venom."

"As for the disfigurement and physical damage, it's simply because the body can't withstand the toxicity of the chakra. A little body modification will do the trick."

"After all, the toxins have become very mild after being transformed by chakra, and the training method of this ninjutsu itself will also strengthen the user's poison resistance, so this kind of modification is not very difficult."

As he spoke, Orochimaru stretched out a hand, which instantly turned pitch black, and gently brushed it across a ninja who was tied to the experimental table.

The ninja's face turned purplish-black in an instant, and his whole body trembled. In just a few seconds, black blood was flowing from his seven orifices, and he was about to lose his breath.

"Such potent venom! You must have made some improvements to the Thousand Spider Venomous Hand technique!"

Uchiha Tou walked over and took a look, saying with some surprise, "You know, Orochimaru just lightly touched this ninja's skin with his palm."

With such a small contact area and such a short contact time, the ninja was already almost dead in just one strike. This effect is much stronger than the original Thousand Spider Poison Hand.

"I changed the original spider venom to snake venom. The snakes in Ryuchi Cave, after being cultivated by me, have all sorts of strange venoms, which are much more complex than those of ordinary poisonous spiders."

As Orochimaru spoke, he grabbed the poisoned ninja, took out the Hunyuan Treasure Box from his robes, and put the ninja inside—as long as the ninja was alive, he could refine pills from them, so he wouldn't waste a single one.

"Actually... it doesn't matter if it's a spider, a snake, or a scorpion. The essence of this ninjutsu is to use poison to modify chakra and mutate it. As long as you find the right method, it doesn't matter what kind of poison you use."

"At most, different types of toxicity will have different effects on the body, and the resistance developed by the Thousand Spider Poison Hand training method is most effective against spider venom."

"Through improvements to this ninjutsu, my body has now developed resistance to snake venom and can now fully accommodate this chakra filled with snake venom."

Uchiha Touya curled his lip, glanced at the ninjutsu scroll Orochimaru handed over, and then returned it to Orochimaru.

Most of these kinds of poison techniques are products of short-sightedness and can produce lethality in a very short time, but their potential is generally not high.

After all, the effect of poison techniques is often to kill 1 people while losing 800 of your own. No matter how much you modify and improve your resistance, it is difficult to avoid damage to your fundamental vital energy. Often, what is improved is only combat power, but it will damage the source of life.

Uchiha Touyu himself would not practice it, nor would he spread this poisonous technique on a large scale—this kind of poisonous technique that damages the source of life is not a good way to cultivate leeks; at most, it can only be used to train a few henchmen.

"But I'm practically in control of the entire ninja world now, so having thugs doesn't seem to be of much use!"

The things Orochimaru researched weren't entirely useless. If it were still during the ninja village era, both the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique and the Thousand Spider Poison Hand could be transformed into the ninja village's fighting power in a short time, increasing the village's foundation. However, for Uchiha Touya now, they weren't entirely worthless, but they were simply completely ineffective.

However, after thinking about it, Uchiha Touyu realized that the random stuff he had given to Orochimaru really hadn't yielded anything of value...

"Alright, these two studies can be put into the Book of Seals of Konoha. I'll get some really good secret materials for you to study later."

Uchiha Touyu waved his hand, interrupting Orochimaru's incessant introduction. Orochimaru licked his lips after hearing this, saying that his mouth was a little dry from talking so much, and then he stretched out a hand.

"What are you doing?"

Uchiha Touyu tilted his head, and Orochimaru said irritably:

"Give us money and funding?! You think all this research was done for nothing?! It was all bought with real money!"

"Tsk, so they've come to ask for money!"

Uchiha Touyu clicked his tongue softly. No wonder his cheap teacher had gone on and on for so long; it turned out he was short of funds!

Of course, Uchiha Touyu also knew that Orochimaru must have swallowed up a lot of funds for his own research. Expecting him to honestly do research and work for him was like hoping that Orochimaru would stop eating meat and become a vegetarian.

"Alright, I can approve whatever funding you need, but I'll have Tsunade review the specific research projects, experimental materials, and experimental costs."

Currently, Uchiha Touyu effectively controls three major countries, so he certainly doesn't lack money. However, he doesn't want to be taken advantage of. With Tsunade watching over him, Orochimaru's misappropriation of funds won't be too outrageous.

Orochimaru's expression stiffened slightly. As a master of medical ninjutsu, Tsunade had naturally conducted numerous human experiments and was very familiar with the energy expenditure of various experiments. It seemed that it wouldn't be easy for him to get away with it so easily. It appeared that he would have to put more effort into preparing the financial statements.

However, the most important thing is not research funding. For Orochimaru, what he wants most is the Soul Elixir and the endless stream of strange knowledge that Uchiha Touyu possesses.

However, neither of these things is easy to obtain. Uchiha Tomoyu himself has his own use for the Soul Pill, and as for the knowledge in the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance, most of the useless knowledge has already been given to Orochimaru. The rest are Uchiha Tomoyu's trump cards.

Therefore, the things that Uchiha Hiyu researched for Orochimaru were mostly useless. Of course, as knowledge from other systems, Orochimaru could still benefit from them even if he only had a superficial understanding.

In reality, these things at most served as a foundation of knowledge or enriched Orochimaru's methods, but they couldn't fundamentally improve him.

Not to mention, for Orochimaru, who had aspired to learn all ninjutsu since childhood, the unfamiliar knowledge system in Uchiha Touyu's hands was incredibly tempting!

Thinking of this, Orochimaru licked his lips again, glanced at his cheap disciple, and wondered if he was trying to bribe this cheap disciple, whether it was for funding, for the Soul Pill, or for more knowledge.

Although this guy was selfish, treacherous, and cunning, and had the same personality as him, he was still a young man. Orochimaru discovered that his disciple was similar to his former teacher and a certain white-haired companion—all were quite lecherous!

However, compared to his two teachers and companions who had lustful thoughts but lacked the courage to act on them, his cheap apprentice was clearly a real man of action, with a much richer and more colorful experience than Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya.

As mentioned before, apart from those of his own people who were controlled by Uchiha Touyu, Orochimaru is arguably the person in the entire ninja world who understands Uchiha Touyu the most. This understanding includes not only Uchiha Touyu's personality but also his abilities.

Therefore, Orochimaru easily discovered the changes in the upper echelons of Sunagakure and Konoha. The sudden rise of beautiful female village leaders and the greatly increased strength of young female ninjas were clearly the result of Uchiha Hiu's harem!

Orochimaru initially paid little attention to this. Compared to someone's lust, he was more concerned about his cheap disciple's ability to control these women without using genjutsu and to significantly enhance their strength.

But now, perhaps catering to their preferences is a good approach?

Fortunately, I found a vessel with decent qualities this time. Most importantly, compared to the bunch of mediocre people under my command, my vessel is definitely beautiful and outstanding.

(End of this chapter)