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

Chapter 32 Dark Division Notification

At the beginning, when Uchiha Touyu obtained the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance, he did try for a period of time to gain more information from the book.

Unfortunately, all efforts were in vain. The Book of Demonic Path Inheritance in his mind did not interact with the outside world, and Uchiha Touyu did not know how to obtain information from it.

"Now it seems... it's because I've never killed anyone before, otherwise I probably would have discovered the book's special characteristics long ago."

"That's right. It's already been said that it's a complete collection of demonic inheritances. Using human lives as sacrifices is perfectly normal."

"I just don't know if the offering must be human, or if any intelligent creature can be used? In the Naruto world, besides humans, there are quite a few intelligent races such as summoning beasts."

"I killed those ferocious beasts before. Although they were much smarter than ordinary wild animals, they were definitely not intelligent species. At least they couldn't speak."

While pondering, Uchiha Touya unhesitatingly sacrificed all three wisps of black energy on the altar. Instantly, the massive book of demonic inheritance in his mind trembled slightly, revealing a trace of information.

"How to breed silver-scaled venomous snakes? What is all this stuff?"

After closing his eyes and absorbing the information, Uchiha Touyu's face showed obvious dissatisfaction. The contents of this book of demonic inheritance were clearly not satisfactory to him.

After careful examination, Uchiha Hiyu was able to determine the origin of the so-called silver-scaled venomous snake.

This is a strange and venomous snake cultivated by Ouyang Feng, the Western Poison, in The Legend of the Condor Heroes. Two of these silver-scaled venomous snakes are wrapped around the iron staff in Ouyang Feng's hand. Not only are their bodies as hard as metal and impervious to swords and spears, but they are also extremely venomous. Even a master of the level of Hong Qigong, the Northern Beggar, would almost lose his life if bitten by one.

It should be noted that internal energy is even more effective than chakra in resisting poison. In terms of poison resistance alone, Hong Qigong surpasses even the average Kage-level powerhouse.

This method of cultivating strange and venomous snakes is indeed useful, but for Uchiha Touyu, it's nothing more than a piece of waste paper.

"Perhaps giving this to Orochimaru might get us something good in return? If only we could get in touch with Ryuchi Cave, those snake demons would probably pay a hefty price for this piece of trash."

The strange snakes cultivated by Ouyang Feng were not only extremely venomous and impervious to blades and spears, but also far superior in speed and intelligence to ordinary snakes; otherwise, they could not have been used in conjunction with his Spirit Snake Staff Technique.

If ordinary venomous snakes can be cultivated into exotic beasts, and if chakra is added as a variable, it might actually be possible to create an incredibly powerful summoning beast, the Snake King. If Uchiha Touyu were to use this cultivation method, he might be able to obtain a summoning contract from Ryuchi Cave.

"I remember the giant snakes in Ryuchi Cave. It was a complete survival of the fittest. When Orochimaru fought, at least dozens or even hundreds of venomous snakes would die... If I had that summoning contract, I could go to Ryuchi Cave every day to devour souls, and my physical strength, chakra, and spirit would probably increase dramatically."

Thinking about it this way, Uchiha Touyu was no longer discouraged. Although he didn't know Orochimaru yet, he figured it wouldn't be too difficult to make a deal with this famous ninja.

Compared to Tsunade and Jiraiya, Orochimaru didn't care much about the summoning contract with Ryuchi Cave. Anko, Kabuto, and Sasuke Uchiha all had contracts with Ryuchi Cave. At the same time, Ryuchi Cave didn't care about its contract holders.

This is undoubtedly good news for Uchiha Touyu. If it were the other two Legendary Sannin or the Summoning Sanctuary, obtaining a contract would probably require more than just a transaction.

With a whooshing sound, Uchiha Touyu's expression changed. In an instant, a short sword appeared in his hand, slicing through the air like lightning, and embedded itself directly into the shoulder of the suddenly appearing ninja.

"Who are you?!"

"Wait, I'm from Konoha's Anbu! It's the Hokage, I have something to inform you!"

The ninja wearing the animal mask couldn't see his expression, but both his voice and movements revealed a hint of panic, and blood was faintly seeping from his shoulder where a knife had pierced him.

"So what if they're from the Anbu?! Anbu ninjas can just skip the main entrance and climb in through the window? Does that mean if I wear this Anbu uniform, I can just rummage through people's houses?!"

Uchiha Touya didn't tolerate this kind of habit of the Anbu. He caught this guy and gave him a good scolding. The Anbu in front of him couldn't even talk back. After all, it was just a notification. There's really no logic to climbing through someone's window.

Ordinary ninjas were already used to such offenses from the Anbu, and coupled with their fear of the Anbu ninjas, they naturally had no complaints. Unfortunately, this time they ran into Uchiha Touya, a tough nut to crack.

"I...I didn't have that thought..."

"Then why didn't you knock when you came in? You were just here to let me know something, not to arrest me. Don't you even have that much respect?"

"Well……"

The ANBU ninja was speechless. Uchiha Touya, with a cold face, kicked the unlucky guy out and then headed to the Hokage Building.

"That old man, the Third Hokage, is looking for me again... I guess it's one of those ninjas I killed?"

Uchiha Touyu's mind raced, and he realized why the Third Hokage had sought him out. His strength in battle had been excessively powerful, and Konoha, currently in the midst of the Third Shinobi World War, naturally needed someone like him to provide combat power.

"The initial clashes with the Sand Ninja have now ended, and we've entered a relatively calm period. The battlefield is no longer as dangerous as it was at the beginning."

"If this drags on and the other major ninja villages get involved, I'll probably have to go to other fronts. In comparison, the battlefield in Sunagakure is already considered safe."

During his journey to the Hokage Building, Uchiha Touyu kept convincing himself that the reason he changed his mind was entirely due to the changes in the Book of Demonic Path Inheritance.

The real reason why Uchiha Touyu changed his mind was that he was willing to sacrifice the lives of intelligent beings to obtain the knowledge of the Book of Demonic Path.

For Uchiha Tou, who didn't care about Konoha, escaping the battlefield directly wasn't a big problem. With his current strength, as long as he played it safe, his safety was guaranteed.

Konoha, which is currently engaged in war, is unlikely to get bogged down in a matter of powerful ninja who knows nothing about secrets and has not caused them any harm. In a few years, even if the war ends, Konoha probably won't be interested in finding Uchiha Hiu anymore.

The only reason for abandoning the safe route is that in the past, the war was fought for Konoha, but now it's fought for himself.

If one could obtain enough black energy from death as a sacrifice, one might be able to acquire certain demonic techniques from the cultivation world and completely change one's fate.

(End of this chapter)