The Uchiha's Path to the Top, Starting from Konoha

Chapter 113 Infusing Wisdom (7K)

The feeling of practicing magic is similar to practicing immortal arts.

With his mind at ease, Uchiha Takeoshi began to radiate spiritual energy from his body, and in the darkness, he directly sensed the feeling that Lilynet had described.

It's indescribable, ineffable, as natural as how humans know how to breathe from the moment they are born.

Then his consciousness suddenly came into contact with a massive being, left a mark, and then withdrew in an instant.

Uchiha Wu'an suddenly opened his eyes, a look of surprise flashing in them.

(Just as I had imagined, the so-called magic chanters are those who establish a connection with the origin of the continent and gain the right to use natural elements.)

(Those so-called gods are also reflections of the human heart. Kind people come into contact with the origin of the continent, and the energy they use is biased towards good. In the process of continuous development, they form the four gods worshipped by the Kingdom of [Riejet].)

(As one's strength increases, this authority also deepens; perhaps after surpassing level 100, one will be able to glimpse the true nature of this continent's structure!)

—Uchiha Takehiko

Class: Elemental Mage - Fire LV1

Skill:/

Overall combat strength level: LV1 (Bronze-level adventurer, strength of ordinary militia in human countries)

Points of climax: ... (continuously increasing)

After glancing at the Ascension Point System matched to this clone, which showed the newly added class and level of [Elemental Mage - Fire LV1], Uchiha Wu'an withdrew his gaze, only to meet the surprised eyes of the Priestess Lilynet.

"Young Master Wu'an, you've actually become a magic caster!"

"You haven't had any systematic training before, you've only meditated once!"

"Your talent far surpasses mine!"

"You are a powerful individual fully qualified to enter the realm of heroes!"

An excited Lilynet immediately started using honorifics, bowing down in front of Uchiha Takehiro. Her large, active breasts bumped directly into his face as the priestess moved.

"Ouch!"

Lilynet, who had never had such contact with an adult male before, blushed and immediately sat back in her soft seat. Across the carriage, she could hear the worried voice of the female warrior Sukama from the coachman's seat.

"Young Master Wu'an, Lilynet, are you alright in the carriage?"

Lilynet looked at Uchiha Takehiro, who was surrounded by a faint magical element, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. She turned around and opened the window between the carriage and the driver's seat, which was used for communication.

"Oh dear, Captain Sukama, are you worried that something might have happened between me and Young Master Wu'an in the carriage?"

Lilynet blinked, glancing up at the nervous Sukama, her mouth opening and closing as she gently swayed her body, issuing a silent invitation to the person behind her.

"It's a pity, it hasn't arrived yet!"

A crisp thumping sound reached Sukama's ears from inside the carriage. The female warrior anxiously wanted to know what was happening inside, but the window she looked out of was blocked by Lilynet.

"Lilynet!"

"It's nothing, Young Master Wu'an was just swatting the mosquitoes off my buttocks."

"What nonsense are you spouting!"

Seeing the priestess's face flush red, the female warrior lowered her voice and shouted.

Even if you've never seen a pig run, you can't have never eaten pork. Sukama knew exactly what was going on. "I was the one who took a liking to Young Master Wu'an first!"

Forced by his duty to drive the carriage, and being an employed adventurer, he could not rudely question Uchiha Takeoshi inside the carriage.

While expressing her tough stance to Lilynet, Sukama tried to push Lilynet's face away so she could see what was happening inside the carriage.

"Go like your cute little boy, don't try to steal my man."

"Young boys are just a diversion; men are my destiny!"

Sukama, on the warrior's side, used a fraction of her strength to push Lilynet backward. Taking advantage of the opening, she quickly glanced inside and saw two people inside with their clothes intact. Her expression relaxed, and she quickly said...

"Young Master Wu'an, we're almost at the next town. Will we need to stay overnight there?"

Originally, the plan of [Four Weapons] was to complete the escort mission as quickly as possible to avoid any unforeseen circumstances during the mission, but now Sukama has changed her mind—

Just like Lilynet said, it would take who knows how long it would take to become a Steel-level adventurer, so she might as well take advantage of her youth and beauty and marry a young man she likes.

"As for the journey, just follow Captain Sukama's instructions."

Uchiha Muan replied to Sukama from inside the car, but before Sukama could even smile, the window was slammed shut by Lilynet, making the female warrior almost lose her composure in anger.

(Stay calm, stay calm!)

(One must not show a violent side in front of Young Master Wu'an.)

Sukama stared ahead with trembling eyes, her grip on the riding whip tightening and loosening repeatedly before she finally calmed her breathing.

She touched her face and lips, which were a little dry from the wind, and a look of worry appeared in her eyes—her skin care was not as good as Lilynet's, and she could not continue to be exposed to the wind and sun.

Starting tomorrow, you must enter the carriage!

Let the thief take over the position of stable boy.

Having made his decision, Sukama increased the speed of the carriage, hoping to reduce the time the two of them would spend alone in the carriage.

The priestess's alluring figure was so captivating that she couldn't believe any healthy man in the world wouldn't want to defile it; even women wanted to fondle those two snow-white breasts.

"Young Master Wu'an, you were so naughty just now~"

Inside the carriage, Lilynet knelt on the soft seat, her alluring eyes gazing up at the noble youth behind her, her expectations self-evident.

"Lilynet, how bad do you want me to be next?"

While silently calling for her original self to come and become a clone of the cream puff, she grinned mischievously and covered Lilynet's head from bottom to top with the priestess's clerical robes, revealing a pair of legs wrapped in black fishnet.

"Young Master Wu'an~"

Lilynet, who had been blind, suddenly activated all her other senses and made a cloying sound.

The clone and the main body, who had rushed over, exchanged a glance. Uchiha Wu'an then began the process of making cream puffs without any hesitation. The first step was to infuse them with intelligence.

A series of crashing sounds rang out from inside the carriage. The thief and the magic chanter wisely moved away from the carriage, while only the temporary coachman, Sukama, bit his lip, a wronged smile appearing on his lips.

The magician's clone was transported to Mount Myōboku in the ninja world to study the mysteries of magic and attempt to analyze it from the perspective of ninjutsu.

According to Lilynet, there are three ways for magic-based professions to learn magic.

The first method is to create one's own magic based on one's extensive theoretical knowledge of magic.

The second way is to be taught by a teacher, and the third way, which is also the original way, is to obtain magical knowledge from the great being, the origin of the continent.

As he carefully savored the imprints connecting him to the origin, Uchiha Wu'an's mind was suddenly filled with a multitude of chaotic magical skills, all scattered and fragmented, lacking any coherent system.

Very few magic skills are suitable for the [Elemental Mage - Fire] class.

Humans from other continents who can forge their own path and establish their own schools are undoubtedly geniuses.

If the empire's guardian deity, Fluda Paradion, had been born in the ninja world, his future would undoubtedly have been much brighter. He wouldn't have been stuck at the level of a mere ordinary person, unable to even reach the level of a strong kage.

"Your Majesty the Führer."

The Great Toad Sage of Mount Myōboku arrived at the Stone Frog Forest, where Sage Mode was practiced, with surprise in his eyes. Upon seeing Uchiha Muan's clone, his turbid toad eyes immediately lit up.

"The power within this clone of yours!?"

"Great Toad Sage, couldn't you have foreseen this?"

Seeing the usually lazy Toad Sage, who had once again shown a rare moment of losing his composure, except for the time with the Dragon Vein, Uchiha Muan asked curiously.

"I apologize for making a fool of myself, Your Majesty."

"Even my old prophecies are not omnipotent."

The Great Toad Sage squatted to one side, gazing at the Stone Frog Forest below, which was almost completely destroyed by ninjutsu. He calmly withdrew his gaze, a faint trace of reminiscence in his eyes.

"Since my clan acquired chakra, everything we can predict has been fixed on the Ninja World Continent. The other continent was only known to my father, who passed away eight hundred years ago."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Takeo's eyes widened in surprise. "Does the Great Toad Sage mean that the Myōboku lineage originated from another continent?"

"Yes, on that alien continent ruled by the Dragon King."

The Great Toad Sage took out a bottle of sake from his person, and under the nodding gaze of Uchiha Muan, he took out a cup. The man and the toad sat on the cliff of the Stone Frog Forest, savoring the mellow aroma of the sake.

"I don't know much about the specific information about the other continent. I can only understand from my father's words that the strong people on that continent all come from the Dragon King. The strongest Dragon King is an ancient person with the title of Dragon Emperor. Back then, Hagoromo and Hamura wanted to save the humans there, but they returned with regret."

"Even our two ancestors couldn't defeat them?!"

Now it was Uchiha Takeo's turn to be surprised.

In his view, no matter how strong those Dragon Kings were, they were still within the level 100 range. Even if they were world-class items, they wouldn't have much effect against the Sage of Six Paths, whose strength could be considered to be at the upper level of the Six Paths.

"It's not that we can't win, it's just that it's not worth it."

The other continent is only about 10,000 kilometers away from the ninja world. At the speed of movement of the Six Paths experts, it would only take two or three hours to get there. If one knew space-time ninjutsu, it would be even faster.

The Great Toad Sage, who had witnessed the battles between Hagoromo Otsutsuki, Hamura Otsutsuki, and the Dragon Emperor, swallowed the sake in his mouth and spoke in an extremely calm tone.

"That Dragon Emperor used a supreme primordial magic that was connected to the origin of the other continent, using souls as fuel, and sacrificed the lives of four million humans to resist Hagoromo and Hamura."

The Great Toad Sage's casual remark stirred up a storm of emotions in Uchiha Takeo, as if he were witnessing the annihilation of a nation, or even a race.

"When they saw the Dragon Emperor spreading his wings and covering the sky, Yu Yi and Yu Cun, who did not want to continue to let innocent people die, made a pact with the Dragon Emperor and never had anything to do with him again."

The Great Toad Sage glanced around and, finding no one watching, whispered, "Actually, it's also because we're wary of the Dragon Emperor's primordial magic that directly attacks the soul. That kind of power is very troublesome, extremely troublesome!"

"I suspect that Hagoromo and Hamura were seriously injured back then, otherwise, with their strength, they could not have lived for a hundred or two hundred years before dying."

The Great Toad Sage sensed Uchiha Wu'an's clone and nodded with a smile.

"However, there are fewer and fewer Dragon Kings who know Origin Magic. But it is always better to be safe than sorry. It is a wise choice for His Majesty not to go there with his main body or a shadow clone connected to his main body."

"As long as they are not too powerful, those arrogant dragon kings will not care about the changes on the continent. However, if His Majesty wants to conquer the other continent, he still cannot get around the dragon kings."

"I know that."

A flame flickered from Uchiha Muan's fingertip, its orange light burning gently. "Great Toad Sage, do you know the origins of magic from another continent?"

"I can't remember the details anymore, but it was a source of power that originated from the origin of another continent. It was a huge energy source that seemed to be called the River of Souls or the Sea of ​​Magic."

The Great Toad Sage said meaningfully, "It's similar to the chakra fruit born from the Divine Tree."

"Is His Majesty now using clones to learn magic in order to reap the fruits that have been condensed over tens of thousands of years on another continent?"

"Is the Great Toad Sage trying to compete with me?"

Under Uchiha Muan's smiling gaze, the Great Toad Sage took a sip of sake.

"Our clan has been rooted in the Myoboku Mountain Secret Realm of the Ninja World for thousands of years and has no interest in returning to the other continent. Similarly, our bodies are already full of Sage Chakra. To come into contact with magic would only be cutting off our own path. It's good enough for us to live peacefully now."

"The Great Toad Sage is much more easygoing."

"hehe."

"If His Majesty lives for a thousand years and looks back, he will find that many of his choices and ideas when he was young were actually quite naive."

"I'm only a fraction of the age of the Great Toad Sage."

Uchiha Muan finished the last of his sake, gazed at the blazing sun on the horizon, and reached out with a resolute expression. "So, I want everything, I want to do everything!"

"I will make the world follow my will!"

"I believe that day is not far off."

The Great Toad Sage slowly lowered his head, and in a daze, he saw the ninja leader who was riding the True Dragon King, facing off against a Thousand-Armed Buddha whose height was unknown!

………………

When the carriage entered the town and stopped in front of the best local hotel, the young nobleman simply drew back the curtains, glanced at the shabby town hotel, waved, and continued on his way.

The employer's orders are absolute. The thief and the magic chanter, who had been jostled by the rickety horse all day, sighed and continued to follow behind the carriage.

"Young Master Wu'an, it's time for dinner."

"I see."

Gazing at Lilynet, who lay sprawled beneath him, her face flushed and muttering incoherently, Uchiha Takeo wiped the priestess's mouth with a refreshed expression, then switched places with his clone and returned to Konoha.

The glow of the setting sun spilled across the sky, illuminating the female warrior's exquisite face. Her smooth, long silver hair shone with a golden light in the twilight.

His once upright figure has now become somewhat hunched.

Her bright eyes held a hint of resentment, and the priestess's voice, which had been so sweet and melodious all the way, made Sukama feel as if countless ants were crawling all over her heart, even crawling down to her legs.

"Young Master Wu'an, is Lilynet too tired to walk any further?"

Looking at Sukama's stiff face, Uchiha Takeo, who had just gotten off the carriage, took her hand and whispered in the female warrior's ear, "You're not only tired, but you're also full."

"Miss Sukama, would you like to rest in the carriage tonight?"

Sukama swallowed hard, her face flushed. Her remaining feminine modesty told her she had to refuse, so she looked at the noble youth with eyes like stars so close to her and asked in a dry voice.

"Young Master Wu'an, was that an order?"

(If it's a task, then I have no choice but to accept it.)

Sukama Opero thought to himself.

Knowing that he was just one step away from confessing his feelings to the female warrior, Uchiha Muan was no longer in a hurry. He reached out and covered Sukama's mouth with his fingers, then shook his head.

"This is not an order."

"I'm looking forward to Miss Sukama coming over herself."

"Like Miss Lilynet, let us revel in our happiness."

Under the somewhat resistant gaze of the female warrior, Uchiha Wu'an said softly, "Of course, Miss Sukama will not give you less of what she wants; on the contrary, she will give you much, much more."

"I have no shortage of money and land."

The soft words drifted into his ears, and Sukama, as if bewitched, looked at the noble youth who had already sat down by the campfire, and slapped his own cheek hard.

(Sukama, you're not that cheap!)

The easier something is to obtain, the less it is valued!

After giving himself a mental warning, Sukama glanced at the luxurious carriage, then walked towards the campfire, where tonight's dishes were being cooked.

This was a rich soup made with smoked pork, along with toasted bread, milk, dried figs, and nuts such as walnuts. Uchiha Takeo watched the whole process with a frown, but when he finally ate it, the taste was surprisingly good.

After eating and drinking his fill, Uchiha Muan consulted the male magic chanter about rank magic and quickly learned the orthodox magic of the other continent from him.

[First-Tier Magic - Magic Arrow]

[Tier 1 Magic - Alert]

[First-Tier Magic - Cleanse]

After teaching the magic to a level suitable for a noble youth, the magic chanter noticed that Uchiha Takeo's expression was somewhat dissatisfied and offered an explanation.

"Young Master Wu'an, it's not that I don't want to teach you more powerful magic, but because of the level limitation, you can't learn second-tier magic. Moreover, magical knowledge beyond your level will also put a burden on your mind, causing your growth to slow down."

Sukama nodded in agreement, "That's right. Unlike warriors, magic casters can use many powerful spells, but they also have many limitations. Most of their first-tier spells are life-related, and they have very few offensive spells."

"Generally, after diligent training, magic casters can use second-tier magic, at which point they have more ways to attack."

"But third-tier magic belongs to the realm of geniuses."

Upon hearing this, the male magic chanter stroked his mustache smugly, uttered two magical syllables, and flew up into the air.

"Young Master Wu'an, this is the third-tier magic [Flight]. I look forward to the day when Young Master Wu'an can also reach the level of a Mithril Adventurer and fly freely in the sky."

"Come on, at that speed, any specially trained archer could shoot you down."

The thief, not wanting the magic caster to steal the spotlight, made a sarcastic remark, which earned him an angry glare from the magic caster.

"That's still better than you running on the ground!"

Too lazy to pay attention to the two arguing, Uchiha Muan turned his attention to Sukama and asked about the warrior's training.

"Young Master Wu'an wishes to train in both magic and warrior skills simultaneously?"

Sukama looked at Uchiha Takeoshi, whose face was filled with hope, and said with difficulty.

"Young Master Wu'an, on the continent, the magic path is the magic path, and the warrior path is the warrior path. The two are completely opposite paths, and it is impossible to cultivate both magic and martial arts."

"Some people may appear to be able to use both magic and martial arts, so it is most likely magic, or they are using some special tools."

"I understand. Then please explain the warrior side to me, Miss Sukama, so that I will have a way to deal with it if I encounter it in the future."

Seeing that he couldn't learn martial arts, Uchiha Muan didn't force him. His goal was the Sea of ​​Magic. He couldn't communicate with the warriors, so learning it wouldn't be very useful. He just needed a few more adventurers to act as meat shields in front.

Seeing that the young nobleman had no intention of becoming a warrior, Sukama breathed a sigh of relief; she had been genuinely worried that he would ruin himself.

After organizing her thoughts, she spoke slowly.

"A warrior's martial arts have various effects, such as enhancing physical abilities and tempering the mind. They are also known as a warrior's magic, and depending on the intensity of the martial arts, they consume the user's concentration, or rather, another manifestation of mental power."

"Therefore, continuous use of martial arts techniques will cause a huge mental burden and brain fatigue. If you forcibly activate a martial arts technique that exceeds your concentration limit, it will cause you to break down and die in a short period of time."

"Third-tier magic is a realm that only geniuses can reach, and a warrior who can use four martial arts techniques at once is also a genius."

Seeing the proud expression on Sukama's face, Uchiha Takeo clapped his hands at the opportune moment.

This made the female soldier feel embarrassed, and her face flushed red in the firelight.

"It's getting late, everyone should get some rest."

Uchiha Wu'an glanced at the sky, waved to the crowd, and walked towards the carriage.

"Captain Sukama, aren't you going?"

The magic chanter cast a puzzled look at Sukama, who had been sitting motionless by the campfire for a long time.

"We adventurers all marry a few beautiful wives after we retire, not to mention noble lords. Young Master Wu'an seems like a nice guy. If Captain Sukama takes a liking to him, don't give up."

The thief added, "With Lilynet by my side, she'll have some support when she lives with Young Master Wu'an in the future."

"I think you're plotting a rebellion, daring to interfere in my affairs!"

After being glared at by the female warrior, the two chuckled and began setting up the tent.

Sukama stared at the carriage that had started to shake again, his lips twitching. He looked at the burning campfire with a sense of suffocation, as if he could see two bodies entwined together in the writhing flames.

"hateful!"

The female warrior hugged her knees, muttering something with a dazed look in her eyes. It was unclear whether she was cursing a certain young man, a certain busty priestess, or both of them.

The soft moonlight fell, and the world fell into a state of peace and silence.

The head of state's residence.

"Darling, tell us the truth, why is the Demon Ninja Village suddenly worshipping the Uchiha Susanoo? Is it because you have some kind of relationship with that beautiful and charming priestess?"

On the four-person bed in the main house, the family, whose storm had just subsided, began to chat. However, as they talked, the topic of conversation took an unexpected turn.

As the secretary, Kaori Minamoto receives firsthand information every day. It's not unusual for the Oni Ninja Village to be run by a shrine maiden and to worship gods, but the sudden worship of Susanoo, which has nothing to do with them, inevitably arouses the young woman's suspicion.

"I'm innocent! I've never even seen the shrine maiden from Oni Ninja Village."

Uchiha Muan immediately launched into a defense, then looked at Uchiha Hikaru, who was lying on top of him, and said, "If you don't believe me, just ask Hikaru. The Eight Thousand Spears' mark is located in real time."

(And indeed there were wildflowers by the roadside!)

Upon noticing Uchiha Takeo winking at him, Uchiha Hikaru couldn't help but secretly reach his waist and rotate it 360 degrees.

She clearly remembered that before the Eight Thousand Spears mark disappeared, Uchiha Muan was located in Oni Village. Now, with that "please let me go" look in his eyes, it was obvious that he was having an affair with the priestess of Oni Village.

(However, this is also a weakness.)

Uchiha Hikaru raised her face and said like a kitten, "Yes, my brother's crest has always been in Konoha and has never been outside."

"Hikaru, I'm entrusting you with keeping an eye on An-kun's whereabouts from now on."

Unlike Minamoto Kaori and Uchiha Hikaru, who were both quickly trained strong individuals, Uchiha Osamu noticed the flirtatious glances exchanged between the two and felt something was amiss, so he spoke slowly.

"I don't want to see a fourth or fifth younger sister in this family."

"Especially the younger sisters who come to our door with big pregnant bellies or carrying their babies."

Upon hearing these two sentences, Uchiha Hikaru was stunned for a moment, then smiled and raised her eyes to look at Uchiha Takeo, who hoped to become invisible, and said in a sweet voice.

"Brother, would you be that kind of scum?"

"Absolutely not!"

Uchiha Takeo, who had enjoyed himself in another world this afternoon and evening, declared righteously, "How could I be the kind of scum who keeps illegitimate children outside!"

(Not a scumbag, but a player.)

This is how Uchiha Takeo sees himself.

That's good.

Uchiha Zhizhi spoke in a nonchalant tone, but Uchiha Wu'an was chilled to the bone.

"Otherwise, we'll have to let An-kun experience the power of [Kotoamatsukami]."

"Governance, don't tell anyone about your kaleidoscope. Like light, don't let outsiders know its effects."

"Don't worry, only family members know."

Under the watchful gaze of Uchiha Zhiyi, Uchiha Wu'an quickly embraced his three wives and coaxed them into a dream.

(End of this chapter)