The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

Uchiha Kiyoshi focused his attention, formed a hand seal, and released chakra from his right hand.

Although controlling chakra is more difficult outside the body, Uchiha Kiyoshi doesn't plan to try it directly inside the body for safety reasons, as there's no guarantee against unforeseen complications. Otherwise, a single mistake could at least result in severed meridians, or worse, death.

Looking at the blue chakra energy radiating from his hand, Uchiha Kiyoshi adjusted the size of the energy ball to about the size of a sesame seed before proceeding to the next step.

Uchiha Kiyoshi continuously sensed the chakra energy in his hands and felt his own spiritual energy within it.

Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't know how to restore chakra to physical and spiritual energy either, and no one had tried it before, so he had to figure it out himself.

However, these things aren't actually that troublesome; the real problem is the lack of direction. Once you have a direction, the answers to many problems become quite easy to find.

Uchiha Kiyoshi's idea was simple: the body's energy was hard to predict, and perhaps it required complete control over the body. Whether from the perspective of a samurai's training or Uchiha Kiyoshi's attempts before refining chakra, it shows that the body's energy is difficult to control.

Therefore, the starting point must be spiritual energy. In previous research, Uchiha Kiyoshi also discovered that spiritual energy is actually easier to control. Many ninjas refine chakra by manipulating spiritual energy to interact with their physical energy.

In this way, Uchiha Kiyoshi can sense spiritual energy and then try to control it. As long as he "withdraws" spiritual energy from his chakra, wouldn't that be fine?

However, ideals are often grand, while reality is often harsh.

Although there was no problem in theory, as Uchiha Kiyoshi progressed, he found that he could hardly even take the first step.

Sensing the spiritual energy within chakra is actually not difficult. Uchiha Kiyoshi had studied spiritual and physical energy for two weeks and easily sensed both types of energy.

Unlike physical energy, spiritual energy, as an energy related to the soul, was something that Kiyoshi Uchiha could feel he could control, even though it had become part of his chakra.

However, this is only to the point where one can feel that one has control; it is still a long way from true control.

For three hours, Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't even look at his own sealing technique materials; he was busy with his own research.

Unfortunately, as his last bit of chakra was used up, Uchiha Kiyoshi was still unable to control his spiritual energy to withdraw from his chakra, and could only sigh helplessly.

"As expected, it's another project that requires training. Sigh! I guess I'm just destined to be a workaholic."

Once chakra is released outside the body, it will naturally dissipate even without any action, albeit relatively slowly. However, it still consumes chakra, so Uchiha Kiyoshi had to continuously supply chakra to maintain enough for research. He only managed to maintain a sesame-seed-sized chakra ball for three hours, which is why it's said that only elite Jonin could continuously nurture a fist-sized metal mass for 24 hours.

Once again hampered by his limited chakra reserves, Uchiha Kiyoshi suddenly felt a pang of envy for the Uzumaki clan's physique. Even after just refining their chakra, the Uzumaki clan possessed an enormous amount of chakra, probably equivalent to that of an elite Chunin.

Even if they're not from the Uzumaki clan, being a Jinchūriki is still pretty good. The sheer amount of chakra they possess, along with the Tailed Beast Mode, is quite appealing.

Of course, this was just a thought; Uchiha Kiyoshi had no intention of actually becoming a Jinchūriki. The miserable lives of Jinchūriki can be seen in the examples of Naruto, the son of the Fourth Hokage, and Gaara, the son of the Fourth Kazekage. Every village wanted to imprison its Jinchūriki and prevent anyone from knowing anything about them.

Uchiha Kiyoshi would never want to experience that kind of life.

Let's turn our attention back to this experiment.

"This is too difficult. It seems that this is not a process that can be completed in a short period of time."

It was another long-term project, and Uchiha Kiyoshi was overwhelmed by the sheer number of tasks he had accumulated. Since the special training began, he had accumulated a host of unresolved issues, and now this time-consuming project had arrived. What could Uchiha Kiyoshi do? He'd just have to get to work!

After three hours of intense concentration, Uchiha Kiyoshi was exhausted and fell asleep without even eating dinner.

The next day, early in the morning.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was awakened by hunger.

Feeling the rumbling in his stomach, Uchiha Kiyoshi quickly got up and ran to the kitchen to cook. He decided to skip his morning workout; he was too hungry to exercise.

Uchiha Kiyoshi wasn't like some people who would give up everything just to train their bodies.

"Man is made of iron, food is made of steel. We need to take good care of our bodies so we have the strength to cultivate, right?"

While eating the meal he had prepared, Uchiha Kiyoshi found plenty of excuses for himself to skip his morning workout.

After packing his lunchbox, Uchiha Kiyoshi left home and went straight to school.

Along the way, Uchiha Kiyoshi was also summarizing what he had learned yesterday.

First, I've found the direction. At least for now, my idea seems feasible. As long as I persevere, completing this secret technique shouldn't be a problem.

That's right, a secret technique.

In the ninja world, secret techniques are generally possessed only by powerful clans. They are special techniques with various abilities. For example, the Nara clan's Shadow Technique allows them to control shadows to perform ninjutsu, and the Akimichi clan's Expansion Technique allows them to instantly enlarge their bodies. These are clan secrets passed down only, and they are even related to the rise and fall of the clan.

Now, Uchiha Kiyoshi has begun developing his own secret techniques. If this news gets out, it will definitely cause a major upheaval.

Moreover, the effects of this secret technique cannot be revealed, otherwise Uchiha Kiyoshi will definitely be targeted, even with the backing of the Uchiha clan. A technique for nourishing the body—not to mention living to a hundred years old, even just extending a ninja's lifespan by ten years, or extending their peak period by ten years, would be enough to cause turmoil throughout the entire ninja world.

Upon arriving at the classroom, Uchiha Kiyoshi looked listless, which worried Nawaki. She wondered if something was wrong with her deskmate. He'd been acting strangely yesterday, and now he seemed so preoccupied. She wondered if something was troubling him.

However, these are all private matters. Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't explain yesterday, so Nawaki couldn't ask.

......

For the next two weeks, Uchiha Kiyoshi spent an hour each day training in controlling the mental energy within his chakra. Everything else remained the same.

Over the past two weeks, Uchiha Kiyoshi has been able to control a small amount of spiritual energy within his chakra. Therefore, he plans to give it a try and see if he can succeed this time.

That day, after class, Uchiha Kiyoshi hurriedly returned home, went to his study, and began another attempt.

Uchiha Kiyoshi stared intently at the blue chakra orb radiating from his hand, sensing the spiritual energy within it. He carefully controlled the spiritual energy and withdrew it from the chakra.

However, as soon as he began to draw out his spiritual energy, Uchiha Kiyoshi's expression changed drastically, and he immediately threw out the chakra in his hand.

"boom!"

Fortunately, Uchiha Kiyoshi reacted quickly and threw the chakra away, escaping injury. Moreover, Uchiha Kiyoshi had only used a very small amount of chakra during his experiment, about half the size of a sesame seed. Even so, due to a simple operational error, that tiny chakra explosion was comparable to a firecracker (something like the Earth Red, ever played with one?), enough to damage Uchiha Kiyoshi's hand.

After glancing at the site of the explosion, Uchiha Kiyoshi clicked his tongue in amazement, feeling as if he had discovered something remarkable.

If the explosion just now could be controlled, could it be considered a self-created ninjutsu?

What is the principle behind an explosion? How can we increase the power of an explosion?

This is just a tiny amount of chakra; what if it were the size of a Rasengan? It would be at least a B-rank ninjutsu, right?

However, after thinking about it, Uchiha Kiyoshi shook his head and gave up on this tempting idea.

I haven't learned any ninjutsu yet, and I don't have any protective measures. If an accident happens, wouldn't I be asking for trouble?

Forgetting his strange thoughts, Uchiha Kiyoshi continued his experiments.

"Just now, it was probably due to a sudden extraction of some spiritual energy that the ratio of spiritual energy to physical energy in the chakra became unbalanced, leading to the explosion."

So, what should we do this time to solve this problem?

Uchiha Kiyoshi pondered the cause of the explosion and tried to find a solution.

Indeed, thankfully, after so much time, there are no longer any ninjas monitoring the Uchiha Kiyoshi clan, otherwise, I really don't know if they would have discovered anything unusual.

Furthermore, Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't want explosions constantly coming from his house. What if he accidentally threw something in the wrong place and it blew up the house? That would be terrible. So, he figured he could solve the problem with his brain, rather than relying on endless experiments.

"Since the problem might be an imbalance in proportions, let's start from that point."

"Just now, we extracted spiritual energy evenly from the entire chakra mass. This time, let's try extracting all the spiritual energy from a portion of the chakra."

With Uchiha Kiyoshi finding a solution, the experiment resumed.

Once again, blue chakra appeared in Uchiha Kiyoshi's right hand. This time, however, he released far less chakra than before. It was only the amount of chakra that he could fully mobilize, a combination of his spiritual energy and physical energy in proportion. It was less than one-tenth the size of a sesame seed. It was quite remarkable that Uchiha Kiyoshi could control such a small amount of chakra.

This time, Uchiha Kiyoshi directly controlled the spiritual energy within the chakra in his hand and withdrew it.

The chakra that was originally emitting a blue light gradually dimmed, eventually turning into an energy that emitted a light green light. Before Uchiha Kiyoshi could examine it carefully, the energy in his hand dissipated.

Uchiha Kiyoshi understood the situation after careful consideration.

He had previously suspected that the body's energy could not be preserved outside the body, just like what happened just now, it dissipated in an instant, and now this has just proven his suspicion.

This success was exhilarating, and Uchiha Kiyoshi finally confirmed the correctness of his approach.

The most important thing next is to verify whether the body's energy has a nourishing effect on the body.

Unfortunately, that little bit wasn't enough for Uchiha Kiyoshi to feel the effect, so he still needs to work harder.

Furthermore, Uchiha Kiyoshi doesn't dare to do it inside his body right now; it's far too dangerous. Even a firecracker exploding in your hand can cause injury, let alone inside. Besides, preserving his body's energy is also a problem.

This time, Uchiha Kiyoshi released all the last of his chakra, a whole soybean-sized amount.

Uchiha Kiyoshi attempted to separate the chakra in his hand, dividing it into a spherical shell containing other small spheres.

Selecting one of the chakra orbs, Uchiha Kiyoshi successfully withdrew his spiritual energy using the same method. A ball of light green body energy appeared and then began to dissipate. However, if you looked closely, you would find that there was still a trace of green inside the entire outer layer of chakra. In other words, the outer layer of chakra could indeed prevent the body energy inside from dissipating.

Uchiha breathed a sigh of relief and continued trying them one by one, focusing his attention completely.

Ten minutes later, after removing the outermost chakra membrane, Uchiha Kiyoshi had finally restored all the chakra inside to his body energy.

Next, Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to verify how much body energy nourishes the body's cells.

He controlled the chakra ball and slowly brought it to his right hand.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was extremely careful and focused throughout the entire process, not daring to be careless in the slightest.

As the chakra ball came into contact with his right hand, Uchiha Kiyoshi controlled it to return to his body.

Finally, transferring the chakra ball to his right little finger, Uchiha Kiyoshi dissipated the outer chakra membrane, and the body energy inside dissipated into the cells around his right little finger.

Then, Uchiha Kiyoshi could feel an unparalleled sense of satisfaction emanating from his entire right little finger.

Like rain after a long drought, the cells, long depleted, were nourished for the first time, greedily absorbing the dissipated bodily energy. This energy continuously nourished the cells in the little finger of Uchiha's right hand, bringing a surge of pleasure from within.

Uchiha Kiyoshi couldn't help but sigh.

"What a comfortable feeling! This is truly the essence of cultivation!"

Uchiha Kiyoshi grinned, but before he could write anything down, a wave of dizziness hit him, and he fainted.

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Chapter Seventeen Card

The next day, Uchiha Kiyoshi woke up hungry again. Feeling weak, he gave a bitter smile.

"I was too engrossed in it yesterday, and the mental strain was so severe that I actually fainted."

"But it should have been successful yesterday, right? It should have been, right? Indeed, my idea was right. Now, with just a few more refinements, it can be put into use directly, and chakra extraction won't be a problem anymore. But..."

The stomach protested, and Uchiha Kiyoshi had no choice but to compromise.

"Sigh! Let's eat first and talk about it later."

Uchiha Kiyoshi got up and started cooking. As for exercise, he skipped it again! Such a good thing, he should reward himself properly.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was in a very good mood, finally releasing the pent-up emotions he had been suppressing for so long.

No one can truly understand how immense the pressure Uchiha Kiyoshi was under before.

Due to his fear of chakra, Uchiha Kiyoshi had never dared to fully extract it and was under pressure to find a way to replenish his cellular losses. After all, his future was at stake, and Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't have much room for recklessness. If he failed this time, he would face a lot of training to make up for the losses he had suffered during this period.