The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

At least at the ninja level, it can already be said that everyone can cultivate their own vital energy.

In the transmission of the Nourishing Vitality Technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi also incorporated the knowledge of corresponding sealing techniques. As long as one practices according to the instructions, success is still possible.

In terms of difficulty, it should be considered a B-rank ninjutsu?

Such difficulty might take a wandering ninja a considerable amount of time to master, but it's not difficult for ninjas from ninja villages.

Although it is hard to admit, the five great ninja villages have indeed entered the era of cultivation.

Leaf.

"Hui, tell me, what exactly is Uchiha Kiyoshi's purpose in spreading the secrets of immortal cultivation?"

In the Hokage's office, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, looked worried.

"We need to hire people."

"Oh?"

"Didn't he say that the Yangyuan Gong, or rather, strictly speaking, he only passed down the most basic health cultivation techniques within it? It's just a very basic introductory method for cultivating immortality, and the health cultivation techniques weren't fully passed down; it's still a very ancient version."

As Hui finished speaking, Minato Namikaze nodded repeatedly, feeling a little uneasy.

"what happened?"

Hui, who was explaining things to Minato Namikaze, noticed Minato's strange look and wondered aloud.

"Ah, it's nothing, it's just that Hui-kun's focus is really... unusual."

These descriptions are not found in the original text, but they are mentioned in the branch academies where the tradition is practiced. However, most people focus on the Nourishing Yuan Technique.

"Even the most basic version is incredibly beneficial to us after we practice it, let alone the later inheritances. I think there must be quite a few ninjas who have practiced the Nourishing Yuan Technique and feel that they still have the strength to spare, who will choose to join the Immortal Organization to obtain higher-level inheritances."

"really."

Minato Namikaze nodded, confirming Hui's statement.

"The only reason the Immortal Organization hasn't announced their joining conditions yet is... otherwise..."

“Sigh, Hui, I understand what you mean. The village is also researching the art of nourishing life essence... hoping to make a breakthrough.”

Uchiha Kiyoshi was able to create a cultivation system, and his entire village had a health preservation technique, so why couldn't they explore their own path?

"Hui, the main reason I asked you to come here is because I have a task for you."

Hui raised an eyebrow, remained silent, and waited for what was to come.

"The village has encountered a bottleneck in its exploration of health preservation techniques, and we hope you can join the research work."

"You among them" doesn't just refer to Hui alone; it probably refers to all the Kage-level characters.

As the art of health preservation spread, the entire ninja world explored it. Wandering ninjas fumbled around in it, ninja villages organized special institutions to study it, and individuals outside of these research institutions within the ninja villages also conducted their own independent explorations.

In short, there is only one trend in the entire ninja world now: the research of health preservation techniques.

Continuing this process, we can develop a more effective and accessible version, even integrating it into the ninja training system to significantly improve the efficiency of ninja training.

This alone shows the difference between them and Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Having the memories of his past life, Uchiha Kiyoshi's goal is directly to reach a higher realm. Relying on body-cultivation techniques, he continuously improves the corresponding operating routes, namely internal energy, body-forging techniques, soul-nourishing techniques, and so on. Then, relying on these, he explores the path to a higher realm and finally forges a path to build a foundation and core.

And what about ninjas who have acquired the art of self-preservation?

Their idea was simply to refine the health cultivation technique, integrate it into the ninja system, and improve the efficiency of training ninjas.

Based on this, various unique health preservation techniques may be developed.

No, by then, it probably won't be called a health preservation technique anymore.

Is it a grafting technique that relies on puppets to sustain itself? Or perhaps it's like insects feeding back, or maybe it's similar to the butterfly transformation technique of the Akimichi clan.

Even plundering techniques might emerge.

Horizontal development.

It's not just a difference in mindset, but also a difference between organizations and individuals. Kiyoshi Uchiha alone couldn't have completed such a massive horizontal expansion project, and an organization can't just focus on one path and keep researching it; they need to consider adaptability.

"The village's goal is to improve the effectiveness of the health cultivation technique. Also, according to some intelligence, before leaving the village, Uchiha Kiyoshi created a body-strengthening technique by imitating the movements of wild animals. It is estimated that he had already developed the health cultivation technique at that time. The body-strengthening technique has also provided us with good ideas on improving the body's efficiency in absorbing energy, which is also the focus of our research."

"Ku, you and Tsunade-senpai are both experts in medical ninjutsu, and you are also proficient in sealing techniques, so we need your support in this area."

"And Orochimaru-senpai, he's an expert in this kind of research, so he might be able to offer you some help."

......

After making all the arrangements, Hui finally collaborated with Tsunade and Orochimaru to begin researching health cultivation techniques.

As for Jiraiya, his role in this regard was not significant. Minato Namikaze did not assign him this task, but instead arranged for him to communicate with Mount Myōboku and defend Konoha.

With so much energy devoted to the study of health preservation techniques, the village naturally became somewhat vulnerable, not only in terms of defense but also in terms of missions and other channels.

Missions are an important source of income for the village, so they can't be abandoned. Therefore, Jiraiya also took on a bunch of missions.

The village is taking action, and so is the family.

The powerful ninja clans thrived entirely because of their secret techniques, excelling in certain areas, which allowed them to maintain their strength.

Nowadays, cultivating immortality has become mainstream, and they can't fall behind.

While responding to the calls of the relevant villages and dispatching ninjas to assist in their research, each clan also began its own research into health cultivation techniques.

Based on the village's research progress, they combined their own unique characteristics and began improvements in different directions.

Chapter 419 Raising Divine Beasts

The peaceful situation in the ninja world is the prelude to an impending war.

However, none of this mattered to the five great ninja villages. At this moment, their attention was focused on health cultivation techniques.

Having experienced three Shinobi World Wars, the five great ninja villages, who are extremely sensitive to war, were unaware that war was about to break out.

One reason was that the health preservation techniques did attract their attention, and the other was that the Third Shinobi World War had only been going on for a few years, and with the series of unexpected events that followed, even Konoha, which recovered the fastest, had only recovered to 70% of its pre-war level.

Neither of these two points can be blamed on the five great ninja villages.

Blame Uchiha Kiyoshi.

After all, it was all brought about by Uchiha Kiyoshi.

According to the original story, the Akatsuki needed to collect the Tailed Beasts to wage war, while the Five Great Shinobi Villages had been at peace for over a decade, and everything had reached an unprecedented peak. However, under Uchiha Kiyoshi's influence, all of this was brought forward by nearly ten years. Furthermore, Uchiha Kiyoshi had maintained almost no activity during the preceding Third Shinobi World War.

He also spread the techniques for maintaining health.

This technique's impact on the ninja world was no less significant than Hashirama Senju's pacification of the chaotic era, and perhaps even greater if examined more closely. After all, the Body Cultivation Technique severely disrupted the entire ninja system. The drawbacks of ninjas' previous chakra extraction methods were directly resolved; moreover, ninjas were no longer short-lived. (The average lifespan of most ninjas, excluding exceptions like Onoki).

Although it's only the most basic version of the health cultivation technique, the very beginning of Qi training, a ninja's lifespan is still far longer than that of an ordinary person. After all, with the constant nourishment of their body by bodily energy, strictly speaking, it's normal for a ninja to live longer than a commoner.

Barring unforeseen circumstances, a hundred years should not be a problem, and it might even take a hundred and twenty years.

Not only has the upper limit of lifespan been increased, but the peak period of ninjas has also been greatly extended. With a lifespan of one hundred years, even according to the previous ratio, the peak period has increased by at least a dozen years.

This is just the most conservative estimate. You have to understand that with the Body Nourishing Technique, refining chakra is no longer a drain on the body, and the aging rate of the body is greatly reduced. In addition, with the ninja's usual training, the time when the body's condition declines can be greatly delayed.

The significance of health cultivation techniques to ninjas is second only to the chakra passed down by the Sage of Six Paths.

Of course, Uchiha Kiyoshi wasn't satisfied with just that. He did all this to spread the cultivation system, not to become the second most influential figure among ninjas.

First, spread the cultivation techniques. Then, each ninja village can start developing horizontally around the cultivation techniques as the core, creating various systems. At that time, Uchiha Kiyoshi can release the subsequent paths, such as the foundation, core, and even nascent soul systems, which I believe will be quite attractive.

Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't know the true lifespan of these realms, after all, he was the first person to achieve this, and he was only in his thirties at the time.

However, it is not a problem to reach the Foundation Establishment stage in two hundred years. In fact, it is possible to reach two hundred and forty, two hundred and eighty, or even three hundred years, depending on the specific circumstances of cultivation.

For the Golden Core stage, it takes at least five hundred years, with no upper limit.

It's a bit early to say all this now. Without sufficient data, it's impossible to compile statistics. And for Uchiha Kiyoshi, inaccurate data is essentially useless.

One should be meticulous in one's conduct.

As it turns out, the ninja world collectively developed health preservation techniques much faster than Uchiha Kiyoshi.

In just three months, results have been emerging one after another.

"The power of a group is always greater than that of an individual, and by a significant margin."

This is Uchiha Kiyoshi's most genuine feeling.

From the moment they began researching health preservation techniques, each ninja village had already set its own tone.

Konoha still maintains its original characteristics. What characteristics? It's all-encompassing, of course! With the contributions of the Second Hokage, Konoha is arguably the most balanced ninja village in terms of ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu, and various ninjutsu styles. Sometimes, comprehensiveness is a characteristic, especially in a ninja world where ninjutsu resources are extremely precious. Konoha's ability to achieve comprehensiveness makes this characteristic stand out.

Cloud Village, with its focus on lightning-style body tempering, is the village that achieves results the fastest.

Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village) focuses on the connection between Earth Release and health cultivation, while Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village) focuses on the connection between Water Release and health cultivation. Together, they have developed two new techniques beyond combat and cultivated corresponding nature transformations.

Sunagakure is pursuing the path of puppetry, but so far there have been no results.

Of course, this is just a distinction between villages.

Within the village, various paths diverged, with Konoha being the most prominent. Large and small clans within the village each embarked on their own explorations. The Uchiha clan used the Sharingan to replicate their health cultivation techniques, training around the clock; the Hyuga Byakugan delved into the meridians, perfecting a health cultivation technique that was exceptionally powerful in nourishing the meridians; the Akimichi clan researched a method of converting fat into body energy, continuously nourishing their bodies; the Inuzuka clan trained using ninja dogs; and the Aburame clan trained using insects...

In short, they applied health preservation techniques to various aspects of life.

In response, Uchiha Kiyoshi couldn't help but admire their efficiency and creativity. While they might be considered rigid, they were able to apply the cultivation technique to the insect-type ninja dogs in such a short time, making it beneficial to their own training. Yet, despite their creativity, they were also conservative in their thinking and quite stubborn in their beliefs.

"Hui, how's the health preservation technique coming along?"

The fourth generation of fire-themed film and television surveillance work.

The reason he consults Hui on everything is mainly because Hui is his peer and contemporary.

"Oh, at Tsunade-senpai's suggestion, we developed a medical ninjutsu version of the health preservation technique. After recovery, the damage to cells is almost negligible. As for Orochimaru-senpai's research on super-nurturing to break through the body's limits and extend lifespan, there are no results yet."

As expected of Orochimaru, he was the first to think of going a step further and increasing lifespan.

"What about natural energy?"

"Heh, we can't even sense natural energy, what do you think?" Uchiha Kiyoshi's single glance conveyed everything perfectly.

“I think the Holy Land is more suitable for this kind of work. I think that the Holy Land should not give up on the health preservation techniques, not just us.”

Minato Namikaze nodded, indicating that he would go and check it out.

"By the way, I just received intelligence that the Sand Village seems to have completed their puppet-raising program."

"is it?"