The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

Now, upon careful reflection, Uchiha Kiyoshi gasped in astonishment at the various chakra transformations that the different hand seals could correspond to.

"Just one sub-seal corresponds to as many as twenty different chakra circulation methods?"

Thinking about this, Uchiha Kiyoshi also sighed that he had been too impulsive before, directly starting to try them one by one.

Even though I knew it was just a matter of permutations and combinations, I still went ahead and did it anyway. I guess I wasn't calm enough.

With his hands immobilized, Uchiha Kiyoshi could only rely on his imagination, recalling the feelings from before, trying out various combinations, and summarizing his experiences.

As Uchiha Kiyoshi categorized the chakra, he discovered that the influence of the seals on chakra was far too great, and it was likely beyond his ability to fully study.

Why do I say that? Uchiha Kiyoshi discovered that the chakra reaction caused by hand seals is not something that can be fully perceived by simply forming a hand seal. Some reactions only give the chakra a trend and cannot fully mobilize the flow of chakra. The ninja needs to subjectively control it and "push" it when forming the hand seal.

In that case, there are likely still many trends that we haven't noticed.

What's even more terrifying is that, under normal circumstances, a ninja's chakra is stored in the lower abdomen, not distributed throughout the body.

In other words, the changes caused by directly forming hand seals are only the effect of this hand seal on the chakra in the lower abdomen! Besides what can be felt by directly forming hand seals, what kind of changes would occur if chakra were added to areas where there was no chakra?

"This project is too big! No wonder creating ninjutsu is so difficult, is that why?"

Is this method unique to me, or is it known to many others?

Uchiha Kiyoshi continued to analyze, filled with doubt and uncertainty, but he managed to calm down.

"It shouldn't be that bad, otherwise there would be some record of it."

Many ninjas probably just relied on the guidance of others, memorized the necessary operating routes, and accumulated experience over time.

"Only someone like me would be so bored as to go through the trouble of feeling and summarizing each and every one of these things, right?"

In fact, Uchiha Kiyoshi was wrong. In the entire ninja world for a thousand years, how could no one have thought of doing this? It's just that there are very few people like this, and generally, such ideas are only tried when people are just starting to train. At that time, their chakra control ability is not as good as Uchiha Kiyoshi's, so it is difficult for them to research anything.

"Many more ninjas should also have summaries in this regard, at least summaries of chakra reactions, but they mainly based their summaries on the routes in the ninjutsu they have already learned, plus their own exploration and sorting out of these summaries."

On the contrary, I haven't even started practicing ninjutsu yet, and out of boredom, I'm trying to summarize it?

Uchiha Kiyoshi shook his head, deciding to stop thinking about these things.

Seemingly thinking about the different reactions of that massive amount of chakra again, Uchiha Kiyoshi felt a headache coming on. After thinking for a while, he finally made a choice.

"Let's start by recording the most superficial chakra reactions in the lower abdomen that can be activated directly with hand seals. Then we can study the reactions in other areas step by step. Finally, we can collect the latent reactions that only show trends. This last step can only be accumulated slowly."

As for the issues related to combination, perhaps they should be studied separately.

After organizing his thoughts, Uchiha Kiyoshi had a direction, and in the following days, he would gradually organize and summarize according to this idea.

However, there are other things to do now.

Uchiha Kiyoshi applied ointment to his hands, bandaged them, and then went out.

After leaving the house, Uchiha Kiyoshi went straight to the archives room.

In the past few days, besides practicing hand seals, Uchiha Kiyoshi has also been going to the archives to search for various materials, hoping to find a way to solve the problem of chakra not being able to nourish the body.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was truly unwilling to accept this. Why couldn't a perfectly good cultivation system lead to immortality?

Even if the various martial arts novels of my past life didn't have the effect of prolonging life or causing hidden injuries, they would at least allow one to live to be a hundred years old, right?

Upon arriving in the ninja world, it's not just that cultivating chakra doesn't increase lifespan, it actually reduces it—it's truly bizarre.

Chapter Nine: Inspiration from Samurai

Uchiha Kiyoshi was well aware of the dangers of chakra. Excessive chakra extraction would damage the body's cells, resulting in short lifespans for ninjas. Since his first chakra extraction, Uchiha Kiyoshi had never fully focused on chakra extraction.

But this can't go on forever. If we can't find a solution, the speed at which we can increase our chakra will definitely be slowed down. If we can't increase our chakra, we'll even have to be stingy when learning ninjutsu, and sooner or later we'll be dragged down to our deaths.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was also anxious, so he spent five or six hours every day going to the Uchiha clan's archives, hoping to find inspiration.

However, this is not a method that can be found easily, so Uchiha Kiyoshi could only calm down and do his job well every day.

And just like that, half a month passed.

With ten days left until the start of the Ninja Academy, Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't seem to care much about it.

In just half a month, Uchiha Kiyoshi's hand seal speed doubled again, and he could now perform two hand seals per second, reaching the standard for learning ninjutsu.

As mentioned before, the release of ninjutsu is accomplished through the circulation of chakra within the body, which requires a certain speed in forming hand seals. Otherwise, the effect of the previous seal will have already worn off before the next seal is even formed, making success impossible.

Moreover, the hand seal speed mentioned here refers only to Uchiha Kiyoshi's hand speed.

Without any coordination of chakra circulation, it only took two seals per second.

If you add the manipulation of chakra, you also have to pay attention to the rhythm between the hand seals; you might not be able to form three seals in two seconds!

In the original work, Itachi Uchiha's six hand seals in one second were achieved while releasing ninjutsu, which involved chakra manipulation, and this was done during a battle.

That's why Itachi Uchiha's six hand seals per second are considered very strong. Otherwise, anyone could achieve the hand speed of six hand seals per second with enough practice. The difficulty lies in the manipulation of chakra.

In general, it's about getting familiar with the chakra flow throughout the entire ninjutsu release process, and then keeping up with the speed of six hand seals per second to circulate chakra.

After forming hand seals, the flow of chakra is actually constant, and can be controlled by the ninja. The increase in hand seal speed is accompanied by an increase in the speed at which the ninja propels chakra.

Even with the guidance of hand gestures, the process is quite troublesome and difficult to achieve without daily practice.

As for the speed of hand seals, Uchiha Kiyoshi could only proceed slowly, step by step.

By recording and summarizing the chakra circulation corresponding to the hand seals, Uchiha Kiyoshi has gotten on track, completing the recording of the effects of the twelve hand seals on the circulation of chakra in the lower abdomen, and has also begun to study other parts.

However, due to Uchiha Kiyoshi's circumstances, his chakra reserves were not particularly outstanding, so the time he could spend researching each day was also limited.

So the question comes back to chakra once again.

Throughout the history of ninja development, chakra has always been a major factor restricting the progress of ninjas. Therefore, the time left for Uchiha Kiyoshi is actually not much.

Uchiha Kiyoshi also decided that if he still couldn't find a solution within three months, he would abandon the original plan and focus all his efforts on refining chakra.

Anyway, the ninja world has all sorts of strange ninjutsu. If all else fails, I can just get a new body, use the Impure World Reincarnation and the Reanimation Jutsu, and start over!

Of course, the premise is that you are strong enough to have such a backup plan.

Upon discovering the chakra deficiency again, Uchiha Kiyoshi sighed helplessly, recorded the previous data, and stopped the research.

After recovering his strength, Uchiha Kiyoshi got up and went to the clan's archives room.

Along the way, Uchiha Kiyoshi kept thinking about his past problems, and felt somewhat anxious and uncertain.

"Three months? Is it really possible to find a way to nourish the body using chakra? Sigh! Have I gone down the wrong path?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi sometimes frowned and sometimes sighed. Fortunately, he walked with his head down, and there were few pedestrians, so no one saw him like this. Otherwise, they would have thought that Uchiha Kiyoshi had gone crazy.

Upon arriving at the archives, Uchiha Kiyoshi first greeted an elderly man at the door before going inside.

The reason for greeting them is not because I think they are some kind of mysterious, unassuming figure.

Rather, that's just who they are; it's not as simple as it seems.

Every ninja from the Uchiha clan who has come here to research information knows that the old man at the gate is no ordinary person.

Uchiha Yu, a retired ninja of the Uchiha clan, possessed the strength of an elite Jonin during his prime and now serves as the external affairs elder of the entire Uchiha clan!

After all, such an important place as the archives is not one that just anyone can manage.

Uchiha Yu raised his head and looked at Uchiha Kiyoshi.

He remembered this junior, who had often come here to read since he was a child. He was a good kid. However, he had learned some things about Uchiha Shin from Uchiha Shin recently, and he felt very sorry for Uchiha Kiyoshi's situation.

"This is a hurdle you have to overcome on your own. Sigh! Such a studious junior, his talent must be considerable, it's such a pity. If only…"

However, if this little guy can really make it out, his future might be limitless!

With his cloudy eyes fixed on Uchiha Kiyoshi's retreating figure, Uchiha Yu secretly made his assessment.

Unfortunately, Uchiha Kiyoshi was unaware of this.

He had no idea that his disguise would lead to such a dramatic interpretation in someone's mind. Indeed, the human imagination is truly powerful.

Uchiha Kiyoshi entered the data room and headed straight for the medical area.

The Uchiha clan is proud and arrogant, but they are not careless; they are still very organized in their data collection.

The entire archive room is divided into different areas, the largest of which contains information related to the Sharingan. Of course, only members of the Uchiha clan are allowed to enter this area.

Then comes the basics of illusion techniques, followed by fire techniques, and then other techniques such as esoteric arts, healing, and sealing techniques.

Uchiha Kiyoshi has been reading books in the medical area recently, hoping to find inspiration on how to nourish the body with chakra by improving physical fitness.

For the past four years, Uchiha Kiyoshi has frequently entered and exited the medical area and his own sealing technique area, which Uchiha Yu, the administrator, is well aware of.

Uchiha Yuya didn't say anything about this. He wouldn't interfere with the direction of his clansmen's training in this regard. Moreover, Uchiha Kiyoshi had "liked" reading about this kind of knowledge since he was a child, and he seemed to be able to understand it. Maybe he really had a talent in this area!

It would be good if the clan had an excellent medical ninja, or a ninja skilled in sealing techniques.

Furthermore, given Uchiha Kiyoshi's situation, perhaps becoming a medical ninja wouldn't be a bad idea...

Uchiha Yu withdrew his gaze and closed his eyes again to concentrate.

Time passed just like that, while Uchiha Kiyoshi was diligently studying.

Uchiha Kiyoshi put down "Ninja Body Training Basics" and glanced at the bookshelf. Suddenly, a book called "Samurai Body Training Method" caught his attention.

"How come there's a samurai book here?"

Picking up the book "Samurai Body Training Method," Uchiha Kiyoshi was puzzled, wondering why his clan, a ninja clan, would collect such a thing.

"Maybe you got it by chance, and then it felt like a waste to throw it away, so you put it here?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi originally intended to put the book back, but upon closer reflection, he realized that he hadn't yet researched methods to improve the physical fitness of samurai. Was it a bit short-sighted to focus solely on ninjas?

Should we look into other systems?

With this in mind, Uchiha Kiyoshi opened the book "Samurai Body Training Method" and began to study it seriously.

After that, Uchiha Kiyoshi specifically sought out several books on samurai, intending to study them on his own.

Two hours passed by in the blink of an eye.

Uchiha Kiyoshi seemed oblivious, still looking at the documents in his hand.

Uchiha Kiyoshi is currently holding a biography about a certain samurai.

Upon seeing that this samurai had lived to be 120 years old, Uchiha Kiyoshi's gaze sharpened; he felt that his inspiration was about to strike.

One hundred and twenty years old is practically an impossible lifespan in the ninja world. Even Madara Uchiha, who was kept alive by the Gedo Mazo, only lived to be eighty or ninety!

Upon closer examination, Uchiha Kiyoshi discovered that he was no different from other samurai, nor had he consumed any miraculous elixirs. The only difference between this samurai who had lived for 120 years and others was that he was easygoing and rarely fought with anyone.