The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

There were also some things that Danzo's Root organization still needed to deter when the defeat agreement was signed.

After Danzo is released, he will likely focus on developing the Root Sect.

In the original work, the Root organization fully grew during this period, and after several years of development, it became too powerful to be controlled by the time of the Third Shinobi World War.

Danzo's vigorous development of the Root sect presents another opportunity for Danzo to deal with him.

Chapter 109 An Attempt

Half a month passed quickly. Danzo had been released a week earlier, but after this lesson, he had become much more obedient and had not caused any trouble for Uchiha Kiyoshi recently.

They're probably plotting something in secret.

Uchiha Kiyoshi had a very fulfilling two weeks.

Every day, they train during the day and study the secret technique of creating clones at night.

Every night, Uchiha Kiyoshi would consult a large amount of information about chakra, most of which was about the principles of chakra extraction.

Finally, he found hope in refining chakra from his clone.

From the documents, Uchiha Kiyoshi found a description of spiritual energy.

Spiritual energy is defined as energy cultivated through extensive practice and experience.

Cultivation and accumulating experience can both increase spiritual energy, which can be obtained through training.

Uchiha Kiyoshi himself tried it and it worked. With his training, his spiritual energy was constantly being generated, but the speed was not very good.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was troubled by this for quite some time.

Fortunately, after expending a large amount of chakra, Uchiha Kiyoshi's spiritual energy was somewhat depleted. On a whim, he tried training and discovered that the rate at which he generated spiritual energy had increased significantly.

Or to be more precise, it's not about generating speed, but about restoring speed!

As mental energy reaches a certain level, the recovery speed begins to decrease.

From then on, Uchiha Kiyoshi began to develop training as a source of spiritual energy for his clones, and started further research.

Theoretically, it wasn't difficult; Uchiha Kiyoshi had already perfected the theory in just a few days.

However, when it came to actually implementing it, Uchiha Kiyoshi discovered a problem.

A clone has no soul!

The relationship between spiritual energy and the soul is complex. Spiritual energy is not an energy derived from the soul, but it is closely connected with the soul.

According to Uchiha Kiyoshi, the role of spiritual energy is more like a concept, a certification, a connection.

After merging with spiritual energy, the body's energy is essentially refined. Spiritual energy acts as a form of authentication and also serves as a connection between chakra and the soul, allowing the ninja to control chakra.

Without a soul, it is virtually impossible to generate spiritual energy.

So, did it fail?

No, there must still be hope.

"If there is no soul, I will find something to replace it, as long as it can perform the same function as a soul."

"What can replace the soul?"

......

"Perhaps I'm overthinking it."

The things I provided in the clone were just a few: sealing techniques, the Five Elements Seal, and shadow clones.

So, how should we choose?

Shadow Clone Technique!

Use shadow clones to replace your soul!

How do we do it?

Sealed in the brain? No way!

The soul isn't in the brain, is it? It should be integrated with the entire body.

The fact that Orochimaru's soul was devoured by one of his arms later in the story also illustrates this point.

So how can shadow clones replace the function of the soul, allowing training to generate spiritual energy?

Spiritual energy is a kind of certification and connection about the soul, so can it serve as a transit point?

Uchiha Kiyoshi felt he had been using his brain too much lately, and he needed to take a good rest after finishing this research.

"So, is it possible to use the spiritual energy within the shadow clone's chakra as a transfer station to allow the clone to directly connect with my main body's soul, thereby generating chakra?"

Perhaps the ability of spiritual energy, which has been integrated with physical energy, has been limited, which is why it didn't show this performance before. So, why not try it out?

With no corpses around, Uchiha Kiyoshi couldn't conduct experiments and could only try to find another way to verify them.

The previous experiment was also conducted by Uchiha Kiyoshi, who sent a message to his clone in the Land of Rain, instructing that clone to carry out the experiment.

This experiment will consume a lot more chakra, directly extracting spiritual energy. Nobody knows how much will be enough, so it's best not to let them come over there, as they don't have much chakra left.

By separating a large mass of chakra, Uchiha Kiyoshi attempted to extract his spiritual energy and envelop it in chakra to prevent it from dissipating.

When his spiritual energy reached a certain level, Uchiha Kiyoshi felt a connection.

"Indeed, it works."

When the amount of spiritual energy reaches a certain level, it will be able to directly connect to one's own soul!

The larger the quantity, the farther the distance that can be connected!

The same principle applies to mental perception. Some information is transmitted back directly through the connection between the two, but the amount of mental energy used is too small and the connection distance is too short.

Perhaps the memories of the shadow clones were transmitted back in this way too? Never mind, let's not investigate that for now; the clone technique is more important.

Uchiha Kiyoshi conducted several more experiments and determined that the increase in the amount of mental energy required as the distance increased was not that terrifying.

Indeed, it is a connection in essence and concept, which may not have much to do with spatial distance.

Unfortunately, based on this characteristic, mental perception could theoretically achieve perception over extremely long distances.

However, spiritual energy dissipates quickly once it exists alone. To maintain continuous perception, one needs to constantly extract spiritual energy from chakra. Uchiha Kiyoshi's ability to control the distance in this process was limited, making it difficult to increase the distance of spiritual perception.

Another method is to wrap the spiritual energy with chakra, but this also requires Uchiha Kiyoshi to control and consumes a great deal of energy, far more than extracting spiritual energy.

To facilitate his research, Uchiha Kiyoshi took some time in the Forest of Death to kill a monkey-like beast and bring its carcass back.

At home, Uchiha Kiyoshi used the clone technique to manipulate the corpse of an ape-like beast, transforming it into a clone.

"It's alright. The body's secreted enzymes needed for the Yangyuan Gong can all be found."

Now it's time to give it a try.

Create a shadow clone and seal it inside the clone using the Five Elements Seal.

After the shadow clone entered the seal, Uchiha Kiyoshi controlled a portion of the chakra on the shadow clone to begin decomposing, gathering spiritual energy and distributing it to various parts of the shadow clone.

The original body uses a clone as a tool, and the shadow clone begins to control the clone's body to perform various exercises such as push-ups, punches, and kicks, generating wisps of spiritual energy.

"It's done!"

The generated spiritual energy seems to appear directly in the body, rather than in the mind as in normal cultivation.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was so excited that his spiritual energy began to dissipate on its own before he could even react.

"It will dissipate within the body?"

With a thought, Uchiha Kiyoshi instructed his shadow clones to begin extracting energy from his body and then train again, while his mental energy controlled the fusion of the two as soon as it was generated.

A type of chakra that is significantly different from the original chakra is fused together.

The fused chakra no longer dissipated; under the control of the shadow clone, it began to circulate within the clone.

Chapter 110 Unexpected Benefits

"It's done!"

The newly fused chakra can be preserved and controlled by the shadow clones.

Uchiha Kiyoshi carefully sensed it and found that the newly generated spiritual energy in the clone was no different.

Perhaps due to the body energy extracted from different bodies, the newly generated chakra is different from the original body's chakra. Compared to the subtle changes that occurred when the clone circulated the original body's chakra within the clone's body, the difference between the newly fused chakra and the original body's chakra is much greater.

"That way, we won't be suspected because of the presence of chakra, right?"

Although the chakra aura left by the clone was slightly different from that of Uchiha Kiyoshi's main body, it still caused trouble for Uchiha Kiyoshi. Danzo targeted him to some extent because of this.

If something like this happens again in the future, and the chakra level is almost the same as Uchiha Kiyoshi's, then we really have to suspect Uchiha Kiyoshi.

The newly merged chakra aura changed drastically, which solved the problem.

"However, it's a bit inconvenient to use different names for different types of chakra, so let's just distinguish them."

Ultimately, Uchiha Kiyoshi referred to the chakra of his own body as the original chakra, as did the chakra of his shadow clones, while the chakra that the shadow clones controlled and newly merged into was called secondary chakra.

It's easy to understand.

After all, apes and wild beasts are not human beings, and their meridians are quite different. Ninjutsu cannot be tested, and the function of ape and wild beast clones is limited. Uchiha Kiyoshi released the shadow clones and dealt with the sealing techniques inside the clones.

"We should consider finding a ninja's corpse; we need to understand the effects of the new clone technique."

After cleaning up the beast carcasses, Uchiha Kiyoshi began to consider creating real clones.

Unfortunately, we're in Konoha now, so finding a corpse is too difficult.

"Why didn't you think of preserving a few corpses when you were on the battlefield!"

Uchiha Kiyoshi sighed.

He also knew that even if he had thought of it before, the corpses he left behind would not be of much use.

Before the improved clone technique, a single corpse might have sufficed. However, now, to create a clone capable of autonomously cultivating chakra, the body must maintain basic activity and function normally, ideally using a recently deceased corpse.

A corpse preserved for a long time will certainly not be able to maintain its normal bodily functions. Soaking it in the kind of nutrient solution that Orochimaru's laboratory will use later might be able to maintain its vitality, but that would be too extravagant.

Nutrient solution is a precious commodity, incredibly expensive. Even someone as wealthy as Uchiha Kiyoshi might not be able to afford it. Giving it to a corpse? Are you crazy?

It's even uncertain whether the nutrient solution has achieved the effect that Uchiha Kiyoshi had imagined.