The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

"So, you mean you don't have any hidden injuries or anything like that?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi muttered to himself. Staring at the book in his hands, his gaze was unfocused, his thoughts wandering elsewhere.

Uchiha Kiyoshi suddenly awoke and began searching for biographies of other samurai.

"Indeed, it's not an isolated case. Warriors who didn't suffer many injuries when they were young, or who received timely treatment, all lived quite long lives."

Even without chakra training and disease, the lifespan of humans in the ninja world would never reach one hundred years!

Uchiha Kiyoshi felt his brain getting hot and his breathing becoming rapid. He felt that he should have found his direction.

After five minutes of excitement, Uchiha Kiyoshi finally calmed down, took a deep breath, and slowly exhaled, managing to control his emotions.

Picking up the Samurai Body Forging Method again, Uchiha Kiyoshi began to study it. He felt that he must have missed something and needed to study it carefully again.

Before they knew it, it was already late at night. Urged by Uchiha Yu, Uchiha Kiyoshi finally realized what was happening, hurriedly apologized, put the book back in its place, and left the archives.

Seeing Uchiha Kiyoshi leave, Uchiha Yu did not immediately close the door, but instead focused his attention on the materials that Uchiha Kiyoshi had just been studying.

"The Samurai Body Training Method? What's this kid doing looking at this stuff? And he's so engrossed in it."

Taking out the "Samurai Body Training Method," Uchiha Yu glanced at it for a while, roughly understanding its contents, and asked doubtfully, "Isn't it just a method for samurai body training? Is it really necessary to be so serious? This samurai method is too much of a waste of energy. Although it surpasses ninjas in taijutsu, it has already been phased out."

Uchiha Yu muttered to himself, then suddenly gasped.

"Hiss, this kid, no way?"

Uchiha Yu couldn't believe it.

"So afraid of death? They're even this interested in samurai body training? Medical ninjutsu, samurai body training...wow...this is quite a lot of information!"

Immediately, Uchiha Yu became worried about Uchiha Kiyoshi's situation.

Could this kid really have the willpower to learn the ways of a samurai? That's such a shame. How could such a hardworking child be so easily discouraged and become so afraid of death?

"Forget it, let's observe him a bit more. If he really starts practicing this, I'll give him some guidance then. Such a promising talent shouldn't be wasted on the path of a warrior."

Uchiha Kiyoshi had no idea that his actions had led the gatekeeper to so many assumptions.

If he knew, Uchiha Kiyoshi would only say, "You're overthinking it. Such difficult training, and so slow to show results, I couldn't possibly stick to it!"

Chapter Ten: An Attempt at One-Handed Hand Seals

Uchiha Kiyoshi wasn't interested in the samurai's body-building methods themselves; what he was really interested in was the samurai's lifespan.

"That's true. It's a system that can help you train to the Kage level. I never even noticed the Samurai training system before. It just goes to show that the Samurai system has really declined and has been replaced by the relatively quick-to-learn Ninja system."

On his way home, Uchiha Kiyoshi was also reflecting on what he had learned that day.

Compared to when he left, Uchiha Kiyoshi's walk is no longer so heavy and is much lighter now.

Having finally found a breakthrough, Uchiha Kiyoshi naturally wouldn't let it go. He carefully considered at what stage the samurai system was where the body was nourished, leading to an increase in lifespan.

"Samurai... I've never paid attention before, what exactly do samurai rely on for their power? Is it some kind of 'ki'? That's possible, but what exactly is 'ki'? It can't just appear out of thin air, can it?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi kept thinking and came up with the concept of ki, but where does ki come from?

Just as chakra is formed by the fusion of physical and spiritual energy, ki should also have its own source. Could it be physical energy?

Hmm? Body energy!

"Body energy? That makes sense. Samurai train their bodies like crazy to improve, so body energy is a reasonable explanation."

At this point, Uchiha Kiyoshi had basically found his direction.

"When I studied body energy before, I didn't study the effect of body energy on the body. That's right, it was my oversight."

Uchiha Kiyoshi gave a bitter laugh.

However, she then realized that the body's energy is actually uncontrollable, even when she was researching it; she could only constantly sense it, but could not control it at all.

Is it only through the methods of samurai that one can train their qi?

No, there must be other methods. Try them slowly, and you'll eventually succeed.

Uchiha Kiyoshi stopped thinking about it. He felt like he was going a bit crazy, so he decided to rest and continue his research tomorrow. Without further ado, he went home, ate dinner, practiced hand seals for two hours, applied some ointment, and went to sleep.

……

The next day, Uchiha Kiyoshi woke up full of energy. Thinking about what he had gained the day before, a smile appeared on his lips.

Ah! A beautiful day has begun.

Perhaps it was yesterday's discovery that finally resolved his inner conflict, because Uchiha Kiyoshi was in a very good mood today.

While exercising daily, I also think about how to control the body's energy to nourish the body.

However, when it was time to study hand seals, Uchiha Kiyoshi put aside these thoughts and focused on studying hand seals.

"The research on hand seals is now on the right track. Although we can research many things, without enough ninjutsu, it is difficult to understand the meaning of each cycle. So there is no rush. Just stick to one hour of research every day."

"But one-handed hand seals are something we could work on. After all, you can use them anytime."

Uchiha Kiyoshi reduced the time spent studying hand seals to one hour, leaving more time for training.

Since the special training ended, Uchiha Kiyoshi has not practiced kunai throwing for more than half a month.

Now, I'm using some of my free time to trade kunai throws.

After three months of intensive training, Uchiha Kiyoshi was able to basically guarantee hitting the bullseye, but only on fixed targets. He could hit moving targets instead.

However, since the foundation has already been laid, as long as he trains step by step, Uchiha Kiyoshi's throwing skills will improve very quickly.

Of course, since we decided to shorten the hand seal research time today, we won't be training with kunai today.

With the extra time, Uchiha Kiyoshi decided to try forming hand seals with one hand. He wanted to see if he could figure out the corresponding hand seals.

Uchiha Kiyoshi also had his own research ideas regarding hand seals with one hand.

Hand seals are essentially about manipulating chakra. Once you find a set of single-hand hand seals that can replace the chakra manipulation required for two-hand hand seals, you can begin to master single-hand hand seals.

The real challenge is to summarize and categorize all the single-hand mudras into the simplest possible system.

However, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not intend to do so.

Firstly, doing so is too troublesome and wastes a lot of time, so it is not cost-effective.

Secondly, Uchiha Kiyoshi was only experimenting; he only needed to be able to perform a few common ninjutsu using hand seals with one hand.

Moreover, what Uchiha Kiyoshi was more concerned about was the unsealed ninjutsu.

Even without much research, Uchiha Kiyoshi could tell that forming hand seals with one hand must be extremely troublesome, requiring far more hand seals than the twelve hand seals for both hands. Therefore, unless it was inconvenient to form hand seals with both hands, or if he needed to catch the enemy off guard, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not need to form hand seals with one hand.

"We cannot get too involved in the research on single-hand hand seals; at this stage, it is just an experiment."

After learning ninjutsu, you only need to research the one-handed hand seals for the most practical techniques.

Uchiha Kiyoshi broke down the twelve hand seals into individual hand seals, performed them with one hand, and recorded the corresponding chakra reactions.

The whole process, including an hour of studying hand seals, was about the same as the previous time.

After finishing his research, Uchiha Kiyoshi went back to the archives to continue searching for information.

Arriving at the entrance of the archives room, Uchiha Kiyoshi bowed and greeted the old man at the door before entering the archives room under the old man's strange gaze.

Uchiha Kiyoshi was also puzzled by the strange look in the other party's eyes, but none of that mattered. He should check the information first.

Upon arriving at the medical area, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not search for any more information about samurai.

Having already found direction within the samurai system, Uchiha Kiyoshi now needs a method to control his body's energy, but the samurai system doesn't offer much of a reference.

Based on what Uchiha Kiyoshi learned yesterday, the samurai's body training was actually something they cultivated unintentionally, without them being aware of how the process took place, or even when it began. Therefore, Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't waste time on the samurai's methods, but instead focused his attention on medical ninjutsu.

Although there are no actual medical ninjutsu scrolls here, some related information can still be found.

Uchiha Kiyoshi remembered seeing a saying somewhere that the ultimate Yin Release is spiritual energy, while the ultimate Yang Release is physical energy.

It must be from a fanfiction book. Uchiha Kiyoshi isn't sure if that's correct, but that doesn't stop him from looking for a solution using medical ninjutsu.

Medical ninjutsu is a method of stimulating human cells at the wound site to accelerate healing, which can be considered a certain degree of exploitation of the body's cellular potential. However, Uchiha Kiyoshi still sensed something from it.

"Ninjutsu itself has no healing effect, and the corresponding healing effect is produced after the cells are stimulated. So how does this heal?"

It must have stimulated the cells, causing them to divide and the wound to heal. However, newly formed cells are very fragile, especially in large wounds. After treatment, the tissue is all newly generated, which is significantly weaker than other areas where a ninja has trained over many years. How is this resolved? Does the ninja really have to train themselves to heal completely again?

Could it be bodily energy? Cells produce a large amount of bodily energy, and then the cells at the wound site catch up with the original cells in a short time. At the very least, they should become stronger, without having to rely entirely on the ninja's own training to recover.

Uchiha Kiyoshi continued to make deductions while also searching for information related to medical ninjutsu.

"Finally found it, 'A Beginner's Guide to Medical Ninjutsu'. Wait, the author is from the Senju clan? What's going on?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi was surprised to see the author's name on the book, but he quickly realized what was going on.

"It should be spoils of war from the Warring States period. As long-time rivals, the Uchiha and Senju have fought many wars, so it's only natural that they would obtain some basic scrolls from the other side."

Immediately, Uchiha Kiyoshi stopped thinking about it and began studying the book.

While Uchiha Kiyoshi was studying "An Introduction to Medical Ninjutsu," he was unaware that Uchiha Yu, who was standing at the door, had turned around and glanced at him. Especially after noticing the book he was holding, Yu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and showed a relieved smile.

"It seems that yesterday this kid just happened to see the book on samurai body training and became interested, right?"

Learning medical ninjutsu is more useful than reading about samurai.

The Uchiha clan has never produced a truly powerful medical ninja before. If this kid can achieve something in that area, it would make up for a weakness in the clan.

Chapter Eleven: The Ninja Academy Opens

Ten days have passed.

Having found a solution to the lifespan problem, Uchiha Kiyoshi felt much more at ease. For the past ten days, he had spent an hour each day in the courtyard studying hand seals.

Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't hide his research on hand seals too much; instead, he openly performed hand seals and recorded them in the courtyard. Since he wasn't doing anything particularly strenuous, the small courtyard of the Uchiha family's residence was enough for him to move around in.

This didn't raise any suspicions, since many ninjas take notes when practicing hand seals, just not as frequently as Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Then Uchiha Kiyoshi would go to the training ground where he had trained before and practice throwing kunai for one to two hours.

This training ground was originally prepared for the juniors undergoing special training. Although the special training has ended, no other ninjas besides this year's trainees have used it. Uchiha Kiyoshi and the others will also train here before next year's special training begins. Compared to the official training ground, this place is much smaller, but it's fully equipped and sufficient for Uchiha Kiyoshi's training.

After practicing kunai throwing, Uchiha Kiyoshi would continue practicing taijutsu at the training ground.

The afternoon was spent searching for information in the archives.

Of course, after finding his direction, Uchiha Kiyoshi returned to normal, spending half his time researching medical ninjutsu and the rest of his time studying the basics of sealing techniques.