Naruto: My setting is above yours.

Hashirama Senju suddenly chuckled and scratched his head: "Tobirama is indeed better at teaching people."

Shizune and Fennel exchanged bewildered glances as they looked at Hashirama Senju in this state.

Is this the God of Ninjas?

He doesn't seem to have any authority at all!

Genma's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he seized the opportunity: "Yes, First Hokage, I will ask the Second Hokage for guidance when I have the chance."

"However, I'm afraid only you can guide me in the field of Wood Release, right?"

Hashirama Senju was surprised again, looking Genma up and down before noticing the oddity: "You do indeed have a Wood Release power within you, but..."

Hashirama Senju hesitated for a moment because he sensed that this power did not come from his cells, and it was not even the same as the fusion with chakra nature transformation.

Genma noticed Hashirama Senju's confusion and secretly admired his powerful perception, but immediately offered an explanation.

Hashirama Senju was greatly shocked upon hearing this: "As expected, he is a genius even stronger than Tobirama, to have come up with such a way of thinking."

He gave Genma a thumbs up and said, "If it's just Wood Release ninjutsu, then Tsunade and the village should also have some of the techniques I left behind, right?"

Tsunade said, "It's already been handed over to him, but we don't know to what extent he's mastered it yet."

As he spoke, he glanced at Xuanma.

Genma said, "I don't have too many doubts about the specific ninjutsu, but First Hokage, wouldn't you say that Wood Release created life?"

This question surprised everyone.

Shizune spoke first: "Genma, it shouldn't count, right?"

Xuanma countered, "Why?"

"Do you think plants aren't life? Or is it that the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai doesn't create plants out of thin air?"

"Or perhaps after creating a living plant, it cannot continue to survive without chakra nourishment?"

While seemingly asking about Shizune, the question was actually directed at Hashirama Senju, and also at others.

Tsunade pondered, "Plants are certainly considered life in a broad sense, since they have cells and life activities, unlike inanimate objects like metal and soil."

"Leaving aside Lightning Release, Fire Release, and Wind Release, Earth Release and Water Release, if they are created using chakra to produce soil and water, they will disappear when the chakra support is lost."

"But Wood Release..."

Tsunade looked at her grandfather.

Genma and the other two also looked at Hashirama Senju.

Hashirama Senju, stroking his chin thoughtfully, looked up and smiled when he saw everyone looking at him. "Indeed, it's a very interesting and profound question!"

"There are indeed different situations when using Wood Release. For example, simply creating wood, um... I mean without roots, like the kind used to build houses. I guess that would be considered lifeless?"

"The second method is to inject chakra into the earth as a source of life, to stimulate the growth of existing tree roots and seeds."

"Of course, more often than not, they are actually created directly from chakra, and chakra is used as the life source for the growth of trees."

"Whether it can remain permanently, apart from the second one, actually depends on the will of the caster."

Genma nodded; he now also had these three scenarios when using Wood Release.

Initially, he could only use Wood Release chakra to regenerate existing plants.

As things stand at the moment.

Wood Release can clearly be said to have created life, since plants are a type of life.

Of course, at this point, he would explore such questions, which in essence means delving into the transformation between matter and energy.

The Yin-Yang Escape Technique is said to be a technique that can create life, but in reality, the Yin-Yang Escape Technique is not limited to creating life.

Perhaps describing it as the creation of all things is more appropriate.

Life, or rather, intelligent life like humans, is perhaps the most difficult to create.

Throughout the history of the ninja world, only the Sage of Six Paths created the nine tailed beasts.

The Yin-Yang Release technique creates matter; Genma remembers that the Truth-Seeking Balls and the black rods used by Pain were both created by the Yin-Yang Release technique.

"Xuanma, why do we need to investigate this?"

Shizune voiced her doubts, and Fennel nodded in agreement.

Hashirama Senju chuckled as he answered for Genma, "It's probably to help him understand the Yin-Yang Release technique, right?"

"You're a lot like Tobirama!"

Genma found it a little strange; why did they keep mentioning Tobima?

Silent and Fennel looked bewildered; their knowledge was insufficient.

Tsunade said, "This guy thinks that chakra refining can also be considered a Yin-Yang Release technique."

Hashirama Senju frowned in thought: "Chakra Refining Technique..."

How can this be interpreted as the Yin-Yang Escape Technique?

Kids these days are definitely different.

If Tobirama were here, this kind of question shouldn't be difficult for him!

I'm liking Chapter 51 more and more.

Looking at the pensive Hashirama Senju, Genma thought for a moment and said, "Actually, it's not just about exploring Yin-Yang Release techniques, but also includes the nature transformations we often use."

After a pause, he added, "If we go a little deeper, it's actually about exploring the essence of chakra and ninjutsu."

Everyone turned their attention to him.

After sorting out his thoughts, Xuanma continued, "For example, the change in the nature of Yang Dun."

"What we learned in school, or what ninjas generally understand, is that Yang Release is the power of the physical body, and Yang Release techniques are about infusing life into the body."

"The most common type is medical ninjutsu, such as the Palm Healing Technique, which uses chakra to drive cells to divide rapidly and heal wounds."

"There are also some less common ones, such as the Expansion Technique of our Akimichi clan in Konoha, which is also a Yang Release secret technique that changes the nature of Yang Release."

"Then let's think about another question: what is a change in nature?"

Genma didn't wait for Tsunade and the others to answer, but instead continued to follow his own train of thought, saying, "I understand this word by breaking it down into two parts: one is its nature, and the other is its change."

"What is a property? I think this needs to be understood in relation to matter, or rather, only matter possesses a certain property."

"Life is a property inherent in the human body. The Yang Release nature transformation, namely chakra, an energy transformation that has no property, simulates the life property inherent in the human body."

"Of course, I believe that chakra is born with both yin and yang properties, which is determined by its birth process."

Everyone present was familiar with the nature of Yang Dun, and hearing Xuanma's explanation of the nature of Yang Dun gave them a refreshing feeling.

For Silent and Fennel, it was a moment of sudden realization.

It wasn't Yang Escape itself, but rather the explanation of its changing nature that gave them a more intuitive and profound understanding of the changes in the nature of Yang Escape.

Hashirama Senju was full of admiration. He wasn't really an expert in the theoretical aspects, but he knew that Genma was right. That was how he understood it, but he just couldn't express it as well as Genma.

Tsunade then asked, "Then what about Yin Release nature transformation? According to your explanation, Yin Release nature transformation corresponds to the nature of a person's spirit?"

Xuanma nodded: "The nature of Yin Dun is change. What we are learning is to create form from nothing. This sounds too high-end and profound, but if we look at it from our own perspective, it may not be so difficult to understand."

"So-called spiritual power is human thinking, consciousness, human imagination... and creativity!"

"This is also a unique ability of humans as intelligent beings."

Xuanma smiled and pointed to the stone table and benches in the courtyard: "These table and benches were created by people."

"This house, along with the electrical wires, air conditioning, and so on... all these things that didn't originally exist in the world, these forms, were created by humans."

"And the source of creation lies here!!"

Xuanma pointed to his brain.

Tsunade commented, "You should go and compile the textbooks for the Ninja Academy."

"Perhaps being a ninja academy teacher wouldn't be so bad."

Genma smiled and said, "Thank you, Lady Tsunade."

This is an affirmation of him.

He continued, "Then the properties of other species are also based on the properties of matter. The hardness, mass, density and other properties of earth-escape originate from substances such as soil and stone."

"Water escape is self-explanatory; the most direct element is water, and it extends outwards to other liquid substances."

"Wind Release originates from the flow characteristics of air, which can be described as a property of gaseous matter."

Genma, knowing the details intimately, concluded, "So what is the essence of ninjutsu, or rather, what direction should it take?"

"I think it's the conversion of energy into matter!"

Shizune's eyes widened as she looked at Genma with adoration: "So amazing!"

Fennel also felt a tremendous shock for no apparent reason.

Tsunade was also shocked.

Xuanma's other explanation of the change of nature was refreshing, but not enough to shake her. However, the last sentence did touch on something she had never thought of before.

Moreover, Xuanma's line of thought is perfectly logical.

Following Genma's train of thought, Tsunade pondered, "According to your logic, Earth Release, Water Release, and even Fire Release can also create matter? Possessing the same ability as Yin-Yang Release?"

Xuanma thought for a moment and said, "I can't answer this question completely for now, but I can answer part of it."

"From the perspective of the essence of chakra, yin and yang exist in any kind of chakra. So, I think it is very normal and natural that earth-style ninjutsu can create a solid substance with properties such as density, mass, and strength."

"The same applies to changes in other properties."

"This does not conflict with Yin-Yang Escape Technique, just as the nature of Yin Escape Technique is not the same as illusion technique."

Xuanma stopped there; that was all he had thought about.

There are some details about the Truth-Seeking Balls and the Yin-Yang Release technique used to create black rod-shaped metals that cannot be disclosed.

It cannot be said that the Tailed Beasts were created by the Sage of Six Paths.

Silent and Fennel were already a little confused; they felt that Xuanma's explanation was somewhat convoluted.