“Older Brother, Mother, Older Sister, you all came too.”
“I just finished preparing dinner for Lord Madara.”
After she finished speaking, a rather sumptuous and incredibly delicious-looking fish dish was brought out.
So big!
Uchiha Madara could honestly say that he had never seen a grilled fish that was a full meter long!
Golden sauce and scallion oil were drizzled over it.
The pungent aroma stimulated his appetite.
“Hehehe!”
“Kiyoi Ai’s secret fish dish!”
“This is a secret dish I learned from my master!”
Uchiha Madara admitted that compared to a soldier pill, the large pieces of fish meat in front of him, which seemed to not even have any fish bones, were much more delicious.
“Lord Madara, please go ahead and eat.”
“Remember to leave it in the kitchen when you’re finished.”
“Kiyoi Ai will come by tomorrow morning to clean up the dishes for Lord Madara, who has no wife.”
Having said that, Kiyoi Ai hugged Kiyoi Gen from behind, looking very happy.
“Older Brother, let’s go back.”
“Utatane Koharu and the others must have everything ready already.”
“We haven’t eaten together for a while.”
Kiyoi Gen smiled bitterly.
Being doted on by his mother and younger sisters, he had no way to refuse.
With no other choice, Kiyoi Gen could only bid farewell to Lord Madara.
In any case, the other party had already agreed.
Starting to build a relationship from tomorrow would also be fine.
Thus, only Uchiha Madara remained in the large, detached villa.
However, for him, this was actually better.
He preferred being alone.
After washing the plates and utensils, Uchiha Madara came to the courtyard and looked up at the gentle moon.
Coming out this time and unexpectedly meeting Kiyoi Gen had actually made his life a lot more interesting.
He didn’t want to sleep yet, so he decided to take a look at the book of Secret Technique that the other party had sent over.
Madara took out the brand-new book and opened to the first page.
Chapter 8: Flow Seal and Four States of Form
Uchiha Madara opened the “Book of Secret Techniques” gifted by Kiyoi Gen; the opening was a detailed explanation of the nature of Chakra itself.
For example, Ninjas normally do not have Chakra in their bodies; it is generated by converting physical energy when it is needed.
During battle, a Ninja must continuously “manufacture” and “use” Chakra in order to release “Jutsu.”
Of course, Lord Madara was not interested in these basics and skipped them directly.
The second chapter explained the five basic natures of Chakra, as well as the two special natures.
He turned the page again.
By this time, Lord Madara didn’t have much expectation for the Secret Technique described above.
Just as he opened to the third chapter, the words “Flow Seal” caught his attention.
Sealing Jutsu?
The first thing Uchiha Madara thought of was Hashirama’s wife, Uzumaki Mito.
The Uzumaki Clan was famous for its Sealing Jutsu, and he had learned about the Uzumaki’s Sealing Jutsu before, yet he had never heard of this [Flow Seal].
With the intention of passing time and learning more Ninjutsu, Lord Madara patiently read on.
‘In Ninja combat, the amount of Chakra is crucial.’
‘The stronger the physical strength, the more Chakra one can manufacture, the stronger the endurance in battle, and the more powerful the Ninjutsu.’
This was basic, and he, Uchiha Madara, had deep personal experience with Senju Hashirama’s endless stamina.
‘Because the manufactured Chakra is consumed rapidly, it will dissipate into the air even if not used.’
‘Therefore, most people improve their stamina, which is the amount of Chakra they can manufacture, through physical and mental training.’
‘And [Flow Seal] enhances a Ninja’s combat capability by storing Chakra.’
Storing.
The image of Uzumaki Mito flashed through Uchiha Madara’s mind.
The Uzumaki Clan had a Secret Technique called “Yin Seal”.
It could store excess Chakra on the forehead, forming a diamond-shaped mark.
By releasing the seal during battle, one could unleash a large amount of Chakra, enhancing combat capability.
However, the learning conditions for this Sealing Jutsu were harsh; one must possess extremely delicate Chakra control…
Furthermore, the Uzumaki Clan’s Secret Techniques were not easily revealed, so as far as Madara knew, only Uzumaki Mito could use the Yin Seal.
Flow Seal.
Uchiha Madara frowned.
These Secret Techniques were created by Kiyoi Gen.
Could such a child really create a Secret Technique that rivaled those of the Uzumaki Clan?
Casting aside his distractions, Madara read carefully, unable to wait.
!!!
This idea!
Uchiha Madara gripped the book tightly, considering the possibility of realizing this Sealing Jutsu.
When he continued to turn the page, he was truly shocked by the practical methods and usage described.
The human body has three hundred and sixty-one Chakra points distributed along the meridian system.
This [Flow Seal] aimed to construct special seals called [Star Gates] on these Chakra points using Sealing Jutsu.
[Star Gates] could store a large amount of Chakra, and at the same time, prevent Chakra from leaking and dissipating from the body to a certain extent.
Therefore, theoretically, one could construct three hundred and sixty-one [Star Gates] within the body.
However, the time consumed to construct a [Star Gate] was somewhat long, and the difficulty of constructing a new [Star Gate] would increase significantly each time.
An ordinary person often needed seven days to construct one [Star Gate], half a month for the second [Star Gate], and a month for the third.
Almost every time one was added, the time consumed would double.
Although one could accelerate the construction of [Star Gates] by producing a large amount of Chakra, an ordinary person’s Chakra volume was not enough to speed it up much.
Therefore, although this Sealing Jutsu was not very difficult, it required time to accumulate, and it could not improve combat power in a short time for ordinary people.
This Secret Technique was also classified as an A-rank Secret Technique by Kiyoi Gen.
If [Flow Seal] only stored Chakra, Uchiha Madara would not be too surprised.
According to what was written above, three [Star Gates] could probably only store an amount of Chakra equal to one’s own capacity.
It was not much.
But
The information above showed that one could construct [Star Gates] in special locations, echoing each other and resonating throughout the body, thereby increasing Chakra activity and enhancing the power of Ninjutsu.
Because Chakra was always present in the body, one could even rely on this Chakra to continuously activate cells, achieving the effect of eternal youth.
Three-Talent Star Formation, Five-Element Interaction, Seven-Star Big Dipper, Nine-Star Sun-Shining.
Among them, constructing the’Seven-Star Alignment’ would take about two and a half years, and constructing the ‘Nine-Star Sun-Shining’ would take about ten years.
Nine-Star Sun-Shining could store three times one’s own Chakra, and the comprehensive combat power increase was nearly fivefold.
According to the text, as long as one carved the sealing formation on the body, the [Star Gates] could automatically absorb Chakra to form, without needing to spend time specifically to condense it.
In other words, practicing [Flow Seal] would not delay one’s own training time; it would only keep oneself in a state of continuous consumption of physical strength.
If it were true!
Uchiha Madara saw the hope of defeating Hashirama.
The method for constructing the sealing formation was also written in the book, but special materials were required for the best effect.
So that’s it.
Is he trying to tempt him and then propose conditions based on this?
Uchiha Madara smiled and shook his head.
The biggest function of this Flow Seal was still to store Chakra.
But for people like him and Hashirama who had endless stamina and could fight for three days and three nights, the effect was actually not very significant.
If the conditions proposed by Kiyoi Gen were not difficult to fulfill, he could trade with him.
Next, Uchiha Madara opened the next chapter.
[Four States of Form]!
What kind of Secret Technique was this?
With [Flow Seal] beforehand, Uchiha Madara was somewhat looking forward to seeing what effects this Secret Technique had.
The training conditions stated that one needed to know the nature transformation of Yin-style Chakra, and have strong Chakra control; it was a B-rank Secret Technique.
A Yin Release Secret Technique?
That was rare.
The Secret Techniques of the Nara Clan and the Yamanaka Clan made use of the Yin nature transformation.
After reading carefully, Uchiha Madara discovered that the so-called [Four States of Form] was a Secret Technique that combined Chakra form transformation with Yin-style nature transformation.
It was divided into four types: Hard State, Adhesive State, Ripple State, and Hidden State.
All four states required spreading Chakra throughout the whole body, each with different special effects.
Uchiha Madara browsed through all the content and extended his left hand.
Pale blue Chakra formed the shape of a large blade.
A leaf fell, passed through the edge of the Chakra blade, and was sliced directly into two halves.
‘Consumption is average.’
‘If used in conjunction with a weapon, the effect should be better.’
The Chakra surrounding his body changed again, forming rock-like blocks resembling steel.
Just by looking at it, one could tell it had extremely strong defensive capabilities.
The Hard State, as the name implies, used Yin-style nature transformation to give Chakra a material form, and then used form transformation to create blades, armor, etc.
The Adhesive State transformed the Chakra form into a rubber-like substance during this process, capable of absorbing a large amount of impact-type damage.
As for the Ripple State and Hidden State.
The explanation above was that they improved a Ninja’s sensory capabilities and concealment capabilities.
Compared to the former two which could be intuitively demonstrated, the latter two were harder to realize.
It felt like the help wasn’t very big.
Compared to [Flow Seal], Uchiha Madara thought [Four States of Form] had no special use.
At least, it was of no great use for improving his own strength.