Book Compared to Marxist-Leninist and scientific socialist thoughts, the Will of Fire was simply too thin.
To put it bluntly, the Will of Fire was just the spirit of sacrifice and collectivism.
Did using a rhetorical device make it more advanced?
For a college student who had received higher education, this was too low-end.
Therefore, he couldn’t understand his brother’s way of thinking.
He liked Konoha’s ramen, liked Konoha’s scenery, and was willing to put in some effort for Konoha, but if they wanted him to give more, Uchiha Aozora could only say sorry.
His brother’s “stubbornness” made Aozora feel powerless.
As a transmigrator, although Uchiha Aozora didn’t know all the major and minor events of Naruto, he still knew the deeds of the “Two Uchihas.” In the anime, his brother Uchiha Shisui would be ambushed by his superior Danzo, lose one Mangekyo Sharingan, and in despair, give his remaining Mangekyo Sharingan to Uchiha Itachi before jumping off a cliff to his death.
He was Uchiha Shisui’s only younger brother.
If Uchiha Shisui died a tragic death, his own outcome likely wouldn’t be much better.
To help his brother escape this vortex, he had made many attempts over the years.
However, whether presenting facts and reasoning or resorting to sarcasm and mockery like today, nothing could extinguish the burning “Will of Fire” in his brother.
The Nine-Tails Rebellion had already happened, and the rift between the Uchiha and Konoha was growing wider.
His brother’s “date of death” was not far off, and Uchiha Aozora felt a hint of urgency.
The exact time of Uchiha Shisui’s death wasn’t specified in the manga; the only clue was that by then, Uchiha Itachi had already entered the Anbu.
When Uchiha Itachi entered the Anbu, he was at least a Chunin, which meant he was at least 10 years old at that time.
Right now, Uchiha Itachi was only 6 years old and about to enter the academy.
Doing a simple calculation, Uchiha Aozora found that the time left for him was about four to five years.
“In four years, can I possess Kage-level strength?” In the Uchiha Clan Downfall incident, Jonin were just cannon fodder.
Only Kage-level fighters had the ability to intervene.
In fact, even Kage-level powerhouses weren’t entirely safe.
One had to know that there were many masterminds behind the Uchiha massacre.
Besides Danzo, the king of taking the blame, Uchiha Obito also participated, and the Third Hokage’s role was also questionable.
To truly hold down the fort, having super Kage strength was a must.
However, he merely wanted to save his and his brother’s lives; Kage level was probably enough.
“Moreover, reaching Kage level in four years is a bit difficult.” Thinking of this, he sighed lightly.
Although he was a pure-blooded Uchiha clansman, he still hadn’t awakened his Sharingan even at the age of twelve.
The path of advancing to Kage level through the Mangekyo Sharingan was basically impossible.
Furthermore, for the Sharingan to advance, one needed to experience immense negative emotions to produce the special chakra that unlocked the Mangekyo.
In the manga, the advancement of the Sharingan mostly involved the death of close relatives.
Looking at it this way, for him to awaken it, Uchiha Shisui had to die.
The problem was, his purpose in awakening the Mangekyo was to save Uchiha Shisui.
Awakening the Mangekyo to save his brother was a paradox.
This path was not viable.
“Fortunately, I brought a cheat with me when I transmigrated!” Thinking of this, Uchiha Aozora felt his body lighten.
Like most transmigrators, Uchiha Aozora also had a cheat.
His cheat was a page of a book.
The page was wordless, and he didn’t know when it entered his sea of consciousness.
When he first succeeded in refining chakra, he felt the page in his sea of consciousness.
The page acted like a black hole, instantly absorbing the chakra he had refined.
Just when he thought there was an old grandfather hiding in the page needing to absorb energy to recover, the page returned the exact amount of chakra.
At the same time, four pale golden ancient characters appeared on the page—Guided Qi Cultivation.
He concentrated his mind to contemplate the four characters, and a mysterious feeling surged in his heart.
Like a sudden enlightenment, it was as if he heard an old Daoist priest recounting the Daoist method of guided qi cultivation next to his ear.
After a long while, he snapped back to his senses.
He practiced the qi cultivation method within it once, and found that it was actually eight or nine parts similar to the chakra refining technique he had learned, with only some minor differences.
Unlike the chakra refining technique, the guided qi cultivation method had an extra step of ‘guiding’ before refining the qi.
The essence of the qi cultivation method and the chakra refining technique was the same.
Both absorbed the mental and physical energy within the body, converting it into controllable energy.
However, the guiding method was different from the qi cultivation method and the chakra refining technique.
It used breathing exercises to control the energy in the body to temper the physical form.
Simply comparing the guided qi cultivation method with the chakra refining technique, Uchiha Aozora somewhat understood why ninjas possessed world-destroying abilities, yet rarely could anyone achieve longevity.
The guided qi cultivation method wasn’t much more profound than the chakra refining technique, but unlike the latter, the guided qi cultivation method had this foundational step of “guiding.” Whether it was “qi” or “chakra,” both were perfect fusions of human mental and physical energy; there was no great difference in their essence.
No matter how perfect a cultivation method was, it couldn’t be completely foolproof.
And once a failure occurred, it would inevitably damage the spirit and body.
In the early stages, the guiding method focused primarily on breathing exercises and tempering the physical form.
Through regulating breath, the body’s energy circulated throughout the whole body, taking from the surplus to make up for the deficient, thereby forging the foundation of the Dao—the body.
Only when one grew slightly older, with the body fully developed, the mind and spirit mature, and the Dao foundation initially established, did the Daoist school begin to draw physical and mental energy for qi cultivation.
The chakra refining technique was different.
Because the ninja world was too chaotic and dangerous, ninjas couldn’t afford to look ahead and behind; they could only choose a cultivation method eager for quick success and instant benefit.
This allowed genius youths to possess world-destroying energy early on, but it also caused many geniuses to overdraw their life force and ruin their Dao foundations.
After understanding this reasoning, Uchiha Aozora concealed the fact that he could have refined chakra much earlier.
Starting from the age of five, he used the guiding method to circulate the dissipated energy around his body to nourish it.
This made his physical development far exceed that of his peers.
His skin condition got better and better, making him look exceptionally handsome.
Of course, this was just the surface.
Beneath his fair skin, his meridians and bones were also growing increasingly resilient.
It was just that he didn’t want to be a genius, so he rarely showed off his strong physical constitution.
As for why he didn’t want to be a genius, it was because the Uchiha family didn’t need another Uchiha Shisui, and Konoha didn’t need another Uchiha genius either.
At the beginning of this year, Uchiha Aozora finally felt that his “Dao foundation was established.” His spirit had always been his strong point.
Even though his body wasn’t fully developed, making mistakes in qi cultivation wouldn’t easily harm his body anymore, so he finally started refining qi, or rather, refining chakra.
Despite only starting to refine chakra at the beginning of the year, he felt that his current chakra reserves were no worse than anyone else in his class.
In the future, his chakra capacity would rapidly outpace his peers.
“In four years, my chakra will presumably reach Kage level, so what I lack are just skills?
It’s time to learn a wave of ninjutsu and see what surprises the heavenly book will give me then.” Following his contemplation, “Guided Qi Cultivation,” “False Form,” “Clone,” and “Weapon Mastery” leaped out on the heavenly book.
Uchiha Aozora couldn’t help but look forward to his future ninja career.
Although the heavenly book didn’t give him new knowledge, it would reorganize and optimize based on the knowledge he learned, and then provide him with a new skill.
(END CHAPTER)