Night had fallen, and Ruofeng was surrounded by darkness.
Now that he knew the secrets hidden within the scrolls of the secret chamber, he couldn’t help feeling both amused and helpless.
The scroll written by Uchiha Madara was incredibly powerful.
It contained no low-level ninjutsu whatsoever.
Even the weakest technique recorded there was Fire Release: Dragon Flame Song.
For Ruofeng, even that supposedly weakest technique would be difficult for a Jonin to cultivate, let alone someone like him, who had only just begun refining chakra and could barely be considered a shinobi.
Although there were no low-level techniques, there were countless high-level ones.
Wood Release, Sage techniques, and other legendary abilities were all recorded within the scroll.
Uchiha Madara had even included his own analysis and explanations of these techniques.
Even techniques Madara himself had never mastered, such as Sage techniques and Wood Release, had been analyzed in great detail.
Besides these, the scroll also contained forbidden techniques that had appeared in the original story.
Impure World Reincarnation, Flying Thunder God, Dead Demon Consuming Seal…
All of these had been recorded by Madara, along with his own analysis.
It could be said that the powerful techniques of the First and Second Hokage had all been recorded by Uchiha Madara.
It seemed that these were Madara’s analyses of the two men.
After all, one’s greatest enemy was often the person who understood them best.
All of Uchiha Madara’s analysis had now become Ruofeng’s advantage.
Although he couldn’t cultivate these techniques right now, they would still be extremely useful to him in the future.
Because of this, Ruofeng’s feelings were rather complicated.
He was frustrated because he could see all these powerful techniques but couldn’t cultivate them.
Yet he was also happy because sooner or later, he would master them.
“Whew…”
Ruofeng exhaled slowly and pushed these thoughts aside.
He had only just begun cultivating.
There was no point in aiming too high and neglecting the basics.
He needed to grow step by step.
Besides, the scroll left behind by his grandfather contained enough techniques and experience for him to study for a long time.
Ruofeng narrowed his eyes and tried to fall asleep.
But he couldn’t.
The things he had seen today were simply too shocking.
After thinking for a while, Ruofeng opened his eyes and looked toward a scroll inside his bedroom.
It was the summoning scroll he had brought out of the secret chamber.
Ruofeng was quite interested in this summoning scroll.
More importantly, there were very few ninjutsu he could currently cultivate, and Summoning Technique was one of them.
After all, the Summoning Technique simply required a contract to summon a summoned beast into battle.
It didn’t require complicated techniques.
Ruofeng turned over and stood up, then walked toward the summoning scroll.
A determined look flashed through his eyes.
“Although the summoning clan known as Beast King Mountain was wiped out by Uchiha Madara, the summoning realm is still a tremendous treasure.
“And I need a large space of my own to store some valuable things.”
Muttering to himself, Ruofeng opened the scroll.
Such a powerful summoning clan had been completely wiped out by Uchiha Madara.
Ruofeng had once heard Jiraiya explain that when a summoning scroll had no name written on it, there were three possibilities.
First, no one had ever signed a contract with the summoning clan.
Second, the summoning clan represented by the scroll had been destroyed.
Third, the summoning clan represented by the scroll rejected all contracts.
The summoning scroll before him had no name.
Clearly, the summoning clan had been wiped out.
Ruofeng was somewhat disappointed.
After all, this had once been the summoning clan exclusive to the Uchiha.
It definitely wasn’t an ordinary group of summoned beasts.
In the Naruto world, there weren’t many truly powerful summoning clans.
The three that could stand on their own were the toad clan of Mount Myoboku, the snake clan of Ryūchi Cave, and the slug clan of Shikkotsu Forest.
Aside from these three summoning clans, some summoned beasts were powerful but had no established clan.
Others had clans, but their individual strength wasn’t particularly impressive.
Summoning beasts that formed organized clans were already rare.
Summoning clans that possessed both an established lineage and powerful individuals were even rarer.
And summoning clans that possessed their own methods of cultivating natural chakra were rarer still.
At least in the original story, the only summoning clans known to cultivate natural chakra were the Three Sacred Lands.
In other words, among all the summoning clans that appeared in the original story, only Mount Myoboku, Ryūchi Cave, and Shikkotsu Forest possessed methods for cultivating natural chakra.
Perhaps the Uchiha’s summoning clan wasn’t as powerful as Mount Myoboku, but it probably wasn’t far behind.
Unfortunately, Uchiha Madara had wiped them all out.
Ruofeng narrowed his eyes.
“Forget it.
Having a huge summoning space is still pretty good.
“Besides, there are some things in the Three-Thousand Worlds Junkyard that I don’t need.
I can put them in the summoning space.
“If I leave them in the junkyard and let it decompose naturally, who knows how long that will take?
“This is the perfect place to dump all that useless junk.”
Moonlight streamed into the room.
Ruofeng pierced his fingertip and slowly wrote his name on the scroll with his blood.
Uchiha Ruofeng!
He wrote his true name in blood.
Ruofeng stared at the bloodstained characters.
Nothing happened.
Ruofeng froze.
“What’s going on?
“According to what Jiraiya said, when you write your name on a summoning scroll, there are three possible reactions.
“If the name slowly disappears, it means the summoning clan rejects the contract.
“If the name slowly turns black, it means the summoning clan has been destroyed.
“If the name remains unchanged, it means the summoning clan accepts the contract.”
Ruofeng furrowed his brows and stared strangely at the scroll.
Suddenly, a faint chakra began to emanate from within the scroll.
At that moment, Ruofeng felt an energy surging through his body.
His eyes widened.
“What is this?
“Why is chakra flowing into my body? What’s happening?”
Ruofeng was shocked, but he couldn’t control it.
Suddenly, an old voice came from within the scroll.
“Oh…
A new contractor has appeared.
“Unfortunately, you possess Uchiha blood.
“Oh, well…
Oh, well…
“Success because of the Uchiha, failure because of the Uchiha.
“Then I shall recognize you.”
As the voice faded, Ruofeng stared at the scroll.
The scroll had already transformed into white mist and disappeared.
Ruofeng was stunned.
“What just happened?”
The energy within his body continued increasing, surging violently through his entire body.
The old voice sounded again.
“Contractor…
Accept this gift properly today.
“Come to Beast King Mountain tomorrow.
“And call me the Canine Sage.”
The moment those words fell, Ruofeng’s eyes reddened.
He couldn’t even speak.
This so-called gift was actually strengthening his chakra and physical constitution.
Ruofeng felt as though his body was being torn apart before being repaired again.
It was completely different from the gentle nourishment of the medicinal baths.
It was also different from the warm energy of magical beast meat.
This gift was pure torture.
Ruofeng was in agony.
He wanted to scream, but no sound came out.
At that moment, pain suddenly appeared in the center of his forehead.
Ruofeng gasped.
“What…
The junkyard has new garbage again?
“Sure enough, as I become stronger, new garbage keeps appearing in the junkyard.
“Although this is extremely painful right now, this energy is clearly strengthening my body!”
He muttered to himself.
But the overwhelming energy instantly caused Ruofeng to lose consciousness and fall into a deep sleep.