Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swordsmen Begins from the Hidden Cloud Village.

Chapter 166: Talents of the Immortal Clan
"The Nine-Tails is the most powerful tailed beast. According to the two teachers, it is more than ten times stronger than the other tailed beasts. Even if they only have one-fourth of the Nine-Tails, it is still difficult to tame. Now we can only rely on sealing to suppress it."

Speaking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but look worried.

The Nine-Tails is indeed very powerful. Sensei Hashirama once said that if it weren't for the Wood Release that could restrain the tailed beast, he would have to activate the Sage Mode if he wanted to take down the Nine-Tails.

However, when capturing other tailed beasts back then, Hashirama Sensei captured them easily, which shows the gap between them.

The three of them discussed for a long time before Mizuto Menen and Utane Koharu got up tiredly and left. However, before leaving the office, Utane Koharu paused.

"Huruzen, Namikaze Minato is your chosen successor. We will not reject your choice, but you cannot train him to be too strong. If he really becomes like Orochimaru, he will become a hidden danger to the village."

After saying that, Utane Koharu closed the office door.

What they need is a puppet with the same interests as them, but they don't want a Fourth Hokage who is too powerful.

The struggles between the Senju faction and them over the years are all vivid in their minds. It would be a disaster if they really had to fight the future Hokage in this way, and if they are not careful, the clan will be wiped out.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked a cigarette without saying a word. He naturally understood what Utatane Koharu was thinking, and this was also what he had been worried about.

Originally, Minato Namikaze's temperament was very suitable for being controlled, but his nature changed after being messed around by that kid, forcing him to put the training of Minato Namikaze on the surface.

Now that Lord Mito has taken away the Nine-Tails from him, he has no idea what Minato Namikaze will become in the future.

"Minato, I hope you won't let me down."

He whispered to himself and now could only pray that Minato Namikaze would not go down the wrong path in the future, otherwise he would have to find a way to get rid of him.

We have to plan ahead of time to find the people who can restrain Minato Namikaze, otherwise we will be in a passive position if a conflict really breaks out in the future.

The combination of the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki and the Flying Thunder God Jutsu is too unstoppable.

"Lord Mito, you really know how to give us problems. Is this your way of balance?"

Rubbing his forehead, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't think of a way to restrain Namikaze Minato for a moment.

Even the Senju clan has already come into contact with Namikaze Minato and taught them Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Technique. Last time, Tsunade came to ask for Tobirama's Thunder God Sword.

It is obvious that he wants to win over and cultivate Minato Namikaze.

But there was more than one thing that bothered him, there were many others, even threats.

"Uchiha Madara, you should be old now."

Thinking of the many secret information that Tobirama teacher finally conveyed to him through illusion, Sarutobi Hiruzen became very worried and fearful.

There were too many secret information in it. What shocked him the most was that Uchiha Madara did not die that year. At least his body was gone, and his eyes were gone too.

The most troublesome thing is the pair of eyes. Even if Uchiha Madara is old, the pair of eyes can be sealed and even passed on to other people for use.

Even if he couldn't unleash the power of Uchiha Madara at his peak, they would still be unable to defeat him.

In addition, Uchiha Madara also has a summoning contract with the Nine-Tails. The reason why Lord Mito used himself to continuously seal the Nine-Tails and become the Jinchūriki was to prevent the Nine-Tails from being summoned by Uchiha Madara.

Now that Sensei Hashirama is gone, no one can be a match for Uchiha Madara.

And where is Uchiha Madara now?
What kind of conspiracy is being carried out in such a hidden way?

"Strength!"

After thinking for a long time, he finally sighed, feeling a little unwilling.

His strength has reached its limit. He has practiced the seven chakra nature changes to the limit, but even so, he still can't reach the level of Sensei Hashirama, and is even much worse than Sensei Tobirama.

It was still OK with the assistance of the Ape Demon in the past, but now without the Ape Demon, its own strength has been weakened a lot, especially in close combat.

It was precisely because of the loss of Saruma that he was suppressed by the Third Raikage last time.

We must find a way to improve our strength.

"Tailed beasts, senjutsu, bloodline fusion."

He recited the three paths that were suitable for improving his own strength, and his brows furrowed deeply.

The tailed beast is naturally the tailed beast jinchūriki, but the conditions for becoming a tailed beast jinchūriki are very harsh.

He can perform sealing techniques, but his own chakra is no match for the chakra of the tailed beasts.

Moreover, his own chakra is not that huge, far from being comparable to that of the Thousand Hands Ninja and the Uzumaki Ninja, so the chances of suppressing the power of the tailed beast are not high.

The consequence of being unable to suppress the power of the tailed beasts is obvious. It will take a long time to refine chakra to make up for the difference in quality with quantity, which is not a long-term solution.

For example, Lord Mito died early because he had to refine chakra for a long time to suppress the Nine-Tails.

You know, the Uzumaki ninja is known as a long-lived clan, and there are many who live over a hundred years old, but Lord Mito was less than seventy years old when he passed away.

If it were me, I would definitely be in a worse situation, and might not even live past 60.

This is just the power to counter the tailed beasts, and it is even more difficult to use it.

"The success rate of the tailed beast path is too low, and the fairy technique is not easy to plan. We can only wait for Orochimaru to produce results."

Turning his thoughts to fairy arts, Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that there was no hope at the Wet Bone Forest and Myoboku Mountain.

The contract scroll of the Wet Bone Forest was inherited by the Thousand Hands Family, and it was impossible for him to obtain it with his current relationship with the Thousand Hands Family.

The people at Myoboku Mountain must be blaming themselves for the incident that occurred due to the deaths of Bunta's three big toads last time. Even Jiraiya has not summoned any toads to assist in the battle at the front line during this period of time.

The only hope is Ryuchi Cave. The magic inheritance of Ryuchi Cave is not easy to obtain, so we can only look at Orochimaru's research results on that kind of magic curse.

Now the only thing I can work on is the bloodline fusion route.

The bloodline limit of the jutsu type is originally artificially fused, but the fusion is extremely difficult. Even though there are not many types of bloodline limits of jutsu inherited in the ninja world, he does not have much confidence that he can fuse the bloodline limits.

But now there is a shortcut, which is the blood transplant surgery of his disciple Orochimaru.

Jiraiya had already told him the profound meaning of the surgery performed by Orochimaru, and that path was also suitable for him.

"Melting Release, preferably Dust Release."

Targeting the two bloodlines, Sarutobi Hiruzen was very clear about his own situation and his areas of expertise.

Although he possesses chakra of all attributes and has cultivated the property changes of the seven attributes to the limit, he is best at fire and earth jutsu.

In particular, the Fire Style inherited the family's secret technique of great flames, which is much stronger than ordinary Fire Style.

Therefore, Lava Release is the most suitable for him, but if possible, he would rather obtain the Tsuchikage's Dust Release.

That is a bloodline elimination that is superior to the bloodline limit, and its power is even more terrifying.

Moreover, Dust Release can be acquired through learning. The Third Tsuchikage learned Dust Release from the Second Tsuchikage, not through blood inheritance.

If that little dwarf Ōnoki can do it, then I, Sarutobi Hiruzen, can certainly do it too.

"We still have to find Orochimaru."

Thinking of Dust Release, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but feel a headache.

The secret technique of fusion of Dust Release definitely cannot be obtained from Ohnoki. Now we can only hope for the Impure World Reincarnation studied by Orochimaru. If we can summon the Second Tsuchikage, we can find a way to obtain the secret technique of fusion of Dust Release from him.

But this requires contacting that disciple. However, that disciple has changed a lot since he came into contact with Danzo, and he even feels distant from him.

It may not be easy to get them to cooperate.

"Perhaps Orochimaru can check Minato."

Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he could use Orochimaru to restrain Minato Namikaze and form a new balance in the future.

The Flying Thunder God Technique is very difficult to solve, but the Impure World Reincarnation Technique is not bad either. Both are forbidden and have no solutions.

Not to mention Sarutobi Hiruzen's thoughts, on the other side, Namikaze Minato was receiving instruction from Uzumaki Mito's chakra projection in the sealed space.

It's not just about teaching the Uzumaki Sealing Technique, but also about analyzing the situation in Konoha and the Ninja World.

Although she doesn't know much about this, she knows a lot.

"Granny Mito, I want to know the truth about what happened in Uzushiogakure back then."

After completing today's lessons, Minato Namikaze hesitated for a moment and finally asked.

The incident in the Uzushiogakure Village back then caused a big stir and was widely spread throughout the ninja world and the village, so naturally he had heard about it.

However, I used to think that the Hidden Cloud Village was deliberately smearing the Hokage, but gradually I found that something was not right.

Although this matter has little to do with him, he needs to figure out the secrets behind it so that he can see the true nature of some things and some people.

"The real situation is just as the original statement of the Hidden Cloud Village." With a sigh, the Uzumaki Mito's chakra projection was very sad.

She was not a fool. She had understood it as early as the day when Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo came over that the power of the Nine-Tails gave her the ability to sense good and evil and to distinguish who was good and who was bad.

Moreover, she had communicated with Yuye and confirmed what happened at the beginning. It was indeed the little monkey and Danzo who plotted against the Uzushiogakure Village.

This simple answer left Minato Namikaze silent, and he felt very confused.

"If you can obtain the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox in the future, you will have the ability to sense the good and evil of others. Don't tell anyone about this ability."

After giving the reminder, Uzumaki Mito's chakra projection disappeared.

Minato Namikaze regained consciousness and looked at the night outside the window with a confused look in his eyes.

He was very sure that destroying an ally was a wrong thing, but the one who did it was the Hokage, whom he had always admired and strived for, so was it the Hokage who did something wrong?
Is this what the Hokage is supposed to do?

"No, that's wrong. It's the Sandaime who have changed. Konoha shouldn't continue like this. Changes must be made."

His eyes gradually became clearer and more determined.

Minato Namikaze was very sure that the Hokage had taken the wrong path and done the wrong thing.

Whether it is a forced change or a voluntary change due to interests and power, the result is wrong.

If this continues, the entire Konoha will fall into endless internal strife and will continue to weaken.

This cannot go on, something must change.

"I need to become stronger, surpass the Third and Second generations, reach the level of the First generation, and use my absolute strength to integrate all the power of the village."

Gradually he came to an understanding, and Minato Namikaze knew that if he wanted to change the village, he must have absolute power, the invincible power like the first Hokage.

He already possesses this power, which is the Flying Thunder God Technique and Nine-Tails that he is currently learning. As long as he masters these two powers, he will become almost invincible.

Coupled with the sealing technique taught by Grandma Mito, it is enough to suppress any strong person.

If he could learn the magic of Myoboku Mountain, he would definitely be able to stand on equal footing with the first Hokage.

According to Grandma Mito, Konoha was only truly peaceful during the reign of the First Hokage. One reason was that the First Hokage had invincible power, and the other was that he had extremely high personal charm that could convince his enemies.

That kind of personal charm is not easy to obtain, but invincible power can be obtained through hard work.

Thinking of this, Minato Namikaze bit his finger and performed the summoning technique.

"It's Minato, isn't it a battle?"

A toad as tall as a man appeared, looked around the room and found that it did not look like it was ready to fight.

"I want to go to Myoboku Mountain to try to practice fairy arts."

Expressing his own thoughts, Namikaze Minato had heard from teacher Jiraiya about the existence of fairy arts before, and that was also the power possessed by the first generation.

"You want to practice magic?"

The toad was stunned and immediately shook his head.

"No, you have too little chakra. It's impossible to practice Senjutsu. You don't even meet the minimum standard."

He knew a little about the cultivation of fairy arts by humans. It was much more difficult than that of toads. The most important thing was the amount of chakra, which had to reach the level of a tailed beast.

"How much chakra is needed to practice?"

Minato Namikaze did not give up, and he did not intend to master the immortal arts immediately. He just wanted to acquire the basic skills of cultivating immortal arts. He would practice on his own first to lay a solid foundation. When he reached the standard in the future, it would definitely be much easier to practice immortal arts.

The toad thought for a moment and said, "The immortal seemed to have said that Jiraiya's chakra must be increased by at least five times before he can practice the perfect immortal technique."

He didn't know much about this and could only use Jiraiya as a comparison.

"Sensei Jiraiya's chakra amount is so different?"

Namikaze Minato was shocked. You know, Jiraiya's chakra is very huge, even more than that of his sister Tsunade who is from the Senju clan.

Even Master Jiraiya needs to increase his chakra five times to master the perfect fairy technique. This is too exaggerated.

"This is a flaw of you ninjas. The immortal arts you practice are different from ours. You need to achieve a perfect balance between natural energy, spiritual energy, and physical energy. The larger the chakra, the easier it is to adjust, and the higher the tolerance rate.

If the chakra is insufficient, at best the magic will not be perfect, or at worst it will be completely corroded by natural energy and turned into stone."

Toad briefly explained the secret. The immortal once said that if humans want to practice immortal arts, the larger the chakra, the better.

"With such a huge chakra requirement, it's no wonder that only the Shodaime was able to perfect the Senjutsu back then."

Namikaze Minato suddenly realized that immortal arts were indeed not easy to practice. Even the Senju clan had only the first generation who had mastered it over the years.

If he wanted to cultivate immortal arts, he could only find a way to cultivate the Yin Seal, or master the power of the Nine-Tailed Fox.

"Apart from the chakra requirement, are there any other requirements for practicing fairy arts? I want to practice first to prepare for the future."

The toad scratched his chin and thought about Jiraiya's training experience in Mount Myoboku, and soon thought of a fragment.

“It is a practice of calming the mind and body. Only when the body and mind are calm can one better feel and absorb the natural energy.

I have seen the training method that Jiraiya was arranged by the Sage to use in the Stone Spear Forest..."

As he spoke, Toad used the tables and chairs in the room to help him imitate.

"Calm your mind! Calm your body!"

Namikaze Minato memorized it carefully. This practice had no risks, but it was not easy to accomplish. It required a long period of practice.

"I've seen people from the Hidden Cloud Village possess a kind of magic. Their entire bodies were covered in snake scales, and two strange snake bodies grew out of their backs. Teacher Jiraiya said that was also a kind of magic."

After the big toad finished speaking, Minato Namikaze talked about someone's fairy form.

"That should be the magic of Longdidong. However, being covered in snake scales is a serious transformation. If you are not careful, you will be completely eroded and turned into a snake. You can never change back."

Toad guessed that the only three holy places in the world that had inherited the immortal arts were their three holy places, and it went without saying that the one with the snake scales and the transformed snake body must be from Longdi Cave.

"Teacher Jiraiya also said that the senjutsu is very imperfect and dangerous, but it seems to have greatly improved physical fitness."

Minato Namikaze still remembers that man's outburst vividly. He was so powerful.

"This is normal. Immortal techniques can greatly improve your ninja's ninja, body, and illusion. The more perfect the fusion, the greater the improvement.

However, the transformation itself will also greatly improve physical fitness, but it is limited to physical fitness, and the increase in ninjutsu and genjutsu should not be significant."

Toad gave his own analysis, and these were reflected in Jiraiya.

Jiraiya's training of senjutsu showed great signs of frog-like development, and could not be used to amplify ninjutsu and illusion, but it did amplify physical skills, and he was already able to lift those giant stone frogs.

"True immortal arts training is very dangerous, Minato-chan, don't try it recklessly."

After a final reminder, the Toad automatically ended its spiritual state and returned.

"I will definitely surpass you."

Looking at the bright moon in the night sky, Minato Namikaze secretly vowed that that person was the first small goal he wanted to surpass.

What Minato Namikaze didn't know was that Tamura Hao was also practicing immortal arts at this time, or to be more precise, he was creating a new immortal art.

In the room where the barrier was set up, Tian Cun Hao sat cross-legged on the bed. A faint golden light emanated from his body, forming a phantom, a phantom in the form of Guanyin.

That’s right, he was cultivating the immortal talent of the monk lineage, and he planned to use this as a foundation to create his own immortal art system.

Although the magic arts of the three holy places are powerful and have a complete system, they are, after all, alien methods of cultivation and are not suitable for humans.

Even cultivation requires the power of the three holy places as a medium. Even in the future, Naruto Uzumaki's eyes will turn into frogs after he uses the Sage Mode in the later stage. It is obvious that the sage medium of Myoboku Mountain has been integrated into his body. In essence, he is still borrowing external forces.

He was not optimistic about this method, so he chose to use the talents of the immortals as the foundation to practice and create immortal arts.

On the other side of the bed, Uchiha Hikaru was also cultivating the talent of the immortals, but what she cultivated was not the form of Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara, but her own Susanoo, a smaller version of Susanoo.

She practiced based on her own Susanoo. After all, the talent of the immortals was to use spiritual power to fuse natural energy and form immortal power outside the body.

Susanoo is the product of the manifestation of Yintun Chakra, which is inclined towards spiritual power and is very compatible with the talents of the immortals.

Moreover, the talents of the immortals only absorb and fuse natural energy outside the body, and do not allow it to enter the body. The difficulty of practicing it is much lower than that of immortal arts, and at least the risk is not high.

Uzumaki Kushina and Uzumaki Vanilla were not idle either. Although they did not have Susanoo, they had the Vajra Seal, which is the manifestation of the power of Yin Dun and can also serve as the foundation for cultivation.

This not only enhances the power of the Diamond Blockade, but also injects the Rasengan into it to form a Senjutsu Rasengan, which will make the attacking power even stronger.

(End of this chapter)