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Chapter 158 The Cultivation Method of Sage Mode (Third Update)

One week later.

"At least things are finally starting to look better!"

Hawking carefully sensed the kunai in his hand, which bore the inscription of the Flying Thunder God Technique, and thought to himself:

"There's nothing more they can teach from Genma's team. Let's see if we can take it a step further by talking to the Fourth Hokage."

For the past week, his main body had been consulting Phoenix Girl to learn some basic spatial knowledge, while his shadow clones focused their energy on Apparition.

Now I've finally gotten the hang of it and can sense the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The three members of the Genma Squad also told him that they had taught him everything they could, and that he would have to rely on himself for the rest.

Therefore, he decided to use his trump card and seek advice from the Fourth Hokage, who could improve the Flying Thunder God Technique and truly promote it.

Just because Genma and the other two can't teach him now doesn't mean the Fourth Hokage can't.

Just like when you go to learn a skill from a master, if the senior students who have only learned a little bit can't teach you, it doesn't mean that the master can't teach you.

The Naruto template was loaded, and Hawking's figure flashed, already appearing at Mount Myōboku.

"Naruto?"

As soon as he appeared at Mount Myōboku, Hawking saw Naruto listening to Fukasaku's lecture at the Toad Oil Waterfall.

A thought flashed through his mind, and he already had a guess.

"Hawking, over here!"

At that moment, Naruto also saw Hawking and quickly waved to him.

With a flash, he appeared next to Naruto.

"Good afternoon, Fukasaku-sama."

He greeted Fukasaku, then turned to look at Naruto:

"Didn't you say yesterday you were going to find Sasuke? Why are you back at Mount Myōboku?"

"The perverted sage said that with my current strength, I am no match for Sasuke, so finding him would be useless."

So this morning they brought me here, saying that Fukasaku-sama could teach me an incredibly powerful ninjutsu that could defeat Sasuke.

"If you want to go to Konoha, you can have the Perverted Sage summon you. He'll be staying at the Konoha hospital to recover from his injuries for the time being."

Naruto is a simple-minded person. He trusts Hawking, so when Hawking asked him, he told him everything.

Hawking's eyes lit up after hearing this:

"Oh, what kind of ninjutsu is so powerful?"

"I don't know either. Just as Fukasaku-sama was about to explain, you arrived."

Naruto looked at Fukasaku, signaling him to continue.

Hawking also looked at Shen Zuo:

"Lord Fukasaku, may I listen to this with Naruto?"

"Of course you can, but if you want to learn, you'll have to wait until Naruto has learned it, because I can only teach one person at a time."

Fukasaku thought for a moment and then nodded.

Sage Mode is the strongest secret technique of Mount Myōboku. Normally, all humans who have made a pact with the toad clan are qualified to learn this technique.

Stephen Hawking's case was rather unique, but he could still be considered to have signed a contract with Mount Myōboku.

Besides, the toads of Mount Myōboku have indeed benefited greatly from Hawking, so it would be too stingy not to teach him.

However, practicing this immortal technique is extremely dangerous. If one is not careful, one will be devoured by natural energy and petrified into a frog. Many of the previous contractors died while practicing this immortal technique.

In order to increase the success rate of cultivating immortal arts, he must pay close attention to it. If a problem occurs and he is about to turn into a frog, he must immediately intervene to disperse the natural energy and start over.

Naruto's situation is quite dangerous at the moment. He needs to find Sasuke and also faces a crisis from the Akatsuki organization. Naturally, Naruto should be prioritized first, and then Hawking can be helped with his studies.

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry."

Hawking sat down cross-legged with a smile, showing no anger whatsoever.

When Fukasaku said that, he realized that the super powerful ninjutsu Naruto was referring to was Sage Mode.

Sage Mode is a technique that involves absorbing external natural energy into the body and then mixing it with one's own chakra to achieve balance, forming a unique and extremely powerful Sage Chakra.

In Sage Mode, the power of one's ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu will be greatly enhanced.

Furthermore, the immortal forms cultivated in different places will also have additional special abilities.

Just like the Sage Mode of Mount Myōboku, it involves applying toad oil to help sense natural energy. If it fails, the user will turn into a toad stone, but if it succeeds, it can enhance attack and perception abilities.

The Sage Mode of Ryuchi Cave involves the White Snake Sage injecting natural energy into the snake with his venomous fangs. If the attempt fails, the snake will be eaten by the White Snake Sage. If successful, the snake can resonate with the environment using Sage Chakra and receive feedback.

As for Shikkotsu Forest, he didn't know, but judging from Hashirama Senju's appearance, it might be due to an additional enhancement of the body's recovery ability, since Shikkotsu Forest is primarily focused on healing.

"Alright, then you and Naruto will study the theory together first."

Fukasaku nodded:

"Our normal chakra synthesis is the combination of spiritual energy and physical energy. By combining them in a certain proportion, we can stably synthesize chakra. What I'm going to teach you next is how to add natural energy to this base."

As Fukasaku explained, Hawking's understanding of the principles behind Sage Mode became increasingly clear.

According to his knowledge of the history of this world, before the Otsutsuki appeared on this planet, the energy used by the people here was always natural energy.

People like shrine maidens, onmyoji, samurai, and yokai all cultivate natural energy.

Unfortunately, cultivating natural energy requires extremely high aptitude, and only a very few people can do it; there might only be a handful in an entire country.

Later, the Otsutsuki brought the Divine Tree, which absorbed and decomposed natural energy to form chakra, a new energy. The Sage of Six Paths wanted to make this energy accessible to ordinary people so they could live better lives.

So they began to spread this energy called chakra and invented various ninjutsu.

Due to the ubiquity of chakra energy, natural energy has been eliminated, and only some ancient traditions, such as the three great holy lands, still retain methods for cultivating natural energy.

However, many improvements have been made to adapt to the new environment.

In Hawking's view, this is actually like the difference between cultivating immortality and practicing martial arts.

Martial artists cultivate internal energy, which originates from their own bodies, while ninjas extract physical and spiritual energy from their own bodies to synthesize chakra.

Cultivators absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the immortal mode also absorbs external natural forces.

How could someone who practices martial arts possibly defeat someone who cultivates immortality? Their power levels are naturally different.

He wanted to learn some immortal modes, not only to learn how to absorb natural energy, but more importantly, to understand the underlying principles so that he could develop other new modes.

After all, he has a lot of energy systems in his body, so it doesn't necessarily have to mix in natural energy.

What would happen if he mixed ki into his chakra in a certain proportion?

What would happen if magic were mixed in?

There's also the power of the Grim Reaper, or perhaps it's not just one thing mixed in—chakra mixed with natural energy, then ki, then magic, then the power of the Grim Reaper. What kind of pattern would that become?

(End of this chapter)