Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 221 The Chakra Fluctuations of the Otsutsuki Clan

When Naruto and his friends fought against Obito in the Fourth Shinobi World War, Gamakichi, whose summoning time was up, gave Obito a Water Release technique before returning. This Water Release technique contained natural energy, and Obito's Truth-Seeking Balls could not be broken down and could only be allowed to fall. Naruto saw this and found a way to break the Truth-Seeking Balls: Sage Chakra containing natural energy could withstand attacks on Truth-Seeking Balls.

Generally speaking, magic is very difficult to learn.

Gamakichi grew up alongside Naruto. If his Sage Mode was also a fusion of chakra and natural energy in a one-to-one ratio, then it wouldn't have been so easy for him to learn.

However, it seems that not only Gamakichi, but any of the toads on Mount Myōboku use escaping techniques that carry natural energy and are all Sage Techniques.

Now that I think about it carefully, it wasn't actually Sage Chakra at all; it was just the application of natural energy itself.

In terms of the use of natural energy, the toads of Mount Myōboku have long since achieved a diversity that rivals or even surpasses ninjutsu.

The basic incantation for sealing techniques was also passed down from the toads of Mount Myōboku.

The Sage of Six Paths once used a talisman given to him by a toad from Mount Myōboku to reunite his brother, which is enough to show that the toads of Mount Myōboku were already able to use various elemental escape techniques based on natural energy, just like ninjutsu.

In other words, the boy has passed away, and the toads of Mount Myōboku have always been using natural energy, not chakra.

So here's the question.

Why do they never use chakra?

Is it because the Sage of Six Paths didn't distribute them?

Or do they simply not want it themselves?

Or rather... they sensed a hidden danger within the chakra.

Li Yao hadn't thought much about this before.

But after Black Zetsu said that having too much chakra was like a signal suddenly increasing and would attract the harvest of gods and demons, Li Yao suddenly thought of the chakra fluctuations he had left on his eldest son in Konoha.

As mentioned earlier, chakra fluctuations can be inherited, just like DNA is passed down to offspring.

Since his chakra fluctuations can be inherited.

The Sage of Six Paths could definitely do it too.

All the chakra in the ninja world comes from the Divine Tree, and ultimately from the Otsutsuki clan.

In other words, the chakra of everyone in the ninja world contains the chakra fluctuations of the progenitor Otsutsuki.

Therefore, the toads of Mount Myōboku were afraid of taking away the chakra fluctuations of the Ōtsutsuki clan from their bodies, which is why they have always refused to use chakra.

Black Zetsu said that if the total amount of chakra in the ninja world increases, it will attract gods and demons. That guy might be talking nonsense, or it might be true.

But Li Yao believed it.

Because he himself could sense the chakra fluctuations belonging to the eldest son in Konoha from thousands of miles away.

It's likely that the Otsutsuki clan could also sense the chakra fluctuations belonging to their own clan.

Perhaps because of the distance, this perception is not obvious.

However, this perception becomes stronger when many people possess chakra.

Just like if Li Yao had tens of millions of his children gathered together at this moment, then his chakra fluctuations would definitely be very noticeable in his perception.

A thousand years have passed, and there are so many ninjas in the world... etc.

Li Yao's expression suddenly changed.

When he went to kill the daimyo of the Land of Water, he saw that many people in the capital city of the daimyo had no chakra fluctuations. At that time, he suspected that the number of ninjas in the ninja world was artificially limited.

Why limit the number of ninjas?

Li Yao couldn't understand it before.

Now it seems there is an answer.

This was to prevent the chakra fluctuations of the Otsutsuki clan from becoming more numerous and larger, thereby attracting the attention of the Otsutsuki clan.

This also explains why Kaguya Otsutsuki didn't allow the Divine Tree to recklessly absorb the planet's natural energy and grow rapidly. Instead, she used periodic human sacrifices as nourishment for the Divine Tree to slowly cultivate the White Zetsu.

It was probably out of fear that once the Divine Tree reached its complete form, the chakra fruit it produced would be too powerful, and the chakra fluctuations of the Otsutsuki clan contained within would prematurely attract the Otsutsuki clan members, thus discovering the fact that she had stolen the Divine Tree's fruit.

"But... why did the Sage of Six Paths distribute his chakra to so many people later? Wouldn't that have increased the fluctuations in the chakra of the Otsutsuki clan... wait, no, maybe it was just that the dispersion weakened it."

Perhaps the Sage of Six Paths had too much chakra at the time, and the chakra fluctuations of the Otsutsuki clan were too intense, so he had to disperse his own chakra... But that's not quite right either.

Li Yao suddenly had an idea.

At first, the Sage of Six Paths only distributed a small amount of chakra; it was merely a catalyst, and the majority of it remained within his body.

The Sage of Six Paths only split the Ten-Tails into nine tailed beasts when he was about to die.

"That doesn't seem to make sense."

"Could it be that the Sage of Six Paths was unaware that the chakra fluctuations of the Otsutsuki clan would attract their attention?"

"Then why did he die?"

"Why was the Pure Land created only to accept the souls of ninjas from the ninja world? Why not ordinary people?"

Why did he later intervene in the ninja world and help Naruto and Sasuke reseal Kaguya Otsutsuki?

"Why is the Sage of Six Paths doing all this, all these cunning tricks?"

Li Yao frowned. All his questions and doubts now pointed to the Sage of Six Paths, and he had no way of knowing why for the time being.

However, there is one problem that Li Yao is now very clear about.

The fluctuations in the chakra of the Otsutsuki clan within his chakra are definitely a major hidden danger.

If he becomes a Six Paths level powerhouse in the future, the Otsutsuki clan will definitely come knocking on his door.

He couldn't find a way to clear the chakra fluctuations of the Otsutsuki clan for the time being, because he couldn't even clear the chakra fluctuations of Madara in Kimura Yo's body.

That's right, it just can't be cleared.

Li Yao could erase the will fluctuations of Black Zetsu and Madara from his soul, but he couldn't clear Madara's chakra fluctuations from his chakra.

This shows that chakra fluctuations are like genetic inheritance; they are very difficult to eliminate.

The reason why Li Yao's chakra doesn't fluctuate like Madara's is because his soul has possessed another body.

Otherwise, as long as it's still Kimura Yo's body, the chakra that's gathered will definitely have... wait a minute.

"Physical body...heredity, chakra fluctuations?"

"Holy crap, I get it!"

Li Yao couldn't help but shout excitedly. He seemed to understand why the Sage of Six Paths, who could have achieved immortality, chose to abandon his physical body and create a Pure Land where his soul could live forever.

This sixth brother escaped the chakra fluctuations of the Otsutsuki clan by abandoning his physical body, thus avoiding being found by the Otsutsuki clan.

Both the Sage of Six Paths and Li Yao understood that, no matter how strong they were, they were no match for the Otsutsuki clan, who were capable of interstellar travel and planting divine trees on planets everywhere.

The only way to avoid being killed is to escape the chakra fluctuations of the Otsutsuki clan and hide so that the Otsutsuki clan can't find you.

At the same time, the number of ninjas in the ninja world should be controlled to prevent the total amount of chakra in the ninja world from attracting the attention of the Otsutsuki clan.

"Now that I think about it, the Sage of Six Paths clearly had the power to possess a body and use sealing techniques to reseal his mother, but instead of doing it himself, he helped Naruto and Sasuke get a power-up and had the two of them help him reseal his mother."

"He was probably afraid that once he regained his physical body, the Ōtsutsuki clan would notice him."

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Li Yao smiled. He felt that his deduction was correct, at least 80-90% accurate. This was the truth of the ninja world, but the truth was somewhat cruel and heavy on the heart.

The smile on Li Yao's face was gradually replaced by a serious expression.

Ugh!

After a long silence, Li Yao sighed.

Regardless, knowing the truth made him understand what he should do next.

The problem of chakra fluctuations in the Otsutsuki clan can only be resolved when their chakra quality reaches the Six Paths level.

Before that, Li Yao needed to enhance his strength and methods as much as possible.

(End of this chapter)