I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 18 The Monkey King's Havoc in Heaven

To Uchiha Yu's surprise, there were as many as sixty-three young ninjas who were promoted to Chunin this time, the youngest of whom was only thirteen years old.

By the way, the oldest is already eighteen years old.

Yes, it's him, Uchiha Yu.

Especially when surrounded by a bunch of little girls, with everyone thinking, "How did this guy end up in our team of geniuses?", it's hard for a normal person not to feel embarrassed.

But Uchiha Yu wouldn't do that. When it comes to thick skin, is there anyone thicker than a police officer who has honed his skills over twenty years?

Besides, three years ago, a nine-year-old white-haired little girl brazenly became a Chunin, dazzling countless people.

Because of this, Uchiha Yu was frequently summoned for talks by the clan head and elders, some scolding him, some encouraging him, all demanding that he not bring shame to the Uchiha clan.

He still eats and drinks as usual, goes to work and patrols as usual, and he doesn't care about being promoted to Chunin.

The clan leader doesn't even consider how dangerous it is to be promoted to Chunin before wartime.

You can either apply to the Hokage for a special examination, fight against a Chunin or even a Jonin, and be promoted if you win or your overall performance is recognized by the Hokage.

This kind of assessment can be said to be open and fair. As long as the Uchiha clan's genin awakens their Sharingan, they are quite confident of passing. Even if they fail the test, they will not be killed, so their safety is very guaranteed.

Unfortunately, the Third Hokage never accepted the Uchiha clan's application, so this path was blocked.

The last option is to participate in the annual Chunin Exams, but there are far too many shady dealings involved, with countless opportunities to cheat.

Uchiha Ran, Uchiha Hiroshi, and Uchiha Naoto were Uchiha Yu's familiar brothers of the same age. Each of them possessed strength far exceeding that of ordinary Chunin. In particular, Naoto awakened his double-tomoe Sharingan earlier than him, and his individual strength was simply the ceiling of Chunin.

But after one assessment, all three cousins ​​were gone.

If you say no one is sabotaging the Uchiha clan, even a dog wouldn't believe it.

But the clan leader and elders seemed blind to this, completely disregarding it, and continued to urge the young ninjas in the clan to take the exam.

That's utterly nonsensical.

No matter how much the clan leader encouraged him, or how much the elders threatened him, Uchiha Yu stubbornly refused to participate in the Chunin Exams.

Perhaps the real reason is that Uchiha Yu was expelled from the police force, and Uchiha Setsuna was just standing up for someone else.

Look, now that the war has started, Uchiha Yu has smoothly accepted the mission, completed it smoothly, and then naturally received a promotion.

He also knew that the sixty-three Chunin promoted weren't the only ones; many more were being promoted at the same time. But this group consisted entirely of those under eighteen, and many of them had accumulated their merits in the relatively mild current war—they were all geniuses.

Geniuses are treated differently from ordinary people, so Hiruzen Sarutobi naturally gave them priority in meeting and gave them another long talk about the Will of Fire.

No one knows when the war will break out in full force, and it will be very difficult to gather these geniuses together again to consolidate the propaganda of the Will of Fire.

Uchiha Yu has managed to survive to this day, which is naturally due to his abilities, the greatest of which is his ability to survive.

The reason he was able to blend in with more than sixty little girls and remain unnoticed by the Third Hokage is because he immediately retreated into the crowd when he sensed something was wrong, then bent his knees and assumed a horse stance, disguising his 183-centimeter height as 145 centimeters.

Even with his excellent eyesight, the Third Hokage couldn't see Uchiha Yu in the back half of the crowd, unlike the Byakugan of the Hyuga clan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is busy with countless tasks every day, and he also has to scheme against all sorts of people. He has too many things on his mind.

As long as he can't see it, the Hokage won't remember Uchiha Yu, this invisible person, and naturally won't create trouble for him.

Unfortunately, this was not a suitable occasion to slip away, and with ANBU ninjas watching from all sides, Uchiha Yu didn't dare to stand at the back and could only shrink into the crowd.

The only problem now is the Third Hokage's long-winded speech. His loud voice repeats clichés over and over again, which is very brainwashing for ninjas in the ninja world, but deadly for Uchiha Yu.

I'm so sleepy.

I can't fall asleep, or I'll be in big trouble if I start snoring.

[I can't enter a meditative state either. I can't control time right now. Although the Third Generation can talk even more nonsense, he doesn't have time to talk for two hours.]

【This won't work, that won't work, it's so annoying!】(The monkey waved its hand)

[Wait, my inner monkey has grown stronger again. Is it the third generation's ridiculous Will of Fire?]

Yes, that's what he meant when he said I had a raging inner fire, a fire that reaches the heavens, and my restless mind dares to rebel against the heavens.

[As expected of that mischievous monkey! His very nature is to rebel against the heavens; even the slightest bit of energy can disrupt my mental state. I must be careful.]

Uchiha Yu manipulated the flow of natural energy, changing the rhythm of his breathing and heartbeat to vibrate his meridians and cause a resonance in his dantian.

The red puddle in his dantian had grown much larger, almost reaching the level of a wide and shallow pool, with yellow mud-like earthy substances gathered within it, scattered on the water's surface like mudflats.

The vibrations from the meridians resonated and surged continuously in the dantian. When the vibrations passed through the mudflats, the frequency changed significantly, carrying a heavy echo.

Gradually, the vibrations in his dantian and the meridians reversed their primary and secondary functions, like the sound waves of a great bell sweeping across Uchiha Yu's entire body, affecting his heartbeat and cleansing away the raging and violent intent brewing within him.

In Uchiha Yu's mental illusion, he seemed to see a giant ape with crimson fur, being repeatedly pounded by the tremors of heaven and earth. The giant ape was beaten until its golden light scattered, and the impurities turned into sparks and fell away, and its body shrank little by little.

The fiery red giant ape grew increasingly enraged, frantically pounding its chest with its fists, producing a booming war drum sound as it resisted the onslaught from heaven and earth.

The fiery red giant ape's resistance was so frenzied that it caused the heavens and earth to tremble and become disordered. This reflected outwards, causing changes in the flow of Uchiha Yu's meridians, making them either sluggish or violent.

The changes in his meridians caused Uchiha Yu to feel extremely agitated, and he was filled with the urge to stand up and shout wildly.

Fortunately, he wasn't actually eighteen, and he knew that if he lost control and stood up, he would be in deep trouble.

The most immediate problem is the inappropriate timing. A sudden and disastrous defeat would draw everyone's attention, making him the center of attention in the entire village. Regardless of how the Uchiha clan handles the situation, the Third Hokage and Danzo Shimura will inevitably realize that they had overlooked an Uchiha, and that's a serious issue.

After that, there was constant surveillance, probing, and even assassination, kidnapping, and imprisonment. Uchiha Yuu never had a peaceful day again.

But the most terrifying danger was not these external factors. In the process of subduing the Mind Monkey, the Mind Monkey broke his mentality, allowing the dead monkey to successfully turn the tables on the Heavenly Gang, and Uchiha Yu's chances of winning were over.

The mind is the demon within. Uchiha Yu, who wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, is like the Jade Emperor who was kicked to the ground but had no Buddha to ask for help. He will inevitably lose his supreme imperial throne.

In other words, after his wild and ecstatic dance, Uchiha Yu was most likely no longer a cultivator who had traveled eighteen years in the past.

The restless mind will take its place.

(End of this chapter)