I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 48 For absolute secrecy

In fact, of this wealth, only the cash was something that Uchiha Yu could use.

Although gold is a hard currency, it is mainly used for large-scale transactions between ninja villages, nations, and powerful clans. Without equally powerful organizations to provide channels, the use of gold would be very difficult, and it might not even be possible to exchange it for money at all.

The more valuable mines, docks, urban real estate, plantations, farmland, shops, and chambers of commerce are even more impossible to deal with.

Putting aside whether Uchiha Yu can provide the manpower to take over, even if he had professional managers, without sufficient military force, why would anyone hand over their assets just because of a piece of paper?

Good grief, this is forcing me to establish a secret organization.

Ah, no, it's my perspective that's flawed.

[This isn't for me personally, but for the Uchiha clan. Once I become the clan head and take control of the Uchiha clan, combined with the Cat Castle's business network, we'll have no shortage of manpower and military force—it's a ready-made golden goose.]

Wow, those old guys are really something, they were on guard against a scoundrel like me all along.

Actually, there are many things that are still useful now, such as information about ninjutsu, including a complete set of Fire Release scrolls, a complete set of Lightning Release scrolls, and core techniques for casting techniques accumulated over thousands of years.

Although Uchiha Yu has deviated from the ninja way and embarked on the independent path of sagehood, his guiding ideology for sagehood is Taoism, not the distorted Onmyoji doctrine, so it is not so exclusive.

Sage Mode originated from witchcraft and is based on inclusiveness. Therefore, Uchiha Yu uses Sage Mode as its essence and ninjutsu as its application, regarding ninjutsu as a technique for exorcising demons and protecting the Way.

As for the reason for choosing ninjutsu as the defensive technique, it is because ninjutsu itself is simple and effective, and it is systematic, which is much more reliable than Uchiha Yu developing sage techniques from scratch.

Including the Sharingan's bloodline limit, all ninjutsu systems are driven by the Sage Mode's inclusive approach.

The advantages of cultivating immortality currently lie in the speed of growth, the ability to enter matter through natural energy, and the supernatural powers nurtured during the cultivation process.

But as a transmigrator with his own set of values, Uchiha Yu's greatest expectation for cultivating immortality is, of course, to achieve longevity.

No one of the Yanhuang people could resist this temptation. Just think of how many emperors swallowed heavy metal pills in the pursuit of immortality.

Let alone swallowing metal pellets, even if it comes at a greater cost, I'd still give it a try. Besides, so far, Uchiha Yu's cultivation process has been quite enjoyable.

After taking stock of all the valuables, Uchiha Yu began to move them. Most of them were ordinary supplies, including gold, cash, scrolls, land deeds, and merchant guild share certificates, all of which could be easily handled with sealed scrolls.

However, some are sealed objects, some have their own spatial properties, and some are too dangerous to withstand spatial changes, so the only option is to carry them away one trip after another.

When most of the things had been moved, Uchiha Yu deliberately left behind a few last items as he made his final departure.

Uchiha Shin'in understood his thoughts and asked with a smile, "Do you need to deal with the traces afterwards?"

Uchiha Yu didn't hide anything: "Yes, my power is not strong enough right now, and I can't afford the risk of exposing so much wealth. I must eliminate all traces."

The old man pulled out a small wine bottle from somewhere; it was only enough for a few sips. He pried open the bottle, and Uchiha Yu immediately smelled a strong aroma of wine, along with a faint scent of bitter almonds.

Poisoned wine.

"Clean up your tracks and leave. I'll take care of the last traces," Uchiha Shinichi said with a smile. "Heh, nothing hides secrets better than the dead."

Uchiha Yu snatched the bottle, corked it, and tossed it into his bag.

Uchiha Shin's face darkened. He slowly reached his right hand into his chest, spread his fingers, and pressed them against his navel. As his chakra circulated, layers of black chakra patterns appeared there, clearly indicating that some kind of terrifying sealing technique was being activated.

"Kid, I think you need to explain yourself. I don't think I ended up choosing a pathetic loser."

With a smile, Uchiha Yu pointed with his left hand, and a surge of pure natural energy rushed into the old man's body, instantly combining with a portion of his chakra. Under his control, it transformed into Sage Chakra, fundamentally destroying the structure of the sealing technique.

"Celestial arts..."

"To be able to create Sage Chakra like this is truly incredible... Your Sage Technique seems even more powerful than the First Hokage's?"

"No, in terms of strength, I am far behind Hashirama Senju, but in terms of control, I am stronger than him."

"It seems I've finally chosen a monster, a monster no less powerful than Uchiha Madara. That's wonderful."

"But you still need to explain why you stopped me from committing suicide?"

"Because times have changed. Death no longer means the end. It cannot bury all secrets; instead, it can become a source of information leaks."

"What?"

"The Impure World Reincarnation Technique." Uchiha Yu explained while making strange preparations, "This is a forbidden technique developed by the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju. It uses temporarily resurrected dead people to replace inflexible puppets, and attaches a large number of explosive tags to destroy Susanoo."

"This is a forbidden technique that is almost impossible to counter. Although Susanoo is very strong, it is also in a difficult position to deal with such a shameless tactic of mutual destruction."

"But now someone has taken this forbidden technique and put it into a new form, turning it from a flexible puppet into a temporary resurrection, and it can be absolutely controlled to obtain the secrets of the person's previous life."

"So even if you commit suicide now, it doesn't mean the secret can be buried."

Uchiha Shin'in shook his head helplessly and sighed, "I guess I'm getting old. Without realizing it, the ninja world has become something I don't recognize at all. Yu, what are you planning to do?"

"Human memory is differentiated. Any memory is first temporarily stored in the right cranial lobe of the brain. Such memories are easily lost and do not last long."

"To form a deep memory, it needs to be processed in the hippocampus deep in the brain. The corresponding dormant brain cells need to undergo sufficient synaptic proliferation in order to be stored for a long time or even permanently."

"But long-term memory requires repeated stimulation and recall to be formed, which takes a lot of time."

"It's been less than ten hours since you gave me your hint; we still have time to clear up those shallow memories that aren't very deep."

"As long as it doesn't form a deep memory, and you live a few more years, the relevant information can be completely erased."

Uchiha Yu activated his Sharingan, the three tomoe spinning and radiating intense ocular power: "Therefore, you must live well, the longer the better."

Sensing the ocular power far exceeding that of a normal three-tomoe Sharingan, Uchiha Shin'in was extremely surprised: "To possess such powerful ocular power, could it be that you have awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan?"

"No." Uchiha paused for a moment, then continued, "Not yet, but it will definitely awaken in the future."

"The Mangekyou Sharingan, the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, will all come to me."

"Even without brothers, I will definitely awaken."

Uchiha Shin-in gradually fell asleep. Uchiha Yu didn't know the Yamanaka clan's secret techniques, but the memories he needed to clear today were easy to handle. He only needed to use his powerful eye power to cleanse the old man's cerebral cortex and send new false memories into his brain to cover up the old real memories.

This practice is harmful; it can impair the old man's memory. For example, when he goes out shopping, he might forget whether he locked the door or not.

But it's better than suicide, and the secrecy is much better.

(End of this chapter)