I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 5 Going Out to Eat

Foundation building, as the name suggests, is about building a foundation. A strong and perfect body is the foundation for cultivating immortality.

Judging from the changes in his body today, Foundation Establishment is not a hurdle that can be overcome simply by passing it. Foundation Establishment should be a long-term process of accumulation, and today is just the beginning. Therefore, this stage, which begins now, should be called the Foundation Establishment Period.

[After Foundation Establishment, will there be Golden Core Stage? Nascent Soul Stage? Deity Transformation Stage, Void Returning Stage, Body Integration Stage, and Great Completion Stage?]

Haha, who knows?

In short, I now finally have the means to face the future.

The successful completion of the Foundation Establishment stage proves that Uchiha Yu's haphazard cultivation methods were effective; what he grasped three months ago was not a straw, but a large tree.

The future is no longer hopeless. He still has enough time to grow strong enough to violently eliminate any enemies who dare to threaten his life.

Uchiha Yu sat up straight excitedly, hugged Miwa Masayo who was squeezing into his arms, and lifted him up in front of him.

He happily shared, "Pear Blossom Sauce, I've successfully cultivated to immortality!"

"Meow, my name is Masayo Miwa, you're not allowed to call me Rika-chan!"

"Cultivating immortality! Cultivating my ass! Can you even become like the Toad Immortal?"

"Even an old woman can't do it, what makes you think you can?"

The angry tabby cat suddenly stopped, staring blankly at her human, and stammered, "Yu, am I seeing things? Why are your eyes three-tomoe jade beads now...?"

Three-tomoe jade?

Wait, I only had two magatama this morning. I didn't encounter anything unpleasant today.

Uchiha Yu looked at the tabby cat with a puzzled expression. Through the reflection in her pupils, he confirmed that his eyes had awakened the Sharingan at some point, and that the three tomoe were indeed rotating in his pupils.

Is this the benefit of Foundation Building?

[That's right, Foundation Establishment is about perfecting and strengthening the body. The Uchiha clan's physical perfection is a kind of ancestral regression, which is directly reflected in their eyes, making the awakening of the three tomoe reasonable.]

[Perhaps when I complete the Foundation Establishment stage, that will be the time my Mangekyou Sharingan awakens.]

Feeling delighted, Uchiha Yu picked up the tabby cat and kissed her hard, ignoring her protests, and then kissed her again.

Cute kittens, they all taste sweet...

what?

He suddenly felt something sticky on his hands, while the three-wheeled vehicle he was holding emitted a sweet watermelon scent.

"Masayo, you didn't take a shower after eating watermelon?"

"...I did groom myself properly..."

The tabby cat spoke weakly, its eyes darting around, and it dared not meet its owner's gaze.

Uchiha Yu suddenly reached out and touched the tabby cat's back. Sure enough, it was sticky. Thinking of the little cutie's location and posture, he quickly checked his coat.

Sure enough, it was full of watermelon juice that had been smeared on it, dried and sticky, which was disgusting.

"I'll take you to take a bath."

"Don't meow."

"I can't let you go back to the Cat Castle all dirty, otherwise Grandma Cat will dislike both of us, and she'll raise my price."

"I know, I can take a bath by myself, don't worry about me."

"Hehehe... I don't believe it..."

"What are you doing, meow?!" (Gets all puffed up)

"Meow meow meow—"

Uchiha Yu still gave Miwa Masase a bath; it was a matter of her own wallet, and she couldn't do whatever she wanted.

Masayo Miwa hates taking baths.

Because Masayo Miwa is actually very thin, his chubby body is only supported by his long hair, and his true form will be revealed once he gets wet.

She's thin, but has a round belly from eating too much, which isn't very attractive.

Masayo Miwa dislikes the way her hair looks when it's wet, so she doesn't like taking baths, especially when Uchiha Yu gives her a bath.

But no matter how much she hated him, she couldn't resist Uchiha Yu's charm.

And it's impossible for him to hit his pet owner over something as trivial as taking a bath, so Masayo Miwa could only suppress his grievances and desperately bark "Old Wu, Old Wu".

Having suffered a great humiliation, the tabby cat channeled its anger into its appetite, consuming three large bowls of noodles from Uchiha Yu at dinner time before finally staggering off the summoning and returning to the cat castle.

Uchiha Yu, on the other hand, only managed to grab a bowl of noodles and was far from full.

Feeling the burning hunger in his stomach, he went to the kitchen to look for food.

But looking at the spotless kitchen, Uchiha Yu hesitated...

[From picking vegetables, washing them, starting the fire, cooking rice, and stir-frying the vegetables, when will it finally get to your mouth?]

I have to clean the kitchen again...

Suddenly seized by a whim, Uchiha Yu remembered the village's delicacies: fried dumplings, glutinous rice balls, red bean soup, takoyaki, ramen, tempura...

I'm craving it.

[Go out and buy some food!]

Finding his wallet, locking the door, Uchiha Yu set off.

The current Uchiha clan compound is located in the center of the village, and its structure is completely open, not closed.

Within the clan, only those powerful figures, clan elders, or direct descendants qualified to compete for the clan headship, such as the Fugaku family, the families of elders like Setsuna, Yomo, and Ryuichi—basically, the so-called direct descendants of the Uchiha clan.

Because they control the family business and receive substantial profits every year, they naturally have spacious mansions and courtyards, which is why they use high walls to separate themselves from ordinary people.

Like Uchiha Yu, members of the collateral branches have to work hard to make a living. They don't have the money to buy a large mansion, so they naturally won't build any secluded courtyards.

In reality, Uchiha Yu, having become a ninja, earned a very high income among the Uchiha clan, far exceeding that of Uchiha families without ninjas. Aside from their surname, these clan members were truly no different from ordinary people, performing very ordinary jobs and working hard for over ten hours a day just to meet their basic needs for warmth.

As Uchiha Yu walked down the street of his clan's territory, he was immediately recognized.

"Yu, want to grab a late-night snack or go shopping?"

"Uncle Hand-Roasted Meat, I'm a little hungry tonight, let's go out for a late-night snack."

"Want a late-night snack? Come try my pancakes."

"I wouldn't dare, you're not taking my money, this is too much..."

"Old woman, come quick and help me catch this brat! He's hungry and dares not eat the pancakes I made!"

"Oh my god!"

Uchiha Yu fled in panic. The tsukiyaki family's pancakes were delicious, but they were too big. One pancake was enough to fill you up. How could he possibly enjoy the other delicacies?

They escaped the encirclement of the hand-baked pancake shop, and were greeted warmly by others.

"Yu, you're eighteen now, right? You can drink alcohol now. Come and try some of my family's wine."

"Okay, give me one bottle."

"Yu, the glutinous rice balls I fried tonight smell amazing."

"It smells so good! Give me five more skewers!"

"Haha, this was your idea, kid. I never thought that frying glutinous rice would make it smell so good."

"Um……"

"What? Any new suggestions this time?" (Takes out a small notebook)

"I think we could add more fillings to these glutinous rice balls, like sweet, savory, or even meat. We could try those!"

"Okay, okay, that's great! I'll try it tomorrow. Remember to come and taste it and help me decide which one is the best."

"no problem."

Uchiha Yu, carrying a lot of food, sat down at the handmade ramen stall, ordered a bowl of the signature ramen, and began to eat heartily.

(End of this chapter)