I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 54 Petting the Big Cat

Pushing open the huge door, Uchiha Yu saw a white cat lying on the tatami mat.

This is a large cat, even bigger than a Northeast Golden Shaded, with snow-white fur all over its body, but long, dark blue ear hair inside its ears.

Uchiha Yu's footsteps were soft and silent, but his action of pushing open the door alerted Neko Yu, who then instinctively sensed the terrifying power of the newcomer.

Nekoyu had never met Uchiha Yu before and could not understand how someone could enter his room silently and possess such a terrifying aura.

Maoyou is the top fighter in Cat Castle. In order to protect the interests of the ninja cats, he has been clashing with other ninja clans for many years, so he has a strong sense of vigilance. His first thought was that an enemy had infiltrated Cat Castle.

And it's very likely they came to assassinate him.

The big white cat opened its eyes and glared angrily, but it was paralyzed and could do nothing but bare its teeth in threat and wag its tail in protest.

Just when Neko was in despair, he saw Miwa Masayo on Uchiha Yu's shoulder and immediately guessed the identity of the person who came, and then he relaxed.

The relaxed white cat asked haughtily, "You must be Uchiha Yu from the Uchiha clan, the contractor of Lord Miwa Masayo. What brings you here to see me?"

Uchiha Yu replied with a smile, "I am Uchiha Yu, nice to meet you, Nekoyu."

He greeted the big white cat, and kept walking closer and closer to it...

The proximity made Maoyou tense again, and he loudly questioned:

"Meow! What are you doing getting so close?"

"Stop right there! You're not allowed near meow!"

"Don't touch me!"

"Who gave you permission to touch my ears?!"

"Meow! Waaaaaaahhhhhhh!" (Don't you dare pull my tongue!)

"Don't touch my paws, meow! Not my tummy either, meow!"

Miwa Masayo sighed, "Yu, can't you explain yourself? Did I invite you here to treat him?"

"Sorry, I forgot. This is the first time I've ever seen such a big cat in person, with such soft, long fur... Petting a big cat is so comfortable."

"Let me go, meow! Lord Miwa Masayo, aren't you going to do anything about this, meow?"

"That stupid cat, I'm being bullied by him myself, how can I stop him?"

"Meow haha, it itches, it itches so much, hahahahaha, stop scratching, it itches—!"

Uchiha Yu ignored Nekoyu's protests, enjoying the pleasure of petting the cat while checking Nekoyu's physical condition, and quickly found the root cause of his paralysis.

As he had anticipated, Maoyou was exceptionally gifted and naturally absorbed a large amount of natural energy, but it was too much.

When he cultivated according to the method of absorbing natural energy taught by Miwa Masayoshi, he was not only affecting the energy in nature, but also the reserves accumulated in his body over decades. These reserves of natural energy had been adapted to each other for decades and had long been closely connected, even inseparable, so they began to circulate according to the absorption route.

However, Maoyou's essence is still that of a ninja cat, not a cat sage. His meridians cannot adapt to such a large amount of natural energy, resulting in a large accumulation from his cervical spine to his coccyx, which blocks nerve conduction and leads to paralysis.

Fortunately, Nekoyu's body had already adapted to this natural energy, preventing him from undergoing the physical transformation that occurred with other ninja cats; otherwise, his life would have been over. After all, Miwa Masayo's small frame and limited abilities made him unable to dispel such a large-scale natural energy.

Yuu touched all over Cat Yu's body, even lifting up his tail to get a clear look at his butt. Feeling utterly humiliated, Cat Yu howled pitifully while muttering curses.

Who would have thought that Maoyou, who always acts like the big brother, is actually a chatterbox?

Moreover, this guy truly lives up to his reputation as someone who's been around a lot; he spouts all sorts of rural slang, and many of the insults are ones that Uchiha Yu and Miwa Masayo have never heard before. Combined with Nekoyu's bitter and resentful emotions, it's like a stand-up comedy routine.

The cat and the human listened with great interest, with Uchiha Yu clapping and cheering loudly at the most exciting parts. Yu was furious, but helpless. If he continued cursing, they'd think he was a clown; but if he shut up, he was truly unwilling to give up. He was caught in a dilemma.

Seeing that Maoyou's attention had been completely diverted, Uchiha Yu jumped onto Maoyou's back with lightning speed, grabbed the back of his neck with his right hand, and stretched his left leg back, his toes wedging into his tailbone. A powerful burst of natural energy suddenly erupted, and with brute force, he shook up the natural energy that had accumulated in his spine.

"Awooo—!"

The sudden vibration of natural energy triggered his nerves, causing Maoyou's body, which had been paralyzed for several days, to involuntarily straighten. The muscles around his spine received the wrong signal, breaking through the limitations of life's shackles and unleashing unprecedented power. Each vertebra was rubbing and squeezing against each other, making a creaking sound that made one's teeth ache.

The sound was very similar to the terrifying grinding of teeth, instantly reminding Uchiha Yu of his university days in his previous life, where the grinding of teeth by his roommate was a nightmare that lasted for four whole years.

Of course, his earth-shaking snoring was also a nightmare for his other eight brothers.

Hey, the eldest brother doesn't talk about the second brother.

The natural energy in Maoyou's spine has undergone three rounds of oscillations and has finally begun to flow. However, a long-term blockage is like dredging a dammed lake. Once the flow becomes uncontrollable, the meridians will be ruined.

The chakra of the ninja world is not the true qi of the martial arts world. Chakra possesses real and terrifying destructive power. Once it breaks through the constraints of the meridians, it will unleash tremendous destructive force. Natural energy is not as destructive as chakra, but it has a more terrifying effect on bodily transformation, such as turning into stone, wood, a large tree, or rotten mud.

The natural energy within Maoyou's body is primarily wind-based; if it were to go out of control, it would likely cause his body to turn into smoke.

Uchiha Yu wasn't just guessing; he saw the changes in the fur on the cat's back. Under the influence of wind-attribute natural energy, the ends of the fur were slowly turning into wisps of smoke.

He examined the white, odorless smoke briefly and found that it consisted of fine, dry particles, even smaller than the particles in cigarette smoke.

[The mutations in the *Anemo* genus include cutting and pulverizing, as well as dehydration and drying; this information is very important.]

But now was not the time to think about problems. Uchiha Yu kept this information in mind and focused his attention on controlling Nekoyo's natural energy to prevent this powerful force from breaking through the blockade and causing fatal harm.

Nekoyu is a powerful ninja cat, naturally possessing a large amount of chakra within his body. Upon feeling pain, he instinctively mobilizes his chakra to resist the damage. Thus, natural energy and chakra begin to merge within his body, and Sage Chakra emerges.

Maoyou sensed the Sage Chakra and experienced its powerful force, and excitedly started talking nonsense.

"Ha, Sage Chakra, this must be Sage Chakra, I am a Sage too, meow."

"Thank you so much, Masayo Miwa's contractor. What's your name? I wasn't paying attention just now, so I didn't remember it, meow."

"Say your name again, and I'll remember it well, meow."

"From now on, I'll protect you, meow!"

(End of this chapter)