I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 65 My Way lies in…

"Yu, what kind of power is this? Is it some kind of special natural energy?"

"No, this is chakra."

In just a few seconds, Uchiha Yu realized that his judgment was wrong.

After this power was released and diluted, he keenly discerned that it was not natural energy, but an incredibly concentrated chakra.

Masayo Miwa didn't have such keen perception; in her senses, she still couldn't discern the powerful energy.

Uchiha Yu gently peeled the sharp object out; it turned out to be a strange piece of something nailed to the wild boar's thigh bone, which had grown together with the boar's bone.

Reaching out or even touching it yielded no response, but a gentle tap with a knife caused sparks to fly, and the vibrations I had just felt erupted.

Miwa Masayo also sensed it; the fluctuation was indeed chakra, not only incredibly concentrated but also intensely stimulating.

After pulling the seemingly metallic object off the pig's leg bone and examining it closely, Uchiha Yu discovered that it was a thin slice shaped like half a sunflower seed, with a fresh fracture mark on one side and a high-temperature burn mark on the other.

[This structure, combined with the stimulus I felt, seems vaguely familiar... what is this thing again?]

Uchiha Yu pondered deeply, certain that this was not an experience from this lifetime, because his memory was excellent now, and with the Sharingan's vision, he could easily recall any detail.

That can only be memories from the previous life. Memories separated by death are ultimately blurry, and no matter how good one's current memory is, there is no way to repair memories that have already become blurred.

In the end, Uchiha Yu couldn't recall any useful clues, so he had no choice but to put the item away. However, to his and Miwa Masayo's surprise, the item could not be stored in the sealing scroll.

"That's strange, meow. I never knew there were things that could be sealed and not stored away."

"I do know that the clan leader once said that ninja tools with spatial properties, as well as divine artifacts like the Uchiha fan, cannot be sealed or stored."

"Spatial attribute, a divine artifact! Could my luck be that good?"

"Yu, you must keep this safe and not lose it."

Uchiha Yu wrapped the melon seed in thick silk, placed it in a wooden box at the bottom of his backpack, and then continued with his dinner.

However, the second half of dinner was quite unpleasant. Even without any collisions, the half-eaten melon seed would still emit a wave of chakra every now and then, making Uchiha Yu restless.

This is essentially a giant coordinate display, constantly announcing its existence to everyone around it, a risk that a ninja cannot afford.

After barely finishing his meal, Uchiha Yu began trying to block the sunflower seeds. He tried all the containers he owned, but none of them could stop the strange spread of chakra.

Only when stuck inside wild boar meat can these half-eaten sunflower seeds settle down.

The problem was temporarily solved, but Uchiha Yu wasn't happy. He said to Miwa Masayo, "The problem is that this flesh will rot. What will we do with it then?"

Masayo Miwa was also at a loss. After racking her brains, she came up with a bizarre and outlandish idea: "Yu, I think you can eat it. You, you can eat so much..."

As the person and the cat stared at each other, the tabby cat's voice gradually faded, and finally it lowered its head, no longer daring to speak.

Uchiha Yu wasn't angry. On the contrary, he genuinely felt that this seemed like a viable solution because of Miwa Masayo's words, which made him notice the body's irrational desires.

His body, that of Uchiha Yu, wanted to devour that thing that looked like metal no matter how you looked at it.

This is absurd, unbelievable.

The physical craving existed from the beginning, but it was initially mistaken by Uchiha Yu as a craving for pork. He ate a whole wild boar leg, but it still couldn't alleviate the feeling of hunger.

Upon seeing this half-eaten sunflower seed, the body's desire reached a new level, but deeply ingrained "common sense" directly denied the correctness of the body's desire.

Humans cannot eat metals directly. All metalloids are toxic to humans, and the greater the atomic weight, the stronger the toxicity. Among heavy metals, some are particularly toxic.

In short, all metals should not be eaten; this is an ironclad rule of common sense!

This is the most terrifying "obstacle of knowledge and perception" for spiritual practitioners: what was once correct knowledge and insight becomes the biggest obstacle to understanding new things.

If it weren't for Masayoshi Miwa's absurd suggestion, Yuu Uchiha might have missed his physical urges and this opportunity, because the powerful force of habit in the human body might never come again.

But the barrier of perception is not so easy to overcome. Even though he was aware of his body's desires, and even though he had relied on physical pleasure as his guide all the way through his cultivation journey, Uchiha Yuu still fell into a dilemma.

Brain: You can't eat it, how can you eat metal?

Body: I ​​want to eat!

Brain: How do I eat? Even if my teeth don't break, what about my throat, esophagus, and stomach?

Body: I ​​want to eat! I want to eat!!

Brain: How can it be digested once it's in my stomach? Something so sharp that it can pierce a pig's leg bone will cut my intestines!

Body: I ​​want to eat! I want to eat!! I want to eat!!

Brain: Oh my god %@%#

Body: I ​​want to eat!!!

Brain: ...

In the end, Uchiha Yu's body defeated his mind: If you want to eat... then eat!

He looked at the anxious Miwa Masayo and said with a smile, "Thank you for reminding me. I think eating it is indeed the best way to handle it."

Masase Miwa: "Meow!?"

"You...you...don't scare me. I'm not afraid of you. It's not my fault if you die..."

"Meow! Don't eat it—"

The tabby cat couldn't stop Uchiha Yu, who resolutely threw the half-eaten sunflower seed into his mouth, closed his eyes, and began to chew it fiercely.

Crunch, crunch, creak, creak...

As the teeth collided with the strange object, they produced all sorts of strange sounds, some as crisp as shattering pearls and jade, others as piercing as fingernails scraping a blackboard.

The strange object shattered, especially since Uchiha Yu subconsciously mobilized fire-attribute natural energy to assist it. It clearly softened, gradually becoming as soft as chewing gum, and even exhibiting great stickiness.

As the object softened, the throat no longer resisted the swallowing motion, sending waves of fragments into the esophagus, which then undulated and carried them into the stomach.

Uchiha Yu suddenly realized that he didn't understand his stomach at all. It wasn't a stomach; it was a furnace, a blazing furnace!

After the strange fragments entered the stomach, they did not stimulate the secretion of gastric juices or bile. Instead, the natural energy of fire spontaneously gathered in the stomach. The natural energy condensed into a blazing, almost white flame, melting the fragments and further breaking down the melted matter into imperceptible substances.

Then, it was absorbed!

His stomach absorbed those undetectable substances, some of which were sent into his blood vessels, flowed through his heart to his whole body, and some were sent into his meridians, merging into the torrent of natural energy, triggering changes he could not comprehend.

The body did not react abnormally to the changes in natural energy; in fact, it began to show signs of excitement. This was a feeling that Uchiha Yu was very familiar with—it was a sign that a breakthrough was beginning.

He smiled and said to the still-shaken Miwa Masayo, "Thank you for your guidance. I have finally found my path."

"My philosophy lies in eating!"

"Meow?"

In the next instant, powerful natural energy erupted from Uchiha Yu's body, marking a new stage in his Foundation Establishment, with new attribute natural energy beginning to converge.

(End of this chapter)