I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 79 What's Caught in the Net?

Masayo Miwa was completely convinced, and she nodded, asking, "How do we get to Sunagakure?"

Uchiha Yu surveyed the battlefield again and said, "Let's go back to the landslide dam first. Once Nekoyo arrives, we'll hand over the information about the lake to him, and then we'll split up."

"I went to the Southern River Capital, made a public appearance at the Konoha base in Jingchuan Town, used the mission handover to create an alibi, and then found a safe and secluded place to set up an ever-burning lamp."

"Miyako Miwa, go directly to the Land of Wind and infiltrate the area closest to Sunagakure."

"Wait until midnight on the fourth day, then use reverse psychic methods to get me there."

"Once I launch all the corpses, we'll immediately return to the beach and pretend nothing happened, then go and complete the mission I was given beforehand."

"This plan sounds amazing! Beach, sunshine, ocean, crabs, and coconut juice! Hehe, I love this plan!"

"The problem is that the Land of Wind is a vast desert. Will you be able to adapt to the climate there, Masayo Miwa?"

"Meow, Yu, let me tell you a secret: our Ninja Cat clan originally lived in desert regions."

"I really didn't know that the ninja cats migrated from the Land of Wind to the Land of Fire?"

"Of course not, meow! We're native cats from the Land of Fire!"

"That……"

"It's the environment that changed, meow. According to the bloodline memories passed down by the Ninja Cat Clan, the Land of Fire originally had vast deserts, while the Land of Wind was once a vast grassland, meow."

"So you're saying the current environment of the Land of Fire was actually created by the First Hokage?"

"The memories in my bloodline belong to the First Hokage, Gan. He's incredibly powerful!!"

Uchiha Yu was so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, possessed the power to change the world. Even for ninjas, the First Hokage was no different from a god.

No wonder the Uchiha clan ran away; none of the Uchiha elders were willing to go with him—it's because he couldn't defeat Hashirama.

Uchiha Yu's mindset changed because of this battle, and his idea of ​​being ranked 31st in the world was shattered.

Compared to the current ninjas, he is already very strong, but compared to his clan elder, Uchiha Madara, the gap is still very large, not to mention the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.

I must suppress this feeling of pride; I'll consider it again when I'm capable of changing the environment of a nation.

The once arrogant and domineering Heart Monkey was suddenly struck by a jolt, and its arrogance was immediately diminished. The Spleen Pig and Lung Civet took the opportunity to expand their power.

The friction between the three hearts intensified, causing a large amount of monkey hair, pig hair, and cat hair to fall and scatter onto the heart, transforming into nourishment for Uchiha Yu's soul.

Soon, Uchiha Yu noticed the change, as waves of powerful ocular energy surged from his brain and flowed into his eyes, making him feel both cool and warm.

[Return to the landslide-dammed lake first. We can't rest near the battlefield; it's too risky for something to happen.]

Before they even got close to the landslide dam, Maoyou, who had arrived earlier, spotted them and shouted, "How did you find this place? It's both beautiful and useful, meow!"

"It was purely luck that I encountered it while doing a mission."

"Come quickly, we've already started digging the pit. You'll have to be in charge of building the altar."

"No, meow, we need to rest, meow."

"Meow? What have you been doing?"

In response to Nekoyu's question, Uchiha Yu gently tugged at Miwa Masayo's tail, then eagerly answered himself:

"A group of Sunagakure ninjas came running over, and we had to chase them away. We chased them for quite a distance..."

"Thank goodness you've finally arrived, now we don't have to be afraid."

Upon hearing this, Maoyou frowned. He immediately dispatched more than a dozen ninja cats to spread out in all directions for vigilance. Then he arranged tents, food, and water for Miwa Masayo and Uchiha Yu to rest.

Upon entering the tent, Miwa Masayo immediately released Sage Chakra, filling the entire tent space to prevent sound from leaking out, and then asked, "You're even keeping the matter with Sunagakure a secret from Nekoyuu, meow?"

"We have to keep it a secret. Nekoyu is a good leader, but he is too arrogant. He looks down on human ninjas and doesn't understand the weight of a major ninja village."

"The natural energy here is unnecessary for ninjas who don't practice Sage Mode, and those who do practice Sage Mode must have their own channels, which is why Cat Castle was able to occupy it. Neither Sunagakure nor Konoha would fall out with Cat Castle over occupying this useless place."

"But if Sunagakure sees Cat Castle as a threat, they will organize ninja to attack it. You know the strength of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Masayo. Once they mobilize, not only Cat Castle, but even the Three Great Sacred Lands will be unable to withstand them."

"This is something that only the two of us can bear; we can't let Cat Castle help us share the burden."

"I understand, meow. You go and rest now, I'll keep watch."

"Okay, please."

"Once you've rested enough, I'll make you a honey-roasted meat feast, meow!"

"We've run out of meat, and the remaining wild boar carcasses are rotting."

"Go hunting, meow; you'll find honey too, meow."

"...Are you a capitalist? No, capitalists aren't this ruthless. You're a slave owner!"

"Rest now, I'll send Ninja Cat to look for clues, meow."

Uchiha Yu, who was resting peacefully, immersed himself in his mental world and observed the three hearts rubbing against each other. With the help of this visualized mental activity, he carefully assessed his own condition.

The results proved that the three heart shapes were a very advantageous situation. They could easily form a three-way balance of power, which greatly reduced the burden on Uchiha Yuu by restraining each other.

He began to mobilize natural energy, vibrating his dantian to produce a resounding bell sound, cleansing his spiritual world.

This breakthrough was quite remarkable. The most direct result was that the capacity and pulsation of the meridians increased tenfold, and the resulting cleansing bell sound became even more majestic and grand, effectively suppressing the three heart-shaped creatures and quickly bringing them back to their original forms.

However, the smallest size of the three hearts has permanently increased tenfold. This change in size reminds Uchiha Yu that the ease with which the hearts were suppressed this time is a benefit brought about by the breakthrough.

The next heart-shaped disturbance will begin with a new form, posing an even greater deadly threat.

This is the principle of "the higher the Tao, the greater the demons." As one's cultivation progresses and one's essence, energy, and spirit grow tenfold, one's inner demons will also grow tenfold, or even more.

With the problem of restlessness resolved, Uchiha Yu didn't rush to end it. Instead, he sat and practiced standing meditation to guide his mind back to nature and accelerate the digestion of the remaining mental fragments.

The three elements of essence, energy, and spirit work together. The strange metal enhances the energy, and the heart-shaped training strengthens the spirit. There are no additional means to increase the essence, which represents the body, except for heavy training or gluttonous meals.

His slow rate of physical enhancement has become a problem he needs to pay attention to in his cultivation.

But now, the question is how to get meat to satisfy the physical needs of myself and Masayo Miwa, and we absolutely cannot make things worse.

But as soon as Uchiha Yu stepped out of the tent, he noticed a commotion among the ninja cats, who were shouting, "We caught them! What animals did we catch? There are so many!"

He immediately followed the running ninja cat towards the lake to see what kind of animal the lake bottom trap had caught.

Guess

Why the extra chapter?

(End of this chapter)