Ninja Pot Shadow

After Kakashi turned twelve, he stopped practicing his family's swordsmanship. His understanding of swordsmanship wasn't profound, but it was enough for him to teach Sasuke.

Secret medicines to boost chakra, medicinal baths to speed up recovery, and large amounts of meat to supplement regular training—all these things cost money!

The master leads you through the door, but the practice depends on yourself.

You can't expect your master to teach you ninjutsu and all sorts of things, and then pay you to do it, right?

Earning cultivation resources on your own is also a form of training.

Sasuke is short of money right now, really short of it.

Jiraiya formally returned the Uchiha family mansion to Sasuke a couple of days ago, so the house was returned to its rightful owner.

The bloodstains and corpses in the old house that I remember are long gone. Now, all that's left are empty rooms and some simple furnishings.

The house is yours, but the money? There really isn't any! Jiraiya's side is also short of money, so it's impossible for them to use village funds to subsidize Sasuke.

The bookstore owner calmly observed Sasuke. He'd seen plenty of ninjas like this. What about the Fifth Hokage? What about the Yamanaka-san, known as a genius? There wasn't a single ninja who didn't love money!

Sasuke also thought the money was good, but he had come in with great momentum and suddenly changed his mind, which was a bit embarrassing. He needed to find a way to save face. Just as he was about to speak, he felt a sharp pain in his eyes, and everything went black. His consciousness was instantly pulled away to a strange space.

In his hazy perception, he heard two people talking.

A voice said, "Brother, let's stop fighting and call a truce."

The older brother's voice seemed surprised as he asked, "Why are you here?"

The younger brother said, "Father once said that people need to understand each other. With the help of the bridge of understanding, we have finally met again. This time it's just you and me."

The older brother stopped dwelling on the issue of the two brothers meeting at this time and in this place. He sneered, "Understanding? It's the same old, outdated stuff. Do you even understand me?"

The younger brother said with certainty, “I understand you, I have always understood you, but this understanding should be mutual. You are a genius, someone that everyone looks up to. Your followers and I understand you, but you are unwilling to lower your head to understand us, so they abandoned you and stood on my side.”

The older brother laughed contemptuously: "The smugness of a victor? Asura, you are as hypocritical as ever. By now, you are surrounded by layers of your own hypocrisy, and you can't even see your own true nature. Your will is completely occupied by the old man's theories. What is the meaning of your life? To be a very obedient yes-man?"

The younger brother, Ashura, said calmly, "Our true nature is not important. Suppressing our true nature, listening to more voices, and striving to make this world a better place—that is our responsibility."

The older brother didn't want to say anything more to him and waved his hand: "Suppressing everything and eliminating all disputes by force is our responsibility. Coward, I have nothing to say to you. Take your bridge and get out of here."

"I will come again."

"roll!"

……

"...Guest? Guest, are you alright? Are you okay?" The bookstore owner thought Sasuke was trying to scam him, so he panicked and ran out from behind the counter to help him up. But he had only taken two steps when he saw Sasuke stand up on his own.

Sasuke clutched his head as the pain in his eyes subsided rapidly. A wisp of pure ocular power flowed into his left eye from the seal on his eye. In an instant, he knew that the power in his left eye had increased significantly. Although it hadn't reached the level of three tomoe, it was undoubtedly a major step forward compared to before.

This kind of evolution is very unstable. He gave a few perfunctory replies and then left Jiying Hall in a hurry.

Chapter 205 Mastering the Art of Spirit Transformation

the other side.

Ino defeated the dark, malicious Ino and completed the entire process of her inner trial.

It is said that Killer Bee completed the trial in just a few minutes, while Naruto took two whole days to complete it.

Ino estimated that she had only been gone for less than half a day. She felt far more negative emotions than Killer Bee, but less than Naruto.

This trial not only purified her spiritual energy but also activated Indra's chakra, allowing her to hear most of the brothers' conversation afterwards.

There's not much to say about this; the first round of the mission was successfully completed. Indra is arrogant, triggering different mechanisms each time. Ashura, on the other hand, is very easygoing; perhaps he'll go directly into Naruto's body in a few days to complete the mission and start the second round?

Ino's consciousness returned from the spiritual world to her body.

Following the hand seals of the Spirit Transformation Technique, she placed her hands together in the sequence "Wei, Yin, Wei," clenched her fists, and formed the "Mao" seal. As if breaking free from some kind of shackles, her consciousness surged outward, instantly escaping the constraints of her body and transforming into a pure, colorless spirit, floating in mid-air.

Awesome! In the blink of an eye, she flew out of Turtle Island's range in a tenth of a second. There was no air resistance, no scorching sun. At that moment, she felt that she and the whole world were one.

The feeling of flying is extremely pleasant, but the farther away from the body, the slower the flight speed and the more chakra is consumed.

As she crossed the ocean, almost flying back to the Land of Fire, the sense of constraint and unease became extremely intense.

On the sea it was alright, but the natural energy on land was extremely turbulent. Her spirit had to carefully avoid these areas that looked like clumps of black, fluffy things, and dared not touch them under any circumstances.

She estimated that the reason the immortals of the three holy sites hid in the middle of nowhere was to avoid these violent natural energies.

Since it was her first time undergoing spiritual transformation, she dared not linger for too long. A soul separated from its body for an extended period would cause significant harm. She decided to stop while she was ahead and hurry back.

Upon returning to Turtle Island, her spiritual perception was greatly enhanced. She was much calmer when she saw the giant turtle floating on the sea. This behemoth seemed to have entered a deep slumber, and now only some instincts remained.

This giant turtle is actually pretty useless. If it were in the One Piece world, it might be able to listen to everything, but now it can't listen to anything.

Following the method of the mountain tribe's mind-turning technique, she successfully returned to her own body.

Shaking my shoulders and stretching my legs, I felt extremely awkward all over. I could no longer feel any of the pleasure and comfort I had before. It was as if I was wearing three or four rubber tires. My movements of getting up and walking were extremely slow.

"Puyuu!" Ton-ton crawled to her side, tilted its head to look at her, and then called out twice to Tsunade and Shizune, meaning that their follower had returned.

Tsunade rushed to her in three strides, feeling her up and down and left and right. Seeing that no parts were missing, she finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Spirit Transformation Technique was just too dangerous; if something went wrong, she wouldn't know how to treat her.

"Don't talk too much, keep your limbs stiff, we'll talk in detail after we leave here." Tsunade was very shrewd, she whispered a word of advice. Ino didn't plan to show off after mastering the Spirit Transformation Technique. She had a bitter look on her face, and a trace of bright red blood flowed from the corner of her mouth, as if she had failed in her secret technique training and suffered a huge backlash.

The Fourth Raikage was somewhat puzzled, but they kept using the Yamanaka family's secret techniques as a pretext, so there was no way to ask them for details.

Behind the real waterfall is a training ground specially built by the elders of Kumogakure, but that has nothing to do with them.

Training by using the real waterfall has already repaid Tsunade's favor of saving the Cloud Village ninjas last time, so it's time to stop while you're ahead.

"and many more!"

The Fourth Raikage called out to them.

“I don’t care what secret techniques you practice. Yugito asked me to pass on a message.” He looked at Ino: “Yugito acknowledges you. She considers you a worthy opponent. As the village’s Kage, consider this her gift to you.”

He took out a scroll and tossed it to Ino: "The original was destroyed long ago. This is a copy. It was originally from your Konoha Village. It's said to contain the secrets of Wood Release. What a bunch of pretentious junk."

Tsunade snorted. "Easy for you to say, but this piece of junk? You're trying to steal this junk?"

Tsunade was no longer in a hurry. She asked Ino to open the scroll and see if it contained the two words she remembered.

Ino had already given up hope for the First Hokage's calligraphy, but when she opened the scroll and saw those two powerful characters, she still felt like she had been hit with a thousand points of damage.

Silent and Tonton also craned their necks to watch.

The Fourth Raikage had clearly seen it many times; he crossed his arms, tilted his head, and looked completely disdainful.

"Pfft!—" Upon seeing the words on the scroll, Shizune almost choked on her own saliva.

Above, written in a flamboyant style, were the two large characters for "muscle"!

Is this the secret to Wood Release? Did the First Hokage just scribble down a couple of words to fool you?

Tsunade had some recollection of those two words, but she was still young at the time. Now, she carefully examined them and then asked Ino with a look, "Do you think this thing is reliable?"

I think hot pot is the most reliable option!

If you can learn Wood Release with just two broken words, I'll eat Turtle Island.

She didn't speak, but her pursed lips revealed what she was thinking.

Tsunade sighed. Ino had awakened Flower Release. The Kazematsu family had some inheritances similar to Grass Release, and she also wanted to inherit her grandfather's will, but unfortunately, she didn't have the talent.

He shoved the copy at Ino: "Take this and study it yourself. Let's go!"

Like a big sister, she walked at the front, and the Fourth Raikage did not stop them, letting them board the ship and sail away from Turtle Island.

As soon as they got on the ship, Tsunade changed her expression and urged Ino to quickly demonstrate her Spirit Transformation Technique.

She quickly formed hand seals, pinching the last "卯" seal, accumulating Yin attribute chakra for about three seconds.

"Spirit Transformation Technique!"

Ino lay limply to the side, her spirit flickering twice in front of Tsunade.

Spirits are normally colorless. Ino slightly altered her water-attribute chakra, and she became a pale blue humanoid phantom. This was so that the two people and the pig could see her.

"Puyu, Puyu?" Tun Tun passed through the blue phantom, raised her head, and her face was full of disbelief.

"Hurry up, let me see how far your spiritualization has progressed!" Tsunade shouted.

Ino rushed into her body.

Tsunade looked around: "Are you still there? I don't feel anything. It's different from last time."

Ino's voice echoed in her mind: "Last time, it was a mind transfer technique that mainly took over the body of the target, so the effect is definitely different from the spirit transformation technique."

Chapter 206 Tsunade's Inner Conflict

The art of spirit transformation is difficult to learn but has great destructive power; however, it is only suitable for use in surprise attacks.

In situations like the Chunin Exams or the previous battle against Yugito, you absolutely cannot use the Spirit Transformation Technique. If he just raises a kunai and destroys her body, she's finished.

This technique must be used under absolutely safe conditions.

With Ino's now fully formed spirit body, she can change shape at will within Tsunade's body. She is in a solid state, while the souls of ordinary ninjas are evenly distributed throughout their bodies.

Looking at the Third Hokage's hands when sealing Orochimaru in the original timeline, you can see that once the soul of a hand is severed, the hand is useless. It's impossible to say that a portion of it was transferred from somewhere else; there's no such thing.

If Tsunade fights back desperately now, Ino can use guerrilla tactics to catch her off guard and completely shred the hands in Tsunade's soul, or simply cut off a part of her soul, and that would be the end for her.

This is the terrifying aspect of spiritification techniques.

Those like the Sage of Six Paths are outside the scope of this discussion. Speaking purely of the soul, the souls of ordinary people are actually quite similar. However, the reason the art of spiritification is hated is that its application is somewhat like a dimensional reduction attack. It's like a martial artist of the same physique fighting an ordinary person—both have two arms, two legs, and one head—why can't the ordinary person defeat the martial artist? Because their application of power is simply on a completely different level.

Ino wouldn't harm Tsunade, and Tsunade didn't have any suspicion of her.

The spiritification technique lasted only a short time, demonstrating a few minor abilities before she quickly withdrew.

……

Ino's successful spiritual transformation does not mean that the technique has been completely completed; on the contrary, this is just the beginning.

Now that they've returned to their bodies, having used the secret techniques of the Yamanaka family, they must work backward from the result to figure out how to complete the entire process of the Spirit Transformation Technique without relying on the Yamanaka family's secret techniques.

Only then will it be truly perfect.

Ino successfully completed the Spirit Transformation Technique. Although her Yin Release level was not yet lv5, she felt she was just one step away from it.

It could be due to spiritualization, the trial of the real waterfall, or a collision between Indra's chakra and Ashura's chakra.

Ino's "Illusion" attribute has increased slightly. It was 4 before, but it has now automatically increased to 5. Her ability to cast illusions and resist illusions has become stronger.