blogombal Chapter 4 Ancient Jade
Chapter 4 Ancient Jade
In the dimly lit room.
Hyuga Kanan suddenly woke up from her sleep, her body quickly sprang from the bed, her eyes quickly regained their composure from fear, her mind cleared from drowsiness, and her spiritual power surged towards her head.
Under the scan of his soul power, the general outline of the Caged Bird Seal quickly appeared in his mind. The inscription of this seal was carried out under constant observation of his soul power. After all, he didn't know what impact it would have on his future growth, and if he wanted to cultivate to immortality in this ninja world, he couldn't let a small Caged Bird Seal ruin it.
"The Caged Bird Seal, a kind of will that only the main family understands and can control, is planted in one's eyes. It can destroy one's brain and eyeballs at any time through that will, so one's life is in the hands of those main family members. How can one cultivate at will in the future? It's like I'm not only a leek for the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo Otsutsuki, but also a puppet of the Hyuga main family. Alas! This is just one misfortune after another."
Hyuga Kanan sat cross-legged on the bed, feeling a sense of helplessness. He hadn't even resolved the foreshadowing of the Sage of Six Paths, and now he was burdened by the shackles of the Hyuga clan.
"I must be the most miserable transmigrator! Never mind, I need to deal with the Caged Bird Seal of the Hyuga clan first. This is a top priority that could threaten my life at any time. As for the Sage of Six Paths's underhanded tactics, he's just waiting to reap the benefits anyway, so I have time to deal with them slowly."
After a moment's thought, Hyuga Kanan made a decision: first, to erase the wills of the others inside the Caged Bird Seal. As for whether the main family would discover that the Caged Bird Seal was ineffective, there wasn't much time to consider that now. He would deal with it when they found out. He couldn't possibly wait until they wanted to execute him before dealing with it himself.
Then, Hyuga Kanan assumed a meditative posture, held his breath, and began to mobilize and guide his vast soul power, slowly permeating towards the Caged Bird Seal in his mind, following the path he had observed, little by little flowing along the direction of the seal.
Soon, Hyuga Kanan's soul power reached the mark, and he almost instantly sensed the mark on his forehead, like a sharp thorn piercing his eyeball.
Hyuga Kanan was slightly surprised. This must be why the Hyuga branch family's Byakugan has a gap in its 360-degree field of vision. It's like a sharp, thorn-like mark deeply embedded in the eyeball. As long as the main family activates the Caged Bird Seal, this thorn will instantly expand and burst the eyeball.
Hyuga Kanan hurriedly infused his soul power into the mark connecting his brain and eyeballs, gradually erasing the will within it. At the same time, he slowly pulled out the spikes inserted into his eyeballs, moving them further away to repair the flaws in the Byakugan and make it perfect.
Hyuga Kanan's soul power was like chemotherapy; the will within the mark she faced was like a virus, gradually killing off that part of the virus.
The will within this mark, like a virus, travels along the meridians of the mark, constantly chasing and intercepting it. The power of the soul relentlessly advances along each line of the mark, like a large net constantly tightening around it.
Unexpectedly, the first attempt to erase the will of the mark went so smoothly. Hyuga Kanan breathed a sigh of relief, feeling somewhat fortunate. Fortunately, he had observed the entire formation process of the Caged Bird Seal with his soul power beforehand, which allowed him to perfectly seal all the fragments of the main family's will within the mark.
In retrospect, without knowing the operating path within the imprint beforehand, it would have taken a lot of time to try and fail bit by bit.
Hyuga Kanan also understood why the Caged Bird Seal could lock up the Hyuga branch family for over a thousand years. It wasn't that the branch family lacked geniuses who could erase the will of the seal; it was just that in this complex network of events, erasing it completely would take at least several decades.
Judging from the current situation, if Hyuga Kanan hadn't had a mature mind from the beginning, and hadn't had a strong soul that remembered the lines inscribed on the Caged Bird Seal, it would probably have taken nearly ten years to solve the problem.
No wonder the Caged Bird Seal had to be inscribed at the age of 4. A 4-year-old child's mind is not mature enough to remember such a complicated inscription process. Even a genius would not be able to remember it so easily. It would not be so simple to break the seal when they grow up.
Even if a member of the Hyuga branch family has exceptional talent, once the Caged Bird Seal is inscribed on their head, they are powerless to disobey the main family's orders. This is the method by which the Hyuga main family has ruled the Hyuga clan for a thousand years.
Therefore, in the world of the Hyuga clan, the main family is the main family. The branch family cannot defy fate; they can only accept the rules of life as a branch family member.
Looking at the fading will within the caged bird mark of himself, he realized he was the exception. Hyuga Kanan exhaled a breath of stale air, continuing to channel his soul power to contract and erode the other wills within the mark.
Suddenly, the ancient jade deep within my consciousness emitted waves of energy.
Then, the ancient jade slowly emerged from the depths of consciousness at the mark and began to absorb the will of the caged bird into the ancient jade.
When these fragments of will reached the ancient jade, they were instantly dissolved, returning to pure soul energy. When one's own soul power came into contact with the ancient jade, this pure soul energy began to merge with one's own soul, continuously strengthening one's soul power.
"What is this? Ancient jade has this function?" Hyuga Kanan's heart instantly became excited. He carefully used his soul power to observe this ancient jade that had been passed down for thousands of years.
The emerald green of the ancient jade became increasingly dazzling, and soon lines of text were imprinted on its soul.
"The Qiankun Inheritance Jade was crafted by a Taoist immortal and has the functions of recording the inheritance method and testing the owner's current cultivation stage. It can also refine impurities in spiritual energy into pure soul energy for the owner to absorb."
Seeing the words appearing on the ancient jade within his soul, Hyuga Kanan's excitement surged. This was his cheat code! Based on his current cultivation speed, even with ample environmental energy, it would have taken him four or five years to return to his original level. That was assuming his original soul power was strong enough that he wouldn't need to rebuild it. Once he reached his original level, he would have to slowly refine and hone his soul power to advance. Now, with the ancient jade, which could refine impurities in his spiritual energy, he could quickly enhance his soul power, allowing him to progress much faster.
Hinata Kanan tried to calm her excited emotions and began to depict her name and test her current stage in a way similar to the system in the novel.
Afterwards, Hyuga Kanan began to examine the ancient jade again using his soul.
Personal Panel
Host: Hyuga Kanan
Realm: Beginner Body Refinement
Physical attributes: Five Elements Body
Cultivation techniques: Taoist body-refining techniques, Taoist spirit-nourishing methods
Physical strength: External training of muscles, bones, and skin
Soul strength: 16 times that of an ordinary person
Sensing the information transmitted from his soul, Hyuga Kanan was overjoyed. He was pleased that his soul, cultivated for so long in his previous life, could reach 16 times the strength of an ordinary person. However, his expression froze when he saw the strength of his physical body.
Although my body was destroyed by lightning in my previous life, the environmental energy in that life was very poor, so my physical improvement was not significant; I could only be considered to have the physical qualities of an athlete.
However, in this world, with such abundant environmental energy and so much energy that one's body can absorb, improving physical strength is not difficult. It is still somewhat shameful that one can only reach the stage of externally strengthening muscles, bones, and skin.
I'm only 4 years old now, so I can slowly improve my physical strength, but I need to focus on cultivating my soul.
Hinata Kanan thought to himself that, based on his experience in his previous life, soul cultivation was the most difficult. As long as the soul was strong enough, it could absorb environmental energy on a large scale to refine and strengthen the body, making it easier to improve one's realm.
The most troublesome thing right now is the will of the Otsutsuki clan left in my bloodline. I don't dare to use the ancient jade to refine it on a large scale, otherwise it will attract the attention of that cunning old man and I'll be in big trouble.
Moreover, the ninjutsu of the ninjas in the ninja world is quite interesting. Despite having the same lifespan as ordinary people, they can unleash ninjutsu attacks of various attributes, as well as taijutsu, genjutsu, and even space-time ninjutsu. These are all incredible.
It's important to know that cultivators can only unleash elemental spells and attacks after reaching the Innate Realm, and knowledge of spatial manipulation only comes with reaching the Golden Core Realm. However, the lifespan of someone who cultivates to the Innate Realm can reach 120 years, while the lifespan of someone at the Golden Core Realm can reach as long as 500 years.
In terms of combat alone, at the lower levels, the ninja world far surpasses the cultivators. Furthermore, their cultivation speed is also far superior. For example, many 5- or 6-year-old children can use some offensive ninjutsu and are even familiar with elemental transformations and form changes.
Therefore, I also need to understand what kind of ninjutsu is used in the ninja world, and learn the principles of ninjutsu and how they differ from those of cultivators.