Naruto: The Strongest Medical Ninja in the Shinobi World

Chapter 177 Test, Nine-Tailed Fox

Chapter 168 Test, Nine-Tailed Fox

With a slight thought, Xingyuan Qianshuo's spirit body instantly moved a short distance.

The same Flying Thunder God Mark can be used to choose different landing points around it.

Using the mark he had just left behind, he attempted to perform the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"It works!"

Xingyuan Qianshuo muttered to himself, then used Flying Thunder God Technique again to teleport to Huimei's side.

The spirit was almost transparent and difficult to see with the naked eye, but Huimei instinctively turned her head to stare at it, relying on her senses.

"Ah—a ghost!" Hui Mei screamed and hid behind her shadow clone, Qian Shuo.

Xingyuan Qianshuo's spirit did not expect her to react this way.

He communicated with his shadow clone through a telepathic connection.

"Huimei, this is the spirit of the teacher, a special secret technique," the shadow clone Chisaku explained.

"Oh—" Huimei responded softly, her little hand still clutching his sleeve.

"Alright, don't be afraid, I am the teacher himself." Hoshino Senju's voice rang in Huimei's mind.

He used a technique similar to the "mind-reading technique" of the mountain tribe, directly transmitting words into Huimei's mind—this is also a technique in spiritualization where spirits "converse" with people.

"Ah, teacher, are you talking to me?" Hui Mei asked her shadow clone, Qian Shuo.

"It's my spirit talking to you," the shadow clone Qian Shuo said helplessly.

Xingyuan Qianshuo looked at his shadow clone and suddenly had a flash of inspiration: "The soul perception of the Spirit Transformation Technique seems to be able to distinguish between the original body and the shadow clone. After all, the shadow clone does not have a soul, so the perception is completely different."

"Huimei, create a shadow clone now," he transmitted to Huimei again.

"Okay, teacher." Huimei, not understanding what was going on, obediently formed a hand seal, and with a "pop," created a shadow clone.

"It really works."

Xingyuan Qianshuo's spirit immediately distinguished the difference between Huimei's real body and her shadow clone, and was secretly delighted.

In fact, he had already confirmed it when he sensed his own shadow clone, and the reason he had Huimei create a shadow clone was simply to verify it again.

What happens when a spirit enters one's own shadow clone?

The thought flashed through his mind, and without hesitation, he immediately gave it a try.

After the spirit entered its own shadow clone, it did not enter a spiritual world.

The shadow clone's chakra suddenly became chaotic, and then "popped" into a cloud of white smoke.

"Is it not going to work?" Hoshino Senju thought to himself. "Shadow clones have consciousness, but they don't have the spiritual world of the original body. When the spirit enters, the chakra directly disrupts the clone's chakra. However—after the shadow clone dissipates, the experience and memories are transferred to the spirit."

"Teacher, what's wrong with you??" Huimei asked cautiously.

"It's nothing, I just need to do some testing before practicing a new secret technique. You can start practicing now, I'm going back to the cabin now, I'll send a shadow clone over later."

"Okay, teacher." Huimei nodded obediently.

Xingyuan Qianshuo's spirit left, passed through the wooden house wall, and entered the room.

At this moment, Tsunade was freely exploring Xingyuan Qianshuo's motionless body, poking and pinching it from left to right, having a great time.

Spirits cannot be observed visually, but Tsunade sensed that she was feeling very comfortable at the moment.

With a slight thought, he rushed into Tsunade's body and entered a warm and bright spiritual world.

"Huh—Chisaku, you're back?" Tsunade asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I took a stroll outside Konoha Village and came right back," Hoshino Senju replied.

He then stepped forward and pinched and poked Tsunade's spiritual body, chuckling, "I didn't expect you to protect my body like this. Is it fun?"

"Haha, I couldn't resist being so quiet," Tsunade laughed.

Xingyuan Qianshuo looked at Tsunade's bright smile, reached out and hugged her, then lowered his head to kiss her glossy red lips.

The moment of contact wasn't about soft lips, but rather a warm, reassuring, and genuine emotional connection.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

Tsunade's spiritual form radiated waves of happiness and joy, her eyes like water, gazing at Chisaku with deep affection.

"I never imagined that the art of spiritification could be used in this way," Xingyuan Qianshuo thought to himself.

After a while, he said gently, "I'm going out."

"Mmm," Tsunade responded softly.

"I'll try to leave some chakra in your body," Hoshino Senju said after a moment's thought.

"it is good."

Tsunade nodded, knowing that Chisaku was familiarizing himself with the process of transferring chakra using the Spirit Transformation Technique.

Immediately afterwards, Xingyuan Qianshuo's spirit injected approximately 10,000 chakra into Tsunade's body and withdrew from her spiritual world.

The time for communication in the spiritual world is not the same as in the outside world. From the moment the spirit enters to the moment it leaves, only a moment passes in the outside world, and Tsunade continues to touch the body of Hoshino Sensaku.

His spirit returned to his physical body, and he reached out and grabbed Tsunade's sling.

With the perfect level of spirit transformation technique, after the spirit returns, the body's recovery is no longer slow, and it can adapt instantly.

He looked up at Tsunade, smiled gently, and pulled her over to sit on his lap, instantly feeling her warmth, fullness, and elasticity.

Immediately, he lowered his head and kissed Tsunade's red lips—this time it was a soft touch, mixed with the emotional resonance he had just experienced in the spiritual world; this kiss was gentle and affectionate.

After mastering the Perfect-level Spirit Transformation Technique, Xingyuan Qianshuo did not immediately return to Konoha.

He first used the speed of the Spirit Transformation Technique to set up more Flying Thunder God Seals throughout the ninja world.

After that, other tests were conducted.

Spirits are special energy bodies that have a very subtle sensitivity to both soulless and non-living entities.

The attack methods of the Spirit Transformation Technique mainly involve the spirit possessing the enemy, causing their spirit to collapse from within and die, or controlling the enemy's body to attack others.

Secondly, it involves utilizing Yin Release techniques or specific sealing techniques.

However, spirits cannot use ninja tools such as kunai and samurai swords, and it is extremely difficult for them to perform the five elemental ninjutsu.

However, Hoshino Senjutsu connected the spirit form to his own Zanpakuto. After trying it out, he discovered that his spirit form could wield the sword with ease and freedom, without the heaviness of other ninja tools.

This was a pleasant surprise.

Time passed slowly during the cultivation.

Around 4 p.m., the two said goodbye to Huimei and returned to the charity foundation office.

Immediately afterwards, the remaining shadow clones were deactivated, and the memories were retrieved.

Nothing major happened throughout the day, except that the news about the Spark Charity Foundation had already spread among the ninja families.

Representatives from several small and medium-sized families came to donate money.

Among them were the Yu-Nü clan, the Inu clan, and the Kurama clan, whose donations ranged from 100,000 to 300,000 taels.

In addition, Minato and Kushina also came over and left a donation of one million ryo.

On the first day of the charity foundation's work, Nono, along with two staff members and Kakashi and four others, spent the whole day visiting and investigating the families of nearly thirty fallen ninjas, and finally confirmed that they would provide assistance to eight of them.

Instead of taking everyone out for a meal to reward them, Xingyuan Qianshuo had his shadow clone go to Uncle Weitou's curry shop to buy curry rice for dinner, and everyone celebrated simply together in the office building.

Back at the Thousand Hands Mansion.

Minato and Kushina hadn't had dinner yet, so Hoshino Senju and Tsunade accompanied them for another meal.

After dinner, we sat and chatted quietly.

Kushina's expression radiated happiness and joy.

Recently, Minato has not been going out on missions. Her real body or shadow clones can often accompany Minato for training or outings, no longer confined to this mansion.

Xingyuan Qianshuo pondered for a moment, then asked, "Minato, Kushina, have you considered combining the Four Symbols Seal into an Eight Trigrams Seal?"

"I have indeed had that idea recently, but I haven't tried to develop it yet," Minato replied.

"Really? I just did some testing." Xingyuan Qianshuo said calmly, then took out a scroll and handed it to the two of them. "This is a sealing technique I named the Eight Trigrams Seal. You can take a look."

Tsunade had already seen Chisaku write this scroll today and knew his intentions.

Kushina was somewhat curious. She had always practiced the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan, but she didn't have much talent in developing new techniques.

Minato and Kushina huddled together and quickly finished watching the scroll.

"Chisaku, you're really amazing," Kushina exclaimed sincerely.

"Hmm, this sealing technique is very powerful," Minato remarked in agreement.

He found that this technique perfectly matched some of his ideas, but seeing that Qian Shuo had already completed its development, he didn't say anything more.

"Kushina, a Jinchuriki needs to learn to borrow the Tailed Beast's chakra to transform into a Tailed Beast," Hoshigen Chisaku said after a moment's thought. "But if one can reach an understanding with the Tailed Beast, it's possible for the Tailed Beast to willingly provide chakra. In that case, perhaps one could be called a perfect Jinchuriki."

"The perfect Jinchūriki?" Kushina murmured.

Minato also seemed to be deep in thought. He had seen Rōshi and Han of Iwagakure use the Tailed Beast transformation, but he had never imagined that the Tailed Beasts would actively help their Jinchūriki.

"Yes, Kushina, you have a good relationship with Kurama now, you should strive to become the perfect Jinchūriki," Hoshigen Chisaku continued.

"Hmph, this brat, he's really delusional!" Kushina said gruffly from within the sealed space.

"Uh—Chisaku, Kurama says you're delusional," Kushina relayed.

Upon hearing this, Xingyuan Qianshuo smiled slightly and did not argue. Instead, he revealed his true thoughts: "Kushina, when I entered the sealed space within your body last time, I saw that the Tail-Locking Seal firmly bound the Nine-Tails. Although the sealing effect was very powerful, it was somewhat unfriendly to the Nine-Tails, leaving it with no room to even move around."

"You can see this Bagua seal as well. The seal is strong enough to provide some space for the Nine-Tails to lie down, so it is not completely sealed off."

"My suggestion is to replace the Tail-Locking Seal with the Eight Trigrams Seal as a token of our sincerity towards Lord Nine-Tailed Fox. What do you think?"

Kushina was somewhat tempted.

Her tail-locking mudra needs to be maintained at all times, and even though it has become an instinct, it still takes up a portion of her mental energy.

However, the Bagua Seal developed by Qian Shuo can persist indefinitely after being cast. Although the sealing effect weakens over time, it requires no effort for a long period.

She looked up at Minato beside her—for such an important matter, she needed Minato's opinion even more.

Minato pondered for a moment before speaking, "Chisaku, this will work too. However, there will be a gap in time when the sealing technique is changed."

He was proficient in sealing techniques and understood the intricacies of the Bagua sealing method, yet he did not question its effectiveness.

"Well, in this regard—on one hand, we need the strength of the sealing team, and on the other hand, we also need to win the understanding and cooperation of the Nine-Tails," Hoshino Senju said thoughtfully.

Inside the sealed space, the Nine-Tails had been quietly listening to their conversation. At this moment, it snorted coldly but did not utter a word of objection.

He didn't know the specifics of the Eight Trigrams Seal, but it would be a good thing if he could break free from the current state of complete lockdown.

Kushina noticed Kurama's quietness, and a slight smile appeared on her lips; she thought to herself, "This is promising."

After spending this time together, she felt she had completely figured out Nine-Tails' temperament—he was a proud and aloof big boy who was cold on the outside but warm on the inside, and as long as she went along with him, he was quite easy to get along with.

Minato was still pondering and weighing his options. He didn't want Kushina to take risks, but he also knew the importance of being a "perfect Jinchuriki." It would be difficult to achieve mutual understanding with Kurama in the current Tail-Locking Seal state.

Tsunade remained smiling and quiet.

Xingyuan Qianshuo once showed her the Bagua Seal and mentioned the experiments he had done on the four members of Shizune. He also proposed a plan: in the future, it might be possible to use the Nine-Tails' chakra to seal other people, slowly improving their physical condition, and allowing them to perform a brief tailed beast transformation at critical moments.

The room fell silent for a moment.

After a moment's thought, Hoshino Senju said, "Kushina, I'd like to speak with Lady Kurama again."

"Okay, sure!" Kushina readily agreed.

After Qian Shuo's last conversation with Jiuwei, she suggested reading interesting books, which greatly improved her relationship with Jiuwei.

She also looks forward to Chisaku being able to communicate with Kurama again.

Xingyuan Qianshuo stood up, walked to Kushina's side, and put his hand on her shoulder. Immediately afterward, his spiritual body entered the sealed space.

In the bright space, there was still that floating boulder. The Nine-Tailed Fox's tail, limbs, and torso were firmly fixed to it.

"Greetings, Lord Nine-Tailed Fox," Xingyuan Qianshuo bowed.

He sensed that although the malice emanating from the Nine-Tails was still surging, it was significantly less intense than before.

This malice is passively inherent to Nine-Tails as a "collection of hatred," but it can be contained and released.

"Kid, how come your chakra characteristics have changed so much?" Kurama asked in a deep voice.

It sensed two unpleasant auras emanating from this brat—one chilling, the other brimming with life.

These two auras converged on him, vaguely resembling the Sage of Six Paths.

"I don't know either, I just vaguely feel a connection with some power in the world," Xingyuan Qianshuo explained calmly. "Ever since I felt this connection, my chakra has been increasing rapidly."

The Nine-Tails fell silent upon hearing this. This situation was somewhat similar to the growth stages of the tailed beasts.

"Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, I found this sealing technique too restrictive last time, so I've been trying to improve it," Xingyuan Qianshuo said in a deep voice. "Now, I've developed a sealing technique that can improve your environment, but—"

"Hmph, brat, so what if you've improved? You're still sealed away," Nine-Tailed Fox said gruffly.

"I did this with good intentions. I've always believed that humans and tailed beasts will eventually understand each other," Hoshino Senju said calmly.

Immediately, he used his trump card to block the communication between his consciousness and that of his external body.

Instantly, his demeanor transformed into that of a sage: compassion, tolerance, gratitude, and understanding.

"Kid, what happened to you? Why can't I sense any malice?" Nine-Tailed Fox asked with keen perception.

It is highly sensitive to negative and malicious emotions, knowing that no matter how kind a human being is, negative emotions exist within them.

However, the person in front of him, just like the Sage of Six Paths, showed no malice whatsoever.

"Lord Nine-Tailed Fox, as I just mentioned, I sensed some power between heaven and earth," Xingyuan Qianshuo said calmly. "My current state is because I have borrowed the most powerful and deeply connected power from it."

"Could it be that this kid has resonated with the power left behind by the Sage of Six Paths?" Nine-Tailed Fox wondered to herself.

"This power makes me firmly believe that humans and tailed beasts can completely understand each other," Hoshino Sensaku said again.

"Therefore, I implore Lord Kurama to accept the proposal to change the sealing formula. Although it is only a small improvement, it is my sincere wish."

"Hmph." Nine-Tails snorted lightly, and did not refute the argument any further.

Xingyuan Qianshuo sensed that the Nine-Tails' malice had diminished considerably, knowing that the proud Kurama had tacitly approved.

Knowing he had the upper hand, he bowed slightly and disappeared from the sealed space.