Half a month later.
Early morning, as the sun was about to rise.
On the edge of a high mountain, a handsome young man sat cross-legged on the grass, quietly waiting for a certain moment. He looked up, his eyes slowly focusing on the distant horizon. As the hazy sun rose in the distance, in an instant, purple energy seemed to spread across the sky. He gazed intently, slowly drawing a wisp of the captured purple energy into his eyes.
As the purple energy entered his pupils, in an instant, the young man’s eyes brightened, revealing a mysterious charm, before subtly disappearing again.
He even spoke, “The purple energy is being absorbed smoothly! It seems my Eye Refining Method is mostly complete!”
Don’t misunderstand.
The young man was not some Divine King.
It was Uchiha Tenxiu, who had set up a base in Bird Country. Since deciphering the martial arts-level cultivation technique from another world, Uchiha Tenxiu had begun to research and meticulously study this technique from various angles.
Through deliberate excavation, he had completely unearthed the effects of the cultivation technique. To put it bluntly, if the founder of this technique were to stand before Uchiha Tenxiu now and compete in understanding its principles, Uchiha Tenxiu himself would guarantee victory.
Under such a dominant, pioneering stance, Uchiha Tenxiu’s ambition swelled. He was no longer satisfied with mere cultivation; he wanted to go further and create a unique cultivation technique specifically for his Sharingan.
After all, as an Uchiha, he inherently relied on the Sharingan. Not to mention, given his mental state, his one-tomoe Sharingan in each eye couldn't be further awakened through emotional fluctuations alone. To achieve the Mangekyo he sought, he had to exert effort elsewhere.
After all, cultivation techniques aren't created just by wishing; even with Shadow Clones for human experimentation, sufficient opportunities are needed.
After much deliberation, Uchiha Tenxiu decided to draw inspiration from a certain Sea God's secret manual. Through careful study and analysis, Uchiha Tenxiu finally discovered that there was indeed a subtle connection between the purple energy and the eyes.
With this crucial discovery, Uchiha Tenxiu fully dedicated himself to creating the cultivation technique. In the following days, he skillfully used the Shadow Clone technique to simultaneously observe and absorb the purple energy, running the cultivation method.
Through continuous attempts and adjustments, Uchiha Tenxiu gradually mastered the characteristics and operational patterns of the purple energy.
Now, he has successfully completed the observation and absorption of purple energy in the cultivation method. The next task is to gradually refine these steps, making them more suitable for nourishing the eyes and fully utilizing the purple energy.
At the very least, just from these few days of purple energy absorption, Uchiha Tenxiu also found that his Dojutsu had indeed grown significantly, increasing his long-distance observation by about two percent, and enhancing his Sharingan's insight. Not to mention, the Dojutsu of his Sharingan had become more condensed.
If he persevered in his cultivation, it might even be possible to upgrade his Sharingan without any emotional fluctuations.
Uchiha Tenxiu was full of confidence in this achievement. He firmly believed that as long as he continued to work tirelessly, he would definitely be able to develop a secret technique that truly worked for the Sharingan. At that time, the side effects of the Mangekyo Sharingan, which had plagued the Uchiha Clan for many years, would also be resolved.
Since the Eye Refining cultivation technique was mostly created, it goes without saying that the original cultivation technique had long been thoroughly studied by Uchiha Tenxiu day and night. Naturally, Uchiha Tenxiu settled down and began the secret cultivation of this technique.
Furthermore, compared to the Ninja's Chakra refinement technique, which simply mixes physical and spiritual energy, this cultivation technique, from the very beginning, first strengthens and enhances physical and spiritual energy in various ways, and then merges them to obtain energy beyond one's limits.
This is an energy synthesis formula, not a difference in energy levels. Even if a Ninja were to use this cultivation method, they would be able to refine higher quality Chakra.
Of course, extracting energy and the like is placed in the second step of cultivation.
As for the first step, it is Refining Essence.
What is Refining Essence? It is the prelude to transformation into Qi.
Refining Essence into Qi is the general outline of the first major stage, but the actual cultivation methods separate them for calculation.
This is because their cultivation factors are different: Refining Essence is material cultivation, while transformation into Qi is energy cultivation.
Because Qi is energy, the vital energy of the human body, a mixture of essence and spirit, the two naturally cannot be discussed interchangeably.
The most superficial explanation of essence is the physical body.
And what is called Refining Essence is essentially the exercise, tempering, and refining of the physical body.
Therefore, in this cultivation stage, the main goal is to strengthen one's physical capabilities through a series of exercise methods, body conditioning, and absorption of various nutrients to ensure the body's strength, thereby cooperating with a series of mental cultivation methods, such as entering samadhi, meditation, etc., to complete Refining Essence into Qi.
This step is both the foundation and the beginning of everything.
It is also the most crucial link, connecting the past and the future.
Uchiha Tenxiu deeply agreed with this.
After all, a tall building starts from the ground. In the fantasy and immortal cultivation systems, an unstable foundation means no peak. In the novels of his previous life, every protagonist had a sufficiently profound foundation to gradually reach the pinnacle.
Therefore, Uchiha Tenxiu was extremely cautious about this first step of cultivation. He even used summoning beasts to collect a large amount of resources and precious medicines. Although after the cultivation technique was deciphered, to achieve the original effects of the technique, people in the Ninja World would need several times the amount of medicine due to their physical constitution, for Uchiha Tenxiu, who possessed vast wealth, this increased consumption of resources was merely a drop in the ocean!
The Refining Essence chapter, the first chapter of the cultivation technique, is divided into four distinct stages. Only upon completing all of them is the first chapter considered perfect.
Of course, even if the cultivation technique is not perfected, one can directly skip to the next chapter of cultivation. However, according to the original secret manual's description, this simply means one cannot reach the highest limit.
It's like having an unstable foundation.
There's nothing more to say about that.
Uchiha Tenxiu naturally pursued perfection, completing each step to the utmost before proceeding to the next.
“Judging by my cultivation progress, this afternoon will be the time to completely succeed in cultivation and begin the second stage!”
Uchiha Tenxiu thought to himself, beginning the first stage of Refining Essence, the first major chapter of the cultivation technique, on this small hillside. The large amount of precious medicine he had consumed began to take effect on his body, a tingling sensation making Uchiha Tenxiu tense his body. He combined various postures to train his physique, and his mind was concentrated on the meditation chapter of the cultivation technique, silently settling.
Body and spirit are indispensable twins.
While exercising one, the other will inevitably be tempered, though there is a primary and secondary distinction.
But when both are exercised together, faster cultivation speed will inevitably be achieved.
Among them, under this physical torment, spiritual energy was also constantly growing. However, Uchiha Tenxiu's spiritual energy, having once activated the Sharingan, was already several times greater than that of ordinary people, so this increase was not too obvious.
But even so, Uchiha Tenxiu could still subtly perceive that both his spiritual and physical energies were slowly increasing.
For a moment, it made him feel even more deeply how important this treasure from another world was to his future.
Such a rate of improvement, if carelessly leaked, would be enough to make outsiders go mad.
Indeed, the entire Ninja World had never heard of such a secret technique that could continuously increase physical and spiritual strength simply by cultivating it. Most people only saw their physical and spiritual selves improve through life experiences and interactions, and through repeated setbacks in life.
And now, just the meditation of the first small stage of this first major chapter of the cultivation technique was having such a terrifying effect.
It is imaginable how much turmoil Uchiha Tenxiu’s basic cultivation technique would cause if exposed to the Ninja World!
It would be enough to immediately trigger a Ninja World War!
Unfortunately, Uchiha Tenxiu had absolutely no intention of revealing such a treasure to the outside world. As one of his trump cards, this secret manual could be considered his family heirloom, to be inherited only by himself and his descendants.
Anyone who dared to covet it...
“That would surely be a path to death!” A cold glint flashed in Uchiha Tenxiu’s eyes, and a wisp of purple energy vanished in an instant.