Chapter 11

His own body was merely a storage vessel for natural energy.

Still, this counted as a good start—he already had the embryonic form of a Sage Art.

"The next step is to try fusing natural energy with the body!"

After Ishihara calmed down, he continued reading the materials on the Cursed Seal.

After finishing, he also understood where Orochimaru had gotten stuck.

The Cursed Seal was formed by Orochimaru using Jugo's Sage Transformation ability, combined with his own chakra, and then transformed through ninjutsu!

Jugo's chakra, capable of Sage Transformation, was extremely violent; even Orochimaru's own chakra could not suppress it, let alone take the dominant position and fuse it with his own chakra.

"Perhaps this research will also be useful for my creating a Sage Art!"

Ishihara looked thoughtful.

As for Orochimaru's difficulty, for Ishihara, who had already mastered the Heavenly Demon Tattoo, it was not a problem.

……

"You say you solved the Cursed Seal's problem?!"

Orochimaru stared at Ishihara in disbelief, not hiding his shock in the slightest.

Ishihara, however, was calm. "That's right, it wasn't that hard!"

Through this Cursed Seal incident, he suddenly had an epiphany.

That was—if he wanted to grow quickly, he would need a large amount of important, classified materials and experiments.

And right now, only Orochimaru could provide these for him!

So being a genius alone wasn't enough; he had to perform well enough to shock Orochimaru.

Only then could he make Orochimaru assist his growth.

Looking at it now, the effect wasn't bad.

"Not hard?"

Orochimaru licked the corner of his mouth, looking at him and feeling his throat go a bit dry.

For the first time, a sense of defeat welled up in his heart!

Even when he saw the genius of the Uchiha clan display the terror of the Sharingan, he had only felt excitement—no defeat at all, but rather an infinite craving!

But now, looking at Ishihara, he truly felt the uncrossable gulf between the two of them!!

The smarter a person is, the more they can feel the terror brought by this kind of gap!

And Orochimaru was precisely the kind of person who could feel that terror!

To the point that it left him speechless!

Ishihara looked at the silent Orochimaru and said calmly:

"Yes, these problems aren't hard. What's hard is immortality, but I believe that won't stump me either!"

At this moment, his little face was brimming with confidence!

As long as the bait of immortality was there, Orochimaru would absolutely never make a move against him.

And he only needed to constantly prove himself during this process and raise his strength,

and that would be enough to make Orochimaru go all out in cooperating with him!

The two were merely using each other!

"Oh, do you have any ideas?"

Orochimaru's spirit lifted, and he asked somewhat impatiently.

Ishihara laughed inwardly.

Just as expected.

"If we're going for immortality, then naturally both the body and the soul must achieve immortality!"

"On the body side, the Body Tempering Art I created is the embryonic form of an immortality secret art!"

"As for the soul side, I need to learn more knowledge about genjutsu and souls!"

Hearing this, Orochimaru's eyes flickered slightly.

Although he was currently researching the Living Corpse Reincarnation technique, how could he not also want both soul and body to achieve immortality.

It was just that previously, he couldn't do it!

But now, it seemed he had a chance!

Orochimaru drew a slight breath, and his gaze gradually steadied.

If it was Ishihara, it might not be impossible!

If an immortality secret art were truly developed, then no matter how much was paid, it would be worth it……

"I will give you enough materials!"

Hearing Orochimaru's words, Ishihara immediately laughed inwardly.

"Alright!"

"I hope you won't disappoint me!"

"Of course not!"

……

Ishihara's life returned to its previous track.

Every day was either reading, studying, or eating!

As time went on, his body grew rapidly—five centimeters a month!

Leaving Orochimaru utterly dumbfounded.

And during this period, Ishihara began deliberately studying knowledge related to genjutsu and souls.

Just as he had told Orochimaru.

He wanted not only an immortal body, but an indestructible soul as well!

Illusion Art · Tree Binding Murder!

Illusion Art · This-Is-Not-That Art!

Illusion Art · Dark Walk Art!

One illusion art after another transformed into his foundation and spiritual light, flickering ceaselessly in his mind.

Until this day.

【You have observed a great number of illusion arts and soul-knowledge, and you have created…】

PS: Brothers, please send me the data!!!.