Chapter 5

Ishihara watched the scenery along the way with curiosity.

The entire base began underground from the entrance, so the light was extremely dim.

Long corridors led straight to the bottom, with other corridors branching off in different directions in between.

Identical rooms lined the walls of the corridors.

Like an ant-nest maze!

Ishihara felt dizzy and his vision blurred.

But soon, Orochimaru stopped, led him into a room, assigned someone to watch him, and then left.

Ishihara quickly fell asleep; as an infant, his main task now was sleeping.

Time flew.

In the blink of an eye, three years passed in a flash.

During these three years, Ishihara's performance had already exceeded Orochimaru's expectations.

He could speak at three months!

He could walk at five months!

He could read and write at seven months!

By ten months, he could already browse through documents and literature!

His figure was mostly seen in Orochimaru's laboratory and in Orochimaru's archive room.

Because his comprehension defied the heavens, Ishihara learned anything very quickly, faster than reason allowed, and could even innovate, leaving Orochimaru feeling shocked.

He believed Ishihara was absolutely a peerless genius surpassing himself!

He had also been looking forward to the day Ishiharu began cultivating ninjutsu!

And that day

had finally arrived!

Deep within the dim base, there was a small plaza.

Orochimaru brought Ishihara here and drove everyone away.

Looking at Ishihara opposite him, he still couldn't help but show an expression of awe.

Although only three years old, thanks to the body-forging technique he created himself, Ishihara's physique already resembled that of an ordinary boy of seven or eight.

Such physical constitution was fully capable of refining chakra and beginning cultivation!

"Ishihara, from today on, you will begin cultivating ninjutsu under me!"

This name was carved onto a jade tablet on Ishihara's body; after Orochimaru discovered it, he called him Ishihara.

"Teacher, can learning ninjutsu make me live forever?"

Orochimaru was stunned, then smiled and said, "I have a secret technique called Fushi Tensei that can grant immortality!"

"I remember Teacher saying that Fushi Tensei has major flaws, right?"

Ishihara said with a pout.

What he wanted was true immortality, like in the cultivation novels of his past life.

Not this obvious-flawed soul-stealing secret technique of Orochimaru's that required constantly changing bodies.

Seeing his look of disgust, Orochimaru's face turned a bit black.

This disciple being too smart was just bad in this one way; he was hard to fool.