Chapter 573

Three days later, in an underground laboratory in the forest surrounding Konoha Village.

Su Xiao had been staying in this laboratory for about two days; in front of him on the test bench were numerous test tubes, beakers, documents, and more.

The location of this laboratory was provided by Orochimaru, and in return, Su Xiao announced to the outside world that Orochimaru was dead.

To be precise, Orochimaru was dead in a certain sense, but he could simply resurrect. This great scientist came with a built-in resurrection function; unless every holder of a Cursed Seal was killed, Orochimaru would not truly die.

Inside the laboratory.

"Hashirama cells have this kind of ability too..."

Su Xiao shook the test tube in his hand; a pale green solution inside gradually changed color, shifting from pale green to pale yellow.

His brow arched; if the solution in the test tube turned completely yellow, it would mean the Wood Release component of the Hashirama cells had been completely removed.

Just as Su Xiao thought he was about to succeed, the solution, which had already turned pale yellow, gradually reverted to pale green. Several small saplings grew wildly inside the solution, and with a 'crack', they burst the test tube.

Failure.

Su Xiao took the diary from the side and recorded a line of text on it.

'1063rd experiment failed. Over 90% of the Wood Release component in the Hashirama cells has been removed. Reason for failure: The primitive Hashirama cells have extremely strong vitality.'

Throwing down the pen in his hand, Su Xiao leaned back in his chair.

"What exactly is the reason? What on earth is Wood Release, and what is its specific structure? Is it just a simple combination of the nature transformations of Water-style chakra and Earth-style chakra? Absolutely impossible."

There are many ninjas in the Naruto world who have mastered Water and Earth nature transformations, but among these people, a Wood Release user has never appeared.

After some research, Su Xiao had gained some understanding of Wood Release. Using Wood Release is nothing more than a few processes: Earth and Water chakra nature transformation -> converting the two types of chakra into a source of life (it is highly likely that Yang-style chakra is wrapped inside) -> germination -> control -> shaping, and finally forming Wood Release.

Su Xiao ignored the nature transformation directly; there was no need to research that aspect. As for converting chakra into a 'source of life', he also ignored it directly; it was too difficult, and without a dozen years, nothing could be researched in that area.

Su Xiao felt the problem lay in the powerful 'source of life' within the Hashirama cells. If he wanted to remove the Wood Release component from the cells, he also had to remove the 'source of life' inside.

But if there were no 'source of life', the Hashirama cells would basically be useless; apart from being highly corrosive, they would have no other advantages.

After thinking it over, Su Xiao reached a conclusion: he wasn't really suited for scientific research. He should just honestly practice swordsmanship; that was where his talent lay.

"Since it cannot be thoroughly analyzed, then simplify it!"

Su Xiao made a trade-off: he would remove as much of the Wood Release component from the Hashirama cells as he could, then dilute the Hashirama cells, and finally add them to the alchemical potion to obtain a more powerful agent.

As long as the Wood Release component in the alchemical potion wasn't too high, after drinking the new version of the alchemical potion, the Blue Steel Shadow energy in Su Xiao's body could devour those Wood Release components, and there wouldn't be any impact.

In this way, the new version of the alchemical potion became Su Xiao's exclusive recovery potion. Others couldn't use it; if they used it rashly, let alone recovering from injuries, not dying would be a stroke of luck.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Su Xiao's face. He took out some powder of the Philosopher's Stone; this was his last stock, which could replace the materials needed for a special-grade alchemical potion, and could only produce one bottle.

There was only one chance. If he failed this time, Su Xiao would have to wait until he returned to Reincarnation Paradise to have a chance to experiment.

Red light flickered on the Philosopher's Stone. Su Xiao took an empty test tube and consumed 300 mana points to catalyze the materials; light flickered in his hand.

A moment later, Su Xiao took a bottle of pale green solution and added it to the nearly finished special-grade alchemical potion.

Gurgle~

A string of bubbles emerged from the semi-finished alchemical secret medicine. Su Xiao tried his best to stabilize the structure within it and added several more materials one after another.

To stabilize the structural changes of the potion, Su Xiao consumed an additional 100 mana points.

Ten minutes later, fine beads of sweat seeped from Su Xiao's temples. Holding a bottle of emerald green potion in his hand, he had succeeded.

【Unnamed】

Origin: Naruto

Quality: Purple

Type: Recovery item

Effect: After drinking, it can rapidly recover 85% of health points, and continue to recover health points for the next 30 seconds, 2 points per second, and recover a certain degree of internal organ injuries.

Hint: Because this potion contains untreated Hashirama cells, there is a certain risk of tree-fication after drinking.

Rating: 109

Introduction: A product of alchemy, a semi-finished product, awaiting improvement.

He succeeded. Su Xiao clenched his fists, feeling inevitably excited. This bottle of potion combined his knowledge of pharmacology, Orochimaru's research results, and the First Hokage's cells; having such a powerful effect was not unexpected.

Because this bottle of potion was made independently by Su Xiao, he had the naming rights for this type of potion.

After hesitating for a moment, Su Xiao named the potion 【No. 1 Potion】, simple and easy to understand, and it represented that 【No. 1 Potion】 would continue to be improved in the future.

Putting away the 【No. 1 Potion】, Su Xiao was not worried about the material problem of 【No. 1 Potion】.

He had consulted Reincarnation Paradise; primitive Hashirama cells could not be replicated, but the diluted solution he made using Hashirama cells could be replicated by spending Paradise Coins, it just cost a bit more.

【No. 1 Potion】 could not be sold to the outside world. It wasn't that it couldn't be sold, but that no one would buy it. No one dared to try this kind of unstable experimental potion; only Su Xiao dared. This was an item he manufactured, and he knew its composition and properties clearly; it belonged to his exclusive recovery potion.

Stretching, a few crisp 'crack' sounds came; he had been researching without sleep or rest for two days, and it was time to take a break.

Finding a room in the laboratory that was still relatively clean, Su Xiao set up aerial guards and began a deep sleep.

At the same time, in Konoha Village, underground, inside the Root organization headquarters.

An old man sat on a stone chair. The old man had two intersecting scars on his chin, and his head was wrapped in bandages, which covered his right eye.

"Fu, how is the search going?"

The old man's voice was low, as if he had merged with the darkness.

With a 'whoosh', a figure appeared not far from the old man, kneeling on one knee.

"Lord Danzo, it has been found. That person entered an underground laboratory and has not appeared for two days."

"Two days, huh? Being able to find a laboratory near Konoha means he has a connection with Orochimaru."

Danzo, who was in the darkness, was expressionless, as if considering something.

"I heard, Itachi is dead?"

"Yes."

"Died at the hands of Uchiha Sasuke?"

"Yes."

From this question and answer, one could see the style of Root: no extra nonsense. Whatever Danzo asked, his subordinates answered.

"Uchiha Sasuke being able to kill Uchiha Itachi, ridiculous to the extreme."

Danzo gave a rare cold laugh.

"The two brothers have already decided life and death, so the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan will soon appear."

Danzo stopped talking; Fu already understood Danzo's meaning.

"Should we act now? Lord Danzo?"

"No, the time is not yet ripe. Let us first go and meet that 'guest'. After that person appeared, I felt a special aura emerge."

Danzo glanced at his right arm. His right arm was full of Hashirama cells, so he had a perception of purer Hashirama cells; this was exactly the reason Danzo could discover Su Xiao.