Chapter 179: Aurora
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Following the military order, after just a few days, Uchiha Gen gathered the materials he needed at the supply department.
As the most powerful force in the current Shinobi World, there was hardly anything Konoha could not procure.
Otherwise, if Uchiha Gen had to acquire these things himself—even with clan channels and the convenience of his Jonin position—he might not have been able to gather them all even after waiting another year or half.
Relying on a giant mountain and having power at one's disposal—the convenience and benefits of this were simply unimaginable to rogue Ninjas and independent cultivators.
Inside the camp, within Uchiha Gen's residence.
Firewood was lit beneath a large wooden barrel, boiling the medicinal soup inside until it bubbled and made gurgling sounds.
This was the frontline, and the environment was certainly not as good as when he was in Konoha. However, the medicinal properties within this barrel of soup were extremely overbearing; any germs and the like would be directly killed by the intensely irritating medicinal efficacy contained within. Even ordinary Ninjas, if they lacked the resistance possessed through a certain level of Snake Body Modification, would be scalded unconscious within seconds of soaking in it, requiring no other auxiliary equipment.
Throughout the entire tent, Uchiha Gen only asked Mikoto, a trustworthy person, to help keep watch at the entrance.
Mainly, if any accident occurred, she could notify Orochimaru through the small snake left behind by Uchiha Gen.
"You can start."
Uchiha Gen let out a long breath, took out and swallowed a high-quality Military Rations Pill previously obtained through the system's quality enhancement card, then stripped off his clothes, bit down on a hollow iron pipe, and crawled into the bath barrel.
The intensely irritating medicinal power, the moment it touched his skin, pierced into his body like tens of thousands of fine needles, running straight through his meridians and spinal cord.
This Snake Body Modification actually came a bit hastily.
This matter was actually just like taking medicine; no matter how good the medicinal efficacy was, taking too much of it would inevitably lead to drug resistance.
Regardless of how the medicinal herbs changed in Snake Body Modification, a core part of it always remained essence extracted from the snakes of Ryūchi Cave. The more modifications performed, the stronger the resistance to this part would naturally become.
Until finally, just like Orochimaru in his prime in the original timeline, he could freely stretch and elongate his limbs with extremely strong flexibility, perform various actions contrary to human anatomy, and significantly reduce the Chakra consumption of snake-type Ninjutsu such as the Orochimaru-style Substitution Technique.
Ever since his last Snake Body Modification, Uchiha Gen had not yet fully absorbed the resistance to the medicinal efficacy within himself. This time, he purely relied on the powerful vitality and massive Chakra amount bestowed by the Xiang character card to forcefully endure it.
Although in his judgment, enduring this modification wouldn't be too problematic, the pain would only increase significantly because of it.
"Mm————"
A muffled grunt rang out; if not for the hard-textured iron pipe clenched in his teeth, he definitely would have cried out in misery by now.
But he could only endure it.
Chakra surged, and Yin Healing Wound Destruction activated along with the stimulation of Chakra, healing the somatic cells destroyed by the overbearing medicinal efficacy.
Mikoto, waiting outside the house, squatted on the ground holding her sword in both arms. Listening to the commotion coming from inside, a trace of worry flashed in her eyes.
She also knew that some powerful jutsu in the Shinobi World required paying the price of immense pain to learn.
During the last Snake Body Modification, Uchiha Gen had rested for quite a few days before recovering; this time, she naturally worried that such a thing would happen again.
Just because of her consistent trust in Uchiha Gen, she could only calm her heart and stand guard outside the door.
After a long while, Uchiha Gen's sounds subsided as he crawled out from the bath barrel.
White steam was currently rising from his stimulated, pinkish skin.
"Aside from the pain, there really aren't any other problems. Even my Chakra amount still has over fifty percent left, and the recovery speed is very fast. I didn't even need to use the Military Rations Pills prepared beforehand."
Uchiha Gen stretched his body, tried injecting Chakra into his arms, and threw a punch forward.
The sound of rushing wind came, and his arm also stretched forward by several inches out of thin air, full of elasticity.
"According to Orochimaru's deductions on the scroll, starting from this time, as the body's resistance increases, the temporary reinforcement effect after each Snake Body Modification will diminish."
"However, right now, it still has some effect. I must seize the time and not waste it."
Thinking of this, Uchiha Gen swallowed the Military Rations Pill in his mouth.
An unusually abundant and warm aura immediately spread through his body, causing his Chakra to recover at a rocket-climbing speed.
"The Yang Release Chakra inside my body is even more active, and its generation speed is faster. No wonder this kind of Military Rations Pill has a certain healing effect."
Uchiha Gen did not dare to delay. He took another high-quality Military Rations Pill and shoved it into his mouth, then put on his clothes, bit his finger, formed hand seals with both hands, and slammed them onto the ground, transforming into circle after circle of cursed seal runes.
"Reverse Summoning Technique: Rashomon!"
Accompanied by a puff of white smoke, Uchiha Gen's figure disappeared in the blink of an eye, arriving once again in that canyon where the chilly winds howled angrily.
Above the canyon, against the backdrop behind the snow-capped mountains, was a gorgeous sky interweaving purple and green.
"This is————an aurora?"
Uchiha Gen raised his head, looking at the bizarre scene in the sky.
The appearance of an aurora indicated that this place was the polar region, either the Arctic or the Antarctic.
After going back, looking at the time and calculating with the date and season would reveal whether this was the Antarctic or the Arctic.
Indeed, only this kind of bitter, freezing place that was extreme in its remoteness would be selected by the Sage of Six Paths as the gateway connecting the living world and the Pure Land.
However, at the very beginning, how did people come to this kind of place and make a contract with Rashomon? And how did they know Rashomon was here?
Asura, the ancestor of the Senju?
Uchiha Gen shook his head, casting these distracting thoughts out of his mind. He circulated Chakra under his feet and ran forward at full speed.
He was already very familiar with walking the first section of this place. Advancing at full speed, the speed before the first gate was almost no different from his usual normal travel speed, and his Chakra amount didn't even decrease; instead, under the effect of the high-quality Military Rations Pill, it had almost fully recovered.
It wasn't until after passing the first gate that he began to feel some pressure.
However, his current degree of Snake Body Modification was sufficient to weaken the intensity of these shockwaves by about fifty percent.
For the remainder, relying purely on his physical body to hard-resist was not a problem at all, let alone the fact that he also possessed the powerful Yang Release contained within his Sage Body and the purification effect of the high-quality Military Rations Pills against negative effects.
The second gate, which once could make him exhausted to the point that he had to crawl to touch it, now only required him to pant a few breaths when he walked up to it.
The current him could no longer be compared to the past.
"Rumble————"
The big mouth of the green Rashomon opened, revealing the path leading to the third gate.