I will use the ninja world to aid my cultivation of immortality.

The divine sense is formless and intangible. When it came into contact with the incantation seal, it did not cause any ripples. Then, it quietly probed into it.

"no problem!"

The moment Naraku probed the cursed seal with his divine sense, he subconsciously clenched his fist.

He was thrilled.

The fact that no curse mark was found undoubtedly means that divine sense is above the curse mark, and exploring it will not trigger the curse mark.

really.

When Naraku continued to use his divine sense to probe the cursed seal from all angles, the seal remained unresponsive.

Despite Naraku's previous research into sealing techniques in an attempt to break the seal that would extinguish the root of tongue-related calamities.

But in fact, he has always been unaware of the structure of the seal that eradicates the root of tongue-related calamities.

There's no way around it; the seal for eradicating the root of tongue-related troubles is simply too complicated.

It was chosen by Danzo as the core means of controlling the root organization.

The seal of eradicating the root of calamity through the tongue is not something that can be explored so easily.

Let alone Naraku's shallow sealing techniques, even among the Uzumaki clan back then, those capable of breaking the seal of the tongue-cursing root were extremely rare.

However, times have changed.

Even though Naraku's consciousness had only just begun to develop, it had already demonstrated extraordinary perceptual abilities.

Chapter 15 Shrunk to an Inch

The obscure seal of the Root of Calamity, in the perception of divine sense, was like a naked beauty, completely exposed to Naraku's senses.

With this perception, it was as if Naraku had obtained the key to unlock the game, and it was only a matter of time before he could break the seal that would destroy the source of the tongue-twisting curse.

"The power of true qi far surpasses that of chakra. Using true qi to break the Tongue Calamity Root Seal formed by chakra will undoubtedly be much easier."

Having grasped the secret of the seal that eradicates the root of tongue-related calamities, Naraku felt even more exhilarated than during his recent breakthrough.

No, to be precise, it should be double the happiness.

The gloom that shrouded my heart, though not completely dispelled at this moment, has undoubtedly been brought in by the sunshine, bringing new life.

"Once I break the seal that severs the root of the tongue calamity, I will be able to move freely. If I want to leave Konoha in the future, I will only need to find an opportunity."

"Well, preparations for leaving can begin now."

After calming his agitated emotions, Naraku began to think.

Leaving Konoha is certain, but I can't leave without any preparation.

Putting everything else aside, he wouldn't waste the blood he'd shed over the years serving the Root organization.

With a breakthrough in breaking the seal that eradicates the root of tongue-related troubles, Naraku was undoubtedly in high spirits.

Similarly, after breaking through to the second level of Qi Refining, he also planned to develop a new cultivation program.

"With my current cultivation level, I can start practicing supernatural abilities and see what happens."

After resting for a while, Naraku thought of the supernatural power he had always envied.

The supernatural power inherited on the first level of the Bronze Tower is the "Art of the Five Elements".

This supernatural power is extremely special.

It can be seen as a supernatural power, or as a combination of five supernatural powers.

In short, the "Five Elements Techniques" can not only be integrated as one, but also differentiated into five supernatural powers.

These five supernatural powers are:

The "Mysterious Gold Sword Qi" represents the power of the metal element.

"Every bush and tree is an enemy" represents the power of the wood element.

The "Heavenly One Divine Water" represents the power of water.

The "Blazing Sun Technique" represents the power of fire.

The "Shrinking the Earth to an Inch" technique represents the power of the Earth element.

After Naraku received the inheritance of the "Five Elements Technique," although he did not practice it due to insufficient cultivation, he had already studied this supernatural power many times.

"Practicing all five elements at once takes too much time; let's focus on practicing one of them first!"

The difficulty of mastering supernatural powers is incomparable to that of ninjutsu.

Even with his greatly increased comprehension, he couldn't guarantee how much easier it would be for him to cultivate supernatural powers.

Therefore, instead of spreading your energy too thin, it's better to focus on one practice first.

After thinking for a while, Naraku quickly decided to first cultivate the "Shrinking the Earth to an Inch" technique, which represents the power of earth.

Although this supernatural power is not an offensive supernatural power like the "Mysterious Gold Sword Qi" or the "Blazing Sun Technique", in terms of comprehensiveness, it is the one that Naraku believes is most suitable for him at present.

As for the ability to "shrink the earth to an inch", it can be seen from the name itself.

Once mastered, this supernatural power allows one to move from an inch to an inch, or from a distance to the ends of the earth.

To some extent, "shrinking the earth to an inch" can be seen as a space-time ninjutsu like "Flying Thunder God Technique".

After deciding which supernatural power to cultivate first, Naraku did not rest as night fell, but immediately began to try cultivating.

"Shrinking the Earth to an Inch" is a supernatural power based on the earth element. To master it, the most essential requirement is to absorb the power of the earth element.

The source of earth element power can be drawn from spiritual energy on the one hand, and from substances containing earth element power on the other.

Leaving aside the former, the most direct reference to the latter is the earth beneath our feet.

At this moment, Naraku, who was cultivating, was using his supernatural powers with his feet firmly planted on the ground, absorbing earth element power from both spiritual energy and the earth.

He benefited from the enhanced comprehension brought about by the nameless martial arts technique.

Naraku experienced extraordinary success in cultivating supernatural powers.

Before long, wisps of earth elemental power gathered within his body.

The start of a new month also means that intelligence needs to be handed over again.

Naraku skillfully navigates to the secret room beneath the weapon shop, where he meets Nonou once again.

"The assessment is coming up soon. Do you have any plans to be promoted to a full member this time?"

The two rarely met, and after exchanging intelligence, they naturally had a good chat.

However, during their tender moment after their conversation, Nono, lying in Naraku's arms, seemed to have thought of something and couldn't help but ask Naraku a question.

"Forget it, I just want to cultivate in peace right now. If I get promoted to a full member, I'll definitely be transferred back to the organization," Naraku said lazily.

The so-called assessment is actually a personnel transfer within the organization.

Given the nature of root organizations, their internal environment is naturally not peaceful, but rather full of competition.

Performance evaluation evolved from competition.

Every year, the root organization conducts an assessment.

Used to filter out high-quality and low-quality tools.

The structure of the root organization originates from the dark side.

On the surface, Root is just a branch of the Dark Division, led by Danzo, and consists of four squads with a total of seventeen members.

But in reality, the root organization has even more members.

The reason is that Danzo would not allow his private army to be so small.

Just like Naraku.

Excluding Danzo, the Root organization has 48 probationary members in addition to its 16 official members.

That means each class actually has a total of sixteen members.

In this situation, a class of the root organization can be reorganized into a sub-team if needed, and then divided into four classes.

Moreover, the reserve members are not the lowest rank.

There were even more training group members below.

Let's get back to the assessment.

Those at the bottom who want to rise in rank naturally need access to certain channels.

The purpose of the assessment is to make it easier for lower-level personnel to challenge higher-level personnel.

Victory would allow one to take its place.

As for the losers.

For regular members, even if they are successfully challenged, as long as they don't die or suffer incurable injuries, they will only be demoted to reserve members.

The reservists are in a much worse situation.

Once challenged by lower-level trainees, one can only retain their position by taking advantage of the challenge opportunity to defeat others of the same level. Otherwise, once they fall into the reserve, what awaits them is not returning to the training class, but complete elimination and disappearance from the Root organization.

This disappearance is not retirement.