That's a bit too humblebraggy.
"So you're saying you really developed Flying Thunder God from scratch, all on your own, just from one principle?" Baki asked Qingshui.
"Well, not entirely developed it, I suppose. As I said, I somehow just gained mastery over it. While its manifestation seems similar to the legendary Second Hokage's Flying Thunder God, there must be differences. For now, I can't pass it down as Ninjutsu like Konoha does. I still need time to slowly figure out the key details."
Qingshui opened his eyes and looked at Baki as he spoke.
After all, this wasn't the true Flying Thunder God, but his own Blood Demon Art. His ability to instantaneously move through space relied on his perception of his own blood to spatially displace himself.
Before he had this Blood Demon Art, even if Flying Thunder God were placed right in front of Qingshui, he might not have been able to learn it. But now, it signified that he possessed innate talent in spatial Ninjutsu. If a scroll documenting the Flying Thunder God Jutsu truly fell into Qingshui's hands, he would undoubtedly master it quickly.
However, what Qingshui needed to do now was research his own Blood Demon Art, and then, using the existing Sealing Jutsu and Summoning Jutsu from Sand Village—Ninjutsu that related to space—as auxiliary research material, develop his own version of Flying Thunder God. Qingshui speculated that this version of Flying Thunder God would likely differ significantly from Konoha Village's.
The fully realized Minato Namikaze had truly mastered Flying Thunder God, performing feats like Flying Thunder God Stage Two, Flying Thunder God Guiding Lightning, and even the downgraded Flying Thunder God Formation. Moreover, like Tobirama Senju, he possessed an incredibly high level of proficiency, capable of instantly leaving a Flying Thunder God mark on anything he touched, so subtly that you wouldn't immediately notice it even if it were directly inscribed on you.
This was already far beyond what Qingshui had imagined for Summoning Jutsu and Reverse Summoning Jutsu. Everyone knew that summoning required blood as a medium for coordinate positioning. In its earliest stages, Tobirama Senju likely developed the Flying Thunder God Jutsu using this principle. However, later on, to facilitate quickly leaving Flying Thunder God marks anywhere during combat, Tobirama Senju eliminated the rigid requirement of using blood as a medium, directly using Sealing Jutsu for coordinate positioning instead. This required extremely powerful and unique Perception Ninjutsu and Sealing Jutsu to achieve.
This was inherently what the Senju and Uzumaki excelled at, and only Tobirama Senju had the ability to integrate these elements to develop such a Flying Thunder God technique.
"There's no harm in writing this down. Hidden Grass Village and Konoha already know that a practitioner of Flying Thunder God was responsible. The village elders will certainly figure out it was me through this, so there's no need to hide it. Tonight, we'll continue to rest. Starting tomorrow, we'll investigate information regarding the Chinoike Clan in Hell Valley. Once we understand the situation, we'll head directly to Hell Valley to complete the mission sooner."
Qingshui stretched, got out of the hot spring, and wrapped himself in a towel.
Regarding the Chinoike Clan, he needed to approach it with even more caution than he did with Hidden Grass Village.
The Land of Grass was right next to Rain Village and had once been conquered by Hanzo. Qingshui and his group had obtained a lot of relevant information from Hanzo; the Hidden Grass Village within its borders was decent among smaller nations, but nothing special. However, Hanzo's furthest reach had only been to the Land of Iron and the Land of Hot Water, so Hanzo's information wasn't very detailed, and many reports were outdated.
Most importantly, Hell Valley was located on the border between the Land of Hot Water and Cloud Hidden Village, placing it within Cloud Hidden Village's sphere of influence. Cloud Hidden Village had always been dedicated to collecting Kekkei Genkai, repeatedly inviting the Chinoike Clan to join them. When it involved the Five Great Ninja Villages, handling the situation required even greater caution.
Strictly speaking, if Qingshui went all out now, he might be slightly stronger than a Kage-level expert like the Third Kazekage. He could suppress him, but not defeat him. This meant he was still considered to be within the Kage-level category. If a major village in the Ninja World truly deployed a large-scale army to encircle him, he wouldn't be able to win. With his extraordinary regenerative abilities, he might be able to hold them off, but Pakura and the others would definitely be lost.
At the very least, Cloud Hidden Village had the capacity to cause trouble. Qingshui didn't want a direct conflict with Cloud Hidden Village; they could potentially become allies in dealing with Konoha in the future. At least for this mission, Qingshui wanted to avoid conflict until it was completed.
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One day later, in the early morning.
The sky was hazy, and a light rain drizzled down, making the steam rising from the hot springs appear even more misty. This should have been a picturesque scene, but in Hell Valley, it felt more like a horror movie.
A hundred years ago, the Chinoike Clan was exiled to Hell Valley by the Uchiha. The main reason was that the Uchiha Clan had beaten the Chinoike Clan so thoroughly that they were forced to stay in Hell Valley. The Ketsuryugan, a very powerful pupil Kekkei Genkai, had ocular power comparable to a regular Sharingan. The Chinoike Clan couldn't compete with the Uchiha and couldn't withstand the Sharingan, but during the Warring States period, they were stronger than most ninja clans. Naturally, their territory at the time was not limited to just Hell Valley.
However, this was the ancestral home of the Chinoike Clan, the place most suitable for the Ketsuryugan to unleash its power. Many of the Ketsuryugan's abilities were similar to the Sharingan, possessing extremely strong insight, the ability to see Chakra flow, and amplifying Genjutsu, but the Uchiha also had these. The reason this clan still managed to barely survive and wasn't wiped out by the Uchiha was their eyes' ability to manipulate blood, or similar substances. This was equivalent to an enhanced Water Release, and due to their extremely strong control over blood, they significantly shortened the hand seal process, making almost everyone an expert in Water Release.
The most terrifying aspect was that if you were injured during an encounter with a Ketsuryugan user, and the blood from your wound was invaded and manipulated by the enemy's Chakra, they could even turn you into a human bomb.
As for Hell Valley itself, it possessed a unique geographical environment. Due to the high iron content in the soil and water, iron oxide and iron sulfide would naturally form. Coupled with the humid and hot environment, microorganisms would cause the water spewing from the hot springs to resemble blood. The Chinoike Clan discovered that by mixing a small amount of their own blood with it, they could smoothly control large quantities of blood-water for combat. It was also thanks to this geographical advantage that the Chinoike Clan barely managed to preserve their bloodline and avoid being exterminated by the Uchiha Clan.
Even now, after a hundred years, the once powerful Chinoike Clan is on the verge of decline. A once top-tier clan in the Ninja World, its current population might not even surpass some mid-level ninja clans.
In this generation, the most outstanding young man of the Chinoike Clan was named Oyakata En. He had just lost his wife.
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