In reality, the places to choose from were far more than just the chest and back.
However, those locations were even less acceptable to Sakura.
If, in the future, she and Ryun grew up together and became as close as they were in the illusion, then it could naturally be considered.
But right now, it was absolutely not possible.
Sakura's face reddened as she thought it over for a long time, finally coming to a decision.
She absolutely had to learn this ninjutsu, and since Ryun had taught her such a precious technique, she couldn't possibly betray the trust he had placed in her.
In comparison, she was just choosing a location; if she couldn't muster enough courage for something like this, what right did she have to be Ryun's girlfriend?
However, she still couldn't decide on a specific location.
In the end, she could only blush and say, "Does Ryun-kun have any suggestions?"
Ryun thought about it seriously and finally said, "I think the chest or the stomach would be most suitable."
"Ch- Chest, you say?"
Sakura's body trembled, a feeling of "I knew it" arising in her heart, but then Ryun's next words confused her.
"But the most suitable should probably be the spot a little below the navel."
Ryun wasn't talking nonsense. The True Spirit Seal essentially created a spiritual entity by imitating the spiritual fluctuations of a fetus, so naturally, the environment it was most familiar with would be the most suitable.
Although other parts of the body were theoretically possible, if there was a choice, one should definitely pick the best.
Sakura instinctively lifted her clothes, looked at her body, and breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Although this place was still very sensitive, it was a bit easier to accept compared to her chest.
"Since Ryun-kun suggests this place, then I accept—"
"Are you truly ready for this? Choosing here means you won't be able to wear belly-baring clothes in the future."
"Who would wear such indecent clothes—pfft, hahaha!"
Sakura, thinking of something unknown, laughed heartily.
She turned her head to look at Ryun, her pink cheeks filled with the budding emotions of youth and a desire for affirmation from her lover.
Ryun sighed and said, "Don't make fun of Ino's clothing style; that's her freedom."
Sakura laughed even louder, releasing the pressure through laughter before saying, "I can't wait to see how that Ino handles it. What if she chooses to get it tattooed on her chest?"
"If she really chooses that in the future, you can go ahead and make fun of her then."
"It's a deal!"
Sakura took a deep breath and began to act.
She lay back down on the bed, lifted her clothes, and said, "Ryun-kun, you can start."
Ryun had just pulled out a strip of cloth, preparing to blindfold himself, when Sakura had already closed her eyes first.
Well, if she didn't mind, Ryun naturally didn't care either.
He sat down by the bed, clearing his mind of all distracting thoughts; the following process allowed no room for carelessness.
"I'm about to start?"
"Okay."
Then, Ryun's finger touched Sakura's forehead, and also his own.
He extracted a strand from Sakura's spirit energy, intertwined it with his own spirit energy, and then began the creation of the spiritual seed.
Normally, fusing two people's spirit energy was extremely difficult, but the favorability between Ryun and Sakura was already high enough. Coupled with Sakura's active cooperation and the faint resonance between her bloodline power and Ryun's, the fusion slowly began.
Half an hour later, Ryun held a small, invisible cluster of spirit energy in his hand, then placed it onto Sakura's skin.
At the same time, dense curse marks rapidly spread and extended across Sakura's body with the movement of Ryun's other hand, radiating outward from the spiritual seed at the center.
Sakura felt it then, sensing that some enormous transformation was about to occur, and her body tensed up involuntarily.
Seeing this, Ryun spoke softly, "Sakura, is there any shape you like? The shape of the seal's mark can actually be chosen by yourself."
"Suddenly asking me something like this—"
Sakura's attention was diverted, and she naturally relaxed.
After thinking for a few seconds, she said, "Is a cherry blossom shape possible?"
"Of course."
Then, Ryun pressed down gently. The spiritual seed merged into Sakura's skin, and the countless curse marks rapidly rolled back inward. Finally, under Ryun's guidance, they left behind a cherry blossom-shaped mark.
Sakura's spirits lifted, and her body instinctively tensed and jerked up. By the time she subconsciously sat upright, it was all over.
She looked at Ryun with some confusion, then looked at the cherry blossom mark on her body. For a moment, she didn't feel anything special.
This made her ask, puzzled, "Did it work?"
"Of course."
Ryun nodded with a smile. The hardest part was the creation and generation of the spiritual seed, but that process had gone even more smoothly than he had imagined.
It seemed that after giving Sakura the bloodline feedback, the bloodline resonance of the Genjutsu 10 attribute had played a major role. Was this probably some hidden little mechanism?
"But I don't feel anything—"
Sakura gently touched the mark; there wasn't even a hint of swelling. She felt a strong sense of unreality.
"You want to feel it, is that it? Alright, then."
Ryun took Sakura's hand, and then, under her bewildered gaze, injected pure Yang Release chakra into her body.
Sakura's body stiffened, then relaxed a second later.
She was already very familiar with this feeling; wasn't it just using Yang Release chakra to help soothe her body's fatigue?
Or, in Ryun's own words, this was a massage using Yang Release chakra.
But then Sakura's expression changed slightly as she realized something was wrong.
Ryun's Yang Release chakra was actually flowing towards the True Spirit Seal within Sakura. The seal, which had been so quiet it was almost unnoticeable, began to absorb this Yang Release chakra.
Gradually, a faint, ethereal spiritual fluctuation began to emanate from within it, like a heartbeat. Then, pure life force spread throughout Sakura's body.
Even though this life force was still weak, the feeling it gave Sakura was even stronger than Ryun's Yang Release chakra.
After all, Yang Release chakra was just for massage, but this life force made Sakura feel as if her body was greedily absorbing and combining with it, finally immersing every cell in her body in joy.
"Th- This is the effect of life force?"
Ryun nodded, saying, "The purest life force; no cell in the human body will reject it. It can also keep the body in its healthiest and most active state forever."
Afterwards, your appetite might increase. Don't hold back, because if you eat more, it will also be absorbed by the True Spirit Seal and converted into life force—"
Just as Ryun finished speaking, Sakura suddenly screamed.
Ryun quickly covered Sakura's mouth and didn't let go until she stopped screaming and flailed her hands repeatedly.
"Have you lost your mind?"
Ryun asked, puzzled. Sakura, however, stared at him with sparkling eyes and said, "Why didn't you tell me about such an important effect earlier?"
"Is it that important?"
"Of course! It means I can eat as much as I want without gaining weight! You have no idea how much we envy Hinata's constitution!"
"What girl isn't worried about her weight? Just for this reason alone, no one would refuse your sealing technique." As she spoke, Sakura's expression changed slightly, and she asked cautiously, "You're not going to apply this sealing technique to a lot of people, are you?"
Ryun gently rubbed Sakura's cheek and said, "This technique can only be successfully performed if there's mutual affection. It requires our spirit energy to merge. Who do you think is qualified to be of one mind and heart with me?"
Only then did Sakura smile contentedly, placing her palm on the mark, enjoying the奇妙 feeling of life force pulsating.
"Alright, let's stop here for now."
Ryun looked at the clock's hands pointing to two o'clock, feeling it was time to leave.
But Sakura grabbed Ryun's wrist, hung her head low, and said, "If you run out at this hour, what if the patrolling ninja mistake you for a spy?"
Ryun didn't call out this flimsy excuse; instead, he whispered in her ear, "Then what do you think I should do?"
"...Stay. Leave after dawn, and pretend you just finished your morning training."
"Then where do I sleep? Surely not on the floor?"
Sakura shot Ryun a glare, then silently pulled him to lie down facing each other. Then, as if to make a point, she shook her fist.
Saying, "Absolutely nothing you can do!"
After she said it, even Sakura felt it sounded more like bluster than real threat, and stuck out her tongue shyly.
Sakura naturally trusted that Ryun wouldn't do anything strange; after all, even in the illusion, he had refused her invitation.
But still, modesty was a maiden's privilege.
"Doing nothing is fine, of course, but does that include continuing to replenish your life force?"
Yang Release chakra flickered in Ryun's hand. Seeing this, Sakura silently took his hand and then turned off the light.
Clearly, replenishing the life force within Sakura's True Spirit Seal wasn't defined as doing anything strange.
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