"As expected, my child is so beautiful!"
Uchiha Misa had now gotten a clear look at her child as well. Chubby, fair, and rosy—simply adorable. She couldn't help but praise him.
At that moment, she felt that all the hardship she had endured over the past year had been worth it.
Once everything on this side had been cleaned up, Misagzi left the delivery room to inform the mother's family.
Very soon, Uchiha Masayuki and the others all came in one after another.
The moment they saw the child, Uchiha Masayuki and the others were overjoyed as well.
"Haha! I have a son now!"
Uchiha Masayuki held Hoshino Ren up and laughed heartily.
That left Uchiha Hao at the side speechless.
So what, I'm not your son or something?
He felt that his status in the family had instantly dropped.
"Have you decided on little brother's name yet, Dad, Mom?"
Uchiha Hao took a few looks at his younger brother, even reached out and gently rubbed his cheek, then turned to his parents and asked.
To be honest, he also felt that this little brother of his was excessively cute. The bit of grievance that had just risen in his heart vanished in an instant.
"Mm!"
Uchiha Masayuki nodded firmly and said with a smug look, "His name will be Sora—Uchiha Sora. Well? Not a bad name, right?"
"Uh…"
Hearing that, Uchiha Hao nodded speechlessly. "It's… fine, I guess!"
The name wasn't bad, but it wasn't especially remarkable either.
He really didn't understand what his father was so proud of.
Then again, considering his father's usual inexplicable confidence, it somehow also felt normal.
"Uchiha Sora? That works too."
Hoshino Ren himself had also been listening attentively. Hearing this name, he was fairly satisfied.
…
In the blink of an eye, a week passed.
After once again finishing a cultivation attempt with the Innate Embryonic Breathing Technique, Hoshino Ren—or rather, the infant Uchiha Sora—slightly furrowed his tiny brows and thought to himself:
"As expected, after being born, without the large amount of nutrients supplied by Mother, the effect of this technique has been greatly reduced by relying on food intake alone."
These past few days, he had displayed an enormous appetite as well.
To make sure he had enough to eat, the family had even bought a large amount of milk powder to feed him, but it was still only a drop in the bucket—far from enough to satisfy Uchiha Sora's cultivation needs.
"I can only further deduce and modify this technique."
Uchiha Sora acted the moment he made up his mind, immediately using his max-level Comprehension to begin deducing.
Actually, when he had first created the Innate Embryonic Breathing Technique, his original idea had been to directly absorb and convert the natural energy in the air to nourish and strengthen himself.
But at the time, while still in the womb, his body had been too fragile. On top of that, the natural energy of this world was far too violent. Sensing both the danger and the difficulty involved, he had temporarily given up on the idea.
Even so, he had remembered the insights from that earlier deduction, as well as the information from how his mother's breathing had reacted with that natural energy. So now, his deduction was not starting entirely from scratch.
…
One month later—
[Using the Innate Embryonic Breathing Technique and the information from your mother's breathing as a foundation for deduction and comprehension, and after conducting meticulous research based on your own condition, you experience an epiphany and create Innate Technique 1.0.]
[Innate Technique 1.0]: Using a trace of innate qi within oneself as a guide, it absorbs, guides, and converts the natural energy of heaven and earth to strengthen one's foundation, aptitude, and physique, elevating one's life level.
…
"Hah… I finally succeeded! Now I can lay down an even sturdier foundation for myself and grow better!"
Hearing the familiar prompt and digesting the new cultivation method perfected through his epiphany, Uchiha Sora revealed a delighted smile.
This was the result of a full month of work.
Even with max-level Comprehension, it had still taken him this long.
There was no helping it—the natural energy of this world was simply too violent.
"Let's test the effect."
He immediately and cautiously used his powerful spiritual power to guide the operation of the new technique, slowly circulating it through his meridians.
Using the innate qi he had cultivated and strengthened while still in the womb, he wrapped around the small amount of natural energy drawn in with each breath, guiding it, transporting it, and refining it.
Step by step, he erased the violent attribute within that natural energy.
He assimilated it, imprinted it with his own mark,
and finally converted it into new innate qi.
The process went very smoothly. After he successfully completed one major circulation cycle, the new innate qi merged into his lower dantian's qi sea.
At the same time, during the circulation process, tiny traces of natural energy and innate qi were also into his body, quietly strengthening Uchiha Sora's physique and further enhancing his bodily foundation and vitality.
Uchiha Sora only felt as if his entire body were soaking in a hot spring—extremely comfortable.
"As expected of natural energy!"
"It just consumes far too much spiritual power. My body is still too weak right now. One major circulation cycle per day is already the limit!"
Though mentally fatigued, Uchiha Sora's eyes only grew brighter as he thought this.
Of course, he was already very satisfied with this.
He believed that if he kept this up, in just a few years his physique and foundation would both rise to a remarkably high level.
However, the reason he could complete a major circulation cycle now was inseparable from the solid foundation he had laid while still in the womb.
It was precisely because of the effects of the Innate Embryonic Breathing Technique that, while still in the womb, he had already increased both the breadth and toughness of his meridians to a suitable level.
At the same time, it had also allowed him to achieve an innate state where all one hundred meridians were open.
Otherwise, under normal circumstances, completing a major circulation would have required opening and nurturing a great many meridians first. Who knew how many detours he would have had to take?
Thinking of this, Uchiha Sora couldn't help but smile knowingly again.
"Ah! Sister Misa, look quickly—Little Sora is smiling again! He looks so happy. I wonder what wonderful thing he's thinking about?"
At that moment, a voice interrupted Uchiha Sora's train of thought.
He lifted his eyes and saw that it was a beautiful young girl speaking.
"That's right, Mikoto! I can see you really like Sora. Do you want to hold him?"
Uchiha Misa also revealed a loving smile, lowered her head to look at Uchiha Sora, then said to the girl beside her.
"Can I? Then I won't stand on ceremony!"
Hearing that, the girl immediately and happily extended her hands, carefully taking the tiny Uchiha Sora from Uchiha Misa's arms and looking at him curiously.
Just then, her gaze met Uchiha Sora's bright, watery eyes.
"Mikoto? Don't tell me this is Uchiha Mikoto, the future mother of that second pillar?"
Uchiha Sora guessed curiously in his heart.
"Could it be that her family and ours are relatively close relatives?"
He had to admit that the girl before him was truly beautiful, and her figure was excellent too—soft and warm.
"What a pity. A flower like this is actually going to end up stuck in the dung heap called Fugaku. What a damn waste."
Uchiha Sora felt deep regret in his heart.
It was a pity that the point in time of his birth was a bit too late. Otherwise, no matter what, he would have snatched this girl away to become his wife.