As the Nature Energy surged into their bodies, Ningci, Hinata, and Sasuke's bodies began to show various characteristics of toads. Some had small bumps on their skin, some had web-like membranes growing between their fingers, and some had pupils that had become horizontal like toads.
Immortal Fukasaku and Jiraiya were not surprised by this since this was a necessary process to cultivate Mount Myoboku's Celestial Technique.
Cultivating a Celestial Technique was, in fact, a circular process of comprehending the Nature Energy between Heaven and Earth, absorbing the Nature Energy, and integrating it.
The advantage of cultivating a Celestial Technique in the Three Great Holy Lands was that the cultivator could use various tricks to forcibly comprehend the Nature Energy and absorb a certain amount of Nature Energy.
The toad oil that Immortal Fukasaku applied on the three children's arms was one of the tricks Mount Myoboku used to cultivate a Celestial Technique.
Once a person's body was smeared with the toad oil, regardless of their talent, they would be able to sense the Nature Energy in the air for a certain period of time. Through the toad oil, they would be able to forcefully absorb a portion of the Nature Energy into their body, completing the first two steps of cultivating a Celestial Technique: perception and absorption.
However, the most difficult part of cultivating a Celestial Technique was not the first two steps of perception and absorption, but the third and final step of integration.
Only by integrating the Nature Energy absorbed into one's body with one's Chakra and digesting the Nature Energy could one be considered to have truly mastered the Celestial Technique.
After a while, the three children sitting cross-legged by the Toad Pond had more and more toad characteristics on their bodies, and they were becoming more and more obvious.
Upon seeing this, Immortal Fukasaku shook his head at Jiraiya.
"Sigh!"
Jiraiya sighed.
The increasing toad characteristics on their bodies meant that the three children were unable to integrate the Nature Energy absorbed into their bodies. Due to this reason, as the Nature Energy accumulated in their bodies, their bodies became more and more like toads.
Although the failure of the first attempt did not mean that the three children had no talent in cultivating Immortal Techniques, it at least showed that their talent in cultivating Immortal Techniques was far inferior to Naruto's.
At this time, Immortal Fukasaku quickly wiped off the toad oil on the three children's arms, forcibly interrupting the process of the three children absorbing natural energy. As the toad oil was wiped off, the characteristics of the toads on the three children's bodies gradually faded, and they slowly returned to their normal appearance.
Opening his eyes, Sasuke asked, "What's going on? Why can't I feel the Nature Energy anymore?"
Ningci and Hinata also opened their eyes and looked at Immortal Fukasaku and Jiraiya in confusion.
Immortal Fukasaku said with some regret, "You have failed."
"Failed?!" Startled, Sasuke stood up abruptly. "I haven't even felt it yet. Why did I suddenly fail?"
Ning Ji's face was also filled with unwillingness. He couldn't accept such an inexplicable failure.
Compared to the agitated Sasuke and Ningci, Hinata's state of mind was much calmer. However, there was still a trace of disappointment in her eyes. This was because deep in her heart, she actually hoped that she could master Immortal Techniques like Naruto. This was not because she craved power, but because she wanted to have a common topic with Naruto.
Obviously, the three children who were immersed in sensing the Nature Energy were not aware of the changes in their bodies, so they did not realize that danger was approaching.
If it were not for Immortal Fukasaku watching over them, they might have become those toad statues at the edge of the Toad Pond in another five or six minutes.
Looking at the expressions on the three children's faces, Jiraiya understood their feelings and said, "You don't have to be too upset. Your first attempt did not succeed, but it does not mean that you have lost the chance to master Immortal Techniques forever. In fact, letting you try to practice Immortal Techniques at this age is a bit too much in itself. "
To practice Immortal Techniques, other conditions were not to be mentioned for the time being. The most basic point was to have a huge amount of Chakra.
If a ninja did not have a huge amount of Chakra in their body, then it would be completely impossible to fuse and absorb the Nature Energy in their body. Therefore, a certain degree of Chakra's amount was the basic threshold for practicing Immortal Techniques.
Although Ningci, Hinata, and Sasuke were all Dojutsu Kekkei Genkai ninjas and had talent far beyond that of ordinary ninjas, but due to their age, the amount of Chakra in their body was limited. Therefore, when trying to fuse and absorb the Nature Energy in their body, compared with adults, they not only had no advantage, but also had a clear disadvantage.
Sasuke was not convinced and asked, "Then why can Naruto succeed?"
Jiraiya explained, "Naruto's mother is from the Uzumaki clan, so Naruto also has the bloodline of the Uzumaki clan, and the Uzumaki clan is famous for its huge Chakra's amount and amazing vitality, so in terms of practicing Immortal Techniques, Naruto has an advantage over you."
There was another point that Jiraiya did not say, that is, the more ambitious one was, the more unfavorable it was for practicing Immortal Techniques.
To put it bluntly, practicing Immortal Techniques was a process of understanding nature and using nature. When Naruto was in the Ryuchi Cave, he didn't understand Immortal Techniques at all, and he didn't have a strong ambition, he just followed his instinct to feel nature, so it just happened that he had the mentality to practice Immortal Techniques, and he accidentally mastered Immortal Techniques.
But Ningci, Hinata, and Sasuke understood the power of Immortal Techniques, and they were even more aware of the value of the opportunity to enter Mount Myoboku. Therefore, their ambition to master Immortal Techniques was too strong, and they were somewhat worried about gains and losses, so their mentality was not suitable for practicing Immortal Techniques.
Immortal Fukasaku took over and said, "The aptitude to practice Immortal Techniques is not the same thing as the aptitude of you ninjas. Excellent ninjas may not be able to master Immortal Techniques. Among the generations of Muye's Naruto, only the first generation completely mastered Immortal Techniques, the second generation, and the third Generation were not able to master Immortal Techniques, and the Fourth Generation was too late to learn Immortal Techniques, so they were only able to learn Immortal Techniques before they died."
Sasuke said unwillingly, "Immortal, can we try again?"
Immortal Fukasaku immediately shook his head. "That won't do. Right now, your bodies have accumulated quite a lot of Nature Energy. If you continue to try, the Nature Energy in your bodies will corrode your bodies, or even go out of control and turn you into these stone statues."
Thinking about wasting the precious opportunity his teacher fought for, Ningci couldn't accept it, so he said, "Immortal, I'm willing to take the risk and try again!"
At this time, Jiraiya stood up and said, "I promised your teacher and family that I would bring you back safely."
Immortal Fukasaku smiled and said, "I didn't think it through, I shouldn't have used Immortal Techniques as a test. How about this, you came to Mount Myoboku to sign a spiritual contract, so let's use the spiritual contract as a test!"
Then, Immortal Fukasaku summoned a large scroll and spread it in front of the three children. Then, he pointed at Sasuke, who was standing at the end, and said, "You first!"
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