Although it was called preparation, what he really needed to do was just to wait for the Breathing Technique to collect enough chakra. The rest was more of a psychological preparation. As for the most difficult part, sensing natural energy, it was actually a relatively easy step. For Shuimu, the difficulty was not here, but in control. Maintaining the balance between chakra and natural energy was the guarantee for not being swallowed by natural energy.
The reason why Shuimu was unable to sense natural energy in the past was that they had fundamentally misunderstood it. To a certain extent, they were misled by the name "natural energy" and thought that they could sense natural energy more easily in nature. In fact, this is not true.
Natural energy, I don't know who first came up with this name. Although Shuimu thinks it's not wrong, it's still not quite accurate. In Shuimu's view, the generation of natural energy depends on all things in the world. It is the result of the convergence of the entire ninja world, giving birth to natural energy everywhere. It doesn't mean that finding a primeval forest in the wilderness will make it easier to perceive natural energy. Since humans are also part of this world, of course they have contributed to the birth of natural energy, and it's a considerable contribution. So in fact, in crowded places, as long as you can calm down, the effect of sensing natural energy may be better.
Although the origin of cultivating immortal arts by sensing natural energy cannot be verified, it is certain that the source of chakra is Kaguya Otsutsuki. Only after the birth of chakra can immortals who use natural energy to cultivate immortal mode be born. Natural energy may have existed for a long time, but it was not until the emergence of chakra that a specific application method was found.
However, in this world, the only people who can absorb and utilize natural energy are those who practice Sage Mode and the Samsara Eye. The Tailed Beasts seem to be fine after absorbing natural energy. But humans may be different. The weak human body simply cannot withstand the impact of natural energy. Moreover, because of the belief in the sacred tree that gave birth to the sacred tree fruit, and the belief in Kaguya Otsutsuki as the goddess of the Rabbit, humans are almost cut off from the whole world. Because of this, humans' ability to sense natural energy is extremely poor.
The separation of humans from the ninja world naturally weakened the support for natural energy. If the world lost the energy source of humans as the spirit of all things, the natural energy should have been greatly weakened. However, compared with the records of these years, Shuimu did not find any accurate information in this regard. On the one hand, it may be that the news in the summoning beast group has not spread, and on the other hand, it may really not happen. There is a guess that can explain this phenomenon very well. That is, at this time, it is the tailed beasts that fill the position of humans in the ninja world. Human beliefs gave birth to the sacred tree, the sacred tree fruit and the ability of Kaguya Otsutsuki. As a descendant of the same lineage and born with the will of humans, the tailed beasts filled the gap of humans very well. This is equivalent to, between humans and the ninja world, there is actually a very large barrier of tailed beasts. Humans are actually still making their own contributions to the existence of the ninja world, but the benefits are actually enjoyed by the tailed beasts. What is more regrettable is that the relationship between humans and tailed beasts is bad, and even the protection and blessings of the tailed beasts that should have been enjoyed are lost.
"The method of creating a Jinchūriki is very good, but it is used in the wrong place."
The bad relationship between humans and tailed beasts is largely due to being sealed and restricted by humans. The method of making Jinchūriki should actually be like what I did, making a physical clone, which is the correct way to use it. If it weren't for the appearance of the child of destiny, Uzumaki Naruto, Jinchūriki would be a tragedy.
Humans, whose individual lives are short and insignificant, have silently endured the world's different treatment for thousands of years because of the ignorance of their ancestors. In the past thousand years, those ancestors have long disappeared in the torrent of time. It is estimated that only Kaguya Otsutsuki and Black Zetsu can survive to this time. A lot of time has passed, and humans should not have been treated unequally. Time is the best healing. Perhaps it is difficult for humans to return to the status of the world's darlings of the spirits of all things. But the mistakes of a thousand years ago should never be punished for a thousand years. The possibility of this situation is actually not much. If the ninja world, including humans, is regarded as a person, then it is very likely that they have an allergic or rejection reaction to the human organ. After the invasion of the sacred tree, the ninja world can no longer completely control its own reaction, and even some possible mistakes cannot be corrected. The other is to truly believe that there are still hidden threats among humans, such as Kaguya Otsutsuki's will-Black Zetsu, such as the evil gods whose true identity is unknown, and so on.
As for the last possibility, Shuimu believes that it is the interference of external forces. For example, Myoboku Mountain, Ryuchi Cave, etc. For example, Myoboku Mountain, the Toad Sage directly or indirectly controlled the fate of the ninja world for nearly a hundred years.
The sages in the sacred land of summoning beasts add a little of their own private goods to the natural energy they sense, and then give it to elites like Jiraiya among humans to practice. To a certain extent, it does reduce the difficulty of humans practicing the Sage Mode. However, the group of human elite ninjas who turned into stone in Myoboku Mountain, and the countless humans who failed to practice the snake fairy technique and were swallowed by the white snake fairy. It all shows that the summoning beasts absolutely have no intention of helping humans for no reason. Even with the help of the summoning beasts, it is extremely rare to practice the Sage Mode. Most of the elites who carry the hope of mankind have lost their lives in vain. Even if there are people like Jiraiya who have successfully practiced the Sage Mode, they just happen to be good helpers for the summoning beasts to intervene in the ninja world. In less than a few decades, several large-scale wars broke out in the ninja world, and it is unknown how many people died during the period. Before that, the chaotic era of the Warring States period that lasted for hundreds of years devastated the ninja world. In the Fourth Ninja War, the fight between humans almost destroyed the entire world. In this case, it is not surprising that the world does not like humans with criminal records. In addition, there are some people with ulterior motives who are trying to fish in troubled waters, and the situation of humans is even worse. As for the manipulation of the contract scroll by these spirit beasts, it may also be some long-term layout. The specific situation needs to be investigated slowly in the future.
As for the way Mizuki found to absorb chakra, it is actually very simple, just use the tailed beasts. Humans themselves are not good at sensing natural energy, so using other creatures is also a common method. Jiraiya also needs the cooperation of Fukasaku and Shima to unleash the power of Sage Mode. As a Jinchūriki, Uzumaki Naruto has a good sense of natural energy from the tailed beasts' chakra, so it is inevitable that his Sage Mode is better than Jiraiya's. As for Kabuto Yakushi, it can only be said that he is a victory of paranoia, and the poor Sage Mode of the fourth generation Minato Namikaze may really be a manifestation of talent.
Mizuki, holding a small tailed beast clone, has the huge chakra of Shukaku to squander. Mizuki can indulge in his own ideas. One experiment after another was completed in the hands of the fake Jinchūriki in the past few days, and he also roughly figured out some rules and methods of use. For example, although injecting a little bit of tailed beast chakra into one's body will greatly affect the control of chakra, if the operation is good, it can indeed sense the existence of a little bit of strange energy from the outside world. This energy is so silent, boundless and heavy, giving people an unbearable feeling.
At this time, Mizuki used the tailed beast chakra as a toad oil to enhance the perception of natural energy. When the Ten-Tails appeared in the world, it boasted that it was the natural energy itself. Of course, Mizuki would never believe such nonsense. At most, the Ten-Tails was just a part of the natural energy, or a power of the same level. As the nine tailed beasts split from the Ten-Tails, their chakra is also very effective in enhancing natural energy.
"However, the disturbance to chakra control is really too serious. I never thought that there would be a day when I would be troubled by insufficient chakra control. As expected, there is no strongest, only stronger."
Mizuki was also very impressed that Uzumaki Naruto was able to maintain the Sage Mode and use the power of the Nine-Tails in the later part of the original work. Naruto, who has such poor chakra control, was able to do something that Mizuki couldn't do at present. It can only be said that Ashura's reincarnation is really amazing. The world really favors this child of destiny.
In addition, regarding the Sage Mode, Mizuki now has a more troublesome problem. Due to the influence of the curse seal, the problem of the imbalance of yin and yang in the body has not been solved. Although it is a good thing to enhance one's medical ninjutsu, but when it comes to practicing the Sage Mode, the problem is big. Yin and Yang correspond to the body and spirit of the human body respectively. Only when the physical energy and mental energy plus natural energy are balanced can the Sage Mode be practiced. But now let alone natural energy, it is difficult to achieve balance in one's own body. There is no inconvenience when using general ninjutsu, and even a lot of convenience is enjoyed, but now, it makes Mizuki too embarrassed. The tailed beast chakra that was added because of the induction of natural energy has greatly affected himself, and now he has to maintain the balance of chakra and natural energy in his body, which is even more troublesome.
"It's Yin attribute, what should I do?"
There aren't many ways to think of. Getting a Sharingan transplant might be the best. However, it's really troublesome to find a usable Sharingan now. And for transplantation, Shuimu doesn't have the means to perform surgery on himself. As for the fact that a group of people later said that changing eyes is more convenient than changing clothes, Shuimu can only think about it at present.
Since the Sharingan is unrealistic, the Yamanaka family and the Nara family's secret Yin-attribute ninjutsu are probably not going to be discussed with him. So Mizuki has to find a way himself, and at this time, the first thing that enters Mizuki's field of vision is the culprit, the curse seal itself. Originally, this curse seal actually has the function of indirectly absorbing natural energy, but its side effects are really difficult for Mizuki to control. If the curse seal breaks out again, it would not be a strange thing for Mizuki to die directly with his current body with a short lifespan. Without the information on the curse seal technique, it is really difficult to do anything. Then, we can only think of a way to make a Yin-attribute consumable substitute. At this time, Mizuki couldn't help but think of the trick hidden in the dog summoning contract scroll that Hatake Kakashi gave him.
"Absorb the spiritual energy fluctuations of the psychic contract holder. It just so happens that I also have summoned beasts, and a lot of them. I can use the soul gathering array to collect them and use them as the energy consumed by the Sage Mode..."
With so many resources, it is not difficult to make use of them, and they are all proven mature results, which are also convenient to apply. Although they are just some temporary alternatives, at present, as long as we can use the immortal mode, we can talk about other things later. Although there are no hidden dangers of the spiritual beast holy land brought by second-hand goods such as toad immortal arts and snake immortal arts, we have to face the dual erosion of the body and spirit by natural energy. The danger of casually contacting this most powerful and fundamental force in the world born from collective will is self-evident.
Although the general direction has been decided, it will still take some time to implement it. At this time, patience is very important, especially under the close surveillance of others. Shuimu reminded himself more than once that he must keep calm. Now is not the time to be free and unfettered. Even if he can reach the Sage Mode after a while, he is still a long way from it.
At noon on the third day, Hatake Kakashi finally came back and brought back the news that the Hidden Mist Village was in civil strife. Since it was not targeting Konoha, the Konoha high-level officials did not need to pay too much attention to it for the time being. The village was now busy with its own affairs and had no time to care about the movements of such a ninja village with which it had little friendship. Two days later, Sarutobi Asuma finally came back, but he was still very busy. Mizuki had no chance to talk to him, so he did not know much about the specific situation of the Land of Earth.
A week later, Jiraiya and Uzumaki Naruto finally returned, along with Tsunade with blonde hair and Shizune holding a piglet.
Until this time, the position of Hokage finally had a successor, and the atmosphere of uneasiness and restlessness in the village subsided a lot. Although Tsunade had just returned, there were already a lot of things accumulated during this period. Although the ceremony was tentatively scheduled for three days later, due to time constraints, Tsunade, who had just returned not long ago, had to start performing the duties of Hokage.
The first thing the new Hokage did when he took office was to deal with the various backlogs of tasks, as well as the many wounded lying in Konoha Hospital, waiting for Tsunade to return to be healed. There were so many things to do that Mizuki didn't even know Tsunade by heart.