However, Chiri also discovered it, as the Wood Release: Flowering Hime Ninjutsu itself could maintain Chiri's body cells at their peak.
But she had no way to deal with the limits of her own cell division and the inevitable death of cells. Every time Ling treated her, she could vaguely feel her lifespan increasing.
Knowing it was Ling's secret, she never asked about it, nor would she speak of it. Furthermore, Ling's treatment intensity wasn't high, leading Chiri to believe there were limitations to the technique.
The Third Hokage had long anticipated the Uchiha's request to go to war and happily agreed. With the Uchiha taking the lead, other Ninja clans slowly sent people to join.
During this time, Ling and her Ling did nothing else, because she wasn't among the first wave to head to the battlefield, so she still had some free time.
Ling was merely undergoing the transformation of her Wood Release Bloodline Limit. All other matters concerning the Anbu and Konoha Hospital were handed over to her Shadow Clone to resolve.
As for the Ling, he was researching whether Hashirama cells and his own mutated cells would violently devour each other, just like his own cells and White Zetsu Cells did before.
Currently, the benefits the White Zetsu Mark could bring to the Ling were somewhat insufficient, so the Ling planned to upgrade it to a Hashirama Mark.
As for the Ninja Village established by Che, Che was currently having them absorb and train orphans, while also sending people to search for a wandering Medical Ninja named Shinno.
Since Ling was only undergoing the transformation of her Wood Release Bloodline Limit this time, the process was relatively gentle, without much pain, and she even retained the ability to move.
This allowed her to still have time to cultivate Eight-Tails cells. Although Killer Bee seemingly gave her an Eight-Tails tail, it was actually only a small portion of Eight-Tails cells combined with some Eight-Tails Chakra.
Ling was currently cultivating the limited Eight-Tails cells in a nutrient tank, while simultaneously researching the differences between Tailed Beast cells and human cells.
Unfortunately, the nature of Tailed Beasts is too peculiar; they are both living organisms and energy bodies, and these two forms sometimes overlap. Furthermore, the Eight-Tails' cells are filled with dense Chakra, making them difficult to observe.
Ling plans to exchange ideas with Orochimaru when she has time, after all, Orochimaru has a cultivated Eight-Tails horn. Ling doesn't believe Orochimaru hasn't researched Eight-Tails cells and Chakra.
As for what to exchange, hehehe, isn't Orochimaru pursuing immortality? Then let's talk about Earth Grudge Fear. Kakuzu that guy stole her spoils of war, and she holds a grudge.
Earth Grudge Fear is indeed a relatively successful method of achieving longevity. She doesn't believe Orochimaru wouldn't be interested. In the original work, Orochimaru didn't act against Kakuzu only because he didn't know Kakuzu's information, thus missing an obvious opportunity.
I believe a battle between Orochimaru and Kakuzu, two masters of self-preservation, would be very interesting. One person spits snakes, snakes spit people, and the other has five hearts, running away by burrowing into the ground if he can't win.
Five days passed quickly, and Ling's transformation was nearing its end. The research on Eight-Tails cells gave Ling hope for her own energy transformation.
Although the Eight-Tails' energy transformation might not grant immunity to damage, it still holds significant reference value. Speaking of energy transformation, Ling thought of the Hozuki Clan's Water Hiding Technique.
Ling believes that it might be a special Bloodline Limit combining Water Release and Yang Release. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Hozuki Clan to have such talented Ninja in every generation who could learn the Water Hiding Technique.
If the Water Hiding Technique was so simple that everyone could learn it, then why didn't anyone seize and learn the Water Hiding Technique during the Bloodline Limit clan massacre in the Fourth Mizukage's era?
Therefore, since this Forbidden Technique was not seized, and the Hozuki Clan was almost wiped out during that period, having the conditions to be easily seized, it must be that this Forbidden Technique cannot make a person's body liquefy.
The Water Hiding Technique is merely a method of utilizing their special Bloodline Limit. This is Ling's conjecture, and she must capture a Hozuki Clan member to research him if she gets the chance.
At that time, it might even be possible to create flashy techniques like fire element transformation or lightning element transformation. It's important to note that the Water Hiding Technique seems to only have the characteristic of being vulnerable to Lightning Release. It's likely that other elemental transformation abilities also have certain weaknesses.
As Ling's Wood Release Bloodline Limit transformation entered its final day, she also received her orders, instructing her to be ready to depart at any time. Some Medical Ninja would accompany her.
Accompanying them were also some Uchiha Ninja and Ninja from other clans. They would escort the Medical Ninja to the front lines. The number was not large, only a little over a thousand people.
Subsequent reinforcements would be sent depending on the situation. It can only be said that the Third Hokage's steady strategy makes it difficult to achieve a major victory, but it also makes it difficult to lose.
The Third's strategy, for someone like Orochimaru who values time and is more aggressive and adventurous, could only be ignored, as military orders away from the main command might not be fully obeyed.
Given Orochimaru's nature, he would definitely pull off some flashy moves. Orochimaru would stop at nothing to win, so Ling had to be careful not to be tricked by him.
With the transformation complete, Ling was in incredibly good condition. Her physical prowess, Chakra levels, and innate talent had all improved in a subtle way.
Currently, her physical prowess was still at the Elite Jonin stage, but her Chakra levels had already reached about eighty units. On the battlefield, she could maintain a two-hundred-meter-long Wood Dragon Ninjutsu for a long time.
With Wood Release, Ling naturally planned to request the remaining Wood Release Ninjutsu. It must be said that Hashirama was very talented in the development of Wood Release Ninjutsu.
For example, Wood Release: Advent of a World of Flowering Trees, and Wood Release: Hotei Technique, and Wood Release: Myojinmon, etc. As for who to ask, Ling naturally went to the big easy target first.
Due to the war, Tsunade thought of the deceased Kato Dan and Nawaki, so she was drunk again and again, and even Jiraiya and Tenten, who were accompanying her, were constantly tipsy.
Konoha Hospital, Director's Office. Ling kicked open the door and finally found Tsunade, who was sleeping soundly, blowing snot bubbles.
The Medical Ninja passing by were all terrified to see Ling so wildly kick open the door, and then, as if being chased by a ghost, they ran away without even looking.
The main reason was that Tsunade had been in a bad mood recently, and office desks and walls would often collapse without warning. Even Jiraiya accidentally broke a rib.
Tsunade was sleeping too deeply, without any vigilance. If Ling were an enemy spy, Tsunade would already be dead. However, it's also possible that Tsunade's subconscious didn't sense any killing intent.
Arriving at the desk, Ling created a Shadow Clone, and then both of them sat on either side, pulling out a deck of Paper Release playing cards.
After shuffling and dealing, Ling slipped a landlord's hand into Tsunade's hand. After a few more rounds, when it was Tsunade's turn, Ling decided to wake her up.
"Hey, hey, hey! Tsunade-jie jie, didn't we agree to play cards? How come you fell asleep again!" Ling gently pushed Tsunade's arm, and Tsunade quickly woke up.
She vaguely felt as if she was playing cards in a dream, and upon waking, she seemed to hear someone telling her to play a card. She looked blankly at the terrible hand of cards in her hand, and then at Uchiha Ling on both sides, who were urging her to play.
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