Chapter 246: The Lost Heritage
Masahiko was currently being driven almost crazy by these spatial nodes. Hearing the number 256, he instantly perked up.
"Eight Trigrams Two Hundred and Fifty-Six Palms, a strike capable of shattering space?" Masahiko was a bit doubtful.
He had seen Hyuga Tenin, one of the four great powerhouses during the Warring States period, take action. He had even seen him strike the Eight Trigrams One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms, and the power was just so-so. At that time, he might have needed to expend considerable effort to defend against it, but now he could break it with a wave of his hand. Just doubling the number of strikes could shatter space? No matter how you listened to it, it sounded overly exaggerated.
Hiashi also saw his doubt and shook his head. "The Hyuga clan's heritage has suffered losses. The Bagua Palms (Eight Trigrams Palms) only goes up to the Sixty-Four Palms. The currently circulated One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms is merely executing the Sixty-Four Palms and then reversing it to do it once more, still striking those same sixty-four chakra points (tenketsu). The true One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms is not like this; it should target one hundred and twenty-eight different chakra points, which is more than ten times stronger than the Sixty-Four Palms. And the Two Hundred and Fifty-Six Palms goes even further beyond that."
"There's actually such a thing?" Masahiko muttered, showing an expression of surprise.
Hiashi smiled bitterly. "The fact that the Hyuga could be mentioned in the same breath as the Uchiha during the distant Warring States period, yet fall quite a bit behind now, isn't just because of the Uchiha clan's Mangekyo Sharingan. It's more so due to the heritage we lost hundreds of years ago."
Masahiko nodded, accepting this explanation.
"Have you never thought about researching the subsequent chakra points yourselves?"
Hiashi's face grew even more bitter. "Elder Masahiko, you say this because you cannot see the human body's chakra points. Under the Byakugan, the human body has a total of 830 chakra points. Among them, 409 have been researched and named by our predecessors. That's not even half. It might take another hundred years to restore the One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms. As for the Two Hundred and Fifty-Six Palms, that is merely a dream."
Masahiko closed his eyes and pondered for a moment. Opening his eyes, he smiled. "What if you knew the general distribution of these chakra points?"
Hiashi was stunned, then his eyes revealed pleasant surprise. "Are you saying..."
Masahiko nodded. "My space has a total of two hundred and fifty-six nodes. Quite a coincidence, isn't it? But let's get this straight first: if I give you these nodes, you must give me a copy of all the Hyuga clan's ninjutsu, including your secret jutsu."
Hiashi gritted his teeth. "I need to discuss this matter with a few elders of the Branch House."
Although everything in the Hyuga clan was dictated by the Main House, some elders of the Branch House also held a certain amount of speaking weight. Hiashi couldn't arbitrarily decide on such a matter alone.
"Giving me the Thirty-Two Palms and Sixty-Four Palms first shouldn't be a problem, right?"
Hiashi nodded repeatedly.
Masahiko smiled. "Then have someone bring me some paper and a pen. I'll draw the map first. Those few old fogeys in your clan probably won't object."
Hiashi smiled bitterly. Masahiko was obviously the oldest one...
After the two had talked for so long, the fat cat still hadn't woken up. This damn cat was getting better and better at sleeping.
Masahiko waved his hand, and he and Hiashi reappeared in the Hyuga clan head's hall.
After that, Masahiko found a seat and sat down, waiting for Hiashi to send someone to fetch paper and a pen.
About five minutes later, Hiashi brought the paper and pen, while respectfully holding a "secret manual" in both hands.
"Starting from two palms?" Masahiko was startled. He thought the Hyuga clan's Bagua Palms only had thirty-two and sixty-four palm variations.
Hiashi nodded. "This is for children who have just begun their training. It multiplies time after time. Starting from the Sixteen Palms, the power increases exponentially..."
"Alright, stop showing off your heritage to me here, as if my Uzumaki clan doesn't have one. Hurry up and go discuss this with the clan elders. Leave this here for me to read," Masahiko interrupted.
Hiashi smiled sheepishly, turned around, and left.
Masahiko returned to the space. While sensing the nodes, he drew them out on the paper.
"It seems to really be like this," Masahiko muttered as he drew. The distribution of some nodes looked exactly the same as the chakra point distribution map for the Sixty-Four Palms he had just seen.
"Then here comes the problem: what's the relationship between the positions of these nodes and the striking sequence of the Bagua Palms? Do I also need to draw a map of the ninja world and mark the east longitude and north latitude... whatever it was, I've almost forgotten it all."
"Never mind. As long as there's a pattern, it's fine."
Masahiko finished the drawing and returned to the Hyuga clan to wait for Hiashi. While he was at it, he memorized the sequence of the Bagua Palms... comparing them with the spatial nodes to memorize them.
"I'll memorize these sixty-four clearly for now. I'll study the rest once the Hyuga clan restores the sequence of the other chakra points."
Having had the Space Ninjutsu for so long, Masahiko finally saw the dawn of thoroughly understanding it.
Knock, knock...
Suddenly, someone knocked on the door outside. Masahiko was startled but didn't treat himself as an outsider, shouting, "Come in!"
The people outside paused and didn't push the door open. "Boss Hagoromo, sorry to intrude. We just saw the Clan Head outside and thought you had left. We were wondering why we didn't see you leave, so we came to check."
It was the two Hyuga clansmen who had led Masahiko in.
Masahiko smiled. "Oh, I'm writing a prescription for your Clan Head. As you know, your Clan Head's health isn't very good."
The faces of the two outside turned green. Cursing themselves for being nosy, they replied, "We don't know anything!"
After saying that, there was no more sound outside the door.
"These two kids from the Hyuga family are quite interesting... suitable for performing crosstalk?"
Over half an hour later, Hiashi finally returned, followed by Hizashi.
"Teacher, Hizashi represents the Branch House elders to confirm this. They originally wanted to come themselves, but I refused them."
"Teacher, you really are the Taobao Shop owner." Hizashi looked surprised. Masahiko felt like his next sentence would be asking about the daughter situation.
"Teacher's daughter is adopted." Before Hizashi could speak, Hiashi took the initiative to explain. Then, the two exchanged an "understanding" look, almost making Masahiko take off his shoe and smack them.
Darkening his face, Masahiko laughed again. "The relationship between you two brothers isn't bad. The Main House and Branch House haven't changed the tacit understanding between twins. Besides, you both call me Teacher. If one day Hizashi finds that thing on his head too annoying, just come find me, and I'll remove it."
Hiashi smiled bitterly. "Teacher, is it really okay for you to say this in front of me, the Hyuga Clan Head?"
Masahiko ignored him and flicked his wrist. The map of nodes in his hand voluntarily flew over, and the two hurriedly caught it.
"These are exactly the same as the chakra point map for the Sixty-Four Palms. Then the others, as expected, are..."
Suddenly seeing the hope of restoring the Hyuga heritage, the two lost their voices for a moment.
"Take your time researching it. I'm not afraid of you reneging on the debt. Just give me a copy once you figure it out." Masahiko didn't demand the other secret jutsu of the Hyuga clan anymore; without the Byakugan, he couldn't use them anyway.
"Also, research is research, but you still need to send people to the Land of Rain battlefield. Dragging on this stalemate won't do. Hiruzen is the Hokage after all; it's not easy for him either." After thinking about it, Masahiko still added a word.
The two brothers exchanged a glance. "We understand, Teacher!"
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