Li Chuan revealed the information about the Sharingan and the Rinnegan, partly to exchange for Orochimaru's Ninjutsu, and partly to pique Orochimaru's interest, specifically his interest in the Rinnegan.
Because later on, he would definitely get Nagato's pair of Rinnegan, and dealing with the Akatsuki, whose members are all Shadow level, and the Pain Six Paths, wouldn't be possible with his strength alone.
By piquing Orochimaru's interest, he could potentially bring Orochimaru onto his side in the future.
Orochimaru's mouth twitched upon hearing this; the other party was just getting to the information he was most interested in but suddenly stopped.
It felt like a fishbone stuck in his throat, incredibly uncomfortable.
"Alright, I think we Senior and Junior Brothers will definitely have a lot of cooperation in the future.
Now tell me, exactly which Ninjutsu that I created have you taken a fancy to?"
Orochimaru knew he couldn't continue to be led by Li Chuan, so he simply suppressed his curiosity and changed the topic.
As for the secrets of Uchiha Madara and their relationship with the Akatsuki, if necessary, he could find a way to inquire about them himself later.
"The Soft Physique Modification Technique and your special Substitution Technique."
Li Chuan didn't waste words and directly stated his answer.
The Soft Physique Modification was for carrying things when traveling between Worlds, and Orochimaru's Substitution Technique was because that Substitution Technique was indeed very good; it didn't require hand seals, and as long as he received a fatal injury, he could immediately shed his skin and escape.
It could even grant immunity to Amaterasu, which was truly excellent.
Although the sight looked a bit perverse and disgusting, crawling out from one's own mouth, when facing a fatal injury, who would care about whether it was perverse or disgusting?
He had always been a pragmatist; as long as it was useful, that was enough.
"It's actually these two techniques?
I thought you wanted my Reanimation Jutsu, that you were interested in my immortality technique!"
A look of surprise appeared on Orochimaru's face.
He hadn't expected that after Li Chuan revealed so much important information, he would only ask for these two Ninjutsu, which weren't considered particularly powerful, and give up on his most prized immortality technique.
"Cough cough, I do want your Reanimation Jutsu, but I believe Senior Brother wouldn't agree anyway.
I still have that much self-awareness."
Li Chuan coughed twice and explained.
To be honest, he wasn't really interested in that Reanimation Jutsu.
Changing bodies every three years? Such a low-quality immortality technique was completely beneath him given his circumstances.
Hearing Li Chuan's answer, reason told Orochimaru that there was no problem, because even if Li Chuan had asked, it was impossible for him to teach Li Chuan the Reanimation Jutsu.
But for some reason, he always felt that something wasn't quite right; he just felt uncomfortable inside.
"Here are the two Ninjutsu you wanted.
Welcome to trade with me again next time!"
Orochimaru opened his mouth and spat out two Ninjutsu scrolls, then placed them on the table.
Li Chuan took out his magic wand and cast a Cleaning Charm on the scrolls, removing the mucus.
After opening them and confirming there were no issues, he put them into his small cloth bag.
When Orochimaru saw Li Chuan casting Ninjutsu with a wooden stick and without needing hand seals, his eyes narrowed again.
"Junior Brother himself seems to have developed quite a few strange Ninjutsu.
We can exchange notes sometime."
He was truly coveting the other party's body, those strange Ninjutsu, and that little-known information, but he genuinely didn't have the confidence to keep the other party there.
He knew the other party was very cautious.
If he couldn't take him down instantly and gave him time to use a space-time Ninjutsu, he would lose the opportunity forever.
So, he still chose a more friendly long-term cooperation.
"No problem.
Since the trade is done, I, your Junior Brother, will be leaving now!"
Li Chuan stood up, waved to Orochimaru, then left the hotel, found an empty alley, and left using Apparition.
"Lord Orochimaru, is the information he spoke of all true?"
After Li Chuan left, Yakushi Kabuto walked into the room with a shocked expression.
To prevent their conversation from being overheard or in case Orochimaru needed help, Yakushi Kabuto had been guarding the room next door and had heard the sensational information Li Chuan spoke of.
Orochimaru nodded.
"At least most of it should be true.
I just don't know what the relationship is between Pain and Uchiha Madara."
"What about the plan to take Sasuke?"
Yakushi Kabuto asked.
Orochimaru stuck out his tongue.
"The darkness in his heart isn't deep enough yet.
I also didn't succeed in planting the curse mark last time.
Let's wait a bit longer.
My body is nearing its limit.
I'll consider bringing him back after this next reincarnation.
You continue to lie low in Konoha and report any information to me in a timely manner!"
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru!"
After returning to the capital from the Land of Rice Fields, Li Chuan didn't immediately go back to Konoha to study the five elemental Ninjutsu with the Third Hokage.
Instead, he put all his energy into the Soft Physique Modification Technique.
There were only five days left until his time was up, so he had to learn this Ninjutsu before returning.
The Soft Physique Modification Technique is a Ninjutsu created by Orochimaru.
After casting the technique, he can make his body as soft as a snake, allowing him to wrap around the opponent like a python during close-quarters combat.
When trained to the extreme, like Orochimaru, one can even extend their neck dozens of meters and fly out to bite someone, like a monster.
At the same time, because the body is soft enough, one can also stuff things into their stomach to retrieve them at any time.
Li Chuan didn't need to train himself to that level for now; being able to stuff things into his stomach was enough.
Just like this, five days quickly passed.
One minute before the countdown ended, he quickly formed hand seals, cast the Soft Physique Modification Technique, then stuffed a palm-sized box from the table into his mouth and swallowed it whole.
The one-minute countdown ended, the scene shifted, and he returned to the Base in Sokovia.
"It really works!"
Feeling the small box still present in his stomach, a look of pleasant surprise immediately appeared on Li Chuan's face.
That box was made by him in the Naruto World.
If this method hadn't worked, then he shouldn't be able to feel the box's presence now.
He opened his mouth and spat the box out, then opened it and looked inside, immediately sighing.
"It seems I can only carry inanimate objects.
Living things are still isolated."
It turned out that besides stuffing the box with many purchased Exploding Tags, military rations, and other things, he had also put a small rabbit inside.
But now, everything else was still in the box, while the little rabbit had disappeared.
He didn't know if it was isolated and left behind in the Naruto World, or if it was directly erased when traveling between Worlds.
In any case, no matter which scenario, it meant he couldn't bring living things when traveling between Small Worlds, not even by hiding them in his stomach.
However, this was already quite good.
Being able to carry inanimate objects meant he could bring some high-powered modern weapons into other Worlds.
For example, machine guns, Rocket launchers, missiles, bombs, and even — nuclear bombs!
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