Chapter 125: Chapter 125: The Soul of Hashirama Senju
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In a somewhat awkward atmosphere, Uchiha Madara led Ren Xiaogui into his home.
Fortunately, this awkward moment didn't last long. The maids moved quickly, and soon, a rather sumptuous dinner was prepared. Uchiha Madara and Ren Xiaogui were invited to the dining hall.
In the similarly understated yet high-end dining hall, Ren Xiaogui ate a grand meal with relish. Everyone ate their fill.
Although, after coming to Uzushio Village, Uchiha Madara would give them a sum of money each month for their food and drink, and their usual meals weren't bad, it was still quite rare to have such a lavish dinner.
After the interlude of dinner, Ren Xiaogui seemed to have grown even closer to Uchiha Madara.
Dinner ended, and the moon hung high among the tree branches. Ren Xiaogui left contentedly, returning to his own residence.
Naturally, Uchiha Madara, having been busy for this meal, also rested.
For a period of time after this, Uchiha Madara's life was quite regular.
He didn't go out looking for trouble, just stayed in Uzushio, reviewed a few documents, checked the work progress of his subordinates, supervised Ren Xiaogui's training and studies, and spent the rest of his time studying the knowledge from the Book of Sealing.²¹
After about a few days, the Land of Uzu had almost finished consolidating the large territory ceded by the Land of Fire. Kakuzu, following Uchiha Madara's orders, took quite a few ninjas out to garrison the new territories.
Next, Uzushio Village's work was village relocation and resettlement of villagers.
These were two major projects, which couldn't be completed without a year and a half of effort.
Uchiha Madara attached great importance to these two crucial tasks. The matter of village relocation and resettlement of villagers was related to whether his power could achieve long-term peace and stability in the future.
But, no matter how much importance he attached to it, Uchiha Madara was definitely not the type of person to work himself to death for his job, was he?
Moreover, Uchiha Madara didn't want to waste these one or two years entirely on work. He had more important things to do.
With a change of thought, a shield appeared.
Uchiha Madara began to activate his Wood Clones. His goal was the Wood Clone that had garrisoned Uzushio Village last time he left; its personality was serious and could act as his substitute.
He created several Wood Clones in succession. The personalities of the created Wood Clones were bizarre and varied: some were flighty, some arrogant, some timid, some comical, and there was even a naturally blank!
After several helpless attempts, he finally summoned the Wood Clone with a serious, steady, and even somewhat rigid personality!
Without a word, he had it take his place in garrisoning Uzushio Village, overseeing the two major tasks of village relocation and resettlement of villagers.
Additionally, he sent messages to Kakuzu and White Zetsu, having them, one in the open and one in the shadows, coordinate with Uchiha Madara's Wood Clone's work.
As for Uchiha Madara's original body...
Of course, he went into seclusion!
That's right, seclusion!
Having just obtained such important knowledge from the Book of Sealing, he naturally had to rely on it to go into seclusion and cultivate to enhance his strength!
Returning to the underground cave where the Gedo Statue was located, Uchiha Madara came back here and began his grand plan of seclusion.
The first matter in seclusion was not cultivation; there was something else.
Sitting in the dim underground light, unafraid of being disturbed, Uchiha Madara took out a scroll from his robes, spread it on the ground, and with a slap of his hand, thwack, a puff of white smoke, two heads and a corpse were summoned out!
He had stored Senju Hashirama's and Senju Tobirama's heads, along with Uzumaki Mito's corpse, inside long ago. If it weren't for the lack of a suitable time, Uchiha Madara would have almost forgotten about them!
Within Uzumaki Mito's corpse, Uzumaki Mito's own soul still existed. This was the effect of Uchiha Madara's Soul-Fixing Technique from back then.
As for Senju Hashirama's and Senju Tobirama's two heads, their heads were still pierced by Uchiha Madara's black rods. Because they had been sealed in the scroll for a long time, they had both lost consciousness, but their souls were still safely present inside.
What Uchiha Madara wanted were the souls of these three people!
Setting other things aside, let's first resolve my fated grudge with Hashirama!
He gripped Senju Hashirama's head, his Rinnegan manifesting. The ability of the Preta Path activated, and Uchiha Madara began to absorb Senju Hashirama's soul!
A gray, translucent soul was absorbed by Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara activated his Rinnegan and mercilessly absorbed all the memories within the soul!
Including Senju Hashirama's Wood Style combat experience, Sage Mode cultivation methods, and the tempering ability of the Sage Body – all this experience, which was quite useful to Uchiha Madara, was entirely absorbed by Uchiha Madara!
Such a large amount of information suddenly poured into Uchiha Madara's soul consciousness. Even with Uchiha Madara's considerably vast spiritual power, it still caused him a moment of disorientation.
Setting other things aside, he quickly sat cross-legged, focused his mind, and properly digested this knowledge.
It took about half a day for Uchiha Madara's spiritual consciousness to completely assimilate this knowledge and experience from Hashirama.
Looking down, ⁹²⁷ Senju Hashirama's soul was still in his hand.
Because Uchiha Madara had forcefully absorbed his memories, Senju Hashirama's soul had already suffered severe damage. If someone were to use this soul for Edo Tensei to revive Senju Hashirama now, it was feared that what would be revived would be a vegetative person!
Since it had already come to this point, Uchiha Madara didn't need to be soft-hearted anymore. After pondering for a moment, his Rinnegan ability activated, directly crushing Senju Hashirama's soul. Following a faint sigh, Senju Hashirama's soul dissipated like smoke...
At this point, Senju Hashirama no longer existed in the world, and Senju Hashirama could no longer be revived, not even through Edo Tensei!
After Senju Hashirama's soul was completely annihilated, Uchiha Madara suddenly felt his spirit become exceptionally clear, as if an invisible shackle had been broken. The last trace of the original Uchiha Madara's subconscious, hidden deep in his heart, also vanished like smoke and clouds...
Uchiha Madara took a deep breath, feeling only refreshed and clear-headed.
He vaguely understood that this was the nature of karma and destiny. The karma entwined around Uchiha Madara's body was completely severed, destiny thoroughly changed. Uchiha Madara was Uchiha Madara, and Uchiha Madara had also thoroughly bid farewell to Uchiha Madara! .