Chapter 2
[Innate Fetus Breathing Technique 1.0]
Hiko Uchiha glanced at Luoxuan for a moment, then softly patted his cheek before turning to question their parents.
Truth be told, he found his little brother overly adorable—so much so that the faint resentment in his heart just melted away.
All the hardship from the past year suddenly felt worth it.
Once everything was cleaned up, Miyakko left the delivery room to inform the family.
Miyoshin Uchiha got her first look at her newborn baby—chubby, fair-skinned, and rosy-cheeked, so utterly adorable that she couldn't help but praise him.
"Have you decided on the baby's name yet, Dad, Mom?"
"Hahaha! I finally have a son!"
Chiaki Uchiha picked up Luoxuan joyfully and laughed aloud.
"Mm."
"So am I not your son anymore or something?"
He could already feel his spot as the favorite slipping away.
Chiaki nodded confidently with a proud grin. "Let's call him Xuan—Uchiha Xuan. What do you think? Isn't it a great name?"
"Eh..."
Hiko Uchiha gave a half-hearted nod and replied flatly, "I guess it's okay."
This made Hiko standing beside them shake his head unenthusiastically.
After finishing another session of the Innate Fetus Breathing Technique, young Luoxuan lightly furrowed his brows and thought, "As expected, after birth, without large amounts of nutrients coming from the mother's body, relying solely on eating by myself, the effectiveness of this technique has greatly diminished."
Lately, he'd been eating like a horse.
To keep him fed, the family stocked up on buckets of formula for him to drink, but even that barely scratched the surface of what Xuan Uchiha needed for cultivation.
"I can only further analyze and modify this technique then!"
Xuan wasted no time putting his legendary supreme comprehension skills to work immediately.
Actually, when he initially created the Innate Fetus Breathing Technique, he had envisioned directly absorbing and transforming natural energy from the air to nurture himself, enhance his foundation, talent, and physical constitution.
But back when still in the prenatal state, his body was too fragile, and the natural energies in this world were excessively violent. He sensed danger and difficulty, temporarily abandoning the idea.
Still, he remembered the insights from his earlier analysis and how his mother's breathing interacted with those natural energies—so he wasn't starting completely from scratch.
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One month later,
[Based on the Innate Fetus Breathing Technique and your mother's breathing patterns, using your own physiological conditions as reference through meticulous research, you've experienced sudden insight—you have successfully developed: Innate Art 1.0.]
[Innate Art 1.0]: Using a small amount of innate qi (mystical energy) as a catalyst, this method guides the absorption and transformation of natural environmental energy to strengthen one's foundational quality, physique, and elevate life form.
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"Phew! Finally succeeded! Now I can establish an even stronger foundation for better growth!"
Upon hearing that familiar prompt voice and digesting the newly completed and improved technique appearing in his mind, Xuan Uchiha smiled happily.
This was the result of an entire month's effort.
Even with legendary-level comprehension abilities, it had still taken significant time.
There was no choice—the natural energy in this world was simply too wild.
"Time to see what this can do!"
He immediately began carefully guiding and operating [The New Cultivation Method] with his powerful spiritual energy, slowly circulating it through his meridians.
Using the Innate Qi he had cultivated and strengthened within the prenatal state, he wrapped, transported, and refined the small amounts of Natural Energy drawn in with each breath.
Gradually eliminating the violent nature within that Natural Energy,
assimilating it, imprinting it with his own essence,
and ultimately transforming it into new Innate Qi.
The process went very smoothly. When he successfully completed a full body cycle, this new Innate Qi flowed into the lower dantian sea of qi within his body.
Moreover, during the circulation process, tiny bits of both Natural Energy and Innate Qi seeped into his physical body, quietly strengthening Xuan Uchiha's physique, further improving his constitution and vitality.
A warm, soothing sensation washed over Xuan's entire being, like floating weightlessly in a natural hot spring.
"No wonder it's called Natural Energy!"
"But the consumption on spiritual energy is truly massive. Right now my body is still too weak—just one full cycle per day has already reached my limit!"
Though somewhat mentally exhausted, Xuan's eyes gleamed even brighter as he thought.
Still, he felt reasonably satisfied with these results.
He believed that as long as he persisted, in just a few years his physical constitution and foundational strength would rise to an impressively high level.
That he could even complete a full cycle at this early stage was entirely thanks to the strong foundation built during his time in the prenatal state.
It was all thanks to [Innate Fetus Breathing Technique]—a special cultivation method practiced from within the womb—that had allowed him to enhance both the width and strength of his energy channels (or meridians) to an appropriate degree.
Furthermore, it granted him the condition known as "Innate Hundred Meridians Open."
Otherwise, normally speaking, completing a full cycle would require opening and cultivating numerous meridians—one could never tell how many detours might have been needed.
Thinking about this, Xuan Uchiha couldn't help but smile inwardly.
"Ah! Onee-san Miyoshin, look! Little Xuan is smiling again! He looks so happy! I wonder what nice thing he's thinking about?"
Just then, a voice interrupted Xuan Uchiha's thoughts.
Lifting his gaze, he looked up to see a young girl speaking.
"Yes, indeed! Mikoto! It seems you really like Xuan. Would you like to hold him?"
Miyoshin Uchiha also smiled lovingly as she looked down at Xuan Uchiha, then said to the girl beside her.
"Is it okay if I hold him? Great—I'm taking him then!"
Upon hearing this, the girl happily stretched out her hands and carefully took little Xuan Uchiha from Miyoshin, looking at him curiously,
just as their eyes met.
"Mikoto? Could this possibly be Mikoto Uchiha—the future mother of Itachi, the Second Pillar of the Uchiha?"
Xuan Uchiha mused curiously within his mind.
He had to admit, this girl before him really was stunning—with such a soft, warm presence.
"What a waste—this beautiful flower ending up buried in crap like Fugaku! What a freaking tragedy!"
Xuan thought with deep regret.
Unfortunately, he was born just a bit too late; otherwise, no matter what, he would've snatched this beautiful girl away to become his own wife.
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In the blink of an eye, a week had passed.
The name wasn't particularly impressive—it was just average.
He couldn't figure out what his dad had to be so proud about.
"Yeah, my kid's pretty cute!"
Then again, considering his dad's usual ridiculous self-assurance, this didn't surprise him.
"Xuan Uchiha? That works too."
Luoxuan himself was quietly listening from nearby. Upon hearing the name, he also felt satisfied.
Shortly after, Chiaki Uchiha and others entered one after another.
The moment they saw the baby, Chiaki and the others were filled with joy.
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