There were also incomplete curse marks, which should be something Orochimaru had not yet fully researched; these Sealing Techniques were enough for Ling to use.
If he refined them, and learned the Four Symbols Seal or Five Elements Sealing, he could even try to seal a Tailed Beast.
The other scroll, Summoning Technique and Reverse Summoning Technique, was very comprehensive, covering how to choose a Summoning Beast, how to form a contract, and how to create a Summoning scroll.
It even included how to summon items, such as Exploding Tags and weapons, which would make it much easier for Ling to carry supplies in the future.
In fact, Ling had a way to be like Orochimaru, able to retrieve anything he wanted at any time.
That was the Toad from the Ten Types of Shadow Techniques; the Toad's belly formed its own space, capable of storing supplies and living things.
However, because Ling couldn't openly use this type of Summoning Technique in Konoha before, he could now; with Orochimaru taking the blame, he could just say the Summoning Technique was taught by Orochimaru.
During this time, Ling had already developed a new Shikigami by fusing the Shikigami Toad with Nue, called The Well-Bottom Ignorance, which was a frog with angel wings.
Although its strength was weak, its numbers were vast, and each The Well-Bottom Ignorance could be used as storage space and was not afraid of being destroyed.
Therefore, all of Ling's assets, Ninja tools, and scrolls were stored in the belly of The Well-Bottom Ignorance, so he wouldn't fear anyone stealing from his home.
Ling planned to learn the Summoning Technique during this period, then ask the Uchiha Clan for the Ninja Cat Clan's Summoning contract to legitimize the origin of his Summoning Technique.
In the future, he could use Summoning Technique to disguise the Ten Shadows Technique, and as for the origin of these Shikigami, sorry, he was just lucky enough to randomly summon these Summoning Beasts from the Summoning World.
Finally, Ling opened Gennō's compiled Yanyang Village Ninjutsu Collection and Gennō's Mechanism and Trap Techniques.
Although Yanyang Village was just a small Ninja Village, its strength was not weak at all; at that time, it could even contend with Konoha Village, and although it eventually perished, its legacy was not weak at all.
Most of Yanyang Village's Ninjutsu primarily consisted of Fire Release and Earth Release, with some Water Release inheritance, as those who play with fire easily cause fires and need Water Release to extinguish them.
The unique characteristic of Yanyang Village was that these three elemental Ninjutsu would all be combined with Exploding Tags to increase their power.
And Exploding Tags were very expensive, so how did Yanyang Village, as a small Ninja Village, manage to produce such a large quantity of Exploding Tags?
That's right, Yanyang Village had a method for batch manufacturing Exploding Tags, which was the confidence this Ninja Village had to contend with Konoha Village in the past.
As everyone knows, to create an Exploding Tag, you first need to know Sealing Technique, and second, you need to know Fire Release.
With these two prerequisites, combined with specially made talismans, you can then create qualified Exploding Tags.
The Sealing Technique aspect was simple; it only required basic Sealing Technique knowledge, which Ling could now satisfy.
Ling also possessed Fire Release; although he had only begun the initial nature transformation training, it far exceeded the requirements for creating Exploding Tags.
Finally, there was the talisman paper; generally, the materials for making talisman paper were similar to those for making various scrolls.
Both required energy-rich plants to produce, or they were naturally rich in Natural Energy, which was inherent.
Another type was rich in Chakra, which was man-made, requiring a secret potion to make the talisman paper retain some Chakra.
However, Konoha Village of the Land of Fire was quite lucky; within its borders, there were not only many plants containing Natural Energy but also trees rich in Chakra, all of which were created by Senju Hashirama's Wood Release in the past.
For Yanyang Village to batch manufacture Exploding Tags, it couldn't bypass two major difficulties: one was how to solve the problem of drawing Exploding Tags.
The second was how to batch manufacture qualified talisman paper; otherwise, Yanyang Village would still have to painstakingly draw Exploding Tags one by one.
During the Second Great Ninja War, nothing was lacking except for geniuses; you can see this from the Second Hokage of each Village, each with their unique skills.
Konoha Village's Senju Tobirama was a Secret Technique master, with Flying Thunder God, Bringer-of-Darkness Technique, Edo Tensei, Reincarnation Technique, Mutually Multiplying Exploding Tags, and so on.
The Hidden Cloud Village's Second Raikage perfected the Lightning Release Chakra Mode and various Ninjutsu, laying the foundation for the Third Raikage's stunning achievements in the Ninja World.
Iwagakure's Second Tsuchikage, Mu, was a ruthless individual who created the Bloodline Limit Dust Release, but unfortunately, he perished along with the Hidden Mist Village's Second Mizukage.
Hidden Mist Village's Second Mizukage, Hōzuki Gengetsu, was a ruthless individual who researched the Demonic Illusion: Steaming Vapor Imperial Palace and the Steam Imp Technique, and fought to the death with the Second Tsuchikage.
Hidden Sand Village's Second Kazekage, Shamon, was also a genius; he researched Ichibi Shukaku, creating the Magnet Release Secret Technique and Sand Manipulation Secret Technique, making this technique a symbol for successive Kazekage.
And the Puppet Technique was also developed by this master craftsman; the Puppet Technique was greatly expanded by his wife and grandson, with his grandson turning the Third Kazekage into a Third Kazekage Human Puppet. (Timeframe calculated; many fan-fiction stories say Chiyo was the First Kazekage's wife, but by age calculation, when Chiyo was in her twenties, the First Kazekage had been dead for many years, and the Puppet Technique was developed by the Second Kazekage, so it's perfectly fine that his wife and grandson were skilled in Puppet Technique.)
The Second Leader of Yanyang Village at that time was also a genius; he researched the Wood Release trees left by Senju Hashirama, then combined Earth Release and Water Release to create Paper Release. (Second setting; the author believes Paper Release is a Bloodline Limit, and I also don't believe Konan was talented enough to research Paper Release herself; it must be a Bloodline Limit, plus Konan's background is a mystery, so making her the daughter of Yanyang Village's Second Leader isn't excessive, and the timeline also matches.)
Paper Release, as a Chakra creation, was absolutely suitable for making talisman paper; with the talisman paper, the only thing left was how to draw Exploding Tags.
Is there anything faster than mass printing? But mass printing couldn't solve the problem because drawing Exploding Tags required continuous Chakra infusion and had to be drawn in a specific stroke order, otherwise it would be ineffective.
But how could this stump the Second Leader of Yanyang Village? He directly researched a Ninjutsu that controlled ink, allowing him to manipulate ink to directly draw on the talisman paper. (Second setting; here it is set as the origin of Super Beast Imitating Drawing).
Although a person's mental capacity was limited and could only control ink to draw several Exploding Tags at once, the speed was incredibly fast.
Later, to draw enough Exploding Tags in a short time to bomb Konoha Village, the Second Leader directly died from mental exhaustion. (Laughs, Hashirama can die inexplicably, so it's fine for me to arrange a sudden death. Otherwise, if he were still alive, would Takigakure Village dare to invade?)
What surprised Ling was not the Fire Release, Earth Release, and Water Release that were used with Exploding Tags.
It was this information regarding the Chakra fusion ratio and insights of Paper Release, plus the Ink Manipulation Art and the simplified method for drawing Exploding Tags, which was a huge gain for Ling.
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