Board Thread:Theories and Speculation/@comment-1872728-20200725151448/@comment-46279039-20200730033620

And? Still, Juugo have nothing to do with Ryuchi caves. We don't know how many years passes between Juugo's discovery and the Ryuchi caves. It's ridiculous force terms to make fit them into characters that don't belong. If Orochimaru is a Sage, i am Santa Claus.

I don't know which manga you have read, but Naruto is quite clear when it refers to the Sages, who master a Sage Mode and the derived techniques.