Inch Power Eight Gates: Basic Foundation Training

Several days passed quietly.

In the past few days, the rewards that Hagoromo gave for her lessons have almost all been ordinary Ninjutsu and Taijutsu.

Even if she gets an A+ in physical education class again, she is rewarded with a Hagoromo Taijutsu from the original work, Konoha Ryujin.

Helpless, Hagoromo had no choice but to abandon her goal of completing the course and instead began teaching Naruto and the others the Inch Power Eight Gates.

The first stage is the foundation building, which involves two hours of Qi-Pile Meridian Fixing.

Standing on a specially made wooden stake, maintaining balance on one leg, while the Shadow Clone in the Hagoromo robe swayed again as soon as it stabilized.

At the same time, you must hold a bowl of water in your hand without spilling any.

Although Naruto and the others have pretty good Chakra control, they still need to practice maintaining a stable midline.

"It's almost been two hours. Whoever has the least water in their bowl will get ten more questions added to their assignment."

The main body of the Hagoromo paced back and forth, constantly emphasizing this.

"Teacher, Shadow Clone Teacher's hands look really sore."

Naruto, standing on the wooden stake, spoke, holding the bowl steadily in his hands, while still managing to keep an eye on Hagoromo's Shadow Clones.

Hagoromo then looked at her Shadow Clone.

The Shadow Clone below Naruto pointed helplessly at Naruto and said:

"As for the main body, I think Naruto has mastered it. He needed me to shake him several times more often than others in these two hours."

"Dispel it," Hagoromo said, and in the next instant, he dispelled Naruto's Shadow Clone.

Upon receiving the information, Hagoromo shook his head and chuckled, "Come down, Naruto."

"Okay!"

Upon hearing this, Naruto immediately jumped up and landed smoothly.

The bowl in his hand remained perfectly steady, without spilling a single drop of water.

"Not bad, it's finished." Hagoromo patted Naruto's head upon seeing this.

Originally, Hagoromo thought that Sasuke should be the first to master it.

Surprisingly, it was the loud and boisterous Naruto finished first.

"Hehe, teacher, can I proceed to the next stage of training?"

As Naruto spoke, he made a face at Sasuke, which made Sasuke, who was standing on the wooden stake, roll his eyes in annoyance.

Some of the water in the bowl spilled out.

Hagoromo lightly patted Naruto's head, saying in an annoyed tone, "Naruto, don't disturb the other training sessions."

Yes, teacher!

Naruto immediately stood at attention, staring intently at Hagoromo.

"Alright, I'll guide Naruto to the next stage first. You guys continue your training."

With a sigh, Hagoromo spoke to her other disciples, then turned and led Naruto out of the training ground.

Hagoromo led Naruto back to the riverbank.

That's right, thanks to Naruto and the others' training, and Hagoromo's occasional use of Water Release.

What was originally a stream gradually turned into a river.

Hagoromo arrived at a patch of grass, and Zama clenched his fist into a Sun-Character Straight Punch stance, aiming at the Fire Fly flying around in the grass.

What was once a beautiful scene was shattered by Hagoromo Yi's attack.

Naruto crouched down, looked at the Fire Fly that had fallen to the ground, and posed a soul-searching question to Hagoromo.

"Teacher, what are you doing?"

"This is your next stage," Hagoromo explained.

"Use the method I just used to continuously strike moving targets."

"Huh?!" Naruto couldn't believe it when he heard this.

"Teacher, if we keep doing this, there won't be enough Fire Fly for me to catch near the training ground."

Knock--

Hagoromo, annoyed, flicked Naruto's forehead with her fingers.

Then, pointing to the dead Fire Fly on the ground, he said, "I'm demonstrating this to you. Tomorrow I'll make a training tool for you."

"Hehe, I thought that's what you were going to do."

Naruto then realized his mistake and scratched his head sheepishly.

"You little brat."

Hagoromo also shook her head with a smile. Naruto, that kid, has now let go of that previous respect.

He then began to interact with Hagoromo in his own way.

Hagoromo actually finds this quite appealing.

"Alright, let's take a break while we have time. Let's not disturb their cultivation."

Sasuke has several Shadow Clones of Hagoromo, so there's no need to worry.

Hagoromo put her arm around Naruto's shoulder and sat down by the river, taking off her shoes and plunging her feet directly into the water.

Naruto, standing beside him, followed Hagoromo's movements in a similar manner.

"Naruto, has your dad woken up yet?"

Feeling the gentle breeze and the coolness of the river, Hagoromo Yi asked.

"Not yet. I haven't seen that old geezer since last time."

Naruto pouted, clearly dissatisfied with his father.

They said they would take a break, but so much time has passed and they haven't even come out once.

"Alright, it's probably because the last one was very costly, since it wasn't the real thing."

Hagoromo reached out and patted Naruto's head, speaking slowly.

Judging from Naruto's words, Minato Namikaze's spiritual imprint has been greatly damaged, which is why he has been hiding in that urn to recuperate and hasn't come out yet.

I hope this kid won't be too heartbroken later.

Hagoromo had a premonition that the next time Naruto saw Minato Namikaze would be when the spiritual imprint within the Eight Trigrams Sealing Style would completely dissipate.

"I know, teacher," Naruto nodded, but then seemed to remember something.

"By the way, teacher, that Kurama Tenten keeps pulling me in while I'm sleeping."

"Oh? Why?" Hagoromo asked, somewhat curious.

It's already a good thing that the Nine-Tails didn't disturb Naruto's Chakra, especially with Minato's presence.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't have taken the initiative to meet Naruto.

"He said he was bored, and that I had once extracted his Chakra as payment for talking to him."

Naruto pursed his lips; anyone would be annoyed if someone tried to chat with them when they were trying to rest at night.

Fortunately, Chakra (the Nine-Tails) used his chakra to soothe Naruto's body the next day, otherwise he would have been exhausted long ago.

That Nine-Tails is such a tsundere...

Hagoromo was also a bit speechless, but she had been there for so long.

Having finally found something to look forward to, naturally they could only place their hopes on Naruto.

Despite his stubbornness, Minato Namikaze still hasn't come out.

In addition, Hagoromo had been on missions abroad for some time.

With two potential threats gone, Nine-Tails naturally turned its attention to Naruto.

Meanwhile, the Nine-Tails, inside the Sealing Space, was roaring in fury.

"Damn Naruto! I told you not to bring up my business!"

"Kurama, it's really not a big deal." A gentle voice came from behind.

Nine-Tails glanced around and saw that the urn, which had disappeared for a long time, had reappeared.

Nine-Tails- Tails immediately understood and angrily shouted, "Yong Dai Mei! You've been hiding the whole time!"

"No, even with such ample Yang Release Chakra nourishing it, I can still clearly feel..."

"My spiritual imprint is gradually fading."

Upon hearing Minato Namikaze's words, Nine-Tails, who had been furious, calmed down.

After a long pause, he finally spoke, "You really aren't afraid that your son will be corrupted by me?"

"I might have been worried before, but not anymore."

"I can't be bothered with you." Nine-Tails glanced at it speechlessly, then turned and lay down with its back to the direction of the urn.