Talent: Path Creator

Chapter 10: Talent: Path Creator

[You have performed one session of Qi Cultivation. Qi Cultivation experience +1, General Experience +1. Current Level: LV1 (1/100)]

Chakra entered the Qi Sea, and it was no longer chakra—it had become the exclusive property of a cultivator: true Qi! Later, when fused with Natural Chakra, it would evolve into Mana!

"Hm?" Hyuga Ningyuan continued reading, and he noticed that this time, the prompt wasn't just one—it was two!

[You have completed the theoretical construction of a cultivation system from nothing and conducted preliminary practice. This is an unprecedented achievement, matching the Six Paths in virtue and surpassing the Three Immortals in merit!]

Ningyuan's face warmed. "Too much, too much."

[You have obtained the Talent entry: Path Creator!]

[Path Creator: Activate actively to enter a Brain Overclocking state, greatly enhancing mental activity!]

"Oh? This talent—NZT-48!" Ningyuan was startled. He knew when he saw the Talent option on the System Panel that there had to be a way to acquire talents, but he hadn't expected it to come this fast!

What Brain Overclocking meant—though he'd never experienced it himself, he'd watched enough films and shows to have some understanding.

Brain Overclocking had at least the following functions:

1: Inspiration burst—an Edie who couldn't write a novel would instantly become a speed demon, writing as if guided by a divine hand. 2: Knowledge integration—an Edie's girlfriend who'd never trained could, after Brain Overclocking, integrate martial arts scenes from various films she'd seen and use them. 3: Accelerated learning—an Edie with Brain Overclocking could learn a new language just by listening to strangers chat and reading some Chinese ads. 4: Enlightenment boost—a novelist could not only switch careers to a stockbroker requiring high mathematical skill but also research biotechnology. 5: Sensory enhancement—because the brain processes information faster, the detail from the five senses also improves, creating an effect similar to Observation Haki. 6: Body control—due to the brain's overclocked function, control over the body greatly increases, allowing even someone unskilled in martial arts to maximize the power of their cells and muscles.

But then again, this was clearly an active skill—needing manual activation—so why was it classified as a talent!

"Try it out?" Ningyuan felt an urge to activate it and test it, and that urge grew stronger, impossible to suppress.

After all, he was genuinely curious about what Brain Overclocking actually felt like!

"Activate!" Ningyuan gritted his teeth and mentally tapped the panel!

The next instant, Ningyuan felt the entire world go silent!

"Time... stopped?" Ningyuan blinked, then immediately realized—it wasn't time stopping; it was his own thinking speed being accelerated to the extreme!

All kinds of light, colors, smells, and sounds surged into his brain at once.

He felt endless inspiration erupting in his mind—knowledge from his past life, things he'd read in books, seen in short videos—all converging in his thoughts, ready to bloom into countless flowers with a single thought!

The world before his eyes abruptly turned black and white, and an endless field of vision crammed itself into his mind!

Under Brain Overclocking, the Byakugan had passively activated!

"E=MC²!"

"How the British built the subway over four hundred years ago."

"The Hoover Dam."

"When two small spheres collide, an upward normal shockwave is generated!"

"Let him be harsh, let him be evil—I have but one breath of true Qi!"

"American five-star general MacArthur commented: give him a BGM, and he can dance out a Rolls-Royce Cullinan!"

Too much, too much—too many fragments of information, so that Ningyuan's thoughts couldn't focus at all!

"Focus, focus—think about what I'm here for. Comprehend something useful!" Ningyuan gritted his teeth, struggling to rein in his mind.

How embarrassing!

"What to study?" Feeling his brain racing like light, Ningyuan determined his research direction in an instant.

Dance!

Preferably something that could combine Taijutsu, footwork, finger techniques, and cultivation methods, while also being elegant and beautiful.

The goal: graceful as a startled swan, agile as a swimming dragon, stunning all beholders!

It wasn't that he didn't want to study cultivation methods—it was that the environment wasn't suitable. If he practiced and caused some strange phenomenon, he wouldn't be able to explain it.

The Hyuga Clan's chakra was also a technique worth researching, but his current chakra strength was too low; even if he developed it, he couldn't practice it. Pointless.

But dance—he wanted to make use of it as soon as possible. It involved basic attributes, and the sooner he got started, the sooner he'd grow stronger.

So, was there such a technique?

The Ancient Tomb Sect's techniques were very suitable—not only did they look good in combat, but they also resembled dance.

But in just an instant, Hyuga Ningyuan thought of a better substitute: Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens!

The martial art Lu Xiaofeng learned, combining techniques, footwork, and finger techniques. And in Gu Long's world, where the waters were so murky and so many loved to poison others...

Lu Xiaofeng was so reckless, yet he never got poisoned. Chances were, this technique could also detoxify and nourish the body.

Otherwise, why call it a phoenix!

Then the cultivation method shall be called—Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens!

"All information related to dance, footwork, and finger techniques!" In an instant, the flood of aimless information in his mind began to gain direction.

Peacock Dance, Peacock Step, Swan Dance, Swan Step, Finger Dance, Hand Gesture Dance, Ghost Step, Street Dance.

Within his mind, all kinds of dance video movements surged forth, then were gathered and integrated by Hyuga Ningyuan in his Brain Overclocking state.

Finally, he steered it all toward the concept of the phoenix!

And so, a divine technique—named a dance, yet truly a cultivation method: Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens—was born.

Although it lacked data on the extraordinary meridians, leaving the internal cultivation incomplete, and the external techniques were all derived from mental deduction, this was by no means pure theory. Every move had a basis, every principle had evidence.

After all, Hyuga Ningyuan came from the modern world, possessing a profound understanding of the human body and physics.

This cultivation method combined the vast database of his past life, his personal experience with Chakra, and the support of modern scientific concepts. Though it was only a first draft, in a mere moment of effort, Hyuga Ningyuan had already surpassed the thousand-year accumulation of the Hyuga Clan!

Eight Trigrams Palms, Rotation?

Not even a dog would learn that!

"Ugh!" Hyuga Ningyuan suddenly gagged, his head spinning and his stomach cramping up.

Then—

"Thud!"

His head dropped heavily. Fortunately, the teacher was a ninja with extremely fast Reaction Speed, instantly using a Body Flicker Technique to catch him.

"Hyuga Ningyuan? Hyuga Ningyuan?" Yūhi Kurenai asked in a panic, "Teacher, what's wrong with him?"

"He's fine!" Teruhi Sōun said with a smile, "He just opened his eyes. Overexertion—he'll be fine after some rest!"

Standing at the podium, he had seen Hyuga Ningyuan suddenly activate his Byakugan and then collapse. The cause and effect weren't hard to grasp!

There was no need to call the Hyuga Clan over. The Ninja Academy had accepted Hyuga Clan children before; opening the Byakugan was no Major Event.

"I see!" Yūhi Kurenai nodded, relieved. Though she had only just met Hyuga Ningyuan, children's friendships came quickly, and besides, Hyuga Ningyuan was quite cute.

"He can sleep?" Obito hadn't caught what the teacher said, only seeing Hyuga Ningyuan sleeping on his desk! And the teacher wasn't stopping him?

Then I'll sleep too!

"Thwack!" No sooner had he laid his head down than a piece of chalk bounced off his skull.

"Hey, teacher, why'd you hit me!" Obito protested.

"You're sleeping in class, why do you think I hit you!" Teruhi Sōun said irritably.

"But Hyuga Ningyuan is sleeping too!" Obito pointed behind him at Teruhi Sōun.

"He opened his Byakugan. Can you compare yourself to him?" Teruhi Sōun snapped. "If you open your Byakugan, you can sleep too!"

"I—I—I'll open it right now for you to see!" Obito glared angrily at Teruhi Sōun, then stared wide-eyed for a long time, but nothing changed.

Teruhi Sōun said impatiently, "What are you staring at? Keep it up and you'll go stand outside!"

"Then I'd rather not." Obito scratched his head. Getting punished on the first class didn't seem like a good idea.

"Teacher, can I go run laps?" Might Guy's eyes lit up. Class was so boring!

"Sit down!" Teruhi Sōun was speechless. What kind of students were these!

"Two idiots," Kakashi muttered softly.

"What did you say?" Obito turned his head angrily.

"Obito!" Teruhi Sōun slammed the desk in fury. "Sit up and listen!"

Obito looked wronged. He felt targeted!

Why did Hyuga Ningyuan get a pretty girl as a desk mate, while he got a white-haired jerk?

Why could Hyuga Ningyuan sleep in class, while he only got hit for trying?

He turned his head angrily to glance at Hyuga Ningyuan, still sleeping, and saw him lean sideways, directly resting on Yūhi Kurenai.

"Damn it!" Obito slammed the desk. "Teacher, look at him!"

"Obito, go stand outside!"

"Teacher!"

"Out!"

Obito bit his lip. So this was the Ninja Academy? Too dark!

"Hmph!" Teruhi Sōun snorted irritably at Obito's retreating back.

Ask anyone in all of Konoha—who didn't hate the Uchiha? He wasn't looking for trouble, but if you crossed him, that was your problem!

Still—

He glanced at Hyuga Ningyuan leaning on Yūhi Kurenai. That kid sure had luck? He himself still didn't have a girlfriend!