Did dancing and cultivation have a basis for fusion?
Of course they did. Dancing was itself a kind of footwork. Dance steps, footwork—dance and movement were inseparable.
Moreover, dancing placed great emphasis on breathing.
It merely added some hand movements and facial expressions.
So:
Dance + Cloud-Stepping Scripture = Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens Scripture!
[Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens Scripture]: Integrate dance movements into every gesture, every stance, and every step. From then on, as long as the body moved, cultivation would improve!
Hyuga Ningyuan blinked. This was integrating dance movements into instinct!
It was quite reasonable. Dancers and soldiers walked differently from ordinary people. Their shoulders, strides, and bearing might not be outstanding beyond compare, but they could still be called graceful and elegant.
And [Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens] went a step further. Not only was the walking posture different from that of ordinary people, but foot placement, arm swings, shoulder movements, and muscle rhythms all had specific requirements.
This reminded Hyuga Ningyuan of Tang Zichen and Wang Chao, who practiced martial arts. People like them had carved stance training into their bones. Whether walking, standing, sitting, or lying down, they resembled a horse, always springing and bouncing.
And [Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens Scripture] had begun to carry a similar flavor.
But was this the limit of [Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens Scripture]?
He continued dragging [Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens Scripture] into Skill Fusion.
On the other side, Hyuga Ningyuan added sleep!
Even while sleeping, I won't forget to cultivate!
[ Ding! ]
Accompanied by a crisp phoenix cry, Hyuga Ningyuan clearly saw that the new skill's icon was a phoenix curled into a ball, resembling the logo of Phoenix Television.
And a hint of green appeared on that icon!
The yellow skill had upgraded to green!
[Phoenix Nirvana Scripture]: Walking, standing, sitting, and lying down could all accumulate Chakra. Upon entering sleep at night, the body and cells would recover to the greatest extent, reaching the most perfect state possible for one's current level of life!
"Holy shit?" Hyuga Ningyuan was stunned by that description.
He had only thought of being able to cultivate while sleeping, yet he had forgotten that sleep's greatest function was not cultivation, but recovering from the fatigue accumulated during the day.
After all, Chakra was extracted from physical energy and spiritual energy. Although people possessed excess physical and spiritual energy every day that could be extracted, Hyuga Ningyuan was still a child.
Extracting Chakra would more or less damage the body.
But after this skill fused with [Phoenix Dance of the Nine Heavens Scripture], its effect had been greatly enhanced!
With the effects of [Phoenix Nirvana Scripture], Hyuga Ningyuan no longer had to fear that daytime cultivation would harm his body. He only needed one night's sleep to recover anyway!
Although he did not particularly need this function right now, he should not forget that there was a cheat-level divine skill: Shadow Clone Technique!
Using that technique for cultivation was extremely exhausting, but with [Phoenix Nirvana Scripture], no matter how exhausted he became, he could recover through sleep!
Was this the ultimate limit of fusion?
Obviously not. Right now, it only took care of essence, qi, and the body.
The spirit had not been accounted for yet!
[Phoenix Nirvana Scripture] + [Magic Meditation] = ?
"Why won't it fuse into anything?" Hyuga Ningyuan froze. Were the theories incompatible?
But thinking about it carefully, the theories really did seem incompatible. Phoenix Nirvana Scripture either required sleep or movement.
Meditation, meanwhile, required staying awake and remaining still.
Wakefulness and sleep were incompatible, as were stillness and movement. Therefore, one truly could not meditate while cultivating [Phoenix Nirvana Scripture].
Unless one could reach that legendary state of no thought and no self.
Clearly, level 1 meditation could not do that.
"Then for now, [Phoenix Nirvana Scripture] has reached its limit!" Hyuga Ningyuan looked over the skill list and noticed that Internal Force Extraction could still be fused.
But that skill only existed to produce internal force. He would cultivate Chakra in the future, so what use did he have for internal force?
It really had more or less reached the end.
Of course, that did not mean [Phoenix Nirvana Scripture] had no potential for improvement. The current Phoenix Nirvana Scripture merely extracted Chakra and gathered it into the Qi Sea. It still lacked the step of refining Chakra through the meridians.
That would be the complete form of [Phoenix Nirvana Scripture]!
Hyuga Ningyuan opened his panel. The skills he currently possessed were:
Diet level 1 (6/100)
Internal Force Extraction level 1 (7/100)
Magic Meditation level 1 (1/100)
Water Drainage level 1 (1/100)
Learning level 1 (5/100)
Painting level 1 (1/10)
Math level 1 (2/10)
Phoenix Nirvana Scripture level 2 (100/1000) (Green)
Glazed Robe level 2 (0/500) (Yellow)
There were suddenly far fewer of them.
"Why is there still Diet?" Hyuga Ningyuan only just realized that he seemed to have missed one during the fusion?
"Fuse that in too!"
Eating and Phoenix Nirvana Scripture should not have any conflict at all. After all, without eating, where would he get the strength to extract Chakra?
A moment later, the Diet skill vanished.
Phoenix Nirvana Scripture level 2 (100/1000) (Green) had not changed in experience, level, or name.
If the green had not become a little deeper, Hyuga Ningyuan would have thought he had lost a skill for no reason!
It seemed that if he wanted to change its name next time, he would need to fuse something substantial into it, like a Qi Sea meridian circulation technique.
"Maybe [Phoenix Nirvana Scripture] can even upgrade into [Phoenix Heavenly Technique]!"
Hyuga Ningyuan nodded in satisfaction. Although [Phoenix Heavenly Technique] might be a purple-tier skill, as the saying went, the bigger the heart, the bigger the stage!
"The qi and body side is finished, but the spirit can't be left behind either!" Looking at that level 1 Magic Meditation, if he did not want Shisui or Itachi to take him down with a single glare, this skill's level should also be raised through fusion.
But—
Looking at the other skills, there did not seem to be anything suitable to fuse with Magic Meditation.
He would give it a try.
[Learning] + [Magic Meditation] = [Arcane Hall]
"Huh?" Hyuga Ningyuan froze. That worked too?
He immediately opened [Arcane Hall] and began studying it.
[Arcane Hall]: A Mind Palace world constructed from spiritual power. It could be strengthened by filling it with knowledge or through meditation. The larger the hall world, the stronger the spiritual power!
"Isn't this just a Mind Palace? You think I won't recognize you just because you changed your name to Arcane!" Hyuga Ningyuan was speechless, but he still studied it seriously.
The difference between magic and arcane arts was that the former was idealistic, while the latter was materialistic.
Magic Meditation only required one to calm the mind and meditate to increase spiritual power, whereas arcane arts required learning!
The former might seem like an easier way to gain power, but in reality, the latter could also gain power through the former's method. And once the latter acquired knowledge, the power it could unleash was far beyond what the former could match.
For example, with the same fireball spell, even if a mage upgraded it into a forbidden spell, it would still only be a super fireball.
But an arcanist who understood knowledge could upgrade a fireball into an Eternal Sun!
A mage's upgrade path was: shooting arrows → crossbow bolts → divine-arm crossbows → siege crossbows.
An arcanist's upgrade path was: shooting arrows → muskets → sniper rifles → East Wind.
That was the power of knowledge.
In short, mages were easy to enter, quick to advance, low in ceiling, and their power's essence remained unchanged.
Arcanists were difficult to enter, slow to advance, high in ceiling, and their power's essence improved step by step.
Was there even any need to hesitate over which one to choose?
Not at all. The Mind Palace alone was priceless, and knowledge was also extraordinarily valuable in the Naruto World.
As for learning, Hyuga Ningyuan believed that his learning ability was absolutely no worse than Orochimaru's or Kabuto's.
Was that all?
Not yet!
Learning and painting should theoretically be able to fuse, right?
[Arcane Hall] + [Painting] = [Arcane Art Gallery]
[Arcane Art Gallery]: While retaining its original functions, it gained an additional one: spiritual power could be increased by viewing mountains, rivers, geography, and natural scenery. Knowledge and information could also be recorded through painting, and spiritual power could be used through painting as well!
"The information density of paintings is definitely higher than that of books, but books have their own advantages too. Both can coexist. And the greatest value of this fusion is that viewing scenery can increase spiritual power. Looks like I'll have to climb high and look far whenever I have time. Also, this use of spiritual power through painting..."
Wasn't this Sai's Super Beast Imitation Drawing technique?
This technique was quite interesting. He could draw flying animals and use them to carry people through the air.
Overall, it had some value, but Hyuga Ningyuan was destined never to use this skill in battle.
It was too slow, and not cool enough.
Still, he could use it to draw illustrations for his novels.
Hyuga Ningyuan looked at his panel. Other than the useless Internal Force Extraction and the Water Drainage he had gained while peeing, only Mathematics remained.
By the way, what kind of effect would Mathematics have when fused with a skill?
Mathematics was the mother of science. It should be able to fuse with anything.
[Arcane Art Gallery] (Yellow) + [Mathematics] = [Arcane Masterpiece Gallery] (Blue)
Huh?
[Phoenix Nirvana Scripture] (Green) + [Mathematics] = [Phoenix Genealogy Chart] (Blue)
Huh?
[Glazed Robe] (Yellow) + [Mathematics] = [Glazed Splendid Robe] (Blue)
Holy shit?
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