Eye Care Exercises: Autumn Water Bright Eyes

Chapter 23: Eye Care Exercises · Autumn Water Bright Eyes

[Ding, Phoenix Nirvana Scripture experience +5316, General Experience 1920, current level LV3 (4416/10000)]

"Huh?" Hyuga Ningyuan, with Mathematics at Level 3, instantly sensed something off.

He'd slept for 8 hours—480 minutes. Shouldn't he have gotten 960 experience points by rights?

How could it be as high as 5316?

"Green skills earn quadruple experience!" the system replied.

Hyuga Ningyuan paused, then did the math.

Going from Level 2 to Level 3 required 900 experience. Quadruple for a Level 2 skill was 8 points, meaning it took just 112 minutes to level up.

Quadruple for Level 3 was 12 points. Over 368 minutes, that gave 4416 points—made sense.

So the real question was...

"Does that mean blue skills earn eight times the experience?" Hyuga Ningyuan asked.

"Yes!" the system answered.

Hyuga Ningyuan nearly spat blood on the spot.

Damn! If he'd just fused Phoenix Nirvana Scripture with Mathematics last night, he'd have had a blue skill!

That was five thousand experience points down the drain!

Crap!

Forget experimenting—just fuse it directly!

He'd already lost this much; he couldn't afford to lose more.

[Phoenix Nirvana Scripture] + [Mathematics] = [Phoenix Genealogy Chart].

The upgrade to Mathematics still had an effect. This version of the Phoenix Genealogy Chart was much darker than last night's, shifting from light blue to deep blue!

But...

Why call it the Phoenix Genealogy Chart? It was just a refined optimization of the Phoenix Nirvana Scripture's various movements—essentially a Phoenix Nirvana Scripture 2.0!

"Could it... evolve into different kinds of phoenixes down the line?" Hyuga Ningyuan didn't get it, but figured the name must have some deeper meaning. The system probably saw things he couldn't.

Still, leveling up a blue skill required 10,000 experience points.

"24 points per minute, 1,440 per hour. At this rate, I can max it in 7 hours. It's 7 a.m. now, so by 2 p.m., I'll level up!"

But based on this progression, going from Level 4 to Level 5 might need 100,000 experience, while his daily new experience was only 46,080.

The experience needed grew tenfold, but the extra daily gain per level was just 11,520.

Pulling out scratch paper, Hyuga Ningyuan crunched the numbers.

Level 3 to Level 4: 7 hours.

Level 4 to Level 5: 2 days.

Level 5 to Level 6: 17 days.

Level 6 to Level 7: 144 days.

Level 7 to Level 8: 3 years and 4 months.

Level 8 to Level 9: 29 years!

The current Ninja Academy term was only 4 years, graduating at age 9.

By graduation, he'd barely reach Level 8?

"This pace is way too slow. There must be a way to speed things up later, right? Or maybe upgrade the cultivation method again?"

Forget it, don't worry about it!

Cross that bridge when you get there.

He went downstairs. Hyuga Mie had already made breakfast. Without a word, he dug in.

"Oh, by the way—that little girl you play with, her father invited you over to their place after school!" Hyuga Mie said suddenly.

"Oh." Hyuga Ningyuan nodded. Meeting the parents—no big deal. He had thick skin.

"Also, I packed you extra bento today. No need to hawk Ichiraku Ramen outside anymore!" Hyuga Mie added.

Hyuga Ningyuan's face flushed slightly. He grunted an acknowledgment and kept eating.

Eating, walking—everything was folded into the Phoenix Genealogy Chart. And since he'd asked for duplicate prompts to be merged, the system hadn't made a peep since morning. It felt a bit strange.

After breakfast, he grabbed the oversized bento and headed to school.

He glanced at the System Panel.

[Name: Hyuga Ningyuan (Ningyuan)

Gender: Male

Age: 5

Skills:

Internal Force Extraction LV1 (7/100)

Water Drainage LV1 (1/100)

Arcane Art Gallery LV1 (1/100) (Yellow)

Phoenix Genealogy Chart LV3 (0/10000) (Blue*8)

Glazed Robe LV2 (240/500) (Yellow*2)

Talents: Path Creator, One Mind Two Uses, Skill Fusion

General Experience Points: 2496

The Glazed Robe generated 4 experience points per minute, and since Chakra was recycled, though there was some loss during the process, it wasn't much.

The Hyuga Clan didn't have a reputation for large Chakra reserves, but they were still descendants of the Sage of Six Paths' younger brother—there was no way the Hyuga Clan lacked Chakra.

It was probably just that the family wasn't well-off before, never having enough to eat, like Hinata for example.

If they ate properly and specifically developed their physiques, the Hyuga Clan's Chakra reserves wouldn't be less than the Uzumaki or Senju Clans.

So the minimal Chakra loss from maintaining this technique was replenished by the automatically running Phoenix Genealogy Chart.

In other words, this was another technique that could be maintained for 16 hours a day.

The reason it wasn't 24 hours was because it couldn't be sustained during sleep.

"These General Experience Points are just sitting idle anyway. Why not unlock a new skill?" Hyuga Ningyuan thought of something—why hadn't a new skill appeared on the System Panel when he activated the Byakugan last night?

Was the Byakugan not considered a skill?

[The Byakugan is a bodily instinct!] The system suddenly popped up and replied.

"What the hell!" Hyuga Ningyuan was speechless; he couldn't argue with that.

The Byakugan, like skin and hair, was something the Hyuga Clan was born with—how could it be considered a skill!

But Hyuga Ningyuan still wanted to train, optimize, and evolve the Byakugan.

"You forced my hand!" Hyuga Ningyuan said fiercely.

System: ?

Then he saw Hyuga Ningyuan press both thumbs to his temples and start circling his index fingers around his eye sockets.

Eye Care Exercises!

A moment later.

[Ding, you have performed an Eye Care Exercises activity. Eye Care Exercises experience +1, General Experience +1. Current level: LV1 (1/10)]

"There, done!" Hyuga Ningyuan chuckled. He had to force it!

Eye Care Exercises were definitely good for the eyes, but only a little.

Still, no big deal—as long as the benefit existed, even if just a tiny bit, he could amplify it by leveling up!

"General Experience, add points!"

[Ding, Eye Care Exercises level has been raised to LV2 (0/100)]

General Experience: 2488

Hyuga Ningyuan immediately felt a more refined and detailed set of Eye Care Exercises movements appear in his mind.

"There, done!" Hyuga Ningyuan grinned and kept adding points.

[Ding, Eye Care Exercises level has been raised to LV3 (0/500)]

General Experience: 2388

The Eye Care Exercises in his mind upgraded further—now not only using fingers, but even involving acupuncture!

And at this point, the exercises weren't just protecting the eyes anymore; they could even enhance eye function!

Hyuga Ningyuan wasn't satisfied with that, though. He still had plenty of General Experience, so he kept upgrading!

[Ding, Eye Care Exercises level has been raised to LV4]

General Experience: 1888.

[Ding, Eye Care Exercises skill has unlocked a branch. Please choose.]

"Huh?" Hyuga Ningyuan was startled. Skills had branches?

Let's take a look!

Opening the panel, Hyuga Ningyuan saw that the Eye Care Exercises skill now had three optional branches, like a skill tree.

Medicinal Bath, Internal Force, Chakra

Medicinal Bath meant using medicinal herbs to warm and strengthen the eyes.

Internal energy uses the body's vitality to nourish and strengthen the eyes.

Chakra uses chakra to nourish and strengthen the eyes.

These three options aren't mutually exclusive—you can pick all three, but maxing each one requires 1000 experience points.

If you choose all of them, that's 3000 points!

"Of course I'll pick chakra!" Hyuga Ningyuan had no intention of training in internal energy anyway, and he was dead broke—how could he afford medicine?

But he could still invest a point in the medicinal bath, at least to obtain a prescription beneficial for the eyes. Even if he didn't use it himself, he could make money off it.

[Ding, you have obtained the Clear Sight Powder formula.]

[Ding, you have unlocked a new skill entry: Chakra Eye Warming Method.]

Hyuga Ningyuan sensed the new memories flooding into his mind—a medicinal formula and a method for chakra flow.

As for the formula, Hyuga Ningyuan knew nothing of medicine, so he didn't recognize a single herb.

As for the Chakra Eye Warming Method.

The range of the Byakugan's vision depended on how much chakra was channeled into the eyes. If the chakra meridians were thick and sturdy, they could naturally accommodate more chakra, extending the Byakugan's observation distance.

The Chakra Eye Warming Method used chakra to warm and vibrate the meridians, aiming to expand and strengthen them, thereby enhancing eye function.

This method demanded extremely precise chakra control—one misstep could damage the eyes.

So Hyuga Ningyuan had no intention of practicing it himself. Instead, he'd go straight to the point.

Add points!

[Ding, Eye Care Exercises level has been raised to Level 5. You have obtained the skill trait: Autumn Water Bright Eyes.]

[Autumn Water Bright Eyes: Increases visual function by 20%, enhances eye defense, grants tears a restorative effect on the eyes, and provides a detoxification effect.]

"Huh?"

I don't know what's wrong with my eyes. They were terribly blurry the day before yesterday and yesterday—I thought my nearsightedness had gotten worse. But today, they're fine again.