[Hint: Power does not refer merely to physical strength, but to an all-around enhancement!]
"Hm?" Hyuga Ningyuan paused. "What does that mean?"
[You can think of it as the Nine Yang Divine Skill. It can enhance the power of your punches, the power of your techniques, and the power of your internal energy. Every movement will carry immense force!]
"The More-More Fruit?" Hyuga Ningyuan asked.
[Yes!] This was a diligent and responsible system. It could not make a mistaken judgment simply because its information was incomplete.
"I see!" Hyuga Ningyuan nodded. If that was what Power meant, then the Azure Luan was not all that valuable.
It was only Southern Bright Departing Fire. The Hyuga Clan's Chakra was already of high quality. If he mastered Fire Release, it would definitely be more powerful than the Fire Release used by ordinary people.
Combined with the Power Attribute, the threefold stacking might even rival that Southern Bright Departing Fire.
And Power could enhance more than just fire; it could enhance ninjutsu of other attributes as well.
Combined with the Hyuga Clan's unique Chakra, any elemental ninjutsu he used could achieve the effects of the Second Hokage.
That was: greatly reduced ninjutsu consumption, greatly reduced hand seals, and greatly increased power.
"The manifestations that enhance Power are the White Swan and Kunpeng. But wasn't Kunpeng famous for devouring things? Why doesn't it have that attribute?" Hyuga Ningyuan asked. "Your Kunpeng doesn't live up to its name!"
The system remained silent.
Hyuga Ningyuan was speechless and looked over the options more carefully.
Both had Speed and Power. The only difference was that the White Swan specialized in recovery, while Kunpeng specialized in water.
As for recovery, the Phoenix Genealogy Chart already had formidable recovery power. It also had the effect of restoring energy and injuries through sleep. Combined with Medical Ninjutsu, he truly did not have much need for recovery.
What interested him more was water.
The Hyuga Clan's Chakra, plus the Power Attribute, plus system-upgraded Water Release, plus an affinity for water.
How powerful would his Water Release become?
But there was still the same problem. The Second Hokage had already set the standard. No matter how powerful his Water Release became, he would only be second-best at Water Release.
The Hyuga did not want to be second. If he was going to be something, he would be first!
So who was currently number one in the ninja world when it came to recovery?
Tsunade!
Hyuga Ningyuan's eyes lit up. If I beat her in the field she excels at, could I possibly win the beauty's heart?
Besides, what did stronger Water Release have to do with walking the Path of Stealth?
Medicine, on the other hand, was perfect for a Path of Stealth expert!
And later on, all sorts of biological experiments would also require Medical Ninjutsu and medical knowledge.
Choosing recovery would kill multiple birds with one stone!
"System, I choose the White Swan!"
No one answered him.
Ningyuan was speechless. Oh, right, he had to click it himself!
Manual selection: White Swan!
In an instant, a dense diagram of meridian circulation appeared in his mind. Starting from the Qi Sea, it passed through the yang meridians, circulated through his entire body, then traveled through the yin meridians and returned. That completed one grand circulation.
The cultivation method had seven layers. The lower the level, the fewer and thicker the meridians involved. The higher the level, the more numerous and finer the meridians became.
By the seventh layer, those meridians had become so fine that they were invisible to the naked eye!
"No wonder I can only choose one manifestation at a time. A single manifestation involves so many meridians. Choosing two would definitely cause a conflict!"
Now that he had obtained the cultivation method, Ningyuan naturally did not waste any time and began cultivating immediately.
Everyone else was closing their eyes to extract Chakra anyway, so he only needed to follow their example.
He did not have much Chakra in his body. After all, he had only cultivated the Phoenix Genealogy Chart for one day. Even though Chakra could be stored, he had not accumulated much.
Fortunately, the first layer did not require much Chakra. He barely managed to complete one circulation.
Then Hyuga Ningyuan discovered that after that single cycle, nearly nine-tenths of his Chakra had been consumed, leaving only one-tenth behind!
However, that remaining tenth of Chakra had become much more resilient, and its color had changed as well.
His Chakra had once been blue, but now it was much more transparent, with a faint whitish hue.
Would the Qi cultivated by the White Swan be milky white?
Hyuga Ningyuan also discovered that his control over this Chakra had improved significantly. With a thought, the Chakra could travel freely through his meridians or erupt from the acupuncture points all over his body.
He could do that before as well. If he had not cultivated, Hyuga Ningyuan would probably have thought his control over Chakra was pretty good.
But after running the Phoenix Genealogy: White Swan once and then manipulating Chakra again, the difference became obvious the moment he compared them.
His current Chakra felt as smooth as Dove chocolate!
"Probably because everyone's Chakra originally belongs to Otsutsuki Kaguya. She can take it back with a single thought. But after being refined through a cultivation method, Otsutsuki Kaguya's mark has been washed away. This Chakra truly belongs to me now, which is why I can control it so freely!"
Refining Essence into Qi meant refining the essence of nature into Qi that belonged to oneself. A cultivation method was the tool needed for that refinement.
Only now could the Chakra in Hyuga Ningyuan's Qi Sea truly be called Qi!
"Let's try the Glazed Robe again!" He used Qi to operate the Glazed Robe, and once again, the difference shocked him.
Previously, wearing the Glazed Robe felt like putting on clothing with a frosted texture. It was tolerable, but still somewhat uncomfortable.
But now, the Qi flowing over his body was like silk, warm and smooth, no longer causing the slightest irritation to his skin.
The Glazed Robe also circulated much faster. It had previously completed fifteen cycles per minute, but now it could complete sixty!
Accordingly, the Glazed Robe had previously gained six experience points per minute. Now, it could gain sixteen!
A moment later, the Glazed Robe flashed with light. Along with the system notification, it leveled up as well!
[Ding, your Glazed Robe has been upgraded to LV4]
"Why doesn't the Glazed Robe have a branch?" Hyuga Ningyuan had heard only one notification and sensed that something was wrong. He quickly opened the system and began investigating.
The Glazed Robe truly had no branches.
However, Hyuga Ningyuan could sense that the quality of this Chakra garment on his body had undergone a qualitative improvement.
What did a qualitative improvement mean?
It meant that it could now transform into real clothing, the kind one could physically feel.
And because it was formed from Chakra, it could change into countless forms!
From now on, Hyuga Ningyuan would not need to wear clothes when he went out. Wearing a robe would be enough.
Of course, he would also have to be mentally prepared for his clothes to vanish once his Chakra ran out.
Furthermore, after the Glazed Robe became tangible, it gained a certain degree of defensive power.
Its defense definitely could not compare to Susanoo, but blocking wooden swords and wooden Kunai would be no problem.
Finally, Hyuga Ningyuan discovered that the Glazed Robe had become extensible.
In other words, this technique no longer needed to be cast directly against his body. It could extend outward as well.
He secretly tested it. The Chakra garment could extend three meters away!
If it was attached to his fingers, he could already cosplay the Six Meridian Divine Sword.
If he shaped it into wings, he could imitate the Mysterious Peacock Method and try to support himself in flight!
Most importantly, because the robe was a Chakra circulation, whether he used it in battle or for flight, it consumed very little Chakra, like running a hundred kilometers on one steamed bun!
Relying solely on the system, he had completed Chakra activation in just one day. If the people of Hoshigakure, who had spent more than a decade using radiation to activate their Chakra, learned about this, they would probably die of rage!
"This probably isn't solely the effect of the Glazed Robe leveling up. The high quality of the Hyuga Clan's Chakra is one factor, and the fact that my Chakra has been refined into White Swan Qi is another!"
Hyuga Ningyuan felt rather pleased with himself, not just because of his achievements, but also because of his imagination.
His results were impressive, but if a Hyuga Clan ninja were given a few years, they should be able to replicate them as well.
All they had to do was turn Gentle Fist Twin Lion Fists into Gentle Fist Twin Wings.
Yet not a single Hyuga ninja had ever tried it.
This was no longer a gap in cheats. It was a genuine gap in intelligence.
Crushing others with intelligence was often more satisfying than crushing them with strength.
After all, strength could increase through training, but intelligence? That was innate!
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