Tasks for the Shadow Clone

"No, this kind of Shadow Clone is completely useless. Again."

"Poof." "Poof." "Poof."

"Ding-dong, Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu proficiency +1 (2/10000)"

"Ding-dong, Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu proficiency +1 (3/10000)"

"Ding-dong, Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu proficiency +1 (4/10000)"

"Ding-dong, Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu proficiency +1 (5/10000)"

Time passed quickly, and it was already noon. After using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu five times, a Shadow Clone that looked exactly like Xuan Ye finally appeared beside him. This time, it no longer looked malnourished.

"I finally managed to create a Shadow Clone that looks exactly like me." Xuan Ye noticed a few tiny beads of sweat on his forehead, so he raised a hand and wiped them away with his clothes.

Having used the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu five times, its proficiency had reached five points. Honestly, the proficiency for this Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu was truly hard to raise. It only increased by one point each time. How long would it take to max it out?

Xuan Ye did not even want to think about how long it would take. Just using the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu five times had consumed half of his chakra. Combined with the chakra he had spent training Water Walking, Tree Climbing, and Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven that morning, he only had forty percent of his chakra left.

That was only because some of his chakra had recovered automatically. If it had not, his chakra would have been nearly depleted by now.

He could not use this final forty percent of chakra on the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu. He still needed it to train other ninjutsu. He had yet to train the Basic Three Body Jutsu today, so he would spend this last forty percent of chakra on it.

The Basic Three Body Jutsu was still quite important. Take the Substitution Technique within it—even Kage-level ninja still used it, let alone Xuan Ye, an apprentice ninja who had not even reached the level of a genin.

Aside from the Transformation Technique, the Transformation Technique among the basic ninjutsu was still somewhat useful. It could transform him into other things, so it was worth raising its proficiency. But apart from those two, the final technique in the Basic Three Body Jutsu seemed rather useless.

Besides the Transformation Technique and Substitution Technique, the Basic Three Body Jutsu also included the Clone Technique. However, the clones created by the Clone Technique were merely illusions. They were all fake.

Any ninja with a decent eye and some strength could basically see through them. Besides, he now possessed the powerful Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, making the Clone Technique even more useless.

"Forget it. I'll train the Clone Technique while I'm at it."

The system had lumped the Substitution Technique, Transformation Technique, and Clone Technique together, forcing him to train the Clone Technique alongside them.

"Growl, growl, growl." His stomach was rumbling, protesting its hunger.

Xuan Ye raised his head and looked at the sun in the sky. The sunlight was blinding at this hour, making his eyes sting when he looked up. He could only shield his forehead with one hand and squint.

That made sense. The sun had already climbed directly overhead, so it was probably midday. Xuan Ye had only eaten a little at home that morning and had not eaten anything since. He should get something to eat first.

However, he could not dismiss the Shadow Clone just yet. If he did, creating another one would waste another tenth of his total chakra.

Besides, he still had quite a few training tasks today. He might not be able to finish them all by himself. Since he had obtained the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu and created a usable Shadow Clone, he would have the Shadow Clone practice ninjutsu while his original body trained physically.

He had to make one thing clear: it was not that he did not want the Shadow Clone to train physically. The Shadow Clone simply lacked the ability to do so, because it was made of chakra, and even its physical strength depended on the strength of that chakra.

So even if the Shadow Clone trained its body, it would have no effect whatsoever. Only he himself could train physically. But before that, there were two things he needed to do.

First, he had to transfer all the chakra remaining in his body into the Shadow Clone. Second, his stomach was already painfully hungry and desperately needed solid food to fill it.

Transferring chakra was very convenient. As long as he stood beside the Shadow Clone, he could transfer the chakra remaining in his body into it.

Filling his stomach would not be particularly difficult either. There were many wild animals in the area he had chosen, and the nearby stream was full of fish and shrimp. That was why Xuan Ye had chosen to train here.

Nor did he need to worry that he would be unable to catch food without chakra. His body was quite strong, possessing the physical ability of a genin. In other words, Xuan Ye himself had the strength to fight a genin.

Xuan Ye stood beside the Shadow Clone and thought for a while before deciding to have fish for lunch. He then slowly walked toward the stream.

He soon reached the bank of the stream. In the distance, the Shadow Clone was diligently training the Basic Three Body Jutsu according to his instructions.

When he arrived at the stream bank, the fish and shrimp in the water immediately swam away at the sight of Xuan Ye.

However, he was not ready to jump into the stream and catch fish just yet. He first had to take off his shoes, as well as his shirt and pants. He did not remove the weights from his body, though, because moving underwater while wearing them would help train his body.

"Splash."

Xuan Ye leaped into the water, sending spray flying in every direction. Under the sunlight, the splashing water carried a different kind of beauty.

But Xuan Ye had no time to admire it. Catching a few fish to fill his stomach was what mattered most right now.

His target was the fish in the water, so he rushed toward them at full speed with all his strength. Since it was only a stream, the water was not very deep, reaching just up to his stomach.

Startled by his movements, the fish rapidly swam away in the opposite direction. Fish were fairly fast, but Xuan Ye was even faster. After all, his body had been strengthened by the system to the level of a genin. If he could not outrun fish, that would be a joke.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Xuan Ye moved extremely fast. He spotted where the fish were and reached out to grab them without hesitation. The result was unchanged—two fish appeared in his hands, one in each hand.

He tossed the two fish onto the bank and immediately went after the other fish without sparing them another glance.

Only after catching six fish in total did Xuan Ye stop. These six fish were more or less enough for his lunch.

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