Five-Attribute Chakra

"Master!"

When Li Chuan saw Chiriku appear, he tapped across the water several times, seeming to float over its surface like the lightness skill of legend, then leaped before Chiriku.

Chiriku nodded in satisfaction.

"Starting today, I'll teach you some D-rank ninjutsu. But before that, I need to test your Chakra nature."

As he spoke, he pulled a small slip of paper from his hand and gave it to Li Chuan.

Li Chuan looked at the paper in his hand.

"Is this... Chakra paper?"

"That's right. I should have taught you about the testing and use of Chakra paper in class before."

Chiriku looked at Li Chuan expectantly.

Although the secret techniques of the Fire Temple could be used as long as one possessed Sage Art Chakra, with no requirements for Chakra nature, he still hoped Li Chuan would have talents in as many natures as possible.

"Yes, I know how to test it."

Li Chuan raised the test paper in his hand and slowly fed a little of his Chakra into it.

He had long known what Chakra natures he possessed. This was merely going through the motions for Chiriku to see.

Under the effect of Li Chuan's Chakra, the Chakra paper first caught fire. Then a mist of water formed over its surface and extinguished the flames. Next, it wrinkled, split cleanly into two, and finally crumbled completely into scraps that drifted to the ground.

"Fire, water... lightning, wind, earth. You actually have talent in all five Chakra natures!"

Seeing the changes in the Chakra paper, Chiriku first smiled, then grew delighted, and finally became utterly stunned.

He had originally thought that if Li Chuan possessed three Chakra natures, that would already be excellent. He had never expected Li Chuan to possess the extremely rare talent for all five Chakra natures.

That was talent in five Chakra natures. To his knowledge, there were only enough people like that in the entire ninja world to count on one hand—fewer even than ninja with Kekkei Genkai.

It was not that people with talent in five Chakra natures were necessarily powerful. There was only one example like the Third Hokage, who had mastered all five natures and possessed an astonishing arsenal of ninjutsu from each of them.

But possessing talent in five Chakra natures at least gave one the possibility of becoming as powerful as the Third Hokage, without having to fear being countered in terms of elemental nature.

Fire countered wind, wind countered lightning, lightning countered earth, earth countered water, and water countered fire.

When ninja of equal strength were countered in terms of elemental nature, combat became extremely difficult.

But since Li Chuan possessed talent in all five Chakra natures, he did not need to worry about that problem.

And that was not even the most important part. The most important thing was that the more Chakra natures one possessed, the easier it was to combine them and unleash ninjutsu far more powerful than normal.

For example, if one first used a Fire Release and then a Wind Release, the wind would fuel the flames, creating a more powerful composite ninjutsu that might surpass the original rank of both techniques.

"Master? Master?"

Seeing Chiriku remain stunned and absent-minded after the test ended, Li Chuan could not help stepping forward to remind him.

"Oh, very good. Talent in five Chakra natures. Very good, very good..."

After coming back to his senses, Chiriku suppressed the excitement in his heart and forcibly calmed himself. He could not help marveling that Li Chuan, born a prince of the royal family, truly possessed remarkable composure.

He had explained Chakra nature talents in detail during class, and he believed that with Li Chuan's powerful memory, Li Chuan surely understood just how formidable five Chakra natures were.

Yet when the results came out, Li Chuan's expression had not changed in the slightest. He remained as calm as ever.

"Master, can I learn new ninjutsu now?"

Once Li Chuan saw Chiriku calm down, he spoke up and asked.

Chiriku nodded fiercely.

"Of course. Today, I'll first teach you a D-rank Fire Release ninjutsu—the Fireball Jutsu."

After bringing Li Chuan to the training ground, Chiriku began teaching him the hand seals for the Fireball Jutsu and the techniques he needed to keep in mind when channeling Chakra.

At that moment, Chiriku's only regret was that the Fire Temple's ninjutsu inheritance was truly too limited.

The Fire Temple primarily fought using Body Technique, with ninjutsu merely serving as support. Most of the inherited ninjutsu were D-rank and E-rank, while only two secret techniques had reached A-rank.

Originally, he had thought that since Li Chuan was so talented in hand-to-hand combat, Li Chuan would surely focus on Body Technique as well. He had never expected Li Chuan to possess such rare talent in all five Chakra natures.

If Li Chuan focused on Body Technique in the future and used ninjutsu only as support, it would truly be a terrible waste of talent.

Another month passed. It was also the last day of Li Chuan's third month in the Naruto World.

That day, he specifically asked Chiriku for leave and returned to the Prince's Mansion, which he had not visited for three months.

"Kino, how did the matter I assigned you go?"

Inside the room, Li Chuan ate exquisite cuisine as he asked Kino, the steward of the Prince's Mansion.

Kino knelt at his side and began reporting respectfully.

"Your Highness, ever since receiving your orders three months ago, I selected servants from the mansion with a talent for business and provided funds for him to form a merchant caravan.

"At present, because of Your Highness the Prince's influence, the caravan has been proceeding smoothly in every respect and has already begun turning a profit."

In this world, money was not omnipotent. Strength was what mattered most. But having money could save a great deal of time and trouble, and it could also provide enormous help in increasing one's strength during the early stages.

The Fire Temple lacked ninjutsu inheritances, but he could spend money to offer high bounties at the Underground Exchange. He might not be able to buy ninjutsu at the S-rank or A-rank level, but he could always find some C-Rank and D-rank techniques.

If he wanted to kill someone but found it inconvenient to do it himself, he could likewise place a high bounty at the Underground Exchange.

Quite a few powerful rogue ninja were willing to act for money, especially the Immortal Duo of the Akatsuki Organization, who specialized in raising funds.

The reason Chiriku and the Fire Temple were destroyed by the Immortal Duo was that someone had placed a high bounty on Chiriku's head, offering thirty million ryo for his death.

Since his starting identity was Prince of the Land of Fire, he naturally had to make full use of it rather than waste it.

Though he was merely a warrior and did not excel at business, he could send subordinates skilled in commerce to earn money for him. With his status as a prince backing them, things would at least go very smoothly within the Land of Fire.

"No need to kneel. Come eat with me. Did you get the thing I asked you to buy?"

Li Chuan was very satisfied with Kino's progress, and the smile on his face deepened slightly.

Seeing Li Chuan smile, Kino also let out a sigh of relief. She then rose, sat across from him, and pulled a box from her robes before placing it on the table.

"Your Highness, I bought it. This is the finest quality currently available."

In Kino's eyes, the current prince was somewhat different from the prince she remembered. Though he still spoke very little, his presence was far stronger than before.

She attributed it to the prince studying ninjutsu under Master Chiriku at the Fire Temple.