Land of Rain.
The third day of unrestricted lectures.
Thanks to the buzz from the first two days, more ninja had come to the Land of Rain by reputation, eager to see whether Ninja Master Sōsuke's teaching ability was truly as formidable as the rumors claimed. The number of attendees increased further.
Of course, the arrival of more people also made Ninshu's management more difficult.
After all, Ninshu currently had only a little over a hundred ninja. Managing more than a thousand ninja was still quite challenging.
However, the ninja who had attended the past two days worried that offending Ninshu would prevent them from continuing the lectures, so they behaved themselves. No chaos occurred; any trouble was basically stopped as soon as it arose.
"Ninjutsu is a combination of Chakra Nature Transformation, Chakra Form Transformation, and Chakra Control!" Mu Yue concluded.
"Whether it is Fire Release, Water Release, Yin Release Ninjutsu, or Yang Release Ninjutsu, their essence is the same."
That was also why different people could display such enormous differences when using the same Ninjutsu.
Some needed to complete an entire sequence of hand seals to use Ninjutsu. Some could simplify the seals, while others needed only one seal—or none at all.
That was because they differed in their ability to perform Nature Transformation, their Chakra Control, their understanding of Ninjutsu itself, and other aspects.
Mu Yue's words plunged many people into thought.
Most ninja had never possessed such an understanding.
When ninja first came into contact with Ninjutsu, it was usually through one of three channels: the Ninja Academy, the training system within a ninja clan, or instruction from elders in a ninja family.
Among those three categories, regardless of which one it was, the teachers were at most ordinary jonin. Most were chunin.
What level were