Awakening!

Ming Jing was feeling somewhat troubled. As a Libra boy, what he hated most was making choices. He could tolerate choosing between two options, but now he had to pick four out of one hundred and eight...

He looked at this one, then at that one...

Every genjutsu was incredibly practical! This choice was simply too difficult! Suddenly, Ming Jing remembered the two techniques the old man had used on him: "Wash Away Stains" and "Mother-Child Green Coins." Even someone as formidable as the old man had chosen those two techniques, which indirectly proved just how extraordinary they were.

With that in mind, Ming Jing began searching.

Wash Away Stains (Talisman Technique Gate): At the beginner stage, it removed words from books. At the intermediate stage, it removed enemies from the public eye. At the advanced stage, it removed enemies from the map of this world.

Mother-Child Green Coins (Hand Technique Gate, Transport Gate): At the beginner stage, it copied an enemy's abilities. At the intermediate stage, it copied Chakra of various attributes. At the advanced stage, it fused copied things into another brand-new vessel.

Putting Wash Away Stains aside for now, he absolutely had to choose Mother-Child Green Coins! The description looked simple, but no matter how he looked at it, it was a godly technique! For example, Storm Release, Ice Release, Dust Release—if he could copy those and transfer them onto himself... Just thinking about it felt incredible!

Once he had chosen the first one, the rest became much easier. He definitely had to choose Hundred-Step Lamp Extinguisher. In the Naruto World, most powerful people relied on ninjutsu. There were only a handful of taijutsu specialists, such as Might Guy, the Fourth Raikage, the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, and Kimimaro. Therefore, Hundred-Step Lamp Extinguisher was definitely an S-rank genjutsu as well.

After thinking it over, Ming Jing decided that his third choice would be Seed Golden Elixir. This move could be called the ultimate cheat for life. No matter what one did, succeeding through pure solo effort was impossible. Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju were classic examples. Fortunately, Madara Uchiha later came to his senses and conned, tricked, and recruited people to form Akatsuki, nearly realizing his ideals. Ming Jing now had a ready-made advantage. It would be too wasteful not to use it.

Seed Golden Elixir (Medicine Technique Gate): Create a seed and plant it within the grower's body, then wait quietly for it to sprout and grow, changing the grower's physical qualities. (Note: Seed quality depends on the materials used. Living beings, flesh, and blood may not be used as materials. It must be made on the night of the full moon during the first lunar month each year. All conditions are indispensable.)

What the Kurama Clan lacked now was clan members, and the greatest reason for that shortage was the clan's insufficient protection of its members. Apart from genjutsu, Kurama Clan members had nothing else going for them, and their constitutions were rather weak. If someone like that went to the battlefield without a meat shield at their side, they could easily have their throats cut by the enemy.

Now that he had the godly technique Seed Golden Elixir, Ming Jing could try cultivating some meat shield-type clan members to specifically protect those who had awakened the Bloodline Limit. He already had a rough idea of how to cultivate them. Whether it would work or not depended on discussing it with Koji Kurama.

After choosing three, the fourth became even simpler. Ming Jing chose Blade-less Head Shave!

"Just looking at the name makes it feel bloody and eerie!" Ming Jing smiled. This was the Naruto World, a world where entire clans were wiped out at the slightest provocation! How could he manage without some intimidating methods?

Blade-less Head Shave (Transport Gate): A thought becomes action, with nine chances of death and one chance of survival!

This was the simplest description among the one hundred and eight techniques, yet it was also the most terrifying. However, The Goose Illusionary Book truly lived up to being Huaxia's complete compilation of genjutsu. Even for a technique so full of slaughter, it still left behind a sliver of hope.

"Mother-Child Green Coins, Seed Golden Elixir, Hundred-Step Lamp Extinguisher, Blade-less Head Shave—you will accompany me as I make my way through the Naruto World!" Ming Jing looked at the four great techniques he had chosen. He even felt that these four alone were enough to make him famous in the Naruto World!

While Ming Jing had been choosing techniques within his consciousness, two days had already passed outside. This had never happened before during a Kurama Clan Bloodline Limit awakening. As the Clan Head, Koji Kurama could not help growing anxious. He looked toward several clan elders and asked, "Why hasn't he woken up yet??"

The elders were equally dumbfounded. They had lived to such an age, yet this was their first time encountering such a situation!

"Koji, look! Ming Jing is reacting!" At that moment, Mai Kurama, who had been watching Ming Jing the entire time, cried out in delight.

With a whoosh, everyone present let out a sigh of relief. Several elders even burst into tears and repeatedly kowtowed in thanks to the gods for their blessing.

"How is my Ming Jing?" Koji Kurama asked nervously as he looked at Ming Jing lying on the bed.

"Mm... I'm so hungry..." Ming Jing woke up, and his first reaction was hunger. The people around him could not help laughing. It seemed this child still had no idea what he had gone through!

"Ming Jing is hungry! Momoe, bring over the meat porridge that has been simmering." Mai Kurama immediately gave the order.

Ming Jing looked at everyone in confusion and asked, "Why is everyone here??"

"Hahaha..." Koji Kurama laughed. "Ming Jing, didn't you know that you awakened our Kurama Clan's Bloodline Limit? You are the first clan member to awaken it in nearly twenty years! The last Bloodline Limit user of the Kurama Clan died in the Third Great Ninja War. You are now the Kurama Clan's only Bloodline Limit user!"

Ming Jing inwardly winced. Fortunately, he had chosen Mother-Child Green Coins and Seed Golden Elixir. With that, the rise of the Kurama Clan was inevitable.

"The meat porridge is here!" Momoe came running over with a bowl in her hands. A man dressed like a chef followed behind her, carrying a pot in his hands...

"Clan Head, I'm fine now. Let everyone else go rest first!" After drinking a bowl of meat porridge, Ming Jing felt much more comfortable. Thinking of his plan, he looked at Koji Kurama and said.

"Ming Jing is right. Everyone, disperse!" Koji Kurama nodded and sent everyone else away to rest. Only he and Ming Jing remained in the room.

"Alright, everyone has left. What did you want to say, Ming Jing?" Koji Kurama closed his eyes and sensed the surroundings. After confirming that no one else was in the room, he asked.

"This awakening gave me two abilities: Seed Golden Elixir and Mother-Child Green Coins..." Ming Jing then explained the abilities he had obtained to Koji Kurama. The fastest and simplest way for him to build a power base was to borrow the strength of the Kurama Clan. To do that, he had to gain Koji Kurama's support, so Ming Jing chose to tell him directly.

Ming Jing could not be certain what kind of person Koji Kurama was. The reason he dared to say it was because he trusted The Goose Illusionary Book! Therefore, even if Koji Kurama betrayed him, he would still have the capital to turn things around.

More importantly, Koji Kurama was not stupid!

After hearing about Ming Jing's two abilities, Koji Kurama was overjoyed. This was a heaven-sent opportunity!

He paced back and forth twice, yet he could not even think of what he should do next. Koji Kurama could not help smiling bitterly. He truly was a good-for-nothing!

He looked at Ming Jing and asked seriously, "Ming Jing, what is your plan?"

"We need time, people, money, and materials! An opportunity is right in front of us. The Nine-Tails Fox Demon has just finished ravaging the village. The village is busy rebuilding, so we can buy a plot of land in the central district. In addition, send clan members outside the village to find gifted children and bring them back for training. The materials include tungsten gold, flying graphite, rare earths, mithril, soul jade, heavenly thunderstones, light grass dew, lightning-struck peachwood, king flowers, bodhi leaves, wormwood, ******** mushrooms, mandrake, black-feather cactus, schima, ring-cupped oak, coral tree, holly, large-leaved acacia, and so on." Ming Jing thought for a moment before speaking.

"Bringing back some children from outside will not be much of a problem, but buying land in the center of the village will be difficult. The better areas have all been taken by the Nara Clan and the Akimichi Clan." Koji Kurama frowned.

"Then we'll settle for the next best thing and choose a location near the gates." Ming Jing answered without hesitation.

"Alright. Gifted children... How will we know whether a child is gifted?" Koji Kurama continued.

"Our first choice should be children with Bloodline Limits. Our second choice should be children who are healthy and free of defects." Ming Jing considered it, then added, "If there is an opportunity, we might as well send people to the Land of Water. Perhaps we can trick a child from the Yuki Clan into coming back?"

Koji Kurama nodded. "The Land of Water?... I'll make arrangements. Ming Jing, rest well. The future of the Kurama Clan rests on your shoulders." With that, Koji Kurama turned and left. At that moment, he felt full of drive.