Yichen's New Position

The reason for choosing this is simple: it's fast to learn. Given Yichen's mastery of Water Style: Raging Waves, if Yichen a few more years, he could also develop his own Great Raging Waves.

However, this Ninjutsu has an awkward aspect: it consumes too much Chakra. A normal-sized Great Raging Waves consumes about 20A of Chakra. Increasing the Chakra output on top of that can also Great Raging Waves.

However, Yichen's total Chakra is only around 20A. In other words, even at full strength, Yichen would be exhausted after using a single Ninjutsu.

Originally, Yichen hadn't planned to choose this Ninjutsu, but considering that war was about to begin and he wouldn't have much time to practice A-rank Ninjutsu, he chose the Great Raging Waves. Something was better than nothing. Besides, if he had to leave the village for the battlefield, Yichen wouldn't be able to return for a long time, and then he wouldn't have the chance to exchange for A-rank Ninjutsu.

If Yichen chose other Ninjutsu, he simply wouldn't have time to practice them.

Up to this point, Yichen had used the rewards he received from plotting against Root the Land of Rain to exchange for the A-rank Earth Style Jutsu, Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique, and the rewards from submitting the Water Cutting Technique to exchange for the Great Raging Waves. He also used Contribution Points to exchange for a Lightning Release body-forging method. Yichen now had tens of thousands of contribution points left in his account, but Yichen felt he didn't need anything more, so he stopped worrying and left the Contribution Office.

After exchanging for what he needed, Yichen also prepared some items that might be useful during the war. Fortunately, Yichen had the bug of Sealing Jutsu, so he could carry these items with him using Sealing Scroll.

In the days that followed, Yichen stopped taking his subordinates on missions and instead spent his days by the stream near the village, giving his three disciples special training. Yichen himself also made the most of his time to practice the two A-rank Ninjutsu he had just acquired.

Yichen first practiced the Great Raging Waves. Because the Great Raging Waves consumed a huge amount of Chakra, Yichen dared not waste it. Yichen borrowed Tomoko's method and first understood the entire theory of the Great Raging Waves. Then he mentally rehearsed the entire casting process, looking for any possible loopholes. Then he came up with feasible solutions to these loopholes, ranked these solutions, and finally tried the most suitable one first.

This method was indeed effective, greatly reducing the number of times Yichen had to test his Ninjutsu. However, Yichen also knew that the reason it went so smoothly was because he had a foundation in the Great Raging Waves Ninjutsu. As an upgraded version of the Water Style: Raging Waves Rush Wave, and a second-level upgrade of the Water Style: Water Wave, Yichen was a direct descendant of the Great Raging Waves Rush Wave. Learning it was naturally much easier for him.

Originally, Yichen estimated that it would take him about ten or so attempts, or about half a month, to master the Great Raging Waves. But now, using Tomoko's method, Yichen succeeded in just seven or eight attempts.

Since this Ninjutsu, Yichen, was intended as Trump Card, he never spent time practicing it again after learning it. His meager Chakra couldn't withstand its drain.

Next is the Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique, which is much more difficult to master. Fortunately, the Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique allows for Chakra Control output. Yichen has tried it, and in the least amount of Chakra required, he only needs to consume around 70B to use the Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique. However, at this point, the power of the Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique is only about the same as a regular B-rank Ninjutsu. As for its upper limit, Yichen feels that this Ninjutsu has no Chakra limit.

After all, Yichen knew that in the original story, Kitsuchi used this Ninjutsu to restrict the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.

To increase the number of times he could practice, Yichen kept his Chakra consumption to the lowest level, allowing him to practice more than twenty times a day. After practicing for about ten days, Yichen finally mastered the Ninjutsu, but then he discovered an embarrassing situation.

The two hemispherical clods Yichen earth summoned by Yichen closed up too slowly. Any normal Chunin would not be able to get trapped inside them.

This doesn't mean the Ninjutsu is useless; it's at least effective against immobile enemies, such as those maintaining a defensive formation. However, this limits its applicability, Yichen feels it doesn't live up to its A-rank designation.

After much thought, Yichen decided to consult Kitsuchi.

With the recent tense situation in the Ninja World, Elite Jonin like Kitsuchi wouldn't easily leave the village. When Yichen found him, Huang Tu was also training.

To Yichen's surprise, Kitsuchi was actually cultivating the Nature Transformation of Fire Release.

Yichen remembered that Kitsuchi in the original work only had one attribute, but judging from Kitsuchi's current state, it seemed to have taken a different path from the original work. Yichen didn't make wild guesses. He watched for a while and, seeing that Kitsuchi's Fire Release hadn't Nature Transformation much, he went up to greet it.

Kitsuchi had naturally seen Yichen long ago, but he was too focused on his work to greet him. Upon seeing Yichen approach, he stopped what he was doing.

Yichen first inquired about the development of Fire Release from Kitsuchi.

It turns out that Kitsuchi originally didn't intend to develop Fire Release. Given Kitsuchi's personality, he wasn't really suited to training Nature Transformation. He only realized Earth Release in the Stone Forest, so it wasn't something he developed on his own.

In this respect, Kitsuchi is not as Yichen. Yichen has at least developed three attributes. Although the development of water and earth is somewhat confused, he has a lot of experience in developing the Fire Release.

He chatted with Yichen and Kitsuchi about the detailed process and insights he had gained in developing the Fire Release.

It was only during their conversation that Kitsuchi learned that he had started practicing Fire Release because of Yichen. Yichen Chen's report, which was worth tens of thousands of Contribution Points, had led to the emergence of many ninjas with multiple attributes in Iwagakure. So Kitsuchi wanted to try it out as well.

Kitsuchi knew that the report was written by Yichen, so he seriously questioned Yichen about it.

Yichen had come to learn Ninjutsu, so he suggested that Kitsuchi train with their Team One from now on. Kitsuchi naturally agreed.

Starting the next day, Yichen's three disciples practiced their own skills, while Yichen and Kitsuchi discussed how to practice new attributes. Not only was Kitsuchi practicing developing the Fire Release, but Yichen was also developing a fourth attribute: the Lightning Release.

Because developing a new attribute is best done by exhausting the existing Chakra through Nature Transformation, Yichen's daily training always begins with practicing Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique under Kitsuchi's guidance before researching Lightning Release Nature Transformation.

The same method applies to Kitsuchi: first, practice advanced Ninjutsu to deplete his original Chakra, and then train in Fire Release.

As Tenten passed, Kitsuchi, with Yichen's help, managed to cultivate the Fire Release. However, Kitsuchi's Fire Release was not very strong, and it would take a long time to fully master it. But at least he had achieved his goal.

Yichen's Lightning Release skills were still far from mastered. However, it wasn't without its gains. At least with Kitsuchi's guidance, his Earth Style: Mountain Earth Technique became much easier to execute. The speed at which the earth clods coalesced also increased significantly. Yichen felt that with his current speed, he had a good chance of succeeding against a Chunin, as long as the opponent wasn't a Chunin specializing Chunin speed.

After successfully unleashing a Great Fireball, Kitsuchi stopped training with Yichen and the others. Unlike Yichen, who considered instructing three disciples his job, Kitsuchi Yichen taken leave to practice Ninjutsu. Now that he had successfully completed the Fire Release Nature Transformation, he naturally had to return to his work.

After Kitsuchi left, only Yichen remained. Yichen's heart, already somewhat restless due to the war, became even more unsettled. Yichen no longer wanted to practice developing his Lightning Release; developing attributes truly required immense patience. With the war approaching, Yichen's mind simply couldn't find peace.

Yichen decided to further practice the Light-Weight Rock Technique, striving to develop the Added-Weight Rock Technique as soon as possible.

In fact, Yichen had tried practicing Chakra Fusion right now. Although Yichen's Earth Release was far from meeting the minimum requirements, Yichen Water Release clearly exceeded the basic requirements. After all, he had developed the Water Cutting Technique, and now Yichen's mastery of Water Release Nature Transformation was very high. To a certain extent, this could make up for the lack of Earth Release.

However, the result of the attempt was very frustrating for Yichen. The standard mentioned in the A-rank Secret Scroll was the minimum standard, Yichen felt that if he tried to cultivate Chakra Fusion according to this standard, he probably wouldn't succeed even after several decades.

Instead of wasting that time, it would be more efficient and less effort to thoroughly master the Earth Release.

While it's true that one can't practice Lightning Release Nature Transformation without a calm mind, does that mean one can practice and develop the Added-Weight Rock Technique? Yichen was directly slapped in the face by reality.

As it turns out, Yichen's current state makes everything he does less effective.

Fortunately, Yichen has a relatively calm personality. After realizing that his mindset was off, he immediately thought of taking a few days off to relax his tense mind.

However, before Yichen could even relax, an appointment came down. Yichen was appointed as the Temporary Third Deputy Commander of the Eastern Forces. Yichen was somewhat at a loss when he received the order. He had just been feeling the pressure of the approaching war, and now the war was suddenly pressing down on him.

Upon receiving the order, Yichen was initially somewhat flustered. Although he had participated in many battles, he had only ever seen large-scale warfare on television.

But besides panic, there was also a completely opposite emotion: relief, a relief that this day had finally arrived.

After preparing for so many years, this day has finally come.

Yichen closed his eyes, took several deep breaths, and when he opened Yichen again, all the confusion and unease he had felt earlier were gone. All that remained was calmness and sharpness.

In just a few breaths, Yichen has completed another test of willpower.

At this moment, the Anbu who was relaying the order to Yichen suddenly laughed, "Yichen, right? You're quite good, having this kind of mentality at your age."

"I just relayed the order to Ikura, and your performance was even better than his; you adjusted your state in less time. Xiao has indeed gained a decent subordinate."

Upon hearing this, Yichen understood that this was also a test from the village, a test of the character and will of the younger generation of ninjas. Judging from the man's words, he should also be Anbu Captain of the same rank as Xiao.

So Yichen inquired, "Senior, has Ikura also received an appointment? How has he performed?"