Envy

Yichen took out a scroll and handed it to Tomoko, saying, "I haven't given you B-rank Ninjutsu before, but now that you 'Wind Release: Breakthrough, your Chakra reserves will increase rapidly in the short term. This Ninjutsu is perfect for you."

Looking at the envious faces of Kajiyamari and Kawakita, Yichen took out three more scrolls and said, "This time I went out of the village to see three friends. We hadn't seen each other for over a year. They heard that I had taken on three disciples, so they gave each of you a gift."

After speaking, Yichen handed the three scrolls to his three disciples. Then he quietly watched as they eagerly opened the scrolls.

"Rank B, it really is Rank B, that's great!"

The three disciples, having acquired the new Ninjutsu, immediately abandoned Yichen and, while the Medicinal Food was still in effect, went off to practice.

With nothing else to do, Yichen simply used a small Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall as a stool and sat to the side watching the three cultivate.

Yichen's injuries will take a while to fully heal, so he cannot train physically right now. However, this does not mean that Yichen cannot train. For example, during the days he was lying in the Akatsuki Organization, Yichen kept practicing the Banshō Ten'in that he had just learned. The name Banshō Ten'in was taken from Nagato's Ninjutsu, so the effect is the same, and Yichen did not have the mind to give it a new name.

Now, besides cultivating the Banshō Ten'in, Yichen can also cultivate something else: Chakra Fusion.

During his last training session, Yichen had completed the first two steps of the preparation work, leaving only the third step unfinished. Now that he had even learned S-rank Ninjutsu, Yichen believed that this step would no longer be an obstacle to his Chakra Fusion training.

The outcome was roughly as Yichen had imagined. This trip was like a preparation process of accumulating knowledge and experience, and now it was time to reap the rewards.

In just over an hour, Yichen easily mastered the ability to simultaneously output two different types of Chakra with both hands: Earth Release Chakra in his left hand and Water Release Chakra in his right.

During Yichen's cultivation, the other dozens of people training at this Training Ground would occasionally cast envious glances at him.

For no other reason than that Yichen had just casually given out four B-rank Ninjutsu. Think about what they're doing now; the vast majority of them are practicing C-rank Ninjutsu. Moreover, most of the members who took advantage of the promotion quota are learning their first C-rank Ninjutsu.

But Yichen's three disciples each have a B-rank Ninjutsu. No, Tomoko has two each.

This is what they saw. Before they saw it, they didn't know how much they had taken. So the benefits of becoming Jonin's disciple are really that good.

But what happened to Yichen's injuries? Did he leave the village specifically to steal B-rank Ninjutsu for his three disciples? If that's the case, this teacher is too kind.

Yichen didn't notice their hushed conversation; he didn't know any of them anyway.

A few people recognized Tomoko and the others, but since Yichen was there, they didn't feel comfortable joining in the conversation. So, the four of them, including Yichen, continued their cultivation without being disturbed.

After completing the third step of his training, Yichen had essentially finished the preparation stage for Chakra Fusion. He then prepared to practice according to the next step described in the secret text.

The next step is to Chakra the two different Chakra outside the body. This process is very complicated, but fortunately, the secret archives record various precautions and the experiences of those who came before.

After reading this description, Yichen summarized it in one word: water milling.

The process is not complicated to carry out. As long as Yichen practices according to the description in the secret text, he will succeed sooner or later, but it is very time-consuming.

Yichen can only gradually Chakra Fusion together, but this process constantly consumes the Chakra he outputs. In order to maintain this, Yichen must continuously send out the Chakra within his body.

The standard for successful training is that, in this continuous process of chakra consumption, if one can fuse the Chakra amount of a C-rank Ninjutsu before all Chakra is used up, then the training is considered complete.

At first, Yichen thought it was very simple, because his current Chakra level was about 30A, which is equivalent to 300,000C. The Chakra required to perform a C-rank Ninjutsu is only about 1C.

Of course, the newly fused Chakra Yichen will be relatively unfamiliar to practice, and 1C is definitely not enough. It would take at least 10C to be barely enough.

Fusing 300,000 units of Chakra Fusion one is a piece of cake, isn't it?

But when it came to actually doing it, Yichen realized he had oversimplified the situation.

Yichen channeled approximately 100C of Chakra into each hand, and then the fusion process began.

During the fusion process, the two types of Chakra are consumed very quickly. It takes about 100C of chakra to form 1D, or about 0.1C, of Porcelain Release Chakra each time.

Based on this ratio, Yichen thought that consuming 10,000C of Chakra should be enough.

As a result, this Porcelain Release Chakra also disappeared over time, and at a very fast rate. Yichen discovered that it seemed to disappear much faster than he could merge with it.

In other words, if things continue this way, Yichen will never be able to fuse 1C's Chakra.

The secret scriptures contain many descriptions of similar situations, and almost every ninja who successfully completes their training goes through this stage. Their only way to cope is through relentless, persistent practice. Chakra is a mysterious thing; it seems to aid in memory.

Chakra can transmit the ninja's training process back to the ninja in a form similar to experience.

Therefore, even simple-minded ninjas can learn some complex Ninjutsu.

Yichen understood this deeply; he learned many of his Ninjutsu in this way, and through practice, he came to understand the underlying principles.

Unable to find a better solution, Yichen had no other choice. He glanced at his three disciples who were still cultivating, and continued wasting his Chakra.

This time, it didn't last long before he was disturbed. The person who interrupted Yichen's cultivation was Ikura.

For the past six months, Ikura has been training in S-rank Ninjutsu in the village, but his progress has been slow. Perhaps this is because his growth is still ongoing, and he is only at the quasi-Kage level, not yet fully Wind Release: Breakthrough to Kage Level.

He felt he was encountering difficulties in mastering S-rank Ninjutsu, but Ōnoki had just told him that Yichen had learned an S-rank Ninjutsu in just two months, and it was an S-rank Ninjutsu that no one in Iwagakure had ever learned before.

Then Ikura became curious. He really wanted to know how Yichen cultivated, and he wanted to learn from him.

It was dinnertime, and since the three little ones all needed to eat Medicinal Food, Yichen decided to have dinner with Ikura, chatting as they ate.

Upon arriving at their familiar barbecue restaurant, Yichen and Ikura began discussing S-rank Ninjutsu.

The S-rank Ninjutsu that Ikura learned is a large-scale area -Ninjutsu. When it is used, it can cause a huge area to sink and bury the enemies that are trapped in it.

Ninjutsu capable of restraining giant Ninja Beast. Upon hearing this, Yichen knew that Ōnoki was probably grooming Ikura to be the future Tsuchikage.

The main purpose of this Ninjutsu is probably not to restrict giant Ninja Beast or Summoning Beast, but rather Tailed Beast. After all, if a Kage can't even deal with his own Tailed Beast, then he shouldn't be running for Kage.

Thinking about it this way, was Ōnoki's hint at choosing the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique because he hadn't been named as the Tsuchikage's successor?

Yichen thought about it carefully and decided that it shouldn't be the case. The Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique and the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique are one. If he chose the Ultra-Light-Weight Rock Technique, it would be much easier for him to learn the Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique when he Wind Release: Breakthrough to the Kage Level.

According to Yichen's understanding, these two Ninjutsu can also be used to deal with large Summoning Beast.

Shaking his head to clear these thoughts from his mind, Yichen began to analyze Ikura's training method. This Ninjutsu was somewhat similar to a combination of Ninjutsu and Sealing Jutsu.

In comparison, it's somewhat similar to Gaara's Ninjutsu.

With that in mind, Yichen offered his suggestion. "How about this, you choose some rocks and carry them with you at all times."

At this point, Yichen paused, realizing that this seemed unrealistic. Seeing Ikura's speechless expression, Yichen continued, "Carrying it around is a bit much. How about this: you choose some rocks and use your Chakra to perform daily infiltration."

"I'll practice Ninjutsu on these rocks for a long time and see if I can use them more skillfully. Then I'll use them to practice this S-rank Ninjutsu; that might be useful."

"It doesn't seem like a problem to seal these rocks away in peacetime and take them out to fight the enemy in wartime."

Ikura found Yichen's thought process a bit strange. What kind of suggestion was this? But upon closer reflection, it didn't seem entirely unfeasible.

"I'll give it a try later, hopefully it'll work. By the way, how did you learn your S-rank Ninjutsu?"

"Hehe!" Speaking of this, Yichen was a little proud. Apart from the fact that he had unexpectedly understood what a ninja was before Ikura back then, there was nothing else that he had done before Ikura.

Ikura now a near-Kage, while I'm still just an Elite Jonin. As Ikura gets closer to Kage Level, the gap between them continues to widen.

But since I've finally won in terms of S-rank Ninjutsu, it's normal to feel a little smug.

Yichen used Banshō Ten'in on the grilled meat that Ikura had just cooked, sucking all the meat from Ikura's plate to his own face, and said, "This is the S-rank Ninjutsu I learned."

Then, to Ikura's astonishment, Yichen began to recount his cultivation process while eating grilled meat.

After Yichen finished speaking, Ikura looked at his injuries and said, "You're really brave, you're completely reckless. If Nagato hadn't come over immediately and had warned you a few seconds later, would you still be sitting here eating barbecue?"

Yichen still felt lingering fear when he thought about it. Indeed, the Chibaku Tensei was too terrifying, and he never wanted to experience it a second time.

After finishing the discussion about S-rank Ninjutsu, Nagato brought up the Chunin Ninja Exams Tomoko and the other two, and described in detail Tomoko's Wind Release: Breakthrough process.

After thinking for a moment, Yichen said, "Tomoko must have found her own Ninja Way after feeling everyone's encouragement. Judging from your description, her Ninja Way is probably like when I took her as my disciple—to find those buried geniuses and guide them on their path."

Ikura didn't Tomoko, but Yichen, after spending more than a year with the girl, understood her well and immediately grasped her thoughts.

I'm just a little moved; this little girl has grown up so quickly.