Am I Really This Useless?

Yichen appeared dismissive of the Shironeko's question, and with the help of a clone, climbed the Stone Cones again to begin his second attempt.

This time it wasn't much better than the first time; Yichen fell down again very quickly.

Yichen was speechless. This was only about a meter off the ground. How difficult would it be to train high in the sky like Naruto?

Then, a third and fourth time, Yichen kept throwing the Dango to the side, while Tuanzi struggled incessantly on the wooden board.

Although Dango hadn't finished cultivating, even the Shironeko and the three little ones, no matter how clueless they were, now understood the reason.

"Perhaps, the teacher's talent in this area is far inferior to Dango's." This was said by Kawakita, and only this silly boy had no sense of propriety at all.

Tomoko and Kajiyamari pretended not to see or hear, looking at Yichen intently as if they were listening to a teacher's lecture.

The Shironeko glanced at Yichen with disdain. "Hmph, is that all the skill you have? You dare to act arrogant with me. You're not even worthy of carrying my Dango's shoes."

Yichen heard Kawakita's words clearly and saw the Shironeko's expression, but Yichen wasn't embarrassed.

As long as you're not embarrassed, it's others who will feel awkward.

About half an hour later, Yichen was still diligently practicing wrestling, real wrestling.

The three little ones ran to the side and began their daily training, while the Shironeko watched Dango with a tense yet excited expression.

After half an hour, Dango didn't fall down even once. Not only did it not fall down, it also gradually found the trick, and the amplitude of its swaying became smaller and smaller.

A while later, after Yichen fell down again along with the wooden plank, he heard a cheer. Turning his head, Yichen was stunned.

Dango was now sitting steadily on the wooden board, which was no longer wobbling at all.

Hearing the Shironeko's joyful cheers, the three little ones ran over and circled around the Dango.

Yichen picked up the plank and Earth Flow to a corner of the camp. There, he crafted another Stone Cones, turned his back to the others, and continued his cultivation alone.

Watching Yichen's retreating figure, the three little ones felt a sense of desolation, but why did they also want to laugh?

The three little ones were struggling to hold back, but the Shironeko laughed heartily, "Haha, Yichen, you got cocky, huh? You got what you deserved."

Seeing that a Stone Cones had been left empty, Kawakita somehow obtained a piece of wood, and with the help of Kajiyamari, he tried it out, imitating Yichen 'Dango appearance.

After Kajiyamari let go, Kawakita's body quickly began to sway, and before long, he also fell off the wooden board.

Then everyone fell silent.

Everyone is quiet, not because Kawakita fell, but because they are wondering why Kawakita fell in the first place.

The time spent on the Stone Cones in Kawakita was much longer than that in Yichen.

Thinking of this, Shironeko, Tomoko, Kajiyamari, and Kawakita, who was sitting on the ground, all turned to look at the corner where Yichen was.

In that direction, Yichen seemed to be turning his body back. Clearly, Yichen had seen everything Kawakita had done.

"Ha ha ha ha!"

This time, the three of them and the four of them, including the Shironeko, burst into laughter. There's no harm in comparison. Everyone originally thought this would be incredibly difficult, but it turns out Yichen's talent was just too poor.

Then, Kajiyamari, Tomoko, and even the Shironeko went up and tried it out with great enthusiasm.

Although everyone fell down after a while, their falls lasted longer than Yichen's.

Each person who fell would let out a cheer, and these sounds reached Yichen's ears, but Yichen pretended not to hear them.

Half a day later, the training program was spread throughout the entire camp as if it were a game.

Apart from the ninjas who went out on missions, all the other ninjas tried, and although Yichen's performance wasn't the worst, it was still one of the worst.

Yichen didn't eat dinner with everyone; he just sent a clone to collect his own portion.

The hottest topic of discussion in the camp right now is this cultivation method that Yichen came up with.

If that were all, Yichen wouldn't feel so ashamed. It's just that the Shironeko made everyone know about Yichen's achievements.

As a result, everyone directly used Yichen's time to measure their own performance. For example, the two of them chatted like this:

"Brother, I've persisted for three dusts, what about you?"

"Haha, sorry, I'm a bit better than you, I lasted 5 dust."

"Only 5 dust, what's there to be proud of? I have a full 9 dust."

"Wow, 9Chen, that's amazing!"

"That's right. Who am I? I'm a genius."

Hearing this person boast, the others weren't angry. Everyone thought they were geniuses, just a little genius or a great genius. Even those who had worse grades than Yichen didn't feel ashamed. What was so shameful about losing to Elite Jonin?

Yichen suffered countless blows amidst these discussions.

At this moment, Yichen suddenly felt a connection with Kakashi from the original story. Like Yichen, Kakashi was Elite Jonin, and even later became Hokage. Kakashi's Chakra level was also used as a unit of measurement.

However, it seems Kakashi himself is unaware of this, which makes Yichen even more upset.

After dinner, the Shironeko approached Yichen: "Yichen, how is Dango going to cultivate next? We can't just wait until you succeed in your cultivation, how long would that take?"

Yichen took a deep breath and didn't reply. He directly used Earth Release to raise a Stone Cones a hundred meters high. Creating such a Stone Cones was not easy; this was already Yichen's limit.

Then Yichen continued his wrestling training without saying a word.

After an afternoon, although he was still a complete novice, Yichen felt that he had made progress.

"You should have been able to hold out for about 2 hours now, right?"

"Pah, pah, pah. What '2 dust'? It's twice." Yichen felt ashamed that he had subconsciously used the unit "dust" to describe it.

The Shironeko looked up at the towering Stone Cones, somewhat incredulous. She felt that Yichen was taking revenge on her, but she had no proof.

As if knowing what the Shironeko was thinking, Yichen, who had fallen off the wooden plank again, skillfully patted his bottom and got up. While picking up the plank, he said, "You'd better get Captain Purple Lightning to look after Dango."

After saying that, Yichen ignored the Shironeko.

"Hmph." The Shironeko snorted and turned to look for Purple Lightning. At this height, she really couldn't guarantee Dango's safety.

Soon, under Purple Lightning's care, Dango began her cultivation.

The wind is stronger and the direction is unpredictable at high altitudes, so the Dango can't be made as easily as it would be on the ground.

Soon, all the ninjas in the camp came over to be the audience for Dango. There was no way around it; the camp was only so big, and with such a tall Stone Cones, it was hard not to see it.

Every time the Dango swayed at the top of the Stone Cones, everyone was quiet and watched nervously.

And when the Dango falls, everyone lets out a collective gasp.

Then came a discussion. "As expected of Dango, she can maintain 30 dust even at a height of 100 meters."

"Yes, I only have 4 dust on the ground. Dango Tuanzi is amazing."

Therefore, Yichen could not concentrate on his cultivation. Like everyone else, he could only watch Dango's performance with them.

After catching Dango again and sending Dango back into the sky, Purple Lightning took a moment to come to Yichen's side. Yichen said, "Where did you come up with this method? Now everyone in the camp is practicing it."

Upon hearing this, Yichen's face darkened; this was the last thing he wanted to discuss.

Purple Lightning stared at the Dango above, ignoring Yichen's expression, and continued, "I've observed that some people seem to have improved their control over their bodies after practicing, but it's only been a short time, so the progress isn't obvious yet."

Yichen was stunned; he himself had no idea that this exercise had such a function.

Before Yichen could answer, Dango fell down again. Purple Lightning quickly caught it and then put Dango back up.

Yichen had originally intended to give a perfunctory reply, but now he swallowed back the words that were about to come out.

When Purple Lightning returned, Yichen had already prepared his explanation. "I stole it from Konoha. It's said that Mount Myōboku, one of the Three Great Sage Locations, has this kind of training method."

"It seems like it can increase the success rate of cultivating Senjutsu, so I called Dango along too."

"Perhaps because Dango absorbed a lot of Natural Energy, this cultivation is relatively easy for her." Yichen still tried to salvage some dignity.

No one responded to the question. Purple Lightning was staring intently at Dango, seemingly oblivious. The three little ones, however, appeared even more nervous than the Shironeko, as if they were Dango's owners.

"Hmph!" Yichen snorted and left. He'd rather use that time to practice on his own.

Life is not worth living!

The three little ones secretly glanced in the direction Yichen had left, looked at each other, and then burst out laughing together, but immediately covered their mouths.

Over the next few days, Yichen made some progress, but he was still far from maintaining complete balance. Yichen guessed that this was because he was too preoccupied with his thoughts. In the original work, Sage Fukasaku told Naruto the method of calming his mind.

Yichen's mind was too complicated, and he couldn't calm down no matter what. Yichen had a feeling that if he hadn't made some contact with Natural Energy in the Jashin Cult last time, he probably wouldn't have made any progress at all, and he might have practiced for a lifetime and still be like this.

After thinking it over, Yichen decided to seek advice from the Shironeko. Although Dango's ability to do so was partly due to its feline nature and partly due to absorbing Natural Energy, it should still be able to help Yichen to some extent.

When the Shironeko heard that Yichen had come to ask Dango for advice, it was quite pleased. Although the Shironeko usually liked to go against Yichen, it did not make things difficult for Yichen when it came to serious matters. Instead, it seriously acted as the translator between Yichen and Dango.

After communicating with Dango, Yichen's progress accelerated, but the effect was still not very obvious.

Thinking it over carefully, Yichen realized that he had made no progress in cultivating the Lightning Release, no progress in cultivating the Fire Release, and no progress in cultivating Senjutsu. He felt that his good luck seemed to have run out when he was cultivating the Porcelain Release.

Adding to his Yichen was the fact that he had made a basic mistake while killing the Cloud ninja.

The last time Yi Chen's mind was in turmoil was before he made up his mind to develop Water Release Ninjutsu. That time, Yichen only realized his mind was in turmoil after being guided by Meishe from the Barrier Team.

This time, Yichen realized that something was wrong with his mindset.