Simplifying Fire Style Ninjutsu

Yichen sat cross-legged atop the Stone Cones, which was over a hundred meters high, and began practicing his balance.

Just like the previous failure, Yichen tried his best to find his balance, but fell down after about 20 minutes.

The clone leaped and caught Yichen's main body, and then both the clone and the main body landed at the same time.

Standing on the ground, Yichen recalled his feelings from just now, and then came to the top of the Stone Cones for the second time.

Just like before, Yichen couldn't hold on for more than 20 dust particles before being disturbed by the irregular wind and failing again.

However, unlike his previous failures, Yichen, with a calmer mindset, gradually discovered a pattern from these two setbacks.

Then, on the third and fourth times, Yichen's persistence time began to increase dramatically.

The reason for the leapfrog growth is that, over time, Yichen has gradually become able to withstand the interference of one gust of wind, and then two gusts.

Each time Yichen survives an extra gust of wind, he can hold on for a little longer.

In the end, the wind at a height of 100 meters was no longer enough to make Yichen fall.

Although Yichen would sway for a long time after each gust of wind, he was always able to quickly regain his balance before the next gust arrived.

As everyone watched Yichen make progress, their feelings went through a process of change, from initial shock to envy, and finally to admiration.

The Shironeko's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. How did it suddenly overtake them on the bend? It looked down at the Dango in its arms, who was also watching Yichen. Although it didn't say anything, the Shironeko's meaning was clear: Can you do what Yichen did?

"Meow~~" Dango answered crisply.

The Shironeko understood; the Dango's answer was no.

"Damn it, I lost to that kid again."

In just one afternoon, Yichen's grades, which were almost laughable to everyone in the camp, improved to a level that was difficult for others to even begin to understand.

The reason is simple: mindset. This training is all about mindset, Yichen has a slight foundation in absorbing Natural Energy, which is what makes him stronger than everyone else in the camp. Well, except for Dango.

However, Yichen's previous eagerness for quick success was completely unsuitable for this training. He was the only one in the camp who was training with a clear purpose, and his mindset was the worst.

Therefore, Yichen's grades were very poor.

The others, including Dango, didn't understand the purpose of this training. Everyone was practicing with a playful attitude, and they were all in sync in their mindset.

Therefore, most of the other people's scores were better than Yichen's.

Now that Yichen has adjusted his mindset, he is in sync with the cultivation of Senjutsu. With the help of the Natural Energy he has absorbed, he succeeded very easily.

However, that's not enough. Yichen's goal is to ensure that the wind has no effect on his body when it blows past him.

However, it was dinnertime, so today's practice was over. He would come back tomorrow. Yichen was in a good mood and not in a hurry at all.

At dinner, Yichen and his three disciples sat in the middle of the Training Ground. Yichen was expressionless, exuding the air of a master.

After dinner, Yichen began practicing Fire Release, which was part of the main quest, but this quest couldn't significantly improve his combat power in a short period of time.

Previously, Yichen was too impatient and neglected his Fire Release cultivation. But now that he has adjusted his mindset, Yichen knows that he can't be too hasty. Attribute comprehension is something that, under normal circumstances, is like his Water Release cultivation—it's something that accumulates gradually over time.

Yichen's understanding of Earth Release came at the cost of his life, with the full guidance of two Kage Level ninjas. He learned S-rank Ninjutsu through a clever trick. This is not the conventional path, and Yichen cannot expect to have such a fortuitous encounter with Fire Release techniques.

Therefore, Yichen decided to proceed Tenten by step, cultivating little by little, accumulating knowledge and understanding gradually.

Due to access restrictions, Yichen has never learned any A-rank Fire Style Ninjutsu. He has only learned one B-rank Fire Style Jutsu: Phoenix Fire Technique, and two C-rank Fire Style Jutsu: Great Fireball Jutsu and Fire Whip Jutsu.

Thanks to the original work, Yichen's Great Fireball Jutsu only requires 6 hand seals, while for the Fire Whip Jutsu, after gaining enlightenment in the illusionary realm of the Jashin Cult, Yichen reduced the number of Hand Seals to 14.

As for the Phoenix Fire Technique, Yichen still needs a full 24 seals.

In addition, before coming to the Eastern Front, Yichen exchanged more than a dozen C-rank Ninjutsu from the village, including three C-rank Fire Style Jutsu.

Yichen just felt he didn't need it, and he had spent all his time completing the first main quest, so he hadn't learned it yet.

Therefore, Yichen's Fire Release training now mainly focuses on two aspects: learning the three C-rank Fire Style Jutsu and simplifying the Hand Seals for all Fire Style Ninjutsu.

Although he didn't understand much about Fire Release, Yichen found this training much easier than when he simplified Water Release and Earth Release back then.

Thinking about it carefully, it must be because his experience and knowledge have improved. Although his understanding of Fire Release is not high, Yichen is already very proficient in performing Ninjutsu.

Furthermore, Yichen's Chakra control is now vastly different from what it used to be. It can be said that in the entire Ninja World, in terms of Chakra control alone, apart from those Kage-level experts, Yichen fears no one.

Therefore, the training program, which was originally thought to take a long time, progressed very quickly.

From after dinner until bedtime, Yichen not only learned three C-rank Fire Style Jutsu, but also simplified these three Ninjutsu, which originally required more than 20 hand seals, to twelve or thirteen.

The number of Hand Seals for the B-rank Fire Style Jutsu, Phoenix Fire Technique, has also been reduced to 19.

After finishing his Fire Release training, Yichen quickly washed up and went back to his room to rest.

In Kitsuchi's office, Kitsuchi and Purple Lightning were still handling official business. They had also heard about Yichen's cultivation progress.

"That brat, didn't he think to come and cancel his leave and handle some official business?" Kitsuchi chuckled and scolded.

Although Kitsuchi wasn't Yichen's teacher, he was one of Yichen's former Squad Leader Jonin. He was very happy about Yichen's growth. However, Yichen was so focused on training that he left the work to Huang Tu and Purple Lightning, so Kitsuchi couldn't help but complain a few times.

"By the way, in the past few days while you were helping Dango cultivate, have you discovered the reason why Yichen suddenly succeeded in his cultivation?"

Purple Lightning smiled and said, "Yichen's talent is very special. I remember that the change in his mindset when he Wind Release: Breakthrough to the Jonin was quite strange."

"At the time, I only demonstrated A-rank Ninjutsu to him, Shironeko, and Little Stone once, and he Wind Release: Breakthrough."

"At that time, Yichen gave me the feeling that he had suddenly realized he was a ninja. How should I put it, it was like he had suddenly grown up."

"His ideas have always been different from ours. I've analyzed his file; he had a creative talent from a very young age and could often find paths that others overlooked."

"Therefore, it's normal that Yichen, with his unique thought process, can come up with all sorts of strange and unusual methods."

Kitsuchi Tu thought about it and realized that it was indeed true. He had always thought that Yichen was mature. But now, after listening to Purple Lightning's analysis, it seemed that Yichen, in addition to being mature, also had some rather peculiar ideas.

After a while, Kitsuchi asked again, "Some time ago, he developed that Porcelain Release Kekkei Genkai. Now that he has successfully developed his Kekkei Genkai, why isn't he further developing Porcelain Release or continuing to develop Water Release? Instead, he's spending all his time on Lightning Release and Fire Release. What is he planning to do?"

Purple Lightning wasn't sure about this either. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I can guess something about cultivating Lightning Release techniques. He mentioned the Lightning Release Stimulation Method before."

"Judging from the envious expression on Yichen's face when he mentioned the Lightning Release Stimulation Method, he probably wanted to develop Lightning Release to complete this Ninjutsu."

"As for cultivating Fire Release, do you think he might want to follow the Lord Tsuchikage and cultivate the Kekkei Tōta?"

"How could that be? That's Kekkei Tōta!" Kitsuchi's first reaction was to refute.

This is normal. In Iwagakure, and even in the entire Ninja World, Dust Release is the only openly recognized Kekkei Tōta, represented by the Tsuchikage.

Currently, in the eyes of the Iwa ninja leadership and insiders like Kitsuchi Tu, Ikura is the rightful heir to the Tsuchikage. Under normal circumstances, it would be difficult to connect Yichen with the Kekkei Tōta.

However, didn't Yichen just develop his Kekkei Genkai? Although developing Kekkei Genkai and developing Kekkei Tōta technique are on completely different levels of difficulty, if it's Yichen...

After listening to Purple Lightning's analysis of Yichen, Kitsuchi felt that success was not impossible.

"Let's just wait and see how much of a surprise he can bring to us and the village."

Yichen slept soundly, and when he woke up the next day, he wanted to repeat the training he had done the day before.

However, after the physical training was over, Yichen was taken away by Kitsuchi.

Kitsuchi handed a large stack of intelligence to Yichen, instructing him to carefully review the recent events, both major and minor, in the Ninja World. As an Elite Jonin and the deputy commander of a unit, Yichen couldn't afford to be ignorant of the current situation in the Ninja World.

Besides intelligence gathering, Yichen, the Deputy Commander, also had to be involved in many other matters at the camp.

Therefore, Yichen had to squeeze out some time from practicing Lightning Release and balance exercises.

Yichen wanted to spend a little time handling official business before continuing his cultivation in peace. However, this time Yichen was clearly overthinking things, because the Cloud ninja had been quite restless lately.

This was all caused by Yichen himself, so he has to take the Yichen.

Therefore, Kitsuchi Tu entrusted Yichen with the relevant affairs concerning the Cloud ninja.

Yichen's first reaction upon receiving the mission was to cause a major incident at the Cloud ninja camp. He'd kill a few Jonin and see if they dared to use the Spikes again.

However, upon further reflection, if things escalated and the conflict between the two countries of Rai and Tu was to be broken, then he would become a sinner.

However, intelligence reports indicate that the Cloud ninja have been frequently provoking the Iwa ninja patrol teams along the Coastline, and have even been blatantly crossing the border from time to time. If we don't take some tough measures, those crazy Cloud ninja might think that the Iwa ninja have backed down and are afraid of us.

It's hard to gauge the right balance. After reviewing the intelligence and thinking it over, Yichen led seven or eight small teams and three disciples to the vicinity of the Coastline.

A fight is inevitable. If the conflict doesn't escalate, the Iwa ninja can't bully the weak. If a team of fellow Chunin or Genin were to have a fair fight against the other side, witnessed by Jonin from both sides, and if the Iwa ninja wins, then the Cloud ninja should be able to stay quiet for a while.