S-rank Secret Archive
Ninjas cultivate Chakra by combining physical and Mental Energy. Senjutsu Mode, on the other hand, combines physical, Mental Energy, and Natural Energy.
After two failures, Yichen took Ōnoki to the secret room where the Ninjutsu Scroll were kept, and let Yichen read Yichen S-rank secret treasure used to practice Dust Release.
Yichen already knew the main point of this S-rank secret document: it was about how to Chakra Fusion.
Yichen is currently practicing Senjutsu. Although it's not Chakra Fusion, it is a fusion of three energies. Ōnoki doesn't know if this secret treasure will be helpful to Yichen, but it wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
Yichen had developed the Kekkei Tōta in his plans, so he had been eyeing this secret treasure for a long time. He hadn't exchanged it with Ōnoki before, firstly because he didn't need it for the time being, and secondly because S-rank secret treasures, unlike Ninjutsu, don't have a price tag. They are only taught when the Tsuchikage thinks you need them and you are qualified.
Yichen never expected that cultivating Senjutsu would bring such an unexpected joy.
If it weren't for the fact that this cultivation of Senjutsu made Ōnoki realize it was related to the cultivation of Dust Release, who knows when he would have handed over this S-rank secret treasure to me? Or perhaps he would never have.
Therefore, Yichen cherished this opportunity and read very carefully.
An hour later, after confirming that he had completely memorized the S-level secret text, Yichen closed the scroll.
Ōnoki cast another Sealing Jutsu on Yichen's mind, and then the two left the secret room.
Ōnoki had to go to the Tsuchikage's Office to deal with the never-ending files, Yichen had to go back to think about how to integrate Natural Energy.
Yichen arrived at the Training Ground, watching his three disciples cultivate while pondering how to integrate Natural Energy.
After six months of growth, Yichen's three disciples have all made significant progress.
Ogura Saki, this Ninjutsu prodigy, has now fully mastered the two B-rank Ninjutsu that Yichen taught her, but she is currently unable to use them due to insufficient Chakra.
Besides these two B-rank Ninjutsu, Ogura Saki is already planning an upgraded version of her Wind Style: Wind Tornado.
The little girl was clever; she knew that even if she developed B-rank Ninjutsu, she wouldn't be able to use it for the time being, so she created a transitional Ninjutsu.
Besides Wind Release, which was the first attribute she trained, Ogura Saki has recently been developing Fire Release. However, the development of this second attribute is not yet complete.
After undergoing a change in mindset, Matsutani Shinya appeared much more composed. On Yichen's advice, he pursued a path of broad learning. His three attributes progressed in tandem, and he has now mastered at least six C-rank Ninjutsu in each attribute.
Instead of following the path of developing Ninjutsu like Ogura Saki, Matsutani Shinya chose a fighting style that leveraged the advantages of his multiple attributes. Since he had the Water Release among his three attributes, he inherited the Water Pressure Line -type Water Release Ninjutsu developed by Yichen.
The one who made the most progress was actually Takuya. Yichen actually helped Takuya the least. Takuya, like Kawakita from Yichen's previous batch of disciples, was Taijutsu Ninja, which was not the same type as Yichen. Therefore, Yichen could not provide much help.
However, perhaps spurred by his carelessness and near-death experience when facing Konoha Anbu, Takuya trained even harder, and the experience of life and death brought him greater rewards for his efforts.
Takuya's physical foundation is now quite good, and all his indicators have caught up. Takuya is no longer the student who was severely unbalanced in his studies. His speed talent has also made rapid progress along with his improved physical fitness.
The only regret was the lack of significant progress in his Body Flicker Technique, which caused Yichen a great deal of trouble.
The three kids are practicing teamwork today because the Joint Chunin Exams, organized by the Iwa ninja, will begin soon.
The number of ninja villages participating in this Joint Chunin Exams hosted by Iwa ninja was quite large. In addition to Iwa ninja itself, there was also the major country of Sunagakure, as well as several medium-sized countries such as Rain Village, River ninja, Kusa Ninja, and Takigakure.
The momentum was already considerable; the only regret was that the Cloud ninja didn't participate.
At Yichen's suggestion, the Iwa ninja also promised to provide a powerful B-rank Ninjutsu as the prize for first place. Anything the Iwagakure possessed would be acceptable, and any of the five attributes could be chosen.
This is quite a generous offer. You have to remember that during the last peace talks with Konoha, Iwagakure didn't receive many Ninjutsu. Moreover, the Ninjutsu that Konoha paid were the ones they considered the least useful after Konoha had picked and chosen them.
This demonstrates just how precious Ninjutsu is.
As Yichen's disciples, Ogura Saki and the other two weren't coveting B-rank Ninjutsu; they simply didn't want to embarrass their teacher, Yichen. They clearly remembered how Tomoko had gained everyone's approval under the spotlight.
At the time, one of the three was watching Tomoko's performance from the audience.
In particular, Ogura Saki has always strived to emulate Tomoko, hoping to become a qualified Chunin like Tomoko under the spotlight and add another glorious chapter to Yichen's reputation as a renowned teacher.
Yichen knew what his three disciples were thinking, but he didn't have much hope for them. Their strength was already quite good; becoming Chunin wouldn't be difficult, but standing out in this Chunin Ninja Exams would be a different story. After all, they had only graduated a little over a year ago. Although they had made great progress in that time, they were still considerably behind the geniuses of their generation.
While Tomoko gain recognition under the spotlight, it wasn't because of her exceptional skills among the examinees that year, but rather because her talent allowed her to reach Chunin rank so quickly, giving everyone hope.
If Tomoko and the other two had participated in round after round of competitions, the chances of any of them making it to the end would not have been very high.
Therefore, Yichen's requirements for Ogura Saki and the other two are not high; they just need to pass the assessment.
Therefore, although the three of them have been cultivating exceptionally hard recently, Yichen not interfered much and has chosen to let them develop naturally.
The three disciples practiced their coordination while Yichen cultivated on his own. After a while, Natsuki came to the Training Ground after school. Natsuki certainly didn't come of her own accord; this girl was lazy when it came to cultivation and had no ambition whatsoever.
Yichen glanced at Natsuki, who was pouting, and the little girl had no choice but to obediently go to the side to practice her Taijutsu.
Natsuki's physical abilities are not outstanding, rather average, but she has a peculiar talent in mental strength. However, Yichen doesn't know how to develop this talent, so Natsuki's strength is at the bottom of the class.
At first, Yichen considered making changes, but later gave up. Let the little girl do whatever she wants, as long as she completes her regular training every day. Anyway, the little girl still has plenty of time before graduation.
Seeing that everyone was practicing diligently, Yichen closed his eyes and began to recall the contents of the S-level secret treasure.
Most of the contents of the S-level secret treasure are not closely related to this cultivation of Senjutsu, but the S-level secret treasure contains a lot of insights on how to Risan of energy.
Yichen carefully analyzed this aspect.
After completing the analysis, Yichen felt that perhaps Ōnoki should be allowed to try it first.
Ōnoki, who possesses the Dust Release technique, is adept at fusing the three Chakra natures. After absorbing Natural Energy, fusing them would definitely be easier for him than for Yichen.
The Dust Release training method described in the S-rank secret manual is, as usual, gradual, and includes methods for controlling the three types of Chakra simultaneously.
Most importantly, the S-rank secret also considered that ninjas' mastery of the three elements of Dust Release varied. Therefore, a method was proposed: focus the main effort on the least familiar element. In this way, although the proficiency of the three elements differed, the ninja could achieve a good balance because the effort was allocated differently.
This method is very important to Yichen. With so many years of experience as a ninja, Yichen's mastery of his physical and mental strength must far exceed that of Natural Energy, which is an outsider.
After obtaining this method, Yichen couldn't wait to try it out.
However, Yichen still held back. The cost of each training session was not low, and he had to consider all possible scenarios before training.
Every time Yichen thought of this, he felt extremely envious of Naruto. The Iwagakure had to spend a lot of money to obtain a single drop of energy oil, while Mount Myōboku had an almost inexhaustible supply.
Naruto can practice Senjutsu countless times a day, but Yichen needs to prepare thoroughly to practice only once every few days. Just in terms of frequency, Naruto trains for one day, Yichen would need to train for countless years.
Fortunately, Yichen's preparations were thorough enough. Whether it was balance training or energy fusion, Yichen was ahead of Naruto. In addition, Yichen had far more Ninjutsu training experience than Naruto, as well as sufficient analysis and preparation before each training session.
Therefore, Yichen's training results always far surpassed Naruto's.
For example, when Yichen began his third practice session three days later, Yichen thorough preparations came in handy. Following the methods in the S-level secret manual, Yichen focused most of his attention on controlling Natural Energy.
It begins by separating a small portion of Natural Energy from the main force, and then envelops it with its own two types of energy.
Then, ignoring the Natural Energy still pouring in from the outside, Yichen began to fuse the three in a certain proportion.
The ratio of the three components is simply 1:1:1, which is fine. The difficulty lies in how to control it precisely.
At this point, Yichen discovered Naruto's advantage: Naruto had a massive amount of Chakra, so he didn't need precise control. He could simply add more chakra to whatever was lacking. But Yichen couldn't do that. If he followed Naruto's method, Yichen's Chakra would be depleted, and he still wouldn't be able to achieve balance.
After all, Yichen has very few chances to make mistakes.
That's why Yichen chose to select a small portion from the vast Natural Energy and find the exact ratio first.
Yichen knew about the Yichen of Chakra, Yichen believed that once someone succeeded, the Chakra would gradually form a memory on its own.
However, this meant that, apart from the portion of Natural Energy that Yichen had intercepted, the other Natural Energy were no longer sufficiently restrained. Yichen 'Yichen remaining Chakra was entirely suppressed by Hon, which greatly accelerated his petrification process.
As a result, Ikura had to interrupt Yichen's cultivation in less than two minutes.
Before the Chunin Ninja Exams, Yichen made three more attempts, and although he failed each time, he gradually figured out some tricks of the Yichen.
Although Yichen didn't know how much longer it would take to fully master the Senjutsu, Yichen had a feeling that he was almost able to integrate the small portion of Natural Energy Yichen had mobilized.