Sage Jutsu

After receiving Yichen's information, Ōnoki did not immediately look through it, but instead signaled Yichen to begin the Senjutsu experiment. Yichen walked to a boulder about ten meters high and lifted it up with one hand.

"Hiss~" Although everyone already knew how terrifying Senjutsu were, they were still startled by Yichen's move.

Yichen is a typical Ninjutsu- type ninja, and strength has always been Yichen weakness. However, in Sage Mode, Yichen easily accomplished things that even pure Taijutsu Ninja would find difficult.

However, Yichen was not happy, because he could clearly feel that his Senjutsu Chakra was being consumed rapidly.

Yichen quickly dropped the boulder, sensed his strength, and then said with a mournful face, "One-fifth of my Senjutsu Chakra is gone."

Ōnoki:...

Ikura:...

Ban:...

Deep:...

Although everyone knows that Yichen has a low Chakra, this weakness is gradually being overcome as he Yichen. However, unexpectedly, Senjutsu, Yichen faces this predicament again.

"Alright, let's skip the Taijutsu and try the Ninjutsu instead," Ōnoki said.

Upon hearing this, Yichen unleashed an Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall.

Then a giant Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, about ten times thicker, higher, and wider than a normal Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall, rose from the ground.

"This power is almost comparable to Earth Style: Earth Flow Fortress," Saka muttered. "A C-rank Ninjutsu, after being enhanced by Senjutsu Mode, has directly reached A-rank power. This is too exaggerated. Yichen, quickly unleash an A-rank Ninjutsu and see how powerful it can be?"

With tears in his eyes, Yichen weakly said, "I don't have enough Senjutsu Chakra. Proportionally, I only have enough Senjutsu Chakra to cast two or three B-rank Ninjutsu."

Everyone:...

Ikura comforted him, "Don't worry, you haven't absorbed much Natural Energy yet. You still have a lot of Chakra left. As your proficiency improves, the amount of Senjutsu Chakra you can use will also increase."

Yichen nodded without saying a word.

What Ikura said was indeed true, but Yichen had calculated that his current total Chakra was about 4000A, and the Chakra that had just merged with Natural Energy accounted for about one percent, or 40A.

One percent of Chakra is only enough to cast two or three B-rank Sage Jutsu. So when Yichen converts all of his Chakra into Senjutsu, he can probably only cast two or three A-rank Sage Jutsu.

You should know that you can easily perform hundreds of A-rank Ninjutsu right now.

No wonder the Senjutsu is so powerful; it turns out it also consumes a lot of energy.

Next, Yichen used two more B-rank Ninjutsu and several C-rank Ninjutsu, completely depleting his Senjutsu Chakra.

The group gathered together and carefully calculated the cost-effectiveness of the Senjutsu. They found it was still worthwhile.

Even if C-rank Ninjutsu can be used as A-rank Ninjutsu, it's still worthwhile, since the consumption ratio is similar to that of A-rank Ninjutsu. At least the number of Hand Seals is reduced.

That alone is enough to raise a ninja's rating by one level.

Taking Yichen as an example, in normal circumstances, if Yichen fights using A-rank Ninjutsu, he only knows about ten A-rank Ninjutsu, and most of his Hand Seals are more than twenty.

If all of Yichen Chakra were converted into Senjutsu Chakra, he could fight using C-rank Ninjutsu. Yichen knew dozens of C-rank Ninjutsu, with a wide variety of types, and many tactics to choose from.

Most importantly, the number of Hand Seals is small. Yichen's C-rank Ninjutsu, Hand Seals he is good at, generally has only a few hand Hand Seals, and even the C-rank Ninjutsu he is not familiar with only has a dozen or so hand seals.

If C-rank Sage Jutsu can be used as A-rank Ninjutsu, then Yichen's combat power will increase by more than one level. He can use A-rank Ninjutsu with ease, so Yichen will dare to go head-to-head with Kage Level opponents.

If we consider that Yichen can still unleash two or three A-rank Ninjutsu at crucial moments without regard for cost, then Yichen's strength can already be ranked above that of newly promoted Kage Level like Ikura.

After analyzing the various data points of Senjutsu, Ōnoki concluded. "C-rank Sage Jutsu barely reach the level of A-rank ordinary Ninjutsu. B-rank Sage Jutsu fall between A-rank Ninjutsu and S-rank Ninjutsu; if we had to categorize them, they would still fall into the A-rank category."

"While Yichen cannot yet use the A-rank Sage Jutsu, it has definitely reached S-rank, and it is not weak even among S-rank techniques."

"I wonder what level S-rank Ninjutsu can reach with the enhancement of Senjutsu Chakra."

Yichen said, "Don't count on me for that. Once you, Lord Tsuchikage, have learned the Senjutsu, you can test them yourself."

Ōnoki nodded. Yichen had not yet learned any true S-rank Ninjutsu. The three S-rank Ninjutsu Yichen knew were Mind's Eye, Banshō Ten'in, and Shinra Tensei. All three were classified as S-rank Ninjutsu because of their special training methods and special effects.

Yichen did not possess Ninjutsu with terrifying offensive power similar to Ikura's Earth Overturning.

Ōnoki wanted to suggest that Yichen learn an S-rank Ninjutsu, but considering Yichen's Chakra, he shook his head and decided against it.

After numerous experiments, Yichen's Senjutsu Mode Chakra was exhausted, so Ōnoki and the others dispersed. Yichen, however, pulled Ikura aside for another Natural Energy absorption exercise.

Just as Yichen had guessed, having successfully entered Sage Mode, Yichen speed of fusing with Natural Energy was now significantly faster. Yichen calculated that his fusing speed was now approximately 0.5.

This rapid progress once again proves that Yichen's guess about Chakra was correct; Chakra can help ninjas retain memories.

After re-entering Sage Mode, Yichen did not practice Senjutsu. From now on, Yichen will maintain the Sage state for as long as possible.

Yichen also had another guess about the function of Chakra, which was that it could improve the physical fitness of ninjas. Yichen thought that the old Toad on Mount Myōboku was able to live for so long mainly because he maintained Sage state for many years.

Therefore, Yichen also plans to make Sage Mode a regular feature, instead of only entering Sage Mode during battles like Jiraiya and Naruto.

Yichen couldn't understand the idea of using Sage Mode as a Trump Card.

Furthermore, Yichen was in Sage Mode, had another idea: to use the powerful sensory abilities of Sage Mode to thoroughly investigate Iwagakure.

However, there's no rush. Yichen's current amount of Senjutsu Chakra isn't enough for him to go on any more rampages. He'll deal with all of this after he successfully fuses all the Chakra in his body.

Now Yichen needs to consider selecting the third batch of disciples.

That afternoon, the Ninja Academy welcomed a special guest: a giant Giant Panda, a Summoning Beast residing in the Natural Energy Seal area of Iwagakure.

There were no giant Summoning Beast in Iwa ninja before, so the entire school was very curious about the Giant Panda. They had only heard about giant Summoning Beast from descriptions in textbooks before.

A significant portion of them were skeptical of the idea of giant Summoning Beast. How could there be Toad bigger than a house?

However, the appearance of the Giant Panda changed everyone's previous narrow-minded thinking; did such a huge, Summoning Beast really exist?

Under the teacher's arrangement, graduating students had the opportunity to get up close and personal with the Giant Panda in batches.

This was, of course, arranged by Yichen. After successfully entering Sage Mode for the second time, Yichen went to find the Giant Panda.

The Giant Panda is living a very comfortable life in Iwagakure. It has no worries about food and drink, as everything is provided by the Iwagakure. The living environment is also excellent; such an environment with Natural Energy is only found in the Three Great Sage Locations of the entire Ninja World.

The Giant Panda never imagined that one day it would enjoy such treatment.

The only drawback is that the sealed area is too small; compared to its enormous size, the seal is at most a slightly larger house.

The Giant Panda are satisfied with their lives, and therefore become more friendly towards the Iwa ninja.

Yichen and proposed that it observe his cultivation of immortal Senjutsu. In exchange, the Giant Panda would need to go to the Ninja Academy to select students with a special affinity with Ninja Beast.

The Giant Panda agreed without hesitation. It was genuinely curious about how Yichen, this human, had managed to cultivate Senjutsu. The Giant Panda had never heard of a ninja outside of the Three Great Sage Locations achieving Senjutsu.

Yichen's intention in having the Giant Panda select students wasn't to find contractors for the Giant Panda, but rather to find contractors for the Ninja Cat.

Where did this Ninja Cat come from? It's one of Dango's kittens. Dango is pregnant now, and after a checkup, it turns out Dango's having her fourth litter.

Neither the Ninja Cat, Dango, nor its owner, the Shironeko, has time to take care of the kittens. So the Shironeko is both happy that Dango is going to have kittens and worried about how to find suitable owners for them.

Upon receiving the news, Yichen immediately reserved an adoption spot for his disciple Matsutani Shinya. At the same time, Yichen suggested that they could also try to find suitable students during the disciple selection process.

The Shironeko was naturally delighted that Yichen had helped her solve her immediate problem. Yichen's disciple also had a bright future, and she was happy that the kitten had such a master.

That's why we have the scene of the Giant Panda visiting the Ninja Academy today. The Giant Panda is quite serious about its work; although it was a bit annoyed by the curious students, it still observed them carefully.

The next day, Yichen, Tomoko, and Han arrived at the Ninja Academy. Of course, the Anbu) was there to secretly protect Han.

"Teacher Yichen, four years ago, did you also come to the school with student information to select disciples? What was your reason for choosing me?" Tomoko asked Yichen curiously, holding the complete list of graduating students.

Yichen shook his head and said, "You are my first batch of disciples. I was in a hurry when I selected my disciples, and I didn't prepare in advance."

"I only have a simple list of Advanced Class, which only includes basic information such as age, gender, and special skills."

"Unlike now, the materials we have even include detailed information about students' hobbies and family backgrounds."

"The village originally intended for me to select a few subordinates from the Advanced Class; they never expected me to directly choose disciples."

"As for why I chose you, it's because I used Camouflage Jutsu and the Light Rock Jutsu to float through the school, and only you noticed."

Tomoko was taken aback; she had absolutely no recollection of this incident.

Seeing the stunned Tomoko, Yichen smiled and said, "Alright, stop thinking about it. You should focus on choosing students. Being a good teacher isn't easy."

"Yes." Tomoko nodded vigorously.