Attribute Development

Based on Nagato's description, Yichen speculated that when Nagato was experimenting with Chakra transformations of other attributes, the Rinnegan activated, increasing the activity of Nagato's original Wind Release. This caused more of the Wind Release in Nagato's body to be freed from its function of maintaining bodily balance. As a result, the other four attributes became the surplus of the Wind Release and could be utilized.

Then Yichen thought of the fact that the Ninja World was not without ninjas who possessed all Five-Attribute, such as the master and disciple pair Hiruzen Sarutobi and Orochimaru.

Therefore, Yichen speculated that when a ninja's strength reaches a certain level and they are able to overdevelop their original attributes, new attributes will have the opportunity to be utilized.

Thinking of this, Yichen became somewhat excited. Although Yichen was a dual-attribute ninja, these two attributes were actually innate to him; Yichen had not developed any new attributes later in life.

However, Yichen's strength has now reached the Jonin level, which, judging from the current state of the Ninja World, should be the standard for developing a new attribute.

However, the Ninja World has a vague understanding of the methods and theories for developing new attributes, and there is no systematic approach, so everyone relies entirely on talent in this area.

Yichen's talent in attribute development was obviously average, but now things are different; Yichen has grasped the principles. The next step is practice.

However, now is not the time for training. Yichen's initial purpose in asking Nagato was not to learn how to develop new attributes, but to find out Nagato's potential and the extent of his control over the Rinnegan.

So Yichen continued the previous topic, "Nagato, your Five-Attribute talents are very impressive. You should try to acquire more B-rank or even A-rank Ninjutsu. This would greatly enrich your fighting style. At the Kage Level, using C-rank Ninjutsu in combat is basically ineffective."

That's the truth. In fact, even at the Jonin level A-rank Ninjutsu is occasionally used as a trump card. B-rank Ninjutsu is the key to victory in Jonin battles, and C-rank Ninjutsu has very little effect.

Yichen's current strength is among the lower ranks of Jonin. His Yichen, his Hand Seals speed, can only be used with C-rank Ninjutsu, so it's basically only effective against Chunin, like Chunin. Against Jonin of the same or higher rank, it's only good for interference.

Yichen himself was aware of this. The original plan was to first fix the biggest weakness in melee combat, and then make the most of the advantages.

His strength improved too quickly; his weaknesses hadn't been addressed, and his advantages hadn't been expanded. His ninja rank, however, had already risen. It's just that there wasn't enough time.

However, Yichen has two surprise attack Ninjutsu, Body Bind Technique and Mind Disturbance Jutsu, as backup methods, so he still has a chance of winning against Jonin of the same rank.

If Nagato doesn't learn advanced Ninjutsu, then his Five-Attribute talents will be wasted.

Nagato thought for a moment and said, "I don't want to learn the Five-Attribute Ninjutsu anymore. I plan to develop the Rinnegan. I can vaguely sense that the Rinnegan has many amazing uses. If I can develop them one by one, then I will be able to form my own unique fighting style."

Yichen nodded, having roughly understood the development of Nagato's Rinnegan. It seemed there were ways to use it, but he wondered if it would create puppets like in the original story.

At this point, Yichen had made a judgment about Nagato's strength: his Chakra reserves were enormous and incalculable, his Taijutsu was unknown, his Ninjutsu talent was high but his level was too low, and he was developing various applications of the Six Paths Reincarnation in terms of the Rinnegan.

Overall, his current combat strength is between Jonin and Elite Jonin. In a while, he should be able to jump directly to Kage Level. Moreover, due to his special methods, he won't be among the worst Kage Level.

At this moment, Konan laughed and said, "Yichen, what about you? You're not even as good as the three of us."

Konan knew, of course, that Yichen was trying to help them. Their biggest disadvantage was that they came from a small country and weren't from a ninja village. Without a village as a backing, their foundation was too weak. Yichen couldn't help them with resources or Ninjutsu, so he could only help them with their vision.

Konan only said that to lighten the mood.

"Haha." Yichen scratched his head and said, "Actually Konoha Ninja World, other ninja villages don't have any suitable development paths in mental power, so I can only take the path of Ninjutsu Ninja."

"Actually, my Genjutsu and Yin Release are quite strong, it's just that you can fly, Konan, so I wasn't confident I could hit you." As he spoke, Yichen an envious expression. This wasn't an act; he was genuinely envious. There were very few ninjas in the Ninja World who could fly. If a ranged ninja could fly, their combat power would increase dramatically.

Konan smiled happily, her eyes narrowing. Although she was the weakest of the three, her magical application of the Paper Style Jutsu technique had elevated her combat ability to a whole new level.

Nagato, however, seemed to be deep in thought after hearing what Yichen said.

After chatting for a while, the four parted ways. The caravan's rest was over, and Yichen was about to set off again, while Yahiko and the others had to go back to prepare for the next caravan and arrange for the establishment of Supply Station.

At the same time, Yichen also suggested that the Land of Rain could organize caravans to enter the Land of Earth. This would Yahiko busy for a while.

Back at the caravan, Yichen explained the reason for his disheveled appearance to his three subordinates, and then returned with the caravan.

This time, the caravan's destination was no longer Iwagakure, but a small town not far from the border. The old man Hiroteru divided the caravan into several smaller groups, each entering a different town.

They will trade in these towns, exchanging the specialties they brought from the Land of Rain for those from the Land of Earth, and casually promote the newly opened trade routes.

Meanwhile, Yichen's Squad stayed with Hiroteru in the largest town on the border to wait.

During the waiting period, Yichen did not choose to stay in the town, but instead stayed in the countryside not far from the town.

Firstly, the town has too many people, the situation is complicated, and the safety is not high. Secondly, it is inconvenient for the Team 7 to train.

According to Hiroteru, the goods brought from the Land of Rain are quite numerous this time, so the trade will take a relatively long time, about ten days.

Ten days is barely enough time for the Team 7 to return to Iwagakure, but Yichen doesn't want to waste time on the road. He also has some training ideas that he can try.

At the temporary encampment of the Team 7 outside the town, Qingtian and Jun, two of the three subordinates, were sparring. Jun was mainly practicing Earth Release Kazekaze Release. Yichen had just taught Jun two Wind Release Ninjutsu, which Yichen had previously obtained from Sasori.

Chun had finished developing his Earth Release, and of the several Earth Release he had learned, Earth Style: Earth Flow Wall was barely usable in actual combat. Therefore, Yichen gave Chun two Wind Release so that Chun could focus on developing his Wind Release.

Fu, however, was training alone, currently struggling with the Body Flicker Technique. Fu lacked talent in Ninjutsu, and while the Body Flicker Technique was more helpful for Taijutsu Ninja, it was still Ninjutsu, and Fu's training was not progressing smoothly. Although Fu could now use the Body Flicker Technique, it required too many Hand Seals, making it unusable in actual combat.

Fortunately, he has a lot of Chakra, enough for him to keep at it for a while.

Meanwhile, Yichen was recalling what Nagato had said about the Five-Attribute Ninjutsu.

After carefully analyzing the situation, Yichen proceeded to convert the Chakra within his body as he had guessed. This process was not difficult and was frequently performed when casting Ninjutsu. Generally, the amount of Chakra needed for casting Ninjutsu was converted, and no one would waste any.

But this time, Yichen transformed everything, and at the fastest speed.

Before long, Yichen had converted all his Chakra into Water Release chakra. Then, Yichen ignored this Water Release Chakra and instead used the Chakra method to sense and extract new Chakra.

Yichen immediately noticed the difference, and it was indeed effective.

In theory, the Chakra extracted by each ninja before undergoing Nature Transformation is the same; whatever its original nature, the new Chakra will also retain that nature, without any change.

However, this time, because Yichen first converted to Water Release, the activity of Water Release in his body greatly increased, as if he suddenly released the other four attributes that were originally used to maintain balance. Of course, Yichen knew that this was only a small part, and the majority was still maintaining balance.

But even this subtle difference was enough. Yichen had already noticed some discrepancies, but unfortunately he didn't have any chakra test strips on hand, otherwise he could have tested the properties of the newly extracted Chakra.

However, Yichen had his own method. He used Sensory Ninjutsu to sense himself, and sure enough, the Chakra sensed was different from before.

But... is this Earth Release?

Yichen was a little confused. What happened to the promised third attribute?

After calming down and thinking about it, Yichen understood that this was the normal phenomenon. Although the Water Release Chakra was temporarily activated, causing more of the other four attributes to be released, the Earth Release was undoubtedly the most abundant of the four.

This is awkward. If you had Chakra Paper, you could test it at this point and find out that this method doesn't work at all. Because whether or not someone possesses a third attribute, Chakra Paper can clearly reflect that.

But right now, Yichen has no idea if there are any new attributes, or even if there are, he doesn't know what kind of attribute they are. He can't possibly try out Fenghuo, and thunder one by one.

Even if one is certain to possess this talent, achieving Nature Transformation is not an easy task. Now, without even a direction, success is even more difficult.

Gritting his teeth, Yichen decided to take a gamble.

After summoning his three subordinates, Yichen said, "Let's go to the nearby outpost; I need to train there for a while."

The three subordinates looked at each other, wondering why Yichen insisted on going to the outpost, but none of them objected.

This is one of the advantages of being a team leader: you can directly decide the team's direction, as long as it doesn't affect the mission.

However, this is also a disadvantage of being the captain. If Yichen were still under Purple Lightning's command, he wouldn't need to seek refuge at the outpost. With Purple Lightning watching over him, he wouldn't have to worry about safety.

That's right, Yichen went to the outpost to seek refuge. He needed to deplete his Chakra before making new attempts, but as the strongest member of the Team 7, Yichen couldn't let the squad be in danger.

Therefore, Yichen chose to go to the outpost.