Earth Release Plans

Chakra is a magical substance that can grant extraordinary power. However, this extraordinary power can be broadly divided into two parts: one external and one internal.

The external aspect is easy to understand; the use of Chakra can generate enormous destructive power.

As for the internal aspect, simply put: Chakra can change the essence of life. To describe it in a way that is easy for everyone to understand, Chakra can change a ninja's body at the Genetic Level.

Therefore, in the Ninja World, the descendants of ninjas are more likely to become ninjas themselves. This is not only due to differences in resources, but also to differences in talent. In addition, the descendants of strong individuals are more likely to become strong individuals: for example, Kakashi, the son of White Fang, and the Third Raikage and Fourth Raikage, who were father and son.

An even more compelling explanation is the existence of various Bloodline Limit families. Because their ancestors possessed bloodlines, their descendants also have a chance to awaken bloodlines.

Bloodline limit is also a form of Chakra application, but it is at a higher level than ordinary Chakra. It has a more pronounced effect on the ninja's body and is more easily passed down to future generations through bloodline.

The secret teachings thoroughly analyze these characteristics of Chakra, making them easy for Yichen to understand.

Furthermore, this secret manual has clearly been supplemented by many ninjas from Iwagakure, making it extremely detailed and containing various insights and speculations about Chakra. It can indeed greatly help ninjas increase their success rate in developing their Kekkei Genkai. In particular, the various methods for Chakra Control and attempting fusion recorded within it transform theory into practice, making it highly operable.

All signs indicate that this secret treasure is indeed priceless and has endless uses. There is only one thing that almost made Yichen vomit blood: according to the description in the secret treasure, Yichen has not yet reached the standard for cultivating Chakra Fusion.

The secret text hints that there is a minimum threshold for practicing Chakra Fusion, which is that the mastery of the two Chakra to be fused must reach an extreme level. And considerately, the secret text also records a standard for judging whether this extreme level has been reached: the amount of Chakra consumed when performing a Ninjutsu.

After a moment's thought, Yichen made a judgment: his Water Release should have reached the standard, which should make it easier to develop the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu. However, his Earth Release was far from meeting the standard. Yichen had only learned a few C-rank and B-rank Ninjutsu Earth Release ninjutsu and had not studied and developed the Earth Release in detail.

According to the secret texts, to fuse Chakra, two attributes with a large proportion must be used. For Yichen, these are water and earth. If other two are used, the remaining attribute will cause serious interference.

This is awkward. They wasted such a precious opportunity to gain access to the secret library, and this is all they got?

Feeling like he'd fallen into a trap, Yichen sat there bewildered, wondering how much he'd lost in this mess.

Reminded by the staff, Yichen got up and slowly moved away from the Contribution Office. Then, looking back at the Contribution Office, he suddenly understood a sentence: Life is not worth living.

It's actually quite normal for Yichen to have such a strong reaction, because in Yichen's plan, the Earth Release is only an auxiliary one, and the Water Release is the main one he is developing. He has never had the idea of developing the Earth Release in the same way he developed the Water Pressure Line.

According to Yichen's plan, he should use his free time to develop Water Release and deepen his mastery of the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu. In fact, Yichen had already been working on this for a while, and although progress was slow, he had never given up.

However, Yichen is now being told that in order to fuse Chakra, he must also develop an Earth Release Ninjutsu, which is too difficult for Yichen.

The fusion of Chakra to form a bloodline limit and the in-depth development of the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu are two steps that Yichen must complete in his long-term plan, and he will not give up either of them. However, the in-depth development of Earth Release is not included in this long-term plan, not because Yichen does not want to, but because he does not have the energy. Yichen's talent for Ninjutsu is actually quite good, but this goodness is mainly due to Yichen's superb Chakra control, rather than his extraordinary talent in understanding a certain attribute.

In Yichen's plan, Fusion Bloodline Limit and developing the Water Style: Water Pressure Line Jutsu takes priority over cultivating Senjutsu, because a requirement for cultivating Senjutsu is having a large amount of Chakra, which is Yichen's weakness and a fatal flaw that cannot be changed in a short time. Even if Yichen's affinity with Natural Energy were to reach the maximum level now, it wouldn't make a difference.

Feeling doubtful about his long-term plans and hopeless about life, Yichen to the Barrier Team alone. He didn't want to do anything right now, so he came here to clear his head and see if there were any new discoveries in the Barrier Team.

The Barrier Team has been quite busy these past few years because one of the two fragments of Yichen's original S-rank Sealing Jutsu, "Fire Domain," remains unsolved.

When Yichen arrived at the Barrier Team, everyone was working methodically. Some were researching the feasibility of various novel ideas, while others were making various preparations to test these ideas.

When Yichen arrived, no one seemed surprised; they simply greeted him and went about their business. Only Meishe noticed that something was off about Yichen.

Meishe has now retired, but the old man can't stay idle. He also loves Sealing Jutsu, so although he's retired, his life is no different from before. He works in the Barrier Team Tenten. His name is even on the Barrier Team's schedule.

Seeing that Yichen was in low spirits, Meishe came forward to ask him why.

Upon seeing that it was Meishe, a senior who had previously guided him, Yichen didn't hide anything and directly told the truth, "I've been promoted to Jonin, and I used the reward for becoming a Jonin to exchange for a method of Chakra Fusion."

"Sigh, but my understanding of Earth Release Chakra is inadequate, so I can't train it. Besides, I don't have any plans to delve deeper into Earth Release elemental transformations. I feel like I've wasted a perfectly good opportunity."

After listening, Meishe She laughed and said, "I thought it was something big, but it's just this? Little Yichen, a ninja's energy is limited in a lifetime, and it's impossible to be good at everything. You should understand that very well. Otherwise, with your talent in Sealing Jutsu, you would definitely have learned more advanced Sealing Jutsu."

"We face many choices. Some choices are made for you by others, some are relatively easy and you make them without even realizing it, but there are also some choices that you hesitate about before making them, but once you make the choice, it's not a big deal."

"It's still you who lives your life. Whether you can walk the path you've chosen well depends on yourself. If you don't work hard, you'll still be you, and you won't become stronger. If you work hard, you'll become stronger no matter which path you choose."

"If you had chosen to cultivate Yin Release back then, although the process would have been difficult, perhaps your achievements would have been even greater. So what? Make your decision with confidence."

Although Yichen didn't quite agree with Meishe's words, he still believed that choosing the right path and direction was very important. After all, no village is perfect; some things are good at, and some are not. The help one could receive from the village would vary depending on the direction one chose.

However, the example of Meishe at the end reminded him that he had indeed given up a lot to get to where he is now, and what pained Yichen the most was his talent in Genjutsu and Yin Release.

But it was this example that helped Yichen make up his mind that his initial choice was correct, and that the village could only offer him so little help in terms of Genjutsu and Yin Release.

The same principle applies now; the village can clearly offer more assistance in Chakra Fusion. Therefore, spending more time training in Earth Release is not out of the question.

Having opened her heart and stopped worrying, Yichen felt a sense of relief and ease.

Whether it was a misperception or not, Yichen felt that his Chakra seemed more active than before. Shaking his head, Yichen first thanked Meishe, and then asked with great interest about the research progress of the Fire Domain fragment.

After spending half a day in the Barrier Team, Yichen returned to his small house inside the Seal Number One and found that not only Dango was there, but even the Shironeko was there.

The Shironeko has decided that unless she has a mission, she will stay inside the Sealing Barrier with Dango and not go out. In any case, the Lord Tsuchikage has given her permission to come and go as she pleases. Since the village has given the Shironeko a month's leave, she has moved in with Yichen.

As for why Dango is still staying with Yichen, the village hasn't arranged a separate room for Dango. This is mainly because Yichen's Sensory Ninjutsu allows him to observe Dango's absorption of Natural Energy. If anything seems amiss, he can detect it immediately.

The next day, after completing his physical and swordsmanship training, Yichen arrived at the Training Ground to continue his practice.

When he first transmigrated, Yichen fantasized that he could easily defeat Kage Level opponents and achieve Kekkei Mōra Limit through casual cultivation. But reality was too cruel; the talent of this body was only average.

But Yichen always had an idea: to slowly fuse Chakra, from two types to three, then four, then five, and finally achieve an existence like Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Therefore, although Chakra Fusion is difficult, Yichen is still young, and the final war to destroy the world is still a long way off. Yichen can afford to wait!

But ideals are one thing, reality is another. Yichen still has to honestly plan how to improve his understanding of the Earth Release.

After thinking it over last night, Yichen has come up with some initial ideas.

Just yesterday, I acquired the A-rank Earth Style Ninjutsu – Light-Weight Rock Technique. After reviewing Yichen Light and Heavy Light-Weight Rock Technique, I plan to compress the time I spend practicing other Ninjutsu and focus all my efforts on mastering it.

Then, based on the Light-Weight Rock Technique, he independently developed the Added-Weight Rock Technique. Yichen estimated that learning the Light-Weight Rock Technique would be somewhat helpful in understanding Earth Release Chakra, although the help would not be significant.

However, if he could develop his own Added-Weight Rock Technique, Yichen felt he should be able to meet the standards for Chakra Fusion training.

Although the Added-Weight Rock Technique was not developed by Yichen himself, but rather learned by modifying the Light-Weight Rock Technique, it is still an A-rank Ninjutsu. The fact that he was able to develop the Weighted Light-Weight Rock Technique Weighted Added-Weight Rock Technique shows that Yichen's understanding of Earth Release at that time must have reached a certain level.