Grass Release Bloodline Limit Jutsu

Jueming trained...

He did not know whether it was because she had talked back to Mito Uzumaki earlier, but she remained silent throughout the process.

And Jueming could not be bothered with her.

After all, Jueming wanted to grow stronger so that one day, he could have her body.

As for Mito Uzumaki's heart, he did not care either way.

Standing in the living room, Jueming assumed a stance.

Following the system's instructions,

he began condensing "Grass Release Chakra."

It was known that everyone's Chakra initially started as "attribute-less" Chakra, blue in color.

A Kekkei Genkai could be understood as a form of DNA alteration and mutation.

That was why Kekkei Genkai could be inherited.

From the moment he obtained the Grass Release Bloodline Limit, certain changes had begun within Jueming's body.

"A single Ninjutsu should involve converting attribute-less Chakra. A Kekkei Genkai uses two attributes at the same time."

Different lands nurtured different people.

Different ninja villages, clans, and individuals excelled at different attributes.

For example, the Uchiha Clan was born with the fire attribute.

The Nara Clan had the Yin Attribute. The Akimichi Clan had the Yang Attribute.

Jueming guessed

that his current attributes should be water and earth.

He was naturally endowed with Yang.

That was because the Senju Clan's bloodline was generally like that.

But whether he had them naturally or not, after learning the system's four major Skill Trees, he would possess the corresponding attributes.

With his thoughts settled,

Jueming began condensing Chakra.

Water in his left hand, earth in his right.

He brought his palms together.

Mito Uzumaki, who had remained silent in anger, suddenly widened her eyes.

"...Grow Grass!"

Jueming brought his hands together, producing a faint sound.

When Jueming spread his hands apart, a blade of grass had appeared in his palm.

The next second, a shrill whistle split the air. The green blade of grass shot out and pierced the wooden wall.

"What was that...?!"

Mito Uzumaki could not believe what she was seeing.

She had thought Jueming was about to pull another stunt.

But she had not expected him to pull off something this big!

"Was that Wood Release: Bloodline Limit?!"

Wood Release was the Bloodline Limit Jutsu wielded by the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju... and also her husband.

It was precisely because of his powerful Wood Style Power that Hashirama Senju had been able to pacify the chaotic era.

After Hashirama Senju's death, the descendants of the Senju Clan had repeatedly tried to recreate Wood Release, only to fail every time.

But Mito Uzumaki had never expected...

that today, she would truly witness the return of Wood Release...

"The prophecy spoken of by the Great Toad Sage... the Destined person... the Ninja who will lead my clan to rise again... so it was true..."

Mito Uzumaki's beautiful eyes were wide as she murmured.

The shock in her heart was beyond measure.

This was joy at the prospect of the Senju Clan's resurgence.

It was also a beautiful vision of the future.

"This isn't Wood Release." Jueming poured cold water over her excitement and corrected her.

Mito Uzumaki: "???"

"This is Grass Release."

Jueming pulled the leaf from the wall.

It felt soft to the touch, no different from a real leaf.

Yet when it was fired, it had clearly been extremely sharp.

But after being launched, it had reverted to an ordinary leaf?

"Grass... Grass Release?" Mito Uzumaki felt that the name was rather ridiculous.

"It is Grass Release."

Jueming nodded.

"This jutsu is called 'Grow Grass.'"

[Chakra Upper limit +1]

After that, Jueming repeatedly practiced "Grow Grass."

System notifications of [Chakra Upper limit +1] popped up from time to time.

Mito Uzumaki was too shocked.

Aside from carefully watching Jueming practice, she repeatedly examined his body.

But she still could not fully determine what exactly was going on.

After all, only a tiny portion of her strength had recovered.

Not only could she not use the Perception talent she had possessed in life, the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, she could not even perform slightly advanced Sealing Techniques.

Grass blades shot out. Jueming had already mastered the technique of condensing grass blades with one hand.

With a flick of his hand,

he threw them out like conventional ninja weapons such as kunai and Shuriken.

"They haven't disappeared."

After collecting a full twenty blades of grass,

Jueming examined them and sat on the ground to wait for a while.

Normally,

water and soil created from Chakra would eventually revert to the basic particles of heaven and earth and vanish without a trace.

Yet these blades of grass stubbornly remained, just like real leaves.

"Hasn't enough time passed?"

Jueming marked the time on each blade, then pressed them one by one inside a book.

He intended to observe them as time passed.

Additionally,

according to the system's description,

when first mastered, he could only condense one blade of grass. As his training progress increased, he would be able to condense more grass at once.

"On the Ninja path, buying weapons costs a great deal of money too,"

Jueming thought.

Ordinary Shuriken and other ninja tools were one form of expenditure.

Clothes, all kinds of scrolls, special weapons.

Especially costly Explosive Tags—even Chunin did not have the means to buy them freely.

That was not even mentioning the various specialized research branches, such as puppet masters and biologists.

Clearly, being a Ninja was also an expensive profession.

If he could get things for free, he could obviously save a lot of money.

Now, these grass blades seemed as though they could become his main early-game resource that he could obtain for free.

They should work quite well as replacements for expended Shuriken.

"I just wonder whether I can shape them into specific forms."

Holding a grass blade in his hand, Jueming decided to find a way to turn it into the shape of a Shuriken or kunai.

[Chakra Upper limit +1]

[Chakra Upper limit +1]...

Before long,

Jueming began to sweat slightly.

This jutsu had nearly exhausted all of his current Chakra.

If he wanted to cast it again, he would have to convert his stamina into his blue bar.

"Then I'll try again."

So Jueming began expending and refining.

He combined Mental Energy and Physical Energy to produce new Chakra.

Then he condensed leaves and launched them.

This time, the leaves were indeed launched, but he did not receive the [Chakra Upper limit +1] notification.

The same happened after casting it multiple times in succession.

"So that means... I can't increase my Chakra upper limit by converting stamina into my blue bar..."

Jueming stopped.

Just as there was an Upper limit to the stamina gained by lying around every day,

the system stipulated

that the [Chakra Upper limit +1] notification granted by the Grass Release Bloodline Limit Jutsu could only be gained by consuming his "Inherent Blue Bar."

Since consuming his "Inherent Stamina Bar" could not increase his Chakra,

Jueming simply stopped worrying about it.

He would wait for his Inherent Blue Bar to recover on its own.

Meanwhile, he immediately began physical training, doing squats, sit-ups, and the like.

"Senju Jueming."

Mito Uzumaki suddenly spoke.

"You... had better not tell anyone about this, not even the Great Elder."

Mito Uzumaki was referring to Jueming learning the Grass Release Bloodline Limit.

"A Ninja's trump card?" Jueming asked.

"No, it isn't that simple."

Mito Uzumaki shook her head.

"There are some things you cannot know yet, but you need to understand that I will not harm you."

"..."

Jueming did not respond, but neither did he refute her.

He understood the principle of Innocence of Possessing a Treasure.

Once others learned that he had obtained the Grass Release Bloodline Limit,

their first thought would likely be that he had mastered the "Wood Release" jutsu.

Misunderstanding or not, it would be unavoidable for ambitious schemers to set their sights on him, throw him onto an operating table, or simply have him killed.