Basic Chakra Cultivation

The stars blinked in the sky.

Jueming walked down the night road.

A moment later, he began to run.

Though his stomach was a little hungry, he was still running like flying.

"I got stronger."

Jueming truly felt the changes in his body as he sprinted through the quiet Senju Clan land.

Before long, Jueming returned home.

It was a simple civilian house with a tiny backyard, the only inheritance left behind by his birth parents.

After returning home, he switched on the electric light.

This world had electrical equipment. TV series, air conditioners, refrigerators—they all existed.

But there were no tanks or missiles.

It was a world whose technology tree seemed to have been upgraded in all the wrong directions.

Jueming took out some instant noodles, boiled hot water, and ate five packs.

"My appetite has increased..."

Jueming frowned.

Greater stamina and a higher stamina upper limit would obviously increase consumption.

Though the feeling of growing stronger while lying down was nice, if this kept up, it seemed he would run into money troubles.

A single penny can stump a hero was a very common occurrence.

"I'll go hold someone up tomorrow."

Jueming decided that tomorrow, he would beat up children again and take their pocket money.

And tonight...

After eating his fill, Jueming began his daily training.

He had been delayed during the day and had even slept for a while, so he needed to make up for it.

While Jueming ate and trained, Mito Uzumaki was also examining this place.

It was just an ordinary civilian house.

In theory, she should have known most of the Senju Clan.

But in reality, for a long period before her death, for some reason, she had lived alone somewhere in a state close to house arrest.

So... she actually did not know many people within the Senju Clan.

After thinking for a while, she still could not figure out who Jueming's parents were.

Jueming took a deep breath, sat cross-legged on the bed, and began the training known as "Chakra Refinement."

"Chakra" was an energy unique to this world.

Every person possessed Chakra, and animals were no exception.

Physical Energy was extracted from 120 trillion cells.

It was then mixed with the Mental Energy produced by the human body's mental thinking.

The combination of the two was what was known as "Chakra."

Though people usually said that Chakra was refined by consuming stamina...

That was actually just a rather rough way of putting it.

Consuming stamina alone could not produce Chakra, because stamina only contained Physical Energy.

So, strictly speaking... one had to squeeze out stamina and expend mental energy. Only by combining the two could Chakra be created.

Jueming's Grass-Body-Lying Flat skill increased his stamina, which was Physical Energy.

With Physical Energy, endurance could be greatly increased, other aspects of physical fitness could be slightly improved, and the Stamina bar would be extended.

The Stamina bar had become longer.

That meant he could run for longer, and the time he could spend on other physically demanding labor and training throughout the day would also increase.

And because Jueming possessed an adult's soul, meaning relatively vast mental thinking...

Therefore.

He could refine a Chakra amount surpassing that of other children his same age.

Whoosh...

A light breeze rose.

Blue whirlwinds formed around Jueming's body.

This was a sign of refining Chakra.

"Too much is overflowing and going to waste."

Inside the Mental Space, Mito Uzumaki shook her head in dissatisfaction.

Only beginners allowed their aura to leak out when refining Chakra.

Those blue whirlwinds flowing outside the body were Chakra energy.

They looked dazzling, but they were extravagant waste, completely useless consumption.

For example, if one refined 100 units of Chakra this way, at least 50 would be wasted outright.

A truly powerful Ninja should be restrained.

When refining Chakra, there should only be the Hand Seal of placing both hands together, without any whirlwinds flying outside.

After all.

He was not a Tailed Beast Jinchuriki. He had no right to casually waste stamina and mental energy.

"Shut up, woman."

Jueming kept his eyes closed and directly growled.

"What did you say?!"

Mito Uzumaki's eyes widened.

This kid... was far too rude!

In truth, Jueming was not annoyed and ashamed.

It was simply because he had only been transported here for one month.

Being able to master Chakra Refinement was already quite impressive.

And Jueming naturally knew that one had to take things one step at a time.

What could one even see after practicing for a month?

If he practiced for a few more months, or even half a year or a year, would it not be perfect then?

"Do you know that you should respect your elders..."

Mito Uzumaki began lecturing Jueming.

But Jueming could not be bothered with her.

With his eyes closed, it was as though she were merely a mosquito buzzing by his ear.

Time passed second by second.

Mito Uzumaki grew tired of talking as well.

Then she realized that her lecture had apparently not gone into his head at all.

That made her furious.

Thinking of how Jueming had talked back to her during the day, Mito Uzumaki began to doubt life.

"So this is the Destined person mentioned in the prophecy?"

The prophecy had clearly said that the Destined person would have the best aptitude.

But now, it seemed...

If even the one with the best aptitude was like this, then the others would be even more...

Mito Uzumaki immediately began to worry about the great rejuvenation of the Senju Clan.

Could the Senju Clan really recover if this continued?

Though it had not been doing very well to begin with.

Its decline was visible to the naked eye, and there were more and more ugly and crooked ones.

Right now, there was simply no hope left.

If she had not trusted in the prophecy, knowing that it would inevitably come true, just like destiny...

Mito Uzumaki would have given up long ago.

"..."

Jueming repeatedly refined Chakra.

Little by little, he restrained the Chakra overflowing from his body.

After refining continuously for an hour, Jueming felt tired.

"Not bad. That's half an hour longer than yesterday."

Jueming was quite pleased.

All the stamina added by the system while lying down had been converted into Chakra amount.

This showed that the increase in stamina was very significant.

He got out of bed and went to the living room, drinking several bowls of water.

Then he slowly entered the bathroom, rinsed off his body, closed his eyes, and recuperated.

Once midnight had passed.

A new day began.

[Stamina +1]

[Stamina +1]...

The feeling of growing stronger while lying down began again, and Jueming fell asleep peacefully...