Enlightenment

Time passed quickly. In the blink of an eye, another year had gone by.

The Ninja Academy had already graduated two waves of new-generation Genin from the Hidden Mist.

Because of Qi Shuang's proposal to reform the academy, the Ninja Academy had supplied the Medical Department with quite a bit of fresh blood.

Although those newly graduated Genin were still very inexperienced and only understood some basic medical and pharmaceutical principles, they had those foundations to build on. Under the personal guidance of the many senior members of the Medical Department, the children learned quickly.

The Medical Department's desperate shortage of manpower had finally improved.

The Hidden Mist's entire medical system had at last been fully restored.

The Agriculture Department had it slightly harder. Since it had initially been neglected, only a handful of Genin had joined it during the first year.

However, that changed after the entire village replaced its rice varieties with new ones in the second year. Dozens of Genin flocked to this emerging department.

Under the guidance of many veteran farmers, they also began working on improving and breeding crops.

Moreover, because they could use chakra themselves, they worked more efficiently than those old farmers.

They were merely somewhat lacking in farming experience.

It was believed that under the old farmers' guidance, they would gradually grow into the pillars of the Agriculture Department and further promote the development of agriculture in the Hidden Mist.

Apart from the noncombat ninjas, even more Genin graduated from the academy—more than two thousand of them. They greatly alleviated the Hidden Mist's manpower shortage after the civil war.

By then, the total number of Hidden Mist ninjas had recovered to around eight thousand.

During those two years, countless Genin had also advanced to Chunin, while Chunin had advanced to Jonin. The