Minato Namikaze's Ninjutsu Handbook

"Then I'll leave it to you, Elder Jinren!"

After some back-and-forth refusals, Minato Namikaze finally gave in.

In a sense, he really did need someone to help arrange and prepare the wedding.

After all, he was an orphan. Among those closest to him, his teacher Jiraiya was not particularly reliable, and Jiraiya was also an orphan who had never married, so he could be said to have no experience whatsoever.

What was more, Jiraiya had gone off to "bring back" Orochimaru.

Minato Namikaze was not even sure whether Jiraiya would be able to return to Konoha for his wedding after receiving the invitation he had asked Gama Bunta to deliver.

He had many other friends as well, but he was too embarrassed to ask friends of the same generation for help. As for juniors like Kakashi, that was even less possible.

In the end, Minato Namikaze, who disliked troubling others, could only accept Hyuga Jinren's offer of help with an apologetic heart.

"No trouble at all~" Hyuga Jinren chuckled as he stroked his beard, clearly quite pleased.

As a member of the Hyuga Clan's Main Family, he had arranged quite a few marriages for the Branch Family's children.

If Branch Family children fell in love on their own, he was happy to see it happen. If they did not, then he would forcibly pair them up.

Otherwise, ninety-nine percent of the Branch Family would probably choose not to marry.

After all, many creatures would actively reduce or stop reproducing when faced with harsh environments. This was a widespread adjustment to reproductive strategy, with the core purpose of ensuring the parents' survival and increasing their offspring's chances of surviving once conditions improved in the future.

And the entire Hyuga Branch Family was hardly any different from slaves. Why would they willingly reproduce, allowing their descendants to become Caged Birds exploited by the Main Family?

So this was the first time Hyuga Jinren had arranged a marriage and received gratitude from the people involved.

"I wonder if you have any special ideas? If I know in advance, I can make arrangements earlier."

"Elder Jinren, I..."

After that, the two began discussing the scale and details of the wedding.

The bored Bai Yue could only sit nearby in a daze.

After a long while, the two finally more or less settled everything.

"Elder Jinren, Little Bai Yue, I'll be taking my leave!"

"Goodbye, Teacher!" Bai Yue was finally free! He had nearly died of boredom, but it would not have been proper to leave midway through.

"Take care~"

"Oh, right, Bai Yue." Just as Minato Namikaze was about to leave, he suddenly addressed Bai Yue.

"Teacher, what is it?"

"Ever since you became my student, I haven't taught you much." Minato Namikaze spoke somewhat guiltily. "And I've been very busy lately."

Of course he was. He had to get married and prepare to become Hokage. If he was not busy, who would be?

"Teacher, Master's Wife Kushina has taught me a great deal about Sealing Jutsu."

"I heard from Kushina. She said you're a genius among geniuses! You only studied Sealing Jutsu for a short while, yet you can already use Adamantine Sealing Chains!"

"?!!!" The Old Master, who had been smiling beside them, nearly tore off his own beard when he heard that!

He knew Bai Yue had been obsessed with Sealing Jutsu and devoted himself wholeheartedly to researching it. But he had only tested the Hyuga Main Family's foundation, the Caged Bird. He had no idea that his own great-grandson was actually this formidable!

Could the Hyuga Clan be about to produce another Heavenly Ninja?!

The Old Master became wildly excited at the thought!

His dear grandson was a genius! A genius among geniuses!

"No, no, Master's Wife is praising me too highly." Bai Yue scratched his head sheepishly.

"Bai Yue, I'm truly sorry." Minato Namikaze apologized again, then solemnly took out a small notebook. "This is my Ninjutsu training handbook. It contains some of my cultivation insights. Take it and study it on your own for now. Write down anything you don't understand, and when I have time, I'll come teach you."

"Thank you, Teacher Minato!" Bai Yue immediately stepped forward eagerly to accept it.

Damn, this is Minato Namikaze's training handbook. I wonder if it contains experience in practicing the Flying Thunder God?!

If it does, I've struck it rich! It could save me from taking so many detours!

"This is far too precious!" The Old Master, who had still been in shock, immediately stepped forward and began refusing it on Bai Yue's behalf.

There was no helping it. This was the adult world, full of hypocrisy.

"What do you mean, precious or not?! I've already neglected Bai Yue greatly by not having time to teach him. And now I'm even making him study by himself..." At that point, Minato Namikaze smiled awkwardly.

"But this..."

After another round of polite refusals, Bai Yue waited beside them with his eyes rolled. In any case, the handbook would definitely end up in his hands.

Still, this ritual of tugging and courtesy was truly helpless. It even reminded him of the red-envelope exchanges during Lunar New Year in his previous life!

When things got particularly intense, they might even tear the pockets of a child's newly bought clothes.

After Minato Namikaze left, Bai Yue immediately opened the handbook impatiently and began flipping through it at high speed.

"Bai Yue, although the Flying Thunder God is an incredibly powerful Space-Time Ninjutsu, it is also extremely difficult to learn!" Seeing how impatient Bai Yue was, the Old Master worried that Bai Yue would become discouraged and even doubt himself if he failed to learn it, so he hurriedly spoke up.

"Since the Second Hokage created the Flying Thunder God, only its creator, the Second Hokage, and Minato Namikaze have been able to use it. So it is perfectly normal if you cannot learn it. So..."

Before the Old Master could finish, Bai Yue directly interrupted him. "Grandpa, I won't get stuck in a dead end. If I really can't learn it, then I'll let it go."

Although the Flying Thunder God was powerful, Bai Yue would not insist on having it at all costs.

It would naturally be good if he could learn it—after all, it was a crucial Ninjutsu that could serve as a trump card. Its ability to preserve one's life might not be number one under heaven, but it was certainly among the best.

Even if he truly could not learn it, it didn't matter. A living person would not be held hostage by the need to pee.

Besides, with his cheat ability, Bai Yue did not think the Flying Thunder God could withstand Heaven Rewards Diligence's relentless torment.

At most, it was simply a matter of how much time it would take.

If he could not get started after a long time, Bai Yue would not stubbornly keep at it.

In Bai Yue's study plan, the Byakugan undoubtedly held the highest priority.

Unfortunately, the Byakugan could currently only improve slowly through Perfect Blood.

Next came Sealing Jutsu, and its current progress was quite promising.

After that came Taijutsu in order of priority: the Gentle Fist Style, Eight Trigrams Palms, even the Steel Fist Style and the Eight Inner Gates.

Ninjutsu came last!

As for Genjutsu?

As a manifestation of Yin-Yang Release, the Byakugan possessed considerable resistance to Genjutsu. It might not be stronger than the Sharingan, but it was not much worse either, especially since Bai Yue's Byakugan was still continuously evolving.

Ordinary Genjutsu was ineffective against the Byakugan.

Once the Byakugan evolved into the Tenseigan in the future, he would practically be immune to Genjutsu.

After all, the Tenseigan was comparable to the Rinnegan. Even Infinite Tsukuyomi, the strongest Genjutsu, would probably be ineffective against the Tenseigan.

Now that the Flying Thunder God had been added, its priority undoubtedly ranked just below the Byakugan, becoming his second-highest priority.

"That's good, that's good~" The Old Master trusted Bai Yue's words quite a bit.