Fire Style: Face-Melting Great Fireball Technique!

On the Hokage Rock, the training grounds.

"That's Kakashi's ninjutsu!"

Jiraiya looked confused. What was up with this kid?

"Why do you keep staring at other people's ninjutsu?"

He expressed his dissatisfaction. Was he and Liu Yun so insignificant in your eyes? Just leeching off of Minato and his disciples?

Qing Xuan himself was also helpless. As a veteran reader of fanfiction for ten years, his knowledge of developing new ninjutsu was severely lacking.

"How could I possibly guess that?"

Jiraiya wanted to keep him guessing, but he was afraid Tsunade would find an opportunity to beat him, so he decided to spill everything.

"It's unhand ninjutsu! Idiot!"

Swish swish swish...

Leaves swirled and fell in the wind, and Qing Xuan's eyes suddenly sparkled.

"Unhand ninjutsu?"

He pointed at himself in disbelief.

"You're willing to teach me?"

"Hmph!"

Jiraiya snorted arrogantly. What a surprise! If he wasn't going to teach him this, then why would he have come?

He told Qing Xuan to activate his Sharingan and demonstrated directly: "Although a single tomoe doesn't have the ability to copy ninjutsu yet, its observation skills are still very keen."

"Watch closely!"

Jiraiya roared, gathered his power for a moment, and then clapped his hands together in front of his chest.

"Earth Style! Earth Release Wall!"

Rumble...

The ground trembled, and fresh soil erupted from the grass, converging, solidifying, and slowly rising to form a thick earthen wall.

Qing Xuan stared intently at the scene, not missing a single detail.

Indeed, there were no hand seals!

But he remembered that this jutsu didn't require hand seals. Didn't many people in the story just shout and clap their hands, and the earth wall would appear?

He was confused, but the keen observation of his Sharingan still allowed him to notice something.

[Jiraiya's toe seal experience and techniques, Chakra flow modification experience, tactical toe-sealing techniques... Evaluating value - Spend 1017 Soul Points to copy and replicate?]

Good heavens! Qing Xuan exclaimed.

It really was toe seals?

And didn't ninja boots expose the toes, perhaps for easier sealing?

But that wasn't cool at all!

Qing Xuan glanced at Haku beside him. The girl had looked serious just now and was now staring intently at Jiraiya. She wasn't picky; as long as it was practical, she was willing to learn with all her heart.

Jiraiya was still boasting at this time.

"Speaking of which, I was the first one to come up with this idea! Because hand seals are too cumbersome in combat, I wondered if I could use some foot movements to replace some hand seals and achieve a supplementary effect."

"But Liu Yun suggested, since we have ten fingers, why couldn't we use our toes as fingers to form seals? Doing everything to the extreme is also a characteristic I admire about him."

"So, after two to three years of development, although it's not perfect yet, we've finally developed it..."

Jiraiya proudly lifted his face, the sunlight instantly bathing him, projecting a bright future.

He looked at Qing Xuan, as if seeing the future in him as well.

"Now, are you ready to take over your father's unfinished path and continue walking it?"

As expected of Jiraiya, the [Gift from Father], Qing Xuan finally experienced Naruto's treatment this time.

He glanced at Haku again and casually asked, "You've even developed toe seals, so can you do single-handed seals?"

Jiraiya was surprised, "Of course, why? Are you also interested in that?"

"Interested isn't the word, I just feel like single-handed seals look cooler."

Afternoon.

The setting sun cast a glow on the small lake, its surface rippling with light and reflecting the two figures standing on the small pier.

It was a spring afternoon, and the gentle breeze was still refreshingly cool, but suddenly the air began to grow hot.

"Fire Style! Great Fireball Technique!"

Explosive flames shot straight into the sky, steaming the lake's surface like another fiery cloud within the lake. The heatwave pushed away the gentle breeze, filling the air above the lake.

The billowing steam rose rapidly like mist over a red-hot iron plate, and in an instant, the entire lake was enveloped in a thin fog.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh--

At that moment, the wind suddenly picked up, scattering the mist and whipping the hem of Fugaku Uchiha's robes into a wild dance.

"This is a basic ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan..."

Lingering flames danced gently around Fugaku's lips. He casually lowered his right hand, the recently exploded fireball not even catching his eye. His Three Tomoe gaze was fixed solely on his nephew beside him.

"Only by mastering this ninjutsu can one be considered a fully capable Uchiha."

"The one who wields the fan that controls fire. This is the meaning of our Uchiha clan crest, and the Uchiha must always have one or two fire-style ninjutsu users to be proud of."

He spoke thus, his eyes filled with even greater anticipation.

Qing Xuan's recent constant study of other clans' ninjutsu had already caused dissatisfaction among many clan members, even if those individuals were the Third Hokage's son, or even one of the Sannin, Jiraiya.

How could the young patriarch of the Uchiha clan not know fire-style ninjutsu? Even the most conservative members had reminded Fugaku more than once.

Elder Shana had even slammed the table, declaring that if the patriarch was unwilling to shoulder the responsibility of nurturing the next generation, they would overstep and teach him themselves.

Thus, Fugaku brought Qing Xuan to the very place where he had once taught Itachi. At the same time, he was curious how much Qing Xuan's talent surpassed Liu Yun's.

"I've already told you the hand seals. First, generate chakra within your body and gather it temporarily from your mouth to your chest, then exhale it all forcefully."

His gaze locked onto Qing Xuan, and he then stepped aside.

"Come on! Let me see how much you've mastered?"

[Top-tier Great Fireball Technique -- Valuation in progress -- Soul Points 349.]

It was about the same price as Itachi's throwing experience.

However, Qing Xuan remained hesitant, contemplating whether to spend such a high price to learn a Great Fireball Technique that was rumored to have a 0 first-kill rate.

He looked at the lake, still shrouded in mist, and fell silent for a moment. He decided to try learning it with his own talent first.

Between the mouth and chest? That would be the windpipe, right?

Silently memorizing all the hand seals, he repeatedly simulated them in his mind. When he finally opened his eyes, a sharp glint flashed in his pupils. However, instead of demonstrating immediately, he drew a kunai and held it horizontally in front of him.

"Uncle, setting fire to the lake like this is too boring. How about we go straight into a real fight!"

Fugaku didn't object to the suggestion. He appraised Qing Xuan, who had adopted a clear offensive stance, with interest. He took half a step back and beckoned, signaling him to attack first.

A smile spread across Qing Xuan's lips. His black hair danced as his body flashed forward without the slightest hesitation. The kunai drew a curve in his hand before darting straight towards Fugaku's face.

"Clack."

A large hand appeared steadily in the kunai's path, firmly gripping Qing Xuan's right wrist.

Three Tomoe slowly rotated in his Scarlet eyes. Fugaku dangled Qing Xuan in mid-air, calmly awaiting his next move.

However.

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His free left hand skillfully formed hand seals in the air.

Amidst a flurry of afterimages, the wind surged, and a frantically rising heat enveloped him as a massive fireball hurtled towards his face.

"Katon! Great Fireball Face-Smash Technique!"