Twenty-Four Solar Terms Shocking Spirit Finger

Bai Choufei!

Uchiha Jiang Feng's eyes lit up. Another great template had appeared.

Of the fifty-plus templates he had obtained, this one might not rank among the top twenty in strength, but it would definitely make the top five in sheer coolness.

Bai Choufei was a central character in Wen Ruian's wuxia novel series Say Hero Who Is Hero, appearing primarily in the trilogy Gentle Blade, Angry Sword Draw, and Sad Little Arrow.

His martial arts were so varied, ingenious, and formidable that they beggared belief. In his battle against Guan Qi, he unleashed thirty-seven consecutive attacks, each one a signature technique from a different school. Not a single move was repeated, and every one surpassed its predecessor in power and ingenuity.

Bai Choufei's martial arts knowledge would further enrich and refine Jiang Feng's martial arts library.

Most importantly, Bai Choufei's signature techniques, Twenty-Four Solar Terms Shocking Spirit Finger and Three Fingers Flicking Heaven, were incredibly cool. The moves were cool, and so were their names.

Twenty-Four Solar Terms Shocking Spirit Finger had twenty-four forms, each named after one of the solar terms, and could be used for both offense and defense. Three Fingers Flicking Heaven was considered the ultimate secret of the Shocking Spirit Finger, with three forms: Break Evil, Startle Dream, and Natural Enemy.

So far, Jiang Feng hadn't found a template with mastery of finger techniques that were sufficiently offensive, powerful, and cool.

He had previously obtained Lu Xiaofeng's template. Lu Xiaofeng's signature Telepathic Finger was indeed formidable, but unfortunately, it was a defensive technique. And in the Ninja World, it was far too limited. You could catch blades, swords, and hidden weapons between your fingers, but how were you supposed to catch Ninjutsu?

Bai Choufei's template filled the gap in Jiang Feng's arsenal of offensive finger techniques.

Without a second thought, Uchiha Jiang Feng used Bai Choufei's template. All of Bai Choufei's martial arts mastery and understanding of the martial arts flooded into his mind.

Bai Choufei's physical gifts were also added to Jiang Feng's own, improving his already superhuman physique by a little. His Chakra reserves and Internal Energy increased as well.

Sigh.

He wondered when his physical prowess would finally rival Hashirama Senju's. Having grown stronger once again, Uchiha Jiang Feng couldn't help wanting even more.

"Jiang Feng, there's something else I need to tell you."

Kurenai Yuhi moved closer to Jiang Feng. "Dad and Minato-senpai made a deal. If either Asuma or Obito passes the Chunin Ninja Exams this time, they're going to hold a celebration at a barbecue restaurant tomorrow."

"Will you come?"

Her eyes were full of hope.

Kurenai's father, Kurenai Yuhi, was the leader of their three-person team, a thoroughly loyal member of the Hokage faction.

A get-together with Minato's team, huh?

"Of course I'll come. Why wouldn't I?"

Uchiha Jiang Feng perked up.

Compared with Kakashi, Asuma, and the others, who were only twelve or thirteen, he was sixteen, and got along better with the twenty-two-year-old Minato Namikaze. They also had more in common.

He had even learned his Body Flicker Technique from Minato Namikaze.

That was right. Minato Namikaze was one of Jiang Feng's friends, too. Considering that Jiang Feng was a social butterfly in the Ninja World and Konoha's own Mengchang, it would have been stranger if he and Minato hadn't become friends.

"Come to think of it, didn't Minato-senpai just fight the AB Brothers of Kumogakure at the border?"

Uchiha Jiang Feng began to recall.

The Third Shinobi World War wasn't part of the main Naruto storyline, and the original story didn't say much about it. Still, he remembered that the battle between the young Minato and Kumogakure's AB Brothers had indeed been counted as part of the Third Shinobi World War.

In other words, Konoha was about to be dragged into the meat grinder of war?

Pitiful bones piled up in lonely graves, all of them laid low so generals could claim their battle honors.

Jiang Feng felt a pang of emotion, but he wasn't afraid. Plenty of people in the Ninja World could beat him, perhaps, but no more than five could stop him from getting away.

"Minato-sensei defeated the AB Brothers of Kumogakure all by himself. Kumogakure calls him the Yellow Flash, and the villagers are all talking about his fame."

Kurenai paused, then looked at Jiang Feng, who seemed lost in thought. "Of course, you're amazing too, Jiang Feng. I believe that one day, you'll become a powerful ninja who's as renowned throughout the Ninja World as Minato-sensei."

As renowned as Minato Namikaze?

Jiang Feng gave a slight nod. If he went all out, he might not be any weaker than Minato Namikaze.

As a ninja, he had a physique dozens of times stronger than that of an ordinary person from the Ninja World. His Chakra reserves were at least three times Minato Namikaze's—that was, three Minatos.

He was also above average in the Uchiha Clan's essential skills: Lightning Release, Fire Release, and Ninja Tools.

In martial arts, the inner cultivation technique he specialized in was Bright Jade Technique, one of the four great divine arts from Gu Long's world. With the martial arts mastery of more than fifty experts behind him, and over twelve hundred years' worth of pure Internal Energy, he had deduced and cultivated this technique—which originally had only nine levels—to the thirteenth.

Sword techniques, fist techniques, palm techniques, leg techniques... He was proficient in every kind of martial art.

Most importantly, the two different systems of Chakra and Internal Energy could be combined, just like Chakra and natural energy, to form a new kind of power. Jiang Feng called it True Qi Chakra.

Internal Energy couldn't efficiently power the Ninjutsu and Taijutsu native to the Naruto world, but True Qi Chakra could. Chakra couldn't efficiently power the martial arts of the wuxia world, either, but True Qi Chakra could.

His overall physique was twenty or thirty times stronger than that of an ordinary person from the Ninja World. That included the quality and resilience of his meridians. People from the Ninja World had meridians, too, and Jiang Feng's were strong enough to withstand the intense circulation of True Qi Chakra.

With the two systems combined, he could probably go toe-to-toe with Minato Namikaze if he went all out.

But Jiang Feng knew that if he and Minato Namikaze fought to the death, the battle definitely wouldn't end in a draw. It would be over quickly.

It wasn't because they lacked stamina. Both of them were highly offensive, incredibly fast, and exceptionally good at seizing an opportunity.

One tiny mistake would be enough to decide the winner.

But what reason would he have to fight Minato Namikaze to the death?

As Uchiha Jiang Feng pondered this, the fight between Kakashi and Obito ended, too. Obito had once again been crushed in an instant after daring to challenge Kakashi.

Kakashi looked at Uchiha Jiang Feng.

"Do you want to challenge me too?" Jiang Feng asked, eager for a fight.

Having just obtained Bai Choufei's template, Jiang Feng wanted to find someone to spar with and test the power of the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Shocking Spirit Finger.

"Hmph."

Knowing the difference in their strength was too great, Kakashi had no intention of humiliating himself. He gave an arrogant snort and turned to leave. "Don't forget the celebration tomorrow night."

After chatting a little more with Kurenai and the others, Jiang Feng packed up and went home.

After the sun set and his scheduled "slacking-off time" was over, Jiang Feng secretly got back to work, deducing and refining his newly acquired Twenty-Four Solar Terms Shocking Spirit Finger and Three Fingers Flicking Heaven.

Bai Choufei's signature techniques were powerful, but in Jiang Feng's eyes, backed by the martial arts mastery of more than fifty experts, they could still be improved.

He also needed to study how to combine these cool finger techniques with Taijutsu and Nintaijutsu from the Chakra system, so they could unleash even greater power when driven by True Qi Chakra.