Eight Gates

Might Duy's formidable strength stemmed from his cultivation of the Eight Gates.

According to Might Duy himself, it took him a full twenty years to completely master it, reaching the point where he could open all eight gates.

Then, a few years later, during the Third Great Ninja War, he furiously opened the Eight Gates and defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, turning them into the Lucky Three Treasures.

Qingshui estimated that even if he couldn't open the seventh gate now, he could at least open the sixth.

Incidentally, with Might Duy's strength, he definitely wouldn't have gotten injured doing a D-rank mission.

This was indeed the case.

After Qingshui's examination, it was discovered that he had overexerted his body due to long-term excessive training, and the sudden outburst had forced him into the hospital.

A Genin's earning potential was limited, and coupled with Might Duy basically saving the good stuff for his son Might Guy, he couldn't afford to maintain his body with secret medicines.

Fortunately, such an ailment was not a major problem in the ninja world, and with Qingshui's medical skills, it could be easily treated.

[Treatment of Might Duy completed, reward: one Golden Orb.]

[Congratulations on obtaining Eight Gates.]

The system's rewards were entirely within Qingshui's expectations.

After all, the only thing Might Duy knew was probably the Eight Gates.

"Thank you, doctor. Your medical skills are truly amazing. I can already feel youth burning anew."

"..."

Hearing Might Duy's words, Qingshui's face darkened.

He now understood how Kakashi felt being constantly pestered by Might Guy.

Ordinary people truly couldn't handle such a "youthful" style.

"Your body is overexerted due to long-term excessive training. You must pay attention to this point in the future and refrain from excessive training for the time being."

As a doctor, Qingshui reminded him.

Might Duy gave Qingshui a thumbs-up, smiling and revealing his dazzling white teeth.

"Youth also needs timely rest."

Shaking his head, Qingshui quickly left the operating room. If he stayed any longer, he feared he would be infected by the Youth Virus.

As he exited, he happened to run into Tsunade, who had just arrived at Konoha Hospital.

"Lady Tsunade, I've already learned Chakra Scalpel. When will you teach me Mystical Palm Technique?"

"What did you say?"

"I said I've already learned Chakra Scalpel!"

Qingshui repeated word for word.

"You're not trying to lose to me and are deliberately lying, are you?"

Tsunade still couldn't quite believe it.

Without explanation, Qingshui simply went to an operating table with Tsunade, took a fish prepared by the hospital, and demonstrated Chakra Scalpel on the spot for Tsunade.

When the facts were laid out before her, Tsunade had no choice but to believe.

Qingshui had indeed learned the A-rank difficulty Chakra Scalpel in three days.

It was important to note that many medical ninjas at the Chunin level hadn't even learned this technique.

Only a select few medical Jonin could guarantee they had learned this technique.

From this point of view, Qingshui's medical ninjutsu level had already reached the Jonin level.

An eighteen-year-old medical Jonin wasn't anything special.

The key was that he hadn't touched medical ninjutsu at all before the age of seventeen. From zero to now, it had only taken him one year.

Thinking of this, even Tsunade was shocked by Qingshui's talent.

This was a true genius.

"Alright, you win. Here is the scroll for Mystical Palm Technique."

Tsunade was not someone who couldn't afford to lose and readily gave Mystical Palm Technique to Qingshui.

"Mystical Palm Technique is also an A-rank medical ninjutsu. With your talent, it should only take you about three to four days to learn it."

After instructing Qingshui, Tsunade did not leave immediately but found Fukada Minako, who was currently in charge of managing the entire Konoha Hospital.

"Minako, you need to focus on cultivating Qingshui from now on. His talent is absolutely no less than mine."

Tsunade's so-called focused cultivation naturally didn't refer to cultivation in medical ninjutsu.

Instead, it referred to cultivation in terms of future development.

In her opinion, Qingshui had the ability to succeed the position of Head of the Medical Department.

If it weren't for the fact that Qingshui was still too young and lacked seniority, she would have wanted to abdicate directly.

This way, she could go gamble every day without any worries.

Cough, cough, that's not the point.

The point is that as an elder, I have to make way for the younger generation, giving them more room for advancement.

Yes, that's it.

"I understand, Lady Tsunade."

Fukada Minako naturally understood the meaning behind Tsunade's words.

It was precisely because she understood that she felt shocked.

She thought she had already thought highly enough of Qingshui, but she didn't expect to have underestimated him.

After obtaining the Mystical Palm Technique, Qingshui returned to his office. However, instead of learning the Mystical Palm Technique, he first studied the Eight Gates rewarded by the system.

Everyone has "Eight Gates" within their body that restrict their chakra. This is a self-protection mechanism of the human body.

After learning the Eight Gates, one can open the "Eight Gates" within the body to gain more powerful strength.

This is a taijutsu that can remove the body's restrictions on chakra.

The so-called "Eight Gates" are the Gate of Opening, Gate of Healing, Gate of Life, Gate of Pain, Gate of Limit, Gate of View, Gate of Wonder, and Gate of Death.

Opening different gates can grant different amplification effects.

For example, opening the first Gate of Opening can remove the brain's limitations, allowing one to exert 100% of their physical abilities.

If one opens the final, fatal eighth Gate of Death, they can gain strength tens of times greater than that of the Five Kage.

Of course, the specific effects vary from person to person.

For example, Might Duy, when opening the Eight Gates, could only kill four of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

And Might Guy, who inherited this technique, is even more formidable.

In a battle of gods like the Fourth Great Ninja War, he opened the Eight Gates and almost ended the war with a single kick.

Uchiha Madara himself admitted that in terms of taijutsu, Might Guy is the strongest.

So much so that some people say Might Guy doesn't just know taijutsu, but rather only Might Guy knows taijutsu.

"Although it's a system reward, with my current physical abilities, I can actually only open the first Gate of Opening."

Unlike ninjutsu and genjutsu, the foundation of taijutsu is the body. The system cannot help him skip the stage of training his body.

If his physical abilities are insufficient, forcibly opening more gates will only harm himself.

If Qingshui hadn't persisted with his swordsmanship training, he might not even be able to open the first gate right now.

"It seems I need to incorporate physical training into my daily routine from now on."

Since he had obtained the Eight Gates, Qingshui naturally didn't want to give up so easily.

He didn't necessarily need to train to the level of Might Duy or Might Guy, but he wanted to at least reach the point where he could open six gates.

The sixth gate was where the qualitative change occurred.

Of course, this would take a long time.

Soon, another day of work ended. After getting off work, Qingshui immediately put his physical training plan into action.

He ran two laps around Konoha before heading to his usual training spot to practice the Mystical Palm Technique.

The reason for only two laps was that he was just starting now, and it wasn't suitable to push the intensity too high right from the beginning.

Doing so would actually damage his body.

Just like Might Duy today.