Talent

"Wait a moment, Mother."

Uchiha Cheng interrupted weakly.

"Is there something you don't understand?"

Uchiha Mika stopped her endless stream of instruction.

"I think I've already refined chakra."

Uchiha Cheng said, lacking confidence.

How could that be possible?

Mika found it hard to believe. A thought immediately surfaced in her mind: could it be a misjudgment, leading him to mistakenly believe he had refined chakra?

Thinking of this, she provided guidance, telling Uchiha Cheng to release the chakra he had created along the meridians of his arm.

A blue-white light surged from Uchiha Cheng's left hand. It was clearly chakra.

"You actually refined it?"

Mika was incredulous. Although chakra refinement is merely a basic ability for a ninja, those who can refine chakra on their first attempt after only half an hour of learning are still extremely rare.

She vaguely remembered that she had toiled for a full year before she could refine chakra, which was already considered quite fast among her peers. Some children even struggled for two years without success, eventually being turned away by the ninja academy.

Basic does not mean simple. For a three or four-year-old child, what is spiritual energy? What is physical energy? One cannot see the spiritual and physical energy within their own body, so how can they mix them together?

These difficult problems are the hurdles hidden within chakra refinement.

The ninja academy lists the creation of chakra as an entrance exam subject, and every year, it eliminates a large number of children who wish to enroll.

Could it be that my child is truly a genius?

Mika thought to herself. Although she was Uchiha Cheng's mother, she had never imagined her child would be a genius. After all, neither she nor that beast were particularly gifted people.

However, learning to refine chakra quickly doesn't prove much. While those who can refine chakra quickly are few, they are not non-existent.

"Since you have already learned to refine chakra, you must practice constantly to increase the speed of your chakra production. This is a skill with no end."

Mika instructed sternly.

"I'll remember that!"

Uchiha Cheng nodded. He also understood the importance of this ability. After all, in the later stages of Naruto, even the Nine-Tails had to produce chakra.

"So, am I going to learn ninjutsu next?"

"No, what comes next is the key. You must continue to produce large amounts of chakra and distribute it to every part of your body, allowing every cell to become activated. Only when you have completed cell activation can you be considered to have stepped through the threshold of being a ninja."

Activation? Isn't that the ability of Chidori? He had only just refined chakra; how did it involve cell activation?

Uchiha Cheng was puzzled. However, he still obediently followed his mother's instructions, continuously producing large amounts of chakra and distributing it to every part of his body.

A blue-white light emerged around Uchiha Cheng's body.

As he continued to refine chakra, Uchiha Cheng discovered that the chakra within him was practically inexhaustible.

Logically speaking, at only three years old, his body and mind had not yet fully developed. His chakra should be very meager.

Yet, his body felt like an erupting volcano, surging with chakra. To him, chakra was like magma beneath the earth—inexhaustible and endless.