Spirit Refining Technique and Orochimaru

Spirit Refining Technique: Strengthens mental power, causing it to grow. At higher levels, it can even develop Divine Sense.

Divine Sense: Perceives all things, observes minute details, and yields excellent results in research.

Note: The Spirit Refining Technique is a growable Scholar Skill!

Gong Yi was stunned. This was actually a growable Scholar Skill!

Looking at the description, it gave Gong Yi the feeling of a cultivation technique from a Xianxia world.

Divine Sense? Are you sure this thing isn't from a Xianxia world?

Gong Yi frowned at this reward.

Although the effect was consistent with the Scholar System's function of assisting daily research, the intrusion of a Xianxia world technique left him struggling to process it.

However, Gong Yi soon associated it with other things.

The origin of the Naruto world, the source of chakra, and the appearance of things like Taoist concepts in this world.

For example, the Bagua of the Hyuga Clan, the Eight Inner Gates mastered by Might Guy, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation brought by the Rinnegan.

Aren't these things just instances of Taoism, or rather, the aesthetics of Xianxia world techniques?

Especially in the later plot of Naruto, where the Otsutsuki Clan controls the world and produces the Chakra Fruit to "refine pills" and increase their strength.

Pills!

This term, this kind of object—isn't it exactly something from the world of Xianxia?

Gong Yi fell silent.

He suddenly understood some things, yet felt even more confused.

Exhaling a long breath, Gong Yi cast these impractical thoughts aside.

Since the system gave this reward, he would make the best use of it to strengthen his own power!

A manual for practicing the Spirit Refining Technique suddenly appeared in Gong Yi's mind. After reading it carefully several times, Gong Yi sat cross-legged and assumed a meditative posture.

As a growable Scholar Skill, the Spirit Refining Technique was less of a skill and more of a cultivation manual.

It was divided into nine levels!

Levels one to three: Strengthen mental power to reach the human limit!

Levels four to six: Refine Divine Sense to perceive all things, observe heaven and earth; the uses of Divine Sense are infinite!

Levels seven to nine: Multiply Divine Sense, invert Yin and Yang, and blur the line between reality and illusion.

Given Gong Yi's formidable mental power, which far exceeded that of an eight-year-old, there was no great difficulty in mastering the basics of the Spirit Refining Technique.

In one night, he had stepped into the first level and gained some results.

Ever since he transmigrated, his mental power had basically been growing slowly.

His physique attribute had skyrocketed from a single digit to fifty points after insane training.

But his mental power had remained stagnant at 10 points for all these years.

Gong Yi had deduced that mental power should be related to one's age; the more one experiences and the firmer one's will becomes, the higher the mental power.

As for whether people proficient in Genjutsu, or those possessing the Sharingan or Byakugan, would have higher mental power, he had no way of researching it.

However, thinking that the vast majority of people with the Sharingan or Byakugan could resist Genjutsu, Gong Yi guessed that these two types of eyes could also play a role in training mental power.

Of course, it wouldn't be active training, but passive improvement!

The next morning, Gong Yi woke up from his meditation.

"A whole night of practice, and not only do I not feel tired, but I feel refreshed! Even without mentioning the effect of training mental power, the side effect of saving time is just explosive!"

Gong Yi was pleasantly surprised.

Ninjas are human too, and they need rest and sleep.

Even during missions, going without sleep for several days and nights would lead to exhaustion, slowed thinking, and reaction times falling below peak levels.

But this effect of the Spirit Refining Technique meant he had almost no worries in that regard.

In the future, when executing missions, he could practice the Spirit Refining Technique instead of sleeping.

If an emergency occurred, he could react instantly!

Gong Yi looked at the system panel, his heart skipping a beat.

Physique: 50
Mental Power: 11

His physique was still 50, but his mental power had reached 11!

He knew that last night it was 10; in just one night, it had increased by one point.

If he persisted in this training, to what level would his mental power rise?

A ninja's chakra is refined by fusing physical energy and mental energy.

The levels of both determine the strength of the chakra.

The major bloodlines of the Otsutsuki—Kaguya, the Uzumaki, and the Senju—inherited physical power, while the Uchiha and Hyuga clans inherited mental power and formidable ocular techniques.

Therefore, ninjas from these few clans hardly have to worry about their Chakra reserves.

Even the Uzumaki Clan, which does not boast a great reputation, is actually quite terrifying.

Although they are known for their Sealing Technique, the fact that generations of Uzumaki Clan members could use their own bodies to contain the Nine-Tails shows just how powerful they are.

The reason why Gong Yi's Chakra reserves have been slow to break through is actually quite simple.

His Spirit Refining Technique has been progressing very slowly; while his physical attributes have reached fifty points, his spiritual power remains in the thirties.

The bucket theory dictates that the shortest plank determines how much water it can hold!

If Gong Yi wants to increase his Chakra reserves, boosting his spiritual power has become his top priority!

"With the Spirit Refining Technique, the cultivation of spiritual power must be put on the schedule. However, physical training still cannot stop! After this battle, I have gradually become accustomed to the eleven-fold Gravity Technique state. After stabilizing for a while longer, I can consider increasing it to twelve-fold."

"But these belong to the category of hard power; a ninja's strength is composed of several aspects. It is still the bucket theory—to be strong, I cannot have any short planks in other areas!"

"I am looking forward to meeting the Third Hokage!"

Three days later, at dusk!

Gong Yi had just finished a training session when he suddenly felt someone nearby, causing him to shudder in alarm.

"Anbu of the Hokage?"

This time, Gong Yi judged wrong!

A gloomy and hoarse voice rang in his ear, causing goosebumps to rise on his robust body.

It was the feeling of being stared at by a snake, as if the serpent were right beside his ear, flicking its tongue, the moist and viscous sensation making his body turn cold.

"That old man, the Third Hokage, was right. You really are a very hardworking little fellow!"