Lin Mu had broken through during his life-and-death battle with the Two-Headed Giant Snake, earning a wealth of rewards.
Viewed that way, even though he hadn't managed to buy Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique in time, he had still come out ahead overall.
But even after consoling himself like that, Lin Mu still felt the loss keenly.
Because...
Wood Release: Wood Golem Technique was just so cool!
Soon, soon. I'll just hang in there for another month!
If I have to, I'll take on some extra missions. Maybe I can save up enough gold coins in less than a month!
The extra missions Lin Mu had in mind were those outside the ordinary missions issued by the system.
For example, hunting ferocious beasts on his own, or killing the batch of ninjas who had attacked him with the Root organization last time.
These all counted as Lin Mu's extra missions, and a large portion of his gold coins came from them.
"Then I'll head out tomorrow and complete some missions."
Having made up his mind, Lin Mu stopped dwelling on it.
Once he settled into a cross-legged position, he continued refining the chakra within his body.
At the same time, he calmed his mind and sensed the strange energy in nature.
He divided his attention between the two, cultivating both chakra and senjutsu without neglecting either.
If Jiraiya had known that Lin Mu cultivated this way, his jaw would surely have dropped.
In fact, the ability to divide one's attention was a talent in itself.
People with this talent naturally had far more mental energy than others.
Ordinary ninjas could only focus on either cultivating chakra or practicing taijutsu when they trained.
That was called single-minded concentration, and only through it could they achieve the best possible training results.
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