After the joy of the harvest passed, life on the fief returned to peace.
The workers continued tending the remaining herb fields as usual, while Old Ke led the masons in reinforcing several weak sections along the inner side of the wall.
Old Zhang, the cook, came up with different delicious meals for everyone every day.
Everything ran in perfect order.
Taking advantage of this period of stability, Lan Tian focused his efforts in two directions: producing batches of toxic mist suppressant and further developing the Rasengan.
He prepared a full ten doses of the toxic mist suppressant, each stored in a sealed small bottle of refined iron. He carried three close to his body and kept seven in his storage ring as spares.
After repeatedly optimizing the proportions of the herbal extracts, the medicine's effective duration had increased from the initial half hour to nearly an hour, enough for him to pass through the toxic mist zone and still have time to return.
Meanwhile, his Rasengan training achieved a new breakthrough under the deep enhancement of Sun and Moon Power.
The Rasengan he could now condense was a full size larger than the first one, spinning faster and containing a higher density of compressed energy.
He had tested one at full power on a pile of discarded rocks at the edge of the fief. It directly blasted a bluestone the size of a millstone into four pieces, while the flying fragments sheared the surrounding grass into a neat, even layer.
But the thing he was proudest of accomplishing during these three months was successfully developing an entirely new soul skill.
Its inspiration came from Hashirama Senju's Wood Release ninjutsu from the memories of his previous life.
Hashirama's massive Wood Release attacks had left an impression on him that was