Turbulent Clouds

Clang!

The blades collided, and the two men passed each other. This time, however, the young man named Yuichi seemed to have fallen behind, taking a sword strike to the shoulder.

The scales of victory began to tip.

Yet neither of them intended to stop. The fighting spirit in their eyes grew ever fiercer as they gathered their strength, clearly intending to settle the outcome with one final blow.

"Kid, stop them!" Tsunade quietly instructed Yizhe. In the end, she could not bear to watch any longer.

The next strike between the two young swordsmen would determine the victor, but if they both went all out and fought for their lives, the consequences would surely be disastrous. One of them would either die or be crippled!

"Leave it to me!" Yizhe smiled confidently and vanished from where he stood with a Body Flicker Technique.

"Lady Tsunade, Yizhe will be all right, won't he?" Shizune asked worriedly.

Tsunade shook her head, propped her chin on her hand, and mercilessly teased her. "If you were the one going up there, I really would be worried!"

"Ah—" Shizune cried out, her face flushing red. She truly was not skilled at fighting.

"As for that brat, he dared to come out and travel alone. If he did not have some skill, what would he be relying on? A death wish?"

"So I'm really not worried about him!"

"Besides, even if something does happen, aren't I here? What could possibly go wrong?" Tsunade said carelessly.

"Ha!" "Ha!"

The two fighters had already built their momentum to its peak. Raising their longswords high, they slashed down at each other with all their strength.

Just as the two blades were about to collide, Yizhe suddenly appeared between them. He grabbed each man's sword hilt with one hand, and the blades that had seemed unstoppable froze in midair, unable to move another inch!

The three of them were locked in a stalemate in the middle of the street!

"What?!" "What?!"

The two men in the midst of battle were greatly shocked. It was one thing for the boy before them to barge into the fight, but he had actually restrained both of them so easily.

He was truly formidable!

"Why must you two fight so fiercely? Why not sit down and have a proper talk?" Yizhe said with a smile.

Yet he did not know that his originally friendly smile looked like mockery in their eyes.

Mockery of their weak strength and the spectacle they were making of themselves.

"Brat, who told you to meddle in other people's business?"

"That's right! Watch me chop you in half!"

The two men, who had been engrossed in their duel, were already deeply displeased with Yizhe for stopping them. Now, humiliated and enraged, they vented their fury on him.

"Ha!" "Ha!"

The two exerted themselves again, but this time their target was not each other, but the boy standing between them.

"Hmph! Hopelessly stubborn!" Yizhe snorted coldly, thoroughly displeased.

He had originally intended to spare them some dignity and separate them peacefully. He had not expected to draw trouble upon himself and become the target of their hatred instead.

With that thought, he decided to hold back no longer.

The instant the two young swordsmen exerted their strength, he steadied his footing and shifted their swords slightly apart, one before and one behind him. Power surged through his feet as he spun fiercely, using force like Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven and borrowing their own strength to hurl them over his head in opposite directions!

Boom! Boom!

The two were flung away by a tremendous force and slammed into the buildings on either side of the street, immediately passing out.

"All right, does anyone here know them? I knocked them unconscious, so hurry up and take them away!" Yizhe shouted at the surrounding crowd of onlookers.

Several people soon stepped forward and dragged away the two swordsmen, who had been thoroughly battered by Yizhe.

"All right, no more entertainment! Satisfied now, Lady Tsunade?" Yizhe twisted his waist and returned to Tsunade's side with an unconcerned look.

"Mm, not bad!" She nodded and praised him. "My efforts in healing your hand were not wasted! You're much more useful than certain people. I don't even need to act personally!"

As she spoke, she shot Shizune a teasing glance.

"Lady Tsunade!" Shizune looked at Tsunade pitifully and called out.

"All right, all right! I won't bring it up anymore!" she readily promised.

"Let's go eat!"

Although Yizhe's hand had fully recovered, he still planned to stay by Tsunade's side for a while and see whether he could become her disciple.

Besides, he had set out on this journey to train in the first place. At this stage, he had no particular goal, so traveling with Tsunade and Shizune would give them someone to look after each other.

Even if he could not become Tsunade's disciple, accompanying Shizune on her daily rounds and learning some basic medical techniques would still be good.

After all, the more skills one had, the better, especially skills that could save lives.

Thus, he began his leisurely days of making house calls with Shizune.

"Big Sister Shizune, how about letting me try?" Yizhe asked carefully.

A swordsman with numerous sword wounds had just arrived, seeking Shizune's treatment. After observing her for some time and receiving her explanations, Yizhe was eager to give it a try.

"You want to try?" Shizune looked at him in surprise.

"Mm!" He nodded.

"Then... I'll leave this patient to you!" Shizune pointed at the swordsman who had just arrived and said with a smile.

"Hey! Can you really do this? Don't use me as an experiment!" Hearing their conversation, the injured swordsman was somewhat unwilling.

"Please rest assured. If he cannot handle it, I'll treat you again afterward!" Shizune said with a smile, soothing the patient's worries.

"All right..." Though reluctant, the injured swordsman still agreed.

"Don't worry, leave it to me!" Yizhe smiled confidently at the two of them.

"Byakugan!" With a thought, he activated the Byakugan's combat form.

Medical ninjutsu was a kind of ninjutsu that relied heavily on chakra control. He had only just begun using it and was not yet familiar with it. By activating the Byakugan and closely observing the flow of chakra, he could control his chakra more precisely.

He stood before the patient, grasped his right wrist with his left hand, and aimed his right palm at the man's forehead. Concentrating, he gathered chakra into his right palm.

Healing Technique

A pale blue chakra glow shone from his right palm. He had succeeded. He had learned the most basic Healing Technique.

No, this isn't enough! I can go even further!

With that thought, he deliberately controlled the range of chakra treatment on the injured swordsman's body, guiding the chakra toward the wounds.

He wanted to attempt the advanced ninjutsu of Healing Technique—the Mystical Palm Technique.

For others, no matter how talented they were, even after learning Healing Technique, they would still need long periods of practice before they could learn the Mystical Palm Technique.

The so-called Healing Technique was the precise control of chakra to stimulate an injured person's wounds, prompting the patient's cells to divide and achieve a healing effect.

As for the Mystical Palm Technique, it worked much like the Healing Technique.

If one had to name the difference, the Mystical Palm Technique had a more concentrated healing range. It focused chakra entirely on the site of the injury, achieving an effect several times greater than that of the Healing Technique.

But for Yizhe, who possessed the Byakugan, he could clearly see the flow of every strand of chakra. Combined with the powerful mental strength granted by two lifetimes, precisely controlling chakra was no challenge for him.

Advancing the Healing Technique into the Mystical Palm Technique was as easy as eating and drinking.

I did it! Yizhe was ecstatic. Everything had turned out exactly as he had expected.

He clearly saw that the wounds on the patient's body, which had originally been healing slowly, began to close noticeably faster after he completely concentrated the chakra.

Shizune witnessed the wounds healing rapidly as well, and she was astonished. This boy had learned both the Healing Technique and the Mystical Palm Technique so quickly.

In just a few minutes, Yizhe had completely healed all the swordsman's injuries.