Quincy's Chakra Control

Seeing that no one had any objections, Chiba Yuyin began reading names from the list.

"Xiong Jie, come up for the test. You Ma, get ready."

A tall man stepped out of the crowd.

He confidently walked onto the stage, gripped the handles with both hands, and began channeling chakra.

The chakra traveled along the metal strips and shot up onto the glass panel.

Xiong Jie carefully controlled the chakra, trying to draw according to the pattern.

But he used too much force, and the chakra line went beyond the pattern.

Startled, he hurriedly pulled the chakra line back.

Yet he overcorrected again, and it went beyond the pattern once more.

After several back-and-forth adjustments, the chakra lines on the glass panel had already turned into something resembling a tangled mess.

"Is it because of the distance?"

Hyuga Qingchuan observed from below and quickly spotted the issue.

There was a certain distance between the person and the glass panel, and chakra needed time to travel from the hands to the panel.

That meant there would be a delay during control.

And once he exerted force, the chakra output would suddenly increase, the chakra would move faster, and the delay would decrease considerably.

This caused the delay to vary between fast and slow. This test did not merely assess one's ability to control chakra direction.

It also tested the ability to maintain stable chakra output.

Over the next stretch of time, the more Xiong Jie tried to control it,

the more wildly the chakra twisted and darted about, completely beyond his control.

Before long, he was judged to have failed the assessment because too much chakra had gone beyond the patterned area.

Seeing this, Chiba Yuyin wrote a zero in Xiong Jie's section of the form.

Then she said, "Zero points. Begin the second test."

Xiong Jie wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and gripped the handles again.

After failing the first time, he had realized the issue of delay.

But steady chakra output was easier said than done.

He could only slow down and carefully guide the chakra along the pattern.

This time was much better than the first. The chakra lines mostly followed the pattern.

Though they were still far from neat, they were at least within a reasonable margin.

Just when Xiong Jie thought he had this attempt in the bag, the chakra lines he had drawn earlier began to slowly fade.

Panicking, he tried to speed up, only for the chakra to start running wild again.

In the end, the computer judged him to have failed once more.

Chiba Yuyin expressionlessly wrote down another zero.

"Zero points. Third test!"

Seeing Xiong Jie in such a state, everyone below swallowed nervously.

Especially those who knew Xiong Jie and knew his chakra control was not actually that poor.

If even he found it this difficult, they probably had no hope at all.

"Looks like it isn't so simple after all!"

A sweet, soft voice drifted over, accompanied by a faint fragrance.

Hyuga Qingchuan looked toward the sound and found Hinata Ayane had somehow moved to his side.

He leaned close to Hinata Ayane's little face and whispered softly, so only the two of them could hear.

"When it's your turn, pay attention to maintaining stable chakra output."

Hinata Ayane was startled by Hyuga Qingchuan suddenly leaning so close.

Her face instantly flushed red, and she instinctively wanted to move away.

But seeing his serious expression, she suppressed the thought.

She nodded earnestly and asked, "How do I keep the output stable?"

"Have you learned Acupoint Sealing?" Hyuga Qingchuan asked.

At the mention of that, Hinata Ayane quickly forgot the ambiguous moment from before.

Her little face filled with pride. "I learned that skill when I was four. My grandfather even praised me for being a genius!"

Four years old?

Hyuga Qingchuan looked at her in a new light. He had not expected this little foodie to be a genius too.

He gave her a thumbs-up and lavished her with praise until the little girl became somewhat embarrassed.

Then he continued, "Based on what I've observed, you don't actually need to output that much chakra."

"The person on stage is making things harder for himself by using both hands."

"There are so many acupoints in the hands, and the meridians throughout the body vary in length. The chakra's speed will definitely differ."

"And with both hands involved, the difficulty becomes even greater."

Hinata Ayane nodded as if she somewhat understood. "Then what should I do?"

"When it's your turn, use only one hand to output chakra."

"At the same time, seal all the acupoints in that hand, leaving only a few with similar flow rates to output chakra."

"That way, your body won't need to regulate so many acupoints at once."

"You can focus all your attention on just a few key acupoints."

"Oh, I understand!" Hinata Ayane nodded.

While the two spoke, Xiong Jie had already been defeated once again on stage.

Chiba Yuyin expressionlessly called for the next person.

Time slowly passed. Even with Xiong Jie's example beforehand,

very few of those who went up managed to pass.

Even when some people noticed the issue with using one or both hands midway through,

and switched to using one hand, they still failed.

"The elimination rate is this high?"

Most of the people taking the test were Ninja Academy students and had not put much effort into chakra control.

But since this was being used as a screening method, it meant they truly wanted those born with strong chakra control.

In other words, they were looking at talent!

This also showed that the village had not set aside much in the way of resources for training medical ninja.

It was not as Tian Lu had said, with vigorous cultivation.

"Hyuga Qingchuan, come up. Cheng Ren, prepare next."

"It's your turn!" Hinata Ayane urged from beside him.

Hyuga Qingchuan nodded and walked toward the table.

He extended his right hand, gripped the handle, and began refining chakra.

The chakra quickly traveled through the metal strip to the glass.

Hyuga Qingchuan tested it slightly and found the control was not particularly difficult.

With the Quincy Mark and Innate Full Soul Power, his chakra control far surpassed that of his peers.

Seeing that, he confidently began tracing the pattern.

The chakra lines on the glass immediately began to dance like dragons and snakes.

Yet under his powerful control, they followed the pattern with perfect precision.

"Holy crap! Whose monster is this?"

The people below were utterly shocked.

After watching so many people get eliminated,

they had already gained a clear understanding of this test's difficulty.

Then someone suddenly came along and drew with such ease.

They were thoroughly stunned.

"Is the Hyuga Clan's chakra control really this insane?"

"Are you stupid? They use the Gentle Fist and strike acupoints. Of course their control is strong."

"But this is way too exaggerated. I couldn't draw that well even with a pen."

Before long, Hyuga Qingchuan copied the pattern onto the glass panel exactly as it was.

The computer monitor flickered, displaying an "88."

Cheers erupted below once again.

In the earlier tests, most people had only scored in the twenties or thirties.

The few who passed had only barely crossed forty points.

The highest score, fifty-one, had already left everyone amazed.

And now there was an eighty-eight.

"Eighty-eight points! This guy is incredible."

"Yeah, that's insanely awesome."

"You don't need that many points. Why not give me twenty of them?"

"Senior Qingchuan is handsome and so amazing. I really want to have his babies."

"Pah! How did a lovestruck fool sneak in here?"

"Who are you calling a lovestruck fool? Insulting a girl in public? Watch out, or I'll report you!"

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