To solve this problem, he could approach it from three angles.
First, he could search for a place richer in natural energy.
Right now, the speed at which his Shadow Clones absorbed natural energy was not the limit of lv7. They were merely being restricted by the environment.
If he could find a place where natural energy was dense, the Shadow Clones would absolutely be able to absorb even more natural energy.
Only...
In the current Ninja World, after being drained by the Ten-Tails Divine Tree, there was already very little natural energy left. No matter how dense a location in the outside world was, it was only so much.
Unless he could fight his way into the Three Great Sage Locations and occupy those blessed lands, it would be the same no matter where he went.
And for now, he had neither that plan nor that strength.
So this option could basically be ruled out.
Second, he could create more Shadow Clones and win through quantity, absorbing more natural energy.
But in that case, it would inevitably delay his development of Dust Release, and ultimately affect the time it took him to fuse the Seven Chakra Nature Transformations and master Kekkei Mōra.
Unless he had no other choice, Qian truly did not want to disrupt this rhythm.
Third, he could raise the Proficiency levels of Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control.
Indeed, the barren natural energy of the outside world limited what his Shadow Clones could do.
However, higher-level Natural Energy Perception and Natural Energy Control could still allow them to absorb more natural energy.
After all, it was impossible for them to completely drain the natural energy around them. As long as they squeezed a little, there would always be some.
As it happened, after these days