Chakra Nature

Lin Chuan and his bargain-bin father went to the kitchen to wash their hands. After drying the water from their hands, they sat down to eat. His father handed Lin Chuan a piece of chakra paper. "Channel your chakra into the paper, and it'll reveal your chakra nature..."

"Dear, what chakra nature do you think Chuan will have?" Lin Chuan's mother asked curiously after handing out the bowls and chopsticks and sitting down.

"Probably Water Release. I'm water-natured, so he should've inherited my chakra nature." Lin Chuan's father looked at the chakra paper in Lin Chuan's hand, eager to find out what nature his son possessed.

"This? It got wet. It really is a water nature." Lin Chuan looked at the soaked chakra paper. No wonder the Grind Panel had recorded Water Release so quickly; his chakra was naturally more compatible with water.

A water chakra nature was pretty good too. Using Water Release near water could save chakra and increase the power of Water Release ninjutsu, and there were plenty of powerful Water Release techniques to learn.

Water Release ninjutsu combined offense, defense, and control. It was highly versatile and counted as a solid nature.

He hurriedly opened his personal panel and found that a water nature had appeared there. It had shown up after just a test—his affinity really was terrifyingly high. He continued by opening the chakra nature section and saw the notice that it had not yet been learned. Sure enough, he had to grind it into mastery before he could use it.

[Chakra Nature: Water (Not Learned: 0.1%)]

"Let me explain chakra nature transformation to you," Lin Chuan's father said as he ate. "Every ninja is born with one or two chakra natures they're more compatible with. For example, our family's chakra is highly compatible with water..."

"Once you determine the chakra nature you have high affinity for, the next step is becoming familiar with it—adding a water nature to your non-elemental chakra. When releasing ninjutsu, you combine it with the surroundings and use the appropriate amount of chakra to cast Water Release techniques..."

"That's why every ninja begins learning chakra nature transformation with the nature they're most compatible with. If learning a nature you're highly compatible with has a difficulty of one, then learning one you aren't compatible with has a difficulty of nine. The difference is enormous..."

"Releasing Water Release ninjutsu by a river gives ninja with high water affinity a major advantage. They can use the least chakra to unleash the most powerful Water Release techniques..."

"There are also other chakra nature transformations, which are related to advancing to Jonin. Jonin are the village's top combat force. To become a Jonin, you need to master at least two chakra natures, skillfully use various advanced ninjutsu, taijutsu, or genjutsu..."

"It's still too early for you to learn new chakra nature transformations. You only need to thoroughly master water chakra nature transformation. Once you become a Chunin, you can choose one among fire, wind, earth, and lightning to study..."

"Got it, Dad." Lin Chuan recalled his bargain-bin father's explanation. It was more or less the same as the information he had researched before, with no major discrepancies.

Chakra nature transformation could be understood as chakra attribute transformation, which was easier to grasp. The official Naruto terminology called them natures, while ordinary people called them attributes—water and fire attributes, for example.

And he knew even more. A Kekkei Genkai was the fusion of two nature transformations, producing offensive power far beyond ordinary nature transformations. A Kekkei Tōta was the fusion of three natures, while a Kekkei Mōra fused seven. Those things were still too far away for him, so there was no need to mention them for now.

Chakra also had shape transformation. Simply put, it meant adjusting the form of chakra to control a ninjutsu's range and power. The Rasengan was its representative technique. Rotation, power, maintenance—the Rasengan had pushed chakra shape transformation to the limit.

But the Rasengan was still an incomplete ninjutsu. When Minato Namikaze developed it, his original idea had been for the Rasengan to undergo both shape transformation and nature transformation at once. The ultimate form that fused the two was the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.

With wind-nature chakra added, Wind Release: Rasenshuriken was an S-rank ninjutsu that combined both nature and shape transformation. One Wind Release: Rasenshuriken destroyed three of Kakuzu's hearts and officially propelled Naruto into the ranks of Kage Level powerhouses.

"I'm full." Feeling that thinking about such distant matters was pointless, Lin Chuan placed his bowl and chopsticks in the sink and headed to the backyard of the wooden house to practice ninjutsu. With his mediocre talent, he would start grinding from water chakra nature transformation.

He also could not stop chakra control training. Chakra affected his future use of ninjutsu and precise control over chakra quantity, as well as chakra shape control. Ninja with little chakra were like this—they had to carefully calculate every bit of chakra they used.

He could not stop running training either. His proficiency in Kunai Moving-Target Throwing was not maxed out yet, so he still needed to keep grinding.

There was no need to practice the Three Body Technique. He could just wait for the three techniques' proficiency to slowly rise until they met the graduation exam requirements. The Three Body Technique was only an amazing skill for crushing weaklings; it was useless in high-level fights.

He still had to practice the Body Flicker Technique. Merely being able to use it was not enough. He needed to grind it to at least Chunin level, or he would be slower than everyone else and could easily get cut down.

Training until he reached the speed of Body Flicker Shisui was out of the question. Reaching that level of speed required talent, not hard work. He had neither the Uchiha Sharingan's dynamic vision nor such fast neural reflexes, much less the Sharingan that could make anyone pregnant with a glare.

Strictly speaking, the Body Flicker Technique used by Uchiha Shisui was a genjutsu. Activated through hand seals, it created multiple phantoms that could attack in coordination with the user's real body, and the phantoms would not disappear after being struck. This characteristic was specifically shown in episode 647 of the anime.

This body of his could not learn that kind of Body Flicker Technique. He only hoped that in future transmigrations, he could reach the Raikage's speed. The Raikage's speed would be enough for him to run wild. As long as he trained it to Chunin-level proficiency, it would be more than enough to crush those Genin weaklings.

His training for the foreseeable future would be chakra control, running, Kunai Moving-Target Throwing, practicing the Body Flicker Technique, Water Clone, and Water Shock Wave.

What was discipline? This was top-tier discipline. He had started training the moment he transmigrated. Only an adult soul occupying a child's body could be this self-disciplined. Children were naturally playful; they simply could not push their bodies this hard.

Fortunately, children in the ninja world could take a beating. The physical fitness of ordinary people in the ninja world was two or three times that of real-world humans, much less ninja who possessed chakra.

Now that he had set his goals, all that remained was grinding—grinding desperately. As long as training did not kill him, he would train himself to death. That freak Rock Lee was fine, so Lin Chuan believed he could take it too.

Since humid places rich in water vapor helped cultivate water chakra nature transformation, he went to the river behind his house. With the riverbank's damp environment, he might even save chakra when using Water Clone and create two more water clones with the same amount of chakra.

The same went for Water Shock Wave. Places with water were greatly beneficial to Water Release ninja. Grinding Water Release ninjutsu in a river environment would definitely be highly efficient.