"You little brats, today is one of the most important days of your lives!" Elder Mengxue Uchiha Tenchi stood on the podium, his voice resonant like a bell, and swept his piercing gaze across the dozen or so little radish-like kids, five or six years old, sitting below. There was a touch of sternness in his eyes, but even more expectation. After all, these children were the future of the Uchiha Clan!
"Elder, are we really going to learn ninjutsu?" asked a little girl with a ponytail timidly, her eyes flickering with excitement. Her name was Uchiha Mion, and she was the liveliest among this group of children.
"Hmph, ninjutsu? You haven't even extracted chakra yet, and you want to learn ninjutsu?" Uchiha Tenchi snorted coldly, the corners of his mouth turning up slightly to reveal an imperceptible smile. "Today, I will teach you how to read first, and by the way, let you experience the true power of the Uchiha!"
"Ah? Reading? That's way too boring..." muttered a little boy wearing goggles, his face full of reluctance. He was none other than Obito Uchiha. Although young, he was already the naughtiest troublemaker in this group.
"Obito, shut your mouth!" Uchiha Tenchi glared at him, then formed hand seals with both hands and shouted in a low voice, "Sharingan, open!"
Instantly, his eyes turned blood-red, and three tomoe slowly spun in his pupils, as if capable of capturing one's soul. The children below were instantly captivated by those eyes, staring blankly with wide open eyes.
"Genjutsu: Elementary Learning Technique!" Uchiha Tenchi's voice was low and powerful, as if carrying some kind of magic. As his words fell, an invisible force enveloped the entire classroom.
"Ah... I'm so dizzy..." Mion rubbed her eyes, feeling the scene before her begin to blur.
"I... why do I feel like I'm flying..." Obito shook his head, trying to stay awake, but quickly gave up resisting, collapsing limply onto the desk.
The other children also fell victim one after another, drowsily entering the world of genjutsu. In this world, they seemed to be immersed in a vast sea of books, countless characters dancing in the air and automatically drilling into their minds. They didn't need to memorize laboriously, because this knowledge seemed to naturally belong to them.
Is this... a genjutsu? Uchiha Chuan felt a shock in his heart, but soon he found himself in a familiar classroom setting. The blackboard was densely covered with writing, and that writing was impressively the Uchiha Clan's Chakra Extraction Technique and the training methods for the Three-Body Technique.
Am I... learning ninjutsu inside a genjutsu? Uchiha Chuan felt shocked inwardly, but quickly calmed down. He knew the Uchiha Clan was famous for genjutsu, but using genjutsu for teaching was truly a first.
I'm someone who wants to coast through life, how can I be studying. Uchiha Chuan immediately frowned and prepared to refuse on the spot.
Yet a terrifying thing happened: Uchiha Chuan discovered that his own consciousness could not control itself.
He was actually still studying seriously, carefully reading the contents on the blackboard. Gradually, those originally obscure and difficult texts became clear in his eyes. The principles of the Chakra Extraction Technique and the hand seal methods of the Three-Body Technique were branded into his mind as if carved there.
So that's how it is... No, damn it, how could this be? The increasingly engrossed Uchiha Chuan felt terrified yet instinctively enlightened, and immediately began trying to extract chakra according to the method of the Chakra Extraction Technique.
He closed his eyes and felt the two forces within his body. One was active and light, like invisible wind, wandering through his spiritual world; the other was heavy and thick, solid like the earth, stored deep within his body.
Spiritual energy and physical energy... Uchiha Chuan, whose mind had gradually grown free of distractions, recited silently, and then began slowly fusing the two energies in a 3-to-7 ratio.
"Boom!" The moment the two energies intersected, a brand-new power exploded within his body. Uchiha Chuan felt his entire body shake, as if infinite strength was gushing forth from all his limbs and bones.
Is this chakra? Uchiha Chuan felt excited inside, but he didn't stop. He remembered that the Chakra Extraction Technique mentioned that excessively draining physical energy would cause damage to the body, so he wasn't greedy and stopped while he was ahead.
Next, he cast his gaze toward the Three-Body Technique on the blackboard. First was the Transformation Technique.
"Poof!" As the hand seals finished, Uchiha Chuan's body changed instantly. His figure shrank, his skin became fair, and two small braids were tied on his head, impressively transforming him into the appearance of Nezha.
"Not bad, not bad, it transformed pretty accurately." Uchiha Chuan looked at his new image and couldn't help laughing. He released the Transformation Technique and then began trying the Clone Technique.
"Poof, poof, poof!" Three figures instantly appeared beside him, each one identical to his actual self, down to the exact same expressions.
"Isn't this super simple?" Uchiha Chuan nodded with satisfaction, then formed the hand seals for the Substitution Technique.
"Poof!" His figure instantly swapped places with a clone, easily dodging an imagined attack.
"Perfect." Uchiha Chuan felt secretly smug, but right at that moment, his gaze fell on the Genjutsu Release seal at the very end of the blackboard.
"Genjutsu Release?" Uchiha Chuan froze, then widened his eyes in utter bewilderment. Crap, I almost forgot that I'm still caught in Elder Uchiha Tenchi's genjutsu!
A wave of speechlessness washed over him. The Uchiha Clan is really... using genjutsu for teaching, and it's actually this terrifying. You can't even guard against it, isn't this way too absurd?
Despite complaining internally, he still rapidly formed the Genjutsu Release hand seals. As the final seal was completed, Uchiha Chuan felt a blur before his eyes, the surrounding scene instantly collapsed, and he returned once more to the real classroom.
"What are you staring at me for?" The moment Uchiha Chuan opened his eyes, he saw that Obito Uchiha's big face was pressed almost directly against his own. He instinctively shoved Obito away with a look of utter disgust.
However, the atmosphere inside the classroom was exceptionally bizarre. Everyone was staring wide-eyed, fixing their gazes firmly on him as if they had just witnessed something incredible.
"Uchiha Chuan!" Right at that moment, Elder Uchiha Tenchi rushed over abruptly, his face full of excitement and elation. "A genius! You are simply a genius of the Uchiha Clan's new generation!"
Uchiha Chuan was left somewhat baffled by this sudden praise. "Elder, what are you..."
"Just now in the genjutsu, not only did you successfully extract chakra, but your chakra volume almost reached the level of a jonin! What's even more unbelievable is that in such a short period of time, you easily mastered the Three-Body Technique!" Uchiha Tenchi's voice trembled, his eyes filled with fanaticism. "Uchiha Chuan, you are destined to become the pride of our Uchiha Clan!"
Oh no, how does he know what happened in the genjutsu just now? Uchiha Chuan was shocked once more, a bad premonition already rising in his heart.
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