Arrival at the front lines

"Shinnosuke, I'll leave things here to you. I'm going to recover my chakra."

Qingyun ignored the Konoha ninja around him. After speaking to Shinnosuke Sarutobi, he flashed over to the convoy without waiting for a reply, found a Horse-drawn Carriage, and sat cross-legged to replenish his true energy.

The previous battle had consumed a great deal of Qingyun's true energy. The Nine Yang Divine Skill already replenished it extremely quickly, and cultivating both Nine Yin and Nine Yang had more than doubled that recovery speed.

However, to end the battle as quickly as possible, Qingyun had unleashed a succession of attacks comparable in power to A-Rank ninjutsu. His final move, Flying Immortal from Beyond the Heavens, had drained his true energy completely. Now that he was on the edge of the battlefield, he naturally needed to replenish it quickly to guard against the unexpected. Otherwise, a sudden battle might catch him short of true energy and put him at a disadvantage.

Hyuga Jun watched Qingyun sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, his gaze complicated. Qingyun had graduated in the same class as him. Originally, he had thought that after two years of rigorous training, even if he still fell short of Qingyun, the gap should not be too great.

But today's battle had shown him Qingyun's strength, dealing him a heavy blow. He had never imagined Qingyun was so gifted.

Other people's progress slowed over time, but Qingyun's? His strength grew faster and faster, as though he had no bottlenecks at all.

Meanwhile, the sight of Qingyun made Uchiha Yungang and Uchiha Yunshan tremble inwardly, but they also secretly breathed sighs of relief. They were grateful they had not made an irreconcilable enemy of him. With his current strength, Qingyun would not even need to act personally to deal with