Early the next morning, Zhou Cheng first asked the Messenger Toad to return to Konoha and let Haku and the others know he was safe.
Then he dragged Fukasaku and his wife straight out the door, giving Shima no chance to make breakfast.
"Honored sages, let's begin!"
"I can't wait!"
The two toads had no choice but to start with Shima testing Zhou Cheng's compatibility with Senjutsu.
Without any compatibility with Senjutsu, forcing oneself to train in it would result in petrification, turning the practitioner into a statue.
Shima took Zhou Cheng's hand and slowly fed Senjutsu into his body.
Zhou Cheng felt a strange power flowing through his chakra pathways.
This must be senjutsu chakra.
The senjutsu chakra circulated through all of Zhou Cheng's pathways.
There was no resistance whatsoever.
Zhou Cheng let out a small sigh of relief.
Shima nodded in satisfaction as well.
"His compatibility with Senjutsu is even higher than little Minato's!"
Zhou Cheng was startled. It was actually higher than Minato's.
That was rather unexpected.
Minato was a powerhouse who could enter Sage Mode in an instant.
Yet his own compatibility was even higher.
Fukasaku nodded. He truly lived up to his title as the Child of Prophecy!
"Then let me teach you how to refine senjutsu chakra."
Through Fukasaku's explanation, Zhou Cheng came to understand where senjutsu chakra came from.
Ordinary chakra was formed by combining physical energy and mental energy in balance.
Senjutsu chakra was produced by drawing the surrounding natural energy into the body and combining it with one's physical energy and mental energy in balance. The resulting power was called Senjutsu.
Senjutsu could dramatically increase the power of one's ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and genjutsu.
With the principles understood, it was time to put them into practice.
Fukasaku held a clay pot and