Night Guy!

"That's right, Teacher Ye Liang. When I saw you at the training grounds before, I could tell you were incredibly strong. To be honest, I've hit a bottleneck in my training lately. Teacher Ibiki can't offer me any more help."

"So you came to me?"

"Yeah."

Might Guy nodded frantically.

But I don't know Taijutsu either.

Ye Liang looked awkward.

As far as he knew, Might Guy had abysmal talent for ninjutsu. Other than training Taijutsu, he had almost no other choice. But Taijutsu really was asking too much of Ye Liang.

Ye Liang's system seemed to have only ever given him ninjutsu!

Ding-dong!

"Side quest triggered—Guide Might Guy. Please refer to the quest panel for details."

Huh?

Another new quest?

Ye Liang's face immediately lit up. Ever since returning from Sunagakure, he had not received any side quests. Even helping Kushina last night had merely counted as a daily quest.

Right in front of Might Guy, Ye Liang opened the quest panel.

No one but himself could see the quest panel. Ye Liang had discovered that long ago.

Improve Might Guy's mastery of Taijutsu. Reward: random Taijutsu. PS: The more obvious the improvement, the richer the quest reward. The maximum reward is S-rank Taijutsu—Night Guy!

"Holy crap!"

Ye Liang was so stunned he nearly bit into the quest panel!

Night Guy was the ultimate Taijutsu of the Naruto world. Aside from Might Guy at his peak, no one had ever been able to use it. Yet Ye Liang actually had the chance to obtain Night Guy directly.

Although he did not know whether lacking the Eight Gates Formation would affect Night Guy, Ye Liang was determined to teach him!

"Kid, you want to become stronger, right? Following Teacher Ye Liang means you've found the right person!"

Ye Liang immediately grabbed Might Guy and dashed toward Konoha's training grounds.

After a wild sprint that left them gasping for breath, Ye Liang collapsed in the middle of the road.

"Teacher! Don't scare me like that!"

You're the one scaring me! What kind of insane speed was that? It was fast as hell.

Ye Liang lay sprawled on the ground like a dead dog. To preserve his image as a teacher, he had been forced to run far beyond his limits, yet Might Guy had still run him ragged.

"Guy, this won't do. Truly powerful Taijutsu isn't about being faster the better. Sometimes, slow speed can also forge a kingly path."

"Slow speed?" Might Guy looked at Ye Liang in confusion.

"That's right! Use slowness to overcome speed. Harmonizing yin and yang is the true path." Ye Liang abruptly stood up from the ground.

He really could not run anymore, so he decided to start teaching Might Guy right there on the road.

"The way of yin and yang lies in natural principles. Use slowness to overcome speed, use strength to break skill. Once you truly comprehend this, you'll naturally become a true Kage-level powerhouse."

"Um, Teacher, why can't I understand any of that?" Might Guy asked awkwardly.

"Of course you can't understand it. Hell, I don't understand it either!"

Ye Liang smiled at Might Guy.

"Little Guy, it's roughly like this. See that little blade of grass on the ground? If you punch it at extremely high speed, it dies. But if your teacher gently presses it down, it still dies.

So tell me, who uses more strength—you, or your teacher?"

"Of course I use more strength!"

"Exactly! That's what it means to use slowness to overcome speed.

When defeating someone, you only need enough force to reach the limit of what they can endure. Using excessive strength just wastes stamina.

If you get ambushed, wasting stamina is no different from courting death!"

Ye Liang began lecturing with the air of an old master.

An old man at the park had taught him this. Supposedly, it was the core principle of some Tai Chi school. As for whether it was true, Ye Liang had no idea. That old man had admitted he had never mastered it himself.

"I understand, Teacher!"

Might Guy gave a solemn bow, then walked over to a tree and began practicing.

Ye Liang relaxed a little.

Though he had no clue what Might Guy had understood, he had at least passed the first hurdle. As long as Might Guy improved his Taijutsu mastery even slightly, Ye Liang's side quest should be easy to complete.

The reward just might not be very good.

Looking at the Night Guy reward on the panel, Ye Liang let out a heavy sigh.

Just then, a large tree in the distance was suddenly broken cleanly in half by Might Guy's strike. But this time, Ye Liang saw it clearly—Might Guy had not used any particularly great force!

It had only been an ordinary punch.

"This guy actually succeeded?"

Ye Liang looked puzzled, but then he saw that the quest completion progress on the panel had jumped to 50%.

What was going on?

Ye Liang lightly swiped a finger and discovered that the reward seemed ready to be claimed.

Was it complete?

No!

Ye Liang suddenly noticed that the 50% progress bar had abruptly ticked up!

It was 51% now!

"Looks like if I want the highest reward, Night Guy, I just need to get the progress bar to 100%!"

Ye Liang was instantly overjoyed.

He had originally thought he would be lucky just to hastily claim an ordinary reward, but this was truly an unexpected delight.

In short—

That Tai Chi cultivation method was real. The old man at the park had not lied to him!

Watching the progress bar slowly rise, Ye Liang decided to give it a proper boost.

"Little Guy, come here. Your teacher will teach you a few verses."

"I'm coming right away!"

"The way of Heaven diminishes the excessive and replenishes the deficient. At the beginning of the Great Dao's cultivation, the nine orifices are opened; the nine orifices originate at the coccyx point. Let him be strong as he wishes! The bright moon shines upon the great river."

"Little Guy, these are the chants for three supreme Taijutsu techniques. If you can comprehend even one of them, you can become the strongest Taijutsu ninja. Practice well."

Ye Liang put his hands behind his back and struck a mysterious pose before leaving.

"Teacher..." Might Guy murmured. Ye Liang's Taijutsu chants still echoed in his mind. Though he could not understand their meaning, he felt as if he had suddenly attained enlightenment!

Ding-dong!

"Congratulations, Host! You have exceeded the requirements for the side quest—Guide Might Guy!"

Reward: S-rank Taijutsu—Night Guy!

Holy crap!

It actually worked!

Ye Liang was dumbfounded.

He had never expected martial arts manuals from his previous life to genuinely bring Might Guy enlightenment. Thrilled by obtaining Night Guy, he jumped around the house to vent his excitement.

"This guy's gone stupid again."

Anko was packing Ye Liang's belongings.

She glanced at the crazed Ye Liang as if he were an idiot. This guy always became inexplicably happy for no reason.

Ye Liang was moving out today. Hiruzen Sarutobi worked incredibly fast. It had only been half a day, yet he had already settled Ye Liang's housing issue.

Is he really leaving?

Anko still felt a little reluctant. After all, they had lived together for so long. She had grown attached.

"Pervert! Why are you taking my underwear?"

"I'm helping you pack."

"Pack? Pack what?"

"We're moving over to live together! Come on, come on! I, Ye Liang, won't abandon my wife who shared hardship with me!"

"..."