The exams ended

Seeing this, the examiner eagerly raised his hand and announced, "Qianye Lan wins!"

Next, Uchiha Mikoto easily defeated her opponent and met Qianye Lan in the final.

In the end, Qianye Lan also won with ease.

On their way back, Kushina lay on Qianye Lan's back and asked with some worry, "Lan, do you think I'll get promoted to Chunin?"

Qianye Lan understood Kushina's worries and comforted her. "Of course. It'll be fine. You have to believe in yourself."

"But..." Qianye Lan deliberately drew out the word.

Kushina asked curiously, "But what?"

Qianye Lan said exaggeratedly, "Kushina, shouldn't you lose some weight? You're so heavy."

Hearing his words, Kushina wrapped her arms tightly around his neck, leaned close to his ear, and said, "So you think I'm too heavy?"

Then she opened her mouth and gently bit his earlobe.

Caught by the surprise attack, Qianye Lan hurriedly begged for mercy. "I was wrong! I was wrong!"

But Kushina refused to let it go. Pressing close to him, she said, "It's too late to admit you were wrong now."

Qianye Lan begged for mercy as he tried to dodge, swaying slightly with her on his back.

As a result, Kushina tightened her arms around him and continued nibbling his earlobe.

Her bites weren't hard, but they were enough to make Qianye Lan shrink his neck and repeatedly beg for mercy.

Seeing him like this, a trace of triumph flashed in Kushina's eyes.

The methods in the book Big Sister Tsunade had given her really worked.

Uchiha Mikoto watched their interaction helplessly and said, "Um, am I a bit of a third wheel here?"

Hearing her voice, Kushina realized she had gotten a little too carried away.

She chose to spare Qianye Lan's earlobe and buried her little face in his neck instead.

Qianye Lan felt the person on his back grow much quieter, leaving only her warm breath brushing his neck.

Although it still tickled a little, it was much better than before.

And so, the three said goodbye at a fork in the road and headed to their respective homes.

Qianye Lan could feel that the person on his back was still silent.

He deliberately swayed as he said, "Someone can stop playing ostrich now. Big Sister Mikoto's already gone."

Only then did Kushina lift her little head, looking at Qianye Lan in confusion.

Seeing her like this, Qianye Lan teased, "What's wrong, little ostrich?"

Kushina ground her teeth in displeasure and stared hard at him.

Qianye Lan couldn't help shrinking his neck and didn't provoke her again.

After all, Big Sister Mikoto wasn't here to bail me out this time.

Just as Kushina was about to bite, Qianye Lan spoke.

"We're home."

Only then did Kushina reach up to tidy her hair, putting on a perfectly serious expression.

The two entered the courtyard, and Mito Uzumaki smiled at the sight. "Has little Kushina been bullying Qianye Lan again?"

Seeing Mito Uzumaki, Kushina jumped straight off Qianye Lan's back, went over, and hugged her arm. "I wasn't bullying him. He offered to carry me himself."

Hearing her explanation, Qianye Lan couldn't resist rolling his eyes and saying sarcastically, "Yes, yes, yes. I volunteered for all of it."

With that, he ignored Kushina, who was growing somewhat angry with embarrassment, and returned to his room.

Kushina stayed beside Mito Uzumaki and began telling her about her experience in the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Meanwhile, Qianye Lan lay in his room, thinking about what he should do after becoming a Chunin.

After the Chunin Ninja Exams ended, he had specifically asked why he hadn't become a Chunin even though he had taken first place.

The answer he received was that the list of Chunin would be announced in three days.

Qianye Lan was very confident that he could become a Chunin. He was just a little worried about whether Kushina could become one.

As for Big Sister Mikoto, she should have it in the bag too.

These Chunin Ninja Exams shouldn't have some damned elimination quota, right?

Like requiring one person in each squad to fail their promotion.

Feeling somewhat irritated, Qianye Lan decided to go to the training ground in the backyard and train hard to take his mind off it.

He arrived at the training ground and formed a Rasengan in one hand.

Soon, a Rasengan appeared in Qianye Lan's hand.

Qianye Lan muttered to himself, "I need to add chakra shape transformation to the Rasengan."

As his words faded, he carefully added the wind attribute to the Rasengan.

As the wind attribute flowed in, the previously stable chakra inside the Rasengan was abruptly disrupted.

In the end, the Rasengan vanished from Qianye Lan's hand.

After several more failures, Qianye Lan sighed softly and began sorting through his somewhat scattered thoughts.

He kept feeling as though he had missed something and began carefully reviewing the process.

Suddenly, Qianye Lan's eyes lit up, and he started experimenting again.

This time, he chose not to wait until he had formed the Rasengan before injecting wind-attribute chakra.

Instead, he chose to combine chakra shape transformation and chakra nature transformation from the very beginning.

He tried to carry out both simultaneously to create an entirely new, stable form.

But reality was rather cruel, and Qianye Lan still failed.

Watching the Rasengan dissipate in his hand, Qianye Lan decided to use Multiple Shadow Clone to speed up his training.

Meanwhile, a bored Tsunade also walked into the backyard and rested her chin in her hand as she watched Qianye Lan train.

The moment she arrived in the backyard, the dense crowd of Qianye Lan's shadow clones startled her. She muttered to herself, "What new jutsu is this brat developing now?"

After Qianye Lan told the shadow clones what he wanted, they all nodded and began training.

An hour passed, and Qianye Lan reckoned it had been about long enough, so he dismissed the shadow clones outright.

In an instant, the memories of countless versions of himself practicing nonstop over the past hour flooded Qianye Lan's mind, making him involuntarily close his eyes.

It was as though he had practiced countless times in an extremely short period.

"So that's how it works." Qianye Lan opened his eyes. A trace of fatigue flashed through them, but there was far more excitement.

He felt he had grasped something.

Qianye Lan extended his hand, and chakra slowly gathered in his palm.

Just as he had initially envisioned, chakra shape transformation had to be carried out simultaneously with chakra nature transformation.

This time, he felt incredibly practiced at it.

A pale blue orb appeared in his hand. At first glance, without a close look, it still resembled a Rasengan.

But listening carefully revealed that this Rasengan made a completely different sound from other Rasengan.

A fine sheen of sweat had also appeared on Qianye Lan's forehead.

The Rasengan that combined chakra nature transformation and chakra shape transformation was more violent to maintain.

It demanded greater control over chakra.

Qianye Lan maintained it carefully, but in the end, the Rasengan in his hand still went out of control.

With a bang, the Rasengan in Qianye Lan's hand dissipated, leaving several faint bloody marks on his hand.

Seeing this, Tsunade walked over with a worried expression and gently took his hand.