"Have you heard? The Nature Sect is teaching Sage Mode for free."
"Since ancient times, only the Three Great Sage Lands have had something like this. Now Lord Xuandou is teaching it to us for free. We could never repay his kindness, not in all eternity..."
"What do you mean, have I heard? But what they're distributing isn't Sage Mode. It's our Shinobi World's ancient method of cultivating natural energy. Only when combined with chakra energy does it become Sage Mode."
"Hey, isn't that all the same? None of the people who started cultivating earlier failed to master Sage Mode."
"Have you considered that everyone allowed to cultivate it early had certain strengths and aptitudes? If even they had failed, Lord Xuandou might not have taught it to us."
"Huh?"
Amid discussions in small groups and widespread anticipation, the natural energy cultivation method entered households throughout the Shinobi World.
Half a year earlier, some people had already begun benefiting from this cultivation method.
By now, it had begun to show results. In particular, some people without any talent for being shinobi had made tremendous progress after cultivating natural energy.
This inspired everyone to follow their example.
For a time, almost everyone newly introduced to it devoted tremendous effort to it, hoping to improve their strength.
Especially civilians who had never practiced chakra cultivation before.
Members of shinobi clans who had no aptitude for shinobi training.
Housewives who worked hard for their families.
Upon their first encounter with this supernatural power, all of them threw themselves into it with unimaginable enthusiasm. Precisely because of this, a group of people who successfully cultivated natural energy quickly emerged.
Chakra extraction required aptitude in both the body and the mind.
Natural energy imposed requirements in three areas: the body, the mind, and coordination.