He would never take other people's trust and kindness for granted. When gratitude was due, he would never withhold it.
Aoba Yamashiro smiled. "All right, you got what you wanted. Go train already—I can see you're dying to. Judging by the village's investigation progress, the second exam should resume in a couple of days. I'll notify you then."
"Thank you, Teacher Aoba!"
Thanks was the only thing Xia Mu could say. Then he turned around and went home.
After shutting all the doors and windows, he went straight into the Gravity Training Room, opened the scroll, and began reading.
The Flying Thunder God Technique was actually a space-time ninjutsu-based Body Flicker Technique. The caster first left a Chakra mark on a target—the Flying Thunder God Jutsu Formula—allowing the caster, or objects touching the caster's Chakra, to instantly move to the location of the formula. Once a formula had been marked, it was basically impossible to erase.
However, Xia Mu knew that someone with Six Paths-level strength could erase the formula. Still, no one currently possessed Six Paths-level strength, so there was no need to worry about it.
What Xia Mu needed to learn was how to create the Flying Thunder God Jutsu Formula. The formula was a set of complex rune markings and was extremely special; presumably, it had some connection to space-time.
After learning to create the formula, he would need to sense its location from afar and attempt to travel through space to arrive before it.
It sounded simple, but in reality, it was incomparably difficult.
The Fourth Hokage's three guards were all Special Jonin now, so their comprehension could not have been poor. Yet they had only learned the basics and could only activate the Flying Thunder God as a three-man formation.
Even though Xia Mu was