Cultivation

Both Yuan Wei and Xia had met the requirements for releasing ninjutsu.

Their six months of training had also resulted in considerable growth, with their Chakra reserves and physical fitness improving rapidly.

Ordinary Chunin and Genin mostly relied on the Three Body Technique and taijutsu, but mastering a few ninjutsu to use as a finishing move was essential.

That's why Lin Ke explained his understanding and experience of 'techniques' to them in detail.

Nature transformation training wasn't particularly difficult; it was more of a gradual process—

Essentially, it involved strengthening the attributes carried by one's own Chakra, repeatedly using one's own attributes to do something, using them over and over again, becoming familiar with the changes in attributes, and naturally grasping the feeling of attribute transformation, until attempting to combine it with shape transformation, ultimately creating a complete ninjutsu.

Like when Naruto was training in wind nature transformation, Hatake Kakashi mentioned that when training in attribute transformation, ordinary people would spend half a year just cutting leaves, and completing all the subsequent training would take several years.

But for geniuses and those with cheat-like abilities...

Naruto used Shadow Clones to cheat and master leaf-cutting in two days, and Sasuke completed all the lightning attribute transformations (including high-difficulty feats like Lightning Release Chakra Body Activation) in a few days.

It's not that you can't release ninjutsu if you don't fully understand attribute transformation and nature transformation. Even if you don't train the attributes you're born with, learning the corresponding ninjutsu isn't too difficult, because the attributes are innate. Naruto's Chakra, when released, can naturally cut leaves, and Sasuke's Chakra can naturally burn.

That's the advantage of attributes.

[In the manga, Sasuke recalls learning the Great Fireball Technique as a child: extract the appropriate amount of Chakra, gather it in the mouth, form the hand seals, and spit it out.]

But if you want to learn more ninjutsu, master more difficult ninjutsu, make your released ninjutsu faster and stronger, or even create new ninjutsu, you have to undergo attribute transformation training.

The repeated, lengthy attribute training is itself a practice in Chakra control, but this kind of training is too advanced for Ninja Academy students, as neither their Chakra reserves nor their Chakra control ability meet the standards.

It's too advanced even for Genin. Generally, Chunin start, with money, free time, and access to a large number of ninjutsu, spending some time training in attribute transformation.

Lin Ke hoped that his two companions could go further, so he combined what he knew from his previous life with what he had trained in this life, systematically summarized it, and taught it to them, letting them undergo a period of special training.

Even if a month of training couldn't allow them to quickly master ninjutsu, as long as they persevered and worked hard, they would eventually become stronger.

Now, he treated his two companions so well that he couldn't tell whether he was acting or genuinely feeling it from the bottom of his heart.

But he didn't resist it, and that was good.

"Great, got them sorted out, now it's time for my training..."

Lin Ke rambled on for a long time, feeling a bit of soreness in his mouth. "Let's take a look at the gift Yan Shui-sensei gave me first."

He unrolled the scroll, and the words on it came into view—

It was a cipher. The Ninja Academy had related cipher teachings, and they were often used when carrying out C-Rank Missions after graduation. Konoha Village also had a dedicated Cipher Division and a library dedicated to ciphers.

"Shadow Clone Technique?!"

After deciphering the code and learning the name of the corresponding ninjutsu, he rubbed his cheeks. "B-Rank, a common Jonin-level ninjutsu, that's quite a gift."

An absolutely great gift.

"Poof~"

Another puff of white smoke rose.

"Failed again..." Lin Ke sat down, looking exhausted. This was his third Shadow Clone failure.

Don't be fooled by how common the Shadow Clone Technique is in the manga; its actual training difficulty is undoubtedly Jonin-level.

Even in the manga, when the Third Hokage faced Orochimaru during the Konoha Crush Plan, Orochimaru said that the Third Hokage rushed over without using Shadow Clones. The real reason was [not that he didn't want to use it, but that he couldn't... he didn't have as much Chakra as before... Shadow Clones require evenly distributing the existing Chakra, and even a slight mistake would lead to wasted Chakra... he was old].

The Shadow Clone Technique doesn't consume a lot of Chakra when released, but evenly distributing Chakra means having to split half of the existing Chakra in one go, which is a lot. (Some people don't count.) Most importantly, even the Third Hokage was worried about making mistakes and wasting Chakra when releasing Shadow Clones, which shows that its difficulty is definitely well-deserved.

Lin Ke's Chakra control ability was strong, but it was only average among Jonin, let alone compared to a Kage or the Ninjutsu Professor Third Hokage. Having just started learning the Shadow Clone Technique, he was indeed a bit stumped.

The difficulty lay in how to evenly distribute the constantly fluctuating Chakra. A little too much or a little too little wouldn't work. This technique was a bit of a headache for smart people, especially when watching the Chakra being consumed again due to actions. That subtle hesitation was the key factor in the ninjutsu's failure.

A fool might have a higher success rate if they could rely on their instinctive intuition to divide it evenly without hesitation.

"Shadow Clone... perhaps it's a very special ninjutsu."

While Lin Ke was panting and recovering his strength, he suddenly thought that with other ninjutsu, as long as the general steps were correct, the amount of Chakra didn't matter. Anyway, it was all Chakra's own problem; he just had to release it.

But the Shadow Clone Technique not only forcibly consumed half of his Chakra but also had such high requirements for Chakra control, so it might be very special.

What kind of ninjutsu would be created by combining the literal meanings of the three words: shadow, separate, and body?

If it could really separate the shadow, well, he couldn't imagine what it would be like right now? The extent of its usefulness was also completely unknown.

But if it really separated the shadow, it would be a natural counter to the Nara Clan's secret technique. He didn't know how the Nara Clan would use the Shadow Imitation Technique if he could separate his shadow from his body.

Nara Special Attack Ninjutsu?

It was a bit strange. Teacher Nara Yan Shui gave him some kind of Nara Special Attack Ninjutsu...

"Very good, let's try again."

Lin Ke stood up, refined the little Chakra he had left, divided it evenly, formed the seals, and released—

The moment no smoke appeared and the Chakra disappeared into thin air, he knew he had succeeded this time.

Another him did not appear, and his own shadow did not stand up to greet him, but the field of vision in front of him discovered a wonderful change.

In his vision, all the shadows and the corresponding connection points of the main body were showing strange fluctuations, as if with just a thought, he could separate the two.

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