Yin Release

The historical records of the Yamanaka Clan were vast and varied. To read through all of them would take at least three to five years, and Ino didn't have that much time. She mostly skimmed through the records after the eras of the First and Third Hokage.

Inoichi, wanting to bond more with his daughter, noticed her interest in history and would intentionally share some intriguing anecdotes.

To maintain the persona of a twelve-year-old girl and avoid acting too differently from the original Ino, she would occasionally ask questions during casual conversations that left Inoichi scratching his head, such as "How many girlfriends did the Sage of Six Paths have?" or "Did the Third Clan Head marry the Flower Goddess?"

She read during the day when the yang energy was strong and practiced the Mind Body Switch Technique at night when the yin atmosphere was at its peak.

After using the technique on a poor little deer borrowed from the Nara Clan about ten times, Ino had nearly mastered this Secret Technique.

The pentagon pattern on the right side of her status panel showed noticeable changes. Among the characters for fire, wind, lightning, earth, and water, the character for "yin" in the center, which had previously been shrouded in mist, now appeared solid.

This indicated that Ino had initially developed chakra with the yin attribute among the seven chakra natures.

Strictly speaking, this should be called Chakra Nature Transformation—Wind Style Chakra Nature Transformation, Yin Style Chakra Nature Transformation, and so on. However, it was often simplified to "chakra nature," which, while not precise, conveyed the same meaning.

Through extensive study, Ino's knowledge of ninja techniques had become quite rich.

She had formed a general understanding of Yin Release, Yang Release, Yin-Yang Style, and Yin-Yang Power.

Yin-Yang Style was too advanced. It was an advanced ability developed by the Sage of Six Paths by combining Yin Release and Yang Release, somewhat like Earth Release plus Water Release becoming Wood Release. However, Yin-Yang Style was on a much higher level than Wood Release.

Naruto, after receiving Yin-Yang Style chakra from the Sage of Six Paths, saved Guy's life and restored one of Kakashi's eyes. This ability didn't belong to him, and the chakra diminished with use. By the time Naruto lost his arm, he had already lost the Yin-Yang Style ability and could only rely on Hashirama's cells for recovery.

Currently, only the Sage of Six Paths possessed the ability to use Yin-Yang Style.

As for the Yin-Yang Power that created a moon on Sasuke's left hand and a sun on Naruto's right hand, Ino saw it as simpler—it was the sealing technique used to seal Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Black Zetsu schemed and manipulated for over a thousand years, but the Sage of Six Paths, observing silently with a knowing smile, secretly developed a technique. It didn't require understanding the principles—just a simple, foolproof action. With a slow motion of the left and right hands, Kaguya was sealed in a second, rendering a millennium of effort futile. This was the Sage of Six Paths' Mother's Day gift to his dear mother.

Beyond this function, Yin-Yang Power had no other uses.

Yin Release and Yang Release, on the other hand, were quite common. Genjutsu, the Yamanaka Clan's Secret Techniques, and the Nara Clan's Secret Techniques all fell under Yin Release, while Medical Ninja Techniques and the Akimichi Clan's Secret Techniques belonged to Yang Release.

Many ninjas possessed Yin and Yang Release attributes, but they were easy to learn and hard to master. Ino glanced at the black-and-white "yin" character on her status panel and then at her Pot Points.

Using chakra paper to test, Ino found that her body was well-suited for Water Release chakra, which could be considered her initial chakra nature.

Initially possessing an attribute does not equate to being able to use the corresponding Release Technique. Iruka has both fire and earth attributes, but he hasn't undergone Chakra Nature Transformation training, so he can't use any of the Five Nature Transformation Techniques.

Naruto's initial attribute is wind. If he wants to develop his wind attribute Chakra and use Wind Release, he must undergo rigorous training.

If she invests Pot Points, Ino can now develop her water attribute Chakra. After learning the corresponding Ninja techniques, she can use Water Release.

After some thought, she consulted Inoichi and ultimately decided to slowly develop her water attribute Chakra herself. She decided to use her precious Pot Points on Yin Release.

There is a wealth of experience in developing the Five Nature Transformation Techniques, which can be heavily referenced. However, there is very little experience in developing the Yin and Yang Release Techniques, most of which is held by the major clans. Ino couldn't possibly learn the Nara clan's Secret Technique, and it's unrealistic for her to learn Genjutsu. With the Four Jokers still active today, learning Genjutsu would be a waste of time. Beyond these methods, improving the Yin Release attribute is extremely difficult.

Ino's solution is to add points! Add Yin Release! After investing one Pot Point, the originally black "Yin" character with white strokes underwent a noticeable change. The character became more three-dimensional, and the font color turned silver. Upon closer inspection, it even seemed to shimmer slightly.

Ino secretly scoffed, wondering if this was graded according to silver, gold, platinum, and so on.

Despite her sarcasm, the effect of adding points was immediate. The aura between her brows instantly became colder, her sensing range doubled, her spiritual energy became extremely condensed, and her progress in learning the second stage of the Mind Disturbance Technique left Inoichi utterly astonished.

According to Inoichi's initial estimate, it would take his daughter three to five years to master the Mind Body Switch Technique and the Mind Disturbance Technique. But now? He estimated it would take about three months.

His daughter's talent in Yin Release far exceeded his expectations, leaving him momentarily dazed.

A month later, Ino returned to the school she had left long ago.

She could have continued her training at home, but she was short on Pot Points—very short. There were too many areas that needed improvement, so she had to come out and stir things up.

"Ino-pig, I heard you were sick?" Sakura's words made it hard to discern her true feelings.

Ino took out the thermos prepared for her by Yamanaka Rino, poured out a cup of extremely thick medicine, and without even looking, pinched her nose and drank it down with a numb expression.

After raising her Yin Release to level two, her spiritual energy surged significantly, and even her Chakra saw a slight increase. Combined with the various expensive medicinal ingredients she had been consuming, after a month of intense training, her "Spirit" attribute had also risen from 5 to 6.

This wasn't just from adding points; half the credit for this 1-point increase was due to Yin Release, and the other half was from all the medicine she had been drinking. It was said to have cost quite a bit of money.

Now, even Ino's burps smelled of medicine. She waved her hand, "I'm sick, stay away from me."

Sakura scrutinized Ino, mainly her height.

Originally, Ino was two centimeters taller than Sakura, but now it seemed she had grown even taller.

Most importantly, there was that slightly gloomy aura about her, filling Sakura with a sense of crisis.

Sasuke had been gloomy all day. Could it be that Ino liked people with such a cold demeanor? Sakura felt she had uncovered Ino's scheme.

"Ino-pig, I got first place in last week's exam, and Sasuke-kun glanced at me several times," Sakura said, hands behind her back, chin raised, and a proud expression on her face.

"Yeah, yeah, you're amazing. Anything else? If not, hurry up and leave."

Sakura furrowed her brows, seemingly wanting to say more, but Ino's stiff attitude drove her away.

Busy! Ino was very busy now and had no time to waste.