Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1021 Three Elements Sealing Technique

This afternoon.

Moon Island.

Inside the volcano.

After Qingming completed another round of 'Extreme Body' training, he temporarily stopped.

Looking at the time, Qingming muttered, "It should be about time."

Here, his words had barely fallen, and in less than a few breaths, more than twenty memories suddenly appeared in his mind through some unseen connection.

Along with it came nearly 100,000 points of chakra and almost 20,000 points of natural energy.

Ignoring the ordinary chakra, Qingming immediately focused his mind and sent all 20,000 points of natural energy into the alternate dimension in his abdomen.

Then, he closed his eyes and carefully reviewed the memories in his mind, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained within.

That's right, these memories came from a shadow clone in the primeval forest in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire.

They delivered enough natural energy at the agreed time.

And of course, there are their memories.

Time passes minute by minute.

In the past, Qingming only needed a few minutes to digest these memories.

This time, however, it took him almost a quarter of an hour.

The moment he opened his eyes, a thoughtful look flashed in them.

Standing still and pondering for a moment, Qingming used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport directly to Moon Island.

Then, he sat cross-legged and closed his eyes to sense the natural energy around him.

Instantly, all the natural energy within a radius of several hundred meters entered his perception range, and the activity of every bit of natural energy was clearly displayed in his eyes.

Undoubtedly, his ability to perceive natural energy has improved significantly.

More than just perception
With a thought, Qingming extended his spiritual power, attempting to capture a bit of natural energy.

This time, he didn't even need to use his mental power to form a giant hand; with just a thought, that bit of natural energy was drawn into his body by his mental power.

Then, he instantly took control of her.

Throughout the entire process, that little bit of natural energy behaved unusually 'well-behaved,' as if it had been frightened by him.

Natural energy naturally has no emotions. The reason for this is actually quite simple: its 'natural energy control' has also advanced.

That's right, it's "also". The reason he improved his ability to perceive natural energy earlier was also because his 'natural energy perception' level had improved.

In other words, both of its skills have been upgraded.

Upon reopening his eyes, Qingming opened the proficiency panel with a thought.

Sure enough, in his skill bar, his 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control' both increased by one level, from lv5 to lv6 (1/10000)!
Previously, he thought that the upgrade from level 5 to level 6 for these two skills would not bring about a qualitative change, and the effect of the skills would not be greatly improved.

In retrospect, he completely underestimated the changes brought about by their advancement.

Putting everything else aside, judging from his feelings just now, the impact of their advancement this time is no less than the qualitative change of going from level 4 to level 5.

After advancing to level 6, his perception and control over natural energy improved significantly.

Qingming probed the alternate dimension in his abdomen with his spiritual power and once again tried to mobilize the 20,000 points of natural energy there.

As expected, this felt much more relaxing.

He could clearly sense that he could control even more natural energy.

Qingming wanted to test his current limits, but after thinking about it, he gave up.

First of all, these 20,000 points of natural energy are roughly the limit that his current abdominal space can store; any more than that could likely cause problems.

Natural energy is inherently a very dangerous form of energy. If it gets out of control, it might not only endanger his life, but it could at least leave him in a sorry state for a while. Taking such a risk for a mere test is completely not worthwhile.

Secondly, he had decided from the very beginning when to collect how many shadow clones, and from which shadow clones to collect them.

Recalling some shadow clones rashly would inevitably disrupt his cultivation rhythm.

In Qingming's view, this was somewhat a case of losing more than one gains.

Finally, and most importantly, the sealing technique he developed specifically for storing natural energy is about to be completed.

Based on the memories of the shadow clones he retrieved after the last round of training, he should be able to successfully develop the prototype of this technique by tonight at the latest and imprint it onto the panel.

At that time, he can easily upgrade its level and then conduct the test.

So, after some thought, he gave up the idea of ​​testing it now.

Shaking his head inwardly, Qingming gathered his thoughts and stopped thinking about it.

'Flying Thunder God Technique~'

With a thought, he used the technique again, teleporting back into the volcano.

Then, he mobilized the chakra within his body, entered the alternate dimension in his abdomen, and merged it with the natural energy, transforming it into Sage Chakra, before beginning his accelerated training.

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Before we knew it, it was evening.

Fire Nation.

Northeastern region.

In that primeval forest.

Beside a campfire, Qingming finished the last round of his 'Wood Clone Technique' training for the day and then stopped.

He looked up and glanced around at the dim forest.

At this moment, hundreds of shadow clones were still cultivating nearby.

With a thought, Qingming used the 'Mind Communication Technique' as usual, causing more than twenty shadow clones that were absorbing natural energy to disintegrate on their own.

In an instant, nearly 100,000 points of chakra and 20,000 points of natural energy returned to the body.

Along with them came the cultivation experience accumulated by these shadow clones in the process of absorbing natural energy.

Qingming spent a few minutes converting all of his cultivation experience into proficiency in 'natural energy perception' and 'natural energy control'.

After that, he fused the 20,000 points of natural energy in his body into Sage Chakra, completing an additional round of physical enhancement.

After finishing these tasks, he paused briefly, then immediately notified the shadow clones who were developing Dust Release and researching sealing techniques to release the 'Shadow Clone Technique'.

The next moment, a large number of shadow clones disintegrated and disappeared, and all their memories flooded into Qingming's mind.

Despite his discomfort, Qingming quickly browsed through these memories, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained within.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Qingming opened his eyes.

Then, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

"Did it succeed?"

Qingming murmured to himself, then immediately opened the proficiency panel.

As expected, it now has an additional skill – Tri-Element Sealing Technique: lv0 (1/100)!
This so-called 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' is the name he gave to the sealing technique he was developing.

In other words, he succeeded.

After five days of persistent effort, he finally succeeded in developing a sealing technique that could store large amounts of natural energy.

(End of this chapter)