Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1022 Mistakes and Progress

"Inhale...exhale..."

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

Qingming calmed himself down, and while the insights in his mind were still fresh, he immediately focused his mind, raised his hands to form a hand seal, and unleashed the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique'.

"drink!"

A soft shout came from his mouth.

Then Qingming slapped his own abdomen.

The next moment, countless sealing spells appeared from his palm, first spreading all over his body, then rapidly contracting, and finally turning into a slightly curved equilateral triangle.

From the three corners of this triangle, three chains of seals formed by fine sealing techniques extend.

One of them pierced his body, connecting with his physical energy, while the other extended into his spiritual world, taking root in his spiritual energy.

The last sealing chain searched for a while, seemingly trying to find something inside him, but after lingering for a long time, it found nothing.

This is why the sealing chain has been unable to be fixed for so long.

Seeing this, Qingming suddenly seemed to realize something, his expression changed slightly, and he thought to himself that something was wrong, and immediately wanted to do something.

Before he could make any attempt to remedy the situation, the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' that was almost fully formed in his abdomen suddenly collapsed.

Because he had two sealing chains rooted in his physical and mental energy, his spirit and body were simultaneously pulled and attacked the moment the seals collapsed.

"Hmm~"

A muffled groan escaped his lips, and drops of blood trickled down Qingming's mouth, leaving two bloody streaks.

Qingming reached out and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, muttering to himself that he had been too hasty.

The situation was actually quite simple: the third sealing chain failed to find a natural energy within his body to take root, thus preventing the seal from forming and ultimately affecting his physical and mental well-being.

As for why it must seek natural energy...
The reason is quite simple: the so-called "Three Elements Sealing Technique" refers to the three elements of physical energy, mental energy, and natural energy.

Only by being rooted in these three energies simultaneously can the seal be stable.

This is precisely why it can have a remarkable effect on natural energy and store a large amount of natural energy.

Furthermore, it's not just natural energy; even the Sage Chakra, which is ultimately formed by the fusion of physical energy, spiritual energy, and natural energy, can be easily bound.

It can be said that this technique perfectly achieved his goal.

From Qingming's perspective, he even felt that this technique had the potential to develop into an S-rank sealing technique.

After all, physical energy, mental energy, and natural energy are the source of extraordinary power in the ninja world. It's normal for sealing techniques specifically designed to target these three types of energy to have high potential.

However, precisely because of its unique nature, the final sealing effect heavily depends on the skill of the caster and the strength of the recipient.

The skill level of the caster is relatively good; once the seal is formed, it will not affect the subsequent events.

But the patients are different.
If the recipient is weak, with insufficient physical, mental, and natural energy, the foundation of the seal will become very loose.

Therefore, the results are naturally unlikely to be very good.

Just now, Qingming didn't take this into account, which resulted in one of the three foundations being missing, and ultimately the seal couldn't even be formed.

However, this is not Qingming's fault. He had finally managed to imprint this technique onto the panel, so he naturally wanted to take advantage of his final insights to improve his proficiency.

Unfortunately, he forgot that he had already run out of natural energy in his body, and by the time he wanted to make amends, it was too late.

The final result, naturally, was failure. But it didn't matter; he could always obtain natural energy and try a few more times.

Without hesitation, Qingming immediately caused a nearby shadow clone that was absorbing natural energy to disintegrate.

Instantly, nearly a thousand points of natural energy appeared in his body.

Qingming immediately focused his mind and sent this natural energy into the alternate dimension in his abdomen.

Then, he closed his eyes and carefully reviewed the memories of this shadow clone.

It took him about a minute to absorb all the cultivation experience from this memory, which was eventually transformed into proficiency in 'natural energy perception' and 'natural energy control'.

After completing these steps, he began to cast the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' according to his understanding.

Initially, everything went smoothly; the two sealing chains extending from his 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' successfully took root in his mind and body.

However, when they reached the third chain, another unexpected thing happened—after searching his body, they still couldn't find any natural energy.

Helpless, Qingming could only guide it to explore the 'Sealed Realm of All Things' in order to find the natural energy within to take root.

However, when he led the sealing chain to the 'Sealed All Things in the World', he was stumped.

Subconsciously, he believed that he had created both sealing techniques and that they were both within him, so they should be able to merge easily.

But the truth is, they simply cannot merge.

In the past, the sealing techniques he had mastered, including 'Sealing All Things in the World', only involved the mind and body.

This time, the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' he created is based on the three elements of spirit, body, and natural energy.

The underlying logic of the two is different, so they cannot be easily merged.

Sensing that the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' was becoming increasingly unstable, Qingming quickly took the initiative to dispel the technique.

However, despite this, his mind and body were still affected.

After a muffled groan, another streak of crimson appeared at the corner of his mouth.

However, this is not important. With his current 28 points of 'Constitution' attribute bringing him strong recovery ability, he can easily heal himself from minor injuries.

Standing still, Qingming waited quietly for a while, pondering a solution.

A moment later, he raised his hand again to form a seal and unleashed the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique'.

This time, after nailing down the first two sealing chains, he immediately tore a hole in the 'Sealing of All Things', allowing the natural energy within to escape.

Next, Qingming used these natural energies as a base to fill the last gap and complete the casting of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique'.

He succeeded, but also failed.

He succeeded because the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' skill on his panel had gained a little more proficiency.

The reason for his failure was that the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' on his body only lasted for a short while before collapsing on its own due to its unstable foundation.

As a result, blood trickled from the corner of Qingming's mouth again.

However, he didn't care at all.

Reaching out, Qingming casually wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and quickly began a new attempt.

(End of this chapter)