Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1024 Promotion
Qingming was about to continue his cultivation.

Suddenly, a feeling of fatigue washed over me.

"Ha~~~"

Qingming couldn't help but yawn, only then realizing that it was already very late.

In the past, he would have already been asleep by this time.

Considering that he would continue his cultivation the next day, Qingming decided not to stay up all night anymore. Instead, he released the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' with a thought.

In an instant, he recalled all the shadow clones in the nearby forest.

A flood of memories rushed into his mind, causing Qingming's thoughts to momentarily stagnate.

Fortunately, his current 'spirit' attribute is 30 points, and his mental strength is strong, so he quickly returned to normal.

However, he did not rush to browse these memories. Instead, he focused his mind and sent the natural energy that returned along with the memories into the sealing space constructed by the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique'.

Fortunately, after the previous rounds of consumption, he now only has a few shadow clones left responsible for absorbing natural energy, otherwise he would have to retrieve these shadow clones in two separate trips.

After collecting all this natural energy, Qingming began to digest the memories in his mind.

He closed his eyes and carefully browsed through the memories of these shadow clones, quickly converting the cultivation experience contained within into proficiency in the corresponding skills.

Time passes minute by minute.

About fifteen minutes later.

Qingming opened his eyes again.

Upon reopening the panel, it can be seen that his 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control' have both improved in proficiency.

In addition, he also had new ideas on how to develop Dust Release.

Unfortunately, there's no time to continue the experiment now; we'll have to wait until tomorrow.

"Ha~~~"

Qingming yawned again and shook his slightly dizzy head.

He skillfully used the 'Spirit Transformation Technique' and the 'Heart-Sealing and Soul-Locking Contract Instantaneous Movement Seal' to seal away a portion of his spiritual power.

Then, he immediately locked onto the Flying Thunder God mark on Moon Island and unleashed the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

The view suddenly shifted.

In the blink of an eye, Qingming returned from the primeval forest in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire to the wooden house on Moon Island.

Qingming pushed open the door and entered, quickly falling asleep.

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The next day.

early morning.

Qingming woke up a little later than usual.

After quickly washing up and eating a few enhanced soldier ration pills to fill his stomach, he prepared to begin his cultivation.

As before, his first step was to use the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' to create five hundred shadow clones.

However, this time, his arrangements for the shadow clones have changed.

Of these, three hundred continued to develop Dust Escape as before, but the remaining two hundred were divided into two parts.

Fifty of them continued to absorb the island's still relatively abundant natural energy, while the remaining one hundred and fifty began practicing the Three Elements Sealing Technique.

That's right. Starting today, he will use the number of shadow clones to accelerate his training of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique'.

If before he entered the field, he could only personally perform the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' to improve his proficiency, now he can try to have his shadow clones practice it.

As for the three types of energy required to perform this technique...
The chakra inherent in the shadow clone can replace or extract the physical and mental energy.

And natural energy?
Shadow clones can also be absorbed by the user.

Thus, the shadow clones possess the foundation to practice this technique. However, considering that the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' will cause some damage to the target whether it is actively released or passively disintegrated,...

Therefore, the shadow clones cannot absorb too much natural energy at once; they only need to reach the minimum level required to barely perform the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique'.

This might slow down the accumulation of proficiency, but it greatly reduces the possibility of the shadow clone disintegrating due to damage.

It's important to know that during this period, his physical body also needs to cultivate.

If shadow clones frequently disintegrate and dissipate, and memories, chakra, and natural energy continuously flow into his body, it will inevitably cause serious interference to his cultivation.

Even disregarding the interference, the chakra depletion caused by such frequent problems is enough to make him feel the pinch.

Therefore, it's better to play it safe.

Nevertheless, Qingming still had to retrieve these shadow clones every half hour thereafter.

Unfortunately, the stability of shadow clones is ultimately problematic. No matter how careful he is, half an hour is the limit.

After all, the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' is applied to the body, so these shadow clones cannot use the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to avoid damage like those shadow clones who developed Dust Release.

Fortunately, this situation did not last long.

By mid-morning, his 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' had advanced to level 2.

At this point, when he used this technique again, his flexibility increased significantly. Whether he dispelled it or failed, the impact on the shadow clones became more controllable.

If you really push yourself, you can last for an hour without any problem.

This also allowed him to simultaneously recover these 150 shadow clones when recovering the 300 shadow clones that developed Dust Release.

As for the natural energy of synchronous return.
This brings us to the increased storage capacity of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' for natural energy after advancing to level 2.

After testing, Qingming's score doubled compared to level 1, reaching 20,000 points.

If we include the portion that participates in the cycle, excluding the sealed portion, the total is over 33,000 points.

As for why it's not 40,000 points?

Simply put, after advancing to level 2, the natural energy required to maintain the stability of the seal is reduced directly from 50% to 40%.

In other words, the ratio of internal to external has changed from 5:5 to 4:6!

That is, he can use 40% of the natural energy to restrict 60% of the natural energy.

It's fair to say that it was pretty much as he predicted last night.

After that, this ratio will decrease further until it becomes "zero".

Well.
That's too far!
With these 20,000 points of stored energy, he could store the natural energy that accompanied the return of these 150 shadow clones into the sealing space constructed by the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' without any waste.

Of course, this is why these shadow clones practicing the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' don't store much natural energy in their bodies; even if all 150 clones are combined, it won't amount to much.

Otherwise, if he were to continuously absorb natural energy like the other fifty shadow clones, his mere storage limit of 20,000 points would not be able to withstand it.

Of course, this problem will be solved soon.

At the current rate at which he is accumulating proficiency in the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique', he should be able to advance to level 5 by tomorrow night at the latest, resulting in his first qualitative change.

Based on the changes from level 1 to level 2, Qingming has reason to believe that after advancing to level 5, the upper limit of natural energy that can be stored in its sealed space will undergo a tremendous change.

At that time, he will no longer have to worry about the problem of excessive natural energy.

At least for the time being, there's no need to worry.

He can even accumulate natural energy, then control it to its limits and release it in a concentrated manner, thereby strengthening his body more efficiently.

This will save him a lot of trouble.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. After digesting the insights gained from advancing to level 2 of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique', Qingming swallowed a few enhanced soldier pills to replenish the energy consumed over the past hour. Then, he once again used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' to create more than four hundred shadow clones and began a new round of cultivation.

And so, time passed little by little.
(End of this chapter)