Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1053 Plans for Advancement and Change

Having made his decision, Qingming wasted no more time and took out the books and scrolls left behind by the Second Tsuchikage, Wu Shi.

While there are no readily available methods for practicing 'Dust Release: Particle Style' and 'Dust Release: Limit Separation Technique', there are ideas for developing various subsequent ninjutsu when Dust Release was being developed.

Over the past few months, the Shadow Clone Techniques have focused on how to integrate the nature transformations of the three chakra attributes of 'wind, fire, and earth,' and have only skimmed over this part of the content.

Now is the time to focus our attention on this aspect.

Next, Qingming plans to create two hundred shadow clones to specifically study this knowledge, hoping to develop his own unique 'Dust Release: Primal World Detachment Technique' and 'Dust Release: Limit Detachment Technique' as soon as possible.

As for the remaining two hundred shadow clones...
Qingming planned to have them, like the other hundred shadow clones, begin absorbing natural energy.

That's right, it's about expanding the ranks of those absorbing natural energy.

Indeed, he had given up on this option when natural energy was insufficient, but times have changed.

Back then, he needed enough shadow clones to develop Dust Release.

Now, his Dust Escape technique has been fully developed.

In this way, it is natural to create a partial shadow clone to make up for the lack of natural energy.

With these two hundred shadow clones, he can not only fill the gap of two million points of natural energy, but also fill the natural energy gap caused by pausing the use of the 'Reflecting Heart Technique' and increasing the cultivation time of 'Body Extreme'.

With ample natural energy to synthesize Sage Chakra, his efficiency in enhancing his body will naturally increase further.

Perhaps in less than twenty days, at most half a month, his body will reach the critical point of transformation.

This made Qingming feel somewhat pleased.

In addition, regarding the absorption of natural energy, excluding the time spent resting in between and the time spent on awakening the Dust Escape technique over the past three days, his normal cultivation time is also thirty-two days.

The proficiency he accumulated over thirty-two days brought his 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control' to the peak of level 8.

At the current pace, he should be able to advance to level 9 in both of his skills by today or tomorrow at the latest.

At that time, the effect will undergo a qualitative change, and he will absorb more natural energy.

With this thought in mind, Qingming wasted no more time.

He opened his ninja tool pouch, took out a few enhanced soldier pills, and swallowed them to replenish the energy his body had just used up.

Then, he raised his hand to form a hand seal and unleashed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

bang bang bang~
As puffs of chakra smoke dissipated, five hundred shadow clones appeared in the arena.

Looking at these shadow clones, Qingming divided them into three parts according to the plan he had just made.

Two hundred shadow clones, carrying the books on the ground, went to research and develop 'Dust Release: Primal World Detachment Technique' and 'Dust Release: Limit Detachment Technique'.

Of the remaining three hundred shadow clones, Qingming selected thirty and scattered them to various parts of the island to absorb the nearby natural energy.

At this point, two hundred and seventy shadow clones remained.
Qingming glanced at them, took out a scroll, and sealed them all inside.

Then, he used the 'Wood Clone Technique' to create a wooden clone, tossed the scroll to the other party, and said, "Here, take them with you!"

Upon hearing this, the wood clone didn't waste any words. He took the scroll and flew towards the primeval forest in the northeastern part of the Land of Fire.

Watching his departing figure, Qingming nodded, then in a flash, he teleported directly to the volcano below Moon Island to begin his cultivation.

And so, time passed by, second by second.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day.

This morning.

When Qingming emerged from the volcano, he routinely retrieved all the shadow clones outside, absorbing and digesting their cultivation experience and memories from the past hour. Suddenly, a realization dawned on him.

Immediately, Qingming realized that his 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control' were about to advance.

Without any hesitation, he immediately focused his mind and digested the insights in his head.

This process lasted approximately ten minutes.

Ten minutes later, he opened his eyes again.

Then, I immediately opened the panel.

Sure enough, his 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control' had advanced from lv8 to lv9 (1/100000)!
That's right, level 9 is still not the limit for these two skills.

This was completely unexpected by Qingming.

However, it is a good thing.

Regardless of their maximum levels, Qingming plans to first test the actual effects of advancing to level 9 in 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control'.

He glanced around and sensed that the natural energy around him wasn't very abundant.

After a moment's thought, Qingming directly targeted the island in the southern sea of ​​the Land of Fire where he had initially trained. With a thought, he activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and teleported there. His vision suddenly shifted!

Looking at the familiar surroundings, Qingming couldn't help but feel a little nostalgic.

However, he didn't waste any more time. He immediately used 'Wind Release: Wings of Wind' to fly into the sky, then activated his Byakugan to observe the surrounding situation.

After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he landed back on the island, went to the central boulder, sat cross-legged, and began to absorb the surrounding natural energy.

And from the very beginning, he noticed the difference.

If at level 8 he could only sense the natural energy in a small area nearby, then now...
In Qingming's perception, although the natural energy around him was still sparsely distributed, if one looked into the distance, its existence was like the stars in the sky, which could be described as being everywhere.

That's right, after advancing to level 9, his perception range of natural energy was greatly enhanced.

If that's all there is to it, then the improvement will be quite limited.

After all, being able to see and being able to utilize are two different concepts.

Fortunately, his 'natural energy control' also advanced.

The level 9 'Natural Energy Control' allows him to easily manipulate all natural energy within his perception range.

In this way, the improvement is considerable.

After absorbing the energy for a few minutes, Qingming concluded that even without the two hundred shadow clones to help him absorb natural energy, he could still meet his daily cultivation needs with just the initial one hundred shadow clones.

Of course, reduction is impossible. External natural energy is scarce, so we should accumulate as much as possible.

However, this would mean he would face the problem of not being able to store natural energy.

After all, a level 7 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' can only store a maximum of five million points of natural energy.

With his current level 9 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control', it won't be long before the accumulated natural energy fills it up.

Therefore, he must increase the reserves of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique'.

To achieve this, upgrading the level of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' is essential.

With this thought in mind, Qingming opened the proficiency panel.

As you can see, his 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' has already reached its limit level - lv7 (0/0)!
To improve, you must break its limits.

Fortunately, the structure of the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' is relatively simple. Apart from requiring a certain level of sealing skill, it tests his control over the three types of energy.

And that is precisely his strength.

Therefore, breaking its limits should not be too difficult.

With this in mind, Qingming immediately decided that he would separate one hundred of the three hundred shadow clones that absorbed natural energy to specifically study this.

Having made arrangements for this, Qingming focused his attention on another effect of 'natural energy control', namely, the control of natural energy within the body.

At level 8, he can only control up to one million points of natural energy to circulate within his body without going out of control.

Now.
Qingming drew out the natural energy accumulated in the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique' in his abdomen, causing it to continuously accumulate in his body.

Soon, the natural energy in his meridians reached one million points.

Then came 1.5 million points, 2 million points, and 2.2 million points.
Even after he had extracted all 2.5 million points of natural energy stored within the 'Three Elements Sealing Technique,' he still hadn't felt the limit.

Immediately, Qingming's eyes widened, filled with surprise.

After carefully sensing it, he estimated that he could still control about 500,000 points of natural energy in the end.

In other words, he can now control up to three million points of natural energy.

This is more than double what he had before, and even exceeds his current chakra limit.

Therefore, if he is willing to temporarily give up exploring his body's potential and prevent his chakra limit from increasing, then he can begin to cultivate 'Sage Mode'.

However, it is clear that this is a short-sighted move.

Rather than continuing to increase his chakra limit after mastering 'Sage Mode', Qingming prefers to let things take their natural course.

Now, every time he uses Sage Chakra to train 'Body Limit', he is giving his body a chance to adapt.

Therefore, as long as he persists, it is almost inevitable that he will naturally achieve the 'immortal mode', and there is really no need to take shortcuts.

This plan may deviate somewhat from his original plan, but his plans are not static. When a better plan comes along, he will naturally learn to adapt.

"Whoo~~~"

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Qingming let out a long sigh of relief.

Then, he closed his eyes again and continued testing his level 9 'Natural Energy Perception' and 'Natural Energy Control', trying not to miss any details.

(End of this chapter)