Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1102 Time Consumption and News
Having made up his mind, Qingming wasted no more time. He first exited 'Immortal Mode' and then packed his things.

Then, he used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport to Moon Island.

Back near the cabin, he quickly washed up in the stream, then went inside and fell asleep.

A speechless night!
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The next day.

Early in the morning.

Qingming then got out of bed.

Afterwards, he washed up briefly, stretched his body, and began his cultivation.

It has to be said that the 'Sage Mode' after advancing to level 9 and undergoing another qualitative change really boosted his physical strength.

In just one hour, he felt a very noticeable improvement.

Qingming could foresee that the timeline for his physical transformation would be significantly brought forward this time.

With hope in his heart, Qingming began round after round of cultivation.

Before we knew it, it was evening.

In the past, according to his training plan, he should have paused his training of "Body Limit" and instead used "Mind Reflection Technique" to accelerate the evolution of his Sharingan.

But today, Qingming was still active. He retrieved the shadow clones outside, absorbed and digested their cultivation experience and memories, and then began to repeat the cultivation process of the previous ten hours.

This practice lasted for another six hours, until late at night.

Finally, after completing another round of 'Body Limit' training, Qingming exited 'Immortal Mode' and paused the strengthening of his body.

Next, he locked onto the Flying Thunder God mark on Moon Island, activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique,' and teleported outside.

"Inhale...exhale..."

Take a deep breath and let it out slowly.

Feeling the fresh air outside, Qingming felt his exhausted spirit lighten up a bit.

After waiting quietly for a few seconds until the injuries on his body caused by the high temperature healed, he released the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' with a thought.

In an instant, all the shadow clones, both inside and outside the island, disintegrated and vanished.

A flood of memories rushed into his mind, causing Qingming to furrow his brow.

He suppressed his discomfort and put these memories aside for the time being. He first sorted and stored the chakra and natural energy that returned with these memories before he began to browse through these memory information.

It took him about fifteen minutes to digest the cultivation experience contained in these memories.

After opening his eyes again and catching his breath, Qingming began to summarize today's test results.

First, continue practicing the 'Sage Mode' to reduce its energy consumption.

After this advancement, he maintained 'Immortal Mode' for a longer period of time, was in better condition, and gained more proficiency every hour.

Over the course of a day, the proficiency points gained increased from 3,500 to 4,000, an increase of 500 points.

However, the chakra and natural energy it consumes decreases, just like when advancing from level 7 to level 8.

Moreover, it's not just a drop of one or two points.

It seems that this advancement brought about a qualitative change, and now when he practices 'Sage Mode', he only needs to consume an average of 700 points of chakra and natural energy to gain one point of proficiency.

Thus, the chakra and natural energy consumed in a day is only about 2.8 million points, which is 1.2 million points less than the original 4 million points.

This made Qingming very happy. 1.2 million chakra points, plus the 600,000 chakra points reduced by strengthening his body after advancing to level 8 in Sage Mode, and the 500,000 chakra points reduced by practicing Sage Mode, that's 2.3 million chakra points.

Originally, his daily chakra deficit was 4.18 million points. After reducing it by 2.3 million points, it became 1.88 million points.

Clearly, this is no longer a very large number.

Unfortunately, this is not the final result.

Unlike the reduced energy expenditure from practicing 'Sage Mode', the energy expenditure for strengthening his body increased.

Moreover, it's a huge improvement.

This doesn't mean that the effect of his 'Sage Mode' advancement has decreased. In fact, if we only consider the consumption of this part, there has indeed been a significant decrease.

However, he wanted to use the six hours he would spend using the "Reflection Technique" to stimulate the evolution of the Sharingan for the "Ultimate Body Technique".

This caused the time it took him to strengthen his body to be extended by almost half.

Correspondingly, the chakra and natural energy it consumes also increase proportionally.

Before today, he had been investing approximately 27 million points of chakra and natural energy in this area every day.

If increased proportionally, approximately 40 million points of chakra and natural energy should be invested now.

There is no doubt that this will be a huge burden.

Fortunately, after his 'Sage Mode' advanced to level 9, the amount of chakra and natural energy he had to invest due to the 'Sage Mode' enhancement was greatly reduced.

Therefore, in total, he needs to invest 35 million points of chakra and natural energy in this area, which is only about 8 million more points than the original 27 million.

Although it was still not a small amount, with the three million chakra points saved by pausing the use of 'Mind Reflection Technique' and the 1.2 million chakra points reduced by practicing 'Sage Mode', he could barely afford it.

With his current chakra reserves, he should be able to generate an extra 380 million (800-300-120) chakra and natural energy points per day in the short term without any problems.

He only needs to ensure that he has enough for the short term.

With such a significant increase in energy expenditure this time, the effect of strengthening the body will naturally be substantial as well.

Based on his body's evolution that day, Qingming estimated that his body would reach the critical point of transformation by mid-November at the latest, which is about a month later.

This time was about a month earlier than his previous estimate of mid-December.

This is both a result of extending the cultivation time of 'Body Limit' and a result of him using the 'Immortal Mode' he gained after advancing to level 9.

Only when these two factors are combined can he improve so much.

This month is also enough time for him to grind 'Sage Mode' to the perfect level 10 (0/0).

At that time, not only will there be no need to expend chakra and natural energy to cultivate this technique.

At the same time, the energy consumed by using this technique to enhance 'Body Limit' will be reduced accordingly.

Furthermore, a month later, his body will complete its transformation, and his Sharingan can continue to improve. He will return those six hours, and the training time for 'Body Limit' will be shortened, so he won't need to consume as much chakra.

That's why Qingming said he only needed enough chakra to use for a short period of time.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but Qingming stopped thinking about it. He collected his thoughts, got up and went to the side of the wooden house. After washing his face, he dragged his tired body into the wooden house and began to rest.

Qingming originally thought he could sleep until the next morning, but unexpectedly, a sudden message woke him up in the middle of the night.

(End of this chapter)