Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1151 Early Cultivation Again at Full Speed

Time passes minute by minute.

About a quarter of an hour later.

Qingming opened his eyes again.

A glint of light flashed in his eyes.

A smile that was hard to hide appeared on Qingming's face.

Just as he had predicted, the improvement in his chakra control truly affected every aspect of his life.

Leaving aside the chakra conservation he achieved by strengthening his body, the chakra consumption of his 560 shadow clones was also significantly reduced when they returned.

Furthermore, the tasks they carried out also showed a trend of positive development.

Among them, the four hundred shadow clones that absorb natural energy can store even more natural energy.

Why does he collect these shadow clones every hour instead of letting them absorb enough natural energy before collecting them all at once?
It's because as shadow clones, they are inherently unstable and can only bear a limited amount of natural energy.

Now, with the advancement in 'Chakra Control', under the same conditions, these shadow clones can use their own chakra to control more natural energy.

Although it still doesn't meet the standard for extending the recovery time, he can reduce the number of shadow clones when the natural energy consumed increases again.

For example, two months later, he could stop using the "Reflection of the Heart Technique" and focus on strengthening his body at full speed, so he wouldn't need to divide his energy into 550 streams to absorb natural energy.

Perhaps five hundred would be enough.

Even if we add the additional ten million points consumed due to the change of venue, the result is still the same.

As for the 160 shadow clones created through the Bloodline Limit, that is mentioned.
Although their transformations differ from those of shadow clones that absorb natural energy, the effects are equally remarkable.

Now, with the same amount of chakra, he can make more attempts, which translates to him gaining more experience in the same amount of time.

Consequently, the evolution speed of 'Wood Release', 'Molten Release', 'Ice Release', 'Storm Release', and 'Dust Release', which were originally passively enhanced by it, also received a significant boost.

Originally, their evolution speed had increased significantly this time because the number of shadow clones created by developing the Bloodline Limit had increased from ninety to one hundred and sixty.

Now it's even better, it's faster.

Before this basic attribute upgrade, his 'Wood Release', 'Molten Release', 'Ice Release', and 'Storm Release' would increase by about four evolution points per day.

Because 'Dust Release' is a bloodline limit change formed by the fusion of three chakra nature transformations, its improvement speed is slightly slower, and on average, it can only passively gain three to five evolution points per day.

After the number of shadow clones that can develop bloodline limits increases, the evolution speed of the first four bloodline limits becomes seven evolution points per day, while the only 'Dust Release' bloodline limit is eliminated at six points.

Now, based on their evolution speed, Qingming estimates that the first four can reach nine points per day, while 'Dust Escape' can reach seven and a half points.

Double the speed of evolution
Perhaps he can look forward to the improvement in his aptitude that will result from their advancement.

These thoughts flashed through Qingming's mind, but he quickly dismissed them.

Indeed, their evolution speed has increased considerably, but it is impossible for them to advance before this physical transformation.

Therefore, for the time being, he should not have any expectations.

After regaining his composure and taking a short rest, Qingming began a new round of cultivation.

What he just summarized was only a rough result after one test. To know the specifics, he would need to undergo several more rounds of training.

And so, time passed by, second by second.

Sure enough, after several more rounds of testing, he did discover some problems.

Previously, he thought that the increased chakra control during body strengthening would allow him to conserve some chakra.

But this was just his habitual way of thinking; it was the result of him continuing to strengthen his body in the same way after advancing in 'Chakra Control'.

While this would conserve chakra, it wouldn't allow his body to reach its limit.

That's right, his body's limits are calculated based on the amount of chakra it can withstand, not on the strengthening process or the number of cycles.

In other words, he can still use the same amount of chakra as before.

This more precise chakra manipulation would allow him to achieve an even faster rate of enhancement. According to Qingming's initial estimate, this kind of enhancement should be able to advance his body's transformation time by about a month and a half.

In other words, it won't take ten months, but only about eight and a half months for his body to reach the critical point of transformation.

If we subtract the strengthening efforts of the past week, and the fact that he will suspend the use of the 'Heart Reflection Technique' two months later, and allocate those six hours back to the time saved by strengthening his body.

Ultimately, it will probably only take a little over six months for his body to complete its transformation.

It's mid-September now, and in six months, that will be mid-to-late March next year.

At that time, his body will be able to complete its transformation.

"Not bad!"

Having calculated this result, Qingming nodded in satisfaction.

Afterward, he wasted no more time and began a new round of cultivation.

And so, time passed day by day.
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Autumn passes and winter comes.

Two months have passed in the blink of an eye.

It was late at night.

Fire Nation.

Northeastern region.

It's still in that primeval forest.

Beside a campfire, Qingming finished casting the final round of 'Heart Reflection Technique'.

He opened the panel and glanced at it.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that the evolution level of his Sharingan had reached (99660/100000)!
Based on past experience, the remaining less than 400 evolution points can be made up during the subsequent body strengthening process and at the moment of body transformation.

Therefore, Qingming no longer intends to use the 'Mind Reflection Technique' to stimulate the Sharingan's evolution.

In the time that follows, he will focus all his efforts on strengthening his body so that it can reach the critical point of transformation as soon as possible.

However, this means he will have to draw on his spare chakra.

Qingming did some quick calculations.
全天候强化身体后，他消耗的查克拉将从现在的9900（=9200+700）万，提升到13000（=12000+1000）万。

This alone will increase the consumption by 3100 million points.

Therefore, he needs to increase the number of shadow clones that absorb natural energy from four hundred to five hundred.

Based on the experience of the past two months, the chakra saved after stacking 'Chakra Control' to perfection will most likely not increase the chakra consumption by much; one million points should be enough.

This is only 50,000 more chakra points than the 950,000 chakra points consumed by creating 400 shadow clones to absorb natural energy before advancing to the 'Chakra Control' level.

Thus, in addition to saving 300 million chakra points by stopping the use of 'Mind Reflection Technique'.

最终，他结余的查克拉，将从原本的11.8万点，变成-2793.2（=11.8-3100-5+300）万点。

In other words, starting tomorrow, he will have to draw 2793.2 million chakra points from his reserve chakra every day for training.

"Phew, thank goodness!"

Qingming let out a soft breath and thought to himself that he was alright.

Although drawing nearly 28 million chakra points every day is a bit much, he can barely manage with the reserve chakra he has accumulated so far.

After all, every ten days, on the day of rest, he would accumulate more than 100 million chakra points, which, if distributed evenly over ten days, would amount to 10 million points per day.

Therefore, his reserve chakra can last for a long time.

However, it is foreseeable that without additional chakra to replenish it, from now on, the amount of chakra he recovers will not be able to keep up with the consumption.

This made Qingming feel a little more urgent!

　Two chapters today, three more tomorrow!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)