Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1152 Plan
Time flies, the years are like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, a month and a half has passed.

Before we knew it, the year was coming to an end.

This evening.

After completing another round of physical enhancement, Qingming used the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport directly back to Moon Island.

His figure suddenly appeared on the open ground in the center of Moon Island.

As you can see, his condition is much better now than when he first changed his training location.

Although the physical damage was still more severe than when he cultivated in the third cavity for an hour, it was no longer as miserable as it had been initially.

All of this is the result of his body's continuous evolution.

After more than three months, and nearly four months of strengthening, his body is already more than halfway to the point of transformation.

Now, it has initially adapted to the harsh environment inside the fourth cavity, and naturally will no longer suffer too much damage.

Just like now, he recovered in less than three minutes.

Qingming carefully sensed himself, then let out a long breath.

Without wasting any more time, he immediately deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

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

With this comes a large amount of memory information, as well as chakra and natural energy.

As was customary, Qingming first categorized and stored these chakra and natural energies before beginning to browse the memories in his mind, absorbing and digesting the cultivation experience contained within.

Time passes minute by minute.

About a quarter of an hour later.

He opened his eyes again.

A hint of joy flashed in his eyes.

A slight smile appeared on Qingming's face.

He just had a pretty good haul.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming looked up at the setting sun on the horizon.

Normally, according to custom, he should have swallowed the soldier's ration pills to replenish the energy he had consumed during the past hour of cultivation before continuing with a new round of training.

However, Qingming has no intention of continuing.

The reason is simple: at the end of last year, he didn't rest because his body was about to undergo a transformation.

This year is different. His body is still more than two months away from transformation, nearly three months, so there is absolutely no need to rush.

In addition, he suffered serious injuries after being forcibly moved to a different training location.

Although he quickly recovered from these injuries through his powerful self-healing ability, the frequent injuries still made him feel unwell and he urgently needed to recuperate.

In addition, the continuous long-term high-intensity training also caused him to accumulate a lot of fatigue.

Admittedly, taking a day off every ten days reduces this fatigue, but the cumulative effect is still not to be underestimated.

As for spiritual practice, it's important to maintain a balance between exertion and relaxation.

So, since all the circumstances told him that he needed to rest for a while, there was no need for him to push himself too hard.

Perfect timing, now that it's the end of the year, Qingming plans to spend a week, just like the year before last, sightseeing in the ninja world and completely relaxing his mind and body.

In this way, the accumulated fatigue can be reduced to the greatest extent possible, and favorable conditions can be created for the activation of the Rinnegan.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but Qingming quickly gathered his thoughts and stopped thinking about it.

He composed himself, stood still, and gazed at the sunset scenery in the distance for a while. Just as the sun was about to dip below the horizon, he turned his gaze away. Then, Qingming gathered his equipment and used 'Wind Release: Wings of Wind' to fly into the sky.

After that, he did not use the 'Chakra Cloak' to protect himself, nor did he use the 'Earth Release: Super Light-Heavy Rock Technique' or the Byakugan's ability to manipulate gravity to accelerate himself.

He leisurely flew towards the Land of Fire, heading towards Konoha Village, while enjoying the scenery along the way.

By the time they returned to Konoha Village, it was already dark.

However, because it was the end of the year, Konoha was more lively than usual.

Without saying a word, Qingming returned home, quickly washed up, and then went out to join the commotion.

Of course, he focused more on the food.

There was no other way; as his chakra recovered more and more each day, he needed to consume more and more soldier pills.

Even though the soldier rations he ate were enhanced versions improved by the Nara clan, the improvements were only made to the efficiency of replenishing nutrition and energy, not the taste.

Therefore, the more he ate, the more he loathed it.

This, in turn, led to his extreme craving for delicious food.

In fact, to some extent, this has become a kind of obsession for him.

During his subsequent trip, he planned to try all the delicious food he encountered along the way.

Without saying a word, Qingming wiped the drool from the corner of his mouth at the entrance of the 'Food Street' and headed straight for the nearest food stall.

This food stall was none other than the one he used to frequent, the one that sold all kinds of meatballs.

What's even more coincidental is that there was an acquaintance of his standing in front of that stall at that moment.

He kept urging the stall owner to speed up the preparation of the meatballs he wanted.

This person was none other than Naruto.

Beside Naruto were several figures of similar age. Qingming, recalling the memories of the shadow clones, quickly recognized their identities.

These are mostly descendants of prominent families in the village, and they are among the future twelve young heroes.

In the original timeline, Naruto was ostracized, yet he was able to play with Shikamaru Nara and others. Now, he has a father who is the Hokage.

Therefore, both the families behind these people and Naruto's own personality determined that this group of people would become friends.

This naturally includes the 'tough guy' of the Uchiha clan—Uchiha Sasuke.

Just like I remembered, the other person, despite his young age, had already grasped the essentials of the Uchiha clan's way of showing off.

At this moment, everyone in the group was unusually lively, except for the other person, who stood aside with his arms crossed, appearing unusually aloof.

However, having not experienced the pain of annihilation, the other party's aloofness is more like arrogance.

Didn't you see that even though he was standing to the side, he immediately responded when Naruto and the others asked him what he wanted to eat?
It seemed that because he had been looking at him for a while, Sasuke noticed him with his keen senses and turned to look at him.

Immediately, the other person paused, as if recognizing his identity.

Qingming was not surprised by this.

After all, although he was a low-key person, he was still quite famous in the Uchiha clan, where strength was respected.

Therefore, it's quite normal for Sasuke, who is the son of the clan leader and received elite education from a young age, to recognize him.

However, since the other party was just a little kid, Qingming didn't care much.

He nodded slightly to the other person, as a gesture of respect to the clan chief's son, and then went directly to the end of the line to buy meatballs.

The fact that there are queues also shows that Konoha is indeed very lively tonight.

(End of this chapter)