Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1162 Restrictions
On the open ground in the center of Moon Island.

Qingming's figure suddenly appeared.

He waited a moment for the damage to his body inside the volcano to heal itself, and then immediately deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

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

At the same time, a large amount of memory information, along with large amounts of chakra and natural energy, returned to his body.

As usual, Qingming first categorized and stored these chakra and natural energies before beginning to browse the memories in his mind.

The influx of nearly a thousand shadow clones' memories at once caused Qingming, despite his significantly enhanced mental strength, a slight headache.

It took him a long time to browse through all the memories of these shadow clones.

However, Qingming's expression was not very good at this moment.

As for the reason
Simply put, the results were less than expected.

Leaving aside the nine hundred shadow clones that absorb natural energy, their memories are all the same, and apart from slightly enhancing his perception and control of natural energy, they are basically of little use.

However, the three hundred shadow clones he had placed high hopes on, which he developed through the Bloodline Limit, disappointed him.

He had hoped they could greatly accelerate his acquisition of experience in developing bloodline networks.

However, the fact is that it did increase, but the increase was far less than he expected.

Originally, he planned to double the number of shadow clones he could create through the Bloodline Limit. Even if the speed at which he gained experience couldn't be doubled, it should at least be increased by 70% or 80%.

However, based on the results he obtained from digesting the memories of those three hundred shadow clones, his efficiency increased by at most 30%.

Compared to the chakra and energy it consumes, it's a complete loss!

"what on earth is it?"

Qingming was puzzled.

Then, he calmed down again and carefully reviewed the memories of the three hundred shadow clones, trying to find the problem from their cultivation process.

Time passes minute by minute.

At first, Qingming didn't notice anything wrong.

However, after carefully reviewing the memories of several of the shadow clones, he finally discovered the anomaly.

Compared to before, these shadow clones gained significantly less experience in the same hour of cultivation.

If it were just one or two paths, it wouldn't be a big deal. Qingming would simply make sure they avoided this pitfall when they went the wrong way and then created shadow clones to cultivate later.

But the key issue is that when he casually browsed through the memories of several shadow clones, the situation was exactly the same, which meant it was not as simple as just taking the wrong path.

This indicates that there was a problem with the overall direction of his spiritual practice.

To confirm his suspicions, Qingming extracted the memories of several shadow clones and reviewed them one by one.

The result is still the same!
This shows that his guess was correct; indeed, there was a problem with his cultivation path.

So, what exactly is the problem?

Qingming concentrated his mind and repeatedly reviewed the memories of the three hundred shadow clones.

A few minutes later, he suddenly perked up and exclaimed, "No way!" Without wasting any more time, he opened his ninja tool pouch, took out a few enhanced soldier pills, put them in his mouth, chewed them a few times, and swallowed them.

After replenishing the energy he had just used up during his cultivation, he immediately raised his hands to form a hand seal and once again used the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

For the first time, he still created nine hundred shadow clones, packed them up and sealed them, and handed them over to the wood clone to take to the primeval forest in the northeast of the Land of Fire to continue absorbing natural energy.

The second time, he only created 250 shadow clones to develop the Bloodline Limit.

That's right, he reduced the number of shadow clones he developed for the Bloodline Limit.

The reason for this choice can be attributed to his recent discovery.

Just now, after a careful investigation, he discovered that the three hundred shadow clones who developed the Bloodline Limit were only superficially practicing the fusion of the seven chakra nature transformations, without going too deep.

This doesn't mean they were lazy or anything, but rather that each of them had a limited amount of chakra, which simply didn't support them in conducting more in-depth research and experimentation.

This naturally leads to a reduction in the experience gained by each shadow clone, and ultimately, even if the number of shadow clones increases, the total experience gained will not reach the expected level.

Therefore, he decisively reduced the number of shadow clones he could create by developing the Bloodline Limit.

In this way, the chakra within each shadow clone's body will naturally increase, allowing them to conduct more in-depth research and experimentation.

In fact, a long time ago, he reduced the number of shadow clones he created by developing bloodline limits, shifting his training focus from 'quantity' to 'quality', and he has always paid close attention to the issue of chakra.

However, his chakra growth rate consistently outpaced his mental strength growth. Although he increased the number of shadow clones he created through the Bloodline Limit several times, he never triggered an alarm.

Over time, he neglected this issue.

Until now, he suddenly doubled the number of shadow clones he had created by developing the Bloodline Limit at once. The chakra in each shadow clone was finally insufficient, exceeding the warning threshold, which finally woke him up.

Thinking about his sudden increase in mental strength, Qingming could almost foresee that from now on, what would limit his experience in developing bloodline limits would no longer be the growth of mental strength, but the rate at which his chakra limit would increase.

However, this isn't all bad.

After all, compared to the improvement of mental strength, the growth rate of chakra limit is faster.

In this way, he can continuously increase the number of shadow clones he develops through the Bloodline Limit, thereby increasing the speed at which they gain experience.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. As Qingming watched the two hundred and fifty shadow clones depart, he activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and teleported to the volcano below Moon Island.

Developing bloodline limits and such is a story for another time.

Now, what he needs to do most is to seize every minute and second to strengthen his body, so as to ensure that his body can complete its transformation as soon as possible and improve his 'physical' attribute in order to balance his excessive mental power.

With this thought in mind, Qingming quickly gathered his thoughts, mobilized the chakra and natural energy within his body, fused them into Sage Chakra, and instantly entered 'Sage Mode'.

Then, he began to use the "Extreme Body Technique" to strengthen his body again and again.

And so, time passed by, second by second.

In the blink of an eye, another hour has passed.

Qingming stopped cultivating the 'Extreme Body Technique', and with a thought, he activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' again, teleporting to Moon Island.

Next, he would carefully examine the experience points gained from the two hundred and fifty shadow clones.

Then, based on the results of the training, continue to adjust the number of shadow clones developed from the Bloodline Limit until its cost-effectiveness is maximized!
(End of this chapter)