Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1171 Advancement and Unexpected Joy

After standing there for a while, Qingming finally pulled himself out of his thoughts.

Without wasting any time, he quickly packed his things and used 'Wind Release: Wings of Wind' and 'Chakra Cloak' to fly into the sky, heading towards the Land of Fire.

Next, he will return to Konoha to rest for a day before starting the next round of arduous training.

Soon, the day was over.

The ascetic practice has begun again!
This training lasted for more than half a month.

During this time, he returned to the village for a day of rest. After returning to Moon Island, he continued his arduous training and finally managed to accumulate the last bit of evolution points needed to advance his 'Wood Release' before his third rest.

This afternoon.

On Moon Island.

When Qingming finished another round of physical enhancement and returned to the ground, he deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' as usual, retrieved all the shadow clones, and absorbed and digested their cultivation experience and memories from the past hour. His body suddenly trembled.

At this moment, he felt that his understanding of 'Wood Release' had reached a new level, and his spirit fed back into his body, causing his 'Wood Release' bloodline limit to begin to evolve rapidly.

Qingming was so engrossed in understanding and comprehending 'Wood Release', as well as the changes in his body, that he didn't notice that his relaxation had caused a 'slight' leakage of chakra.

During the evolution of his body, this chakra was automatically transformed into Wood Release chakra.

As soon as they touch the ground, they immediately cause the seeds of grass and trees buried in the ground nearby to sprout and grow into towering trees in the blink of an eye.

Qingming frowned slightly, vaguely sensing the changes in the outside world, but since he didn't sense any danger, he simply didn't pay much attention to it and continued to immerse himself in understanding the changes within himself.

As his chakra continued to overflow, a large number of flowers, plants and trees appeared around him, and in no time, the forest clearing became lush and green.

A moment later, even the damage he had caused by testing ninjutsu in the distant forest, as well as the damage caused by his shadow clones developing bloodline limits, gradually recovered.

By the time he came to his senses, the entire Moon Island had been transformed into a primeval forest.

Everywhere there are thriving trees, their branches and leaves intertwined, their vines entwined, creating a vibrant scene.

If someone were to come here now, they probably wouldn't be able to discover, without careful inspection, that there were once traces of human habitation here.

Even Qingming himself was taken aback by the change.

However, he was relieved when he saw that the panel had changed to 'Wood Release' (1/50000).

This is equivalent to the Mangekyou Sharingan's 'Wood Release'. Although it only leaked some chakra, it is normal for it to cause such a result.

Even such a change is considered minor.

If he were to exert his full power, Qingming estimated that he could create a forest covering tens of square kilometers in a short period of time.

If this forest were shrunk and its control strengthened, it would resemble Hashirama Senju's "Wood Release: Advent of a World of Trees".

That's right, he can now perform this move quite easily, without needing to learn any ninjutsu scrolls.

The so-called "Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees" is actually a ninjutsu that Hashirama Senju created at will using his enormous chakra and life force. It's all about the sheer force of the attack.

Given his current chakra levels and understanding of 'Wood Release', it would be truly strange if he couldn't use it!

In fact, not only 'Wood Release: Advent of the World of Trees', but he could also imitate and create a series of other Wood Release ninjutsu given time.

After all, he knows everything that Hashirama Senju knows, including 'Sage Mode'.

But then again, did he really need to do that?

the answer is negative.

There's a saying that goes: "Those who learn from me will live, those who imitate me will die."

Everyone has their own path to walk, and everyone has their own fighting style. What suits Hashirama Senju may not suit him.

Therefore, blindly imitating others is a dead end.

All he needs to do is treat it as a small gain on his journey forward, without paying too much attention to it.

Only in this way could he finally forge his own path. With this thought in mind, Qingming felt his mind clearer, and even his control over his mental power improved.

"Whoo~~~"

With a light breath, Qingming withdrew his thoughts, stopped thinking about it, and began to examine the changes brought about by this advancement in 'Wood Release'.

Qingming closed his eyes again, calmed his mind, and sensed himself.

A moment later, he suddenly opened his eyes, a look of surprise in them.

The reason is simple: this advancement in 'Wood Release' not only greatly improved his aptitude, but also significantly boosted his physical evolution.

The former made it easier for him to strengthen his body.

The latter directly shortens the time required for his body to undergo its next transformation.

He was well prepared for the former.

But the latter...
That was truly an unexpected delight.

However, upon closer reflection, he felt it made perfect sense.

After all, the Mangekyou Sharingan and the Sharingan are not on the same level. Correspondingly, his current 'Wood Release' is not on the same level as his 'Wood Release' before his advancement.

So, isn't it normal that the resulting changes are slightly larger?

However, to know exactly how much it improved his qualifications and how much it shortened his transformation time, we need to conduct a thorough test.

With this in mind, Qingming immediately composed himself and adjusted his state of mind.

Once everything was ready, he immediately raised his hands to form a hand seal and unleashed the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique,' beginning a new round of training.

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Before we knew it, it was late at night.

Qingming finished his last round of training for the day and returned to Moon Island.

With a thought, he deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' and retrieved all the shadow clones.

After absorbing and digesting their cultivation experience and memories from the past hour, he finally began to examine the effects of strengthening his body over the past few hours.

Time passes minute by minute.

About ten minutes later.

Qingming withdrew his spiritual power that had been probing into the body.

At the same time, a smile appeared on his face.

Just as he had initially sensed, this advancement in 'Wood Release' brought him tremendous gains.

First, let's talk about the time it directly shortens for body strengthening, which is about twenty days.

Don't be fooled by the fact that twenty days may not seem like much; it's actually quite long.

At his current rate of physical enhancement, twenty days is more than enough time for his body to evolve to a higher level.

Therefore, shortening it by twenty days cannot be ignored.

Let's talk about improving qualifications.
According to his tests, this time, his advancement in 'Wood Release' has significantly improved his aptitude and greatly reduced the difficulty of strengthening his body.

Ultimately, in terms of reduced time, this could save him about a month.

Thus, after subtracting the more than half a month of strengthening he had already done, he now has just over three months left to strengthen his body to the point of transformation.

Three months is obviously not a very long time.

Qingming was naturally overjoyed by this.

(End of this chapter)