Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 1179 Calm and Three Months Later

Thinking this, Qingming did not hesitate at all. He immediately mobilized the chakra in the space between his eyebrows, replenished his own chakra, and then directly used the 'Wood Clone Technique' to create a wood clone that remained in the area.

He then left several Flying Thunder God marks here, just in case.

Not only in this mountain cave, but also on the outer mountain peaks and many other places nearby, he left the Flying Thunder God mark.

In this way, it will be much more convenient for him to come and go here or to explore the surrounding area.

After doing all this, he directly targeted the Flying Thunder God mark on Moon Island and activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

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The view suddenly shifted.

In the blink of an eye, Qingming returned to Moon Island from the Land of Fields.

Looking at the familiar surroundings, he waved, causing his wooden clone, which was still flying in the sky on guard, to land beside him.

Have you noticed anyone else approaching?

Qingming asked this question.

Upon hearing this, the wooden clone shook his head and said, "No, we didn't find anyone else around, nor did we find anything unusual."

"All right!"

Qingming nodded, then with a thought, he directly dispelled the 'Wood Clone Technique'.

Instantly, the wooden clone in front of him transformed into a rough wooden figure, which then rapidly disintegrated and vanished.

Feeling the large amount of chakra surging into his body, Qingming quickly stored it in the alternate dimension between his eyebrows, and then concentrated his mind to digest the memories of the other party from the past few hours.

After finishing these tasks, he returned to the cabin and began to rest.

A speechless night!
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The next day.

It's not yet daybreak.

Qingming got up early.

Arriving at the stream, he quickly washed up, then swallowed a few enhanced soldier ration pills to fill his stomach before beginning his new day of training.

The first step is to create shadow clones that absorb natural energy.

However, this time, he doesn't need to divide it into more than a thousand paths.

Just like the test results yesterday, he only created one hundred shadow clones and sent the wood clones to the space node in the Land of Fields to replenish their energy with the more abundant natural energy there.

This not only greatly reduced the probability of him being discovered, but also reduced his chakra consumption.

Although the reduction isn't significant, only around two million points per day, every little bit counts, and over time, it adds up to a considerable sum, so Qingming doesn't mind.

And so, time passed day by day.

At first, Qingming was worried about how the three holy lands would react to his actions, but the result was beyond his expectations.

For a full three months, the three holy sites did not react at all.

However, thinking about it, it makes sense. Judging from the way the three holy lands draw natural energy from the ninja world, it's clear that they don't rely on just one node.

Based on their rotation pattern of once every eight hours on average, the ninja world should have at least three nodes.

Only in this way can we ensure that the three sacred sites can absorb enough natural energy at all times, so as to ensure that their internal environment does not undergo major changes.

But the truth may be much more complex.

If it were him, he would definitely have considered the possibility of a sudden interruption at a certain point when constructing this magic circle or ritual.

Therefore, it is more likely that at any given moment, the number of nodes connected to these three holy sites is multiple.

In this way, the natural energy he intercepted was only a small part of a single node, and was insignificant compared to the massive amount of natural energy he absorbed from the ninja world every moment.

Therefore, coupled with the instability and losses caused by the rotation of the three holy sites, it is normal that they did not notice any changes for a while.

Of course, if he takes longer to absorb the nutrients, or absorbs a larger amount, then who knows?

But by then, will he still need to worry about them?
Who knows, in the future when natural energy is insufficient, he might even proactively enter the three sacred lands to absorb the even more concentrated natural energy within them. Having discussed the three sacred lands, let's talk about Orochimaru.

Just as he had anticipated, after he arrived at that spatial node and began absorbing the natural energy there, Orochimaru began to secretly observe him.

Qingming was fully aware of this.

Similarly, Orochimaru knew that he was fully aware of the situation.

However, since both sides had their own considerations, neither intended to break off relations.

Thus, in this strange tacit understanding, Qingming cultivated for three months.

This night.

Below Moon Island.

Inside the volcano.

Qingming completed the 'Extreme Body' training once again, sensing himself, but found no progress. All he found were increasingly obvious and tighter invisible constraints.

At this moment, Qingming knew that his body had once again reached the critical point of transformation.

Indeed, after three months of cultivation, his body had finally reached a point where it could not progress any further, and he had reached a critical juncture for another transformation.

Originally, Qingming intended to break through in one fell swoop.

After all, more than four months had passed, and even though he tried his best to control it, the excessive mental strength still had a significant negative impact on his physical body.

This caused his condition to deteriorate further.

During the Spring Festival, he didn't even have time to rest, but seized every opportunity to cultivate, with the aim of transforming his body as soon as possible to relieve this pressure.

Now that the opportunity has come, how can he resist?
Fortunately, he still had some rationality, and after taking several deep breaths, he calmed down.

He had been cultivating all day and was already very tired. Trying to break through in this state would only make his efforts less effective.

Therefore, it would be better to get a good night's rest and try to make a breakthrough tomorrow.

Qingming thought this way and did this way. He stopped cultivating the 'Extreme Body Technique' and, with a thought, directly activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' to teleport to Moon Island.

Then, he exited the 'Sage Mode' state, waited silently for several tens of seconds until his body naturally recovered, and immediately deactivated the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' and recalled all the shadow clones.

He even recalled the wooden clone that had remained at the spatial node of the Land of Fields, all so that it could be in its most perfect condition tomorrow.

After absorbing the memories in his mind, Qingming didn't linger. In a few flashes, he returned to the wooden house and began to rest.

A speechless night!
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The next day.

Qingming got up early.

Looking at the still dark sky, he quickly washed up, swallowed a few enhanced soldier ration pills to fill his stomach, and then went to the open space in the center of Moon Island, sat cross-legged, and began his breakthrough.

As for the process of achieving the breakthrough, it's the same as before.

With a thought, he activated the Rinnegan and then added the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Suddenly, six jet-black magatama appeared in his silver pupils.

Without any hesitation, Qingming directly activated the Mangekyou Sharingan's unique eye technique—Human Defense.

Suddenly, an invisible force was applied to him.

Sensing this power, Qingming did not hesitate at all and immediately unleashed the 'Palm Immortal Technique', which had been improved several times.

In an instant, he condensed an extremely dense amount of Yang Release chakra.

Then, he injected it into his body, causing it to flow through his meridians and penetrate into those cells along the way, prompting them to continuously evolve.

And so, time passed by, and every now and then he would condense a stream of Yang Release chakra and inject it into his body to ensure that the evolution of his cells would not stop.

At the same time, when my eyes get tired, I will pause the use of 'Human Defense' for a while to relieve the strain.

(End of this chapter)