Naruto: My Progress in Konoha.

Chapter 987 Action
Sunrise and sunset.

Before we knew it, it was the third day.

And this was also the last day of his arduous training.

That night, Qingming finished his two-hour 'Extreme Body' practice, completing the last training session of the day.

Next, according to the plan, he will go to three other villages to replace the wood clones left behind, and also try to seize the training method of 'Dust Release' from Iwagakure.

As the bloodline limit was developed by the Second Tsuchikage, Mu, and inherited by the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, Iwagakure must have relevant records.

Therefore, Qingming is not worried about not having a goal.

Once he finds this record, it will definitely accelerate his development of 'Dust Escape'.

Over the past three days, his shadow clones have made various attempts, and he has fully experienced the difficulty of developing 'Dust Release'.

He estimated that without other references, it would be impossible for him to successfully fuse Fire Release, Earth Release, and Wind Release to create Dust Release in less than two or three years.

Even so, it was because he had already mastered the technique of fusing the nature transformations of two different chakra natures.

For someone without any foundation, it's likely they'd never see any progress, let alone succeed, in their entire life.

However, two or three years is still too long, and Qingming doesn't want to wait that long.

Therefore, stealing the records related to Iwagakure is necessary.

With this thought in mind, Qingming wasted no more time. He packed up his equipment, swallowed several enhanced soldier pills to replenish his energy, and then immediately activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

That's right. This time, instead of using flying ninjutsu to fly to his destination, he chose to teleport directly.

As for the reason
It's very simple. He has plenty of chakra now, so there's no need for him to be overly frugal.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped his random thoughts and looked around.

As you can see, in just a moment, he went from the open space in the center of Moon Island to a forest outside Kirigakure.

'Eye roll~'

Seeing this familiar scene, Qingming had a thought and released the seal between his eyebrows, activating his Byakugan.

The next moment, everything in front of him changed. Darkness was no longer an obstacle. With the help of his Byakugan's X-ray vision, he could see everything around him clearly.

After confirming that there was nothing unusual about Kirigakure ahead, he immediately activated the ability of 'Heavenly Guardian' and then easily passed through Kirigakure's perception barrier and entered the village.

Afterwards, he activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique' again and teleported to the underground cave where his wooden clone was located.

The moment he appeared, he dispelled the 'Wood Clone Technique'.

Therefore, no misunderstanding occurred.

Standing inside the cave, Qingming closed his eyes and carefully reviewed the memories of his wooden clone.

Unlike the previous shadow clones, the wood clones are more resistant to attacks and have more confidence, so they are also more active.

This results in it having far more memories in its mind than its shadow clones.

Correspondingly, it took him more time to process the other person's memories.

However, while the amount of information the other person can remember has increased, the amount of useful information contained within it has not increased much.

This made Qingming somewhat regretful that he hadn't instructed the other party beforehand to filter out the useless information.

Rubbing his temples, Qingming reopened his eyes.

After pondering for a moment and confirming that there was nothing in Kirigakure that warranted his attention over the past month, he raised his hand to form a hand seal and once again used the 'Wood Clone Technique'.

Then, his shoulder twitched.

The next moment, a new clone split off from him.

Qingming looked at the other party and, without saying a word, directly used the "Sealing of All Things in the Realm" technique on him, creating a different dimension.

Then, he reached out and pressed down on the other person's body, injecting one million points of chakra into it.

After doing all this, he looked at the wooden clone in front of him and instructed, "If there's nothing else, try to minimize your activity." The wooden clone, having inherited his latest memories, naturally understood what he meant.

So he simply nodded and said, "I understand."

Seeing this, Qingming wasted no more time and immediately activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique', teleporting to the forest on the outskirts of Kirigakure.

As usual, he activated his Byakugan and scanned his surroundings.

After confirming that no one was around, he immediately activated the ability of 'Heavenly Protection', hiding in an alternate dimension, passing through the perception barrier of Kirigakure, and leaving Kirigakure.

Once he was out of the Hidden Mist Village's surveillance range, Qingming immediately drew upon the chakra in the alternate dimension between his eyebrows to replenish his own chakra.

Next, he located the wooden clone hidden in the Hidden Cloud Village, and with a thought, activated the 'Flying Thunder God Technique'.

The view suddenly shifted.

In an instant, Qingming was teleported from the outskirts of Wuyin Village to the interior of Yunyin Village.

Because he had confirmed last time that, due to the characteristics of its geographical environment, Kumogakure did not set up a perception barrier that covered the entire village.

So he teleported there directly.

Below that pool.

Inside the pitch-black underground space.

As soon as Qingming appeared, a vine wrapped around him.

Without a doubt, the one who launched this attack was the wooden clone that had stayed behind.

The wooden clone seemed to have been prepared for his arrival. Before the vines could wrap around him, it recognized him and stopped in time.

However, Qingming completely ignored the reaction of the wood clone.

The reason is simple: the Hidden Mist Village is too far from the Hidden Cloud Village, and teleporting there all at once would be quite taxing on him.

Although it didn't completely drain his body, the sudden loss of a large amount of chakra still made him feel very uncomfortable.

Right now, Qingming is rapidly mobilizing the chakra within the alternate dimension between his eyebrows to replenish his body's energy reserves.

Therefore, they naturally couldn't bother with the wooden clone.

Time passed by, minute by minute.

He quickly replenished his chakra.

"Whoo~~~"

Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.

After assessing his own condition, Qingming muttered to himself, "As expected, my chakra limit still needs to be increased!"

Now, although his chakra reserves far exceed those of ordinary ninjas, he still lacks the ability to instantly reach various parts of the ninja world.

Qingming's goal is the stars and the sea. If he can't even come and go freely in the ninja world, then things will get really messy.

Therefore, he must increase his chakra limit as much as possible.

Only in this way can he unleash more chakra in an instant, thus teleporting further and gaining greater freedom.

And he has been working towards this goal all along.

Therefore, just let nature take its course.

Gathering his thoughts, Qingming stopped daydreaming.

He raised his hand and condensed a ball of fire-style chakra in his palm.

In an instant, the surrounding darkness was dispelled, and a flash of light appeared, illuminating the underground space.

Looking at the wooden clone whose arm was gradually returning to its original state, Qingming asked directly, "Has anything major happened in Kumogakure in the past period of time?"

(End of this chapter)