A comic book journey to see the Eye of Antiquity

Now, after several months of intensive training, Yang Lei's four attributes are: Constitution 50 points, Strength 90 points, Agility 60 points, and Spirit 50 points.

The attributes have improved significantly compared to a few months ago. At the same time, although the weight on the limbs has not increased, the weight on the body has increased from ten pounds to thirty pounds. There are still two straps, and a ten-pound lead iron has been added to each side.

"School has finally started."

That morning, after returning from his morning run, Yang Lei did not go to the woods behind the mountain for training. Instead, he unloaded his burdens and left home, heading towards the Ninja Academy.

Theoretically, Yang Lei, who has already progressed his studies to the level of Chunin, shouldn't be looking forward to the start of school. However, let's not forget that his purpose in going to school is no longer to study, but to increase Hinata's favorability.

Because Hiashi Hyuga was wary of him, and because the Hyuga family had a lot of homework, Yang Lei hadn't seen Hinata once during the past few months of vacation, and he missed her terribly.

"That wretched father-in-law, he actually did such a thing as breaking up a couple with a stick, it's truly despicable."

On his way to school, Yang Lei couldn't help but complain in his heart about his father-in-law's meddling. However, he didn't consider his own status or how old he and Hinata were. It was only natural that Hyuga Hiashi was wary of him.

Moreover, what Yang Lei absolutely could not have imagined was that since Hiashi Hyuga had already taken precautions against him, how could he not use other methods? There was already something he absolutely did not want to accept waiting for him.

. . . . . .

Eager to reunite with Hinata, Yang Lei quickened his pace and soon started jogging, arriving at the Ninja Academy in no time.

Unfortunately, he arrived a little too early; there were only a few people in the classroom yet, including Hinata, whom he had been longing to see, who was not there, which greatly disappointed him.

Following his memory, Yang Lei returned to his original seat and waited idly, hoping Hinata would arrive soon so he could tell her how much he missed her.

Relying on his young age, Yang Lei didn't care about saving face. If he wasn't worried about scaring Hinata, he would have confessed right now. He believed that with Hinata's feelings for him and her personality, she wouldn't be able to say no.

After waiting and waiting, more than half an hour passed. Finally, in the last few minutes before class was about to start, Hinata and the teacher walked in together.

"what?"

Upon seeing the new teacher walk into the classroom, the students couldn't help but let out a soft gasp of confusion. The person was no longer the genin teacher from a year ago, but had been replaced by Umino Iruka.

"You can sit there."

Iruka looked around and finally pointed Hinata in a direction. It was in the second row, right next to Yamanaka Ino, next to the wall. This left Yang Lei, who was in the middle of the third row, dumbfounded.

"All right."

Iruka cleared his throat and said, "From today onwards, I will be your teacher. My name is Umino Iruka, and you can call me Teacher Iruka."

Chapter 27

"Class is now in session."

Yang Lei didn't care what Iruka said; he was waiting for a chance to speak. But Iruka seemed to know someone would interrupt, and he lectured without pausing at all. It was so coherent that Yang Lei couldn't find a single opportunity, and class ended in the blink of an eye.

"I'll make it."

Watching Iruka quickly leave the classroom, and seeing Hinata running away with her head down, not daring to look at him, Yang Lei couldn't help but swear. He wasn't really an idiot; he could easily figure out what was going on.

"Damn old man."

He no longer called him father-in-law; Yang Lei cursed inwardly, unleashing a torrent of insults that made Hyuga Hiashi, far away at the Hyuga family, sneeze uncontrollably.

"No."

Yang Lei suddenly stood up. He wasn't willing to put up with this insult. Although he didn't dare to go to Hiashi Hyuga, he could go to Iruka Umino.

"Boom bang bang."

Arriving at the office door, which he had visited once before, Yang Lei knocked hard on the door.

"Squeak."

The door opened, and Iruka came out. He glanced at Yang Lei, already guessing what was going on. Before Yang Lei could speak, he made a gesture and said, "Come out with me."

Yang Lei opened his mouth but didn't make a sound, and followed Iruka to the school's backyard.

"You don't need to speak."

As soon as the two stood facing each other, Iruka shut Yang Lei up with his words, saying to himself, "The change of Hinata Hyuga's seat was proposed to me personally by Hiashi Hyuga. He even negotiated with the student who originally sat in that seat, all to prevent you from getting close to Hinata Hyuga."

"I already know."

Yang Lei finally spoke up, indicating that he wasn't stupid and could easily see that it was Hiashi Hyuga who had come in person. He wasn't there to continue chasing after Hinata. Firstly, he wouldn't stoop to such a low level. Secondly, since some people looked down on him and didn't want him to be with Hinata, fine, he would grant their wish. But one day, they would see who would regret it.

“Teacher Iruka, I once heard a saying that goes, ‘Today you ignore me, tomorrow you will be begging for my attention.’”

Although Yang Lei was small, he was very imposing and confident at this moment. He continued, "I didn't come here to ask you to change my seat. I came here to ask you for permission."

"I've learned all the theoretical knowledge, and even throwing techniques, basic close combat, and grappling from Ebisu-sensei. I'm thinking, do I no longer need to waste time coming to school? Can I just come back at the end of the year to take an exam?"

0027 Five years later!

Around 1 p.m., the Ninja Academy resumed classes. The children who were carefree the previous year have now moved up to the second grade and will be attending classes full-time starting this year.

However, the classroom was not full. Two people were missing from the middle of the third row. One of them was Hinata Hyuga, who had changed seats, and the other was Yang Lei. He had already asked Iruka for permission to skip class, as long as he came back for an exam at the end of the year.

Actually, it wasn't easy for Yang Lei to get Iruka's permission. He first performed a clone technique and a transformation technique at Iruka's request, then demonstrated his shuriken and kunai throwing techniques, and finally had a close-quarters fight with Iruka before he was allowed to skip class.

In class, Hinata didn't know that Yang Lei had been given permission to skip class, but she knew why he was skipping class. At that moment, the little girl's mind went blank, and she couldn't hear the teacher's voice at all. She hung her head, feeling miserable.

Yang Lei didn't blame Hinata. He wasn't one of those idiots. If anyone was to blame, it was Hyuga Hiashi's snobbishness, or his own bad background.

But it doesn't matter. His ambition is not low, his talent is not low, and his bloodline is not low. As long as he can grow up smoothly, one day he will successfully bring Hinata home as his wife.

In other words, he would never abandon Hinata, but for now they had to be separated temporarily. He didn't want to be insulted or have Hinata scolded.

"A man's duty is to make his woman happy."

In the back mountains of Konoha Village, Yang Lei, who hadn't gone to school, was diligently cultivating. He was gritting his teeth, looking bitter and resentful, constantly stimulating himself.

"A man should solve all the problems for his woman."

"A man should be a protective umbrella for his woman."

"man...."

Yang Lei spent the entire afternoon in this forest, and due to the stimulation he received, he exceeded his training quota for the day.

"I must become a legend."

Lying on the ground, Yang Lei reiterated his previous ambitions, but this time he was much more determined than ever before.

. . . . . .

Time flies, and several years have passed in the blink of an eye. Yang Lei has grown from a six or seven-year-old child to a twelve-year-old young man.

In recent years, apart from going to the Ninja Academy to take the exam at the end of the year, he has not gone anywhere else. He has been training in this small forest on the back mountain, rain or shine, and even when it snows heavily, he continues.

Heaven rewards diligence; God is always fair. Yang Lei's hard work over the past few years has not been in vain, and his growth has been tremendous.

A few years ago, Yang Lei's four attributes were only: Constitution 50 points, Strength 90 points, Agility 60 points, and Spirit 50 points.

Now, after several years of arduous training, his four attributes are: 520 points in constitution, 1100 points in strength, 700 points in agility, and 500 points in spirit.

After Asuma's personal testing, a rather terrifying conclusion was reached: Yang Lei's physical condition has now reached the level of an elite Chunin, and is even comparable to a Jonin. It is very likely that he has already surpassed some ordinary Jonin.

Of course, this only refers to Yang Lei's physical attributes, not his actual combat ability. If it were a real fight, Asma believed that Yang Lei was just a kid.

Don't be fooled by Yang Lei's current high stats, which are even a bit intimidating; they are not necessarily consistent with his actual combat prowess.

To give an example, what a Jonin can do with ten pounds of strength, a Chunin cannot do, and what a Chunin can do with ten pounds of strength, a Genin cannot do either.

So don't be fooled by Yang Lei's seemingly impressive attributes now; his actual strength isn't that high, and it's unknown how much he can actually unleash in a real life-or-death battle.

Of course, these are all Asma's views and have nothing to do with me personally.

Five years. Not counting his previous training, Yang Lei devoted himself to arduous training for five whole years after being provoked by Hyuga Hiashi. The extent of his hard work can be seen from the growth of his attributes during these five years.

In the past five years, apart from learning the advanced Three Body Techniques from Asma, namely the Instantaneous Movement Technique, the Freeze Technique, and the Invisibility Technique, Yang Lei was no longer disturbed by external things, nor did he add any extra training. He simply maintained those few training methods and continuously increased the weight, enduring the hardships day after day. Now, his weight has reached a terrifying 1,700 jin.

Chapter 28

Of the 1,700 jin of weight, 1,200 jin was distributed among the four limbs, with each limb carrying 300 jin of weight.

Apart from the 1,200 jin, the remaining 500 jin of weight was all carried on his body, which was achieved through the two straps that were crossed around his upper body.

Five years ago, Yang Lei's weight-bearing training was only 150 jin. After five years of hard training, his weight-bearing level has increased more than tenfold, which is roughly the same as the growth of his attributes, also about tenfold.

With his attributes greatly enhanced, Yang Lei's strength is not to be underestimated. Although he is indeed a little green because he has not yet had a life-or-death battle with anyone, he is definitely not as bad as Asma thought.

Think about it, his strength has reached 1,100 points, which means he can exert more than 10,000 jin of force. If an ordinary person is hit by his full-force punch, he will basically be either dead or seriously injured.

There are also 700 points of agility, which is 700 meters per second. The speed of sound is only 340 meters per second. This is already twice the speed of sound, okay? In close combat, even if you are clumsy, such agility will not be too bad, right?

Furthermore, his physique, with a score of 520, not only allows Yang Lei to withstand 5,200 jin, but the growth in other aspects brought about by the enhancement of his physical qualities is even more valuable.

For example, regarding chakra reserves, Yang Lei currently only guesses that his chakra reserves should be comparable to those of a typical Jonin. Of course, since no actual comparison has been conducted, he doesn't know if his guess is right or wrong.

There's also the quality of chakra. To make a comparison using data, five years ago, if Yang Lei were to use the Shadow Clone Technique, creating five clones would require him to expend fifty points of chakra.

Now, five clones only need 25 chakra points, because the quality of chakra is much, much higher than before.

Improving the quality of chakra has more benefits than just that; it can also enhance the power of ninjutsu.

To give another example, if we compare Yang Lei from five years ago with Yang Lei now, and they use the same ninjutsu, if the young Yang Lei from five years ago could cause 100 points of damage, then the current Yang Lei could cause several hundred points of damage.

There's also his spiritual attribute. Although he doesn't dare to show the power of his Eye of Revelation yet, there's no rush. One day he will shake the entire ninja world and become a legend.

0028 Graduation Exam!

"Can I finally take a break?"

That morning, Yang Lei didn't go to train as usual after getting up, because it was the end of the year for the Ninja Academy and their graduation exams, so he had to go to the school again.

Because today is the exam day, everyone was told that they had to be at school by 8 a.m., and even Yang Lei was specially summoned by Iluka.

Yang Lei originally got up at six o'clock, which should have been enough time for him to go for a morning run. However, he had persisted for five years and thought he should take a good rest today, so for the first time he stayed in bed.

Around 7:30, Yang Lei finally got up, went to the bathroom to wash up, found some clothes to change into, and saw a little boy who was about 1.6 meters tall and extremely handsome, especially his pair of purple eyes which were the most eye-catching.

Because of the five years of training, Yang Lei has an incredibly strong physique. Although he doesn't have much muscle, every piece of flesh on his body is as hard as a small stone.

After quickly fixing his short, choppy hair, Yang Lei headed out the door. He bought some breakfast on the way—a bag of bread and a carton of breakfast milk—and ate as he hurried to school.

Yang Lei wasn't the first, but he wouldn't be the last, to arrive at the ninja academy. After glancing at his unfamiliar classmates, he went to the seat he hadn't sat in more than a few times in the past five years and waited quietly.

"Yang Lei?"

Just then, a somewhat hesitant voice rang out from the side. Yang Lei turned his head and saw Naruto standing next to him. He subconsciously put on a polite smile and asked, "Is there something you need, Naruto-kun?"

Five years ago, the two were best friends for a time. Later, Naruto, perhaps due to low self-esteem or jealousy, stopped contacting Yang Lei after seeing how good Asuma was to Yang Lei.

Yang Lei then continued his cultivation for five years. Naruto tried to find him several times, but unfortunately, he never knew where Yang Lei was cultivating, so he had to give up. Their friendship, which had just begun, slowly cooled down, and now when they meet again, they are like two strangers.

In fact, it could be said that Yang Lei never really cared about Naruto from the beginning, because his goal was very clear: these past few years were the best opportunity for him to improve his strength and leave others behind. Let alone something as trivial as trying to reconnect with Naruto, he didn't even care about something as big as the Uchiha massacre three years ago, which shows how hard he worked and how focused he was.

There were some major events during those five years, such as Itachi Uchiha's massacre of the Uchiha clan. Although a force was trying its best to cover it up, many rumors still circulated in the village.

Yang Lei wasn't completely unaware of it, but he was too lazy to pay attention and forgot about it in the blink of an eye.

Who is he now? He's just an insignificant nobody. What thoughts or abilities does he have to concern himself with such important matters? He should just mind his own business.

"Uh."

Naruto was confused by Yang Lei's use of the term "Naruto-kun," hesitated for a moment, then shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's nothing, sorry to bother you."

After saying goodbye to Yang Lei, Naruto turned and sat down to the side, silently waiting for the exam to begin. However, he had no confidence at all and felt a little bitter. Had his only friend who used to joke around with him become a stranger?

Yang Lei didn't take this little incident to heart. He glanced at Hinata, who was secretly looking at him but didn't dare to come closer, smiled, and muttered to himself, "Hinata, don't worry. We'll have a chance to make up for the time we lost before, and there's a chance for our feelings that have grown cold over the years to rekindle."

In the past five years, Yang Lei only saw Hinata once a year when he came to school to take the final exams. He had been anxious and angry, but later all of that turned into motivation to become stronger. He wanted to become stronger than everyone else and then marry Hinata in a grand way.

"Squeak."

Just then, the classroom door was pushed open, and Iruka strode in, waving a whiteboard in his hand and saying, "Classmates, please line up and leave the room in the order I call your names."

Iruka wasted no time and immediately began taking attendance. He quickly organized the group, and they stood in a long line in the corridor, entering one by one into the temporarily vacated classroom in front for their graduation exams.

"Yang Lei".

Yang Lei's position was neither too high nor too low, and it was soon his turn.

"Yang Jun, you must do your best and pass smoothly."

Some students who had finished their exams had already left, rushing out to share their joy with their families. However, Hinata remained, standing timidly at a distance, watching Yang Lei's retreating figure, silently praying for his safety.

Five years ago, Hinata's home even restricted her time leaving school, requiring her to go out immediately after class, naturally to keep Yang Lei away.

However, when Hiashi heard that Yang Lei had been granted permission to skip class, he praised his own foresight and lifted Hinata's restriction.

Hiashi Hyuga had no idea how much progress Yang Lei had made in the past five years. He thought that although the kid had some talent, he was too arrogant and had started to have fun. Little did he know that Yang Lei's current strength could not be described by the word "genius".

Yang Lei couldn't read minds or read hearts, so he didn't know about Hinata's secret blessing. However, he glanced at the little girl out of the corner of his eye and guessed why she had stayed.

Because of Yang Lei's intrusion, Hinata had no liking for Naruto at all, and her gaze was entirely focused on him. For example, at this moment, although Naruto was clearly at the back of the line, Hinata's face was lowered, but it was clearly facing the door. It was obvious who she was paying attention to.