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Chapter 4 A Talent of the Immortal Clan

Although ninjas are powerful, and ninja villages are the most important military force in a country, in terms of status, most ninjas are far inferior to the nobles of a country.

Therefore, nobles in most countries don't spend time learning ninjutsu, because they can simply pay the ninja village to give them a mission. They are more interested in enjoying life and indulging in romance.

As the prince of the Land of Fire, the leader of the five great nations, Li Chuan held a prestigious position despite lacking real power. Ji Lu couldn't understand why Li Chuan would want to become his disciple and learn ninjutsu.

"Abbot Jiraiya, what I said is not a joke. I am truly interested in ninjutsu and wish to become your disciple."

Li Chuan nodded very seriously.

Seeing Li Chuan's serious expression, Di Lu's face showed a slight look of difficulty.

As the head of the Fire Temple, taking on a disciple is no small matter. Although the other party is a noble prince of the Land of Fire, his age is simply too great.

If he remembered correctly, the prince before him was already twenty years old. To begin refining chakra and learning ninjutsu at twenty—to expect to achieve anything was simply a pipe dream.

It's important to understand that to become a qualified ninja, talent, hard work, resources, and time are all indispensable.

However, since the prince has spoken directly, it would be disrespectful for him to refuse, which would not be a good thing for the entire Fire Temple.

"Your Highness, learning ninjutsu is an extremely difficult task."

"Abbot Dilu, rest assured, I am not afraid of hardship. As long as you accept me as your disciple, I am willing to do my part and donate five million taels to the Fire Temple as incense money."

Li Chuan smiled, adding another bargaining chip to the negotiations.

As a prince, if he insisted that Di Lu take him as a disciple, Di Lu certainly wouldn't refuse. But if he was unhappy and didn't teach seriously, he would be the one who suffered.

So besides his own identity, he can also use money to bribe his way out of trouble.

Anyway, as a prince, with his status, taking out five million taels is not a big deal.

"Since the prince is so sincere and persistent, how could Dilu refuse?"

When Di Lu heard about the five million taels, his eyes lit up, he put his hands together, and immediately changed his mind and agreed.

In truth, given his personality, he wouldn't have been so quick to agree to a donation of five million taels. However, the situation at the Fire Temple is rather dire, and this donation of five million taels can provide much-needed relief.

Although the Fire Temple is a ninja temple, unlike Konoha, it doesn't receive the various economic support from the Land of Fire, nor can it accept missions for generous rewards. Its main income comes from the people of the Land of Fire who come to offer incense and prayers.

The people of the Land of Fire are wealthy, and the Fire Temple is very popular, so they are not short of money.

However, a few years ago, the chakra within Kong went berserk, injuring many monks and destroying the Fire Temple's strongest defensive seal.

In recent years, the temple's savings have been almost entirely depleted in order to rebuild the sealed iron wall and treat the injured monks. As the abbot and the one who brought back the empty temple, he has an inescapable responsibility.

If the Prince were to become his disciple at this time, and receive a donation of five million, the financial burden on the Fire Temple would be greatly reduced.

"Very well, then I will bring the donation tomorrow to formally become your disciple!"

Seeing that Di Lu agreed, Li Chuan didn't waste any words and immediately set a time.

He only has three months to enter this small world, so he can't waste it. The sooner he starts training, the faster he can master more ninjutsu.

The next morning, Li Chuan arrived at the Fire Temple with five million taels of silver. After a simple apprenticeship ceremony, he began his formal training.

"Your Highness, let's begin."

In the training temple in the backyard of the Fire Temple, Jiraiya took out a scroll and unfolded it, preparing to begin teaching, but was interrupted by Li Chuan raising his hand:

"Master, now that I've become your disciple, please don't call me Prince anymore. Just call me Chuan."

The Fire Temple doesn't have any special requirements for Buddhist names, and it's even okay if you don't have one. For convenience, Li Chuan used the character "Chuan" as his Buddhist name.

Upon hearing this, Di Lu smiled and didn't stand on ceremony any further:

"Alright, Kawa, let me first explain the principles of chakra extraction to you, and then I'll tell you about the difference between the Sage's Talent, unique to our Fire Temple, and ordinary chakra."

"Thank you for your trouble, Master!"

Li Chuan straightened his posture and adopted a serious listening attitude.

Dilu begins the explanation:

"Chakra is a prerequisite for our use of ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu. It is a product of the combination of energy and spiritual energy extracted from 130 trillion cells in the body."

Our Sage Clan's Chakra, on the other hand, has absorbed a very small amount of external energy on top of its original foundation.

It is precisely because of this extremely small amount of external power that our Immortal Clan's talent has some additional effects compared to ordinary chakra, namely, it can nourish the body, making the training of taijutsu more effective.

Therefore, most of the ninja monks at the Fire Temple are very skilled in taijutsu (physical combat).

After Di Lu's explanation, Li Chuan finally understood why the Immortal Clan had an Immortal. It turned out that this chakra was somewhat related to Sage Mode.

However, Sage Mode involves absorbing a large amount of natural energy, which dramatically enhances the power of one's ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu.

The Sage Clan's talent lies in extracting a very small amount of natural energy during chakra extraction to harmonize the body and mind, thus slowly improving the user's physical attributes.

"Does our immortal talent have any shortcomings?"

Li Chuan was well aware that if the talents of the Immortal Clan truly had an advantage over ordinary chakra, even if it was just a slight improvement in physical attributes, they would probably have been coveted by various forces long ago and would not have been kept by the Fire Temple for so long.

Therefore, there are definitely still corresponding shortcomings.

Upon hearing this, Di Lu paused, then replied somewhat awkwardly:

"Indeed, compared to ordinary chakra, there is a drawback that is not exactly a disadvantage, which is that because it is mixed with external energy, the speed of chakra extraction will be somewhat reduced."

Judging from Jiraiya's expression, Li Chuan immediately guessed that it was probably more than just a little bit; otherwise, the Fire Temple wouldn't have only had Jiraiya as a Jonin all these years.

In the entire ninja world, most ninjas primarily use ninjutsu, while those who primarily use taijutsu are still in the minority.

Furthermore, the body can be improved through training and unique ninjutsu. At the cost of slightly enhancing physical fitness and slowing down the refining speed, few ninjas would probably be willing to do so.

Only a ninja monk like the Fire Temple, who doesn't usually have to do missions or fight life-or-death battles, would think that the talent of the Sage Clan is better than ordinary chakra.

However, after thinking about it, Li Chuan still decided to learn the Sage's Chakra Extraction Method from the Fire Temple, rather than the ordinary Chakra Extraction Method.

He always felt that the chakra extraction method of the Sage Clan might be beneficial for Sage Mode and the cursed seal invented by Orochimaru.

(End of this chapter)