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Chapter 145 Teaching, Betting! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

"Let's start with Wind Release!"

Hideaki Hoshino made the decision for Nagato.

Nagato nodded.

Xiao Nan quickly asked, "Then, teacher, what about me?"

"Let's use Wind Release too!"

Hoshino Hideyoshi said, "Next, I will teach you the first ninjutsu."

Yahiko and the other two were immediately filled with anticipation.

They only learned the Three Body Techniques at the Ninja Academy, which was too basic.

The first water-style ninjutsu taught to Yahiko was Water Wave, while the first ninjutsu taught to Nagato and Konan was Gale Palm.

Both are at level C difficulty.

For Nagato and his two companions, they could memorize the hand seals after doing them once, and then it was just a matter of constantly practicing them.

The key lies in the change in nature.

In fact, possessing this attribute makes training this type of ninjutsu twice as effective, and one can even use ninjutsu without needing to undergo nature transformation training from the beginning.

But don't think too much about its power.

The power of a ninjutsu is basically determined by three aspects.

Nature changes, form changes, and chakra quantity!

The training of ninjutsu begins with becoming familiar with hand seals, and then using hand seals to guide chakra.

However, the requirements for a genius are very high.

After teaching the seals, Xingxia Xiu began to teach the techniques of changing properties.

In his Wind Release training, Hoshino Hide created a large tree inside the cave so that Nagato and Konan could play with the leaves.

And Yahiko's water jutsu, Hoshita Hide, brought him to the river.

Time flies and a morning passes quickly.

Instead of taking the three of them back to Amegakure for lunch, Hoshinobi Hideshige ate in the wilderness at noon.

After resting for an hour, the practice continued.

However, Hoshino first taught him the Three Shadow Clone Technique.

This is an upgraded version of the clone technique, which can create a physical clone.

The reason why Xingxia Xiu wanted to teach this technique now was to speed up the three people's training.

Especially Nagato, the Uzumaki clan member, has a massive amount of chakra within him; it would be a waste not to use his clones.

Yahiko and Konan's chakra capacity is far less than Nagato's, but it is still much better than that of their peers. There is no need for multiple shadow clones, but there is no problem in creating one or two shadow clones to increase the speed of training.

Practices like those involving changes in nature require liver energy.

Time flies, and the New Year is just around the corner.

October 28, Konoha 37.

Hoshita Hide received orders to return to Konoha, and so did Jiraiya.

Just yesterday, Konoha and Iwagakure reached a preliminary agreement on peace talks.

Yesterday, Onoki left the front lines and returned to Iwagakure.

Konoha and Amegakure officially ceased hostilities with Iwagakure yesterday.

Then, within the next month, Konoha's forces will gradually withdraw from the Land of Rain.

After the peace talks, Konoha openly gave up the interests of the Rain Country, except for the offensive and defensive alliance signed with the Rain Village in advance.

Of course, the clandestine organization is the Root organization established by Amegakure.

……

"You, aren't you planning to go back to Konoha for the New Year?"

Jiraiya looked at Yahiko and the other two who were diligently training and asked them a question.

Xingxia Xiu shook his head: "Of course we have to go back, but not now."

"Don't worry, with my space-time ninjutsu, I can get back very quickly."

Jiraiya nodded: "I almost forgot, you're just like Minato."

"But speaking of which, these three kids do look quite good, just like I did back in my day."

Xingxia Xiu didn't hesitate to stab him in the back: "I heard you were a bottom of your class back in school."

Jiraiya didn't care at all and laughed, "That was what I gave them before."

"Not many of my classmates from back then have become Jonin now."

"But... these three little guys don't seem to have anything particularly special about them, do they?"

Xingxia Xiu smiled slightly: "You'll find out later."

Just then, Nagato, who was cultivating around a tree, stopped, and then his clones disappeared one by one.

Yahiko and Konan immediately stepped forward, followed by cheers.

The weather was sunny today, so Yahiko and his two companions trained by the river.

"Looks like it's been successfully repaired!"

Xingxia Xiu chuckled softly.

Jiraiya was surprised: "So fast?"

"They graduated not long ago, right?"

Hoshino Hide looked at the three people running over and laughed, "To be precise, it's been exactly four days since Nagato started practicing Wind Release: Nature Transformation."

"I taught him the Shadow Clone Technique, which he learned in just a few minutes. Then he learned the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique in one minute."

Jiraiya's expression changed.

Just then, Yahiko and Konan arrived with Nagato. Yahiko exclaimed, "Master Hide, Nagato has completed his training in Wind Release: Nature Transformation!"

Nagato, however, seemed a little embarrassed.

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "I saw it."

"However, this is not the end."

Yahiko and the other two were taken aback.

Hoshino Hideyo said, "Using chakra to cut through leaves is only the first stage of Wind Release: Nature Transformation training."

"Next is the second phase."

Xingxia Xiu leaped down from the tree and landed on an open space. He formed a hand seal with his hands, and the ground beneath his feet suddenly rose up.

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Xingxia Xiu clasped her hands together again, and water rushed down from behind her, forming a waterfall.

Then, trees grew out of the wall and were connected by vines, forming an aerial walkway.

As he landed, Hoshino said, "Nagato, go up. Use the same method as before. When you can cut through the waterfall, that will be considered a success."

Yahiko and Konan couldn't help but open their mouths when they heard this.

This is way too difficult!

Jiraiya walked up and laughed, "Shu, your standards are too high."

"If you could cut through a waterfall, your Wind Release nature transformation would already be at the Jonin level, meaning you're proficient in Wind Release!"

Yahiko and Konan exclaimed in unison, "That's amazing!"

Nagato was a little nervous, afraid that she wouldn't be able to do it.

Jiraiya then asked, "Are you going to teach me that technique?"

Three pairs of eyes turned to Xingxiaxiu.

Xingxia Xiu shook his head: "Everyone is suited to different techniques."

"The Rasengan is suitable for Minato."

After saying that, he patted Nagato on the shoulder: "Alright, you two go and cultivate."

"When today ends, I will teach a ninjutsu to the person who has achieved their goal."

"Yahiko, Konan, you two better do your best!"

Yahiko and Konan nodded in unison: "Yes!"

The three of them went back to their respective cultivation practices.

Jiraiya watched, his gaze falling on Nagato, who was training with numerous clones facing the waterfall: "What's so special about this kid? You're being so secretive."

Hoshita Hide said with a smile, "He was born with five attributes, no, Nagato also has a talent for illusions, so that means he has six attributes."

Jiraiya was startled: "What?"

Such people are indeed rare.

Many senior ninjas seem to have mastered a lot of nature changes, but in fact they are not very good at every one of them.

The reason is that we are not born with so many attributes.

Just like Xing Xiaxiu's practice of changing the nature of Fire and Lightning Escape, he achieved half the result with twice the effort.

Wind Release, Water Release, Earth Release—even without the status bar buff, he could cultivate them with ease.

Jiraiya himself is more proficient in fire jutsu and earth jutsu. Wind jutsu and water jutsu are not commonly used ninjutsu. Mastering them is just to prevent oneself from being targeted by the enemy.

He doesn't know any lightning techniques, and he hasn't even mastered the nature transformation of lightning techniques.

People like Hiruzen Sarutobi, who are born with all five elemental jutsu and use them with unparalleled skill, are extremely rare in the ninja world.

"It seems we need to get Minato to work even harder when we get back, otherwise he'll fall behind Nagato."

Jiraiya suddenly laughed.

Hoshino Hide had an idea and smiled, "If there's a chance, let Nagato and Minato have a match."

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya immediately had an idea: "How about we make a bet?"

Xingxia Xiu raised an eyebrow: "How do we bet?"

Jiraiya laughed and said, "Of course, we're betting on the outcome between Nagato and Minato!"

Hoshita Hide sneered, "Nagato has only just begun his training, while Minato is already a Chunin!"

Jiraiya, thick-skinned as ever, said, "Nagato has improved so quickly, don't you, as his teacher, have any confidence in him?"

Xingxia Xiu said, "Of course I have confidence."

"But what are you betting?"

"Ten million taels?"

Jiraiya was startled: "This is way too much!"

Xingxia Xiu thought for a moment: "Let's keep it simple then."

"The loser shall teach the opponent's disciple a ninjutsu."

"Hmm, the level is no lower than B!"

Jiraiya readily agreed, "No problem!"

(End of this chapter)