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Chapter 97 Rope Tree's Talent: Sage Mode! (Please subscribe and vote with monthly tickets)

Tsunade and the others' vacation lasted only three days.

After only three days of rest, Tsunade bid farewell to Hoshino Hide and returned to the battlefield.

After seeing Tsunade off, Hoshino Hide thought for a moment, then created a wooden clone to find Rope Tree, who was playing with his friends outside, and led him to a secluded clearing.

"Brother Xiu, are you going to teach me some powerful ninjutsu ahead of time?"

After the wooden clone left, Rope Tree couldn't wait to ask.

Hoshino nodded: "I'm going to teach you this in advance. I heard from your sister that you'll be training with Orochimaru after graduation."

Rope Tree scratched his head, looking a little embarrassed.

Hoshino Hide laughed and said, "Don't worry about that, but you should be prepared. The ninjutsu I teach is not so easy to master."

Rope Tree immediately nodded emphatically.

"Let's begin!"

Hoshino Shigehisa extended his right hand, and a Rasengan condensed.

Nawaki's eyes widened immediately: "Wow... such powerful chakra!"

"This is the Rasengan!"

Hoshino explained, "Look at this chakra ball, and the name of the ninjutsu I gave it. One of the core elements of this ninjutsu is chakra rotation."

Nawaki nodded quickly, then thought for a moment: "Making chakra rotate is very difficult."

Hoshino Shizuku dispersed the Rasengan and squatted down.

Rope Tree quickly squatted down on the opposite side.

Xingxia Xiu picked up a twig and drew a swirl on the ground: "You should recognize this, right?"

Nawaki nodded and asked, "Brother Xiu, do you mean the chakra rotates like this?"

Xingxia Xiu shook his head: "That's just one aspect."

"The most crucial thing is..."

Xingxia Xiu pointed to the center of the vortex diagram with a twig: "Here!"

"Nawaki, how does the school teach you to concentrate and refine chakra?"

Rope Tree immediately said, "Put a leaf on your forehead..."

He immediately realized, "Brother Xiu, you mean that chakra rotation should concentrate towards the center point?"

Xingxia smiled and said, "You understand perfectly."

After dropping the branch, Hoshinoshige led Rope Tree to the riverbank.

boom!

When Xingxia Xiu stomped his foot, the ground immediately sank, creating a crater.

Rope Tree's eyelids twitched: "She's just as good as her older sister!"

Immediately afterward, Xingxia Xiu formed a hand seal, and a stream of water rose from the river and poured into the pit in front of her.

Under Nawaki's puzzled expression, Hoshino reached out and stirred the water in the pit, causing it to swirl and form a whirlpool.

"Brother Xiu, should the chakra swirl like this water vortex?"

Rope Tree asked.

Xingxia Xiu didn't answer, but instead released her grip: "Look at the center of this whirlpool, and what the water flow is like when the whirlpool is spinning?"

Rope Tree examined it closely, scratched his head, and said, "The center of the whirlpool is hollow, and the state of the water flow..."

Seeing that he couldn't answer, Hoshino said, "You just realized that you need to concentrate your chakra at one point when practicing the Rasengan."

"But if it's just simple chakra rotation, then it will be like this water vortex, hollow inside, and the water flow will radiate outwards."

"This means that the power is constantly being dispersed, resulting in weak and unstable power."

"Without this pit, the water would spread outwards."

Nawaki nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "But even if you concentrate the chakra at one point and rotate around that point, it will still continuously diffuse outwards, right?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded with a smile: "That's right, it's centrifugal force."

Nawaki quickly asked, "Then what should we do?"

Hoshino stood up, led Nawaki to a large tree, raised his right hand, condensed a Rasengan, and then pressed it onto the tree trunk.

Wood chips flew everywhere, and the air currents swirled.

Nawaki raised his hand to cover his face, but his eyes were fixed on the Rasengan as it slowly pierced through the tree trunk.

"have a look."

Xingxia Xiu pointed to the hole in the tree trunk.

Nawaki immediately stepped forward to examine it closely and saw the spiral-shaped marks: "The power of rotation, the centrifugal force that Brother Shu mentioned, is part of the power of the Rasengan."

Hoshino nodded: "Therefore, the rotation of Rasengan chakra cannot be in a single direction. It requires the superposition of rotations in different directions, which looks like a disordered rotation. With continuous superposition, the chakra is constantly compressed towards the center point."

"The more chakra is compressed, the stronger the outward tension and the greater the rotational force becomes."

"Therefore, the power of the Rasengan depends on your chakra reserves and the amount of power you can control."

As she spoke, Xingxia Xiu raised her hand, palm facing up.

hum!

The airflow spun and rubbed against each other, causing the Rasengan to condense and rapidly expand under Nawaki's astonished gaze.

The Rasengan that Hoshino Shu just showed was only slightly larger than a fist, but now it's as huge as a millstone.

"Wow...that's amazing!"

Rope Tree was shocked and excited.

That ninjutsu was so cool!

Hoshino Hideaki dispersed his ninjutsu and said, "This is called the Great Rasengan."

"Alright, you should now have a general and clear understanding of the Rasengan. Let's begin the formal training."

This was the third time he had taught the Rasengan technique, so he had even more teaching experience.

The wooden clone brought over water balloons, and Xingxiaxiu began her regular teaching session.

Judging from what we just saw, Rope Tree's talent is not as good as Minato's; he still needs things like water vapor and balloons.

However, Nawaki is stronger than Kushina Uzumaki.

In the subsequent training, Nawaki's progress was indeed faster than Kushina Uzumaki's.

The fact that he completed the training to shatter the water sphere on the first day was partly due to Rope Tree's slightly higher talent, but it was also related to Hoshino Shu's improved teaching methods.

On the third day, the rope tree shattered the ball.

……

In the Forest of Death, beneath a large tree, Xingxia Xiu lowered her eyes, slowly absorbing natural energy, attempting to create Sage Chakra.

Suddenly, his feet began to turn to wood.

Seeing this, the wooden clone holding a stick immediately raised its hand and struck the main body on the head.

Startled awake, Xingxia Xiu stopped absorbing natural energy and quickly refined the natural energy within her body into Sage Chakra, instantly eliminating the petrification on her feet.

"Cultivating immortal techniques is indeed very difficult."

Xingxia Xiu sighed.

This was even with him in a state of "full concentration," where his control over his own power was extremely precise.

However, the body absorbs natural energy, and this natural energy is very difficult to control before it becomes Sage Chakra.

There is no way to convert the natural energy absorbed into the body into Sage Chakra all at once, but if the natural energy absorbed is not converted immediately, it will erode the body.

Because absorbing natural energy is not like breathing, where you inhale a breath into your mouth and then into your trachea.

It is a channel for the flow of natural energy throughout the body.

Of course, it is difficult.

But Xingxia Xiu is confident that he can gradually become proficient and then take control of the show.

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It takes time.

"Perhaps we can find some techniques."

The wooden clone holding the stick suggested, "Similar to chakra refining techniques."

Xingxia Xiu listened and fell into deep thought: "Indeed, we should find a shortcut; brute force is too inefficient."

"The main problem is that we have too little control over natural energy, and our bodies are too weak to resist it."

"However, I also feel that my body is becoming more adaptable to natural energy."

The wooden clone said, "It's not hard to understand, otherwise someone like Jugo wouldn't exist."

"Humans, or life in general, have the inherent ability to adapt to and constantly change their environment."

Hoshino nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Perhaps we can use a method of layered interception to refine Sage Chakra."

The wood clone immediately understood: "The moment natural energy comes into contact with the skin, it is directly refined. With this layer of Sage Chakra protecting the skin, it can continuously resist the erosion of natural energy afterward."

"Then it goes deeper, to the muscles and other cells..."

Xingxia Xiu nodded with a smile: "That's right!"

"Let's give it a try!"

As he spoke, he closed his eyes and began to absorb natural energy once more.

As the body begins to absorb natural energy, it's like opening a floodgate, with the surrounding natural energy rushing in.

The moment it touched his skin, Xingxia Xiu immediately combined this natural energy with his own physical and spiritual energy, refining it into Sage Chakra.

Everything went smoothly.

Next comes the next layer.

However, Xingxia Xiu soon couldn't refine it all, and the natural energy that entered her body overflowed, subsequently eroding her body and causing her to turn into wood.

Despite being jolted awake again, Xingxia Xiu was not disappointed: "The method is acceptable, but I'm not skilled enough yet."

"Keep going! Keep going!"

Xingxia Xiu lowered her eyes and continued trying, only to be repeatedly woken up by the wooden clone, lest she be turned to wood without even realizing it.

the other side.

With the help of the wooden clone, Rope Tree gritted his teeth and persevered, constantly trying to break the ball in his hands from all angles, instead of just making a hole in one.

Compared to Minato, his training speed was very slow.

But compared to Kushina Uzumaki, it's already considered fast.

at the same time.

Kushina Uzumaki, on vacation, quietly studied sealing techniques alone in her room under the watchful eyes of the Anbu.

During her occasional breaks, she would think about how long it had been since she had come to see her own show.

But she soon resumed her research on sealing techniques.

She hoped that when she saw Xingxia Xiu again, she could pass on the knowledge of sealing techniques she had learned to him.

"I just don't know when we'll be able to see each other again..."

The girl was lost in thought, gazing out the window into a daze.

……

Under the big tree, Xingxia Xiu, engrossed in his cultivation, forgot to eat and sleep, and before he knew it, it was late at night.

Suddenly, the wooden clone, carrying a wooden stick, sharpened its gaze: "Did it work?"

As Xingxia Xiu sat cross-legged, a divine-like expression began to appear on her face.

That was the exact same face paint as Hashirama Senju.

However, the wooden clone soon discovered that after the mask appeared, the skin of the main body also began to change.

"This is……"

The wooden clone was stunned for a moment.

Because the skin of the original body had actually become... like the bark of an old tree.

So ugly!

The wooden clone seemed a little disgusted.

Xingxia Xiu opened his eyes at this moment, and with a little force from his feet, the ground immediately sank, and even his shoes exploded.

"Celestial arts are truly extraordinary!"

Xingxia Xiu had a big smile on her face.

The wooden clone threw away the stick and reminded him, "Take a look at yourself first."

Xingxia Xiu formed hand seals and used Water Release, then looked at the reflection in the puddle on the ground by the moonlight, and his expression froze.

Okay, his control over Sage Chakra is a bit poor.

This is on par with Jiraiya!

"Forget it, being ugly doesn't matter, as long as I'm strong. Anyway, I don't need to do anything in Sage Mode."

Xingxia Xiu quickly calmed down.

The wooden clone asked, "How long can it last?"

Xingxia Xiu immediately raised her hand and made a gesture.

(End of this chapter)