The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

As for why those ninjas with clans were able to train their chakra ahead of time?

Those ninja clans all have their own set of traditions. Through special medicinal baths, they can ensure that their bodies will not be damaged when refining chakra in advance. In fact, the medicinal baths can even improve their physical fitness, giving them a greater advantage over their peers.

Although Uchiha Kiyoshi was a member of the Uchiha clan, he was actually entitled to enjoy medicinal baths and train his chakra ahead of time.

But alas, money was no object! Even within the various ninja clans, those who could afford medicinal baths and advance their training were all of considerable status within their clans. This was because most medicinal baths were very expensive, and ordinary families couldn't afford them.

However, although the major ninja clans could not afford to provide medicinal baths for every member of their clan so that they could start training in chakra at the age of five or even four, it was still possible for them to begin training in the six months before entering the ninja academy.

Generally, ninja clans would gather all eligible children from the clan two or three months before the start of the ninja academy for training, teaching them how to refine chakra.

This kind of training is usually conducted by Chunin or even Jonin from the clan. In addition to guiding them in refining chakra, they are also taught some of their clan's unique techniques, such as the Uchiha clan's throwing techniques.

This alone sets them far ahead of ordinary ninjas.

This is not a difference of two months. You have to know that the ninja clans teach in advance. Although it is not one-on-one, every child of the appropriate age will receive full guidance. Generally, in less than half a month, they can successfully refine chakra.

This is far more efficient than the Ninja Academy! You see, the Ninja Academy's first semester for first-year students has only one teaching objective: teaching students how to refine chakra! Some students might not even be able to successfully refine chakra after six months. The difference in teaching efficiency is immediately apparent!

In other words, ninjas from the ninja clan sometimes have six months more training time than ordinary ninjas of the same age!

During those four years, unable to refine chakra, Uchiha Kiyoshi focused most of his energy on physical training.

With his medical knowledge from his previous life as a foundation, Uchiha Kiyoshi always maximized his physical fitness while ensuring that his body was not damaged.

Now, Uchiha Kiyoshi can do 100 push-ups in one go and jump three or four meters high with all his might!

In addition, Uchiha Kiyoshi also took the time to read a lot of books.

There was nothing that could be done about it. Since he couldn't refine chakra and couldn't exercise regularly, Uchiha Kiyoshi naturally had to find something to do.

For Uchiha Kiyoshi, who had excellent learning abilities and had even been admitted to one of the top ten universities in the country in his previous life, studying was a good choice.

As a powerful and influential clan, the Uchiha possessed an exceptionally rich heritage. Within the Uchiha clan, there was a dedicated archive room for clan members, similar to a library in my previous life.

Although there are no ninjutsu scrolls or various secret and forbidden techniques inside, a lot of basic knowledge can be found here, which is enough for Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Over the course of four years, Uchiha Kiyoshi spent most of his time working on the scrolls in the archives.

Uchiha Kiyoshi read a lot of things, primarily medical knowledge.

This world is different from his previous life, so Uchiha Kiyoshi naturally needed to study the medical knowledge of this world, and at the same time lay a good foundation for his future training in medical ninjutsu.

That's right, Uchiha Kiyoshi is going to train in medical ninjutsu. As everyone knows, a ninja who can't heal himself isn't a good ninja, so it's natural for Uchiha Kiyoshi to learn medical ninjutsu. Moreover, Uchiha Kiyoshi is well aware that he will eventually follow in Orochimaru's footsteps and enter the research field. For research purposes, various experiments inevitably involve medical ninjutsu, so mastering it early is a good thing for Uchiha Kiyoshi.

Aside from medical ninjutsu, most of the materials Uchiha Kiyoyuu read were related to sealing techniques.

The Uchiha clan, a powerful family that has existed since the Warring States period, even dating back to the legendary Ninja Clan era, boasts a long and distinguished history. While their sealing techniques may not rival those of the Uzumaki clan, they are still sufficient for a novice like Uchiha Kiyoshi to build a foundation.

As everyone knows, the strongest combat system in the ninja world isn't ninjutsu or sage techniques, but sealing techniques. It seems that sealing techniques are the highest priority in the entire ninja world. Didn't you see that even Kaguya Otsutsuki, the progenitor of chakra, was sealed inside the moon for a thousand years? Furthermore, Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique also utilized a large amount of sealing technique knowledge! In fact, sealing techniques were arguably a huge help to Minato Namikaze in successfully mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Knowing the importance of sealing techniques, Uchiha Kiyoshi naturally needed to lay a solid foundation in this area.

With exceptional learning abilities, in addition to medical knowledge and a foundation in sealing techniques, Uchiha Kiyoshi also studied other things.

However, most of it is basic knowledge about ninjas.

Chapter Three: Clan Training

Today, after getting up and finishing his daily exercise, Uchiha Kiyoshi did not read any books after eating.

Instead, after making some preparations, they headed to the training grounds behind the Uchiha Mountains.

With only four months until the start of the Ninja Academy, today is the day the Uchiha clan conducts advance training for their six-year-old children.

As a major clan, the Uchiha clan's training time started a month or even two months earlier than other ninja clans.

It's not that other ninja clans don't want to start early, but rather that early training isn't just about enabling the younger generation to refine their chakra earlier; it's more about laying a solid foundation for them.

How do you build a foundation? By spending money! Lots of training every day, plus a daily medicinal bath—that's no small expense.

Take the daily medicinal bath, for example. Although it's not as good as the medicinal baths used by children who have been cultivating for a year or two in advance, it still costs five thousand taels of silver per bath! And this is all provided free of charge by the clan!

Uchiha Kiyoshi received two subsidies from the village and the clan, which amounted to only eight thousand ryo per month! Even though he mostly ate home-cooked meals, plus some extra expenses, he still spent at least three thousand ryo per month!

In four years, Uchiha Kiyoshi only managed to save 200,000 taels of silver.

The clan's training would continue until one month before the start of the ninja school, which is three months, a total of ninety days, with a medicinal bath costing five thousand taels every day, totaling four hundred and fifty thousand taels!

It's more than double the money Uchiha Kiyoshi saved up in four years!

Although a large portion of the medicinal herbs are collected by the clan itself, that still adds up to money! They're worth a good price when sold. Bulk purchases of other medicinal herbs might get some discounts, but not by much.

This is just the cost of each junior's medicinal bath; there are other various expenses as well.

Every year there are more than a dozen eligible descendants, and the training organized by the clan costs more than 20 million taels of silver!

Smaller ninja clans simply cannot afford to spend so much money just to train a few months in advance.

Uchiha Kiyoshi marveled at the generosity of his clan as he headed toward his destination.

Soon, Uchiha Kiyoshi saw the meeting point from afar, where many of his peers and juniors were already waiting.

With half an hour to go before the time set by the clan, Uchiha Kiyoshi wasn't in a hurry and strolled over leisurely.

Don't let his lazy demeanor fool you; this is one of the few times he's had in years to relax, so naturally he wants to unwind.

The other children were playing with each other. When they saw Uchiha Kiyoshi coming over, some of them invited him over, but Uchiha Kiyoshi refused.

Uchiha Kiyoya really couldn't play with a bunch of little brats. Wasn't that childish?

He wasn't worried about being suspected of his actions. There were quite a few precocious children in the ninja world. After his parents died four years ago, Uchiha Kiyoshi had always appeared precocious, and no one suspected him.

Just as the allotted time was about to expire, two ninjas wearing clothes with the Uchiha clan crest printed on them, resembling ping-pong paddles, and wearing Konoha headbands, arrived in front of Uchiha Kiyoshi and his group.

One of the taller ninjas had them stand in line, counted the number of people, and then began his instruction.

First, I introduced myself.

"Hello, I am the ninja that the clan has assigned to guide you this time. My name is Uchiha Takashi, a Jonin. I will be in charge of your chakra training and kunai throwing for the next three months. The man next to me is Uchiha Shin, a special Jonin. He is in charge of guiding you, just like me, but he focuses more on taijutsu."

As he spoke, Uchiha Ryu pointed to another short ninja beside him.

Shinya Uchiha explained his responsibilities to the kids in front of him.

"Alright, kids, we don't need any of that tedious self-introduction. Let's get straight to today's lesson."

He could recognize those from the same clan, so he didn't ask them to introduce themselves, nor was he interested in such things.

"Alright, the first thing we'll learn today is chakra refinement."

After calming down the excited group of kids below, Uchiha Ryū continued his sermon.

"As a ninja, the most important thing is chakra. The amount of chakra directly affects how many ninjutsu a ninja can release, and also affects the power of the ninjutsu. Therefore, you all need to train your chakra well and increase your chakra reserves as much as possible."

Seeing the group of children below looking confused, Uchiha Ryu patiently explained.

"...Alright, now that we've covered this, you should all understand the importance of chakra, right? Next, I'm going to talk about how to extract chakra."

Under the eager gaze of a group of children below, Uchiha Ryu didn't waste any time and slowly explained the process of refining chakra.

"Chakra is a type of energy formed by the fusion of physical and mental energy, and it is essential for ninjas to use ninjutsu."

The key to refining chakra is to control the ratio of physical energy to mental energy. This ratio is generally different for different people. Only by finding the right ratio can chakra be fused together.

Next, I'm going to talk about how to feel physical and mental energy..."

Perhaps seeing that the group of children below seemed confused, Uchiha Ryu explained while letting them ask questions and answering them. In this way, the group of children were able to begin to understand what Uchiha Ryu was talking about: physical energy, spiritual energy, and how to feel it.

Uchiha Ryū breathed a sigh of relief when he finally got them to understand. To be honest, this really tested a ninja's skills. It's like teaching a child math; without a certain level of expertise, it's impossible to teach them well. Most ninjas might not even be able to do it as well as Uchiha Ryū.

Uchiha Ryū nodded in satisfaction.

"Very good. It seems that everyone has understood the knowledge about physical energy and spiritual energy. Next, I will talk about how to fuse chakra."

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"Of course, don't be fooled by how difficult it is to refine chakra. Once you have a successful fusion the first time, your body will remember the ratio, and you won't need to work so hard to refine chakra in the future."

After another long explanation, Uchiha Ryu finally breathed a sigh of relief as the children nodded in agreement.

"Finally finished. The rest shouldn't be so difficult."

After comforting himself, Uchiha Ryu looked at Uchiha Shin beside him.

"We will officially begin learning kunai throwing tomorrow. Next, you will be training in taijutsu, which will be left to Uchiha Shin."

After Uchiha Ryu finished speaking, some of the children below were immediately discouraged when they heard that they were going to practice taijutsu, while others were full of energy and confidence.

Seeing this, Shin Uchiha didn't tolerate the discouraged children and directly used force to coerce them into starting taijutsu training.

"The so-called taijutsu is a combat technique that uses chakra to amplify the body and then engage in combat, or directly uses a powerful body to fight."

There are no shortcuts to mastering physical skills; it requires diligent study and practice day after day.

The most important aspects of physical skills are physical fitness and combat experience.

For the next three months, you will need to engage in a lot of physical training and combat every day. Of course, the clan will provide you with medicinal baths to ensure that your bodies are not damaged.

Alright, for the first class today, let's start with physical exercise.

Each person has to run twenty laps around the training field. The punishment for not finishing is... well, I bet you definitely don't want to experience that.

The group of six-year-old children were no match for Uchiha Shin's intimidation; they were all determined to complete the mission.

Besides, the Uchiha training ground is smaller than Konoha's. One lap is five kilometers, so twenty laps would only be one hundred kilometers? It's not difficult to complete... right? Heh... not difficult, right...?

Some observant children did the math, and sure enough, they were shocked by what they found. One hundred kilometers? Are you kidding me?

Unfortunately, once Shin Uchiha announced the start, even though they were extremely unwilling, they had no choice but to start running.

Throughout this process, Uchiha Kiyoshi maintained a low profile. He understood Uchiha Takashi's guidance on the first try, but he also listened attentively to Takashi's subsequent explanations. Different perspectives always helped him gain a more thorough understanding.

As for the tasks assigned to them by Uchiha Shin, Uchiha Kiyoshi wasn't too worried.

Uchiha Kiyoshi, who has been training for the past four years, has the best physical fitness among those present, and can still run 100 kilometers a day.

On the contrary, Uchiha Kiyoshi was quite pleased. Since Uchiha Shin dared to assign a 100-kilometer task to this group of six-year-old children who had basically never trained or had very little training, it meant that the medicinal bath provided by the Uchiha clan must be more effective than he had imagined.

As soon as Shin Uchiha gave the order, several energetic children rushed out first, clearly a level faster than the others. The remaining children also desperately chased after those in front.

Uchiha Kiyoshi did not blindly accelerate, but tried to maintain a constant speed, keeping it at about 70-80% of his maximum speed.

And so, Uchiha Kiyoshi didn't fall behind either, joining the same group as the others who were desperately chasing after him.

Uchiha Kiyoshi's choice was also correct. Other children had to slow down and pant heavily after running only two or three laps. Uchiha Kiyoshi, however, was not affected in speed, except for being a little tired, and his breathing was even.