The correct way for the Uchiha to rise

Chapter Fifty-Two: An Attempt

Uchiha Kiyoshi planned to repeat the Body Tempering Technique once he regained his strength.

Since the intention was to increase resistance to improve the efficiency of the Body Tempering Technique, it was only natural to give it a try. Fortunately, Uchiha Kiyoshi also possessed some useful ninjutsu. For example, the Hardening Technique, though only a C-rank ninjutsu, was recorded in the Earth Release basic ninjutsu scroll Orochimaru had given him.

While resting, Uchiha Kiyoshi was also studying the scroll of the Hardening Technique.

According to the scroll, the Hardening Technique isn't a particularly difficult ninjutsu. Its effect is to harden the body, increasing defense, but this reduces flexibility, meaning movement is hindered. This ninjutsu is C-rank, but its potential is extremely high; with continued training, it can even be used in Kage-level battles.

About half an hour later, Uchiha Kiyoshi had recovered his strength and finished studying the Hardening Technique scroll.

Standing up, removing the weights from his legs, Uchiha Kiyoshi formed hand seals.

"Sclerotherapy"

Because he wasn't very skilled the first time, Uchiha Kiyoshi could only barely execute the technique, and the hardening of different parts of his body was uneven. However, this time, Uchiha Kiyoshi also learned about the process of how ninjutsu works.

After canceling the hardening technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi began trying again.

"Sclerotherapy"

Having learned from experience, Uchiha Kiyoshi successfully performed the Hardening Technique this time, and the degree of hardening in his body was basically balanced.

"Sure enough, compared to before, it is more difficult to move the body after hardening."

Uchiha Kiyoshi tried moving a few times and made a judgment.

"Let's give it a try and see if the hardening process can improve the efficiency of the exercise."

After getting into position, Uchiha Kiyoshi began practicing his body-strengthening technique.

With his hands on the ground, he concentrated his strength in his legs, his entire body resembling a crouching wolf, seemingly ready to pounce at any moment. At the same time, Uchiha Kiyoshi circulated his chakra to his legs, beginning to nourish the leg cells using a body-nourishing technique.

Perhaps due to the inconvenience caused by the hardening technique, Uchiha Kiyoshi's body-strengthening movements were much more labored than usual.

As he progressed through the body-training techniques, Uchiha Kiyoichi would sometimes imitate a wolf to strengthen his leg muscles, sometimes a tiger to train his upper body strength, and sometimes a bear...

Soon, sweat began to bead on Uchiha Kiyoshi's forehead, and drops of sweat rolled down his cheeks. Uchiha Kiyoshi did not stop; on the contrary, as the body-training technique progressed, he became increasingly excited, his eyes shining brightly.

"Sure enough, it works. Even though it's only a third of the way through, it's no less effective than a single workout before."

Uchiha Kiyoshi seemed to have forgotten his physical fatigue, repeatedly performing the body-strengthening techniques while circulating his chakra and using health-preserving techniques to exercise various parts of his body.

It wasn't until a feeling of weakness washed over him that Uchiha Kiyoshi realized he was completely exhausted and had very little chakra left.

"Hoo~ Hoo~ As expected, the effect is good. Just two hours of training is equivalent to the gains of the previous two or three days."

Just as Uchiha Kiyoshi was about to continue savoring what he had just gained, he was interrupted by a feeling of weakness coming from his body, and he gave a bitter smile.

"This time, I'm not just tired, I'm completely exhausted. However, this is also a sign that the training was effective. In the novels I read in my previous life, everyone lost a lot of weight after exercising, which was exaggerated, but not entirely without reason."

Thanks to his timely realization, Uchiha Kiyoshi, though exhausted, was not injured. He was just as hungry as usual, only needing to eat.

"Perfect timing, it's lunchtime now, time to eat."

Using all his might to prop himself up, Uchiha Kiyoshi slowly moved to the tree where he had stored his things.

Finding the bento box he had prepared that morning, Uchiha Kiyoshi opened it and immediately began to eat, wolfing it down without any regard for his image.

The newly arrived Nawaki was stunned; he had never seen Uchiha Kiyoshi's clothes as a reincarnated starving ghost.

"Qing, are you alright?"

You just practiced that body-strengthening technique of yours again.

"Why are you trying to imitate those wild beasts? It's so ugly! Look at yourself now, you've made a mess of things, haven't you? You're so weak, you look completely drained. Anyone who didn't know better would think something terrible had happened!"

Nawaki was joking, but he was genuinely concerned. Uchiha Kiyoshi knew this, of course, and his body-strengthening technique was effective, and quite effective at that. Unfortunately, no matter how he explained it, Nawaki just wouldn't understand, so he could only ignore him.

What do you know? When my physical condition improves and my strength increases rapidly, you'll see how powerful my body-strengthening technique is.

Uchiha Kiyoshi thought to himself.

"However, I don't seem to have reached the stage of rapid physical development yet. It seems like I still have one or two years left. If my physical fitness improves before then, will it still improve rapidly due to development?"

Uchiha Kiyoshi also suddenly thought of this question, and for a moment he couldn't figure it out.

As he ate his meal, Uchiha Kiyoshi calmed down and began to ponder the problem.

After some thought, Uchiha Kiyoshi made a preliminary judgment.

"I think so? As long as I keep using the health-preserving techniques to nourish and replenish the body's cells, I shouldn't miss this opportunity for development."

The cases where excessive physical exercise led to developmental problems in the past were likely caused by bodily damage and cellular depletion.

I have health maintenance techniques; I won't fail to develop properly.

As this initial assessment was refined, Uchiha Kiyoshi's thoughts began to expand.

"In that case, based on the current training efficiency, even if the effect will decrease later, my physical fitness will still improve significantly before I enter the physical development stage, and it will be no worse than the physical fitness of an average ninja after development."

If I develop my skills again after that, wouldn't I be able to widen the gap between myself and others?

If you calculate it that way, the effect of this secret technique is too good.

Uchiha Kiyoshi realized the benefits of doing this and became even more satisfied with his body-strengthening technique.

"No, the powerful technique isn't the body-strengthening technique, but the health-preserving technique."

The deductions just made are all based on the effects of the health cultivation technique. The body-strengthening technique merely provides a form of exercise to nourish the body during the health cultivation practice. Therefore, the most fundamental aspect is still the health cultivation technique itself, the 'method'.

Thoughts flashed through Uchiha Kiyoshi's mind as he gradually analyzed the essence of the problem.

A cultivation technique, or something similar. The health-preserving technique developed by Uchiha Kiyoshi plays this role in this process, which is why it has such remarkable effects.

Previously, Uchiha Kiyoshi only used the simple health cultivation technique to nourish his body, without a systematic approach. However, after the body tempering technique was developed and combined with various movements, the health cultivation technique that Uchiha Kiyoshi adjusted gradually began to take the shape of a cultivation method.

No, to be more precise, the previous health cultivation technique could be considered a rudimentary form of martial arts, but it was more like internal energy cultivation. The health cultivation technique combined with the body-strengthening technique is more like external energy cultivation.

"Forget it, I don't want to think about it anymore. As long as I can cultivate, that's fine. As for classification, it just needs to be roughly the same. It doesn't have to be exactly the same as what's written in novels. Anyway, these things don't exist in the ninja world. I've defined it this way, who can argue with that?"

Having finished thinking things through, Uchiha Kiyoshi also finished his bento box. Feeling his body feel full again, Uchiha Kiyoshi couldn't wait to start training.

"No rush, haste makes waste, and excessive training is counterproductive. Let's continue with the body tempering tonight, and practice ninjutsu this afternoon, while also researching sealing techniques that have a similar effect to the hardening technique."

Chapter 53 Gravity Barrier

In just one month, everyone in Class 3 has made progress.

Saku Sarutobi learned Wind Release: Gale Palm, a mid-to-close range offensive ninjutsu.

The Gale Palm technique transforms chakra into wind, which is then concentrated in the palm and compressed to unleash a violent gust of wind. The most crucial step is transforming chakra into wind, utilizing chakra shape transformation. Because shape transformation doesn't require hand seals, the Gale Palm technique generally only has three hand seals, and with practice, it can even be completed with a single seal.

Form transformation is one of the two major transformations of chakra; the other is nature transformation.

Form transformation is the process of changing the form of chakra. Whether it's a change in the shape of chakra, such as becoming spherical or rotating, or chakra mutating into natural substances like wind and fire, all of these fall under the category of chakra form transformation.

Once mastered, the form transformation is not as significant as the nature transformation. The Rasengan is the ultimate application of chakra form transformation, a technique that unleashes immense power by rapidly rotating and compressing chakra.

Nawaki has also made significant progress this month, with a great improvement in both combat skills and strategic thinking.

It's worth mentioning that Uchiha Kiyoshi suggested to Orochimaru that they teach Nawaki more about how to identify traps like explosive tags.

Even so, Uchiha Kiyoshi was still a little worried, and suggested that Orochimaru teach Nawaki more about the details that ninjas need to pay attention to, because carelessness can lead to death, and Nawaki happens to be the kind of person who is prone to carelessness.

Orochimaru didn't object; he explained the situation to Tsunade, and that was it...

Uchiha Kiyoshi goes without saying.

His chakra level reached 500 calories, which is the level of a newly promoted elite Chunin.

With this month's intensive training, his physical fitness has improved significantly, and his taijutsu has also made remarkable progress. According to Orochimaru, Uchiha Kiyoshi has now reached the taijutsu level of an elite Chunin; as long as he catches up in other aspects, he will be an elite Chunin.

The so-called "reaching the level of an elite Chunin" here refers to reaching the taijutsu level of other elite Chunin. They can handle ordinary Chunin, but not elite Chunin.

Seeing that the progress of each member of Team 3 had not slowed down, Orochimaru did not rush to assign them tasks, but instead planned to let them continue training.

Although Uchiha Kiyoshi and the others did not know Orochimaru's thoughts, since Orochimaru did not mention the mission, they did not ask and continued to train.

……

"A sealing technique that affects gravity?"

Upon hearing Uchiha Kiyoshi's request, Orochimaru didn't immediately understand. However, considering Kiyoshi's recent behavior, he realized what was going on, nodded, and began to think about whether there were any gravity-related sealing techniques.

Even if such a sealing technique existed, it wouldn't be cost-effective. Unlike ninjutsu that affects gravity, sealing techniques generally require a lot of time to set up and are not very effective in actual combat. Even Orochimaru didn't think of it for the time being.

"If not, a sealing technique that restricts or hinders body movement will also work."

Seeing that Orochimaru still wanted to think about it, Uchiha Kiyoshi thought there was no chance and could only settle for second best and lower his expectations.

Orochimaru didn't stop thinking, and it's unclear whether he listened attentively.

"There seems to be a gravity-affecting sealing technique, which is about equivalent to a C-rank ninjutsu in terms of difficulty. It requires a lot of time to set up beforehand, and its effectiveness in actual combat is not very good. It is only used as a basic skill to learn."

Upon hearing this, Uchiha Kiyoshi's eyes lit up. He had thought there was no hope, but it turned out there really was. As expected, Orochimaru was amazing.

The issue of spending time setting up this is not a problem at all. I am not meant to fight, but only to assist in cultivation.

"Teacher, do you have this here? I'll take this one."

Orochimaru didn't reply. He just stood there, squinting as if deep in thought. He glanced at Uchiha Kiyoshi, who felt a chill run down his spine from that look.

“You have your own cultivation plan, and there haven’t been any problems so far. I hope you won’t make the same mistake this time.”

Orochimaru took out a scroll, tossed it to Uchiha Kiyoshi, and left after saying something nonsensical.

Uchiha Kiyoya couldn't understand what Orochimaru meant. He thought about it for a while, but still couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. Anyway, getting the target was a good thing.

Holding the scroll, he unfolded it and gazed at the dense array of various techniques inside. Uchiha Kiyoshi was completely mesmerized, unaffected by the dazzling array of techniques that would dazzle an ordinary person.

"This combination forms a barrier, this one is for reinforcement, and this one is for isolation. Isolate what? Never mind, let's keep reading."

......"

In one hour, Uchiha Kiyoshi finished reading the entire scroll.

Actually, it shouldn't have taken this long. Uchiha Kiyoshi was mainly wasting a lot of time because he was acquiring a true sealing technique beyond the basic sealing techniques for the first time and constantly comparing it with the knowledge he had previously acquired. However, it was all worthwhile.

"As expected, my previous line of thinking was correct."

The combination of techniques can be used multiple times within a single sealing spell, thus enhancing the sealing spell's effectiveness in this regard.

Furthermore, the insertion of various combinations was similar to my previous ideas, only the techniques were much more refined than mine.

The only thing that surprised me was some combinations I'd never seen before.