Naruto: My setting is above yours.

In other words, in areas with lush vegetation, Genma can quickly replenish his chakra.

However, that's not what he's most concerned about right now.

The inherent characteristic of chakra is that it cannot be preserved for long except through sealing techniques. If it is extracted and not used, it will decompose back into physical and mental energy.

At this moment, Genma voluntarily decomposed the "plant chakra" within his body.

Xuanma carefully sensed that his spiritual power had returned, while the other part, the power of the tree's cells, had not flowed out of his body but had instead merged into his physical body.

Xuanma felt his strength returning.

Become!

This is exactly what he wanted.

However, is it simply about restoring physical strength, or can it promote physical growth?

Or is it simply about restoring chakra, or can it increase the maximum chakra limit?

Genma leaped onto another large tree, created a shadow clone, and then used the shadow clone to refine plant chakra, decompose it, and continue to restore his stamina.

This process is repeated.

Soon, the shadow clone "ate too much" and exceeded a certain critical point. Under Genma's gaze, its body began to gradually turn into wood.

Xuanma's pupils contracted: "I knew this would happen!"

Bang!

Xuanma attacked and destroyed the shadow clone, and the remaining power returned, but his main body did not turn into wood due to the power of the plant cells.

As we can see from the situation with the shadow clones, plant cells will only turn into wood if their power exceeds that of the shadow clones themselves.

Another point is that this does not mean that the power of plant cells cannot promote its growth; further observation is needed.

They changed to a different big tree.

This time, Xuanma is making another attempt.

Chakra is refined from spiritual power, physical power, and plant cell power in a 1:1:1 ratio.

Yes, it's modeled after Sage Mode!

For safety's sake, Xuanma first created a shadow clone to test the waters.

A moment later, Xuanma saw blue eyeshadow appear on the face of the shadow clone.

"Really!"

Xuanma was secretly delighted.

After the shadow clone stopped, he immediately said, "Let's see if this chakra has any special effects on plants."

Nodding, the shadow clone leaped down from the tree and landed, clasping its hands together under Genma's gaze.

The next moment, a sapling less than a meter tall suddenly grew rapidly in the distance, its branches swaying like snakes and coiling towards Xuanma.

With a hum, Genma raised his hand and chakra covered his palm, forming a chakra scalpel. With a wave of his hand, the branches were immediately cut off and scattered.

The shadow clone quickly stopped its attack: "Looks like you got what you wanted."

Xuanma smiled broadly: "There are clues to follow, just as expected."

"This mode is called... Wood Release Chakra Mode!"

The shadow clone suggested, "There should still be room for exploration in this Wood Release chakra. What I did just now was simply to accelerate and control the growth of existing saplings, which is very different from the First Hokage directly creating trees."

Xuanma knew this too, and nodded: "I understand."

After disbanding his shadow clones, Genma chose another large tree.

This time, he personally refined the Wood Release chakra, entered the Wood Release chakra mode, and carefully felt the Wood Release chakra within his body.

As the Shadow Clone said, this special kind of chakra is worth exploring.

Perhaps this could be used to develop Wood Release.

After all, chakra has very special characteristics; it carries the genetic information of the human body and can carry mental consciousness and memories.

Therefore, whether it is plant chakra or the later wood release chakra, it naturally carries plant genetic information.

In that case, theoretically speaking, it would be entirely feasible to create wood and trees directly with chakra, just like the First Hokage's Wood Release.

……

As time went by, the emergence of the Wood Release Chakra Mode led Genma to devote all his enthusiasm and energy to its development, to the point that his training in genjutsu and medical ninjutsu came to a standstill.

Summer vacation has arrived in the blink of an eye.

After leaving Kakashi's house, Genma bought a chilled watermelon and then went to Tsunade's house.

The chirping of insects outside did not disturb Tsunade's afternoon nap.

Shizune, who was sitting behind the table on the other side, immediately smiled with delight when she saw Genma, but she covered her mouth just as she was about to speak, and carefully glanced at Tsunade, who was still sleeping.

Genma smiled but didn't say anything. After making a gesture, he went to the kitchen to get a knife, cut the watermelon, and plated it.

When they returned with the watermelon, they saw Tsunade yawning and stretching.

Upon seeing the watermelon, Tsunade's eyes lit up immediately, and she said without any hesitation, "Bring it over here quickly."

"You are Lady Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha. Shouldn't you maintain your dignity?"

Genma couldn't help but complain, first placing a plate of watermelon at Tsunade's place, and then serving the other plate to Shizune.

Tsunade took the food without hesitation and ate it, while Shizune was much more polite, smiling and thanking her.

After swallowing the chilled watermelon, Tsunade felt instantly refreshed. She wiped her mouth and said, "Kid, you're too old-fashioned."

Rolling his eyes, Genma sat down opposite Tsunade, and then Shizune also came over with her plate of watermelon and sat down next to her, handing her a slice of watermelon.

"Lady Tsunade, is there any new progress in the transformation of Yang Release?"

Xuanma accepted the watermelon, thanked him, and then asked...

While eating watermelon, Tsunade mumbled a reply: "No."

Silently, she explained, "Lady Tsunade has been researching new techniques recently."

New technique?

Yin Seal?

Should we develop the Hundred Healings Technique, or create the Regeneration Technique?

Xuanma asked curiously, "What kind of technique?"

Tsunade tossed away the watermelon rind and let out a satisfied sigh: "An S-rank medical ninjutsu. If I master it, it will be easier to advance the Yang Release nature transformation further."

As she spoke, Tsunade glanced at Genma and asked, "How's your training going?"

Genma said, "It's about the same as Lady Tsunade's; she's reached her limit."

Mute exclaimed, "Amazing!"

Tsunade was also somewhat surprised: "Your talent is indeed quite good."

"However, you will need tremendous physical strength to support this in the future, so you should be mentally prepared."

She now understands Genma fairly well; in terms of chakra reserves, this kid's talent is only so-so.

Genma nodded: "I understand, so medical ninjutsu is not my main focus."

"However, I have figured out a method for training chakra control that should be suitable for Shizune. Lady Tsunade can also give it a try."

Chapter 12 The Advantage Lies With Me

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. Shizune was touched and wanted to know, but was too embarrassed to say, "Um, this should be considered a secret technique, right? It's not really appropriate to tell me, is it?"

Tsunade listened speechlessly.

Xuanma smiled and said, "It's just a little bit of cultivation experience. Jingyin, you often share your cultivation experiences with me too, so it's okay."

Looking at the two sticky figures, Tsunade said impatiently, "Shut up, just say it already!"

They have terrible patience.

Genma inwardly complained, but didn't directly impart the knowledge. Instead, he asked, "Has Lady Tsunade ever tried to refine chakra using as little mental and physical power as possible?"

Tsunade shook her head, then realized what Genma meant. After thinking about it carefully, she nodded: "This method is indeed quite interesting."

Chakra is formed by refining mental and physical strength in a 1:1 ratio. But what is the minimum requirement for one part mental strength and one part physical strength?

I doubt many people have thought about it or explored it in detail.

Tsunade could easily figure out that if she could meet the minimum requirements, her control over the system would definitely be good.

Moreover, this is also beneficial for later cultivation of positive qualities.

"Xuanma, how did you come up with this? That's amazing!"

A silent gasp.

Tsunade looked at Genma and felt that this kid's mind was somewhat different from that of ordinary people.

A flash of inspiration.

Xuanma gave a casual explanation.

In fact, the inspiration came from his failure to extract chakra from weeds.

The power contained within a single weed is too little to be refined into chakra.

Theoretically speaking, if the proportions are right, then it's not a problem, so it's still a human issue.

While developing the Wood Release Chakra Mode, Genma also experimented with various methods and naturally came up with this method for training chakra control.

Today, Genma is able to extract trace amounts of chakra from even a tiny weed.

Having shared his experience and skills, Genma was about to get up and take his leave when Tsunade suddenly said, "After summer vacation ends, I plan to leave the village and travel for a while. I'll have to trouble you to take good care of Shizune."

Xuanma was stunned.

leave?

He turned to look at Jingyin, who had her head down, clearly already knowing.