"That's right, Ye Liang. Ever since I saw you at the training field before, I felt your power was extremely strong. To be honest, I've recently hit a bottleneck in my cultivation. Teacher Ibiki can't help me anymore."
"So you came to see me?"
"Yeah."
Might Guy nodded heartily.
But I don't actually know any Taijutsu...
Ye Liang looked embarrassed.
From what he knew, Might Guy's talent in ninjutsu was terrible. With no choice but to train in Taijutsu, this was almost forcing him into something unnatural.
Ye Liang's system seemingly only provided ninjutsu techniques!
"Beep!"
"A subquest has been triggered - Guide Might Guy. For details, please check the quest dashboard."
Huh?
Another new task?
Ye Liang's face immediately lit up. Since returning from Sunagakure Village, he hadn't received any main quests. Even helping Kushina last night was merely a daily mission.
In front of Might Guy, Ye Liang opened his quest panel.
Others couldn't see the quest panel—it was something only Ye Liang could view, a fact he'd already discovered.
"Improve Might Guy's proficiency in Taijutsu. Reward: A random Taijutsu technique. P.S.: The clearer the improvement, the richer the mission reward. At maximum, you may obtain the S-ranked Taijutsu - [Night Guy]!"
"Woah!"
Ye Liang nearly bit down on the quest panel from shock!
[Night Guy] was the ultimate Taijutsu technique in the Naruto world. Besides Might Guy at his peak, no one had ever managed to use it—and now Ye Liang might actually get to learn it directly!
"Brat, you want to grow stronger, right? If you follow Ye Liang as your teacher, then you've found the right person!"
Ye Liang immediately grabbed Might Guy and rushed toward the Konoha training ground.
After a breathless sprint, Ye Liang collapsed by the road.
"Teacher! Don't scare me like that!"
You're the one who should stop scaring me—what kind of speed was that? Fast as hell.
Ye Liang lay there like a dead dog. Earlier, trying to maintain his image as a teacher, he'd pushed himself beyond his limits with excessive speed, yet still got outpaced by Might Guy.
"Guy, this won't work. Truly powerful Taijutsu isn't just about being faster; sometimes slowness itself can lead to ultimate mastery."
"Slowness?" Might Guy looked confused.
"Yes! Using slowness against speed, harmonizing yin and yang—that is the viable path." Suddenly standing up, Ye Liang, who had been lying on the ground, rose quickly.
He simply couldn't run anymore and decided right here mid-way to start teaching Might Guy.
"The Dao of Yin and Yang lies in reasonableness—using slowness to counter speed, using strength to break cleverness. When you truly grasp this principle, naturally you'll become a true Kage-level expert."
"Eh...Teacher, I don't really understand what you mean?" Might Guy felt awkward.
"You wouldn't get it anyway—even *I* don't get it!"
Ye Liang smiled affectionately at Might Guy.
"Little Guy, think of it this way—do you see this blade of grass on the ground? If you punch it at full speed, it dies—but if the teacher just gently presses it, it gets crushed.
Now tell me, who used more energy—you or the teacher?"
"Of course I expended more energy!"
"You know what? This is exactly what they call 'overcoming speed with slowness.'
To defeat someone's force, you merely need to control it precisely at their tolerance limit. Exerting excessive force only wastes energy.
If you're ambushed, wasting energy is tantamount to suicide!"
Ye Liang began his lecture with a gruff, elder's tone.
This was something he learned from an old man in the park, supposedly an essential principle from a certain Tai Chi school. Whether it was authentic or not, Ye Liang didn't know — the park sage himself claimed he'd never truly mastered it...
"I understand, Master!"
Might Guy respectfully bowed, then walked over to a tree to begin practicing.
Ye Liang relaxed slightly.
Although he wasn't sure exactly what Might Guy understood, he had at least passed the first gate. Now, as long as Guy improved his Taijutsu proficiency a bit, Ye Liang believed his subquest would be simple to complete.
Only the task reward probably wouldn't be very substantial.
Looking at the Night Guy reward on his Dashboard, Ye Liang let out a heavy sigh.
At that moment, a distant tree suddenly snapped at the waist from a blow by Might Guy, but this time Ye Liang saw clearly — Guy hadn't used particularly great force!
Just an ordinary punch.
"Did he actually succeed?"
A flicker of doubt crossed Ye Liang's face, but when he noticed the quest progress bar on his Dashboard, it had actually jumped to 50% completion.
What was going on?
Ye Liang lightly swiped with his finger and discovered that the reward was already claimable.
Was it completed?
No!
Ye Liang suddenly noticed the 50% progress bar had abruptly twitched!
Now it was 51%!
"It seems that to obtain the ultimate Night Guy reward, once I reach 100% progress, I should be able to complete it!"
Excitement lit up Ye Liang's eyes.
Originally, he had only hoped to barely receive the basic reward, but now this was an unexpected bonus.
In any case,
that Tai Chi technique was genuine — the park sage hadn't lied to him!
Watching the slowly increasing progress bar, Ye Liang prepared to accelerate the process.
"Little Guy, come over here. Your master will teach you a mantra."
"Coming right away!"
[The Way of Heaven diminishes the excessive and supplements the insufficient]... [When first cultivating the great Dao, open the nine orifices; the nine orifices originally reside at the tailbone]... [Let his strength be as strong as he wills! The bright moon illuminates the great river]...
"Little Guy, these are the mantras of the Three Supreme Taijutsu Techniques. If you can comprehend even one, you'll become the strongest Taijutsu Ninja. Practice diligently."
Ye Liang stood with his hands behind his back, appearing mysteriously profound, then left.
"Master..." Might Guy murmured to himself, still hearing Ye Liang's martial art mantras echo in his mind. Though he didn't understand them, a sudden realization surged within him!
"Ding Dong!"
"Congratulations to the Player for exceeding expectations and completing the subquest — Guiding Might Guy!"
[Reward] S-Rank Taijutsu - Night Guy!
What in the world!
It actually worked!
Ye Liang was stunned.
He couldn't believe it—the martial arts manuals from his past life had actually triggered Might Guy's sudden enlightenment. Overcome with excitement, he bounced around the house trying to burn off the energy surging through him after unlocking Night Guy.
"He's acting crazy again."
Anko was packing Ye Liang's belongings.
She shot him a look like he was insane—once again, he was flipping out for no reason at all.
Today was the day Ye Liang finally moved out. Hiruzen Sarutobi had worked fast—just half a day earlier he'd been asked to help, and now all the housing issues were already sorted.
"Is he really leaving?"
A hint of reluctance stirred in Anko's heart. After living together for so long, she had truly grown attached to him.
"Pervert! What are you doing with my underwear!"
"Helping you pack your stuff."
"Pack what stuff!"
"We're moving in together! C'mon! I, Ye Liang, will never abandon my wife who stood by me through thick and thin!"
"..."
[Night Guy]
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