"Panel!"
Upon returning home, Kyōmei immediately opened his panel.
The familiar pale blue light screen appeared:
[Name: Uchiha Kyōmei
Age: 10
Physique: 5
Spirit: 7
Chakra: 21 (159 → 189)
Bloodline: Sharingan - Unawakened (51/100)
Skills: Chakra Nurturing Practice: lv0 (53/100) → lv0 (98/100)
Clone Jutsu: lv1 (2/200) → lv1 (20/200)
Transformation Jutsu: lv0 (77/100) → lv1 (19/200)
Substitution Jutsu: lv0 (71/100) → lv1 (18/200)
Basic Taijutsu: lv1 (16/200) → lv1 (65/200)
Ninja Tool Throwing: lv2 (10/500) → lv2 (42/500)]
It could be seen that in just five days, his strength had increased by another notch.
Among them, his chakra limit increased by 30 points, reaching 189 points.
This level of chakra might be nothing in the face of a genius, but among peers, it was already above average.
After all, he was only ten years old this year.
And for ninjas, the age of twelve to sixteen was the golden growth period.
Before that, apart from a few prodigies, there wouldn't be much of a gap.
But Kyōmei had already gradually pulled ahead of his peers, which meant that he too could be called a minor genius.
Of course, if one only looked at chakra, it might be a bit undeserved.
But if one included the lv1 'Clone Jutsu', 'Transformation Jutsu', and 'Substitution Jutsu', as well as 'Basic Taijutsu', and the Lv2 'Ninja Tool Throwing', then it was well-deserved.
Even among previous six-year graduates, he would be considered above average.
What's more, there was still half a month until the graduation assessment, which was enough time for him to further improve his strength.
By then, even going to the battlefield...
'Ugh, it still seems a bit risky!'
Kyōmei's gaze swept over the panel, and he suddenly realized that he seemed to be missing a trump card.
Coincidentally, his 'Chakra Nurturing Practice' proficiency had reached lv0 (98/100), almost at the entry level.
Once he entered the entry level, the effect of restoring chakra would undoubtedly increase.
This way, he would have the extra capacity to learn a higher-level ninjutsu.
As for where the ninjutsu would come from?
There was no need to worry about that. His predecessor's parents' study had several ninjutsu scrolls. Once he "grinded" his 'Chakra Nurturing Practice' to lv1, he would go find one to learn.
And with the proficiency panel, he didn't have to worry about not being able to learn it. As long as it didn't conflict with his chakra attributes, he could fully grind it to entry level, or even higher.
Thinking of it, Kyōmei closed the panel, retrieved a military ration pill from the inner room, swallowed it, and then began to perform 'Chakra Nurturing Practice'.
One minute, two minutes... five minutes... ten minutes...
Soon, two hours passed.
Suddenly, Kyōmei opened his eyes, a glint flashing through them, and various insights emerged in his mind.
At this moment, Kyōmei had a new understanding of 'Chakra Nurturing Practice'.
If the efficiency of 'Chakra Nurturing Practice' at lv0 in excavating the body's potential was one, then lv1 was two.
In other words, in the same amount of time, he could refine more chakra, which not only affected his chakra recovery speed but also his chakra limit.
With this thought, Kyōmei closed his eyes again and began to refine chakra according to his new understanding.
About half an hour later, Kyōmei opened his eyes.
"Panel!"
With a thought, Kyōmei summoned the proficiency panel.
[Name: Uchiha Kyōmei
Age: 10
Physique: 5
Spirit: 7
Chakra: 171 (189 → 192)
Bloodline: Sharingan - Unawakened (51/100)
Skills: Chakra Nurturing Practice: lv1 (1/200)
Clone Jutsu: lv1 (20/200)
Transformation Jutsu: lv1 (19/200)
Substitution Jutsu: lv1 (18/200)
Basic Taijutsu: lv1 (65/200)
Ninja Tool Throwing: lv2 (42/500)]
As he expected, in just half an hour, the effect of 'Chakra Nurturing Practice' at lv1 was comparable to that of 'Chakra Nurturing Practice' at lv0 after an hour of operation.
That is, restoring fifty points of chakra and increasing the chakra limit by one point.
The only regrettable thing was that even after 'Chakra Nurturing Practice' advanced to lv1, it still required an hour to gain one point of proficiency.
In fact, this time there would be no additional proficiency gain.
After all, his predecessor's 'Chakra Nurturing Practice' was still at lv0, otherwise the previously provided additional proficiency wouldn't have been so little.
However, Kyōmei was already content.
At least after today, the amount of chakra he could use daily would be double what it was before.
Of course, this energy would not be generated out of nowhere, and he would probably need to increase his intake of military ration pills in the future.
But these were minor issues.
He had bought quite a few military ration pills before, and in order to survive on the battlefield later, he could only temporarily make his stomach suffer a little.
Recalling his thoughts, Kyōmei got up, left the room, and went straight to his predecessor's parents' study.
For a while, he was either taking classes at school or cultivating at home, and simply had no extra time to organize his predecessor's parents' belongings.
He had only roughly scanned the study, knowing that there were a few ninjutsu scrolls, but he hadn't looked closely at what they specifically were.
Today was his first time seriously examining these scrolls.
"Let me see what's here."
Muttering softly, Kyōmei opened the first scroll, which contained the Uchiha clan's signature ninjutsu - Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu.
It manifests as spitting out a fireball, possessing both high-temperature burning and explosive effects, its power depending on the amount of chakra infused, making it a very practical ninjutsu.
Its learning difficulty was C-rank, which was enough to serve as a trump card for a Genin.
However, Kyōmei wasn't in a hurry to decide. He opened several other scrolls, two of which also contained ninjutsu, namely Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Jutsu and Fire Release: Dragon Fire Jutsu.
Although their ranks were also C-rank, their learning difficulty was somewhat higher than that of Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu.
Especially Fire Release: Phoenix Fire Jutsu, which required Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu as a foundation, otherwise it would be very difficult to learn.
In addition, there were two other scrolls, each containing a genjutsu.
One of them was called Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, a genjutsu that required the cooperation of the Sharingan to be cast.
Its specific effect was to construct a mental world, conjuring iron stakes to nail down the opponent's body, making them feel pain and thus lose their ability to move.
His predecessor's parents had not awakened the Sharingan, leaving this scroll clearly showed great expectations for his predecessor.
Unfortunately, his predecessor also had not awakened the Sharingan.
As for the second scroll...
The genjutsu recorded on it was somewhat strange. Kyōmei had at least heard of Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique, but he had never even heard of 'Art of Reflecting the Heart'.
That's right, the genjutsu recorded on this second scroll was indeed a genjutsu called the Art of Reflecting the Heart.
Kyōmei unrolled the scroll and carefully read its contents.
And as he delved deeper into the reading, his expression changed again and again.
From initial indifference, to later surprise and uncertainty, then to eagerness and anticipation.
After finishing reading, his face was filled with a sense of relief.
Now...
Of course, his face was beaming with joy.
No other reason, this Art of Reflecting the Heart might very well solve the predicament of his Sharingan awakening progress stagnating.
(End of chapter)
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