NARUTO: IDE:Chapter 3: Cultivation technique The increase in his strength also gave Shin a measure of confidence, reigniting the fighting spirit that had nearly gone out.
“Come on, Uchiha Shin!
Make everyone who looks down on you tremble!” With his blood fired up, there was no time to rest.
Shin stood up and felt the Chakra surging through his body.
It had more than doubled, and the system panel now displayed the amount as Energy.
Shin was secretly delighted.
This time, he would definitely master the Three Body Technique!
Following the memories in his mind, he guided the Chakra through his body and slowly formed the hand signs.
“Un…” The moment he formed the first hand sign, the Chakra inside his body suddenly began circulating at high speed.
A figure condensed beside him.
It looked exactly like Shin.
Even its expression was almost identical.
“This…” Shin froze.
He clearly remembered that the Clone Technique required three hand signs.
Yet he had only formed one before successfully completing it.
That was something only a Ninja who had completely mastered the Three Body Technique should have been capable of.
Previously, even after forming all three hand signs, the clones he produced had been nothing more than limp, shapeless figures.
So what was going on?
Could it be because he had reached the Genin level?
Shin frowned and focused his attention.
A skill bar had appeared before his eyes.
Level 1 Clone Technique — 10%.
After looking at the updated skill panel, Shin quickly formed a guess.
The level represented the skill’s current stage, while the percentage was its proficiency.
If that was the case, things would be much easier from now on.
With that thought, Shin didn’t waste any more time and continued practicing the Clone Technique.
As expected, he succeeded again.
The progress bar changed.
Level 1 Clone Technique — 20%.
“Ten percent proficiency each time.
That’s pretty overpowered.” Shin checked his Energy again and found that it had dropped by 10 points.
That meant each attempt at the Clone Technique consumed roughly 5 points of Chakra.
Shin took a deep breath and forced down his excitement.
What he needed to do now was train.
He had to master all three techniques of the Three Body Technique to a high level as quickly as possible.
Only then would he have enough ability to protect himself in the future.
Another puff of Chakra smoke dispersed.
The progress bar reached 30%.
Shin continued practicing without stopping.
He wanted to become stronger as quickly as possible.
At the same time, he had to be careful not to reveal his strength in front of others.
He had already decided.
From now on, he would keep a low profile.
If possible, he would even return to being the dead last in class.
If he revealed his true abilities and suddenly became much stronger overnight, he would definitely attract the attention of the Konoha Anbu.
The Ninja World had no shortage of Ninjutsu capable of reading minds or manipulating memories.
Shin absolutely couldn’t afford to casually reveal his sudden increase in strength.
The chances of the Anbu actually noticing him were small, but caution never hurt.
“Continue.” Puffs of smoke rose one after another.
The Clone Technique finally broke through to Level 2.
At Level 2, Shin could create two clones at once.
However, the Chakra consumption had also increased significantly, rising from the original 5 points to 7 points.
More clones meant greater consumption.
That was understandable.
But Shin soon noticed something else.
The skill proficiency had changed.
Previously, each attempt increased his proficiency by 10%.
Now, it only increased by 8%.
Would the rate become slower and slower as the skill level increased?
Even so, Shin didn’t give up.
He continued to train.
Before long, he formed another set of hand signs and was about to release the Clone Technique when he suddenly felt the Chakra inside his body run dry.
His Chakra was completely exhausted.
Recalling the memories of the original owner, Shin sat cross-legged and focused his mind inward.
He used his will to draw out the energy produced by the cells in his body, then combined it with his spiritual energy.
After passing through the conversion process, the two energies transformed into Chakra.
This was the Chakra Refinement Method Shin had been practicing.
Just as he was about to begin refining Chakra, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck his mind.
Then a series of ancient, obscure characters surfaced in his thoughts.
“Primordial Chaos Heaven Devouring Art.” “Heaven and Earth are born with me, and all things are one with me.
Bearing the bloodline of Yanhuang, one should emulate Heaven and Earth, absorb the spiritual energy of mountains and rivers, draw upon the essence of human civilization, and guide the brilliance of the stars to strengthen oneself and attain the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.” “Shatter Illusions, Trace Origins, Devour Heaven, Absorb Earth, Refine Self, Merge with Dao, Create Realm, Immortality, Return to One, Freedom.” Shin was completely stunned.
What was going on?
This cultivation technique hadn’t appeared before.
Why had it suddenly emerged all at once?
A bold thought flashed through Shin’s mind.
Could the reason he had been able to transmigrate be related to this cultivation technique?
But why hadn’t it appeared earlier?
Could it be connected to his breakthrough in cultivation?
Shin didn’t bother thinking about it any further.
If he had a better cultivation method now, why wouldn’t he train with it?
The Chakra Refinement Method Shin had been using relied on mixing energy produced by his own cells with his spiritual energy.
The method was far too restrictive, and the amount of Chakra it could produce was limited.
A person’s body contained only so many cells.
Pushing their production too far would eventually leave the body exhausted and weakened.
That was why, in the later stages of the Ninja World, those peak powerhouses either had a Tailed Beast supplying them with energy, had undergone some kind of cellular mutation, or relied on Senjutsu to further enhance their Chakra.
Other Ninja didn’t dare casually unleash powerful Ninjutsu, either.
One powerful technique could drain their entire Chakra reserve.
But cultivating the Primordial Chaos Heaven Devouring Art was different.
Its core principle was to absorb the Qi of Heaven and Earth, drawing in the most primordial Primal Qi.
It allowed the cultivator to contain this energy within themselves, refine it, strengthen their own body, and eventually achieve unity between man and Heaven.
The two methods couldn’t even be compared.
Having understood this, Shin naturally chose the Primordial Chaos Heaven Devouring Art.
He focused his mind and began cultivating according to the technique’s circulation method.
The first layer was called the Eye of Shattering Illusions — Qi Perception.
Its purpose was to see through the illusory appearances of the world, perceive the essence of the spiritual energy between Heaven and Earth, and sense the faint traces of Primal Qi hidden within it.
Shin continued to comprehend the technique while keeping his mind completely focused.
Gradually, the Eye of Shattering Illusions began to take shape.
Using the ancestral orifice between his eyebrows as the point of guidance, he meditated upon the Primordial Chaos, allowing his consciousness to sink deeper and deeper into the technique.
At first, he could only look inward and sense his own body.
Then his perception slowly extended beyond himself.
The spiritual energy flowing through Heaven and Earth became clear in his awareness.
He could even distinguish the original colors carried by different types of spiritual energy.
The moment he achieved this, Shin had officially stepped into the introductory stage of the first layer—the Eye of Shattering Illusions.
Ten minutes later, Shin opened his eyes.
His Energy had already recovered to full.
Even the system panel had gained a new section for cultivation techniques.
“This cultivation technique is amazing.
My Chakra recovered in only ten minutes.” Thinking back to how it had previously taken him two full hours to recover, Shin’s lips curled into a pout.
He immediately tossed the old Chakra Refinement Method to the back of his mind and swore never to practice it again.
With that settled, Shin’s spirits lifted, and he once again began practicing the Clone Technique.
To his surprise, the Level 2 Clone Technique had previously required 8 Energy to cast, but now it only consumed 3.
Creating a single clone required just 1 Energy point.
Shin was overjoyed.
He hadn’t expected absorbing the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth to have such a dramatic effect.
With his Energy recovering this quickly, he could train much faster.
Time passed.
Shin cultivated the Clone Technique all the way to Level 3 before his body finally gave out.
He collapsed onto the bed and fell asleep.
Not long afterward, faint snores filled the room.
Outside the window, a figure appeared without a sound.
Scarlet eyes gleamed in the darkness.
Three Tomoe Sharingan.
The man was an Uchiha Ninja who had been ordered to watch Shin for some time.
He had been somewhat surprised when Shin broke through to Genin, but that surprise quickly turned into disappointment.
The clan cared most about one thing.
Whether a member had awakened the Sharingan.
Without the Sharingan, even a Jonin was considered useless in the eyes of the Uchiha.
The Jonin had watched Shin for half a month.
Seeing that the boy still hadn’t awakened the Sharingan, he shook his head.
Then he left.
There was no reason to keep watching.
As for the cultivation technique Shin had been practicing, it was still only at the introductory stage.
The Eye of Shattering Illusions was invisible to outsiders, so no one could tell what he was actually doing.
At most, they would consider Shin to have some talent for cultivation.
And to the Uchiha, that talent wasn’t worth much.
This was the mindset of the clan.
Without the Sharingan, you were a failure.