Luna waited for two full days before she finally got an opportunity to be alone.
It was not that she didn’t trust Konan and the others.
On the contrary, precisely because she trusted them so much, she was all the more afraid to let them see what she was about to do.
She had no way to explain why she suddenly possessed something called the “Chakra Refining Technique.” She couldn’t tell them, “A system in my mind gave me a cultivation technique.”
So she could only wait.
Wait for a morning when Yahiko and Konan went out to forage for food, and Nagato went to the river to catch fish, leaving her as the only one left in the cave.
Luna stood at the entrance of the cave, waiting until the figures of the three had completely vanished into the curtain of rain before turning around and walking back deep into the cave to sit cross-legged by the bonfire.
She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
The system panel expanded in her semi-transparent field of vision:
[Basic Chakra Refining Technique]
Description: The most basic Chakra refining method in the Ninja World, suitable for beginners.
Through meditation, guide physical energy (body energy) and spiritual energy (mind energy) to mix in a specific ratio, generating Chakra within the body.
Cultivation Method: Close your eyes and focus, perceive the flow of energy within the body, and guide the two streams of energy to meet and merge at the Dantian below the navel.
It looked very simple.
Doing it in practice was not so easy.
Following the instructions, she closed her eyes, adjusted her breathing, and tried to perceive the energy in her body.
At first, she felt nothing except the thumping of her own heartbeat and the endless sound of rain outside.
Patiently, she continued to clear her mind.
One second, two seconds…
One minute, two minutes…
Just as she was beginning to doubt whether she had any talent at all, she suddenly felt it.
An extremely faint, warm flowing sensation slowly rose from deep within her abdomen.
It was a wonderful feeling, as if a small stream of warm water was flowing gently inside her body, spreading along a path invisible to her.
It was neither blood nor neural signals, but a completely unfamiliar yet incredibly natural energy.
Overjoyed, Luna quickly stilled her mind, carefully guiding that energy to circulate through her body.
Following the system’s instructions, she tried to extract another stream of energy that leaned more towards the spiritual realm, letting it meet with the physical energy at her Dantian.
The moment the two energies touched—
Boom.
Something exploded inside her body. This chapter was copied from g.com without permission.
A flood of energy, far stronger than before, surged out from her Dantian, rushing wildly along her meridians into every limb and bone.
That energy was warm, abundant, and vibrant with life, like a river with its floodgates opened, filling her entire body in an instant.
Luna abruptly opened her eyes and looked down at her hands.
On her fingertips, a light blue glow of Chakra was pulsing faintly.
Her heart thudded wildly, barely able to believe her eyes.
This was…
Chakra.
She extended a finger and flicked it gently; the faint blue light traced a slight arc in the air following her movement before slowly dissipating.
Luna stared blankly at her fingertips, suddenly feeling an impulse to cry.
In her past life, she was just an ordinary otaku who knew nothing other than playing games and ordering food delivery.
But in this life, she possessed Chakra—an energy that existed only in anime and imagination, and now, it was truly flowing inside her body.
This was just the beginning.
She could feel that her reserves of Chakra were far greater than what she had just displayed; that moment earlier was merely taking a ladle of water from a massive reservoir.
The immense Chakra reserve brought by the Uzumaki Clan’s bloodline was quietly lying dormant within her body, waiting to be unlocked and utilized.
Luna closed her eyes and sensed her inner Chakra reserves once more, unable to help drawing a sharp breath in her heart.
Although she lacked any baseline for comparison, she could tell purely by intuition that the amount of Chakra in her body was likely several times higher than that of an ordinary Ninja her age.
If an ordinary Genin’s Chakra was a cup of water, hers was probably a bucketful—and that was for a seven-year-old child.
“Is this… the Uzumaki Clan’s bloodline?”
Luna muttered to herself, her mind filled with mixed emotions.
She finally possessed the capital to survive in this world.
But at the same time, she realized she couldn’t expose this secret for now.
A seven-year-old war orphan refining Chakra without a teacher?
And with such a staggering amount?
If someone with ill intent found out, the trouble would far outweigh the benefits.
She had to find a way to let herself cultivate and grow stronger while also reasonably letting Konan and the others get exposed to Chakra.
Sitting by the bonfire, Luna fell into deep thought.
…
She sat at the entrance of the cave, holding a piece of paper as if folding paper flowers.
In reality, she was taking advantage of this quiet posture to secretly feel the Chakra flowing slowly throughout her body.
It was a very comfortable feeling, as if a warm little stream had been added inside her body.
“Luna! Look what we found!”
Konan’s footsteps approached, her voice filled with uncontrollable excitement.
Luna raised her head to see Konan holding a cloth bundle in her hands, carefully opening it to reveal several wild bird eggs—though small, there were six of them in total.
“Found them in the grass by the river!” Konan’s eyes sparkled bright.
“We can boil eggs to eat tonight!”
Looking at the smile blooming on Konan’s face, which looked almost identical to her own, Luna couldn’t help but smile along.
“That’s wonderful.”
Yahiko walked over from behind, carrying a thick tree branch on his shoulder with several freshly caught fish hanging from it.
As he walked, he said, “Save the eggs for tomorrow morning. Tonight we’ll stew the fish first. Nagato, go build up the fire.”
Nagato nodded silently and walked into the cave carrying a few pieces of dry firewood.
The firelight illuminated the four faces.
Watching their busy figures in the firelight, Luna made a quiet decision in her heart.
She was going to teach them the method to refine Chakra.
But not now; she had to find a suitable moment—a time that wouldn’t arouse their suspicion and would allow them to accept it naturally.
She needed to make up a convincing enough reason.
A picked-up Ninjutsu scroll, or a passing wandering Ninja teaching it casually…
In any case, she had to find a good excuse.
Luna lowered her head, pretending to continue folding paper flowers, though the corners of her mouth curled up secretly.
[Ding! Detected that the host has successfully refined Chakra.]
[Cultivation Mission unlocked: Basic Chakra Proficiency reaching LV1 (Current progress: 7/100)]
[Mission Reward: Unlock Chakra Nature Affinity Testing, Points × 50.]
[Tip: Continuous cultivation can accelerate proficiency growth.]
Luna silently noted this information.
Nature affinity testing, huh…
She was actually quite curious as to what nature affinity her Chakra was.