Grind is My Ninja Way

Having made a decision, Seimei naturally stopped wasting time. He raised his hands, formed the 'Ren' hand seal, and instantly cast the Shadow Clone Jutsu.

*Poof poof poof~*

With a burst of chakra smoke, five figures appeared in front of him.

Seimei looked at two of them and instructed them to practice 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' and 'Rasengan'.

Although he now had the 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken', he couldn't neglect the basic 'Rasengan'.

Moreover, his current 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' was still too low level and incomplete, making it difficult to utilize in actual combat.

Therefore, as one of his only two offensive techniques, 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' couldn't be neglected either.

In fact, as long as his 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' didn't reach 100% completion and gain the ability to attack from a distance, he couldn't relax his practice of 'Wind Release: Wind Blade'.

As for whether he would continue to practice 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' after his 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' reached a high enough level for long-range attacks...

Seimei estimated that by then, his 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' would have long been perfected, and he wouldn't need to consider this question at all.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind. Seimei sent the two shadow clones away and looked at the third one.

Without Seimei's instructions, this shadow clone took the initiative to say, "Then I should be practicing 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken', right?"

"Yes."

Seimei nodded.

"Alright!"

This shadow clone shrugged and walked to the side.

Undoubtedly, practicing 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' was the most demanding, but as a part of Seimei, he had no complaints.

As for the remaining two, they were prepared by Seimei to practice 'Water Release: Water Wall' and 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique'.

The former had already completed the breakthrough from zero to one. Next, he just needed to continue accumulating experience and periodically convert it into panel proficiency through his own hands.

As for the latter, it required the shadow clone to explore on its own.

Seimei didn't have high expectations for it either; succeeding once before noon was enough.

After arranging the training tasks for the five shadow clones, he also found a place to start practicing 'Mystical Palm Technique' and strengthening his body.

However, after reducing the frequency of using 'Human Path' in this process, his training efficiency inevitably decreased a lot.

Even after more than twenty days, his body still showed no signs of transformation.

Seimei carefully sensed it and estimated that it would take at least another half a month for his body to reach the critical point of transformation.

A total of a little over a month. Honestly, this speed wasn't slow.

After all, it took a month for his 'Physique' to increase from 13 points to 14 points back then. Now, increasing from 15 points to 16 points naturally couldn't be shorter than that.

If he didn't occasionally use 'Human Path' to guide it, it probably wouldn't be this 'fast'.

Collecting his thoughts, Seimei stopped thinking too much and began to focus on his training.

...

Several hours passed in a flash.

It was nearing noon.

After his body collapsed three times, the shadow clone responsible for practicing 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique' finally succeeded.

Seimei opened his eyes and looked at the shadow clone not far away, seeing a water dragon slowly forming in front of it.

Although the water dragon only lasted for less than half a second before turning into a splash of water, Seimei still nodded in satisfaction.

Because this was considered a success.

The lv0 stage was originally the process of learning. Instability was normal. As long as the breakthrough from zero to one was completed, it was fine.

Taking advantage of the shadow clone's current deep understanding, Seimei directly dispelled the 'Shadow Clone Jutsu' and turned its training experience into his own nourishment.

Closing his eyes and contemplating for a moment, Seimei suddenly opened them.

Then, his hands moved like butterflies, rapidly forming hand seals, and finally successfully replicated and cast the 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique'.

However, it also collapsed in less than a second.

But this wasn't important because he had already completed the breakthrough from zero to one. Next, he just needed to grind.

However...

Seimei shook his wrists.

The super long forty-four seals still made him feel a bit strained.

Just now, it took him a full seven or eight seconds to complete the hand seals. If this were in actual combat, it would probably be enough time for the enemy to kill him several times over.

However, this was due to the inherent shortcomings of this technique.

Even Kakashi and Zabuza later took four seconds to successfully cast this technique.

Although this speed was nearly twice as fast as his, to be fair, it wasn't very practical either.

Four seconds, in his case, was enough time for him to complete a counter-kill.

Only by simplifying this technique to two or three seals, like Senju Tobirama, achieving a sort of 'instant cast', could it be considered truly practical in combat.

Otherwise, he had to find the right opportunity to cast it.

And this kind of ninjutsu that required seizing the opportunity, in Seimei's view, wasn't very good.

Maybe his standards were too high, but it was undeniable that the few ninjutsu he had practiced to the perfected level could indeed achieve an effect similar to 'instant cast'.

Precisely because of this, Seimei's standard for "usable in actual combat" was somewhat high.

Fortunately, 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique' could be continuously optimized and improved in subsequent upgrades. Otherwise, it might really be abandoned by him.

For now...

Just keep grinding!

However, now that all the ninjutsu he planned to learn had been learned, it was time to redistribute his chakra again.

"Panel!"

With a thought, Seimei opened the proficiency panel.

The next moment, a light blue screen appeared.

[Name: Uchiha Seimei

Age: 12 years old

Physique: 15

Spirit: 19

Chakra: 45500 (54964→57780)

Bloodline: Sharingan - Mangekyo (2177/50000)→(2689/50000)

Skills: Chakra Refinement Technique: lv5 (939/5000)→lv5 (1027/5000)

Wind Release: Wind Blade: lv6 (1/10000)→lv6 (765/10000)

*Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken: lv1 (35/200)

*Water Release: Water Wall: lv1 (84/100)

*Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique: lv0 (1/100)

Shadow Clone Jutsu: lv4 (1/2000)→lv4 (165/2000)

Chakra Absorption Technique: lv5 (3550/5000)

Rasengan: lv6 (120/10000)→lv6 (902/10000)

Mystical Palm Technique: lv7 (16610/20000)→lv7 (18050/20000)

Chakra Scalpel: lv5 (1200/5000)

Reflecting Heart Technique: lv7 (11414/20000)→lv7 (12950/20000)

Swordsmanship: lv6 (9050/10000)→lv6 (9410/10000)

Illusion Sword Technique: lv4 (350/2000)→lv4 (701/2000)

Flash Sword Technique: lv1 (162/200)

Chakra Control: lv5 (2050/5000)→lv5 (2160/5000)

Perfected Skills:]

Looking at the three new skills on the panel, Seimei thought for a moment. The 10,000 chakra points invested in 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken' remained unchanged.

As for 'Water Release: Water Wall' and 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique'...

Seimei decided to draw 3,000 chakra points each from 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' and 'Rasengan' and allocate them equally to the two new skills.

In this way, the chakra used to practice 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' and 'Rasengan' was reduced to 10,000 points.

Correspondingly, 'Water Release: Water Wall' and 'Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique' would receive a total of 6,000 chakra points.

In this way, these two skills can each gain about 35 proficiency points per day.

Although the increase is relatively small, after arriving at the Hidden Mist battlefield, Seimei will invest any additional chakra gained into them.

So, the small increase is only temporary.

Additionally, with the two diversions, the proficiency he can gain daily from 'Wind Release: Wind Blade' and 'Rasengan' has also decreased from the previous 220 points to around 110 points now.

There's also 'Wind Release: Spiraling Shuriken'...

Because each practice consumes a lot of chakra, even though it can also be allocated 10,000 chakra points per day, the proficiency gained is only about 60 points.

As for the remaining 'Mystical Palm Technique' and 'Reflecting Heart Technique', Seimei doesn't plan to change them, still investing 36,000 and 30,000 chakra points daily, respectively.

In this way, they can gain 240 proficiency points and 192 proficiency points, respectively.

At this point, the allocation of his 102,000 recoverable chakra points per day is complete. If there are no major problems later, he will continue to use this allocation method.

After completing the chakra allocation, Seimei felt his thoughts become much clearer. He didn't waste any more time and started his training again.

(End of this chapter)