Chapter 12: Ninja School Established

Spring goes, autumn comes.

Lian Ye arrived at Senju Clan Land a year ago.

Over the past year, Lian Ye kept a strict routine, training almost every day.

He is either training or on the way to training.

Even Qianshou Feijian had to praise Lian Ye's hard training.

In training, Lian Ye has taken many detours…

Qianshou Feijian often watched Lian Ye train, but never thought to guide him.

Lian Ye never asked Qianshou Feijian about his training issues.

Since Qianshou Feijian stays silent, he won't put himself out to ask.

The Uchiha are naturally proud, and Lian Ye is no different.

When he really faces trouble, he goes to the orphanage to find the director.

The director, at least a Warring States Jonin, finds guiding Lian Ye's training easy.

After a year of hard training, Lian Ye's strength has reached Genin level.

A seven-year-old Genin is considered a genius even in the Uchiha clan.

But he wasn't complacent; he trained even harder.

He knows his present strength is far from enough; to protect himself in the ninja world, he must at least become a Jonin.

Since Lian Ye crossed over, he sometimes dreams of being in a laboratory.

Each time his body is immobilized, and he cannot remember what exactly occurred.

He is confused, unsure if this is his golden finger.

At first he wanted to explore the laboratory's secrets in the dream.

But no matter how he tried, his body couldn't move at all, and he couldn't speak.

Over time, Lian Ye wanted to give up.

But lately, his dreams have grown more frequent.

Initially once or twice a week, then once or twice every half month, now every two days.

This leaves Lian Ye deeply troubled: "What does that dream mean?"

A year has gone by, and he still hasn't figured out the dream, or whether it's his golden finger.

He shakes his head; since he can't figure it out, he lets it go—some things can't be forced, and when the time comes he'll naturally know.

Thinking so, he started today's training.

Lian Ye dressed in black, his posture straight as a pine.

Qianshou Feijian was right—drinking milk truly helps growth.

In a year, he grew from 1.2 meters to about 1.3 meters.

He opened the yard's mechanical device, a shuriken launcher normally used for evasion training.

Lian Ye fixed his gaze on the shuriken launcher ahead, not daring to be careless.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

As the launcher started, a barrage of shuriken flew at him at high speed.

Lian Ye reacted quickly, his body agile as a leopard, sidestepping, twisting, jumping in one smooth motion.

His black hair flew wildly, his coat hem rustling; each dodge was precise, barely missing the deadly shuriken.

As training went on, the shuriken launch frequency rose and their paths grew more complex.

Lian Ye's breathing grew ragged, large sweat beads rolling down his forehead.

His eyes and body struggled to keep up with the shuriken; his movements lost their former fluidity, each dodge becoming extremely difficult.

He staggered, nearly struck by a shuriken fired from a tricky angle.

After the device finished firing its shuriken, Lian Ye sat down hard, panting.

"If I could awaken the Sharingan, it wouldn't be so hard," Lian Ye remarked.

The key condition for the Uchiha to awaken their eyes is stimulation.

When the Uchiha understand true love and then lose it, it turns into stronger hatred.

Or when facing extreme danger, such as a life‑or‑death situation, with intense emotional swings,

the brain releases a special chakra reaction to the visual nerves, altering the eyes and awakening the Sharingan.

This is also why the Uchiha are called the clan of love.

Although Lian Ye understands the principle, actually awakening it is not easy.

Having strong emotional fluctuations is hard to achieve.

If it were that easy, the Uchiha would all already have three‑tomoe Sharingan.

Crush the Senju and unify the ninja world!

In fact, the Uchiha's chance to awaken their eyes is low; most may never awaken the Sharingan in their lifetime.

And those Uchiha who have awakened their eyes, to evolve from one tomoe to three, must continually endure battle and strong emotional stimulation, while their chakra increases and their eye technique proficiency improves.

Lian Ye sighed helplessly: "I don't know when I'll awaken the Sharingan—maybe not till the year of the monkey and horse."

After morning training, Lian Ye started preparing lunch.

Recently, Qianshou Feijian has been busy and rarely comes back for lunch.

He didn't know if Qianshou Feijian would return at noon, but he made enough for two.

"It looks like the ninja school will be set up soon."

Lian Ye knew Qianshou Feijian had been busy preparing the ninja school.

Not long ago, he had looked over the plan that the other party had placed on the table.

It included the planning and design of the academy, and a detailed education plan and course schedule were formulated for the academy.

He also personally selected a group of excellent ninjas to serve as instructors at the academy, tasking them with teaching ninjutsu, body technique, and genjutsu.

Currently, Qianshou Feijian has already begun working on establishing the academy, and it is believed that the Ninja World Academy will soon be founded.

"Going to school is such a hassle."

Lian Ye had studied for over ten years in his previous life, and just mentioning school made him feel uncomfortable all over; it was a psychological shadow.

Just then, Qianshou Feijian walked into the room with a weary expression.

He came to the table, picked up his utensils, and began to eat heartily.

During this period, he had been busy with the Ninja School affairs, having no time even for meals, but fortunately the matters were finally settled.

He had already asked his older brother to set up the school, believing that with his brother's speed, it could be finished in no more than two days.

By then, the school would be able to start admitting students.

Currently, almost all of Konoha consists of clan ninjas; in order to break down the barriers between clans and have ninjas center around the village rather than the clan, this is Qianshou Feijian's original intention in establishing the school.

Moreover, the existence of the Ninja School can not only train large numbers of grassroots genin and chunin for Konoha, but also provide opportunities for many civilian ninjas with good talent and aptitude.

It can be said that this is a matter with a hundred benefits and no drawbacks.

It must be said that Qianshou Feijian's political acumen is indeed strong; he is a very capable politician.

The school was about to be completed, Qianshou Feijian was in high spirits, and he uncharacteristically took the initiative to speak to Lian Ye:

"Little brat, in a few days the Ninja School will open; I've already enrolled you, so remember to go."

"Clack"—the chopsticks fell to the ground.

Lian Ye looked at Qianshou Feijian in disbelief and exclaimed, "You signed me up?!"

He had previously been thinking about not going to school, never expecting that this old brat would turn around and sign him up!

Qianshou Feijian nodded and said, "Not bad; you're exactly at the age to go to school—how can you just stay home all day?"

Lian Ye: "Thank you!"

"You're welcome."

"..."

Qianshou Feijian did this actually to have Lian Ye form bonds with peers his age at school.

That way, it would be easier to control.

After all, with bonds, one would not easily undertake extreme actions.