Chapter 35: The Envious Life Winner Who Wasn

Deep night, all was silent.

Moonlight filtered through the mottled shadows of trees outside the window, spilling into the room.

At that moment, Rojie awoke from sleep, sitting up suddenly like a corpse reanimated.

It’s time to climb the ranks and surpass the Kage.

Sage Mode, activate!

Just as Rojie was about to unleash the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, applying this cultivation method from the Zhuxian world to the ninja world,

he suddenly felt an unusual change within his body.

“What is this?”

Rojie’s face filled with shock.

“Natural energy!”

Rojie discovered that natural energy had appeared within his body.

Though the amount was small and the power relatively weak,

it was undeniably genuine natural energy.

Moreover, compared to external natural energy, the energy inside him was unusually docile, quietly dormant deep within his body.

Rojie fell into thought.

According to his speculation, this might be the cultivation power accumulated over sixty years of cultivation in the Zhuxian world.

After sharing power, that cultivation energy had transformed into the natural energy of this world.

But this is way too little.

This amount of natural energy wouldn’t even fill a toad’s tooth gap at Mount Myoboku.

As Rojie pondered,

the natural energy spontaneously fused with his chakra.

They intertwined, merged, and ultimately formed a small amount of senjutsu chakra, stably lingering within his body.

Rojie immediately gained new insight.

What a satisfying feeling!

There’s no going back.

Ordinary chakra could no longer satisfy Rojie.

Only senjutsu chakra could satisfy him.

Unfortunately, because senjutsu chakra was so scarce, most of his chakra remained ordinary.

No good—I must immediately fill his entire body with senjutsu chakra.

Rojie stirred his intent and immediately activated the Taiji Xuanqing Dao, attempting to absorb external natural energy.

Due to differences in world rules, the Taiji Xuanqing Dao did not flow as smoothly as in the Zhuxian world—it felt clogged.

Damn, this lag is unbearable.

Like downloading a short video on a 5G phone connected to a 2G tower.

Yet even so, the efficiency of absorbing natural energy through the Taiji Xuanqing Dao was significantly higher than relying on instinct alone.

Rojie decided to continue using this technique to cultivate senjutsu chakra.

Of course, improvement and refinement were equally important.

He needed to patch it properly.

But Rojie’s current knowledge base was insufficient.

He’d have to slowly explore through future practice.

If he got the chance, he could visit the three sacred places and steal… borrow some materials to study.

Monopolizing senjutsu cultivation is immoral.

Good things must be shared.

Rojie planned to rob the rich and help the poor!

As time slipped away, the sky outside the window gradually brightened.

The first ray of sunlight pierced through the clouds and fell upon the earth.

Rojie slowly opened his eyes.

After an entire night of late-night cultivation, enduring the lag, he successfully converted all his chakra into senjutsu chakra.

He directly leveled up to Sage Mode.

At this moment, Rojie felt as if he had been reborn, his power having undergone a qualitative leap.

He found a training ground and tried casting several ordinary ninjutsu.

When these ninjutsu were powered by senjutsu chakra, their strength was greatly enhanced.

Moreover, the senjutsu derived from the Rasengan technique also saw a significant power boost.

Although these senjutsu could already gain some amplification by drawing on external natural energy,

now that Rojie possessed senjutsu chakra, he could further strengthen their power, pushing their potency even higher.

In addition, Rojie discovered that his senjutsu chakra could remain stably present within him.

This meant he could maintain Sage Mode as a constant state.

However, after using a large technique and depleting his senjutsu chakra, he’d need to absorb some natural energy to recharge.

Otherwise, the regenerated chakra would merely be ordinary chakra.

Compared to the Sage Modes of others in the original story, Rojie’s Sage Mode showed no visible signs—it was completely undetectable.

After entering Sage Mode, his appearance changed not at all.

No toad-eyed shadows, no snake-like pupils, not even the same face markings as Hashirama.

His power had simply improved comprehensively.

Rojie guessed this might be because his Sage Mode had reached a near-perfect state.

After all, the word “perfect” was clearly made for him.

Of course, it might also be because the senjutsu he mastered originated not from the three sacred places, but from the Zhuxian world, making it more compatible with his own physique.

But regardless of the reason, Rojie didn’t care—what mattered most to him was gaining strength.

…

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye; the Hidden Leaf Village welcomed the final round of the Chunin Exams.

During this time, nobles and dignitaries from across the Land of Fire and the entire ninja world arrived in droves.

This made the already bustling Hidden Leaf even more prosperous.

The stands surrounding the exam arena were already packed with eager spectators.

They whispered among themselves, full of anticipation for the upcoming match.

The ten candidates who had passed the preliminary round had all arrived on time, standing in a neat line.

“Look! Except for the three Sand ninja, all the other candidates are from our Hidden Leaf!”

“What’s going on? Why are there three Sand ninja?”

“Yeah, how dare outsiders come to the Hidden Leaf for the Chunin Exams?”

“F***, refund my money.”

“…”

Due to home-field advantage, even with spectators from across the ninja world, the majority were still from the Hidden Leaf and the Land of Fire.

Thus, they were deeply confused by the presence of outsiders in the third round.

What?

Isn’t the Land of Wind one of the Five Great Nations?

Isn’t the Hidden Sand Village an ally of the Hidden Leaf?

Pfft, they’re just beggars trailing behind the Hidden Leaf.

As in the original story, Sasuke Uchiha did not appear on time.

Rojie looked at the empty spot and thought to himself:

After all, he’s a Stealth Ninja—being late fits his style perfectly.

A Stealth Ninja must make a grand entrance as the final act.

Rojie turned his gaze away and noticed the spectators’ eyes fixed on him—he felt a sudden stir.

A ninja, meant to operate in darkness and carry out missions, now stood openly on center stage, receiving adoration.

It was truly ironic.

But if Itachi view ninja as killing tools, then this Chunin Exam could be seen as a live product showcase of tool strength.

Hmm, Hidden Leaf’s latest humanoid weapon exhibition!

At that moment, the consumptive Moonlight Kurenai appeared before the candidates.

Rojie saw him and muttered inwardly:

Holy crap, did Moonlight Kurenai get a resurrection trial card?

The envy-inducing life winner somehow didn’t get killed by Ma Ji?

The Lung Mist Sand Ninja is now so strong even his coffin lid can’t hold him down.

Sigh, the Hidden Leaf lost a beautiful widow.

But judging by the look of it, Moonlight Kurenai will eventually die at a woman’s hands.

(End of chapter)