Chapter 103: The Students' Progress

Ninja School Teacher: I Get Stronger by Teaching - Chapter 20: The Students' Progress "Then study well. The breathing method is very hard to learn, and the learning process is not easy either." Muyue said with a serious expression.

Although Flame Breathing is a bit easier to learn than Rock Breathing, that's only relatively speaking; the actual difficulty is also maxed out.

The significance of the breathing method surpassed any ninjutsu or taijutsu he had taught before.

After demonstrating the power of Fire Release under Flame Breathing, Muyue officially began teaching the two the cultivation of Flame Breathing.

"Stand straight, relax your upper body, keep your lower body steady, breathe with your abdomen, let oxygen enter your body, into the chakra pores and meridians."

The difference between Flame Breathing and Rock Breathing emerged: Rock Breathing mainly strengthens the whole body's power, with other aspects secondary, while Flame Breathing focuses on interacting with chakra to enhance the power of Fire Release.

"Hoo hoo hoo!" Obito opened his mouth wide and inhaled heavily.

Bang!

Muyue tapped Obito's head with two fingers together, then lightly chopped his abdomen with a knife-hand and said:

"Pay attention, it's abdominal effort, not opening your mouth wide and inhaling randomly. You need to focus on rhythm and technique."

"Huh?" Obito was bewildered; he hadn't expected even breathing to be so difficult.

Shisui, who usually grasped ninjutsu quickly, also encountered difficulties with the breathing method and couldn't find the knack.

But this was all within Muyue's expectations; even good talent has its limits.

During the ongoing time, Muyue ran back and forth, teaching one side for an hour and then going to the other side, repeating the cycle.

After a whole morning passed, the three disciples' proficiency in the breathing method was still zero, deeply making Muyue understand its difficulty.

At noon, Muyue returned to his home in Konoha's main district, found and stored the students' strength test data, then took it when it was time for tutoring.

Perhaps because Muyue said he would deliver the data, or perhaps because Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't busy recently, Muyue met Hiruzen Sarutobi again.

"Third Hokage-sama." Muyue greeted Hiruzen Sarutobi and handed over the prepared data.

"This is the students' strength test data," Muyue explained.

"Mm, sorry for the trouble, Muyue." Hiruzen Sarutobi chuckled as he took out the data to look through.

The data was sorted by Muyue; the top was the scores from the grouping tests at the beginning of the special training, followed by the scores from each week's strength tests.

The score table also had grading standards marked, for example, Group C and Group B used the grading standard for fourth-year students, while Group A used the grading standard for graduated genin.

The Third looked it over roughly; from the data, after three weeks of special training, all students had made considerable progress.

If Muyue hadn't falsified the data, then this special training was definitely a quite successful one, also proving Muyue's teaching ability.

This time it wasn't as simple as just one class; the special training students included all fourth-year students, outstanding students from first to third year, and a small portion of graduated genin, totaling over three hundred students.

"Muyue, you did very well. You worked hard," Hiruzen Sarutobi praised.

"The students also trained hard; it's not just my merit," Muyue said humbly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded contentedly, then said with a chuckle, "When you hold the final test for this special training, I'll go take a look. It won't disturb you, will it?"

"Not at all. If the students knew you were coming, Third Hokage-sama, they would definitely be very excited," Muyue said with a smile.

This was indeed the truth; although Hiruzen Sarutobi had a bad reputation in his past life, his popularity in Konoha wasn't bad, after all, he had been Hokage for decades.

After reporting to his highest superior, Muyue took Asuma to train.

"Sigh, Teacher Muyue really shouldn't have let the old man come," Asuma said with a sigh during a break.

If Hiruzen Sarutobi comes, no matter how good Asuma's results are, it's useless, because he is the Third's son; good results are expected.

"Asuma, have you forgotten what I said before?"

"Don't care about others' evaluations. You don't live for others; you live for yourself." Muyue began his talk therapy.

After pouring all kinds of chicken soup for the soul, Asuma regained his composure and trained more seriously.

On Monday, Muyue told the summer special training students the news that the Third Hokage would come to observe their final exam.

The students immediately erupted in excitement—this was the Third Hokage.

If you randomly grab ten students from the ninja school and ask their dreams, eight out of ten would dream of becoming Hokage. Having a chance to interact with the current Hokage was naturally very thrilling.

"Even the Third Generation-sama is coming, Izumo, this is our chance to make a name for ourselves in Konoha." Kotetsu Hagane said excitedly.

"Indeed, if we can get the Third Generation-sama to remember our names, we'll be on the fast track to success!" Izumo Kamizuki nodded, equally excited.

"You'd better save it. A first-round loser and a second-round loser — even if the Hokage-sama came, he wouldn't notice you." Anko retorted, even she felt it was unrealistic.

"A great man like the Third Generation-sama can surely see that Izumo and I are uncut jade waiting to be polished. Someone who only uses brute force like you will never understand." Kotetsu, the first-round loser, shot back.

Izumo Kamizuki nodded in agreement.

"Then I'll show you two uncut jades what brute force really means!" Anko threw a heavy punch, sending them fleeing in panic.

After hearing the news, Kurenai Yuhi trained even harder, wanting to improve her strength as much as possible to avoid being easily defeated by an active student again like last time.

Upon learning of this news, Obito Uchiha directly started daydreaming about the future.

"If the Third Generation-sama sees my excellent performance, he might praise me for having the potential to become Hokage, hahaha..." Obito laughed loudly, ignoring the stares of those around him.

"Oh no, what if Kotetsu and Izumo start blabbing nonsense again? That would be terrible." Ebisu felt he should remind his two underlings before the exam.

If that kind of news reached the Hokage's ears, his ninja career would be over before it even began.

"Everyone, be quiet. Continue training. Let the Third Generation-sama see your progress." Muyue said with a gentle smile, noting inwardly that all the students were motivated.

Although the summer special training was only five weeks long, the actual training time was considerable — over forty hours per week. Based on his experience with Year 1 Class 1, Muyue felt he could trigger a progress reward.

Muyue's only worry was that he might just miss triggering it, so he did his best to make everyone train diligently.

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