Chapter 230: Possibilities of Breathing Techniques

"Sorry, Teacher Muyue, I'm not in good shape today." Shisui said apologetically.

He felt that he had let down Muyue's careful teaching.

Muyue smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Everyone has days when they're not feeling well."

"But I see you seem to have something on your mind. Can you tell me?" Muyue looked into Shisui's eyes.

Meeting Muyue's gaze, Shisui could deeply feel her concern for him.

"Ever since I mastered the breathing technique, I haven't made much progress, and Obito doesn't seem to have this problem. So I carefully thought back to the step when I first sensed the flame. It seems I don't have the same fire of passion in my heart as Obito does."

Facing Muyue, Shisui had no intention of hiding anything and voiced the thoughts he had been pondering yesterday.

"Maybe I'm not suited for the Flame Breathing."

Muyue placed her hand on Shisui's head, ruffled his hair, and then said with a smile:

"I'm very sure you are suited for cultivating Flame Breathing."

Obito is so suited for Flame Breathing, but when he hadn't yet entered the threshold, he wasn't that far ahead of Shisui. At most, he was only about ten-some points of proficiency ahead, which fully shows that Shisui's compatibility with Flame Breathing is not low.

The reason Obito is now nearly ninety points ahead in proficiency is due to multiple factors. On one hand, Obito's compatibility is indeed maxed out; on the other hand, Obito can go out on missions with him and engage in real combat, allowing him to improve faster.

It's not that Muyue is belittling Obito, but at the very beginning, the difference in cultivation efficiency between Shisui and Obito was truly that between a genius and a laggard. The results Shisui could achieve in one day of learning ninjutsu might take Obito ten days or even more.

Actually, when he first took them as disciples, Shisui wasn't particularly strong—after all, he was only six years old and had just started training not long ago. But under Muyue's training, the gap between Shisui and both Obito and Might Guy grew wider and wider, a situation that lasted for a considerable period of time.

Under such circumstances, it's actually easy to understand Shisui's feelings. His speed in learning important forbidden techniques is not as fast as that of the laggard he used to effortlessly surpass, and his strength is gradually being caught up to.

Shisui is indeed relatively precocious, calmer and stronger than his peers, but he is still a six-year-old child. In Muyue's previous life, children that age were usually just starting first grade. It's normal for him to doubt himself in this situation.

And with the breathing method, one absolutely cannot doubt oneself. Once you question and deny yourself, the power of the breathing weakens.

This is also why Muyue feels that the breathing method has a bit of Yin Release to it—this stuff really is somewhat idealistic, leaning toward the spiritual.

This is also why Obito and Might Guy always manage to break through in the breathing method during battle—because they both have extremely strong confidence in themselves, and their convictions do not waver.

Fortunately, Muyue discovered it early enough; otherwise, with Obito's rapid progress, Shisui's lack of trust in his own breathing method would definitely have grown.

"Obito's passion is indeed blazing enough, but that doesn't mean there isn't a flame burning inside your heart." Muyue said earnestly.

"Shisui, is there nothing you want to do? Don't you have a dream? Recall the dream in your heart."

"Dream..." Muyue's words made Shisui fall into memories.

Although he was an orphan, Shisui's life was never associated with poverty.

Because his father was an excellent jonin of the Uchiha clan, and his grandfather, Uchiha Kagami, almost became a high-ranking member of Konoha and was a very famous elite jonin. If Shisui wanted to just coast through life, he could live a carefree life on his inheritance.

Obviously, Shisui did not choose to coast through life; he chose to become a genius ninja.

Shisui had heard many people talk about his grandfather—that his grandfather was a genius ninja, who at a young age possessed strength that even the Second Hokage valued. Some said his grandfather was a inheritor of the Will of Fire, dedicating his life to Konoha; others said his grandfather was a great Uchiha, and if not for an accident, the situation of the Uchiha clan would have changed greatly.

His desire to become a ninja was somewhat related to his grandfather.

After learning the history of the Uchiha clan and feeling the villagers' rejection of the Uchiha, Shisui resolved to become a ninja like his grandfather and accomplish what he had left unfinished.

Everyone has two eyes and one nose—why should they reject the Uchiha? Shisui wanted to change this situation.

"I want to change the current state of the Uchiha. We're all people of Konoha; we can live together in harmony!" Shisui looked up, meeting Muyue's eyes as he spoke.

"Isn't that great? Just work hard towards that goal. I can feel the flame burning in your heart." Muyue pointed a finger at Shisui's chest and smiled.

"Shisui, you are a very kind and upright person. Remember your feelings at this moment, and never doubt your dream."

Muyue wouldn't dare say what Shisui was like in the original story, but the Shisui here—the current Shisui—is very upright and kind, though these two traits are somewhat introverted, not as straightforward as Obito's.

"Do you think you can't achieve your dream?"

"No!" Shisui answered firmly.

Before, he might have hesitated—could he really accomplish what even his grandfather, whom everyone praised, could not?

But now Shisui would only give an affirmative answer, because he had Teacher Muyue's help.

"Enter the Full Concentration Breathing! I'm going to attack!" Muyue suddenly said, then pressed two fingers together and struck at Shisui.

Shisui immediately concentrated his breathing to dodge, without even having time to activate his Sharingan.

"It worked..." Shisui stared at the finger less than a centimeter from him, an expression of astonishment on his face.

Not long ago, even with his Sharingan activated, he hadn't been able to dodge Muyue's attack.

"Yes, you successfully dodged my attack, but this isn't training time anymore. Dodging it doesn't reduce the assignment." Muyue withdrew his hand and said with a smile.

"It's fine." Shisui's voice was still full of surprise and joy.

His Breathing Technique had finally made a breakthrough. Even if he were given a hundred more problems to do, he'd still be happy.

Shisui thought for a moment. A hundred seemed a bit much—those problems weren't easy—so even adding twenty more problems would still make him happy.

"The Breathing Technique is not something that can't be changed. If one day you have a better idea, you can modify the Breathing Technique. What suits you best is the best. But you must still hold firm to your dreams and convictions." Muyue said with a serious expression.

Shisui did have compatibility with Flame Breathing, but whether it was the most suitable was hard to say. The Breathing Technique has great potential; it can be modified according to one's own abilities.

"Thank you for your guidance, Teacher Muyue. I will hold firm to my convictions." Shisui engraved Muyue's words firmly in his mind and thanked him.

"Go train." Muyue said with a smile. After talk therapy, the training results were usually quite good.

Shisui, full of motivation, nodded and quickly threw himself wholeheartedly into training.

……

When February 20th arrived, because four of his five disciples were still Academy students who needed to take exams, Muyue simply gave them all a holiday, including Kakashi.

Muyue also went to the Ninja Academy, which he hadn't set foot in for a long time.

Ever since he started taking on interns, his main body hadn't been to the Academy.