Chapter 282: Basic Breathing Method

As a teacher at the Ninja Academy, I get stronger by teaching. In the main story, Chapter 200: Basic Breathing Method. Teacher Chen wanted to pass the Wood Leaf Dragon God to him, and Mu Yue naturally wouldn't refuse—it was a good thing to clear up a skill and master a high-level taijutsu.

However, Mu Yue didn't choose to take it for free; instead, he opted to exchange taijutsu, handing Teacher Chen a scroll that recorded the training method for Tile Splitting.

He traded a taijutsu that Teacher Chen didn't know for one he already knew, which seemed a bit of a loss, but Mu Yue felt it was fine.

First, Tile Splitting wasn't an important skill to him; second, he could use this skill to prove his ninja talent by creating such excellent taijutsu; additionally, it cleared up the skill and expanded his circle of friends.

"Teacher Mu Yue, what's the name of that taijutsu you just used?" Might Guy walked over and asked.

He had been very excited watching the fight between the Wood Leaf Dragon God and the Tiger-shaped Air Cannon just now, because the two people fighting on the field were both his teachers, and he had a chance to learn both taijutsu.

"Day Tiger. Once your body reaches the required standard, I'll teach you this taijutsu," Mu Yue replied with a smile.

Day Tiger had extremely high physical requirements, even higher than those for the Wood Leaf Dragon God, because it was a very typical taijutsu where strength made everything work.

"My youth can't wait to burn even more fiercely!" Might Guy couldn't help but cheer.

Shiranui Genma and Ebisu showed looks of envy—having a good teacher was really nice; no worries about high-level taijutsu.

"That taijutsu isn't something ordinary people can learn. If you train seriously and master my Wood Leaf Dragon God, that'll be more than enough," Teacher Chen said, noticing the looks on their faces.

As a taijutsu master, he could understand the principle behind Day Tiger—it simply wasn't a taijutsu ordinary ninjas could use.

"Let's start training quickly. After watching this fight, you should have a rough idea of how far you still are from being real ninjas," Teacher Chen said.

"Yes!" the three—Might Guy, Shiranui Genma, and Ebisu—answered in unison, then said goodbye to Mu Yue and began their training.

"Then we won't disturb you," Mu Yue said with a warm smile as he took his leave.

"Goodbye, Spirit Uncle." Obito waved at Teacher Chen with an excited look.

Although it had taken a bit of time, Obito felt the visit was worth it—he'd not only seen a taijutsu Mu Yue had never used before, but also snagged a cool and powerful one he'd witnessed.

"What 'Spirit Uncle'? Call me Teacher Chen or Uncle Chen, but don't give me weird nicknames like that," Teacher Chen said, his face full of black lines.

"Got it, Spirit Uncle," Obito replied with a sly grin.

Giving Obito a light smack on the head, Mu Yue flashed an apologetic smile and took Obito back to the South Border Forest to continue training.

Back in the South Border Forest, Obito scanned around, looking for Kakashi's position, wanting to boast about the fight Mu Yue had just had. But instead, he was surprised to find that Rin Nohara had also come to train here and was sitting with Kakashi, chatting about something. So he ran straight over to Rin.

"Rin, you're training here today too? How's your rest been these past few days?" Obito asked with a concerned expression.

Unlike them, who had encountered such situations several times before, Rin was facing that kind of crisis for the first time after leaving the village, so Obito thought she might be under some psychological pressure.

"Thanks for your concern, Obito. Actually, it's not a big problem. These days at home, I've mainly been reviewing some theoretical medical knowledge," Rin replied with a smile.

To say Rin felt nothing about encountering such a major incident on her first mission would be impossible, but it didn't affect her mindset. She stayed home for two and a half days mainly to learn more medical knowledge and improve herself.

"Good to hear you're fine. Rin, you have no idea—just now, I went with Teacher Mu Yue to find Guy's instructor, Teacher Chen, and then Teacher Mu Yue and Teacher Chen had a fight. It was intense!" Obito tried his best to describe the scene of their battle.

When describing the collision between the Wood Leaf Dragon God and Day Tiger, Obito even specially acted out being blown backward by the shockwave to make it more vivid.

"Teacher Chen's Wood Leaf Dragon God is like a cyan dragon, while Teacher Mu Yue's Day Tiger is a huge white tiger. The aftermath of their attacks could blow people away."

Clap clap.

Rin clapped her hands with a smile and said, "That's really exciting."

"Haha, maybe I have a talent for acting." Receiving Rin's approval, Obito laughed happily.

"Teacher Chen really lives up to his reputation as the strongest taijutsu ninja in Konoha. He saw the hidden potential in my body at a glance and decided to teach me the Wood Leaf Dragon God." As he said this, Obito looked at Kakashi, his expression very smug.

Obito's expression successfully prompted Kakashi to speak. He opened his mouth and said:

"I think what Rin meant is that the fight between Teacher Mu Yue and Teacher Chen was exciting, not that your telling or performance was."

"What are you talking about, Kakashi? The fight between Teacher Mu Yue and Teacher Chen was indeed exciting, but my telling and performance aren't bad either."

Obito thought Kakashi was jealous of his talent, so he turned to look at Rin.

"That's right. Obito's performance was very devoted and hardworking," Rin said with a gentle smile.

"See? It must be that twisted jealous heart of yours affecting your judgment, Kakashi." Hearing Rin's words, Obito became even more confident.

Kakashi smiled without saying a word—he had indeed put in effort when telling the story, but the effect was another matter.

Feeling he had rested enough, Kakashi threw himself back into the constant practice of the Breathing Method.

Although he wanted to chat more with Rin Nohara, seeing Kakashi training made him unable to sit still, so he immediately threw himself into breathing method training.

Just as Rin Nohara was preparing to continue honing her medical ninjutsu skills, Mu Yue stopped instructing Shisui, walked over to Rin Nohara, and said:

"Rin, starting today you will train in Water Release chakra nature transformation and chakra shape transformation."

Rin Nohara's innate chakra nature was water, and her ninjutsu talent was not as problematic as Might Guy's, so learning Water Release jutsu was only a matter of time.

The reason he hadn't taught her earlier was that it was unnecessary—a waste of time and meaningless.

Because Rin Nohara's chakra was the smallest among his disciples. As a medical ninja, she needed to reserve some chakra for jutsu, and her monstrous strength also consumed a lot of chakra, leaving none to allocate to other ninjutsu.

So at that time, it was better for Rin Nohara to focus on physical training to improve her taijutsu experience, or to refine her chakra control to advance her medical ninjutsu, rather than training in Water Release.

Now the situation had changed a bit. First, he was developing Water Breathing; second, Rin Nohara's chakra was gradually increasing as she grew older and trained.

Mu Yue conservatively estimated that Water Breathing would take about another year to complete development. However, he couldn't wait until Water Breathing was finished before she learned Water Release, or it would be difficult for her to use it effectively in combat.

To help Rin Nohara keep up with Obito and the others, Mu Yue was truly trying his best to find a solution. Since developing Water Breathing took too long, he used the experience from developing it to create a basic breathing method. It had no special abilities—only enhancing physical strength through breathing, with an enhancement degree similar to Flame Breathing.

Mu Yue planned to test it for a few days and then teach it to Rin Nohara, so that when she later learned Water Breathing, it would be much faster.

"Mm." Rin Nohara nodded obediently and then looked at Mu Yue.

She was told to train in Water Release nature transformation, but Mu Yue hadn't yet taught her how to perform Water Release nature transformation, so she didn't know how to practice.

Mu Yue naturally knew this. He took Rin Nohara to the riverside and began teaching her Water Release chakra nature transformation. Using Water Release in a place with abundant water was easier and consumed less chakra.

Mu Yue had Rin Nohara cup water from the river to feel it, then tell him her thoughts.

Water was different from fire. Touching fire with your hand would burn you, so this was quite convenient.

"Moist, flowing, liquid." Rin Nohara thought for a moment and spoke the ideas in her mind.

Mu Yue nodded and said, "Next, when you perform chakra nature transformation, simply move in the direction of what you're feeling now."

After saying that, Mu Yue demonstrated. Under his control, a pillar of water rose from the calm river surface.

After demonstrating using the surrounding water, Mu Yue also demonstrated creating water using his own chakra.

Rin Nohara studied very seriously. After watching Mu Yue's demonstration, she subconsciously imagined herself in his place performing chakra nature transformation.

Water was Rin Nohara's innate nature. Coupled with Mu Yue's high proficiency in Water Release chakra nature transformation and his teaching skill bonus, Rin Nohara trained very earnestly. With multiple buffs stacked, her progress in nature transformation was impressive.

In addition to Water Release chakra nature transformation, Mu Yue also had Rin Nohara train in chakra shape transformation. The properties of Water meant that many high-level Water Release techniques required considerable chakra shape transformation skill.

In the evening, Mu Yue called all his disciples home to eat together.

"This life is really too happy!" Obito said with a blissful smile after wolfing down his rice.

Although training was exhausting, eating Mu Yue's cooking after training was truly satisfying—it almost felt like his soul had been redeemed.

"Eat plenty, go back and rest well. Tomorrow, except for Rin, everyone will undergo special training." Mu Yue said with a warm smile.

"Do we have to do the written tests?" Obito asked with a serious expression, voicing his greatest concern.

"If you can perfectly complete the training, then you won't need to." Mu Yue replied with a smile. Tomorrow was the last rest day for Obito and the others; it was time to apply some pressure.

Obito:...

He felt that if he could perfectly complete Mu Yue's training without doing written tests, he would have more than enough ability to take on a jonin alone.

Thinking about having to face the horrifying written test training again tomorrow, Obito turned fear into appetite and ate even more vigorously.

"This time Kakashi has to participate too. It's time he experiences my suffering too." That was Obito's only comfort.