Chapter 316: Hiruzen Sarutobi's Shock: Mu Yue Masterfully Uses All Five Elements

At the Ninja Academy, I Get Stronger by Teaching: Chapter 234 - Sarutobi Hiruzen's Shock, Muyue Proficiently Using Five-Attribute Ninjutsu. Because she had already practiced the basic breathing method for several months in advance, Nohara Rin's progress with Water Breathing was very fast, and within five days she could almost use Water Breathing in battle. Muyue checked with his Appraisal and saw it had reached the beginner level of twenty points.

However, it didn't stay this fast forever; after breaking through twenty points, it gradually slowed down.

To strengthen Nohara Rin's individual combat ability and not waste the Water Breathing boost to Water Release, Muyue began teaching Nohara Rin Water Release ninjutsu. Within this month, he planned to teach Rin two Water Release techniques: one was the Water Prison Technique, which could be used for both defense and offense, and the second was the Water Dragon Bullet Technique, used purely for attack.

Actually, if it were for the Chunin Exams, teaching Rin the Hidden Mist Technique and training her to locate enemies by sound would be best, because the Shadow Imitation Technique is meaningless without knowing the enemy's position.

But the Hidden Mist Technique is different from common Water Release techniques like Water Formation Wall and Water Dragon Bullet; the Hidden Mist Technique is a secret technique of the Hidden Mist Village, and using it would be hard to explain.

So after thinking it over for a long time, Muyue chose the Water Prison Technique and the Water Dragon Bullet Technique; both are relatively practical and not difficult to learn.

The Chunin Exams entered the intermission period, and the examinees were all working hard to improve themselves, whether they were from Konoha or the Hidden Mist.

The Chunin Exams were suspended, and the first semester of the Ninja Academy was coming to an end. The final exams were approaching, followed by a long vacation.

Of course, for the fourth-year students about to graduate, this long vacation was a bit short. During the break, they would undergo a five-week special training.

Muyue's original special training plan was to replicate the first training session: quickly brush up various skills with large classes to expand his ninjutsu library. If he held large classes all day, he could brush up four ninjutsu in one day, and in five weeks, he could brush up a hundred ninjutsu.

The incident in the Forest of Death made Muyue decide to change his plan. He intended to add some relatively advanced teaching content to the original plan, attempting to aim for better rewards.

Although it was still early before Obito's accident in the original story—the Kannabi Bridge battle in the original Naruto world occurred after Kakashi became a Jonin at age twelve, and Kakashi was only nine now, theoretically giving three years—

This was ultimately not the original Naruto world; it was a Naruto world with Muyue. Although Muyue had always kept a low profile, he had actually changed many things.

At this point, Obito was vastly different from his original counterpart: he had awakened his Sharingan early, learned considerable Fire Release and breathing techniques from Muyue, and had twice defeated Jonin alongside his teammates.

Faced with such an Obito, Muyue couldn't guarantee whether Uchiha Madara would still act exactly as in the original story.

Now, although Obito was young, his strength was not weak. Moreover, his teammates were much stronger than in the original, which meant they would be assigned higher-difficulty missions earlier, and Uchiha Madara might also make his move sooner.

Uchiha Madara and Black Zetsu were in the shadows unknown to Muyue. Although Muyue himself had hidden many things, to increase his chances of victory, he needed to improve his own strength as much as possible.

Although Uchiha Madara was old now, he was still the Uchiha Madara who had once fought against Hashirama Senju, and he had Black Zetsu, a filial son who had lived for over a thousand years, by his side. Muyue was fully alert to this pair.

However, since the summer special training involved over three hundred graduates, as the person in charge, Muyue couldn't teach randomly. He had to first discuss it with the principal, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

In the evening, after dinner, Muyue went to Sarutobi Hiruzen's house.

Normally, visiting Sarutobi Hiruzen after work hours for official business was not ideal, as it meant making him work overtime.

But now Muyue had a decent relationship with Sarutobi Hiruzen, and to make it convenient for a demonstration later, Muyue chose the evening.

"Lord Third Hokage, I want to make changes to the content of the summer special training." After a brief greeting, Muyue cut straight to the chase.

Sarutobi Hiruzen put down his pipe, looked at Muyue, and asked, "Have you come up with some new good ideas?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't need to think twice; it was definitely a major change. For minor issues, Muyue, as the person in charge of the special training plan, could decide on his own.

"I want to add chakra nature transformation to the teaching content." Muyue said.

Chakra nature transformation wasn't really advanced knowledge. For clan ninjas or children of ninja parents, they usually started learning it even before enrolling in the academy.

But for most Academy students, this was actually advanced knowledge, because the Academy didn't teach it; it was taught by the supervising Jonin after graduation.

It wasn't that the Academy didn't want to teach, but there were two difficulties. One was that students had many different natures. If there was a rare nature like Wind Release, there might not be a teacher who knew it, and they couldn't just not teach that student.

The second was that the Academy teachers' skill level was insufficient, and chakra nature transformation was a dangerous training. Therefore, even the upper grades of the Academy had no courses on nature transformation training.

Actually, the main issue was the second one. Most of the school's Chunin teachers were fine teaching other things, but their own nature transformation practice was not good. Teaching it would be misleading the students.

"Chakra nature transformation? Why do you want to teach that? With so many students, there will definitely be all five chakra natures, and accidents can easily happen during training." Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't directly reject Muyue; he stated the teaching difficulties and then looked at Muyue.

In Sarutobi Hiruzen's mind, Muyue had always been humble and practical. Since Muyue dared to bring this up, Hiruzen believed he must have come prepared.

"I have already mastered the nature transformations of all five basic chakra natures. Although Earth Release is not very proficient, simple teaching won't be a problem," Muyue replied calmly.

His five chakra nature ninjutsu had their origins. Previously, he had selected ten techniques at the Ninjutsu Library, and after being promoted to full Jonin, he took two more—those were B-rank and above.

Below B-rank, Muyue could already use them freely. He was no longer an unknown figure; who would care where a C-rank technique came from, as long as it wasn't something as special as the Hidden Mist Technique?

"You've mastered all five nature transformations… Could you show me a little?" Sarutobi Hiruzen showed an interested expression.

Learning the nature transformation of one's innate affinity wasn't difficult, and learning one additional desired affinity was also acceptable. Most of Konoha's Jonin were like this, mastering two or more nature transformation techniques.

But mastering all five major nature transformations was very difficult, and mastering all of them to the point of being usable in battle was even harder.

The difficulty was high, but the boost to a ninja was also significant. It meant that no matter what technique the opponent used, you could use a technique that countered it to gain the attribute advantage, and you could also combine techniques to increase their power.

Sarutobi Hiruzen earned the title of Professor of Ninjutsu because he had mastered over a thousand ninjutsu, including not only the five natures but also genjutsu and secret techniques. No matter what jutsu an enemy used, he could counter it.

Unfortunately, none of his three disciples had followed his path. Tsunade focused on Medical Ninjutsu and Taijutsu, Jiraiya focused on Fire Release and Sage Mode, and Orochimaru developed his own Snake Ninjutsu.

Muyue nodded, indicating there was no problem. He had come precisely for this; it wouldn't be convenient to show off his skills during the day in the Hokage's office.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took Muyue to the backyard. Upon seeing Muyue, Asuma greeted him happily; he was just about to practice some Wind Release.

"Come over here, don't let Muyue's ninjutsu accidentally injure you." Sarutobi Hiruzen called Asuma over to watch together.

"How could that be? With Muyue-sensei's control, he definitely wouldn't hurt me," Asuma retorted.

Nevertheless, Asuma obediently walked over. It wasn't that he didn't trust Muyue, but he wanted to see Muyue's ninjutsu.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

Muyue used Fire Release first. After thinking, he decided to use the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet. This technique was among the top in both power and difficulty among Fire Release jutsu, and it severely tested the user's skill.

As Muyue completed his hand seals, he spat out a massive amount of flames, instantly forming a fierce sea of fire. Under Muyue's control, the flames split into three directions—front, left, and right—advancing together. Although the fire was intense, not a single flame touched Sarutobi Hiruzen's house.

"A very skilled Fire Dragon Flame Bullet." Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his small beard and nodded in approval.

From this Fire Dragon Flame Bullet, Sarutobi Hiruzen could tell that Muyue's Fire Release had surpassed the vast majority of the shinobi world, excelling in both power and control.

Even Sarutobi Hiruzen at Muyue's age was about the same.

"Amazing!" Asuma didn't know much yet; he just felt Muyue was very strong.

"Hiruzen, are you not home?" Just then, Shimura Danzo's voice suddenly came.

"I'm in the backyard. Come over," Sarutobi Hiruzen said, raising his voice a little.

Although he hadn't seen Danzo yet, Sarutobi Hiruzen had already guessed Danzo's purpose.

It was about the Kirigakure compensation. Although Yuan Shi insisted that Jian Jian Xiuxing was a spy from another ninja village, in the end, he had been brought by Kiri. Konoha had to demand compensation from Kiri.

On this matter, Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo had some differences. Danzo thought they should demand a lot, whether money or ninja tools. If such an incident didn't result in a severe punishment, Konoha would lose its deterrent power.

Sarutobi Hiruzen believed they only needed to ask for a symbolic amount, mainly to make a statement. After all, they were currently fighting both Iwagakure and Kumogakure. If they demanded too much, Kiri might not give it and could directly sever ties and go to war with Konoha.

During the day in the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen had rejected Danzo's proposal, but he could see Danzo was unwilling. As expected, Danzo had come to see him after work.

"Hiruzen..." Shimura Danzo was about to recite the speech he had prepared for a whole day when he suddenly saw the sea of fire in the yard and Muyue maintaining his hand seal posture.

Although Shimura Danzo's strength was inferior to Sarutobi Hiruzen's, his eyesight was still sharp. He could tell at a glance that Muyue's Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was not ordinary.

Shimura Danzo's expression immediately soured, because this Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was something he had rewarded to Muyue. Now Muyue was displaying it at Sarutobi Hiruzen's house, and he had only discovered it accidentally.

"Let's talk about it later. Let Muyue finish demonstrating his ninjutsu first," Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

Shimura Danzo nodded coldly.

Although Muyue's previous behavior showed that he was still loyal to Danzo and hadn't forgotten his nurturing, having a subordinate he could use freely become one he could only use by sneaking opportunities was extremely frustrating for Danzo. This was a powerful jonin who could play a role in battles against tailed beasts.

Danzo's arrival did not change Muyue's expression; he simply greeted Danzo briefly. After all, Danzo's intention was to keep up the act, and on the surface, Muyue was no longer connected to Root.

After demonstrating Fire Release, it was time for Water Release. Muyue thought for a moment and decided to use the Great Waterfall Technique, which he had been taught by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

Muyue spat out a terrifying amount of water like a huge wave, instantly extinguishing all the lingering flames on the ground.

The backyard of Sarutobi Hiruzen's house was connected to a small forest, and under the impact of the massive water volume, many trees fell, turning the small forest into a small lake.

"Very good, you've practiced to this level in just a few months." Sarutobi Hiruzen praised.

He didn't know about Muyue's progress with other ninjutsu, but the Great Waterfall Technique was one he had personally taught Muyue and personally guided him through, step by step witnessing Muyue go from learning to mastery.

"Thanks to the Third Hokage's guidance." Muyue said with a modest smile.

"My guidance was at most supplementary; it was mainly your own talent and hard work." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head with a chuckle.

"You're quite self-aware." Asuma nodded, thinking Sarutobi Hiruzen made a lot of sense.

Somewhat speechless, Sarutobi Hiruzen rubbed Asuma's head hard. It was fine if he admitted it himself, but coming from Asuma's mouth, it stung.

Danzo sneered repeatedly on the surface, but inwardly he was very pleased.

"Even if Hiruzen teaches Muyue well, he will never be loyal to you. He is ultimately a member of my Root," Danzo thought triumphantly.

In Danzo's eyes, Muyue's current strength came first from years of steady accumulation, and second from Hiruzen Sarutobi's mentorship.

"Wind Style: Vacuum Sphere!"

Without resting, Muyue immediately used the next jutsu. With a series of hand signs, he spat out streaks of transparent air bullets from his mouth.

Boom!!

Under the barrage of countless transparent air bullets, the ground was shattered; gravel flew, gray-yellow dust rose continuously, and not a single intact patch of ground remained in the entire backyard.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a couple of puffs from his pipe, looked at Muyue with extreme satisfaction. He had also given Muyue the Vacuum Sphere technique, because during the time Muyue served as a tutor, Asuma had improved greatly, and from Asuma he learned that Muyue was practicing Wind Style, so he gave him the Vacuum Sphere.

Without a doubt, Muyue's mastery of the three elemental natures—Water, Fire, and Wind—had already surpassed that of an ordinary Jōnin. Fire was the strongest, followed by Wind and Water, which were still considered powerful.

Seeing Muyue's Vacuum Sphere, Shimura Danzo nodded in acknowledgment. His other attributes might be average, but in Wind Style he considered himself the strongest in Konoha. Just by looking at Muyue's Vacuum Sphere, Danzo knew that Muyue's level of Wind Style nature transformation was no longer comparable to that of an ordinary Jōnin.

"He has cultivated the three natures of Water, Fire, and Wind to this level—no wonder he was able to help Jiraiya fight against a Tailed Beast on the battlefield." Danzo now understood Muyue's approximate strength.

Although Muyue's current strength had not yet reached his own level, with these three elemental ninjutsu he was already elite among Jōnin—the kind who could crush ordinary Jōnin.

Most valuable of all was that Muyue was still very young, only nineteen, with plenty of time left to grow.

"How about sending him to be Orochimaru's deputy? That way he can help Orochimaru earn military merits and also grow faster on the battlefield." Danzo felt that Muyue's level of strength was wasted as a teacher.

Those basic lessons could be taught by any Chūnin—why did they need a Jōnin of Muyue's caliber?

Asuma didn't have as many thoughts as Hiruzen Sarutobi or Shimura Danzo. In his heart, there were only six words: Muyue-sensei is awesome!

After finishing the Wind Style, Muyue panted a little. He first used Earth Style to repair the shattered ground, then immediately began another Earth Style jutsu.

"Earth Style: Mud River!"

Under Muyue's control, the earth in front of him suddenly turned into a muddy river surging forward.

Muyue's Earth nature transformation was only at the proficient level, 1800 points, so he didn't suppress his power; he used it openly, pouring a large amount of chakra into enhancing the jutsu's effect.

"Muyue, you are too modest. An Earth Style of this level is by no means barely good enough to teach others." Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled Muyue's earlier words and remarked with emotion.

At first, he really thought Muyue wasn't very good at Earth Style, because Muyue had never used it.

But now he saw that it was at the level of an ordinary Jōnin—even one whose primary attribute was Earth. If that was barely enough for teaching, then many ninja wouldn't be qualified as instructors.

"It's still quite inferior to my other attributes. I still need to work harder." Muyue said with a smile.

"Lightning Style: Purple Lightning!"

Without performing hand seals, Muyue simply raised his arm and burst out chakra. A dazzling purple lightning covered his right hand.

Crackle!!

Muyue controlled the Purple Lightning, turning it into bolts of purple thunder that struck the ground.

Another boom, and the flat ground was dotted with scorched pits.

"Is that seal-less Lightning Style something you developed yourself, Muyue?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the large scorched marks on the ground and asked.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had learned every jutsu in Konoha; if there existed such a powerful, seal-less Lightning Style in the village, he would certainly know about it.

"Yes, the technique is called Purple Lightning." Muyue mentally apologized to Kakashi before nodding in confirmation.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Muyue with amazement. Although Muyue's Lightning Style performance was not as strong as Fire, Water, or Wind—only a little better than Earth Style—developing a high-level Lightning Style on his own was remarkable. It further proved that Muyue had a remarkable talent in ninjutsu.

"Danzo, you almost destroyed a genius!" Hiruzen Sarutobi was glad that he had discovered Muyue.

He couldn't imagine what level Muyue would have reached if he had been trained by Danzo all along. Would he have matched Hiruzen's own level at the same age?

Hiruzen Sarutobi's desire to take on disciples surged. Without a doubt, Muyue was the most suitable student for him.

5k, there's another chapter later, though it won't be long—should be around 3k.