Chapter 319: S-Rank Evaluation Reward

Ninja Academy Teacher: I Get Stronger Just by Teaching, Chapter 237: Rewards for an S-Rank Evaluation. Mu Yue's words stirred excitement among the academy students present.

The special training would be advertised to the genin, specifying the instructional content, but at the academy, there was no such announcement.

So they thought this special training would be more or less like before—basic ninjutsu and taijutsu—never expecting there would be a course on nature transformation.

Although the Ninja Academy doesn't teach chakra nature transformation, it does systematically teach related theoretical knowledge about chakra, including content about nature transformation.

In simple terms, they knew it existed and that it was essential for learning the five basic elemental ninjutsu, but that was it—they knew nothing beyond that.

"With so many students, there are probably people with all five chakra natures. How is he going to teach them all?" Nara Shio looked around and saw that Mu Yue was the only teacher, making him a bit puzzled.

He had expected five teachers teaching five different nature transformations, with Mu Yue, as the special training leader, overseeing more subjects, but it seemed like Mu Yue was the only instructor.

"Could it be that he has mastered all five chakra nature transformations and reached a level sufficient to teach them?" Nara Shio speculated, then immediately shook his head in denial.

Even if Mu Yue had mastered all five natures, one person couldn't teach that many students. Nara Shio glanced around and estimated there were probably seven hundred people.

He thought that today wouldn't be an official lesson, so the other teachers hadn't come.

Not to mention Nara Shio, who was participating for the first time; if not for Asuma, Ibiki Morino, and Kurenai Yuhi hyping up the spectacle of Mu Yue using all five elemental ninjutsu, even Ibiki, who had attended a previous special training, would have thought the same—mastering five natures or teaching seven hundred people alone was absurd.

"First, a grouping test. Then I will teach you in groups based on your overall strength." After speaking, Mu Yue performed hand seals and used the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique to create fifteen shadow clones.

There were too many students; if he tested them one by one, just the testing might take the whole day.

Because he was teaching nature transformation, Mu Yue had also purchased a large number of chakra test papers to determine the students' affinities.

Although the number of students had increased, Mu Yue had no intention of increasing the number of groups; he still used groups A, B, and C.

If he divided them too finely, the teaching difficulty would increase instead. To maximize the benefits of the teaching skill for as many students as possible, three groups were optimal. Fewer than three groups would result in too large a gap in strength among members, while more than three groups would make it hard for Mu Yue to manage.

Because besides the three groups, he also had to separate students by chakra nature for different elemental tracks, teaching them separately during nature transformation training.

With so many students, even with fifteen shadow clones and Mu Yue's main body conducting tests together, it took two hours to collect all the records.

Mu Yue first dismissed the shadow clones to consolidate memories, then created two more shadow clones to handle the grouping.

"Next is the list for Group C members. Students whose names are called, please come stand by me." One shadow clone finished the list and immediately walked in front of the students.

"Gangutetsu, Izumo Kamizuki, Anko Mitarashi..."

"Ah, why am I still in Group C this time? That doesn't seem right." Anko scratched her hair; she remembered that at the end of the last special training, Mu Yue had said she had Group B strength. How could her strength have improved over the year but her placement dropped?

"Hehe, let's go. No matter how much you brag usually, in Teacher Mu Yue's eyes, you're on the same level as us." Gangutetsu chuckled.

Although he himself had hoped to be directly placed in Group B, hearing that Anko was also in Group C instantly lifted his mood.

One's own failure is pitiable, but a friend's failure is laughable.

"I support you, Anko, using your strength to prove Teacher Mu Yue made a mistake in grouping." Izumo Kamizuki egged her on.

"Why don't you go? Do you think I'm stupid?" Anko shot Izumo a glare; she chose to trust that Teacher Mu Yue's judgment was correct.

Facts proved Anko was right, because next, students who had been in Group B or even Group A in the previous special training were also placed in Group C.

"Yugao Uzuki, Hayate Gekko..."

As Mu Yue continued calling out names, the vast majority of current academy students were placed in Group C.

"The criteria for grouping are stricter this time. Even you were put in Group C." Yugao Uzuki noticed that this special training might be stricter than the last.

"That's good. Now we're in the same group. It doesn't really matter which group you're in; Teacher Mu Yue will teach everyone seriously." Hayate Gekko said with a smile.

"Next is the list for Group B students." After finishing the Group C list, another shadow clone walked to the side and began reading the names of Group B members.

"Asakawa Sanken, Nakamori Goichi..."

Most of the Group B students were genin who had just graduated this year—they had learned a bit of nature transformation but weren't very good at it.

Once all Group B students were called away, Mu Yue didn't need to read the Group A list; he simply took the remaining students with him.

"Not bad—I got placed in Group A again." Tokara Senma patted Ebisu on the shoulder and said.

"Mm." Ebisu nodded. This was indeed nice. In the last special training, he had been placed in Group B at first and only moved to Group A after doing well on the exam. Starting in Group A from the beginning was comfortable.

"Practice chakra nature transformation in the morning and taijutsu in the afternoon." Mu Yue announced the schedule for Group A that day.

The Group A curriculum did not include tree-climbing or water-walking exercises, because those assigned to Group A this time had no issues with chakra control.

Nara Yanshui was a bit dumbfounded; this wasn't what he had expected—Mu Yue was starting the lesson all by herself.

Just as Nara Yanshui thought Mu Yue would first teach one particular nature, Mu Yue moved.

Mu Yue split off six shadow clones again; one stood beside her, while the remaining five flashed to different positions nearby and began using ninjutsu.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

The first shadow clone rapidly formed hand seals and spewed out a vast expanse of flame. The wildly dancing fire instantly burned several large trees to ashes.

"Wind Release: Whirlwind!"

Immediately after, the second shadow clone formed hand seals and used Wind Release.

Under the powerful wind force of the whirlwind, the flames of the Fire Dragon Flame Bullet continuously expanded, gradually forming a massive sea of fire.

Because the fire was large and the flame temperature very high, the students of Group A could clearly feel the heat increase.

"Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!"

Just as the fire was spreading further, the third shadow clone moved, spewing out a torrent of water like a giant wave that extinguished the flames.

However, due to the excessive amount of water, a large volume of water remained even after the flames were put out, about to rush toward the Group A students.

Some of the Group A students became unsettled; being hit by this water wouldn't injure them, but it would definitely leave them in a sorry state.

A few Group A students began to step backward, but Asuma stood as steady as Mount Tai, not moving. He believed that Mu Yue would not let the demonstration ninjutsu affect the students.

"Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall!"

As Asuma had thought, the fourth shadow clone immediately used the Earth-Style Wall to block the large volume of water, then the fifth shadow clone used Purple Lightning to break one of the earth walls, directing the water away from the students.

This sequence of moves by Mu Yue stunned the Group A students. Five shadow clones each released a different nature's ninjutsu, and all of them looked rather strong.

"Truly astonishing—such powerful taijutsu combined with this level of ninjutsu skill." Ebisu adjusted his sunglasses with his left hand and sighed inwardly.

He had seen the taijutsu battle between Mu Yue and Teacher Chen. Even watching from the sidelines as a genin carried the risk of being blown away by the shockwaves; it was terrifying.

The fact that Mu Yue, who could match the strongest in Konoha—Teacher Chen—in taijutsu, could also simultaneously use five different nature transformations was beyond Ebisu's imagination.

That was a full five types of chakra nature changes. As a model student, Ebisu knew what this meant: no matter what ninjutsu an opponent specialized in, Mu Yue could use a technique that countered it.

Not every student in Group A was familiar with Mu Yue; many had come simply because of her battlefield achievements and wanted to give it a try.

At that moment, the same thought arose in the minds of those students: they had made the right choice in coming here—this teacher truly had skill.

"If you want to train in the five chakra nature transformations, go to the shadow clones performing the corresponding ninjutsu. If you want guidance in yin-yang nature or other content, come to me." The shadow clone beside Mu Yue spoke.

Not all ninja trained in the five natures. Some with inherited secret techniques focused more on those, and there were special talents like Yuhi Kurenai who specialized in genjutsu. Mu Yue did not neglect this small portion of people either.

Nara Yanshui's entire squad walked toward the shadow clone next to Mu Yue's main body; they all trained in secret techniques. Yuhi Kurenai waved to her teammates and also walked over.

Ebisu walked toward the shadow clone using Fire Release; Asuma walked toward the Wind Release shadow clone. Soon, the Group A students had made their choices and began training under the guidance of the shadow clones.

Next, Mu Yue split off five more shadow clones in Group B to guide the Group B students in training nature transformations.

As for the Group C students, Mu Yue did not have them begin nature transformation training immediately. Instead, she first went over the theoretical knowledge related to nature transformations, then had them practice chakra control.

Most of the Group C students were from the ninja academy and had never participated in special training. Many of them could not even climb trees yet, and only a few had mastered water walking. So Mu Yue was in no hurry to teach them nature transformations.

Moreover, Mu Yue did not plan to teach nature transformations to all three groups simultaneously in one day. To put it simply, splitting off too many shadow clones, she was worried her body couldn't handle it.

After all, she didn't have the Uzumaki constitution; being able to produce that many clones was only because her chakra reserves had increased, combined with the Breathing Method strengthening her body.

For the most part, the shadow clones did the teaching, while Mu Yue's main body moved among the different natures and different groups to offer guidance, trying to ensure that more people benefited from direct instruction.

Since they spent two hours on grouping, the morning session quickly came to an end.

When Mu Yue announced dismissal, many Group A and Group B students wore expressions of unsatisfied eagerness.

Without comparison, there is no harm. They felt that their own instructors were far inferior to Mu Yue when it came to learning nature transformations.

"I think Teacher Tianxia should come and learn too—both are jonin, so why is the gap so huge?"

"Ha, I'll go back and repeat that to Teacher Tianxia."

"Better not; as a jonin, he'd probably be too embarrassed to come."

In just two and a half hours, the students who were unfamiliar with Mu Yue had formed an initial impression of her: she knew many ninjutsu and was very good at teaching.

"Midori thinks this place is good, we can come again in the future." Inuzuka Midori approved of Muyue.

Although Muyue does not know the Inuzuka clan's Beast Imitation Ninjutsu, Muyue is very skilled in taijutsu, which gave Inuzuka Midori good gains in taijutsu.

Nara Yanshui nodded. Today he was also training taijutsu; for learning Yin Release, he would definitely seek the clan elders.

"If I could always be taught by Teacher Muyue, I would become a jonin no matter what, right?" Ebisu compared Teacher Chen and Muyue, and really wanted to defect to Muyue's side.

It's not that Teacher Chen is no good, it's that Muyue is too good.

After class ended, Muyue immediately dispelled all Shadow Clones. When a large amount of fatigue and memories surged into Muyue's mind, Muyue let out a small breath. Teaching like this was indeed very tiring.

Then Muyue opened the system panel and took a look; no class reward appeared.

"Did the grouping time take too long, resulting in insufficient class time?" Muyue guessed in his heart.

He was not panicked. For him, changes were good. After all, even if he lost, it would only be two basic ninjutsu; if there were higher-level rewards, then he would have made a huge profit.

At noon, there was an hour and a half for rest. After two o'clock in the afternoon, training resumed.

The students skillfully walked to their respective group areas to receive instruction from the Muyues.

In the afternoon, Muyue first had group A and B practice taijutsu for a while, then started chakra nature transformation practice, while group C still did chakra control; students who had already mastered tree climbing and water walking practiced taijutsu.

When the time reached 6:30 PM, the day's training officially ended.

After dismissal, the students did not rush to leave but discussed today's gains, and Muyue finally saw the system's message.

【Completed one high-quality lecture】

【Evaluation: S】

【Reward obtained: Fire Nature Chakra Transformation +10, Earth Nature Chakra Transformation +40, Lightning Nature Chakra Transformation +45, Wind Nature Chakra Transformation +10, Water Nature Chakra Transformation +20, Chakra control ability increased slightly】

Looking at the long reward list, Muyue fell into contemplation. This was somewhat unexpected. The S-rank evaluation seemed to give rewards based on the teaching content.

"But why did the proficiency of Fire Nature Transformation increase as much as Wind?" Muyue had a doubt in his heart. There were many more students learning Fire Nature chakra transformation than Wind; it was the attribute with the largest number.

Muyue thought carefully and quickly figured out the reason. Because his Fire Release chakra nature transformation had already reached the Perfect level; it was obviously very difficult to increase proficiency at this level, while the Earth and Lightning attributes hadn't even reached the Proficiency level, so they gained more.

Muyue then looked further down. This was his first time getting an S-rank evaluation; there should be another S-rank evaluation reward.

This chapter is 4k words; there will be another chapter later, but the word count is uncertain.