Chapter 37: Nature Transformation Training (Please Follow)

"Teacher Mu Yue, how long did I last this time?" Obito wiped the water off his face and looked at Mu Yue expectantly.

He felt like he had been on the river for a very long time, maybe even an hour.

"You did very well this time. You lasted twenty minutes." Mu Yue praised without stint.

"Huh? Only twenty minutes? I thought it was at least half an hour." Obito was a bit disappointed.

On the river, not only did he have to maintain chakra output at all times, but he also had to watch out for Mu Yue's Water Release, observe the waves on the river, and be ready to dodge at any moment. Maintaining this state made it feel like a long time had passed.

"You've completed the chakra control training. You can start training in nature transformation now." Mu Yue said with a smile.

"Yeah, I'll head down right away." Obito had been practicing water walking recently and subconsciously walked toward the river, but after a few steps he realized what Mu Yue had actually said.

"Finally, no more water walking." Obito couldn't help clenching his fist and jumping for joy, but quieted down when he noticed Shisui and Might Guy looking at him.

"Lately with all this water walking every day, I'm starting to get used to the taste of the river here." Obito couldn't help complaining.

Water walking is different from tree climbing. With tree climbing, as long as you adjusted properly or Mu Yue caught you quickly, it was fine.

If you messed up water walking, you'd take a big gulp of water.

Luckily, not many people come here, and the river water is fairly clean and clear, with no strange taste.

"So, want to practice more?" Mu Yue asked jokingly.

"Forget it, forget it. Lately, I want to take a detour whenever I see a river." Having suffered enough, Obito chose not to be stubborn this time.

"Better start nature transformation soon. There are only fourteen days left until the match." Obito felt pressed for time.

Next, aside from nature transformation, he also needed to deepen his proficiency with the Great Fireball Technique.

"If we follow my plan, there will be enough time." Mu Yue reassured Obito.

This was just training for a civilian competition, not training to go fight Pain, so there was no need to take nature transformation to an extreme level.

With the bonus from teaching skills and Mu Yue already at the proficient level in Great Fireball, it was very easy to improve Obito's Great Fireball skill.

After all, it was related to the rewards from the training mission, so Mu Yue had planned it carefully.

Soon, Mu Yue's Shadow Clone carried over a large wooden bucket. Mu Yue opened the bucket, took out an egg-sized piece of ice, and handed it to Obito.

"Place the ice in your palm, then use chakra to perform nature transformation to melt the ice." Mu Yue explained the first step of nature transformation training.

Nature transformation is considered a relatively difficult and advanced practice in a ninja's training.

Even if you have enough chakra, if your nature transformation level for a corresponding technique is insufficient, the power of the jutsu will be limited.

Training in Fire nature transformation is a bit more dangerous than Wind, because the burning nature of fire might affect the caster.

At first, Mu Yue wanted Obito to burn leaves, but if Obito couldn't instantly turn the leaf to ash, his hand would be burned by the burning leaf.

So Mu Yue thought of ice instead. Because it has a sufficiently low temperature, even if it encounters fire, it will only melt into water, and Obito's fire wasn't hot enough to boil the water from the ice.

"It's so cold." Holding the ice, Obito sucked in a breath of cold air. It was still spring, and with the morning sun not very strong, the temperature wasn't high.

"Then release your chakra quickly." Mu Yue tapped Obito's head with two fingers together.

Obito winced in pain, shrank his neck, then began guiding his chakra to gather in his palm, performing nature transformation before releasing it.

"When performing nature transformation, keep in mind the characteristics of fire: burning and high temperature. Make your chakra burn and raise the temperature." Mu Yue reminded him.

Obito stared at the ice in his hand and nodded, silently reciting the words "burning" and "high temperature."

Two minutes later, Obito felt water flowing in his palm and his face lit up with joy.

"Teacher, the ice is melting!" Obito said happily.

"Why don't you take a new piece of ice and hold it in your hand for a few minutes to test it out?" Mu Yue said.

Curious, Obito dropped the ice in his hand, took another piece of about the same size, and held it in his hand without using chakra.

Then he awkwardly found that the degree of melting from ice to water was only slightly less than before.

"The human body also has temperature. If you hold an ice cube of this size in your hand, it melts pretty fast even without chakra." Mu Yue rubbed her forehead and explained.

Luckily, the weather wasn't hot now. If it were summer, Obito might think he was a little genius at nature transformation.

"Hehe, when using jutsu, I always do it with my mouth. Now using my hand feels a bit unfamiliar." Obito scratched his head and explained.

"When performing nature transformation, you must always remember the nature of fire." Muyue said as she took out a block of ice the size of a human head and held it in her hand.

Sizzle sizzle sizzle!!

The moment Muyue finished speaking, a red light flashed, and the human-head-sized ice instantly turned into white smoke, directly turning into water vapor that floated into the sky.

"High temperature, combustion." Obito kept muttering these two words, then continuously gathered chakra in his palm and released it.

Soon the morning was about to pass. Obito already felt that both his hands had become numb from the cold, and the skin on his hands had turned white and wrinkled from prolonged contact with water.

"Come to think of it, the taste of river water isn't bad either." Obito somewhat regretted why he hadn't agreed to Muyue's suggestion to practice a bit more a few hours ago.

This nature transformation training is even more torturous than walking on water.

"Stop training for now, let's eat." Muyue called the three to stop, then took out three lunch boxes and handed them out to the three.

"Today's food smells amazing!" Might Guy opened the lid and immediately smelled a fragrance that pierced the soul, along with a dazzling golden light from the lunch box.

"Teacher Muyue, this rice is off—it's actually glowing!" Might Guy was a bit dumbfounded.

"It's just sunlight reflecting off it. Eat with confidence," Muyue said with a faint smile.

Might Guy took a spoonful and ate it. Instantly, a sharp light burst from his eyes. He swung the spoon extremely rapidly, continuously sending fried rice into his mouth.

"Delicious! Delicious!" Might Guy felt he had never eaten such good food before.

【You have gifted your disciple Golden Egg Fried Rice. The disciple is extremely grateful. Reward: Critical Hit! Obtained Chakra +100.】

Muyue nodded to himself. The Chef skill was indeed very effective.

"Is Kai that tired from training today?" Obito felt Might Guy was being a bit exaggerated. Although Teacher Muyue's cooking skills were good, he didn't need to eat so hurriedly.

"It really does smell good." After opening his lunch box, Obito changed his mind a little.

His was not egg fried rice, but a home-style stir-fry.

Obito first picked up a bit of the vegetables, then picked up a mouthful of rice and put it in his mouth.

"Delicious!" Obito's eyes widened, feeling an unprecedented flavor explode in his mouth.

Then he wolfed down the rice frantically, stuffing food into his mouth continuously, until Obito bit into a chili pepper in the vegetables.

A terrifying spiciness exploded. Obito felt as if he had arrived at a crater of an erupting volcano; the surrounding air was hot and dry.