Chapter 501

The Land of Rain.

Near the Ninja Sect base.

Today is the second day of the unrestricted lecture.

Not a single ninja who attended the first day's class chose to leave; all opted to stay and continue the lessons.

From the lowest-ranking rogue ninja to renowned figures in the ninja world like Kido and Yagura, all made the same choice.

For no other reason than the second day's curriculum being too enticing, with content on Yin and Yang chakra nature transformations.

The Yin and Yang chakra nature transformations differ from the five elemental nature transformations; they are more special, and most secret techniques in the ninja world are related to either Yin or Yang attributes, which is enough to prove their uniqueness.

Muyue's proficiency in Yin and Yang chakra nature transformations isn't high compared to his other nature transformations. Yang attribute is at Mastery level with just over four thousand proficiency points, while Yin is slightly less, only around three thousand at Mastery level.

But this is in comparison to himself; in reality, based on the ninjas Muyue has appraised, his proficiency in Yin and Yang chakra nature transformations already surpasses the vast majority of ninjas in the ninja world.

For an ordinary ninja, one thousand ryo is hardly money; it might be spent just replenishing some ninja tools.

Wind Release users are already scarce, and powerful ones are even rarer, so having the opportunity to hear an explanation from a powerful ninja like Muyue is truly rare.

This holds true even for ninjas from Sunagakure, which has the most Wind Release users.

After the afternoon class ended, the rewards were tallied again.

After reaching Perfection level, proficiency increases very slowly; even though Muyue has had Perfection-level Fire Release chakra nature transformation for some time, his proficiency is still not impressive.

The A-rank reward for the intermediate course is various secret techniques; Muyue had grinded some back then and is familiar with this aspect.

Even Hanzo was that astonished, let alone the other ninjas. During the midday break, they all wrote letters urging their friends to come and listen to the class while they could, fearing there might not be a next time if they missed it.

"He really has mastered seven chakra natures—could he have some ninjutsu that keeps his face youthful?" Hanzo's mind was reeling.

Even the famously titled "Professor of Ninjutsu," the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, wasn't this exaggerated; Hiruzen only masters ninjutsu of the five chakra natures.

【Evaluation: S】

【Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Perfection: 621/), Water Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastery: /), Wind Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastery: 8960), Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastery: 7000), Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation (Mastery: 6400), Yang Release…】

It was as if nothing could withstand being cut by Muyue's powerful Wind Release.

Along with the information appearing, insights into various chakra nature transformations arose in Muyue's mind; besides single nature transformations, he also gained new insights into composite nature transformations like Wood Release and Ice Release.

Muyue glanced at the proficiency of all his chakra nature transformations.

Moreover, Muyue could feel that Perfection-level Fire Release chakra nature transformation was very strong; if all his other attributes reached Perfection level, he could likely directly craft a Truth-Seeking Ball by hand.

"Yesterday, we talked about how Wind attribute allows our chakra to become as sharp as a blade. So, the direction for refining Wind attribute is actually very simple: continuously make your chakra thinner. A thinner blade will be sharper because the force is concentrated on a single point, exerting greater pressure on the object being cut."

Hanzo, about to return to Amegakure, hesitated. This sounded no less impressive than the Yin and Yang natures, and might even be better for improving strength.

The few Wind Release users below were all listening intently to Muyue's explanation.

He felt that Muyue might have some special secret technique to maintain his appearance; he didn't look as young as he seemed, and his actual age might be around the same as Hanzo's.

As Muyue spoke, he demonstrated. First, he shredded paper, then cut through wood, then stone, and finally, using Wind Release chakra, he severed a solid iron block.

Muyue seriously suspected that the Sage of Six Paths might only have Perfection-level chakra nature transformations, not beyond Perfection.

Of course, that alone wouldn't achieve S-rank course quality. Then, from his own understanding, Muyue narrated various Yin Release secret techniques, such as controlling shadows, creating illusions, or connecting minds.

Compared to his Yin and Yang chakra nature transformations, Muyue's Wind Release chakra nature transformation proficiency was much higher, already close to nine thousand at Mastery level.

Even the Ino-Shika-Cho, who specialize in family secret techniques, don't have higher Yin and Yang chakra nature transformation proficiency than him now.

After a little over an hour, Muyue finished his explanation of Wind Release chakra nature transformation and began lecturing on the Yin and Yang chakra nature transformations that all ninjas were looking forward to.

"Sōsuke, you're really wasteful. You should have charged them tuition. Ninjas are all rich; charging one thousand ryo per person per day would easily net you one million ryo in a single day." Kakuzu said reproachfully, with a tone of regret.

Even with his system, he advanced with such difficulty; the difficulty of improvement was simply outrageous.

"Tomorrow's entire class will be on ninjutsu—not ninjutsu of a specific nature. I will analyze the essence of ninjutsu and explain it." Muyue previewed the next lesson.

Muyue's detailed explanation clearly showed that he really had substance—he might know many Yin and Yang Release ninjutsu and secret techniques. This made Hanzo suspicious of Muyue.

With his level and the boost from teaching, and since there were no Yin or Yang Release masters present, it was enough to deliver a course that satisfied everyone.

"Creating form from nothing is Yin; bestowing life upon form is Yang!" Muyue stated the essence of Yin and Yang attributes.

A Sunagakure genin had intended to ask his jōnin teacher what level Muyue's Wind Nature proficiency belonged to, but after noticing his teacher taking notes, he shut up and also pulled out a small notebook.

"Therefore, most secret techniques related to the spirit are Yin Release, and those related to the body are Yang Release."

Although he knew everyone was anticipating the Yin-Yang chakra natures, Muyue still followed his plan and first talked about Wind Nature—after all, Wind Release shinobi, though few, are still people.

Truth-Seeking Balls are already a product of the Six Paths level; Muyue found it hard to imagine what a perfect level or above would look like—after all, even in the Fourth Shinobi World War, which was a war of gods, Truth-Seeking Balls were still considered a powerful means.

In this way, the ninja attending the lecture all chose to stay, and because news of Muyue's teaching spread, even ninja who were not initially interested rushed to the Land of Rain, making the area around the Ninja Sect base even more lively.

【Reward obtained: Chakra Nature Transformation Insight, Yin Nature Chakra Transformation +60, Yang Nature Chakra Transformation +55, Wind Nature...】

With just two sentences, Muyue made all the ninja understand the essence and manifestation forms of Yin Release and Yang Release.

【Completed one advanced lecture】

Sarutobi Hiruzen was already an extremely rare ninjutsu genius in the shinobi world; even if Muyue could surpass him, it shouldn't be too absurd.

"I'll listen for one more day tomorrow, then return to the village the day after. I don't have any business to deal with anyway," Hanzō thought to himself.

It was simply that Kakuzu didn't have Muyue's teaching ability; if Kakuzu were in his place, he would definitely charge at least ten thousand per person and easily earn tens of millions of ryō in a day—that would be faster than his work as a bounty hunter.

"And then we could handle room and board ourselves, and raise the price a bit—that's all money." Kakuzu seemed to see countless adorable banknotes burning before his eyes and turning into nothingness.

Muyue smiled faintly and said nothing.

Although shinobi had money, once there was a threshold, it would block a batch of people; for Muyue, who wanted to maximize his lecture rewards, a threshold was undoubtedly an obstacle.

"Director Kakuzu, although we didn't make money, Teacher Sōsuke's lectures have earned great prestige for our Ninja Sect. Even Yagura, the Hero of Sunagakure, respects Teacher Sōsuke greatly, and I have also seen Sunagakure jōnin taking careful notes in Teacher Sōsuke's class.

These are the hidden assets of our Ninja Sect. When we reach the east, our Ninja Sect will have much less trouble." Nagato said seriously.

He believed that Muyue's actions must have meaning; after careful thought, he realized that Muyue was playing a grand strategy.

"I understand all the reasoning, but do you know? The Ninja Sect is running out of money." Kakuzu sighed.

Although the Ninja Sect's current status was equivalent to another Amegakure, the daimyō wasn't stupid—he wouldn't pay double. So the Ninja Sect only had official status but no financial support from the Land of Rain's daimyō.

The Ninja Sect was already not wealthy, and for the past two months they had been conducting full-time special training for all members, directly draining their already meager funds. Kakuzu even had to supplement a bit from his own pocket.

Nagato was dumbfounded; he had never handled money and rarely considered this aspect.

However, Nagato still knew this was a serious problem, because he had gone through a period of wandering, and that wandering life had taught him the importance of money.

"Although my savings can still sustain us for a while, once we go to the east there will be all kinds of expenses. For a shinobi organization aiming for world peace, this kind of financial state is very unhealthy." Kakuzu stated bluntly.

He didn't mind spending money, but from the perspective of the Ninja Sect's development, this could easily cause problems.

"Hiss, making money is so hard." Yahiko thought about having the Ninja Sect ninja take missions, but immediately dismissed his own idea.

Although taking missions was currently the mainstream way for shinobi in the ninja world to earn money, the Ninja Sect was going to the east to accomplish things; at most, only some of the ninja could take missions. And as a new power, they would find it difficult to obtain high-quality missions with large commissions.

Yahiko had also been the leader of a ninja organization; he knew the difficulty of taking missions. For example, his Akatsuki organization only earned enough money to maintain daily operations. If it weren't for the members working out of passion, it would be hard to keep going.

"As for money, I can subsidize some from my personal funds." Muyue thought for a moment and replied.

He had completed many high-level missions in Konoha, didn't spend much on a daily basis, and had some savings.

"Also, I have an idea that can both make money and benefit the development of the Land of Rain."

Kakuzu showed an intrigued expression. Although Muyue had always been practical and never boasted, this time was different—surely Muyue couldn't be better at making money than him?

"I'll use my ninjutsu as prizes and hold a young ninja tournament. The top three will all receive ninjutsu as prizes, with the first prize being Fire Dragon Rampage. Then we'll charge entry fees, ticket fees, and also collect rent from vendors. Do you think it can make money?" Muyue asked, looking at him.

Kakuzu followed Muyue's line of thought and found that it really could make money—and moreover, it could showcase the Ninja Sect's overall strength to some extent, attracting high-quality mission commissions.

And because it was a young ninja tournament, the grand prize for first place absolutely could not be taken away, because they had Nagato. Kakuzu didn't believe any other shinobi village had a young ninja stronger than Nagato.

"You didn't plan this all along, did you?" Kakuzu couldn't help asking.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized that Muyue's actions actually formed a continuous line: first, unlimited lectures to expand fame and prestige; then, greater fame would make Muyue's tournament more attractive.

Muyue smiled without speaking. He had memories from another world; although most were useless, there were some that could be referenced and absorbed.

It was just that the communication technology in the current shinobi world was not yet advanced; otherwise, Muyue could also sell TV broadcast rights.

"At that time, seating can also be priced differently based on quality—those daimyō nobles like to sit in the front row close to the action, so sell those at a higher price." Kakuzu had already begun brainstorming how to earn even more.

He didn't even need to think to know that this tournament would definitely stir up huge waves in the ninja world, with countless participants—after all, just yesterday, over a thousand ninja had witnessed Muyue use Fire Dragon Rampage to instantly kill Yagura.

Kakuzu put himself in others' shoes: if he weren't a member of the Ninja Sect and still a bounty hunter, he would have disguised himself as a youth to participate.

Even if he couldn't learn this incredibly powerful Fire Release, he could still sell it for a high price.

…

Even though Charmander was fairly satisfied with its body, Obito still made Charmander exercise to shed its belly fat.

Moreover, Obito discovered a perfect training method.

That was to hypnotize Charmander using his Sharingan.

When Charmander was about to complete a day's training volume, Obito would use his Three-tomoe Sharingan to hypnotize Charmander, making it feel like it still had one-third of the training left to do.

This way, Charmander felt in its own mind that the training volume was still the same, but it actually trained more—a win-win!

Of course, no matter how you looked at it, the body still got tired. Charmander once felt its body had become weak and was exhausted every day beyond words.

"Charmander, Charmander," Charmander lamented with a worried face, telling its translator about its suffering.

It didn't know if it was getting fat or eating too much, but it was so tired.

"You've been training for so long now, of course you're tired. Maybe you'll get used to it," Zoroark comforted.

"Charmander?" Charmander looked at Zoroark in confusion. Its training time was the same as before.

"How could it be unchanged? I feel like you're trying to keep up with Riolu," Zoroark complained.

"Better get more rest. You're so diligent, Shisui might think I'm lazy."

Zoroark hoped Charmander would go back to how it was before.

Charmander's eyes widened as it looked at Zoroark, a thunderbolt flashing through its mind. This... this wasn't right.

Charmander took Zoroark to confront Obito and ask what was really going on.

"It's your mistaken perception, Zoroark. The training volume has always been like this," Obito tried to shift the blame onto Zoroark.

"Is that so? Then I'll go ask Zongyan." Zoroark prepared to find a Rockruff that didn't get along with Obito to serve as a dog witness.

Sweat formed on Obito's forehead. If things escalated, he didn't know how Rin would view this matter.

Although overall he meant well for Charmander, hypnotizing it and increasing its training was indeed a bit inhumane.

Obito had only thought about helping Charmander lose weight and then go back to normal training.

"Alright, to help you lose weight, I actually hypnotized you with my Sharingan. Your recent training volume has been one-third more than usual." Wanting to smooth things over, Obito confessed his method, hoping Charmander would understand his good intentions.

Zoroark looked at Obito in amazement, then with deep respect. Compared to Obito, its own pranks were a bit beneath notice.

Charmander's pupils sharply contracted as it stared at Obito in disbelief. There was actually such an evil person in the world.

A surge of anger rushed to Charmander's head. Resentment and fury ignited the power within its body.

"Rawr!"

Charmander let out a loud roar, and its body erupted with a white light even more dazzling than when it had hatched.

This sudden burst of fierce, dazzling white light drew the attention of all the disciples in the Southern Forest, who all looked in Obito's direction.

"Haven't all the ninja beast eggs finished hatching? Why is there still a white light?" Kakashi was a bit puzzled.

Although a new disciple had joined, he didn't remember Muyue giving Yamato a ninja beast egg, nor had Yamato ever taken one out.

"Obito, what happened?" Rin walked over to Obito and asked curiously.

"Ahaha..." Obito laughed awkwardly, his mind racing to think of a countermeasure.

Obito was also confused. It couldn't be that Charmander was so angry that it turned back into an egg in a fit of rage.

"What is that?" Yamato scratched his head, unable to understand the situation.

He had arrived too late and had never seen a Pokémon egg hatching scene.

Before Obito could think of an excuse, all the disciples in the Southern Forest gathered around Obito, staring at the white light.

P. S.: There will be another chapter later, time not fixed.

Lately my condition is strange. When I think of sidestories and follow-up plot, ideas flow like a spring, but the current plot and necessary transitions are extremely stuck.