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Chapter 364: A New Teaching Reward
Chapter 364: A New Teaching Reward
"This body flicker technique is called 'Shunpo' and its characteristic is the ability to enhance movement speed by layering bursts of speed." Mu Yue began his explanation.
After modifying the technique, Mu Yue felt that the name "Shaving" would be odd in the context of the ninja world, so he renamed the weakened version "Shunpo."
While "Shunpo" wasn't exactly a term from the Naruto universe, Mu Yue couldn't think of a better name. He didn't want to be too ostentatious by naming it "Mu Instantaneous Movement" or "Moon Instantaneous Movement."
"Also, due to the layering of bursts, it puts significantly more strain on the legs compared to a regular body flicker technique," Mu Yue reminded them.
"Layering bursts?" The ninja below were a bit confused.
They were familiar with the concept of gathering chakra and then releasing it in a burst, as that was the basic process of a standard body flicker technique. However, they had never heard of "layering bursts."
Mu Yue knew that it would be difficult to understand with just words, so he picked up a large tree leaf with his left hand and three smaller leaves with his right. He then used his fire-attribute chakra to ignite the large leaf in his left hand and said, "This is a regular body flicker technique."
Immediately after, he ignited the leaves in his right hand as well. Although the individual leaves were smaller than the one in his left hand, the fire created by burning all three together was much larger.
Mu Yue held up his right hand a little higher and said, "And this is Shunpo!"
Mu Yue's vivid and illustrative explanation instantly gave the ninja below a general understanding of the concept behind Shunpo.
Of course, they only grasped the basic idea. They still didn't understand the underlying principles, but no one felt that this was a problem. It was obvious that this was an advanced chakra control technique that couldn't be easily explained in a few words.
Mu Yue then proceeded with the formal lesson, first explaining chakra control in detail before moving on to a step-by-step demonstration. His thoroughness made the ninja feel like they were being chewed up and fed.
This left many of the ninja both surprised and delighted. Usually, with a class of several dozen students, the instructor wouldn't go into such detail. Only in one-on-three or one-on-one tutoring sessions would they expect this level of instruction.
If the first day had left the impression of a young and promising powerful ninja, the second day solidified Mu Yue's image as a dedicated, capable, and excellent teacher.
Anyone attending Mu Yue's class for the first time would be pleasantly surprised. The capabilities granted by the system, combined with Mu Yue's experiences from his previous life, made him a truly unique educator in the world.
Although he was a bit older than Mu Yue, Sarutobi Hiruzen could now sincerely call him "Teacher Mu Yue." Mu Yue's dedication to teaching was evident as he provided individual guidance to each of the thirty ninja, with barely any rest during the entire lesson.
At the end of the day's lesson, Mu Yue was pleased to see the teaching settlement appear on the system panel as expected.
[Completed an intermediate lesson. Beginning settlement.]
[Evaluation: A]
[Reward: Shadow Imitation Technique]
[First completion of an intermediate lesson. Obtained skill—Enlightenment.]
[Enlightenment—Places a person in a state of enlightenment for 48 hours (can be used a number of times equal to the total number of disciples plus one per week; effects cannot be layered, and usage cannot be accumulated).]
[Enlightenment State: Clarity of mind, increased comprehension (cannot enter the Enlightenment State for five days after the effect ends).]
"As expected, the strength of the students does play a role," Mu Yue thought to himself as he nodded in satisfaction at the rows of black text on the panel.
The description of this lesson was vastly different from the previous ones, and it was clear from the wording that this was a level higher.
The rewards were also distinct. In the past, whether it was a large or small class, Mu Yue had never received any ninjutsu related to secret techniques, leading him to believe that the regular lesson reward pool probably didn't include secret techniques.
However, Mu Yue's focus wasn't on the Shadow Imitation Technique, even though it was a secret technique. Most of its attributes were geared towards support, and Mu Yue was more interested in the skill called Enlightenment.
This unassuming name clearly indicated that it wasn't a ninjutsu but rather a skill similar to Chef and Professor.
There was no doubt about the value of the Professor skill, which had contributed significantly to the growth of Mu Yue's disciples.
While the Chef skill was merely a lifestyle skill, it had proven to be surprisingly useful and had come in handy on numerous occasions.
After reading the introduction to Enlightenment, Mu Yue immediately felt that this skill was designed specifically for him and his disciples.
Enlightenment differed from Professor in that it had a limited number of uses. Interestingly, the number of uses was exactly one more than his total number of disciples, indicating that the extra use was intended for him, the teacher.
Although his system panel only showed four disciples, he had a total of five disciple slots, with one remaining unused. Thus, the Enlightenment skill showed that he had six uses remaining.
When he returned home, Mu Yue immediately used Enlightenment on himself. After using it, the skill entered a cooldown period, and in seven days, the number of uses would reset to six, regardless of how many times he had used it during the cooldown. Unless there was a change in the number of his disciples, the number of uses would always reset to six.
After using the skill, Mu Yue didn't feel much of a change in his body; he only felt slightly more clear-headed.
He then took out the Flying Thunder God scroll and began to study it, wanting to test if he could make any progress with the buff.
However, even after studying diligently for two hours and consulting with Minato for another two hours, Mu Yue still saw no progress. The proficiency remained stubbornly at zero.
This led Mu Yue to three possible conclusions. First, the Enlightenment skill might not be as effective as he had hoped. Second, he might truly lack any talent in the area of space-time ninjutsu, and the Enlightenment skill couldn't create talent where none existed. And third, a combination of the first two—the Enlightenment skill might not be exceptionally potent, and his lack of talent in space-time ninjutsu made it even less effective.
To test his theories, Mu Yue intensely studied sealing techniques for another three hours.
Once he started, he found it hard to stop. Even though it was already late at night, he felt compelled to continue studying, as he had just solved a minor issue that had been bothering him for a week in his improvement of the Yin Seal.
"The Enlightenment state does provide a significant boost to learning ability," Mu Yue thought as he took a sip of hot tea.
According to his estimates, it would have taken him at least five more days to resolve that issue. Yet, he had solved it in just three hours, which, while not directly comparable, did demonstrate the effectiveness of the Enlightenment state to some extent.
Mu Yue continued studying until 3:00 in the morning before finally lying down to sleep. He felt that the buff could have been designed better—it would be nice if he could pause it so that the time spent sleeping didn't go to waste.
Of course, Mu Yue was usually quite busy, or he would have considered staying up for two nights in a row to study sealing techniques. With his current physical condition, staying up for two nights wouldn't have any adverse effects.
The Enlighten State could be used for two days every week, but some surprises, if not successfully stopped, would be hard to recover from.
Mu Yue got up at 7:30 on the dot, had a quick breakfast, and then his main body headed to the training field to start the third day of class.
While teaching, Mu Yue noticed something unusual. After teaching for half a day, he found that his understanding of the Body Flicker Technique had deepened.
Mu Yue understood the concept of learning from teaching, but the effect had not been so obvious before, and it was obviously due to the Enlighten State.
The ninjas undergoing training did not understand what had happened to Mu Yue. They only felt that his condition was even better than the day before, and his teachings were clearer and easier to understand.
[Completed an intermediate lesson.]
[Evaluation: A]
[Reward: Inuzuka-Style Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu]
Seeing today's reward, Mu Yue could basically confirm that the rewards for intermediate lessons were various rare secret techniques.
A large amount of memory flowed into Mu Yue's mind, and much knowledge about Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu appeared in his brain.
The Inuzuka clan's Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu mainly imitates ninja dogs. In terms of chakra nature transformation, it is classified as Yang Release. However, Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu is mostly based on taijutsu output. By enhancing the body with Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu and then using powerful taijutsu, one can become incredibly formidable.
After acquiring Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu, Mu Yue discovered that it was a rather versatile secret technique. With its empowerment, he could attain a sense of smell several tens of thousands of times stronger than ordinary people, even being able to smell the strength of chakra. This sensory ability alone could be considered a perception ninjutsu.
Whether it was Nara's Shadow Secret Technique or Inuzuka's Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu, Mu Yue had some research interest in them because these Yin and Yang Release secret techniques were indeed more mysterious than the five basic natures.
For example, with Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu, could one develop a technique to mimic mythical beasts?
The next day, Mu Yue got up at 6:50 in the morning and headed to the Southern Forest.
The day before, he had informed his disciples through his Shadow Clone, asking them to come a little earlier.
He did this, of course, to use the Enlighten skill on his disciples. Since the skill wouldn't accumulate uses, it was better to use it early.
"Teacher Mu Yue, is today a special day? Why are we starting so early?" Obito yawned and asked.
It had been a long time since he had gotten up so early. After all, he didn't need to go to school anymore, so why suffer by waking up early?
"It's not a special day. I just think the weather has been great these past few days, perfect for training," Mu Yue replied with a gentle smile.
He couldn't possibly tell them about the Enlighten skill, so a casual explanation would suffice. With the level of trust his disciples had in him, they wouldn't think much of it.
"The weather does seem great for training the Fire Breath, now that I think about it." Obito looked up at the sky and felt that Mu Yue's words made sense.
"Then we'll need to make some slight adjustments to our training plan." Might Guy stroked his chin. Normally, he would still be doing his morning jog at this time.
Kakashi had a calm expression on his face. Whether it was earlier or later, it didn't make much difference to him. Itachi's thoughts were similar to Kakashi's.
Shizune looked at the excited and indifferent crowd and felt a little out of place.
Because Tsunade was always hungover and woke up at noon, Shizune's waking up time had also been affected. She usually got up around 8:30, so getting up this early made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Although she only needed to be here by 7:00, Shizune also had to make breakfast for herself and rush over, which took a lot of time.
"Is it because Lady Tsunade is too lazy, and it's affecting me?" Shizune thought as she looked at everyone's hardworking and diligent faces, feeling like she was the one with a problem.
After the explanation, Mu Yue quickly added the Enlighten State to his disciples. Since one disciple slot was still empty, he had one extra use.
Mu Yue thought about it and finally decided to use it on Shizune.
After all, Shizune would be studying under him for at least half a year, so giving her one Enlighten State wasn't a big deal. He decided that the next extra use would go to Yahiko, the third week would still be Yahiko's, and the fourth week would be Asuma's.
After enlightening them, Mu Yue gave Might Guy some pointers on the Eight Inner Gates and then went to the training field to start the new day's course.
Obito had thought that it was just an ordinary day until he had trained for a while, and suddenly, a flash of insight struck him, and he understood the issues he had been having with the Breath Technique.
Obito looked around and, seeing that everything was as it should be, lowered his head and revealed an excited expression. He immediately threw himself into his training with unparalleled seriousness.
"Kakashi, just you wait. Once I perfect the Fire Breath Chakra Mode, I'll beat you up so badly in front of Rin that you'll be crawling on the ground looking for your teeth!" Obito's heart blazed with fighting spirit.
Swish!
Kakashi activated his Mangekyo Sharingan and swung his sword, a lightning-fast and fierce strike that instantly shattered the two-meter-tall boulder in front of him.
After this strike, Kakashi's movements paused, and a surprised expression appeared on his face.
Just now, he had found that his Mangekyo Sharingan had undergone a slight change, and his five senses had become even sharper, giving him a hint of that desperate, all-or-nothing feeling that his Mangekyo Sharingan usually only exhibited in dire situations.
Kakashi knew that such opportunities were rare, so he immediately threw himself into his training with intense focus.
Boom, boom, boom!!
Itachi kept using his Eight Inner Gates, punching out and shattering the tall trees around him one after another, the sound of his punches ringing out continuously.
He felt that he had grasped some kind of knack, which greatly increased his success rate. To verify his theory, Itachi kept using the Eight Inner Gates, refining chakra as soon as it was depleted, and as soon as it recovered, he continued his training without rest.
Although Kakashi had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, a powerful ability, Itachi felt that if he could master the Eight Inner Gates, he might still have a chance in a fight against Kakashi.
"Hahaha, my dear friend, next time, I will definitely win!" Might Guy suddenly laughed out loud during his training.
He was confident that he could master the fourth gate of the Eight Inner Gates within three days.
However, Might Guy didn't plan to challenge Kakashi as soon as he mastered the fourth gate. He wanted to master the eighth gate as well.
"Could it be that early morning training is more effective?" Shizune wondered as she trained. She found that her condition today was unusually good.
Shizune subconsciously glanced at Mu Yue's other disciples and saw that Obito and Might Guy were exceptionally diligent, laughing and training at the same time.
Shizune's desire to rest instantly vanished. Although she couldn't bring herself to laugh and train like them, she couldn't afford to fall too far behind.
PS: The recent cold snap has affected my health, so updates have been a bit slow. I'm starting to recover now, though.
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