blogombal Chapter 9 Breakthrough
Chapter 9 Breakthrough
For the three years since enrolling, Hyuga Kanan had been labeled the worst student, but he seemed completely unconcerned about such a reputation. During those three years, he focused on cultivating the Taoist Body Refining Technique and the Taoist Spirit Nourishing Technique—two foundational cultivation methods—and didn't have much time to pay attention to events at the Ninja Academy. Especially during this period, he vaguely sensed that he was about to reach a new level, so he paid even less attention to these trivial matters.
However, Hyuga Kanan didn't care about such reputation, but the Hyuga clan cared a lot about the reputation that came from the Ninja Academy.
The Hyuga clan is a prestigious clan in Konoha. Even the academic performance of the children in the Ninja Academy is considered a disgrace to the Hyuga clan. Clan members are constantly dissatisfied with Hyuga Kanan. Every time they hear that he has lost a battle at the academy, they will complain to the Hyuga clan head, saying that he is not ambitious and has disgraced the clan. However, the clan head usually suppresses the complaints. Hyuga Kanan, on the other hand, does not care about these trivial matters at all.
For Hyuga Kanan, nothing was more important than cultivating the Taoist methods. When he learned that someone in the clan had complained to the clan leader that he had abandoned the honor of the Hyuga clan, he just smiled and dismissed it without a care.
Gradually, Hyuga Kanan's reputation as a "couch potato," a "master of admitting defeat," and a "shame of Hyuga" began to spread throughout the village.
Nine-year-old Hyuga Kanan is currently examining her own information within her soul:
Personal Panel
Host: Hyuga Kanan
Realm: Perfected Body Refinement Stage
Physical attributes: Five Elements Body
Cultivation techniques: Taoist body-refining techniques, Taoist spirit-nourishing methods
Physical strength: External training of muscles, bones, and skin
Soul strength: 99 times that of an ordinary person
During these three years, I focused on cultivating the two foundational methods of Taoism and using the Qiankun Ancient Jade to refine and dissolve the fragments of will in my bloodline to enhance my soul strength, and I paid no attention to anything else.
However, while Hyuga Kanan disregarded the rumors circulating at the school, it didn't mean the Hyuga clan could tolerate such gossip in Konoha. As a result, every time they saw him, they were met with harsh words, accused of disgracing the Hyuga clan and bringing shame upon the entire family, and told that he should leave the Ninja Academy and return to the clan instead of embarrassing himself outside.
Some of the younger clansmen who were unwilling to accept defeat threatened to teach Hyuga Kanan a lesson, and some even took action, rushing directly to his courtyard to prepare to fight. However, they were stopped and persuaded to back down by the clan chief, otherwise a conflict might have broken out.
Hyuga Kanan continued to do as he pleased, even shutting himself away after returning to the clan's territory. When faced with the clansmen's aggressive verbal provocations, he would only smile slightly, neither refuting nor paying attention. He let the clansmen hurl insults at him before turning back to his small courtyard. This infuriated the clansmen, who went to the clan leader demanding severe punishment and confinement to prevent him from humiliating himself outside again.
The elders of the Hyuga clan also demanded that the clan head have a proper talk with Hyuga Kanan. They believed that if he did not have the talent to become a ninja, he should give up studying at the ninja academy and return to the clan as an ordinary civilian. After all, the Hyuga clan did not need another ninja like him, and it was better for him to give up becoming a ninja and return to civilian life than to embarrass the Hyuga clan outside.
Ultimately, the Hyuga clan head withstood the pressure and requested another year to consider his decision. After all, if Hyuga Kanan gave up being a ninja and became a civilian, his status would be even lower than that of the branch family members. Ninjas never treated civilians as human beings. As long as there was no large-scale massacre of civilians, a ninja who occasionally killed a few civilians would at most be punished with a few days of confinement, and sometimes not even that; they would only need to submit a report.
Then Hyuga Kanan learned that it was his clan leader father who had helped him withstand the pressure from the clan's higher-ups. He had become accustomed to the clan's ridicule and even wanted to teach him a lesson. In the end, he might be removed from the branch family and made into an ordinary commoner. His heart was already indifferent.
However, there are advantages to not being removed from the Hyuga clan ninja membership. After all, if one becomes an ordinary civilian, there will be no ninja training time and expenses provided by the Hyuga clan, and one will have to spend time on these trivial matters.
Both the Taoist Body Refining Technique and the Taoist Spirit Nourishing Technique are used to build a foundation, corresponding to the Body Refining Stage and the Spirit Nourishing Stage. The main purpose of the Body Refining Stage is not to increase attack power, but to allow the body's cells to better adapt to natural energy, preparing the body for absorbing natural energy in the later Qi Refining Stage. The Spirit Nourishing Stage is even more important. It has no offensive power and can naturally resist the genjutsu attacks of ninjas. However, this is the most important step to break through to the Innate Stage or even the Golden Core Stage. When Spirit Nourishing breaks through to Spirit Refining, one can unleash divine sense power. Divine sense power can see at a distance like the Byakugan, and at high intensity, it can even directly obliterate someone's soul. Obliterating the soul is a terrifying method; it is the true way to kill a person. On Earth there is reincarnation, and in the ninja world there is the Netherworld. Once the soul is obliterated, one cannot go to these places; instead, both body and soul are destroyed.
I still need to break through to the Taoist Qi Refining stage as soon as possible. Once I reach the Qi Refining stage, I can absorb natural energy to strengthen my body and generate a dantian vortex. Although I still can't use the Outer Escape Technique like other ninjas, I can still greatly improve the strength of my punches and kicks, just like the taijutsu ninjas in the Naruto world.
Hyuga Kanan felt he was close to breaking through to the Qi Refining stage, having already achieved the Perfection of Body Refinement. After three years of continuous training, he should be able to break through within this timeframe.
Hyuga Kanan didn't want to attract too much attention from the school. He usually performed very averagely at school, but it wouldn't be accurate to call him a loser. Whether it was his accuracy in shuriken throwing or his physical endurance, he was arguably the strongest among all the students at the Ninja Academy, but he always consciously controlled himself, keeping himself at an average level. He never participated in actual combat, always conceding defeat.
After all, Hyuga Kanan didn't want to attract the attention of the ninja world's hidden forces too early. The Otsutsuki clan on the moon, for example, paid a great deal of attention to the Hyuga clan. If he were to be too high-profile and attract the attention of the Otsutsuki clan living on the moon, he might attract the attention of the Sage of Six Paths. Once the Sage of Six Paths became interested and came to investigate, his uniqueness would be exposed, and he would probably be left with nothing but tears and death.
Having the Qiankun Ancient Jade would allow for rapid progress and breakthroughs, but it's better to just play it safe and wait it out!
Once I break through to the Nascent Soul stage, I won't have to live in such fear anymore. After all, once I reach the Nascent Soul stage, all my power will be concentrated within my Nascent Soul, and even if the Sage of Six Paths were to personally appear, he would no longer be able to see through my true strength.
After a month, apart from necessary rest and meals, Hyuga Kanan devoted himself entirely to the final breakthrough of the Body Refinement stage. He even reduced his practice of the Spirit Nourishing Technique, repeatedly using his soul power to guide natural energy to circulate within his body, allowing his cells to adapt to the cleansing effect of natural energy before it was released out of his body.
A 'snap' sound echoed in his mind, and Hyuga Kanan immediately felt a pain in his lower abdomen, followed by a series of cool sensations.
"I've finally broken through to the Qi Refining stage!"
Hyuga Kanan muttered to himself, then immediately began to examine the situation using his soul power.
At this moment, the inhaled natural energy no longer completely dissipates out of the body. A constantly rotating vortex appears in the dantian, drawing in the natural energy. Through the continuous rotation of the vortex, the inhaled natural energy is gradually broken down, and then, at the bottom of the vortex, it begins to enter all the cells of the body through the bloodstream. The cells begin their first evolutionary journey, constantly growing larger and then contracting, greedily absorbing the natural energy refined by the vortex. Although the refining speed is slow, the cells continue to absorb it relentlessly.
This is a process of life evolution. If nothing unexpected happens, my lifespan has now reached 120 years, and my physical activity has also greatly improved. Although I can't heal immediately after being injured, I can at least double my body's recovery ability.
Strength, speed, and endurance have all increased by more than two times. At the same time, a thin layer of refined natural energy can appear on the surface of the body, increasing explosive power and defense by more than five times.
My body is now comparable to that of a Chunin who is skilled in taijutsu. And this is after I just broke through. Once I reach the next level in the Qi Refining stage, I can reach the level of a Jonin.
Finally, I can start practicing Taoist techniques and swordsmanship, so I'm no longer a novice who can't learn any attack skills.
However, he still cannot learn ninjutsu, not even the simplest Three Body Technique. Over the past few years, he had already figured out the principles and mechanisms of the Three Body Technique; it's impossible to release it without chakra. Without the chakra of the Sage of Six Paths' will to draw upon external energy, he would have to wait until he reached the Innate Realm before he could mobilize and draw upon external energy to perform ninjutsu.
Then, he focused all his consciousness into the Qiankun Ancient Jade, and now he needed to choose a suitable cultivation method for himself.
He also found the subsequent cultivation method—the Righteous Qi Technique—within the Qiankun Inheritance Jade. There was also a set of Taoist Demon-Subduing Fist and Demon-Subduing Sword Techniques. The Righteous Qi Technique could make the dantian qi vortex rotate faster, and the refining speed could also be greatly improved. He planned to practice the corresponding fist and sword techniques after school tomorrow.