"Not bad!"
Looking at the skill panel, where "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall" had reached perfection, Qingming nodded in satisfaction.
Although he had estimated, based on his previous increase in the "Spirit" attribute, that it would take about a week for his "Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall" to advance, he couldn't help feeling excited when it actually happened.
This advancement not only meant that he now had another perfected technique under his belt but also signified that he would gain an additional 30,000 chakra points to allocate freely each day.
Initially, Qingming had planned to invest this chakra into enhancing "Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere," "Wind Release: Vacuum Blade," "Wind Release: Wind Devour," and "Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave."
After five days of training, these four techniques were already leveled up to around Lv3 (350/1000). However, the progress of 200 proficiency points per day felt slow.
What's more, during the past five days, Kirigakure had been unusually quiet. Though they continued their offensive actions, the intensity of the battles had significantly diminished.
This lack of action meant that Qingming had little opportunity to gain extra chakra, inevitably slowing the progress of "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique" and "Chakra Cloak."
Predictably, for an extended period moving forward, there would be little additional chakra to supplement these skills.
After some careful consideration, Qingming decided to alter his plans, splitting the 30,000 chakra points into two portions, allocating them evenly between these two techniques.
This way, both techniques would receive 100 and 150 proficiency points daily, respectively.
Although this progress was modest, it marked a solid starting point.
Once "Water Release: Water Formation Pillar" and "Water Release: Water Severing Wave" reached perfection, the chakra saved from those skills would also be redirected into these two techniques.
This adjustment would triple their growth rate, making it more acceptable.
As for the previously planned increased investment in "Wind Release: Vacuum Sphere" and similar techniques—Qingming decided to defer this until his next transformation. Once his body undergoes another evolution and his "Physique" attribute improves, additional resources would be directed toward these techniques.
Such thoughts flitted through Qingming's mind. He took a deep breath, exhaled slowly, and calmed his emotions. He then cast the Communication Technique.
Connecting with his shadow clones, he confirmed there were no issues on the battlefield before cutting the connection.
Without delay, Qingming formed hand seals again, casting Shadow Clone Technique.
Poof!
With a burst of chakra smoke, seven or eight clones appeared.
Without wasting words, Qingming assigned each shadow clone its specific training focus. Afterward, he began training his Palm Sage Technique and Mirroring Technique himself.
The former strengthened his body.
The latter facilitated the evolution of his Sharingan.
Time flowed quietly, and the forest grew silent again.
Two days later.
Konoha and Iwagakure officially signed a peace treaty.
Qingming wasn't sure if the incident from the original timeline—where Iwa-nin tried to assassinate Shikaku Nara during the handover, only for Rasa and his team to step in and resolve the situation—had occurred in this timeline.
Regardless, the peace treaty was successfully signed.
While such agreements could sometimes be as meaningless as scraps of paper, during this period, when most desired stability, the treaty carried immense significance.
Even if Ōnoki wanted to restart the war, he would face strong opposition within Iwagakure from those advocating for the village's credibility.
And that was the value of this treaty.
However, unlike the alliance treaty signed between Konoha and Sunagakure, Iwagakure, given its relatively stronger position, had only agreed to a ceasefire with Konoha, without any alliance terms.
This difference also explained why, during the Chūnin Exams in the original timeline, there were no Iwa-nin participants.
At the Black Stone Outpost.
Amidst the cheering crowd celebrating the peace treaty, Qingming quietly withdrew to a corner. He formed hand seals, cast Wind Release: Wind Wings, and with a sharp sound, soared into the sky and beyond the outpost.
Now, during this period of reduced vigilance at the outpost, Qingming remained cautious. He aimed to ensure that any movement by the Kirigakure forces on the battlefield would be detected immediately.
This wasn't due to any particular sense of responsibility—he simply wanted to avoid complicating the situation.
While it was true that a chaotic situation might yield him more chakra to harvest, as he had mentioned earlier, his "Physique" and "Spirit" attributes were advancing rapidly. The chakra he recovered daily was increasing so much that harvesting chakra from battles had become inefficient.
Thus, compared to meager gains from chaos, Qingming preferred a peaceful environment to continue his training.
Fortunately, his concerns didn't materialize.
Not only that day but in the following days, Kirigakure forces continued to act half-heartedly—neither launching full-scale offensives nor retreating. Their indecision resembled Iwagakure's previous hesitation.
Qingming surmised that internal disputes within Kirigakure were likely the cause. Debates about whether to continue the war, and how to end it, must have been occurring within their ranks, causing the frontline forces to falter.
Unfortunately, their decision held little weight.
With Sunagakure and Iwagakure withdrawing from the war, the outcome of the conflict was already clear. Peace was inevitable.
Even if Kirigakure stubbornly decided to continue fighting, it wouldn't matter.
Once Konoha redeployed forces from the Rain Country battlefield, Kirigakure would naturally have no choice but to retreat.
Thus, Qingming concluded that their decisions didn't hold much significance.
Time passed swiftly.
Another week slipped by.
It was now early December.
That evening, Qingming completed another cycle of training, absorbing the results from his shadow clones.
As expected, his Water Release: Water Formation Pillar advanced seamlessly to perfection.
After carefully reflecting on this newly perfected technique, Qingming opened his eyes, formed seals, and cast it.
Whoosh!
A thick water column surged forth, toppling a large swath of forest.
"Not bad!"
Muttering softly, Qingming deactivated the technique.
With this achievement, he now had another perfected jutsu in his arsenal.
Moreover, starting tomorrow, he would gain an additional 30,000 chakra points to allocate freely.
This time, Qingming didn't plan to adjust his strategy. These 30,000 points would be divided evenly between "Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique" and "Chakra Cloak," boosting their daily proficiency gains from 100 and 150 points to 200 and 300 points, respectively.
At this pace, their progress could no longer be considered slow!
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