The next day.
Morning.
After Qingming finished washing up and eating breakfast, he received a patrol mission from Nara Kikaru and left Yuzumi Port.
This time, he went alone—not because he didn't want to bring others, but because he couldn't.
His patrol area not only included the region around Yuzumi Port but also several other strongholds currently engaged in battles with the Hidden Mist. He was even tasked with monitoring the activities of Hidden Mist forces on the opposite side of the strait in the Land of Waves.
Clearly, Nara Kikaru wanted to maximize Qingming's aerial mobility and gather as much intelligence as possible.
Qingming had no complaints.
After leaving Yuzumi Port, he immediately used the Shadow Clone Jutsu to create three clones. Assigning each one to a specific area, he then sought out a secluded spot to train.
Having already mastered both the Wind Release: Wings of Wind and the Mind Connection Technique to perfection, such missions hardly required his personal intervention. Dispatching a few clones sufficed.
As long as intelligence was relayed promptly, even if Nara Kikaru realized he was slacking off, he likely wouldn't say much.
Putting the mission aside for now, Qingming returned to the spot he had trained at the previous night.
He lifted the Protection Seal from his forehead, focused his energy, and activated his Byakugan. After flying around to ensure no one was nearby, he landed on the ground.
Wasting no time, he performed the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu, summoning eight clones.
Qingming assigned tasks to them.
One clone was to train the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken, another the Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique, and a third the Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique.
Among the remaining five clones, two focused on the Chakra Cloak and the Shadow Sword Technique, while three studied the Chakra Absorption Technique, the Protection Seal, and the Object Sealing Array.
Since he had ample time that day, Qingming didn't summon too many clones for simultaneous training. He ensured only one clone trained each skill at any given time, maximizing the efficiency of his chakra usage.
After giving instructions, he sent the eight clones off and began training the Palm Sage Jutsu and the Mind Projection Technique himself.
The former required more than two months of persistent effort to induce another transformation in his body, thereby enhancing his physical constitution.
The latter would take just over a month to push his Mangekyo Sharingan's evolution threshold past 30,000/50,000.
However, his Mind Projection Technique might reach perfection before that.
At its current level (lv8), it required an average of two points of skill proficiency to advance his Sharingan's evolution by one point. Once it advanced to lv9 (0/0), each point of skill proficiency could potentially increase the Sharingan's evolution by one point.
This would undoubtedly mark a significant breakthrough.
With this hope in mind, Qingming immersed himself in training.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
For the past two days, the surrounding area had been unusually calm.
The Hidden Mist's retreat from Yuzumi Port two days earlier seemed to mark a turning point.
Since then, their remaining forces stationed along the eastern border of the Land of Fire had seemingly abandoned offensive operations.
They stayed holed up in their remaining strongholds, doing nothing but awaiting attacks from Konoha's forces.
This made Qingming's patrol mission extraordinarily easy.
As a result, his training had progressed smoothly over the past two days.
By midday on the third day, one of his skills had leveled up.
Deep in a secluded forest, Qingming opened his eyes, a thoughtful expression flashing across his face.
After a brief pause, he raised his right hand and traced the air in front of him. His fingers seemed to touch something invisible but tangible.
A peculiar sensation arose in his heart, prompting Qingming to murmur, "Was that an illusion?"
While speaking, he opened his skill proficiency panel.
He saw that his Object Sealing Array had leveled up, advancing from lv5 (3,990/5,000) to lv6 (10/10,000).
This upgrade brought more than just the ability to create larger sealing scrolls. It significantly enhanced his spatial awareness as well.
This was why he had felt an illusion of touching space moments earlier.
Yes, Qingming quickly concluded—it was merely an illusion.
While his spatial awareness had indeed improved, he was far from being able to physically interact with space.
Nonetheless, this enhancement would greatly benefit his future study of space-time ninjutsu.
And this was only lv6.
When his Object Sealing Array reached lv7 (0/0) and underwent a qualitative transformation, the feedback he received might be even greater.
His talent in space-time ninjutsu could then reach an entirely new level.
With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Qingming closed the skill panel, retrieved a scroll and ink from his ninja pouch, and began crafting a larger sealing scroll.
After storing all his belongings in the new scroll, he resumed training.
Evening arrived in the blink of an eye.
The moon hung in the sky, stars scattered sparsely around it.
Qingming stood up, taking advantage of his chakra being at a low ebb, and began practicing the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu.
Boom!
With a puff of chakra smoke, the previously empty forest instantly became crowded with figures.
These figures, identical in appearance, lingered for a few seconds before vanishing.
But this was only the beginning.
Throughout the night, these clones repeatedly appeared and disappeared, with occasional brief pauses for Qingming to reflect on his progress.
The forest, shrouded in an eerie atmosphere, resembled a haunted scene capable of terrifying any unsuspecting visitor into unconsciousness.
Of course, this was simply Qingming tirelessly practicing the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu. Each pause allowed him to summarize his insights.
As time passed, after approximately two hundred repetitions, Qingming suddenly halted his movements.
Closing his eyes, he meditated briefly.
When he reopened them, his understanding of the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu had deepened.
At that moment, Qingming realized that his Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu had advanced.
With this realization, he crossed his hands to form the Rat seal and activated the jutsu once more.
Boom!
Hundreds to thousands of figures appeared in the forest with a puff of chakra smoke.
While outwardly similar to the clones he had created at lv7, Qingming noticed a significant difference—chakra consumption had decreased.
Previously, at lv7, each use of the Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu consumed at least 5% of his current chakra.
Now, this number had dropped to 4%.
Though seemingly a minor reduction, it made a huge difference given Qingming's immense chakra reserves of 200,000 points.
This 1% reduction translated to saving 2,000 chakra points—enough to perform several powerful jutsu.
And Qingming's chakra reserves were far from reaching their peak.
As his reserves grew, the value of this 1% reduction would increase exponentially.
Naturally, the chakra cost would be much lower when creating only one or two clones without reclaiming them immediately, making the efficiency gains even more pronounced.
Additionally, the stability of his clones had improved at lv8.
Though they still couldn't withstand sharp weapons, they were less likely to vanish from incidental jutsu damage.
After recording these improvements in his mind, Qingming resumed his training without delay.
While his skill had leveled up, his daily training plan was far from complete. Thus, he continued practicing diligently.
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