Yin Release is different from Water Release and Wind Release.
Relying on the natural environment, finding a river, Ino could practice Water Release Ninjutsu hundreds of times a day. Through such mechanical, hard training, she could slowly improve her skill level. Yin Release doesn't work that way; without complete rest, the lost mental energy is difficult to replenish. Whether it's the Mind Body Switch Technique or genjutsu, if she practices three times a day, that's considered hard work. With such low practice efficiency, it's too difficult to upgrade by relying on hard training.
Yin Release and Yang Release are one level higher than the Five Nature Transformation Techniques. These two Ninjutsu primarily depend on talent, secondarily on Chakra, and finally on hard training.
The Uchiha Clan has high Yin Release levels, and the Uzumaki Clan and Senju Clan have high Yang Release levels. Do they train? No, they're all born with it!
Inoichi has trained his entire life, and his current Yin Release level is still inferior to Ino's, which is clear proof.
But after she reached Lv3, she still saw no signs of breaking through the bottleneck. Since there were skill points, she might as well add them!
She added three skill points to Yin Release, and after a moment's thought, she didn't save the remaining point, directly adding it to 'Body'.
She could also train her 'Body' herself, but she preferred to practice Ninjutsu rather than sweat profusely kicking wooden stakes.
Her original 'Body' was 4 points, now it has risen to 5 points. It doesn't seem high, but Temari, Sasuke, and Hinata are currently at this level.
Ino has pretty much passed the stage of bullying weak opponents. The enemies she encounters in the future will be stronger and stronger, so she must address her weaknesses.
Strengthen key attributes, maintain her advantages, and then distribute the remaining attribute points evenly.
Ino also planned to ask Tsunade to teach her some taijutsu Secret Techniques. The Yamanaka Clan isn't bad at taijutsu; over many years, they've accumulated some insights into taijutsu. But Ino had looked through them, and to be honest, they weren't very good!
At the Chunin Exams a month later, she might even be able to use taijutsu to beat Gaara. From her observations, Gaara clearly wasn't good at taijutsu, even worse than her.
What's the happiest thing for a noob? It's being matched with an opponent even worse than her!
Ino's current stats are Nin 10, Body 5, Gen 4, Wis 7, Str 3, Spd 6, Sta 9, Hand Seals 6, for a total of 50 attributes.
In terms of Ninjutsu, she had Water Release Lv4, Yin Release Lv4, Earth Release Lv2, Wind Release Lv2, and Yang Release Lv1.
The increase in Yin Release level also significantly boosted Ino's mental energy. Although Chakra is a combination of physical and mental energy, it is actually more skewed towards the physical side. If your body is weak, no matter how good your mental state, your Chakra won't be much. If your body is strong, even if your mental state is poor, your Chakra will be astonishingly high. Chakra primarily relies on the body.
Important transportation hubs were long ago occupied by major countries. The Land of Tea is also located among mountains, a truly small country.
Even with Shizune leading the way, Ino still took some effort to find Tsunade.
This older sister truly lived up to her reputation of being unpredictable; finding her was uncommonly difficult.
"Oh?" After meeting, Tsunade first pinched Ino's face, then looked her up and down: "Your Yin Release has improved significantly again? It looks like it has far surpassed Inoichi and the others, right? Your Chakra has also grown so much. It's truly strange. You're not a descendant of the Senju Clan, are you?"
Tsunade felt that Ino's Chakra had already surpassed hers. She was a genuine descendant of the Senju Clan, and now to be surpassed in Chakra by an outsider was somewhat baffling. According to her guess, besides Jinchuriki, Ino was now the Female Ninja with the most Chakra.
After a simple check, she found no traces of using forbidden drugs or forbidden Ninjutsu. In the end, she could only attribute it to Ino entering puberty, her body developing, her mental energy surging, which in turn boosted her Chakra and Yin Release level.
Because of Chakra, Ninja's puberty is different from that of ordinary people.
Puberty varies from person to person, and the extent of the boost it causes also differs.
For example, Tsunade's grandfather, Senju Hashirama.
Hashirama's mental level was never high, but his Chakra kept increasing. Normal Ninja's Chakra stops growing around 15 or 16 years old, but Senju Hashirama was different; his Chakra continued to grow endlessly until the day he died!
Medicine simply couldn't explain this phenomenon. Tsunade could only assume that her grandfather might have been in some strange state of puberty all along.
"Alright, since you're here, I'll definitely teach you a few tricks. Did you bring money? How about we talk over drinks?"
Shizune immediately objected repeatedly, and Tsunade gave up the idea of taking her disciple out for a big drink right after meeting.
She frowned and pondered for a moment: "Since you've taken me as your master, I can't teach you nothing. Here's a small Chakra usage technique. I wonder if you'd like to learn it?"
Seeing her speak so perfunctorily, and fearing Ino would look down on this so-called "small technique," Shizune quietly reminded Ino: "It's a Ninjutsu Lady Tsunade improved after more than ten days of continuous thought."
A Ninjutsu specially improved for herself? Ino was a little surprised. This master looked carefree, but she was actually quite thoughtful.
She quickly nodded: "I want to learn, I want to learn."
Tsunade pointed to the purple diamond mark on her forehead: "This is my Yin Seal, a medical-type Sealing Technique. It automatically stores the Chakra in my body, and when needed, I can release it to obtain a large amount of Chakra. Because of the Yin Seal's existence, I also developed the Mitotic Regeneration, which allows the body to automatically recover from injuries. Xiao Jing, do you want to learn it?"
"Learn it, of course I want to learn it! Teacher, please teach me quickly."
Tsunade picked up a teacup nearby, slowly took a sip, and savored it: "You can't learn this technique."
Ino: "..."
Tsunade explained: "Because of the Mitotic Regeneration, I store Yang Release Chakra. This Chakra possesses extremely strong life recovery capabilities. No matter how severe the injury, as long as I don't die on the spot, it can be healed. How much Yang Release Chakra do you think you can store?"
Ino was dumbfounded; this was a bit difficult.
Her Yang Release level was low, so the amount of Yang Release Chakra produced by adding Yang Release nature transformation to her Chakra would naturally be small, and the purity would not be enough. This was a physical constitution issue.
Tsunade said triumphantly: "Because of your physical constitution, I slightly modified the Yin Seal. The Yin Seal can store Yang Release Chakra. I specifically created a Yang Seal, which can store Yin Style Chakra. Many of your Yamanaka Clan's Secret Technique require Yin Style Chakra, right?"
Ino was first stunned, then overjoyed!
The Mind Disturbance Technique required too much Yin Style Chakra, and it had to be extremely pure, without a trace of impurities. She could only use a large number of hand seals to purify Yin Style Chakra, like washing rice. Now, if she had a Yang Seal, it would be a huge help.
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