Civilians in Konoha, forging their own paths

"Kurama, you've been stuck in Konoha for long enough. I will take Kushina to travel around the Ninja World in a few days. I hope you can help Kushina learn to control your chakra!" Dihuangwan said.

"It's just a little chakra, no big deal!" Nine-Tails was in a good mood and readily agreed to the small request made by Dihuangwan!

"However, with Kushina's current strength, I can only give her the chakra of the Two-Tails at most. Any more will not be something she can control now!" Nine-Tails added.

"It's already very good, thank you for helping Kushina!" Dihuangwan bowed to the Nine-Tails.

"You are much more polite than Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha!" said the Nine-Tails happily.

"That's natural. To them, you are a threat and a pawn, but to Kushina and me, you are a companion and a shared destiny! We won't force you to do anything you don't like. Everything depends on your own mood!" Dihuangwan said.

"We are good friends!" Kushina also said.

(Both the master and the apprentice are very good at A!)

"Kushina, starting tomorrow, I will teach you to practice water-style ninjutsu. I want you to learn at least ten water-style ninjutsu within a year! At the same time, master the two-tail state of the Nine-Tails Chakra Mode!" Dihuangwan touched Kushina's head!

Kushina grimaced, "Teacher, this is too much!"

"As a disciple of Konoha's Little Water God, you must be prepared for this! I will not lower my standards for you! You must have confidence in yourself!"

(After pua Nine-Tails, continue to pua Kushina, absolutely amazing!)

"Kurouma, I'm leaving. See you later!" Dihuangwan waved to the Nine-Tailed Fox and left the sealed space.

"Ku Lama, we are good friends, you must help me!" Watching Dihuangwan's figure disappear, Kushina cried pitifully to the Nine-Tails.

"I can help you with the chakra mode, but as for water jutsu, you're on your own. I can't do anything about it!" Looking at Kushina's pitiful appearance, Nine-Tails felt a little bit reluctant, but he could only tell the truth!

As for water jutsu, it’s better to let the three-tailed Isobu handle it. I only know the Tailed Beast Ball!

Unlike Minato, Dihuangmaru had already taught him four techniques: water cannon, water array wall, water impulse wave, and water needle technique, while Kushina had not yet learned any ninjutsu!

Early in the morning of the next day, in the back mountain of Konoha, two figures, one big and one small, were already sitting opposite each other.

"Kushina, I have told you and Minato many times that our energy system has gone beyond the scope of chakra!"

"So when we perform magic, it is different from ninjutsu! Most ninjutsu require hand seals to complete, but our magic does not require that!"

"Our Tai Chi Water Mysterious Art is a water-attributed art. As long as we can practice it successfully, we will naturally be able to use water-attributed techniques. We just need to mobilize the power of returning to the origin to induce the water element in nature to produce changes in shape!"

"In other words, whether it's the water array wall, water cannonballs or water needles, they are all formed by mobilizing the power of returning to the origin through thoughts to condense the water-attributed shapes of nature!"

As he spoke, Dihuang Wan stood up and mobilized the power of Guiyuan to demonstrate the water array wall, water cannon shells and water needle techniques.

"Kushina, the first step you need to take now is to use your mind to control the power of Guiyuan and condense water around you!"

Kushina nodded, imitating Dihuang Wan, stretched out her hands, palms facing up, and activated the power of Guiyuan. Under the control of her mind, she quickly succeeded in condensing a water ball that floated above her hands!

"Yes, you and Minato are both very open-minded. You learned the first step in one go! However, you are still far from a successful technique!"

"What you need to do now is to further use your thoughts to control the water ball to form the shape you want! In addition, mobilize more Guiyuan power to condense more water sources!"

Half a day later, Kushina was able to master two relatively simple techniques, Basic Water Array Wall and Water Cannon Bomb, because these two techniques did not require too strong control!

"Good, Kushina, you have mastered two basic water jutsu techniques, one for attack and one for defense! In the next week, I want you to master these two techniques!"

"And do the two things I said. First, change the shape of the water array wall to form an advanced version of the water array wall in the form of a water tornado! Second, compress the energy of the water cannon shells to further increase their power to the point where they can smash rocks!"

After that, demonstrate to Kushina the forms and effects of the two techniques after they are advanced!

"Yes, teacher, I will do it!" Kushina said. After half a day of study, she found that water jutsu was not as difficult as she had imagined.

The Nine-Tails in Kushina's body watched the whole process of Dihuangwan teaching Kushina, and was also secretly amazed, "Although the energy system cultivated by these two is different from chakra, they obviously have the characteristics of chakra and natural energy! Especially Dihuangwan, he releases magic with every move, that kind of charm is too similar to that of old man Liudao!"

In the evening, Dihuangwan took Kushina to eat Ichiraku Ramen. After a day of practice, Kushina had almost used up all the Guiyuan power in her body and was in urgent need of replenishing it. She ate five big bowls of ramen!

In the following week, Dihuangwan took Kushina to practice magic during the day, and let Kushina practice Tai Chi Water Mysterious Art in the Konoha Spirit Gathering Array at night. His life was very fulfilling.

A week later, Kushina's water array wall and water cannonballs had reached Dihuangwan's requirements.

"Yes, Kushina, with these two techniques, you already have the potential to be a Chunin! However, if you want to really reach the level of a Chunin, you need more practical experience!"

"Teacher, are you going to take me on a mission?" Kushina said excitedly.

Dihuangwan shook his head, "Kushina, the mission is not that important to you! I will be your sparring partner. Fighting with me is better than doing any mission!"

Kushina lowered her head in disappointment and responded in a low voice.

Dihuangwan touched her head, "Kushina, the teacher said that when the time is right, he will take you out to travel! How about this, as long as you meet my requirements, the teacher will take you out to play for a week!"

"Really? Teacher, you must keep your word!"

"That is required!"

After a period of time, Dihuangwan's clone became Kushina's sparring partner, and Kushina lived a life of being beaten every day...

However, Kushina, who possesses the power of Guiyuan and the power of the Nine-Tails, has a very fast recovery speed. Under the training of Dihuangwan, she is making rapid progress!

"Kushina's talent is really higher than I thought. If this goes on, Minato will soon be suppressed by Kushina, and he won't be able to turn things around in this lifetime. I mourn for his future life!" Dihuangwan couldn't help but think.

And Minato Namikaze, who was outside following Jiraiya on a mission, sneezed as if he sensed something!

"Minato, did you catch a cold while on night duty last night?" Jiraiya asked.

"Teacher Jiraiya, it's okay, my nose just felt a little itchy!"

"Well, this mission is in the Land of Hot Springs. If everything goes well, I'll take you to the hot springs in the Land of Hot Springs to warm up your bodies!"

"Teacher Jiraiya, that's great! We haven't experienced foreign hot springs yet!" said Minato Namikaze.

"The hot springs in the Land of Hot Springs are well-known in the ninja world! We must experience them this time!" said the other two team members.

"Okay! Then let's speed up to get to the hot spring!" Jiraiya took the lead and increased his speed.

The group of four quickly disappeared into the dense forest!