Naruto: My Progress in Konoha

The next day.

Morning.

Still that island.

Qing Ming opened his eyes, having digested the past hour's worth of cultivation experience and memories from his Shadow Clones, and converted them into proficiency for the corresponding skills.

After that, just like in the past few hours, he raised his hand again and cast the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique', creating a dozen or so Shadow Clones, preparing to continue his training.

But just then, his movements suddenly paused, and he closed his eyes once more.

Time ticked by, second by second.

Soon, several minutes had passed.

Qing Ming finally reopened his eyes.

Immediately, a realization dawned in his heart, causing a thoughtful look to flash in his eyes.

With a thought, Qing Ming opened the proficiency panel.

As he expected, the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' he had just cast was like the last straw that broke the camel's back, allowing him to gather the last bit of proficiency, and the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' on the panel finally increased from lv8 to lv9 (0/0), reaching the limit of an A-rank ninjutsu.

As for the changes within...

Qing Ming glanced at the Shadow Clones who still hadn't left, and with a wave of his hand, dispelled the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

Poof poof poof~

Accompanied by bursts of chakra smoke, all the Shadow Clones in the field disappeared.

Immediately afterward, he raised his hand again, crossed his fingers into the 'Ram' hand seal, and once again cast the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

In the next moment, a dozen or so figures reappeared.

Qing Ming felt the casting process just now, as well as the state of the Shadow Clones in the field, and finally summarized the changes of the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' from lv8 to lv9.

First of all, there was the issue of chakra consumption, which changed from four percent of the total chakra possessed by all Shadow Clones to two percent.

This didn't make much of a difference when fewer Shadow Clones were created.

Because at this time, the main body shared a lot of chakra, which could offset a large part of the consumption.

However, when hundreds or thousands of Shadow Clones were created, the situation became different.

At this point, the main body would only share a small portion of chakra, which had become insignificant in the overall picture.

Thus, the two percent reduction was a large amount of chakra.

Taking his current 300,000 chakra points as an example, two percent is 6,000 chakra points.

This is just the chakra saved from one cast, if it were used several times in battle, the chakra saved would not be a small amount.

Therefore, this two percent reduction is still very important.

In addition, this upgrade of the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' also raised the stability of the Shadow Clones he created to another level.

At lv8, it could already resist the aftereffects of some ninjutsu.

Now, advancing to lv9, this technique has undergone a qualitative change, and the resistance effect is naturally better.

In addition, they can also resist the damage of sharp weapons to a certain extent.

Although piercing damage still cannot be withstood, ordinary shallow scratches can already be ignored, as long as they don't accumulate to a certain extent, they will not disintegrate.

In this way, whether using them as bait to trick others into targeting the wrong target, or fighting head-on, Qing Ming will gain some advantages.

Apart from the above two points, this advancement of the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' also brought him a significant convenience, which is that he no longer needs to worry about being drained when casting this technique again.

It's as if it has become his instinct, letting him know how many Shadow Clones he can create without affecting the main body.

In the past, these were things that needed to be paid attention to, but now there's no need to be so troublesome.

In other words, the drawbacks of the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' being listed as a forbidden technique have been avoided by him.

This point may seem inconspicuous, but it is actually very important.

It might save his life at certain critical moments.

After all, not having to worry about this means he doesn't have to be distracted by it.

And distraction is often the key to defeat.

So, it is still very important.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, Qing Ming kept them in his heart, and after arranging the respective cultivation plans for the surrounding Shadow Clones as usual, he let them leave.

After that, he began to think about how to allocate the 95,000 chakra points he used to spend on the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' every day.

His eyes swept across the various skills on the panel, and Qing Ming finally settled on the 'Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique'.

Originally, its progress was similar to that of the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique'.

Now, after several days of practice, although it has not reached the perfect level like the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique', it is not far off.

Qing Ming plans to add more fuel to the fire and completely grind it to perfection.

Therefore, he plans to use all the 95,000 chakra points saved after the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique' advanced to perfection on the 'Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique'.

In this way, plus the 105,000 chakra points invested in it every day in the past, that's a total of 200,000 points.

Digesting all these chakra, the proficiency he can gain every day will increase from 700 points to 1330 points.

According to this progress, it will take at most two more days for it to successfully advance to the perfect lv9 (0/0) realm.

However, before that, his 'Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique' should advance ahead of time.

Four days ago, when his 'Spirit' attribute increased due to the Sharingan evolution breaking through the (40000/50000) mark, the proficiency of his 'Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique' had already reached lv7 (16350/20000).

Now, after four days of practice, including one day with an additional investment of 63,000 chakra points, its proficiency has exceeded lv7 (19700/20000).

According to this progress, it should be able to successfully advance at most tonight.

However, as an A-rank ninjutsu, its proficiency cap is lv9.

So, at that time, he will not be able to reallocate the chakra invested in it.

In addition, other skills, such as 'Illusion Technique: Dark Blackout Technique' and 'Nirvana Temple Technique', although they also received additional chakra investment, it will take about a week for them to successfully advance.

On the other hand, 'Earth Release: Earth Flow River', because of its lower practice difficulty, with the additional chakra investment, its proficiency will reach the limit of a B-rank ninjutsu, which is lv7 (0/0), in at most five days.

As for the remaining 'Flying Thunder God Technique' and 'Eight Trigrams Sealing'...

According to the current progress, there is no hope of advancement without ten and a half months.

His gaze moved away from the panel, after gaining a general understanding of the progress of each skill, Qing Ming no longer wasted time, quickly gathered his thoughts, and began to concentrate, alternating between casting 'Mystical Palm Technique' and 'Heart Reflection Technique', strengthening his body while increasing the evolution of the Sharingan.

In this way, time ticked by, second by second.

Soon, a day had passed.

As expected, in addition to the 'Multiple Shadow Clone Technique', his 'Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique' also advanced today.