Chapter 369: Yang Seal

“Today, I will teach everyone a new Taijutsu. This Taijutsu is a bit more difficult than Shunpo. If you have any questions during the teaching process, you can ask me directly,” Muzuki reminded the Ninja.

Although Muzuki had developed Darkness Breathing Technique in an easier direction, no matter how easy Darkness Breathing Technique was, it was still recognized as an A-rank existence. In Konoha’s ranking system, B-rank could be called advanced Ninjutsu, and A-rank could be said to be super advanced Ninjutsu.

The expressions of the thirty training Ninja changed after hearing Muzuki’s words.

Some showed curiosity, wondering if this Taijutsu was also developed by Muzuki, while others showed happiness, because generally, the more difficult it was, the stronger it would be.

“This Taijutsu is called Darkness Breathing Technique. It is an A-rank Taijutsu I developed. Its main feature is to strengthen the body through concentrated breathing.”

Muzuki didn’t keep them in suspense and briefly introduced the Taijutsu he was about to teach.

“It’s another Taijutsu he developed himself, and it’s a super advanced one.” Sarutobi Shinji felt a sense of respect for Muzuki after hearing his introduction.

From Sarutobi Shinji’s perspective, Darkness Breathing Technique was quite outstanding even among A-rank techniques, as it both enhanced strength and accelerated recovery.

Normally, such a powerful Taijutsu like Darkness Breathing Technique, Muzuki should only teach it to his disciples, or even only to those disciples who could inherit his skills. But Muzuki didn’t do that; he directly taught it to everyone in this large-scale training session.

Sarutobi Shinji found it hard not to admire such a Muzuki.

The other Root Ninja and Anbu Ninja also showed surprised expressions after hearing this. They were already very surprised to learn an excellent Body Flicker Technique like Shunpo in the training, but they didn’t expect there to be something even better.

“The most important thing about Darkness Breathing Technique is breathing. Initially, you need to maintain a specific posture to familiarize yourselves with the breathing rhythm of Darkness Breathing Technique,” Muzuki began the formal teaching.

Teaching the Root and Anbu the Breathing Technique was easier than teaching Obito and the others back then, because they were all elite Ninja who had been practicing for a long time, and maintaining a certain specific action for a long time was not difficult for them.

When the afternoon training started, Muzuki used Appraisal Technique to take a look, and all the Ninja had already shown proficiency in Darkness Breathing Technique, some even had two points.

Muzuki nodded inwardly, which meant his modifications were very successful, and Darkness Breathing Technique was much easier to get started with than ordinary Breathing Technique.

One must know that even Obito, who was perfectly suited for Flame Breathing, only showed one point of proficiency after three days when he first started practicing Flame Breathing. These Root and Anbu Ninja had so many people showing proficiency in just half a day, which could be said to be rapid progress.

By the end, the fastest person already had three points of proficiency, and the remaining Ninja had at least one point of proficiency, with most having around two points.

【Completed an intermediate lecture】

【Evaluation: S】

【Reward: Breathing Technique comprehension increased, Darkness Breathing Technique +50, Basic Breathing +25, Thunder Breathing +12】

“Sure enough, even if the number of people is not large, as long as the people being taught are stronger, coupled with better teaching content, an S-rank evaluation can still be obtained.” Muzuki’s guess about the system’s lecture scoring mechanism was verified.

Now Muzuki could basically determine the three main elements for getting an S-rank evaluation: first, the number of students; second, the level of the students; and third, the quality of the teaching.

The more elements satisfied, the more hope there was of getting an S-rank evaluation.

For example, during the holiday special training, the students receiving training generally had poor levels, with half of them being Ninja Academy students who had not yet graduated, but because the total number of people was large enough, they could also get an S-rank evaluation.

“If there are many people, the students are strong, and the teaching quality is also high, what will the reward be like?” Muzuki felt he could have more expectations for the lecture rewards.

From the current perspective, he still had a lot of room for improvement in his lectures. He had many Ninjutsu more advanced than Darkness Breathing Technique, and there were more than thirty elite Ninja in Konoha.

Putting aside his vision for the future, Muzuki shifted his gaze to the reward column. The S-rank evaluation for intermediate classes seemed similar to the S-rank evaluation for ordinary courses, both giving rewards related to the teaching content.

As for Darkness Breathing Technique, which was the teaching content, it naturally increased, and it was developed based on Basic Breathing. During the development process, Muzuki drew a bit from Thunder Breathing, so it was also reasonable for those two to increase.

What Muzuki cared about was the reward of “Breathing Technique comprehension increased”. Proficiency increase itself was equivalent to comprehension increase, but the system specifically listed it as a separate reward, so it must have its special features.

As Muzuki was thinking, he suddenly had a better idea for the development of Wind Breathing. Then he checked his panel and found that the proficiency of all Breathing Technique on his panel had increased slightly.

Muzuki somewhat understood this reward. It was actually literal; it would deepen Muzuki’s understanding of Breathing Technique, and increasing Breathing Technique proficiency was just one of its effects. Muzuki could also gain new insights into the Breathing Technique he was envisioning in his mind.

Muzuki continued to teach Breathing Technique for a week. On the Monday of the second week, Muzuki did not teach Breathing Technique but taught Nature Transformation for a day.

“Taijutsu needs to be practiced well, but Ninjutsu cannot be neglected either.” This was the reason Muzuki gave.

Of course, this was just an excuse. Muzuki wanted to compare the difference between the S-rank evaluation of an intermediate class and an ordinary course.

None of the Ninja questioned him; instead, they were all very happy.

Normal Ninja all mastered Nature Transformation, but very few had mastered Nature Transformation to Muzuki’s extent. They hadn’t forgotten Muzuki’s Fire Release that swallowed all their attacks.

【Completed an intermediate lecture】

【Evaluation: S】

【Reward: Chakra Nature Transformation comprehension increased, Lightning Release Chakra Nature Transformation +20, Earth Release Chakra Nature Transformation +18, Water Release Chakra Nature Transformation +13, Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation +9】

Looking at the settlement rewards on the panel, Muzuki could basically confirm that “teaching content comprehension increased” was a special reward for the S-rank evaluation of intermediate classes.

Muzuki glanced at the panel and found that even Ice Release proficiency had increased. Although the increase was not large, only a dozen points, it meant that he might be able to develop Bloodline Limit by grinding for intermediate S-rank evaluations.

However, Muzuki currently had no interest in developing new Bloodline Limit, as it wouldn’t significantly improve him.

Compared to Nature Transformation, he was more interested in grinding for Sealing Technique comprehension increase to accelerate his progress in developing Sealing Technique.

However, it was not appropriate for him to teach Sealing Technique in this training. Sealing Technique was different from Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu; it was not among the required subjects for Ninja. Suddenly teaching Sealing Technique would seem very strange, like a regular class suddenly being taught competition problems.

Muzuki wouldn’t compromise his persona for such a small acceleration in progress. The appearance of the Enlightenment skill had already accelerated his research speed.

Time quickly reached mid-November. By this time, Muzuki had been teaching the Root and Anbu for a month.

During this month, the Ninja undergoing training learned a lot. Most Ninja could use Shave, and their progress in Darkness Breathing Technique was basically halfway.

Muzuki also gained a lot. The A-rank evaluation allowed him to obtain the secret techniques of the Ino–Shika–Chō and Inuzuka clans, and the S-rank evaluation accelerated his development of Wind Breathing. He would be able to complete the development of Wind Breathing within the next two weeks, and then research Sun Breathing.

Then came a joyous event: his Sealing Technique power bank plan finally made progress.

“Let’s call it Yang Seal.” Muzuki looked at the pile of draft papers on his desk and smiled.

Because there was an existing Ninjutsu to refer to, Muzuki directly developed a Yang Seal that he could cultivate, following the Yin Seal.

However, this was currently only a semi-finished product, because the Yin Seal, which was the reference for the Yang Seal, was also a semi-finished product. Currently, the Yang Seal still lacked a Ninjutsu similar to Mitotic Regeneration to be used in conjunction with it.

Muzuki already had some development ideas, which was to bind it with Breathing Technique.

When not fighting, the Yang Seal would only release a weak Chakra to enhance the Constant State effect of the Breathing Technique, improving physical abilities. When fighting, the Yang Seal would be released, automatically entering the Breathing Technique Mark state.

The consumption rate of Chakra in the Mark state was quite terrifying, but if the Chakra from the Yang Seal was used to activate the Mark state in combat, it would be equivalent to Muzuki routinely storing a powerful ultimate move that didn’t require Chakra consumption.

He had the idea, but Muzuki still encountered many difficulties in the actual development. How to bind Breathing Technique and Yang Seal was a big problem.

Muzuki was someone who didn’t like to waste resources, so he went directly to Lady Tsunade’s house in the afternoon.

Although many people laughed at Lady Tsunade for turning her grandfather’s passive into an ultimate move, in Muzuki’s opinion, Lady Tsunade, who could develop Mitotic Regeneration, was definitely a Ninjutsu genius, possessing knowledge that he lacked.

“Muzuki, you’re here.” Lady Tsunade, who was lying on the sofa contemplating life, immediately smiled when she saw Muzuki and walked over to him. Then she reached out and took the bag he was carrying. “Let me see what delicious dishes there are.”

“No chicken, but beef is fine.”

Lady Tsunade nodded contentedly after looking.

Muzuki placed the purchased dishes in the kitchen and then asked, “Lady Tsunade, I have new ideas about the automatic healing Ninjutsu after using Yin Seal that we discussed last time. Shall we discuss it?”

At this moment, Shizune brought two cups of tea and placed them in front of the two of them.

Lady Tsunade picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then continued to slump on the sofa, replying, “Tell me. If you hadn’t reminded me, I would have almost forgotten about it.”

Lady Tsunade wasn’t too concerned about increasing her combat power now, because she no longer wanted to fight as a Ninja.

Even if she had this idea before Muzuki brought it up, she had no motivation to develop it, only thinking about it when she was truly bored.

Muzuki’s face still held a gentle smile and did not change due to Lady Tsunade’s words.

“My idea is like this…” Muzuki explained in detail, based on his impression of Mitotic Regeneration and his understanding of Medical Ninjutsu.

At first, Lady Tsunade remained unmoved, still slumping ungracefully on the sofa. As she listened, Lady Tsunade straightened her posture.

She realized that Muzuki had truly put in serious research, and it must have taken a long time of contemplation to produce such results.

“Actually, you don’t need to be so invested in this idea. You can’t practice Yin Seal, and this technique doesn’t have much meaning to me,” Lady Tsunade said, scratching her hair.

Muzuki was too good to her, which made her a little uncomfortable. It hindered her from slacking off.

“I have developed a Yang Seal similar to the Yin Seal. The Yang Seal and Yin Seal have similar flaws, and I think this idea will also help me develop a complementary Ninjutsu for the Yang Seal,” Muzuki explained, then picked up his teacup and took a sip of hot tea.

“Ah, Yang Seal?” Lady Tsunade was a little surprised. Yin Seal was an S-rank Ninjutsu. Could something similar be developed so quickly?

Muzuki took out a scroll and threw it to Lady Tsunade. It contained the Yang Seal he had developed.

Lady Tsunade took the scroll and read it carefully. Being familiar with Yin Seal, she found this Sealing Technique somewhat familiar.

“You must have placed the Yin Seal next to you when you developed this Sealing Technique,” Lady Tsunade quipped, but her heart was still shocked by the Sealing Technique talent Muzuki displayed.

No matter how much it imitated the Yin Seal, it was still a genuine S-rank Sealing Technique. In the short time she gave the Yin Seal to Muzuki, an ordinary person wouldn’t even be able to learn it, yet Muzuki actually replicated a Sealing Technique with similar functions. His Sealing Technique talent was evident.

Seeing that Muzuki had gone to such lengths, Lady Tsunade had no choice but to rack her brains and share some of her own ideas.

“So tired.” Lady Tsunade felt mental fatigue and her desire to slack off uncontrollably surged. She looked at Shizune and asked, “Shizune, am I good to you? Are you willing to listen to me?”

Shizune smiled and replied, “Yes, Lady Tsunade is very good to me, and of course, I will listen to you.”

Although Lady Tsunade often got drunk and didn’t get out of bed, and then needed her, a child not yet ten years old, to take care of her daily life, Shizune was very grateful to Lady Tsunade. She felt the warmth of family from Lady Tsunade.

“Alright, I order you to reach my Medical Ninjutsu level within a week, and then research Ninjutsu with Muzuki.” Lady Tsunade issued the command.

Shizune looked at Lady Tsunade in a daze. She wondered if Lady Tsunade hadn’t been drinking, so why was she talking nonsense?

“Don’t make things difficult for Shizune.” Muzuki almost couldn’t hold back.

“Lady Tsunade, if you don’t like these things, I’ll come less often in the future.”

Lady Tsunade’s face showed a complex expression. On one side was a life of slacking off, drinking every day and doing nothing, and on the other side was a normal life with delicious Cuisine but having to restart research on Ninjutsu. It was truly difficult for her to choose.

“Let’s gamble once, with dice.” Lady Tsunade finally decided to leave it to luck.

“If I win against you, I will fully help you develop the Ninjutsu you envisioned. If I lose to you, then we’ll pretend this never happened, and you can just come and learn Medical Ninjutsu as before.”

Although she loved to gamble, Lady Tsunade was self-aware about her gambling luck. Others lose nine out of ten bets, but she loses ten out of ten.

She had been losing for so long; if she suddenly won this time, then Lady Tsunade would truly have nothing to say.

There will be one more chapter later