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Fortunately, Asahi handled it well because as soon as he began absorbing it, he realized that the transformed natural energy after the qualitative change was not as simple as just increasing in quantity.
However, right after absorption, Asahi felt a slight tingling sensation.
Even though it was natural energy, Asahi was aware that this discomfort was due to his level not yet reaching this point, and his body couldn't adapt to higher-level energy instantly.
Asahi was sure that if he had been reckless, despite the safeguard of Secret Art techniques, it would have been very painful.
Time flew by, and several days passed. During this period, Asahi spent most of his time in meditation, only taking breaks for essential activities.
However, the difficulty of the breakthrough surpassed his expectations.
In these days, Asahi's body had just begun to adapt to the natural energy of the dragon veins.
He was well aware that he still had a long way to go before being able to fully utilize the energy of the dragon veins for his breakthrough.
However, Asahi's gains during these days weren't limited to his physical adaptation to the dragon vein energy.
His most significant insight during this period was understanding the nature of the dragon veins.
Throughout his meditation, Asahi constantly observed the changes in the dragon's veins. He discovered that the energy of the dragon veins was not infinite.
In one instance where he extracted a large amount of dragon vein energy during his investigation into its characteristics, Asahi noticed a momentary decrease in the energy.
With full focus on the dragon veins and no external disturbances, he easily sensed this brief reduction.
Although it quickly replenished itself, there was indeed a slight weakening. Asahi was certain that it wasn't his imagination.
To confirm, he once again extracted a substantial amount of dragon vein energy.
This time, Asahi devoted 100% of his attention to observing the dragon veins. He confirmed that the energy of the dragon veins did decrease momentarily.
However, due to the immense total quantity of dragon vein energy and its self-recovery rate far exceeding its consumption, it was challenging for an average person to notice that dragon veins were not truly an infinite energy source.
Gain with this newfound knowledge, Asahi's interest in the dragon veins deepened.
In the following days, he dedicated all his remaining energy to observing and analyzing the characteristics of the dragon veins.
Finally, his efforts paid off. In this period of training, Asahi successfully detected a trace of a clue.
He discovered that when he depleted the energy of the dragon veins, the external natural energy quickly condensed, creating nature-transformed dragon vein energy that replenished the dragon veins.
This revelation greatly excited Asahi.
Although Asahi couldn't immediately apply this discovery, it wouldn't be long before it could accelerate his training.
After confirming the phenomenon through several attempts, Asahi took a deep breath, awake from his meditative state.
His mind was now contemplating the true nature of the dragon veins and why such a seemingly anomalous existence existed in the shinobi world.
After pondering for a while, Asahi still couldn't figure it out. Nevertheless, he had a rough speculation.
In many novels in his previous life, there often appeared something known as the "world origin" – the highest and core energy of that world.
Asahi guessed that this so-called dragon vein was, in fact, the world's origin energy of the shinobi world.
Blessed by the entire shinobi world, there was no other way to explain the principles behind this thing's existence.
However, what Asahi didn't know was that his speculation was indeed correct.
The dragon veins could be considered the world-origin energy of the shinobi world, or rather, it used to be where the original God Tree was located.
After clearing his mind of these random thoughts, Asahi reentered the state of training.
Regardless of what the dragon veins were, they had nothing to do with his current progress.
His training was currently progressing at an unexpectedly slow pace.
He didn't even have the qualifications to brazenly utilize the dragon veins for training, so why bother with such matters?
However, this time, his training didn't last for many days. That's because Sakumo, who had escorted Yugito back to the village, had returned.
Sakumo's return briefly snapped Asahi out of his meditative state. After a brief inquiry, Asahi nodded and returned to his training. Observing this, Sakumo didn't disturb Asahi, silently sitting not far away, both protecting and training.
This period of training spanned half a year. As the year 46 of Konoha passed, the following year, 47, brought about an increasingly dire situation in the shinobi world.
The number of ninja troops stationed at the borders of each major nation continued to increase.
The war between the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning also intensified.
Although the Land of Earth didn't succeed after a sneak attack, the situation remained tense.
However, both sides had been provoked, and now neither was giving an inch.
There were also continuous frictions among Konoha and the various ninja villages, but they hadn't escalated into full-blown conflicts yet.
However, the turmoil in the ninja world had little impact on Asahi and Sakumo, who were in Roran.
Sunagakure, the weakest village of the 5 great villages, remained in a defensive state, so the two of them were undisturbed.
Over the past half year, their daily routine consisted of one thing: training, training, and more training.
Fortunately, the refugees from Roran lived near an oasis, and with their support, Asahi and Sakumo's basic needs were not affected.
Otherwise, the supplies sealed by Asahi would not have been sufficient for the past half year.
Both Asahi and Sakumo's progress, however, were remarkable.
Sakumo recently succeeded in mastering Sage Mode, and Asahi, having fully adapted to the dragon vein's energy, could now begin the next stage of his training by utilizing the dragon veins.
However, despite the importance of training, Asahi had temporarily set it aside. His current mission was to assist Sakumo in finding a suitable weapon.
Now that Hatake Sakumo had attained Sage Mode, he needed to continue his training, but as a master of kenjutsu (sword techniques), he required a suitable blade for practice.
Due to the intense focus on mastering Sage Mode, Sakumo had been unable to spare time for sword training.
Now, with his attention turned towards obtaining a suitable weapon, Asahi was determined to support Hatake Sakumo in this quest.
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