"Inhale... Exhale..."
Seimei took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. After calming his mind, he began the main event of the night - practicing the Mystical Palm Technique.
Why was this the main event of the night?
The reason was simple: after more than three days of practice, his Mystical Palm Technique was on the verge of leveling up.
If nothing unexpected happened, it would level up tonight.
And Seimei had been looking forward to the body strengthening effect of the Yang Release chakra condensed by the Lv6 Mystical Palm Technique for a long time.
That's why he considered it the main event of the night.
Focusing his mind, Seimei quickly formed hand seals and used the Mystical Palm Technique, then skillfully restrained the condensed Yang Release chakra within his body.
Next, he guided this chakra through his chakra pathways, permeating all the cells in his body and starting to strengthen them.
Time passed by.
Three minutes later.
The chakra dissipated, and Seimei formed hand seals again, using the Mystical Palm Technique and repeating the previous actions.
Every three minutes, he would use the Mystical Palm Technique once, gaining proficiency and strengthening his body with the condensed Yang Release chakra.
Although the process was a bit monotonous, Seimei didn't find it unbearable.
There were two reasons for this. First, every time he used it, he gained proficiency, deepening his understanding of the Mystical Palm Technique.
So, he didn't feel like it was just mindless repetition.
The second reason...
Was that the process of strengthening his body was simply too enjoyable, making it hard to stop. Even the repetitive act of using the jutsu became bearable.
...
"Mmm~ Feels good~"
Unconsciously, it was already late at night.
In the training room, Seimei used the Mystical Palm Technique again. A surge of even purer Yang Release chakra flowed into all his cells, making him moan involuntarily.
Three minutes later, Seimei opened his eyes, recalling the insights that had flashed through his mind, and was certain that his Mystical Palm Technique had leveled up.
The extremely pure Yang Release chakra he had just felt was condensed by the Lv6 Mystical Palm Technique, and its body strengthening effect had at least doubled.
Seimei estimated that in at most a month, his "Physique" attribute would undergo a second transformation.
At that time, the gap between it and his "Spirit" attribute would further narrow, unleashing even more potential.
Then, both his chakra limit and chakra recovery speed would be further enhanced.
Thinking of this, Seimei couldn't help but feel excited.
But he quickly suppressed this feeling.
'There's still a month to go, no need to rush!'
With this thought, Seimei continued his original training plan and started practicing the Lv6 Mystical Palm Technique.
He continued until late at night, when all the 40,000 chakra points allocated for today were exhausted, and then he finally rested.
...
Four hours passed in a flash.
Seimei woke up from his sleep, shook his head to clear his mind, and quickly went to the deeper part of the base.
After checking the condition of the captives and confirming there were no problems, he left a shadow clone to guard them and returned to the base.
Thus, a new day began.
That afternoon.
Seimei took advantage of his break to practice the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu again.
His three Chunin subordinates were also training nearby.
Suddenly, Seimei completed the hand seals for the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu at an almost instantaneous speed.
Moreover, the power of the fireball he released was also stronger than usual.
With a loud boom, the tree in front of him was completely engulfed in flames, startling the nearby Chunin.
By the time they looked over, Seimei had already closed his eyes, recalling the insights that had flashed through his mind.
A moment later, he opened his eyes again and murmured, "So this is the mastered Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu?"
Seimei raised his right hand. Without needing to try it himself, he was certain that he could now perform this jutsu with one-handed seals.
Just like the Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique back then, after reaching mastery and with sufficient Chakra Control, he could achieve this.
"Captain, what's wrong? What was that just now?"
As Seimei was lost in thought, his three subordinates suddenly approached and asked.
Seimei snapped back to reality, shook his head, and replied, "Nothing, just some progress."
"Some progress?"
The three looked at the tree that was almost burnt to charcoal, their heads filled with question marks.
Seimei didn't want them to ask more questions, so he made up an excuse and sent them away. Then, he continued to practice the Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique on his own.
As soon as he started, he noticed the difference.
If his proficiency before had been increasing by "+1 +1," now it was alternating between "+1 +2."
Clearly, this was the bonus from mastering the Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu.
'Well, perhaps the Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique also contributed...'
Seimei shook his head, stopped thinking about it, and focused on his practice.
Originally, the proficiency difference between his Fire Style: Dragon Fire Technique and Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu wasn't that big.
Now, with this boost, his Dragon Fire Technique leveled up earlier than expected.
And, like the Fireball Jutsu, he could now perform it with one-handed seals.
With this, all three Fire Style jutsu that Seimei knew had reached mastery.
As for the ten thousand chakra points saved each day...
Seimei planned to divide them into two parts. Five thousand points would be used to practice Wind Style: Breakthrough, further accelerating its proficiency gain.
The remaining five thousand points would be used to practice Wind Style: Wind Blade.
Although his Wind Style: Breakthrough hadn't reached the mastery level of Lv5 (0/0) yet and might not provide a significant bonus to Wind Style: Wind Blade.
However, the learning difficulty of Wind Style: Wind Blade itself was more than one level higher than Wind Style: Breakthrough.
So, even with the bonus, it wouldn't be too big.
Therefore, Seimei could accept this slight loss.
Moreover, with the additional five thousand chakra points, it would take at most five days for his Wind Style: Breakthrough to reach mastery.
Then, the bonus would be restored, and it wouldn't delay him for too long.
So, there was no need to hesitate.
Over half an hour later, Seimei completed today's Wind Style: Breakthrough practice according to plan, increasing its proficiency by sixty-five points.
After a short rest, he called his three subordinates and started practicing Swordsmanship under the guise of sparring.
Due to the lack of enemies these days, his Swordsmanship proficiency gain was slower than expected.
Originally, according to his plan, it should have reached Lv6 today, but now it seemed it might have to wait until tomorrow.
And this was because he had sparring partners; otherwise, it would be delayed even further.
Of course, those who sparred with him also benefited. With Seimei's current swordsmanship, even if they only learned a little, it would be very helpful.
Even if they didn't use swords, gaining some combat experience was also very good.
Therefore, whenever Seimei invited them, no one refused.
This allowed his Swordsmanship to steadily progress.
(End of Chapter)