Hyuga Sougen kicked sideways, this time with five times more force than before.
Feeling the wind whistling towards him, Hyuga Nanao quickly crossed his arms to block it.
“Bang!”
His body did a backflip in mid-air, landing steadily.
“Excellent balance!”
Hyuga Sougen praised in his heart.
Hyuga Nanao felt a tingling in both arms. He quickly shook them; they must be bruised from that impact.
He chuckled wryly, “Uncle, your force was a bit too heavy, wasn't it?”
“Humph! You'll be enrolling in the Ninja Academy this year. You're already a reserve ninja...”
“A ninja is an existence that can't be reasoned with using common logic. Haven't I taught you that?!”
Even knowing he had been a bit too forceful, Hyuga Sougen lectured with a stern face.
You little rascal, that was a vital spot…!
Hyuga Nanao pouted.
That's a specious argument! ~
After the lecture, Hyuga Sougen paused, then began to praise, “However, your Gentle Fist technique is already quite mature. The acupoint targeting of your Eight Trigrams Palm is also very precise. Next, as you age, your chakra will also increase rapidly.”
“Based on your talent, you will have at least the strength of an Elite Chuunin by the time you graduate from the Academy... …”
He glanced at the blue curse mark on Hyuga Nanao's forehead, the next encouraging words stuck in his throat.
Elite Chuunin strength at twelve years old? That's a small prodigy.
Don't think of Chuunin strength as something common. For civilian ninjas and some clan ninjas, Chuunin is their limit.
Moreover, for taijutsu ninjas like the Hyuga clan, their strength will grow rapidly during puberty, making their peak period between the ages of twenty and thirty.
In other words, as long as Hyuga Nanao doesn't die prematurely, becoming a Jonin is a certainty, even becoming an Elite Jonin is not impossible! ~
Remember, even in a prestigious clan like the Hyuga, the number of Jonin is very rare.
They are either protective ninjas for the Head of the Main Branch, elders of the Branch Houses, or hold important positions in various departments of Konoha.
Hyuga Nanao naturally noticed Hyuga Sougen's gaze, but he didn't show any resentment or unwillingness.
His expression was calm and serene.
The "Cage Bird" curse mark was a protection for the weak and a shackle for the strong in Hyuga Nanao's heart.
Even in the Hyuga clan, there are many clan members who lack ninja talent. If not for the protection of the "Cage Bird," they would have likely been sold to various "human traffickers" long ago! ~
However, any system, no matter how good it is at first, cannot withstand the changes of time and human hearts.
The next hour was spent with Hyuga Sougen imparting his experience and insights on Gentle Fist techniques. As a ninja who had lived through the Warring States period, this knowledge was invaluable.
As he left.
He gave Hyuga Nanao a small bottle, containing ointment that could alleviate muscle bruising, sore muscles, and stiff joints.
“Remember, you must become top of the class at the Academy!”
“You cannot disgrace the Hyuga name!”
………………
Back in his room, he told Hyuga Dongxuan not to disturb him, locked the door, and applied the ointment to his arm.
Then, instead of waiting for it to heal naturally.
He assumed a peculiar stance, different from any of the Hyuga clan's Gentle Fist techniques, and coordinated it with a unique breathing rhythm to accelerate his blood flow, while also speeding up the absorption of the ointment.
【Zhou Tian Breathing Technique】.
Various sensations of numbness, heat, swelling, tingling, crawling ants, and coolness emanated from the area where the ointment was applied. Hyuga Nanao maintained his focus, knowing these were the sensations of rapid healing.
After an hour or so, the peculiar crawling ant feeling slowly disappeared.
Hyuga Nanao looked at his arm. The bruises had already dispersed.
He couldn't help but marvel.
“As expected of a ninja's body. The healing power is far beyond anything I had in my past life. Though, there's also the effect of the breathing technique…”
He clenched his fist, feeling the strength radiating from his knuckles.
“Just a six-year-old kid, and his strength is already no less than an adult in my previous life… …”
Hyuga Nanao wasn't a native of the ninja world. He was from Earth, where the ninja world was just a story, until he became the "Byakugan" clan member of that story.
The parents of this body died in a mission when he was only a year old.
He was then adopted by his current uncle.
Honestly, Hyuga Nanao didn't feel much sadness at the time. He was barely able to understand the words here back then. It wasn't until he was three that he learned the "dialect" here.
He considered himself quite impressive.
That's learning a foreign language! ~
How could it be easy to completely change one's language habits?
He wasn't a language genius. Looking back on his school days, from elementary to university, he only learned one foreign language, and he could only answer questions, not communicate in it.
Then, after realizing he was in the ninja world, Hyuga Nanao was both terrified and excited.
The fear stemmed from the world's environment, where death was commonplace. Fortunately, he was born in Konoha, the strongest ninja village or military organization in this world, at least in terms of safety, he was better off than people in smaller countries and villages.
The excitement came from the ninjas—they possessed true extraordinary power—the chakra training method.
In his previous life, Hyuga Nanao was a student in a martial arts school, later becoming an assistant teacher, all because of his love for martial arts.
Of course, he admitted that it was also related to his childhood exposure to various wuxia films and TV shows.
Therefore, both during his school days and his assistant teaching career, he had consulted a large amount of martial arts and fighting materials from various countries, and he loved to argue with others online about the settings and combinations of different training systems.
He would also enjoy imagining and brainstorming whenever he saw a new and interesting idea.
After Hyuga Nanao turned three and could understand, he started learning to read. His progress was good, taking less than a year to memorize commonly used characters.
Of course, he didn't idle during that time. Thanks to his good physical foundation, he began exercising early, doing basic movements like running, squats, jumping, and flexibility training.
As a martial arts assistant, it was easy for him to design a training program for himself.
Hyuga Sougen saw his daily training, but he didn't give him any guidance.
Only his meals were changed, with more protein from meat and various vegetables, and he had to drink a bowl of bitter soup every day.
Hyuga Nanao could feel that this soup was good.
Every time he drank it, his body felt a warm and comfortable tingling.
It's just that the taste… was indescribable………
To avoid overworking his body at such a young age, causing abnormal growth, Hyuga Nanao didn't train too hard and didn't wear weights.
But even so, when he was five years old, his physical fitness surpassed that of other children his age by a large margin.
After all, he completed his daily training on time and in full, unlike other children who, compared to monotonous training, preferred to play.
Therefore.
After checking that his body met the minimum standards for refining chakra, Hyuga Sougen taught him chakra refinement techniques a year ago—when he was five.
And when Hyuga Nanao refined his first strand of chakra, he welcomed his golden finger.
…………