“First, there are the requirements for talent. Although they are all considered basic Ninja arts, learning Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and Taijutsu each requires completely different talents.”
“Especially Genjutsu, whether it’s learning or using it, requires extremely high talent. For most Ninjas who don’t have talent in Genjutsu, they will only master a few basic skills in their lifetime.”
“While the talent requirements for learning Ninjutsu are lower than Genjutsu, it’s only relatively lower. Many Ninja school students are still unable to master the basics of Ninjutsu, the Three Basic Techniques, even by the time of their graduation.”
“Apart from this, Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, especially powerful Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, have a big restriction for most Ninjas, which is the requirement for Chakra amount.”
Having said this, the old man’s eyes paused on Chen Yue before he continued to explain: “Unlike my clan, the Uchiha, who are born with a decent amount of Chakra, most ordinary Ninjas have very little Chakra.” “This low amount of Chakra means they can’t use powerful Genjutsu and Ninjutsu that consumes a lot of Chakra to fight, they can only use basic techniques like the Three Basic Techniques and Shunshin no Jutsu.”
Ordinary Ninjas are not unable to use Ninjutsu, for example, some B-rank and C-rank elemental Ninjutsu, but their Chakra usually only allows for two or three uses, and some even run out of Chakra after a single use.”
This kind of situation is clearly unfavorable for combat. So, unless it’s guaranteed to be a one-hit kill, most Ninjas will choose to use their limited Chakra for the Three Basic Techniques, Shunshin no Jutsu, and Taijutsu.”
“On the contrary, compared to Ninjutsu and Genjutsu which require high talent and Chakra, Taijutsu is much simpler.”
The old man continued to explain to Chen Yue: “Taijutsu has very low talent requirements. As long as your physical fitness and intelligence are normal, you can easily master it. The use of Taijutsu doesn’t require Chakra. It can be said that even non-Ninjas can learn and use it. It has great universality.”
Of course, even though non-Ninjas can master it, due to the powerful physical fitness of Ninjas, their Taijutsu power is naturally far superior to ordinary people.
If it’s Taijutsu enhanced with Chakra, it’s even more incomparable.
Furthermore, although the learning threshold of Taijutsu is low, it doesn’t mean that Taijutsu is weak.
It’s just that, to fully unleash the power of Taijutsu, the practitioner needs to put in extreme effort, and at the same time, it also requires a certain level of physical talent.
“Besides the extremely low talent requirements, its universality is also reflected in the difficulty of obtaining related Taijutsu techniques.”
Uchiha Huohe asked Chen Yue: “Kid, do you know why your grandpa initially objected to you entering the village school yesterday?”
“Because the village school has poor teaching quality.”
Chen Yue remembered it, of course. It happened yesterday.
“That’s right, it’s because the teaching quality is bad.”
“But, this doesn’t refer to the teachers’ own abilities, but to the content they teach.”
“Besides some cultural and theoretical knowledge, in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu, the Ninja school only teaches Taijutsu, some basic Ninjutsu, and basic Genjutsu theory. Powerful Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are usually only given to students after they have earned merit for the village.”
Here, powerful Ninjutsu and Genjutsu refers to C-rank and B-rank techniques.
“Therefore, compared to ordinary boxing and kicking techniques, Kunai combat techniques, Kunai and Shuriken throwing techniques, sword techniques, which almost all Ninjas can easily access if they are willing to learn, most Ninjas have difficulty obtaining learning opportunities for any other Ninjutsu or Genjutsu besides the basic techniques taught in the Ninja school.”
“Apart from the reason that most students wouldn’t be able to learn even if they were taught, it’s also because powerful Ninjutsu are often unique to certain Ninja clans, which are not accessible to ordinary Ninjas. Moreover…”
The old man suddenly stopped at “moreover” and didn’t continue.
However, although the old man didn’t continue, Chen Yue, who had been listening attentively, could still guess a little.
“From the perspective of governance, or management, powerful Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are important resources that should not be easily granted to others. Setting up a certain threshold can motivate subordinates to work hard for it.”
Chen Yue thought this in his heart.
“Talent requirements and the difficulty in obtaining them are the reasons why Taijutsu is the ‘most basic’ ability for Ninjas. The reason why it’s the ‘most important’ ability is the third reason, which is the Ninja combat style that focuses on Taijutsu.”
While Chen Yue was pondering, the old man continued: “Kid, I ask you, do you know what most Ninjas ultimately rely on to win in battle?”
“Or to put it another way, in war, most Ninjas die from Taijutsu or Ninjutsu and Genjutsu?”
Uchiha Huohe asked Chen Yue. However, knowing that this was not a question a little boy could answer at this moment, he didn’t really wait for him to answer and answered himself.
“It’s Taijutsu!”
“Most battles between Ninjas are Taijutsu duels, unarmed boxing and kicking, using weapons like Kunai and Ninjato to fight, throwing Kunai and Shuriken, etc…”
“Ninjutsu and Genjutsu often play a more auxiliary role in most Ninja battles, only used to allow themselves to use Taijutsu to kill their opponents faster and more easily.”
“For example, the purpose of the Three Basic Techniques, Transformation Technique, Shadow Clone Technique, and Replacement Technique, is to confuse the opponent’s perception during battle in order to get a better attack opportunity; after getting the attack opportunity, use Shunshin no Jutsu to strike the opponent with a Kunai or Ninjato with a final fatal blow before the opponent can react.”
“The above combat routine is the basic combat style of most Ninjas today, it’s the same for weak Ninjas, and for powerful Ninjas, and even the Uchiha Clan is no exception!”
“The only difference is that the means of confusing the opponent’s perception are more advanced, they will use more powerful Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, so that the opponent reveals their flaws faster, and the revealed flaws are more fatal; ultimately, they seize the opportunity and deliver the final blow faster, more accurately, and more ruthlessly.”
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