Chapter 38 The Possibility of Ice Escape (Seeking monthly ticket)
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Soon, everyone had arrived, and Kakashi was also there.
The group soaked in a hot spring, chatting casually.
Xuan Yi had Uchiha Namiichi on his left and Kakashi on his right.
Squinting his eyes comfortably, Xuan Yi said to Kakashi, "Kakashi, you'll be participating in this year's Chunin Exams, right?"
Kakashi nodded slightly, "Yes."
"You've decided too?"
Xuan Yi hummed in affirmation, then chuckled, "Who knows, we might even face each other then!"
Kakashi glanced at Xuan Yi and said seriously, "I won't hold back then."
Xuan Yi said, "That's what I'm thinking too."
"By the way, how about we spar tomorrow?"
Kakashi readily agreed, "If I don't have a mission, no problem."
It had been a long time since they trained together, and he also wanted to see how much Xuan Yi had improved.
After making the agreement, Xuan Yi turned to Uchiha Namiichi to discuss genjutsu.
Half an hour passed in a flash.
After the hot spring, everyone left the hot spring house together and then went their separate ways home.
Xuan Yi specifically looked at the roofs of this row of hot spring houses, but unfortunately, he didn't see Jiraiya.
He probably went out to wander again.
Leaving the hot spring district, Xuan Yi quickened his pace home, quickly drew a blueprint, and then rushed out again.
Soon, Xuan Yi found a shop that could manufacture carriages and spent one hundred ryō to custom-order a bicycle for himself.
This was a commercial attempt.
It would be best if it could make money.
After finishing this, Xuan Yi finally came to the riverside to try practicing the Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death.
With the Yin Seal, he now felt that Water Release Ninjutsu could be made even richer.
As long as he mastered the Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death and learned Water Severing Wave, then Senju Tobirama's Heavenly Weeping could also be developed by himself, and he might not need to obtain this Ninjutsu through the Village.
Composing himself, clearing his mind, Xuan Yi stood on the river surface and formed hand signs.
His speed was not fast; he formed hand signs while drawing out the Chakra within his body, performing nature transformation, then injecting it into the river through the soles of his feet, merging with the river water, and then controlling it to undergo shape transformation.
That is, condensing a stream of water into the shape of senbon.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Needles shot out from the water.
But Xuan Yi looked at them and shook his head slightly.
They were too thick and not solid enough.
Also, the shooting speed was not fast enough.
Continue.
Xuan Yi formed hand signs again, repeating continuously, constantly improving his control over shape transformation, making the condensed senbon more and more solid, so they wouldn't scatter upon impact.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have much offensive capability.
They must possess a hardness no less than steel.
Besides hardness, the shooting speed also affected the power.
And the casting speed, which was not just the speed of forming hand signs, but also the speed of condensing the senbon.
However, Xuan Yi put the casting speed last in his training.
First, learn it, then consider the speed of execution.
Thus, Xuan Yi spent the afternoon training on the river surface, only returning home in the evening to eat and drink heartily to replenish his stamina.
In the afternoon, he had released the Yin Seal and used Shadow Clone, so he had to replenish himself by eating and drinking a lot.
After dinner, Xuan Yi accompanied his parents for a walk, enjoying the rich street atmosphere of Konoha.
8 PM.
Xuan Yi brought his sealing scroll to Lady Tsunade's house.
Shizune was indeed there, busy clearing away the leftover food from dinner.
Tsunade, however, wasn't drinking; she was sitting on the veranda, lost in thought. She only glanced at Xuan Yi when he arrived.
Xuan Yi bowed respectfully and didn't try to strike up a conversation.
Although the current Tsunade was in her thirties, at her prime, and well-endowed, Xuan Yi had no intention of pursuing her.
No woman would spare a glance for a seven-year-old brat, no matter how mature he seemed.
Besides.
It was the age for striving, why talk about love?
After helping Shizune clean up, he greeted Tsunade, and they left together.
"Eh?"
"Lady Tsunade?"
Outside the door, Xuan Yi stopped, realizing Tsunade had followed them.
Tsunade crossed her arms and said indifferently, "What, can't I go out?"
Xuan Yi imperceptibly swallowed, immediately averted his gaze, and chuckled, "Of course not."
"Shizune and I are going to Konoha Hospital. Does Lady Tsunade want to come along?"
"I captured an Ice Release Bloodline Limit Ninja during this mission, and I wanted to research his cells."
Tsunade was surprised to hear this, "Ice Release?"
"The Yuki Clan from Hidden Mist Village?"
Xuan Yi nodded.
Tsunade appraised Xuan Yi, then stepped forward, "Why do you want to research Ice Release?"
Xuan Yi had nothing to hide and admitted, "It's such a good opportunity, so I want to see what's different between a Bloodline Limit Ninja and a regular Ninja."
Tsunade said lazily, "Don't waste your effort. If such research could yield a Bloodline Limit, then there wouldn't be so few Bloodline Limits in the Ninja World."
Shizune said, "Xuan Yi, Bloodline Limits can only be obtained through bloodline inheritance; there's no way to learn them."
Xuan Yi smiled and asked, "Then the question is."
"Where is the origin of Bloodline Limits?"
Shizune froze, then looked at Tsunade.
Tsunade frowned slightly, "Shizune, it should be said that Bloodline Limit Secret Techniques cannot be learned. The prerequisite for learning them is possessing that Bloodline Limit, which is why Bloodline Secret Techniques must be inherited through bloodline."
"But Bloodline Limits…"
Saying that, Tsunade shook her head, "It can also be said that they cannot be learned."
"There are Sharingan, Byakugan, and other Bloodline Limits in the Village, but no outsider has ever developed them."
Shizune exclaimed, "So, Bloodline Limits can also be developed!"
Xuan Yi nodded, "Of course."
Although a large part of the origin of Bloodline Limits was Ōtsutsuki Kaguya, the many Bloodline abilities that have been passed down in the Ninja World until now were naturally also developed by themselves.
For example, the Third Hokage Ōnoki of Iwagakure, his Dust Release was not obtained through bloodline inheritance, but learned from the Second Tsuchikage Mū.
As for whether the Second Tsuchikage Mū's Dust Release was self-developed or bloodline inherited, that was not important.
In addition, there was the Fifth Mizukage Mei Terumī's Bloodline Limit, which was most likely also self-developed.
There was also Pakura's Scorch Release from Hidden Sand Village.
Such examples were not few.
Water Release developing into Sea Release was indeed powerful.
But Xuan Yi also had an interest in Ice Release.
Although his talent in Wind Release was not great.
But at least he had cultivated Wind Release nature transformation, even if he could only cut leaves now.
The three chatted, and before they knew it, they arrived at Konoha Hospital.
Shizune went off to busy herself, while Xuan Yi went to a laboratory, which had many pieces of equipment.
Tsunade also followed, leaning against the doorway, watching Xuan Yi open the scroll and start working.
Xuan Yi was not affected by Tsunade and proceeded according to the plan he had already made in his mind.
He had two goals today.
The first was to perform gene sequencing on the Ice Release Bloodline Limit Ninja.
The second was to attempt matching.
If the matching was successful, then a direct bone marrow transplant might directly grant him Ice Release.
Tsunade noticed, frowned, and spoke, "You want to transplant the cells of this Bloodline Ninja?"