Chapter 283: Basic Breathing Technique
Since Teacher Chen was going to give him Leaf Dragon God, Mugetsu naturally did not refuse. It was a great chance to legitimately obtain an advanced taijutsu.
However, Mugetsu did not choose to take it for free. Instead, he proposed an exchange, handing Teacher Chen a scroll that recorded the cultivation method for Tile Splitter.
On the surface, exchanging a taijutsu Teacher Chen did not know for one Mugetsu already mastered seemed a little disadvantageous, but Mugetsu did not mind.
First, Tile Splitter was not a core technique for him. Second, he could use this to prove his talent as a ninja, having created such an excellent taijutsu himself. Lastly, it helped him formalize Leaf Dragon God as his own and expand his circle of allies.
"Teacher Mugetsu, what is the name of that taijutsu you just used?" Guy walked over and asked.
He had been extremely excited watching Leaf Dragon God clash with the tiger shaped air cannon, because both of the fighters were his teachers. That meant he had a chance to learn both of those techniques.
"Daytime Tiger. Once your physical strength reaches the required level, I will teach it to you," Mugetsu replied with a smile.
Daytime Tiger demanded extremely high physical ability, even more than Leaf Dragon God. It was a very typical pure power taijutsu.
"My youth is already impatient to burn even more intensely!" Guy could not help but shout.
Genma and Ebisu watched with envy. Having good teachers really was different; there was no need to worry about getting advanced taijutsu.
"That kind of taijutsu is not something just anyone can learn. If you train diligently and fully master my Leaf Dragon God, that alone would already be a great success," Teacher Chen said when he noticed their gazes.
As a taijutsu master, he could understand the principle behind Daytime Tiger. It was simply not a technique ordinary ninja could use.
"Hurry up and start training. After watching this battle, you should clearly understand how far you still are from being true ninja," Teacher Chen said.
"Yes!" Guy and the other two replied in unison, then said goodbye to Mugetsu and began their training.
"Then we will not disturb you," Mugetsu said with a gentle smile, taking his leave as well.
"Energetic Uncle, goodbye!" Obito waved to Teacher Chen, his face full of excitement.
Although they had spent a bit of time here, Obito felt it was more than worth it. Not only had he seen a taijutsu Mugetsu had never shown before, he had also managed to ride along and get involved with another powerful and flashy technique.
"What Energetic Uncle? Call me Teacher Chen or Uncle Chen. Do not give me strange nicknames," Teacher Chen said with a dark expression.
"Got it, Energetic Uncle," Obito replied with a chuckle.
Mugetsu lightly tapped Obito on the head, then smiled apologetically toward Teacher Chen and took Obito back to the South Border Forest to continue training.
After returning to the South Border Forest, Obito looked around, searching for Kakashi. He wanted to brag about Mugetsu's battle just now. Unexpectedly, he also saw Rin training there, sitting with Kakashi and chatting about something, so he ran straight over to her.
"Rin, you are here to train today too? How have you been resting these past few days?" Obito asked with concern.
Unlike them, who had already run into dangerous situations several times, Rin had just faced something like that outside the village for the first time. Obito felt that the pressure on her must have been heavy.
"Thank you for worrying about me, Obito. Actually, I am fine. I have mainly been reading theoretical medical Ninjutsu these past few days at home," Rin said with a smile.
It was impossible for an encounter like that on her first mission not to affect her, but it did not shake her resolve. She spent two and a half days at home studying more medical knowledge to improve herself.
"It is good that you are okay, Rin. You would not believe it, but just now I went with Teacher Mugetsu to find Guy's instructor, Teacher Chen, and then Teacher Mugetsu and Teacher Chen had a battle. It was so intense!"
Obito tried his best to describe the scene of their fight.
When he described Leaf Dragon God and Daytime Tiger colliding, he even deliberately acted out how he was blown backward by the impact, making his story more vivid and dramatic.
"Teacher Chen's taijutsu, Leaf Dragon God, was like a giant blue dragon, and Teacher Mugetsu's Daytime Tiger was a huge white tiger. The aftershocks from their attacks were strong enough to blow people away!"
Clap, clap.
Rin clapped lightly with a smile. "That really does sound spectacular."
"Hahaha, maybe I have a talent for acting!" Obito laughed happily after getting Rin's praise.
"Teacher Chen truly lives up to his name as Konoha's strongest taijutsu ninja. He saw the hidden potential in my body at a glance and is going to teach me Leaf Dragon God!"
As he spoke, Obito looked at Kakashi, his expression full of smugness.
Obito's expression successfully made Kakashi want to speak, so he opened his mouth.
"I think what Rin meant was that Teacher Mugetsu and Teacher Chen's battle was spectacular, not your narration and performance."
"Kakashi, what are you talking about? Teacher Mugetsu and Teacher Chen's battle was indeed spectacular, but my narration and performance were not bad either, right?"
Obito was convinced Kakashi was just jealous of his talent, so he turned to Rin.
"Yes, Obito's performance was very heartfelt and earnest," Rin said with a gentle smile.
"See? It must be your jealous, twisted little heart affecting your judgment, Kakashi!"
Hearing Rin's words, Obito became even more confident.
Kakashi smiled without replying. Obito had indeed put in effort, but the actual result was another matter entirely.
Once he felt he had rested enough, Kakashi immersed himself again in the Constant State training of his Breathing Technique.
Although Obito still wanted to chat more with Rin, seeing Kakashi already training, he really could not sit still. He immediately threw himself back into his own Breathing Technique training.
Just as Rin was about to continue practicing her medical Ninjutsu, Mugetsu finished guiding Shisui and walked over to her.
"Rin, starting today, you will begin cultivating Water Release chakra nature transformation and chakra shape transformation," Mugetsu said.
Rin's innate chakra nature was Water, and her talent in Ninjutsu was not as limited as Guy's. Learning Water Release Ninjutsu was only a matter of time.
He had not taught her earlier because there was no need; it would have been meaningless and a waste of chakra.
Among his disciples, Rin had the least chakra, and as a medical ninja she definitely needed to reserve some chakra for healing. On top of that, her Monster Strength also consumed a considerable amount of chakra, leaving nothing to spare for offensive Ninjutsu.
So at that stage, it was better for Rin to train her body and accumulate taijutsu experience, or refine her chakra control to improve medical Ninjutsu, rather than train Water Release.
Now, however, things had changed. First, he was developing Water Breathing. Second, Rin's chakra had been slowly growing with age and training.
As for Water Breathing, Mugetsu conservatively estimated that it would still take about a year to fully complete. But he could not wait until it was perfected to let her learn Water Release, otherwise it would be difficult for her to use it well in combat.
To help Rin keep up with Obito and the others, Mugetsu really did his best to find solutions. Since developing Water Breathing would take too long, he used the experience he had gained from that process to create a Basic Breathing Technique. It had no special abilities, only enhancing the body through breathing, with an effect similar to Flame Breathing.
Mugetsu planned to test it for a few days and then teach it to Rin. That would make learning Water Breathing much faster in the future.
"Mhm." Rin nodded obediently, then looked at Mugetsu.
He had said she would be cultivating Water Release nature transformation, but he had not yet taught her how to perform it. She did not know where to start.
Of course, Mugetsu understood. He took Rin to the river and began teaching Water Release chakra nature transformation. Using Water Release where water was abundant was easier and consumed less chakra.
Mugetsu had Rin scoop up river water in her hands to feel it, then asked her to describe what she sensed.
Water was different from fire. If you touched fire directly, you would be burned, which made certain aspects of Fire Release easier to grasp.
"Damp, flowing, liquid," Rin thought for a moment and then voiced her impressions.
Mugetsu nodded. "Next, when you perform chakra nature transformation, just move in the direction of what you are feeling now."
After speaking, Mugetsu demonstrated. Under his control, a water pillar rose from the calm river surface.
After showing how to draw water from the surroundings, Mugetsu also demonstrated how to create water using his own chakra.
Rin watched very seriously. After seeing his demonstration, she instinctively pictured herself in Mugetsu's place, performing the chakra nature transformation.
Water was her innate attribute, and on top of that, Mugetsu possessed high proficiency in Water Release chakra nature transformation and a strong teaching ability. With all these factors combined, Rin progressed quickly, and her results in nature transformation were pleasing.
In addition to Water Release nature transformation, Mugetsu also had Rin practice chakra shape transformation. Because of Water Release's properties, many advanced Water Style techniques required a high level of chakra shape transformation.
In the evening, Mugetsu called all his disciples home for dinner.
"This kind of life is really too blissful," Obito said with a happy smile after wolfing down his food.
Training might be exhausting, but eating Mugetsu's cooking afterward was truly satisfying. It felt like his soul was being healed.
"Eat more, everyone. Rest well when you go back. Tomorrow, everyone except Rin will have special training," Mugetsu said with a gentle smile.
"Will we have to do problems?" Obito asked, face serious as he voiced his greatest concern.
"If you can complete the training perfectly, then no," Mugetsu replied with a smile. Tomorrow was Obito's last day of rest. It was time to put some pressure on him.
Obito fell silent.
He felt that if he could complete Mugetsu's training to the point that he did not have to do written problems, he would definitely be capable of fighting a Jonin one on one.
As soon as he thought about facing that terrifying problem solving training again tomorrow, Obito turned his fear into appetite and ate even more frantically.
"This time Kakashi has to participate too. It is finally his turn to experience my pain."
That was Obito's only consolation.
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