Chapter 72: Low-Key traning

Time spent training always flies by.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the tenth day.

This evening.

Uchiha Clan grounds.

In a training field, Seimei stood quietly under a large tree with his eyes closed.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, causing the branches of the tree to shake violently. Large swaths of leaves fell, like rain, surrounding Seimei.

Seimei's ears twitched slightly. When the leaves were about to approach him, he suddenly opened his eyes.

In the scarlet pupils, a pitch-black tomoe spun rapidly. Seimei glanced around casually and memorized the positions of all the leaves.

Then, with a "clang" sound, Seimei drew the short sword from his waist.

Subsequently, flashes of cold light flickered, and the short sword in Seimei's hand left afterimages as he swung it. All the leaves around him were split in half by his sword.

At the same time, he also moved around in this small space, not letting even a single leaf fall on him.

After a long time, the wind subsided, and the tree stopped shaking. When the last leaf was split in two and fell to the ground, Seimei put away his short sword.

Standing still with his eyes closed, reminiscing for a while, Seimei finally sighed, "So this is the lv4 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu'?"

That's right, his 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' had been upgraded to lv4.

In the past ten days, he would practice this technique whenever he had time.

He even temporarily gave up practicing 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' and 'Ninja Tool Throwing' to speed up the progress.

In this way, coupled with the fact that 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' had already been promoted to lv4, he finally managed to raise it to lv4 (1/2000).

It had to be said that 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' was indeed the inherited sword technique of the Uchiha clan.

After it was promoted to lv4, when combined with the Sharingan, the power it could unleash had already surpassed the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' of the same level.

This wasn't to say that the 'Konoha-Style Kenjutsu' wasn't strong enough, but rather that the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' was too suitable for Uchiha ninjas who had awakened the Sharingan.

It was a pity that the Uchiha clan's ninjas relied too heavily on the Sharingan, and few people studied this technique, which was why the 'Uchiha-Style Kenjutsu' was not well-known.

Recalling memories from his past life, it seemed that only Uchiha Shisui had mastered this technique in recent years, and then, combined with genjutsu and the Body Flicker Technique, he had earned the title of "Shisui of the Body Flicker".

Thinking of Uchiha Shisui, Seimei murmured, "It seems that he will also participate in this Chunin Exam."

Although Seimei focused on training and didn't pay much attention to the outside world, he had heard a little about the Uchiha clan producing a genius ninja these days.

Uchiha Shisui, currently nine years old, applied for early graduation after only two years in the Ninja Academy.

After that, he went straight to the battlefield and awakened the Sharingan in less than three months, and it was double tomoe from the beginning.

Therefore, he was directly called back by the clan to participate in this Chunin Exam.

It could be said that he was able to train so peacefully largely thanks to the other party attracting everyone's attention.

Although his own brilliance was overshadowed, Seimei didn't mind at all.

In fact, he wished he could become completely unnoticed.

That way, he could focus on improving himself.

Unfortunately, as an Uchiha clan member who had awakened the Sharingan, no matter how low-key he was, it was impossible to become completely unnoticed.

Moreover...

After tonight, his Sharingan would also become double tomoe.

That's right, after these days of hard work, his Sharingan's evolution progress had reached (992/1000). As long as he completed his routine training tonight, it could evolve into double tomoe.

At that time, it was estimated that it would attract another wave of people's attention.

Seimei was even considering whether to postpone this time point and wait until after the Chunin Exams to evolve.

But after thinking about it, he finally gave up this idea.

Because the evolution of the Sharingan for him was not just from single tomoe to double tomoe, it was also related to the improvement of his potential.

According to the situation when the Sharingan awakened before, this time when his Sharingan evolved from single tomoe to double tomoe, his 'Physique' attribute and 'Spirit' attribute would definitely increase as well.

And the improvement of these two basic attributes would further raise the upper limit of his body.

What followed was the increase in chakra amount and chakra recovery speed.

In this way, the speed of improving the proficiency of other skills would also be faster.

With such a chain reaction, Seimei really didn't want to delay.

Moreover, it was just an evolution from single tomoe to double tomoe, not from three tomoe to Mangekyo Sharingan. There was no need to hide it at all.

What's more, wasn't there Uchiha Shisui as a shield in front?

He was two years younger than him, and awakened double tomoe right away. No matter how you looked at it, his potential was stronger than his, so no one should pay too much attention to him.

Thinking this, Seimei packed up his equipment and hurried home.

However, he forgot that once his Sharingan evolved successfully, in the eyes of others, it would be from single tomoe to double tomoe in just over two months.

In this way, although his initial potential might not be as good as a monster like Uchiha Shisui, it was definitely not bad, so he would definitely be paid close attention to.

...

That night.

Uchiha Clan grounds.

Seimei's home.

After restoring his chakra to full, Seimei didn't immediately practice the 'Mind Reflection Technique'. Instead, according to the plan, he first practiced the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique'.

After his practice these days, this technique had reached the verge of upgrading. Seimei planned to raise it to lv3 first.

Quickly completing the hand seals, Seimei suddenly opened his Sharingan and looked at the rabbit he had bought to practice genjutsu in front of him.

The moment their eyes met, the rabbit froze in place.

Even though the rabbit couldn't express emotions, Seimei could feel the pain brought by the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' from its trembling body.

A moment later, when the proficiency of 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' on the panel increased by +1, Seimei released the genjutsu.

He left some time for the rabbit to recover, and then Seimei formed hand seals again and used the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique'.

Compared to the last time, his movements were a bit faster, and his understanding of the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' in his mind was also deeper.

This was the effect of 'proficiency +1'.

Perhaps Seimei's talent was not as good as those geniuses, and he couldn't learn ninjutsu just by looking at it once and master it in a very short time.

But every time he practiced, he would gain something.

Therefore, as long as Seimei was given enough time, he wasn't afraid of any genius.

Time passed by.

Finally, after casting the 'Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique' for the fourth time, Seimei felt that his understanding of this technique had reached a new level.

When he used it again, both the casting speed and the genjutsu effect were much stronger.

He glanced at the panel, and sure enough, the proficiency had reached lv3 (2/1000)!

At this point, two of the goals Seimei had set ten days ago had been completed, leaving only the evolution of the Sharingan.

(End of this chapter)