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#339 - Rasengan?

Night. Beside the road, in a newly built wooden house.

Naruto, having eaten and drunk his fill, had already fallen asleep, while Liang Yue sat by the bonfire, listlessly eating roasted peanuts, his gaze fixed on Jiraiya not far away.

At this moment, the lecherous sage was still sitting quietly in the middle of the road, allowing the surging natural energy to wash over him.

He was currently undergoing a transformation, from his chakra to his physical body, fully experiencing the nourishment and modification of natural energy.

This process was extremely important, like a martial artist experiencing enlightenment, something that couldn't be forced.

Therefore, it was best not to be interrupted during this period, otherwise, he would miss the opportunity in vain. Even if the Innate Realm had been achieved, there would still be some imperfections.

For this reason, Liang Yue had specially set up obstacles on both sides of the road to prevent passing pedestrians from entering.

However, it was already late into the night, and Jiraiya's Innate transformation should have already entered its final stage. It was expected that this process would end soon.

Sure enough, about half an hour later.

The natural energy that had been continuously gathering in the sky began to slowly become sluggish, stagnant, and eventually dissipate.

During the process, Liang Yue sensitively noticed that a mental force was radiating from Jiraiya's body, covering the surrounding area.

As someone who had been through it before, he naturally understood that Jiraiya was using his mental power, hearing, smell, and other senses to observe the surrounding world and nature.

After successfully entering the Innate Realm, a person's five senses would be enhanced many times over, and the world they observed would also undergo some subtle changes.

Many places that seemed ordinary or empty in the past would be filled with different kinds of fun in the eyes of someone in the Innate Realm.

Back then, when Liang Yue broke through to the Innate Realm, he had stared at the air in front of him for more than an hour.

Because at that time, the air in his eyes was no longer just empty or simply mixed with dust, but had become a layer of colorful, constantly moving strange existence, like water waves.

This spectacle was something Liang Yue had never seen in his life since birth, so he would naturally be curious about it.

At this time, Jiraiya, after finishing the infusion of natural power, also did not get up immediately.

Instead, he sat there with some excitement, carefully observing this novel scene by using the remaining mysterious state from before.

It wasn't until the next morning that Liang Yue got up and removed the barricades on both sides of the road.

After returning to the bonfire and roasting a wild rabbit, Jiraiya and Naruto finally recovered from some kind of dazed state and sat down to prepare for the meal.

… …

"Hey~ Lecherous Sage, what was going on with you last night? Why did you suddenly start meditating and practicing? And the wind was blowing all around."

During the meal, Naruto held a plump rabbit leg in one hand and a half-eaten boiled egg in the other, asking with a mouthful of grease.

"What wind? I suddenly had a new understanding of chakra, so I just sat down and practiced for a while. I'm much stronger now~

Also, don't call me Lecherous Sage, call me Toad Sage, or Jiraiya-sensei!"

Jiraiya was just about to grab some meat when he realized that his hands were already covered in greasy oil, making him feel uncomfortable all over. He quickly took out a mirror to look at himself.

Only then did he discover that his entire body was soaked in a layer of gray, greasy oil, sticking to him uncomfortably. His face was even dirty, and there was a faint, pungent smell emanating from him.

Immediately, Jiraiya looked at Liang Yue next to him, with a puzzled look on his face.

"That's the waste that was excreted from your body after being infused with natural energy. There's a river over there, I suggest you go wash it off, but it's best to dig a pit yourself, don't pollute the whole river."

"Is that so~ Will it have any impact on my body?"

"There is an impact, but it's the beneficial kind. The Third Hokage also underwent the nourishment of natural energy before, and his body has now returned to its peak prime. Your situation is similar."

"Oh~ That's good!"

"… … Aren't you going to take a bath?"

Looking at Jiraiya's at-ease actions of grabbing the rabbit meat and putting it in his mouth, Liang Yue frowned and asked with some disgust.

"It's okay, I'll go wash after I finish eating."

"… …"

Because it was relatively close to Konoha, the security environment here was relatively good. Relying on the convenience of supplying various materials to Konoha Ninja Village, the town was also developing very prosperously.

The streets were crowded with people coming and going, and both sides of the street were also full of merchants and vendors doing all kinds of business.

Liang Yue casually bought three grilled squids from a stall. The three of them each took one, and Naruto ate it very happily, even temporarily forgetting about finding Sasuke… …

However, along the way, after learning that Jiraiya had experienced a seemingly inexplicable meditation and his strength had been improved again.

Naruto, who felt a little unbalanced in his heart, had been clamoring that he also wanted to learn new ninjutsu.

And Jiraiya, this time taking this little blondie out, in addition to finding Sasuke and Orochimaru, the main purpose was actually to train and teach Naruto.

Taking this opportunity to improve Naruto's strength was naturally an indispensable part~

So after eating the grilled squid and finding a hotel to stay in, Jiraiya took the opportunity to start Naruto's targeted teaching.

… …

"What!? You've already learned the Rasengan? How is that possible!??"

Near a forest on the outskirts of the town, Jiraiya was now looking shocked, looking at the chakra ball constantly rotating in Naruto's hand, his mouth unconsciously opening wide.

"This seems, isn't that hard? Jiraiya-sensei, the ninjutsu you taught is actually very similar to the Spirit Arrow Technique that Chunqiu taught me a few years ago~

Back then, in order to master the Spirit Arrow Technique, I spent a full four or five years!"

Naruto was now holding the Rasengan in one hand and scratching his blond hair with the other, saying with a somewhat strange expression on his face.

"Spirit Arrow Technique? I seem to have seen this ninjutsu somewhere before, um… Enough small talk! Hurry up and throw the Rasengan away and use a Spirit Arrow Technique for me to see!"

Jiraiya was now standing with his hands on his hips, shouting with a face full of suspicion.

Naruto heard the words, but he wasn't afraid. He casually threw the Rasengan in his palm towards a big tree in front of him.

Immediately, a circular pit of about one meter was smashed out of the thick tree trunk.

Then, he spread out his palms again, used the chakra in his body, and gathered it towards the center of his palm at a special frequency and sequence.

After about three seconds, a shuttle-shaped triangular arrow had already taken shape.

This arrow was about the size of an egg, the chakra was highly condensed, and it was constantly rotating.

As soon as it appeared, it stirred up a spiral airflow in the surrounding air.

Then, Naruto, under Jiraiya's solemn gaze, slapped his palm forward.

"Whoosh~!"

This large-sized Spirit Arrow was immediately like a high-speed Harmony train, rushing forward with a destructive force, with a strong spiral tail flame, destroying all obstacles in front of it~!