Chapter 103 Opportunity
at the same time.

Inside that cave space.

Qing Ming withdrew his hand from Qianye's head, fed him three ration pills as usual, ensuring that he had enough nutrition to refine his chakra, and then returned to the entrance of the cave.

Looking in the direction of the base camp in the distance, Qing Ming murmured in a low voice: "Calculating the time, it seems that the shadow clone should set off soon."

That’s right, the Qingming who followed the main force was just his shadow clone.

Originally, Qingming was planning to go there in person, but considering that the road from the base camp to here was not dangerous, he simply decided not to waste that time.

After staying outside for a while and breathing in some fresh air, Qingming tiptoed back to the cave.

He randomly found a place, sat cross-legged, and then began to use the 3,000 chakra points he had just obtained to practice the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique'.

Originally, according to his plan, these three thousand chakra points were to be divided into two, to be used to practice the 'Reflection of the Heart Technique' and the 'Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique' respectively.

But he is an illegal resident now, and practicing 'Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique' here will easily bring him trouble, so he can only give up temporarily.

In fact, it's not just now, it's been like this for the past two days.

This resulted in the number of times the 'Reflection of the Heart Technique' was practiced far exceeding the plan, while the 'Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique' was stagnant.

However, this is not important.

Qing Ming is not a rigid person. After his shadow clone comes, he can appear openly and clearly and can make up for the "Fire Style: Phoenix Fire Technique".

Anyway, as long as the general progress is ensured according to the plan, there is no need to worry about the distribution of chakra every day.

The same goes for other skills.

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In a flash, several hours passed.

It's approaching evening.

A figure appeared silently at the entrance of the cave, looked around, then pushed aside the weeds and jumped in.

Below, Qing Ming suddenly opened his eyes.

The next moment, a familiar figure appeared in front of him.

It was none other than his shadow clone.

The two of them didn't say anything, just looked at each other, and then the shadow clone released the ninjutsu.

bang~
A cloud of chakra smoke dissipated and the shadow clone disappeared.

What followed was a small amount of chakra and the other party's memories of the past two days.

Qing Ming closed his eyes for a moment, and after browsing the other party's memory, he used the "Shadow Clone Technique" again, created a shadow clone, and quietly left the cave.

The shadow clone replaced him and became the new guard.

At this point, the two completed the exchange of identities, and Qingming could finally appear outside openly.

There is nothing much to say about the days that followed. Apart from eating, sleeping and patrolling, Qing Ming practiced, while maintaining a frequency of once a day to drain Qianye's chakra.

As for the enemy
The area he was in charge of did not appear, but there were several battles in other teams, and he also provided support once.

Unfortunately, there were a lot of people there that time, and he had no way to kidnap the person without anyone noticing, so he could only kill him with great pain.

Because of this, even though the mission was almost over, he still only had Qianye as his 'chakra battery'.

Just when he was considering whether to take advantage of tomorrow's rest time to go to the front battlefield and capture a few Sand Ninjas, the opportunity suddenly came.

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This afternoon.

In the forest.

Qingming is on his last patrol.

Suddenly, a ninja dog came running from a distance, and when it got close, it braked suddenly and stopped in front of him. Qingming recognized the other party. It was the summoned beast of the squad leader, Tashiro Ukyo - Qiya.

The other party came in a hurry, there must be an order to be conveyed.

As expected, before Qingming could ask, it spoke very quickly: "Team 312, Lord Youjing has ordered you to rush to Area E12 immediately. Team 108 has been attacked and needs your support."

Team 312 is the internal number of the team led by Qing Ming. Area E12 is the patrol area of ​​Team 108, which is adjacent to Area E11 they are defending.

It was normal for the other side to ask for reinforcements when they were attacked. Qing Ming didn't waste any words and replied directly: "Okay, I understand, Qiya, you can go back and report."

"Wang~"

Hearing this, Qi Ya shouted, "Hurry up, there seem to be a lot of enemies over there."

After saying that, it ran back in a flash.

Looking at the other party's disappearing back, Qingming murmured: "It's just right to have too many enemies!"

Without any hesitation, Qing Ming immediately took out the whistle and blew it.

In less than a minute, his three subordinates arrived.

One of them asked directly: "Captain, what happened?"

Qing Ming didn't waste any words and immediately told them that Team 108 had been attacked and that the squad leader had asked them for reinforcement.

Then, he gave the order directly: "Pack up your equipment immediately, let's go!"

In fact, there was nothing much to pack. Everyone was fully armed for the mission, so they set off quickly.

However, before they could reach Area E12, they were attacked by the Sand Ninja.

"Wind Release: Kamaita no Jutsu!"

In the forest, Qingming and others were running fast when a low shout suddenly came from the front.

The next moment, a gust of wind suddenly appeared, blowing towards them from far away. The trees along the way seemed to be attacked by a sharp blade, with branches broken and leaves falling, it was a miserable scene.

Seeing this, Qingming and others quickly retreated.

Finally, after everything returned to normal, Qingming saw the person who had attacked him.

This man was about twenty years old, thin, with a pair of triangular eyes, a somewhat cold temperament, and a giant fan in his hand.

If Qingming was not mistaken, it should be the unique ninja tool of the Sand Village - the Three Star Fan.

Using this method to perform wind-style ninjutsu can effectively enhance the power of the ninjutsu.

"I just don't know how many stars the other party opened when he used the 'Wind Style: Kamaitachi Technique' just now."

Qingming was thinking in his heart, while glancing at the other three people out of the corner of his eye.

That’s right, in addition to this thin man, there were three Sand Village Chunins on the scene.

One of them had colorful paint on his face and carried a huge cylindrical object on his back, which was somewhat similar to the outfit of Kankuro in later generations.

However, Qingming saw the same family emblem on Qianye's clothes.

It is obvious that these two people are from the same family.

This made Qingming's eyes light up. He was worrying about how to get Qianye to hand over the secret puppet technique. With this person, maybe he could find a breakthrough.

However, these are all later stories. Qing Ming paid a little attention to the other party and then shifted his attention to the remaining two people.

Compared to the thin man and the puppeteer, these two were much more ordinary.

One was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a strong build, and it was obvious that he was good at physical skills. The other was in her early twenties, a rare female ninja in the ninja world, and no one knew what she was good at.

　There will be another update in the evening.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)