Chapter 188 Promotion
Da Da Da~
There was a sound of rapid footsteps.

An Rock Ninja was running wildly in the forest, looking back from time to time, his eyes filled with tension and anxiety.

His name is Andino, a Chunin. Today, under the order of his superiors, he and three teammates came to harass the Konoha ninjas who occupied their village stronghold.

Everything was going smoothly. After one person was slightly injured, they surrounded and annihilated a Konoha Chunin and a Konoha Genin on the outskirts of the battlefield.

But just as they were preparing to clean up the battlefield and leave, a figure suddenly appeared on the scene, and with just one encounter, he knocked down the strongest among them.

Then in close combat, he dodged their attacks like a ghost, and quickly defeated the two men.

Finally, he was the only one who escaped.

Recalling the battle scene just now, Andino couldn't help but shudder, thinking to himself: "It turns out that there is no wrong nickname, only the wrong name."

"Ghost Sword Qingming."

Andino uttered these four words with gritted teeth, his voice revealing endless hatred and fear that was difficult to conceal.

"Why? You want to talk to me about something?"

Suddenly, a voice came from above my head, containing some teasing and mocking meaning.

"what?"

Andino was startled by the sound, and he immediately braked and looked up instinctively.

Then, he saw a pair of blood-red Sharingan.

bang~
Andino fell to the ground due to the illusion.

Qing Ming instantly stepped forward, formed seals with his hands, and used the "Chakra Scalpel". He skillfully cut off the muscle groups and nerve transmissions of the opponent's limbs, eliminating the opponent's ability to escape.

After doing all this, Qingming said to the back: "Okay, come out!"

As he finished speaking, two shadow clones appeared in the field, one of them held a Rock Ninja in each hand, while the other held one in only his right hand.

Apparently, these were Andino's three teammates.

Now including him, the entire team, four people, are all here in good order.

Qing Ming threw Andino to the second shadow clone and said, "You can go now. Be careful on the road and don't get discovered."

"Ah."

The two shadow clones nodded, and without any unnecessary words, they took their people away.

After they left, Qing Ming glanced at the scene, confirmed that no one was following them and that no traces were left, and then disappeared from the scene.

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That night.

Within the stronghold.

Qing Ming left behind a shadow clone to deal with possible accidents, while his real body carefully avoided the patrolling Konoha ninjas and went to the secret base quietly.

Well.
It’s a bit of an exaggeration to call it a secret base.

In fact, it was just a secret cave in the mountains. Qingming cleaned it up and it was about 70 or 80 square meters.

Anyway, he didn't plan to enjoy himself here, so having a place to stay was enough.

When they arrived at the base, a figure appeared quietly. He looked exactly like Qingming, and it was actually his shadow clone.

The two looked at each other, and the shadow clone released the ninjutsu, turning into a ball of chakra, carrying the corresponding memories, and poured into Qingming's mind.

After quickly browsing the other person's memory and making sure there was nothing unusual, Qing Ming walked into the cave.

Looking at the seven people lying unconscious on the ground, Qing Ming nodded with satisfaction. This was his harvest today, seven Iwagakure Chunins, if they squeezed their full strength, each of them could absorb 7,000 to 8,000 chakra points every day.

Of course, he couldn't kill all the fish.

But even if we take sustainable development into consideration and appropriately reduce the pressure on these captives, each person can still extract 5,000 chakra points per day.

Thus, seven people would have 35,000 points, which is more than half more than the 21,000 chakra points he could recover on his own every day.

Although this is not a large number, it is definitely not a small number. If it is distributed properly, it can significantly accelerate his strength improvement.

However, there is no rush for the distribution, as ten days have passed since he learned the 'Palm Immortal Technique' and 'Chakra Scalpel'.

Now, his 'Chakra Refining Technique' has reached the edge of promotion. Qingming plans to upgrade it to level 5 first, and then distribute the chakra available every day.

He did it as he thought. Qing Ming came to the training room specially opened by the shadow clone, sat cross-legged, and silently practiced the "Chakra Refining Technique".

As a skill that he has mastered since the beginning, coupled with subsequent daily practice, he can now use this technique with ease.

He used his consciousness to extract strands of body energy from cells, then mixed them with spiritual energy with ease, and finally turned them into bits of chakra.

Afterwards, these chakras merged into his meridians, and then circulated in his chakra meridians together with other chakras.

At this moment, Qing Ming was like a bystander, watching the process silently, without any distracting thoughts in his mind, he just watched purely.

At this moment, time seems to have slowed down, making it impossible to feel its passage.

At a certain moment, Qing Ming was suddenly shocked and inexplicably gained a new understanding of the process before his eyes.

As soon as he thought about it, the process of mixing physical energy and mental energy to form chakra suddenly accelerated. The time spent to extract the same amount of chakra was shortened by more than half.

Qingming knew that his 'Chakra Refining Technique' should have been improved.

He interrupted his practice, opened the panel and took a look.

果不其然，他的‘查克拉提炼术’从之前的lv4（1998/2000）提升到了现在的lv5（1/5000）。

Qingming recalled the process of refining chakra just now, and felt that the speed of his active chakra recovery had more than doubled.

If expressed in numerical terms, it means that the recovery of 800 chakra points per hour has increased to 2,000 points per hour.

At the same time, the upper limit of chakra that can be increased per hour by running the "Chakra Absorption Technique" has also increased from 16 points to the current 32 points.

The only pity is that the level 5 'Chakra Refining Technique' puts a heavier burden on the body. If the 'Physical Fitness' and 'Spiritual' attributes are not improved, it can only be maintained for a maximum of six hours a day.

Despite this, his chakra recovery has increased from 21,000 points per day to 27,000 points now, a full 6,000 points increase.

There is also the chakra limit, which has been increased from a maximum of 144 points per day to 192 points.

According to this calculation, in about another month and a half, he would be able to fully tap into his body's potential and bring the chakra limit to the theoretical 35,000 points.

However, this is based on the premise that his potential no longer improves.

But given the current situation, this is almost impossible. His "Physique" attribute will definitely improve within a month and a half.

There is no other reason. After a week of full practice, his 'Palm Immortal Technique' and 'Chakra Scalpel' have both been upgraded to level 4.

其中，前者的熟练度为lv4（350/2000），后者为lv4（25/2000）。

At this time, Qingming could already feel obvious progress by performing the 'Palm Immortal Technique' to condense the Yang escape chakra to strengthen the body's cells.

Now it all depends on when his 'Constitution' attribute is improved.

(End of this chapter)