Chapter 353 Promotion
In a flash, four days passed.

Ever since visiting Uchiha Shisui four days ago, Qingming's life has returned to normal. Every day he is either practicing or on his way to practice.

As for the task
Perhaps because the Hidden Mist Village had just swallowed up the Forward Base and had not yet digested it, not only did they not increase the frequency of their attacks on the Fire Country border, but instead began to defend.

Similarly, Konoha was not in a hurry to retake the forward base.

Therefore, both sides entered into a strange calm situation.

For this reason, Qing Ming simply went through the motions when carrying out the mission, leaving the specific matters to the dozens of ninjas under his command.

And he himself entered a crazy state of cultivation.

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This afternoon.

Somewhere in the woods.

Qingming sat cross-legged on a blue stone.

The 'Heart-Reflecting Technique' was performed, and strands of special chakra were born from his brain due to the stimulation of this technique and penetrated into his eyes.

A tingling sensation came over Qingming, and he suppressed the discomfort and carefully felt the changes.

After about a minute, the effect of the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique' disappeared, and the special chakra decreased until it disappeared completely.

After discovering this, Qing Ming did not hesitate at all, and formed seals again, performing the "Art of Reflecting the Heart".

Once, twice.
Ten times, twenty times
Soon, an hour passed.

The setting sun in the sky has already descended to the top of the mountain, and dusk is approaching.

At a certain moment, Qing Ming opened his eyes, and a hint of excitement flashed in his eyes.

随即，他打开面板，就见其上‘映心之术’一栏，等级从lv7（19999/20000）升到了lv8（1/50000）！
That's right, after more than four days of practice, his 'Art of Reflecting the Heart' was finally advanced.

Inexplicably, Qingming felt that his understanding of the 'Art of Reflecting the Heart' had risen to a higher level.

At this time, the 'Mind-Reflecting Technique' he knew was completely different from the useless technique that the early Uchiha clan elders had tried their best to develop.

If this illusion were to be released, I'm afraid all the ninjas in the Uchiha clan would go crazy.

Unfortunately, he would definitely not do this until his strength reaches the level of being invincible in the ninja world.

He still understands the reason why holding a jade is a crime.

Once the Uchiha clan's illusion technique of developing the Sharingan step by step is leaked, not only Konoha, but other villages will not let the Uchiha clan go.

After all, any village or family with a little bit of background knows how powerful the Mangekyō Sharingan is, and they can't allow the Uchiha clan to grow like this.

Therefore, in order to avoid the disaster of genocide at his hands, Qing Ming decided to keep the secret.

Qing Ming took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, then closed his eyes. After his mood had completely calmed down, he closed the panel.

Then, he formed seals carefully and mobilized the chakra in his body as if he was practicing for the first time, performing the level 8 "Heart-Reflecting Technique".

A familiar special chakra was born and flowed into his eyes, beginning to stimulate the nervous system therein, causing his eyes to slowly evolve.

A minute and a half later, Qing Ming opened his eyes. He opened the panel again and saw that the progress bar of 'Sharingan·Mangekyo' in the bloodline column was still (5231/50000), and there was no change.

Seeing this scene, Qing Ming was slightly disappointed.

But he quickly suppressed this emotion.

Although this meant that the lv8 "Reflection of the Heart Technique" could not improve the evolution of his Mangekyō Sharingan by one point at a time, it did not mean that he had to practice it three times as before. Qing Ming took a deep breath, closed the panel, concentrated his mind, and performed the "Reflection of the Heart Technique" again.

As he expected, after just two times, his Mangekyō Sharingan evolved a little bit.

In other words, from now on, every time he performs the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique' twice, the 'Sharingan Mangekyō' will improve its evolution by one point.

This efficiency has been increased by one third compared to level 7.

At this rate, he would only need about fifteen months to accumulate 45,000 progress points, thereby upgrading his Mangekyō Sharingan.

Fifteen months, that is one year and three months.

It is June now, in other words, in September next year, his Sharingan will be able to evolve into the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.

At this point in time, Naruto was born more than a month earlier.

Even so, this is based on the premise that the chakra he allocates to the 'Heart-Reflecting Technique' every day will not increase. If he increases the investment and compresses the time of the 'Palm Immortal Technique' to strengthen his body, the speed can be even faster.

In addition, according to the current progress, when the evolution degree of his Mangekyō Sharingan reaches (30000/50000), his 'Heart Reflection Technique' will be promoted to level 9.

By then, its effect on the evolution of the Sharingan will increase, and this time will be further shortened.

Therefore, as long as there are no major changes, his Mangekyō Sharingan will definitely complete its evolution before September next year.

After coming to this conclusion, Qing Ming's mood, which had finally calmed down, became agitated again.

Qing Ming tried for a long while but failed to suppress his restlessness, so he simply stood up and went to the place where his shadow clone was practicing.

Although he had just copied and learned the 'Water Style: Great Samedan Technique' from Hoshigaki Kisame not long ago, just like the 'Microscopic Extraction Technique' and 'Water Style: Mist Concealment Technique' he had learned before, he did not have any extra chakra invested.

So, it can only be put on hold for the time being.

At present, there are still only six shadow clones practicing in the field, three of which are practicing "Wind Style: Wind Blade", "Rasengan" and "Wind Style: Rasenshuriken" respectively.

The other two practiced 'Water Style: Water Dragon Bullet Technique' and 'Water Style: Water Array Wall'.

As for the last one, he was practicing 'Illusion Sword Technique' and 'Instant Sword Technique'.

It can be said that both time and chakra have been squeezed to the limit by him.

Seeing this scene, Qingming nodded with satisfaction, then returned to Qingshi and started practicing the "Art of Reflecting the Heart" again.

Although this kind of repetitive practice has the support of the proficiency panel and you can see your progress every time, it will still feel boring after a long time.

Therefore, every once in a while, he would change a skill to practice, such as the 'Palm Immortal Technique'.

Before leaving the forward base, Qingming said that within ten days or half a month at most, his body would reach the critical point of transformation.

Now more than four days have passed, and Qingming's feelings are becoming clearer.

He was sure that this critical point would arrive in a week at most.

By then, by using the power of 'Human Control', he can easily break the shackles and transform his body.

By then, his 'Physique' attribute will increase, his chakra limit and chakra recovery speed will increase, and he will have extra chakra to practice 'The Technique of Extracting Thin Veins', 'Water Style: Mist Hiding Technique', and 'Water Style: Great Samedan Technique'.

With this thought in mind, Qing Ming no longer thought about it, and began to seize the time to perform the "Palm Immortal Technique" to strengthen his body.

(End of this chapter)