Wok Shadow Ninja

Chapter 336: The Seven Heavens Breathing Method

The next morning, just as the sky was beginning to brighten.

While brushing her teeth, Ino noticed that Choji had already gotten up early to exercise.

This was truly a rare sight.

The character on Choji's clothes was "Food," not "Grind." Getting up to train at the crack of dawn was something usually only Ino would do.

Did the fat boy take the wrong medicine today?

Ino watched from a distance while brushing her teeth.

She saw Choji running back and forth carrying a giant rock larger than his body. His breathing rhythm was rather strange. Whenever he felt tired, he would use a special breathing rhythm to keep his body running. His body fat would also tremble with the strange breathing method, and new chakra would erupt from the fat, quickly restoring most of his stamina.

Ino only needed a couple of glances to discover the power of this breathing method.

Although she hadn't officially awakened her eyes, with her relatively blurry observation ability and her own sensory ability, she could roughly grasp the flow and intensity of Choji's chakra.

The Akimichi clan's secret techniques originally stored a lot of Yang Release chakra in their fat, but it was consumable; it needed to be re-accumulated after use. Now, with the strange breathing method, Choji seemed to be able to extract chakra from his fat without consuming much of it.

This was very magical.

Ino spat out the mouthwash and watched seriously.

Soon, Shikamaru also joined the queue of onlookers. The two looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes. This didn't look like an Akimichi clan secret technique.

Breathing methods like "three long, one short" or "three short, one long" were no secret in the ninja world. Many clans had studied them, but none had taken it too seriously.

Putting aside the Six Paths-level and Kage-level, let's just talk about the most numerous ninja on the battlefield: the genin.

A genin's fight is usually a matter of a few moves. Unleash all your body's power, stab a kunai into the enemy's heart, and it's over.

At the moment of life and death, who has time to consider breathing rhythm and cardiopulmonary function? Use as much strength as you have! Kill the enemy, and then no one cares how you breathe in and out. Conversely, if the enemy doesn't die and you do, then you don't need to worry about breathing anymore.

Learning how to unleash the full power of your body in battle, ignoring breathing, ignoring the various signals your body sends, with only your enemy in your eyes, fighting like a cold machine—this was the training method of mainstream ninjas!

Now, Choji's training method seemed a bit non-mainstream to Ino and Shikamaru, like a case of "our Huashan School all practices swordsmanship, but you insist on practicing internal energy."

"Should I go talk to him?" Shikamaru asked in a low voice.

His talent and insight in taijutsu were average. In this aspect, Ino, as a Jounin, certainly had more say.

Ino hesitated for a moment. "Choji might not be unaware of these things. For him to be training like this now, he must have his own ideas. Let's watch for a bit longer."

The two didn't make a fuss. They quickly packed up and continued across the desert.

That night, they camped again, still building a house with Wood Release. Then the three ate and rested.

In the middle of the night, Choji secretly left the camp and continued to learn the breathing method from Shira, who was following them from a distance.

This was a taijutsu training method called the "Seven Heavens Breathing Method," which Shira had developed himself.

Choji explained the mainstream views of the current ninja world to Shira, which made Shira, who had been working in isolation, break out in a cold sweat. It was only then that he realized his path had gone astray.

But he couldn't be blamed for this. He had no one to guide him at all; he could only practice according to his own ideas.

His Seven Heavens Breathing Method was actually of a very high level and had a grand scope.

But even he, the creator, couldn't achieve "seven heavens," that is, the effect of breathing seven times in a row and vibrating the chakra pathways seven times in a row. He had always thought it was because his physical training was insufficient. After meeting Choji and gaining a lot of knowledge that was now considered basic in the ninja world, he realized he had taken a detour.

Choji helped him supplement his basic knowledge, and he taught Choji his breathing method.

The two taught and learned from each other. When Choji went to a distant place to train, Ino appeared behind Shira like a ghost.

Shira's expression was a little puzzled. He didn't know how she had appeared. A living person suddenly appearing behind him was very incredible for him, who had trained his body almost to the extreme. But he didn't think much of it. He really didn't know any ninjutsu or genjutsu; maybe this was some kind of ninjutsu effect.

Ino didn't explain either; she had left a Flying Thunder God formula on Choji's backpack during the day and teleported over at night.

"Are you the genius ninja from Konoha that the little fatty was talking about? Truly amazing," Shira praised sincerely.

The two hadn't fought, so it was hard to say who would win, but some external signs could be seen. Shira prided himself on his taijutsu having few rivals in the world, but Ino's taijutsu was not much weaker than his. Combined with ninjutsu and genjutsu, if they really fought, Shira would definitely lose.

Ino looked at him and asked, word by word, "Excuse me, what is your purpose in following us?"

"If I said I met you by chance, would you believe me?"

"I don't believe you."

"I really did meet you by chance. Whether you believe it or not, that's the truth."

Ino carefully studied the young man in front of her. This person was about in his early twenties, five or six years older than them, and five or six years younger than Kakashi and Asuma. He stood there like an unsheathed sharp sword. His breathing rhythm was quite unique, his breath long and continuous. If you didn't listen carefully, you could hardly hear his breathing.

This was a master who had trained his body to the bone, the kind of fierce person who was a ninja in name but a berserker in reality.

It was very unwise to think about breathing rhythm in battle, but if this kind of breathing was practiced into an instinct, that was another matter.

Without a certain talent and perseverance, it was difficult for a normal person to change their breathing rhythm. You can adjust your breathing rhythm when meditating or running, but being distracted at the moment of life and death means death. The cost is too high, so all the major hidden villages opposed the practice of breathing methods. It wasn't that this thing was bad, but that it was too difficult to practice, with little reward for the effort.

"It seems you're not a ninja from the Sand Village? Are you interested in going to Konoha? In Konoha, even without any ninjutsu or genjutsu, you can become an excellent ninja. After becoming a Konoha ninja, a wealth of knowledge will be open to you. Standing on the shoulders of predecessors, with the help of their knowledge and experience, you can perfect your breathing method bit by bit. How about it? Interested?"

Ino extended an invitation.

Shira shook his head, his expression unchanged.

Choji had said the same thing once before, and he had refused last night. His choice now was still to refuse.

"Thank you for your kindness, but I'm sorry. The Sand Village indeed doesn't acknowledge me, but I was born here, grew up here. The yellow sand that fills the sky is my home. Your mountains and rivers may be beautiful, but they have nothing to do with me."

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