Chương 74: Chapter 74: Increasing Income and Reducing Expenditure
Time flew by, and it was now the next morning.
Today marked the first day of the new Chunin Exams, held at the ninja academy.
Because of this, the academy had given everyone the day off.
Today, aside from the genin coming to take the exam, only the proctoring chunin and jonin were present.
Qingming, who hadn't been to the academy in a long time, yawned as he glanced at its gates, then walked lazily inside.
He took out his exam notice, glanced at it, and headed toward the designated classroom.
Soon, he arrived at a spacious room.
It was packed with people. Although they were all genin, their aura was far more intense compared to those from times of peace.
Qingming arrived quite late.
As soon as he entered the room, he immediately attracted a lot of attention.
The room fell into silence.
These people first examined his appearance, then discreetly let their gazes linger over his Sharingan before quietly whispering among themselves.
Even though they looked away, Qingming could still feel their eyes sneaking glances at him.
He didn't care.
Scanning the room, he saw that only a few seats remained in the back corner, and he headed straight there.
As soon as he sat down, a gentle voice came from beside him, "You're Qingming, right?"
Qingming turned his head and saw a boy with a "dumpling nose," sporting a pair of dual-tomoe Sharingan, smiling at him.
Who else could it be but Uchiha Shisui?
Seeing Qingming look over, Shisui introduced himself, "My name is Uchiha Shisui. You must be Qingming, right?"
Qingming's gaze briefly flickered over Shisui's Sharingan. He nodded coldly, "That's right. Is there something you need?"
Seeing Qingming's indifferent attitude, Shisui's smile faltered slightly but quickly returned to normal. He responded with a grin, "No, nothing. Just wanted to get to know you."
"Oh."
Qingming responded briefly and then ignored Shisui, laying his head on the desk to catch some sleep.
At the same time, he recalled the results of last night's testing.
The results? A mix of good and bad.
The good news was that even after unlocking his Sharingan, it still only took him five hours to accumulate one point of proficiency.
The bad news was that the effect of the 'Yingxin Technique' had indeed weakened.
Previously, it only took two points of proficiency to increase the evolution of the Sharingan by one point, but now it took three points, or 510 chakra.
Moreover, factoring in the doubled chakra cost to maintain the Sharingan, if he wanted to accumulate thirteen points of proficiency daily like before, he would need a total of 5,700 chakra.
Although his base attributes had improved, raising his daily chakra capacity from 5,500 to 8,000, he still couldn't dedicate 5,700 chakra solely to upgrading his Sharingan.
According to his calculations, even if he accumulated thirteen points of proficiency each day, it would still take 385 days to evolve the Sharingan.
During this period, the speed at which his other skills improved would slow down significantly.
In other words, until his Sharingan evolved into the three-tomoe form, his overall strength wouldn't grow quickly.
And this was something he couldn't accept.
After the Chunin Exams, he would have to head to the battlefield.
And once on the battlefield, enemies wouldn't wait for him to slowly increase his power. So, he couldn't afford to slow down his progress.
However, he also didn't want to delay the evolution of his Sharingan.
Thus, he would need to both increase his chakra resources and reduce unnecessary expenditures.
Let's start with reducing expenditures — using the least amount of chakra to achieve the greatest results.
For now, the only solution Qingming could think of was to increase his 'Chakra Control' skill level.
Currently, it was at level 3 (220/1000), allowing him to save 16% of chakra when using ninjutsu and genjutsu.
Once it reached level 4, that number would increase to 20%.
Don't underestimate that 4% — saving even small amounts of chakra over time could add up to a considerable amount.
As his Sharingan evolved to the dual-tomoe form, his control over chakra had also become more precise.
This meant that leveling up 'Chakra Control' wouldn't be as difficult as before.
Of course, to push it further, the best course of action would be to follow his previous plan: steal a puppet technique from the Sand ninja. Through refining and controlling chakra threads, he could improve his chakra control more efficiently.
That would raise the skill's potential.
"Perhaps after heading to the battlefield, I can request to be stationed on the front line against the Sand ninja."
This thought flashed through Qingming's mind before he suppressed it, focusing instead on the idea of "increasing his resources."
Compared to the singular path of reducing expenditures, there were many more ways to increase resources.
First, he could focus on enhancing his base attributes to increase his daily chakra capacity.
And that wouldn't be too hard.
Qingming had a feeling that once he merged the 'Konoha Sword Style' with the 'Uchiha Sword Style,' his 'Constitution' attribute would improve.
When that happened, the amount of chakra he could use daily would increase.
This was one way to enhance his resources.
Another way was to rely on external tools to increase his available chakra indirectly.
For example, the Great Sword Samehada from the Hidden Mist Village.
Samehada could absorb chakra from others and transfer it to its wielder.
If Qingming could obtain it, he could use it to absorb enemy chakra, which would help him train his various skills more efficiently.
His strength would improve rapidly.
Unfortunately, at this point in time, Samehada was still in the hands of Fuguki Suikazan, a member of the Mist's Anbu, making it inaccessible to Qingming.
Even if he could meet Fuguki, Qingming wasn't strong enough to defeat him yet.
Moreover, Samehada had a will of its own and only recognized wielders it liked.
So even if Qingming managed to get it, he might not be able to use it.
Similarly, there was the Infinite Hole Armor from the Craftsmen Village. It could also absorb external chakra and feed it back to its wearer.
But compared to the real Samehada, the Infinite Hole Armor was even harder to obtain since it hadn't even been created yet.
So, Qingming could only dream about that for now.
Aside from these ninja tools, some ninjutsu techniques also had chakra absorption properties.
For example, Water Style: Great Shark Bullet Technique, Earth Style Barrier: Earth Prison Dome of Magnificent Nothingness, the Reaper Kiss, and Wood Style: Wood Dragon Technique. Theoretically, all of these could speed up his growth.
However, learning these techniques either required unique bloodline limits or new chakra natures, making them out of reach for Qingming at the moment.
Additionally, these techniques weren't easy to obtain. Even if he wanted to learn them, the opportunities might not present themselves.
Still, this showed that chakra-absorbing techniques were not uncommon.
As a member of the ancient Uchiha clan, which had been around for thousands of years, Qingming believed his clan likely had similar techniques in their collection.
"Maybe after the exam, I can start searching for some."
With this thought, Qingming gradually drifted into sleep.
A moment later, Shisui glanced at the softly snoring Qingming in the distance and couldn't help but marvel at how carefree his clanmate was.
At a time like this, he could still sleep so soundly.
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