69novels Chapter 152 Portable Space, Stepping into the Void
Chapter 152 Portable Space, Stepping into the Void
Chapter 143 Portable Space, Stepping into the Void
"After consuming the healing fruit, Huimei will be able to share a significant portion of the treatment work at the Red Cross Society in the future."
"But once this ability is exposed, it will probably attract the covetous eyes of all the major ninja villages—it remains to be seen which fools will be the first to run into it."
Xingyuan Qianshuo pondered to himself, stood quietly for a moment, and then a flash of inspiration struck him. He took out a storage scroll.
"Huimei, take another dandelion fluff ball from me."
"Yes, teacher," Huimei replied obediently.
This time, she was already quite skilled. With a gentle wave of her hands, a lush green dandelion quickly grew, and soon a golden fluffy seed head appeared at the top.
Xingyuan Qianshuo caught the floating fluff ball, carefully placed it on the storage scroll, and then formed a hand seal to cast a spell, causing the fluff ball to disappear instantly.
"It really works. Storage scrolls can preserve items for a long time, almost unaffected by the passage of time—isn't that equivalent to having a healing talisman?"
He shook his head and chuckled, then formed another hand seal, and the fluffy ball emerged from the scroll and floated up gently.
Knowing that she would be holding a free clinic in Morino Castle, Emi decided it was inconvenient to show herself directly, but she could store some pom-poms in advance in case of emergency.
As long as you pay attention to how you use it, you don't have to worry about being detected by the ninjas coming from Kikyo Castle, and you can also verify the specific effects of the Healing Fruit.
"Huimei, you've extracted nineteen pom-poms from me in a row."
"Okay." Huimei vaguely understood her teacher's plan and gladly did as she was told.
Using this ability to help others is so much easier than being bitten and bitten by others in the past.
Nineteen pom-poms were quickly made.
Including the previous one, a total of twenty pom-poms were sealed away together.
Xingyuan Qianshuo felt the consumption of chakra within his body—approximately four thousand points.
Compared to the therapeutic effects that the pom-poms can provide, this amount of consumption is negligible.
"How are you? Do you feel any depletion of your stamina or chakra?" he asked, turning to Huimei.
"No. Are you tired, teacher?" Huimei blinked and asked in return.
"It seems that this blood donation dandelion only consumes the energy of the donor." Xingyuan Qianshuo understood.
He made a rough estimate and replied, "The consumption is not much; one fluff ball is roughly equivalent to casting one Water Ripple Technique."
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"Oh." Huimei nodded, seemingly understanding but not quite.
Although she had been practicing Water Chaos Waves, she had never carefully felt the consumption of chakra, nor did she ever feel any strain.
"Let's continue," Xingyuan Qianshuo said gently. "Each set contains twenty flowers, so let's extract nine more sets."
The two repeated the process and soon collected a total of ten sets of pom-poms.
Hui Mei still showed no signs of depletion, while Xingyuan Qianshuo had indeed consumed about 40,000 chakra points.
He swallowed several military ration pills and sat quietly to recover.
At this moment, he noticed that Huimei was still deep in thought—the teaching scroll's effect time had not yet ended, so he did not disturb her.
A moment later, Hui Mei held her hands to her chest, and a golden pom-pom suddenly bloomed in her palms.
"Hmm?" Xingyuan Qianshuo was somewhat surprised—this was not one of the three abilities that Mansherry had demonstrated.
"Teacher, I can now use my own chakra to make dandelion fluff balls!" Hui Mei said happily.
"Very good." Xingyuan Qianshuo nodded with a smile. "Is the chakra consumption high?"
"Just like the teacher said, it's similar to casting Water Ripple."
"Great, Hyemi can use this ability to help others in the future."
"Yes!" Huimei nodded with a bright smile.
It wasn't that she didn't want to treat others, she just didn't want to be bitten again. Now that she had this ability, it was so much better.
Xingyuan Qianshuo pondered for a moment, then said seriously, "Huimei, this ability is extremely valuable and may attract the covetousness of others. You must work harder to cultivate and improve your strength."
"Yes, teacher."
"Also, don't mention to others that this is an ability you gained by eating the fruit. Just say that it's a bloodline limit you were born with," Hoshino Senju instructed.
"Okay, teacher."
Huimei understood the power of that fruit and, fearing she might cause trouble for her teacher, solemnly nodded in agreement.
Next, instead of letting Huimei continue to develop her Devil Fruit abilities, he took advantage of the teaching scroll's effects to guide her in training her chakra control.
Half an hour later, the scroll effect disappeared, and he let Huimei practice water-style ninjutsu as usual.
Xingyuan Qianshuo, while adjusting his breathing, pondered how to develop the power of space.
He possesses 35% of the original spatial power, but he can only use it to conserve chakra for the Flying Thunder God Technique, which clearly indicates that his development is insufficient.
Just like now, storing these healing fluff balls and still using basic space-time ninjutsu like sealing scrolls, just like ordinary ninjas, doesn't seem right at all.
After a moment of thought, he raised his hand, gathered chakra, and gently waved it, trying to sense the texture of space as if touching flowing water.
Concentrate and calm your mind, touch and feel it again and again, and imagine that the chakra and space become more and more compatible and merge into one.
Twenty minutes later, the chakra in his palm turned black, and the light, watery touch suddenly became viscous, with ripples spreading in front of his slowly advancing palm.
Xingyuan Qianshuo was overjoyed. Without stopping, he continued to try, following the feeling he had just had, and changed his chakra to a black state.
"Is this a new chakra nature transformation? Spatial chakra? What can it be used for?" Thoughts raced through his mind.
After becoming familiar with this change in chakra nature, Xingyuan Qianshuo stopped.
After a moment's thought, he took out another storage scroll, placed a kunai on it, activated his chakra to turn it black, and formed a hand seal—the kunai disappeared.
The seemingly normal operation caused Xingyuan Qianshuo's heart to suddenly race, because he sensed the presence of the kunai, which was sitting still in a small space.
When storing items in a storage scroll, one can only sense them and summon them by forming hand seals and releasing chakra.
Now that he has finished casting the spell, he can still feel the presence of the kunai, which is clearly very different.
The key issue wasn't the kunai, but rather the cramped space.
The kunai was something that already existed, but the narrow space appeared abruptly. It was not in the sense of up, down, left, or right, as if it were in another dimension.
Xingyuan Qianshuo felt very close to the small space, as if it belonged to him alone.
After a moment's thought, he used black chakra to form hand seals again, and without the aid of scroll runes, a kunai instantly appeared in front of him.
At this moment, the small space could still be perceived, and it even expanded slightly.
"It was my black chakra that created that space, or rather, it was a small area that was imbued with my space-attribute chakra."
Xingyuan Qianshuo pondered to himself. After a moment, with a slight thought, a large amount of black chakra surged from his palm, but then inexplicably disappeared, while the small space that belonged only to him continued to expand.
Xingyuan Qianshuo stopped when he sensed that the diameter of the space had reached about one meter.
"It consumed about five thousand chakra points," he thought to himself. "Is this some kind of personal space for me? I wonder if it will last forever. I'll test it out first."
He glanced at the kunai, then without forming any hand seals, black chakra surged forth, and with a slight thought, the kunai suddenly vanished, hovering in that spherical space.
With another thought, the kunai shifted its position in space, stopping after touching the edge.
At this moment, Xingyuan Qianshuo tried again, and the kunai suddenly appeared in his hand.
These operations do not require hand seals; they only require the use of black chakra. Once the chakra enters the space, it is automatically absorbed and used to expand the space's area.
Xingyuan Qianshuo formed a hand seal and created a shadow clone, which then tried to operate it—surprisingly, it could also do so.
Immediately, the shadow clone used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport to a hundred kilometers away to continue the attempt.
Xingyuan Qianshuo sensed that the kunai disappeared in the space for a moment, and then reappeared.
The shadow clone did not return, but instead created black chakra to expand the space before its chakra was exhausted and it dissipated.
Xingyuan Qianshuo received the memories of the shadow clone and pondered to himself, "The shadow clone can also use this personal space, which means it can transfer items or information at any time."
"Next, we'll test if time stands still—if it does, it'll be similar to Isshiki Otsutsuki and Kawaki's Daikokuten; if time is normal, it'll be similar to Obito's Kamui dimension."
After a moment's thought, he used chakra threads to grab another fish from the lake, touched the fish with black chakra, and put it into his personal space.
"So it really is completely still?"
Because the space was initially created using the hand seals of a storage scroll, he had a premonition that the space would remain frozen in time, just like a storage scroll.
After a while, he took the fish out, and it was still lively and jumping around.
"Hmm, not bad. We can let the shadow clone try to go in—it's just that the space is a bit small."
With a slight thought, Xingyuan Qianshuo continued to channel black chakra, expanding the spatial area to a diameter of nearly two meters.
He formed hand seals again to create shadow clones. Without needing to operate the main body, the shadow clones created black chakra on their own and then disappeared instantly, entering his personal space.
"Huh—the shadow clones can move? Is it because my chakra created a personal space, or because of the power of space itself?"
The original body was surprised for a moment, then threw the struggling fish in as well, but remained still, a stark contrast to the moving shadow clone.
The shadow clone touched the fish, then tossed it out, before leaving its personal space and appearing beside its main body.
"Time stands still in this space. There is no light, no air to breathe, but I can still move around and sense my true self here," the shadow clone said without dispelling its illusion.
"Is that so? Then it's a different dimension somewhat like the Daikokuten." said Xingyuan Qianshuo's true form.
"Do we need to test again?"
"If the main body enters, can it return? — Never mind, let's not test that now. Let's wait until the spatial power index is high enough."
The shadow clone nodded, then converted its chakra into black space-attribute chakra, continuing to expand its personal space until it was exhausted and dispelled.
Xingyuan Qianshuo has roughly figured out the function of this space.
"The next question is whether this space can exist indefinitely, whether there will be new changes as the spatial power increases exponentially, and whether it's possible to achieve Obito's 'Kamui' intangibility."
After thinking for a while, Xingyuan Qianshuo threw the jumping fish back into the lake, took out the scroll containing the "healing pom-poms", formed a hand seal to summon a set of twenty healing pom-poms, and sent them into his personal space.
Firstly, to continue testing, and secondly, to make it convenient for the shadow clones to access the data.
He ate three more soldier pills and sat quietly to recover his chakra.
Expanding the entire personal space to a sphere with a diameter of two meters consumed approximately 40,000 chakra points.
It may seem like a lot, but if the space can be preserved permanently, it's still worth it.
At that moment, another thought from before surfaced in his mind again.
"Ninjas can walk on water by releasing chakra from their feet—so if I use space-time chakra, can I walk on air?"
Flying is not uncommon in the ninja world.
Xingyuan Qianshuo currently possesses a method to create sand mats using magnetic escape and gold dust, allowing him to walk on sand and fly freely in the air.
There are many other ways to fly: the Sky Ninja Village uses flying ninja tools, Ebizo uses specially made puppets, Konan makes wings out of paper, the Star Ninja Village uses the Peacock Technique, Deidara uses clay creations, Sai uses ink-painted flying birds—most of these are presented in the form of wings.
More advanced techniques include special bloodline limits or ninjutsu such as Magnet Release: Gold Sand, like Gaara's Sand Manipulation Technique, Onoki's Light and Heavy Rock Technique, and Pain's Repulsion Force.
Beyond these, there are Six Paths Mode, Tenseigan Mode, and the levitation ability automatically possessed by the Otsutsuki clan.
Xingyuan Qianshuo naturally hoped to use the power of space to reach the level of Rokudo Obito, Rokudo Madara, or Otsutsuki.
However, that might only be possible if the spatial power index is higher.
Right now, he has decided to try the "stomping" mode to simulate stepping on water, stepping on the space itself.
He focused his mind and continuously released a large amount of black spatial attribute chakra from the soles of his feet.
Maintain output, slowly lift one foot, step on it as if climbing stairs, then switch feet.
Subsequently, Xingyuan Qianshuo floated upright, about twenty centimeters above the ground.
His body was slightly unsteady and swaying, but he quickly adjusted the amount and direction of his chakra output while sensing the situation.
A few minutes later, he had found his balance and lifted his foot again, switching feet, and "walked" up step by step.
Soon, he stood ten meters in the air, looking down.
"This feeling—is really great," Hoshino Senju thought to himself. "It's just that the index isn't high enough yet; it requires a lot of chakra to reach the space itself. Once the index increases in the future, it should be as easy as stepping on the ground."
He focused intently on trying to walk on a flat surface, then ran and leaped left and right.
In terms of space, there is no distinction between "up" and "down". Any angle is space itself and can be regarded as a plane. Just pay attention to the influence of gravity.
To outsiders, this kind of walking on air appears as if one is stepping on air, yet it does not make any noticeable sound.
The only slight noise was caused by the dissipation of chakra disturbing the air.
In the world of One Piece, there is a technique called "Moonwalk," which works by using powerful footwork to stomp the air multiple times in a short period of time, creating a recoil effect similar to stepping on a ladder.
However, each step of Moonwalk produces a popping sound, which is completely different from the quiet stepping of Star Source Thousand Shuo.
At that moment, Emi, who was practicing Water Release: Water Chaos Wave, sensed something was wrong. She looked up and was immediately shocked to see her teacher running and jumping in the air!
Although she had already witnessed the magic of her teacher's Flying Thunder God Technique, it still lacked a sense of reality.
Witnessing the teacher walk on air as if on flat ground at this moment is especially shocking.
Soon after, Xingyuan Qianshuo jumped down from the sky, feeling relaxed and joyful.
Perhaps because this skill is very similar to "walking on water", it is not difficult for him to master.
Of course, the core of everything lies in his possession of 35% of the original power of space, which allowed him to master the black space attribute chakra and truly feel space itself.
"The chakra consumption is really high; nearly 20,000 points have been depleted in just a short time," Xingyuan Qianshuo secretly estimated.
"Teacher, you are amazing!" Huimei ran over, her eyes full of amazement.
Xingyuan Qianshuo smiled and nodded.
"Teacher, can I learn this too?" Huimei asked expectantly.
"This is the teacher's innate ability, which others cannot learn." Xingyuan Qianshuo said with a hint of helplessness, "However, I can teach you similar skills in the future, so that you can also fly in the air."
Huimei was initially slightly disappointed, but then anticipation surged within her.
She had dreamed of flying freely in the air like a bird, and it would be wonderful if that could really happen.
Seeing this, Xingyuan Qianshuo couldn't help but smile.
He opened the system and found that the skills he had named "Portable Space" and "Skywalker" had been listed and categorized under the "Origin" column, becoming sub-skills of spatial power.
The former has no proficiency indicator, while the latter displays the proficiency level.
"A personal space is essentially a space that cannot be lifted using a scroll; it merely exists as a derivative space of spatial power."
"Should I use the Perfect Scroll to improve my ability to step into the air?" — Forget it, even if I did, it would only improve my proficiency in refining and stepping with spatial attribute chakra, not my spatial power index.
"Currently, this skill consumes too much energy and can only be used as a last resort in critical moments. It's not suitable for regular use. We'll consider using the scroll once the spatial power index continues to increase and the energy consumption decreases."
He sat down to continue regulating his breathing. Now, his chakra recovery speed has increased five or six times, but he still can't withstand the huge consumption of energy with each ninjutsu.
In the afternoon, Xingyuan Qianshuo practiced several more Fire Release, Earth Release, and Lightning Release ninjutsu he had memorized from Tobirama's ninjutsu library.
Time slipped away quietly as he cultivated himself and guided Huimei.
As the sun began to set, Xingyuan Qianshuo once again formed hand seals, leaving behind a shadow clone. He handed the previously compiled data to the shadow clone, nodded to Huimei, and then disappeared.
He did not return to Morino Castle, but went straight back to Konoha.
To conceal his presence, he greeted Tsunade in the hospital office and then teleported back to his bedroom in the Senju mansion.
Tsunade left work early and returned to her residence.
During dinner, Tsunade had a simple meal with Kushina, and after chatting for a while, she suggested that they each rest.
Kushina saw that Tsunade looked slightly tired, but she did not suspect anything.
After returning to her room, Tsunade quietly slipped out again and took some food and two bottles of sake from the kitchen.
Xingyuan Qianshuo and Tsunade were having a quiet drink in the room, which had a secret pleasure that resembled an "affair".