Chapter 41: The Tree May Wish for Calm, but the Wind Will Not Stop
In just a single month, elite chunin Yamada Tsugiyuki realized—
There was basically nothing left he could teach Li Jie xuan!
It had to be said that this was a major blow to Yamada Tsugiyuki, who was already past thirty…
Li Jie xuan felt the same sense of regret. He patted Yamada Tsugiyuki on the shoulder in consolation and said, "Yamada, don't be sad. At least you were once my teacher. That alone makes this life worth it!"
"Once?"
Yamada widened his eyes in confusion. That past-tense phrasing startled him. "I should still be your teacher, shouldn't I?"
"Oh?"
Li Jie xuan raised an eyebrow and shot back, "If you're my teacher, then what exactly can you still teach me?"
Yamada Tsugiyuki froze on the spot. He had never expected Li Jie xuan to be so heartless without even blinking. Looking at the way Li Jie xuan was sizing him up now, it was like he was staring at a napkin that had just been used to wipe someone's nose…
"I am an elite chunin. I've mastered one A-rank technique and three B-rank techniques!"
Yamada Tsugiyuki curled his lips arrogantly. "What you've learned these past few days is only the surface…"
Hearing this, Li Jie xuan naturally seized the opening. "In that case, Teacher Yamada, don't you think you should teach me the other two B-rank techniques as well?"
"Mm, of course."
Yamada Tsugiyuki nodded lightly, but soon began shaking his head again, smiling bitterly. "Jie xuan-kun, so this is what you were waiting for all along."
"I'd really like to teach you, but those are all family secret techniques."
As he said this, Yamada Tsugiyuki seemed to remember something and blinked slyly. "However…"
"However what?"
Li Jie xuan's eyes widened. If he could learn Yamada Tsugiyuki's family secret techniques, his combat power would undoubtedly rise to another level.
"If you're willing to marry into our family and form an alliance with our descendants, then it could be discussed," Yamada Tsugiyuki said, staring intently at Li Jie xuan. In his view, a genius like Li Jie xuan—so long as he didn't die—was destined to become one of Konoha's leading figures in the future.
This investment wouldn't lose money!
If Li Jie xuan ended up becoming Hokage, their Yamada clan might very well leap into the ranks of powerful noble families.
At that thought, Yamada Tsugiyuki was practically drooling…
But when he came back to his senses, he realized that Li Jie xuan had already walked far away.
"Marriage alliance?"
How could Li Jie xuan possibly agree.
Not to mention his promise to Tsunade—even if Li Jie xuan truly wanted to marry right now, a tiny clan like the Yamada family wouldn't even be in the running.
Character: Li Jie xuan.
Chakra Level: Genin baseline (growth).
Ninja Tools: Space-Time Kunai.
Items: Twenty-three bottles of Stamina Potions.
Mastered Ninjutsu: Minor Lightning Blade (A+). Eight Gates Release—Injury Gate (A). Earth-Style Wall (B), Wind Style: Great Breakthrough (C), Great Fireball (C)…
Aside from chakra reserves, Li Jie xuan was essentially built to the template of an elite chunin.
Compared to Yamada, he even possessed one additional A-rank technique! A 3-year-old chunin—if news of this were to get out…
Li Jie xuan would become the most dazzling existence in all of Konoha, and countless factions would do everything possible to pull him onto their clan's war chariot.
However, Li Jie xuan had no intention of doing that…
The saying went the same as always: the taller the tree, the stronger the wind. In this era of war and chaos, assassinating outstanding enemy geniuses was simply far too common.
Yet even if the tree wished for calm, the wind would not stop. Just after parting ways with Yamada Tsugiyuki, someone came knocking…
"Hyuga Yizu?"
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