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#322 - Chunin Exam Selection

"Ah? The Chunin Selection Exams!? If I pass, I can become a Chunin!?"

Hearing this news from Kakashi, Naruto's face lit up with joy.

I guess this little blonde brat must have just learned a new ninjutsu and wants to show off…

"That's right, I've already signed up all three of you, and the preliminary selection format is that all three members of a team must participate. If one person forfeits, the entire team will be disqualified!"

Kakashi said this with his hands on his hips, as if it were obvious.

Hearing Sasuke's words, Naruto fell into deep thought…

"Before, Chunqiu even specially treated us to barbecue…"

Sakura reminded him from the side.

"Oh~ So that's what it was for! Then Chunqiu doesn't need to take the exam, so awesome!"

"… …."

"Also, it's not just our Konoha; the Chunin Selection Exams of other countries in the ninja world will all be held in our Konoha this time. When the time comes,

you should be able to see many peers from other villages. It's a good opportunity to observe the level of others."

Kakashi reminded them helplessly.

"Needless to say! Our Konoha is definitely the best! Our team is definitely the strongest! What do you say, Chunqiu?"

"You still lack practical experience…"

Facing Naruto's optimism, Liang Yue immediately poured a bucket of cold water on him.

"But the Land of Waves mission last time~"

"During the last mission, basically only Kakashi-sensei and I took action."

"Oh… …"

… …

After finishing training with Team 7, Kakashi rarely treated them to Ichiraku Ramen again.

After finishing the meal, the sun on the horizon began to slowly set.

As soon as he entered the Hyuga clan's gate, the Hyuga clan leader, not knowing where he got the news from, directly called Liang Yue into a room alone.

He inquired about the matter of the Spirit Arrow Technique ascending to the sky before.

After learning that this was just taking the operation of the Spirit Arrow Technique outside the body and increasing the chakra input, Hyuga Hiashi's pair of Byakugan eyes suddenly flashed with a bright light…

Afterwards, the Hyuga clan leader encouraged Liang Yue and then let him leave.

Walking slowly towards his own small courtyard, as soon as he turned the corner of the alley, he found a person standing in front of his courtyard gate.

It was Hinata~

The little girl was holding a food box in her hand at this moment.

"Hinata~"

"Chunqiu! You're back!"

"Why are you waiting here?"

"These past few days, I've been busy with missions and also being brought to the house by Kurenai-sensei for guidance. I haven't seen Chunqiu. Today, I wanted to come and have dinner with Chunqiu.

Um… Chunqiu, have you eaten yet?"

"Not yet. As soon as I got back, the clan leader called me into the room and asked me about some things. I'm actually hungry right now. Hmm~! This box smells so good! What dishes are there?"

"They're all Chunqiu's favorite~"

"Hinata knows me best. Let's go~ Let's talk inside!"

"Hehe~"

… …

Putting his arm around Hinata's soft little waist, he came to the room. Even though it was his second meal, with Liang Yue's physical fitness and spiritual power cultivation, even if he multiplied this amount by ten, it wouldn't matter to him~

With a turn of spiritual energy, the food could directly turn into nutrients and residue in his stomach.

During the meal, the two talked about the Chunin Exams, interspersed with some interesting things that happened during missions.

The atmosphere seemed very warm~

Between glances, from the way this little girl held her chopsticks, Liang Yue keenly noticed a trace of abnormality.

Taking Hinata's little hand over to look at it, he saw that her palms and fingers were covered in bruises, and some joints were already peeling.

After inquiring, he learned that Hinata had recently been allowed by her father, the Hyuga clan leader, to learn profound Gentle Fist techniques, and she was currently practicing Eight Trigrams Empty Palm.

She had to do missions and work hard at cultivation on weekdays, so naturally, it would be very hard.

Seeing this, Liang Yue got up and went back to the house. When he came out again, he had two bottles of Ancient Fruit Wine in his hand.

"This is… wine? But Father said that underage people are not allowed~ to drink alcohol."

Hinata's face was red at this moment. Seeing the things in his hand, she hesitated and said softly.

"This is medicinal wine. I accidentally obtained it during a mission in the Land of Waves. It's very effective. As long as you drink a cup, the injuries on your hands will be healed by tomorrow."

Saying that, Liang Yue uncorked one of the bottles and took two cups from the side, pouring two small cups, and then sat beside Hinata, pushing one of the cups in front of her.

"Try drinking a little to taste it. The taste of this wine is probably similar to juice."

"Oh…"

Looking at the little girl holding the cup in both hands and then sipping it into her mouth little by little, Liang Yue couldn't help but smile gently.

Speaking of which, since coming to the Naruto world, he hadn't had a drink for quite some time.

This time, it could be considered a good excuse to take half a cup.

Since his body became smaller, many of Liang Yue's habits had to be corrected. After all, Konoha was a highly militarized town.

Don't look at the peacefulness on the surface, with people living and working in peace, but secretly, it was also filled with various unknown stories and ugliness.

Like the Anbu, the Root, and sometimes the Third Hokage would personally come down and sneak around the village with a crystal ball.

Under such circumstances, it was really not appropriate for him to let himself go.

However, after living here for more than six years, Liang Yue had already gotten used to it.

Moreover, because he was in the Hyuga clan's prestigious family, things were convenient in many ways.

It was just that in the following time, the simple and fulfilling rhythm of life like before in the Ninja School would be gone forever, and the Naruto plot would officially open.

The first to bear the brunt was Orochimaru's Konoha Crush plan during the final stage of the Chunin Exams.

In addition, compared to Liang Yue's methodical and improving situation,

Teacher Shizuka, Senior Saeko, Xiao Zhao, and Yang Buhui in the Outpost World were a little different.

There was no way around it. He himself could be considered to have grown up in a completely new environment since childhood, with people to accompany him.

The elder sisters were purely accompanying Liang Yue, enduring the time and cultivating hard.

Now, a full six years had passed.

Approximately starting two years ago, the women had gradually left, temporarily returning to reality.

Aunt Takagi Yuriko was the first to not be able to hold on~

There was no way around it. Who let this wife-person aunt be the oldest among a group of elder sisters?

Um~ I can't even count as the oldest.

But as a normal human being, after coming out of the Apocalypse World, Yuriko was already in her thirties.

Now she had wasted several years in the Outpost World, plus Liang Yue's previous few experiences in the heavens and worlds.

Adding these together, Yuriko was now definitely over forty years old…

Fortunately, age was not a problem for Liang Yue and the others.

Especially when Yuriko successfully broke through to the Innate Realm and was infused with the heaven and earth spiritual energy in the Outpost World, thus realizing a transformation.

Her entire appearance and body had returned to the appearance of just over twenty years old.

However, after breaking through the Innate and then consolidating her cultivation, this sister finally chose to go to reality temporarily.

Not long after her, Teacher Shizuka and Big Sister Minami Rika left with Yuriko.

However, surprisingly, Teacher Shizuka was actually the first to advance to the Innate Realm among this group of village sisters.

If it weren't for waiting for her good girlfriend Minami Rika, this beautiful school doctor could have gone out early.

Then, it was the Takagi Saya, Busujima Saeko, Xiao Zhao, and Yang Buhui quartet. They advanced to the Innate Realm almost simultaneously.

The process was unusually smooth~

However, this was almost nonsense.

With Liang Yue, who had cultivated to the Innate Realm twice in a row, guiding them by the side, and spiritual medicine to assist them, it would be difficult not to break through.

In comparison, the remaining Elf Princess Arwen, the Giant Eagle Clan's Rachel, and Nana had somewhat special situations.

And the three of them planned to stay in the Outpost World all the time~!

Nana was because she was young. The purpose of not leaving the Outpost World was to seize the time to enhance her cultivation.

In addition, she also had to seize the time to grow up…

Arwen and Rachel, on the other hand, were purely because of their racial advantages. They didn't care about these few years at all.

Moreover, the path that the two of them were currently majoring in was the magic side, and martial arts was only an auxiliary for them.

Since it wasn't the mainstream path among the crowd, Liang Yue couldn't give them too much guidance, so they had to rely on themselves to spend time and painstakingly research.