Multiverse Skill System

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Now that things have come to this, they can't expect to completely stop the spread of martial arts. It's just that now, nine out of ten people have the methods of practicing martial arts. The law can't punish everyone, and they can't possibly monitor everyone.

Fortunately, they also found out that apart from those who were truly talented, everyone else only had the national martial arts training method of reaching the Ming Jin level. This was the only thing that put the major ninja villages at ease.

Even for ordinary people who haven't reached the level of Ming Jin, they can at most put up a fight with a regular Genin. And if a Genin is prepared, killing someone with Ming Jin skills using ninjutsu is a very simple matter.

"Why aren't you saying anything? If you're not going to say anything, I'm leaving." Yi Shuihan sat on a chair he had taken out of his personal space, indicating that he was not willing to accommodate the Third Generation.

"What exactly is your purpose? Why do you want to spread traditional martial arts?" the Third Generation asked, his eyes fixed on Yi Shuihan.

"What's the purpose? It's simply to promote and develop traditional Chinese martial arts, since its core principle is the strength of the nation and its people," Yi Shuihan said earnestly.

The Third Generation didn't want to believe a single word Yi Shuihan said, but he could tell that Yi Shuihan really wasn't lying.

Although it was for a mission, Yi Shuihan's real goal was to promote and develop traditional Chinese martial arts.

The third generation fell silent, unsure of what to say.

"Do you know that what you're doing might start a war?"

"It can't be that bad! Even if an ordinary person practices traditional martial arts, they still wouldn't be a match for a ninja, right?"

That was indeed the case before reaching the Dan level, or before transforming into a higher level. However, once one enters the higher level and their bloodline undergoes a transformation, things become uncertain. At that point, someone who isn't a ninja might be able to defeat a ninja of the same level.

There are far more practitioners of Chinese martial arts than practitioners of ninjutsu. With such a large base, given time, martial arts masters comparable to or even stronger than Kage-level will eventually emerge, and that will be the moment when the conflict truly erupts.

Of course, without Yi Shuihan, that situation wouldn't have happened so quickly. After all, it's like the blind men and the elephant; breaking through to the Transformation Realm, or even a higher realm, is not easy.

"Other countries are demanding that you be handed over for trial."

The third generation finally mentioned something that made Yi Shuihan pay some attention.

To be honest, the pressure on the third generation was indeed quite great. Yi Shuihan's actions were not in the interests of the upper class. After all, the commoners gained power, which made it even more difficult for the nobles and daimyo to manage, since there were simply too many people to manage.

"You want to judge me?" Yi Shuihan chuckled lightly, saying disdainfully, "I'd like to see who can judge me! Or are you, Third Generation, also trying to judge me?"

"I can only guarantee that Konoha will not attack you." The Third Hokage said this with some apology. This was the limit of what he could do, and even so, he was under considerable pressure.

"If you guarantee that the cultivation methods above the Ming Jin level will not be passed on to outsiders, I might be able to tell them about it and prevent them from causing you trouble."

"No need, let them come if they want. It'll give me something to do."

Are you kidding me? A bunch of ants think they can make me compromise? I'm already being kind by not bothering them, yet they dare to provoke me. They're practically asking for death.

Chapter 331, Five Dragons Guardian Array

Yi Shuihan's resolute attitude left the Third Hokage speechless, leaving him no choice but to let things develop as they were. For reasons unknown, he suppressed the discontent within Konoha and even withstood the pressure from the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Although the actions of the third generation did not explicitly indicate support for Yi Shuihan, they did make other countries somewhat wary, causing them to slow down their pace. For a time, things seemed much calmer, but those in the know understood that this was merely the prelude to an impending storm.

"What are you planning to do? Just wait here for them to come?" Tsunade asked curiously. If she would have worried about this before, now that she has more power, she just wants to watch the show. Not to mention Yi Shuihan, she herself is confident that she is not afraid of anyone.

"Sitting idly by and waiting for death is not in my nature, but taking the initiative is too troublesome."

Yi Shuihan's words showed that he didn't take the crisis seriously at all, as if it were just a minor, slightly troublesome matter.

"How about this? Let's hold a martial arts gathering so everyone can speak freely. Any conflicts can be resolved by sitting down together and discussing them properly. If people can't understand each other, then we can force them to."

"What a brilliant idea!" Having spent so much time with Yi Shuihan, Tsunade had a general understanding of his personality, so she could easily guess his intention. However, she also found it extremely interesting!

Having gained new power, Tsunade has been enduring a lot of hardship without having had the chance to show it off.

"But where should we hold the event? I'm afraid the teacher won't agree to it in Konoha!" Tsunade frowned. After all, if a real fight broke out, it would inevitably cause damage to Konoha. Not to mention the Third Hokage, even she herself was extremely unwilling to accept it.

"Don't worry, just let them come here. Do you really think my hot spring resort only has those superficial functions?"

Seeing Tsunade's questioning gaze, Yi Shuihan smiled gently and then led her to a secret room in the hot spring area that she had never been to before.

"here it is?"

"The control center of the hot spring resort."

As they spoke, Yi Shuihan had already taken out five spirit stones and, under Tsunade's surprised gaze, placed them in the five pre-prepared slots.

“That’s…the one from before…” Tsunade recognized the spirit stone. She had always thought that the spirit stone could only be used for teleportation, and she was still puzzled when she saw Yi Shuihan take it out.

A few seconds later, nothing changed.

"Haven't it started yet?"

"No, it's over."

"It's over? What do you mean by 'over'?"

Tsunade thought she was hallucinating and looked around, but ultimately found nothing different.

Tsunade, who cannot sense the flow of spiritual energy, naturally felt nothing and did not understand that the array had already been activated the moment the spirit stone touched the groove, and the entire activation process took less than a second.

If someone who can sense the presence of spiritual energy comes here, they will be surprised to find that the entire hot spring resort is completely surrounded by an invisible spiritual energy shield.

Not only that, the hot spring area inside the spiritual energy shield has also undergone tremendous changes. For example, the hardness of the buildings and the space have changed significantly, but ordinary people simply cannot notice it.

"Go out and try it, you'll see."

Yi Shuihan led the still dazed Tsunade to an open space outside.

"Try attacking the ground."

Yi Shuihan's request surprised Tsunade, who immediately asked, "Are you kidding me?"

"Do I look like I'm joking? You'll understand what's going on once you do as I say."

Seeing that Yi Shuihan didn't seem to be joking, Tsunade began to ponder, could it be...?

"Tenshouji!"

She slammed her foot into the ground with a powerful kick. Of course, this was not her full strength; she only used 3% of her power. But even so, Tsunade's 3% power was no small matter. It could cause the ground within a radius of several hundred meters to cave in.

The powerful blow struck the ground, but the expected scene did not occur. Not only did it not create a dent within a radius of several hundred meters, but it did not even produce a centimeter-sized indentation. It was as if the ground did not make a sound when an ordinary person stomped their foot.

"How is this possible?" Tsunade exclaimed in surprise, then her expression changed. This time, she used her super strength punch on the ground, and it was only 8% of her strength.

The result was, naturally, the same as before.

"So hard!" Tsunade felt as if her hand had struck refined iron, but even refined iron wasn't as hard as the ground.

The ground looked perfectly ordinary, yet it possessed such hardness, leaving Tsunade utterly baffled.

"Is this the change you're talking about?"

"It seems you finally understand. That's right, that's exactly it." Yi Shuihan paused slightly and continued, "Now the entire hot spring resort is in a special formation. Under the blessing of this formation, everything here has become indestructible. Not to mention fists, even ninjutsu cannot cause any damage, not even Kage-level."

"Can I still use my Wood Release?" Tsunade suddenly asked.

"Uh!" This question really embarrassed Yi Shuihan. After all, some Wood Release techniques involve trees growing from the ground. Now that they are in a formation, the ground is indestructible, so how could trees possibly grow?

Seeing Yi Shuihan's expression, Tsunade knew the answer. She gave Yi Shuihan a disapproving look, but still didn't believe it and tried it anyway.

"Wood Release: Descent into the Tree World"

Are you going to tear this place down?

"See, it's useless, isn't it?"

As Tsunade said this, the shock in her heart was far greater than what she showed.

Of course, she didn't know that this formation also had weaknesses. Too much attack would consume spiritual energy. Just now, her attack with 5 spirit stones consumed about one percent of the spiritual energy. If she could use the same level of attack a hundred times, the formation would break due to the exhaustion of spiritual energy.

"Alright, let me show you the others!"

"There are still more?"

"Of course, my Five Dragons Guardian Formation is not that simple."

Chapter 332, The Six Paths' Peeping

Making buildings covered by the formation indestructible is indeed only the most basic function of the Five Dragons Guardian Formation.

The Five Dragons Guardian Array has five layers of protection. The first layer is its indestructibility, the second layer is its ability to absorb and transform spiritual energy, the third layer is its spatial extension, the fourth layer is its raising of the spiritual dragon, and the fifth layer is its five dragons vying for supremacy.

The so-called "spirit absorption and protection" means that when the formation is activated, it can automatically absorb the surrounding spiritual energy to maintain the supply of spiritual energy to the formation. Generally speaking, this can maintain a balance, and the spiritual energy absorbed from the outside can maintain the normal operation of the formation.

Spatial extension—this function actually appeared once before, when Tsunade underwent her transformation and Yi Shuihan activated the formation. The effect was similar to that one, except this time it applies to the entire hot spring resort. Once this function is activated, no one can leave the hot spring resort until the formation is broken.

The best defense is offense. "Spirit Dragon Rising" is a large-area AOE skill that will cause a spirit dragon to appear and clear out the people in the formation.

The final battle of the five dragons is a contest between five spirit dragons, which is much more powerful than the Spirit Dragon Raising Its Head.

Yi Shuihan explained the Five Dragons Guardian Formation to Tsunade in detail. After witnessing the spirit dragons, whose power was even greater than hers, Tsunade was completely convinced by Yi Shuihan.

This hot spring resort is no longer just a hot spring resort; it's practically an impregnable fortress. If you dare to underestimate it, you won't even know how you died.

"That way, once they enter the hot spring area, they really won't be able to cause any trouble." Tsunade was completely relieved, and at the same time, she silently mourned for three seconds those who wanted to deal with Yi Shuihan.

Yi Shuihan didn't need to personally deliver the message; he hadn't just been developing hot spring resorts all these years, otherwise, what about all those martial arts schools scattered across various countries?

A few days later, news of the first National Martial Arts Tournament being held in Konoha spread throughout the entire ninja world.

Simply holding a national martial arts tournament wouldn't be that attractive, but Yi Shuihan also revealed that as long as you participate, you might be able to obtain the complete inheritance of national martial arts, which is said to include four levels: Ming Jin, An Jin, Hua Jin, and Bao Dan.

This news completely ignited the entire ninja world, and even the Third Hokage, who originally did not intend to participate, decided to send someone to attend.

"What exactly is going on? Isn't martial arts only about visible strength and hidden strength?" Danzo glared angrily at the Third Hokage, since he had only received the training method for hidden strength from the Third Hokage.

"Sigh," the Third Generation sighed. He was actually quite frustrated. Although he had concealed the fact that he had reached the Transformation Realm, he was genuinely unaware of the later Core Formation Realm.

"I only know the cultivation method of Transformation Realm. I'm afraid only Yi Shuihan has the method of Embracing the Elixir." Knowing the power of Transformation Realm, the Third Hokage was deeply curious about the sudden appearance of Embracing the Elixir. After all, Transformation Realm was already powerful enough that he was unwilling to tell Danzo about it.

With a cold snort, Danzo said, "Let me see that martial art of the Transformation Realm."

This time, the Third Generation did provide it, and after seeing the description of the Transformation Realm, Danzo was so shocked that he was speechless for a long time.

"Is this martial art really as powerful as the authorities say?"

"Who knows? No one has reached the Transformation Realm yet."

"No matter what, we must not allow the cultivation methods of martial arts above the Huajin level to be leaked."

The Third Hokage and Danzo reached an agreement.

Similar conversations have taken place in many places.

Konoha quickly became the focus of the ninja world, attracting spies from other countries and people who wanted to participate in the National Martial Arts Tournament. This put a lot of pressure on Konoha, and it was already difficult to maintain a semblance of order.

There are countless examples in the ninja world of people going to war at the slightest disagreement. In addition, there are always some degree of enmity between different ninja villages, so fierce battles often occur in Konoha.

Konoha seemed to have declined considerably as a result. If it weren't for Konoha's extremely strong foundation, it would probably have been torn to pieces by these lawless ninjas long ago.

"Is this the place? The Myriad Realms Hot Spring Resort. It hasn't been open for several days in a row."

"Some people in Konoha say that this hot spring is quite magical; just soaking in it will greatly increase your strength."

"How could anyone believe something like this? Do they think we're fools?"

Spies from various countries had already surrounded the hot spring resort. There was a foreign ninja every few dozen meters. Some even infiltrated the resort to investigate, but they never came out again.

"Time is running out, should we not let them in?" Inside the hot spring, Yi Shuihan seemed oblivious to everything around him, continuing to do his own thing.

"Isn't there still 3 days? Besides, Tsunade, why are you so agitated!" Yi Shuihan didn't understand why Tsunade cared about this more than he did. Was this what they called "the emperor isn't worried, but the eunuchs are dying of anxiety"?

In fact, Yi Shuihan was quite concerned about this matter, because after the National Martial Arts Tournament was decided, the system also strangely issued a related task. The goal of the task was to make him the recognized founder of national martial arts in the ninja world. As for the reward, Yi Shuihan couldn't understand it. It was actually a chance to travel through time.

It could be said that if Yi Shuihan wanted to, he could leave this ninja world after this. However, he naturally wouldn't do that. He still had another mission to complete, which was a 100% guaranteed golden lottery. It would be worth staying for decades or even centuries to complete it.

"The founder of Chinese martial arts? This is going to elevate my status to the same level as the Sage of Six Paths who spread ninjutsu! In that case, I'll also be a sage-level figure."

While amusing himself, Yi Shuihan suddenly felt a gaze upon him. That gaze did not come from the real world, but from another strange world connected to the Ninja World.

"That old codger, the Sage of Six Paths? He really is a peeping tom! But he actually seems to have the strength of a Bronze 3-star, so his strength is indeed not to be underestimated!"

Yi Shuihan didn't hide anything, and stared intently at the direction of the Six Paths Immortal before resuming his lazy demeanor.

"What! Did he discover me? Or was this just an accident?" The Sage of Six Paths was also somewhat shocked, but that was all. He didn't intend to do anything. He had no particular thoughts about Yi Shuihan at the moment.

Even if he did, he wouldn't easily interfere in the ninja world. He hoped for peace, but he wouldn't take action himself, because he had tried before and failed. He had seen through it all and placed his hopes on his two children.

Chapter 333, Discussion with the Sage of Six Paths

The Sage of Six Paths, whose real name is Hagoromo Otsutsuki, is the eldest son of Kaguya Otsutsuki. He inherited the Rinnegan from Kaguya's power and possesses unparalleled strength, basically unmatched by anyone except his mother.

This man single-handedly ushered in the ninja era and could suppress the entire world by himself. Although he no longer has a physical body, it would be a big mistake to underestimate him.

Although he can't compare to his peak, he's still several hundred years old. He could easily deal with someone like Madara Uchiha or Hashirama Senju now, and even Tsunade wouldn't be a match for him now.

"The ninja world is becoming more and more unfathomable." The emergence of traditional martial arts caught the attention of the Sage of Six Paths. Others might not be able to see it, but with his keen insight, he naturally knew that traditional martial arts was actually a completely different system unrelated to ninjas.

The ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu of this world all rely on chakra for their existence. Even the Eight Gates would have no power without chakra.

While having chakra would be better for Yi Shuihan's martial arts, not having it wouldn't affect his training. Although the Sage of Six Paths didn't practice martial arts, he could still see its power, recognizing it as a system of strength on par with ninjutsu.