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Naruto Peerless Flying Dagger (47)
🕑 Added 2025-05-17 17:00:04 +0000 UTCChapter 47 - The Path Ahead
After parting ways with Tsunade at the medical station, Li Anshi visited the training camp.
Having experienced war, these children who had graduated early all understood the importance of strength.
Therefore, under Uchiha Jin's training for the past few days, everyone's enthusiasm for cultivation was high, and their strength had shown some improvement.
Sagawa Yui, Kondo Kazuya, and Sakamoto Toshio were no different.
However, what gratified Li Anshi was that the three of them had clearly taken his words to heart.
Besides practicing some of the techniques taught by Uchiha Jin, they spent most of their time on physical training.
Improving spiritual energy required life-and-death experiences or a profound awakening to one's inner aspirations.
Improving physical strength required long-term, dedicated training.
Currently, with the main Cloud ninja forces having withdrawn from the Land of Grass, the fighting on this front had come to a temporary halt.
At their current age, strengthening their physical constitution was strengthening their foundation and raising their upper limits.
Seeing their self-motivation, Li Anshi didn't disturb them.
With the abilities he currently possessed, there was nothing they could learn from him at this stage.
It was better to wait until their chakra reserves increased.
At that time, even teaching them the Rasengan wouldn't be out of the question.
As for the Little Li Flying Dagger, even if Li Anshi wanted to teach them, they wouldn't be able to learn it.
The Little Li Flying Dagger's power lay not in the technique of throwing the dagger, but in comprehending its "spirit."
Once that "spirit" was grasped, any dagger thrown would naturally be invincible.
But without understanding the "spirit" of the Little Li Flying Dagger, the throwing technique itself was no better than the Uchiha clan's kunai-throwing skills.
Li Anshi himself, if not for the gift from his Blue Star mother to a wandering son, wouldn't possess the "spirit" of the Little Li Flying Dagger.
The "spirit" in his daggers now still originated from Li Xunhuan.
Thrusting his hands into his pockets, Li Anshi walked towards the river.
Now that the war had paused, he also needed to consider his own path.
Perhaps, at the Kage level, and even the "Super Kage" level, Li Anshi's daggers could be considered a great weapon.
However, Li Anshi knew that in the future Fourth Shinobi World War, Kage-level individuals were dime a dozen, Super Kage could make a stir, but only those at the Six Paths level could truly rest easy.
Setting aside other concerns, ninjutsu below the Six Paths level couldn't even break the defense of a Truth-Seeking Orb.
Li Anshi's daggers, most likely, couldn't do anything to a Six Paths-level powerhouse either.
To pose a threat to enemies at the Six Paths level, one either needed taijutsu comparable to Might Guy's Eight Gates, or one had to learn "Sage Art" and possess sage chakra.
"In terms of taijutsu, as my chakra nourishes my body, my physical constitution will gradually improve. In a few decades, I should at least reach the current level of the Third Raikage."
"If I also learn 'Monstrous Strength' from Tsunade, my taijutsu attack power can be further enhanced."
"This cannot be rushed."
"Sage chakra, I remember, is a fusion of natural energy, physical energy, and spiritual energy."
"In the martial arts world, this is akin to a powerhouse who has opened the bridge between heaven and earth and cultivated to the Xiantian realm."
Li Anshi arrived at the riverside, sat down cross-legged, and calmly contemplated his future path.
"Xiantian is the unification of the three treasures: essence, qi, and spirit."
"In the ninja world, essence is spiritual energy, qi is physical energy, and spirit is natural energy."
"Therefore, when I enter the Xiantian realm, my internal energy chakra might also completely transform into sage chakra."
"Then how can I advance to the Xiantian realm?"
"Physical energy and spiritual energy, these two are not a concern."
"As my internal energy chakra nourishes and feeds back, my spiritual and physical energy will gradually increase."
"Only natural energy..."
"To absorb natural energy, the first step is to sense natural energy."
"If I can't even sense natural energy, how can I possibly absorb it?"
"Enhance spiritual energy..."
Li Anshi opened his eyes, gazing at the flowing river water, his mind racing.
"A life-and-death battle... in the current ninja world, the only one who can make me feel a mortal threat is probably Lady Mito Uzumaki."
Ever since killing the Two-Tails Jinchuriki and severely injuring the Third Raikage, the taut string in Li Anshi's heart had completely loosened. He prided himself that within the next forty years, no one in this ninja world could threaten his life.
Such a mindset had its pros and cons.
The benefit was that Li Anshi's spiritual realm had reached a new height, significantly improving the quality of his chakra.
The drawback was also obvious.
Li Anshi's own threshold had risen. The next time, unless it was a Super Kage-level powerhouse like Mito Uzumaki or Nagato Uzumaki, it would be difficult for Li Anshi's spirit to fluctuate and for his spiritual energy to increase significantly.
"I just tried it."
"With my current spiritual energy, I'm still not sufficient to sense the external natural energy."
"Should I ask Tsunade how Sage Katsuyu of Shikkotsu Forest senses natural energy?"
Just as this thought flashed through Li Anshi's mind, he shook his head, dismissing the idea.
Although Li Anshi felt he had a good relationship with Tsunade, and Tsunade would unlikely refuse if he asked.
If Li Anshi and Sage Katsuyu could come to an agreement and he received Sage Katsuyu's help, all three would be delighted.
However, if Sage Katsuyu refused Li Anshi, a rift would form between the three of them, never to be restored.
"Forget it..."
Li Anshi shook his head, a self-deprecating smile on his face. "I must be going crazy, starting to think about taking unorthodox paths to improve my strength."
"Barring any accidents, no one will be able to threaten me for the next forty-odd years."
"What am I so anxious about?"
"Next, perhaps I can also begin to comprehend the 'spirit' of my own Little Li Flying Dagger."
Little Li's Flying Dagger never misses!
Li Xunhuan was not a person who hoarded his treasures; he had passed down his unique dagger skills.
Among them, the most famous were Li Xunhuan's disciple, Ye Kai.
The other was Li Xunhuan's descendant, Li Huai!
Both of them possessed their own "spirit," and thus their daggers were truly Little Li Flying Daggers.
"If I still want to achieve deeper proficiency with the dagger, I must also comprehend a 'spirit' that is uniquely my own."
Indeed, Li Xunhuan's dagger mastery, in Li Anshi's view, was sufficiently powerful.
However, this was the ninja world!
Members of the Otsutsuki clan could plant trees across planets; Li Anshi also wanted to see the universe.
That kind of realm could not be reached solely with Li Xunhuan's daggers.
Only by breaking through Li Xunhuan's limitations and forming his own "spirit" could he ascend to a higher realm.
