Senior Brother of Konoha

"Naruto, do you have a dream?"

Naruto glanced quickly left and right, then looked at Umino Iruka in confusion, without answering.

Umino Iruka chuckled softly, pointed to the hundred-foot-high statue under him, and said gently: "Don't worry Naruto, there is no one else here. No matter what you say, only God knows that you know that I know, and there will be no The third person knows."

Naruto smiled shyly and said softly: "I'm sorry, Brother Iruka, I've always been like this."

Umino Iruka waved his hand, apparently disinterested, "So, Naruto, can you tell me your dream to senior brother Iruka?"

"Speaking of dreams," Naruto pondered for a moment, "My biggest dream is to join Konoha Sect and become an outer disciple of Konoha Sect."

"Oh" Umino Iruka raised his eyebrows, and the scar across his nose curved into a cold smile, "Why do you think so? Can you tell me, Naruto?"

"After becoming an outer disciple, I can directly use copper coins to buy salt at the grocery store in town, instead of exchanging precious disciple contributions."

Naruto's eyes were full of longing for the future.

"That's right."

Umino Iruka showed a look of understanding, a playful smile on his lips, turned around, looked at the town shrouded in the sunset, and said quietly: "This seems simple, but in fact it is not an easy task. "

Naruto scratched his blond hair and said with a naive smile, "I know."

He turned around and stood side by side with Umino Iruka, holding the rope tightly with both hands, and said firmly: "I know that in order to advance from a handyman disciple to an outer disciple, you must accumulate enough contributions from the sect. Only then.

but me"

A proud expression appeared on his slightly immature face, "I completed the 1000th D-level mission today, and gained a total of 1323 points of sect contribution. I am now qualified to be promoted to an outer sect disciple."

Umino Iruka reminded: "Naruto, the servant disciple still needs a spiritual root test to be promoted to an outer disciple."

Naruto was confused, "It doesn't mean that everyone has spiritual roots. Testing spiritual roots is just to let the person being tested know the most suitable training direction for them. Is it possible that the results of the spiritual root test will be used to determine whether they can advance?"

Umino Iruka did not answer, changed the topic with a smile, and asked: "Naruto, have you felt any discomfort in your body recently?"

He pointed to his belly button with his finger, "For example, will there be any strange feeling here?"

There was a hint of wariness in Naruto's eyes, but his face still showed confusion very skillfully, "No."

"It's fine if you don't, it's fine if you don't."

Umino Iruka stopped laughing and encouraged Naruto loudly, "Let's work hard and clean the statue of the third generation leader before it gets completely dark, and then I'll treat you to ramen."

"Great"

Naruto was so happy that he almost fell down.

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"Eating ramen with Brother Iruka is always the happiest time of the day."

Naruto waved goodbye to Umino Iruka who was gradually walking away, then clenched his fists to cheer himself up, "Come on Naruto, you must pass tomorrow's spiritual root test."

After saying that, he took one last look at the signboard of Ichiraku Ramen and turned around to leave without any hesitation.

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Half an hour later, Naruto returned to his cabin and inspected his autumn's harvest in the courtyard with satisfaction.

There are ten piles of firewood that can be used for cooking and heating, thirty pieces of dried salted fish, a small bag of dried mushrooms, five large skewers of peppers hung on the wall to dry, and three jars of pickled Lingzhi radish.

With these, plus the two large vats of spiritual wheat in the hut, and the remaining 323 points of the teacher's contribution, it should be enough to last until the spring comes.

He smiled with satisfaction.

It is really difficult for a 12-year-old orphan to harvest these things without anyone's help and even facing hostility and harassment from many people.

But he was very satisfied, after all, this was the first time in these years that he had lived such a wealthy life.

Looking up at the darkening sky, Naruto hurriedly walked towards Chailin outside the town.

"It's best to check the shrimp pots by the river. If there are shrimps, you can exchange some contributions from the disciples."

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The next morning, the sun was shining brightly and the wind was gentle.

The fountain square in front of the statues of the past leaders of Konoha Gate.

"Haruno Sakura, spiritual root attributes: earth, water, Yang. Grade, true spiritual root. Passed the test."

"Uchiha Sasuke, spiritual root attribute: thunder. Grade, heavenly spiritual root. Passed the test."

"Nara Shikamaru, spiritual root attribute: Yin. Grade, Tianlingen. Passed the test."

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Everyone in Naruto Continent has spiritual roots, which are divided into two categories, ordinary spiritual roots and special spiritual roots.

There are seven types of ordinary spiritual roots: water, fire, earth, thunder, wind, yin, and yang.

There are two types of special spiritual roots, one is the spiritual vein transformed by the mixture of ordinary spiritual roots, and the other is the spirituality derived from organ mutation.

The more spiritual roots, the better.

In addition to spiritual veins and spirituality, it only has one ordinary spiritual root, called the heavenly spiritual root, which has the highest bonus when using spells of the same attribute.

Having two ordinary spiritual roots at the same time is the earth spiritual root, and the bonus effect is second.

Three or four are true spiritual roots, and five are false spiritual roots.

In the worst case scenario, all seven ordinary spiritual roots are available, which are called waste spiritual roots and have almost no bonus effect.

The Konoha Sect has regulations that all sect members need to start as handyman disciples. After accumulating a certain amount of sect contribution through tasks, they can participate in the spiritual root test. Only those with grades above the true spiritual root will be admitted as outer sect disciples. .

Normally, spiritual root testing is just a formality.

Because in the 60 years since Konoha Gate was established, no one has been eliminated at this level.

Today, a special situation occurred.

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Looking at the dazzling mottled colors on the Linggen Jade, everyone looked at each other.

"This is the seven-colored waste spiritual root."

Mizuki, who was in charge of auxiliary testing, said doubtfully.

"Yes, this is a useless spiritual root that must be eliminated."

The examiner, Umino Iruka, sounded very determined.

Shuimu was surprised and said: "Elimination is not necessary. Although it is called a waste spiritual root, it is not completely without room for salvation."

Umino Iruka interrupted Mizuki coldly, "You are teaching me how to do things."

"No, no." Mizuki quickly defended. After staring at the confused Naruto's face for a moment, he tried to persuade him: "How about I ask the leader for instructions?"

"Do you think such a trivial matter is worth bothering the leader?"

Umino Iruka's expression was playful, and there was a light in his narrowed eyes.

"No need, no need."

Shuimu groaned, took two steps back, and stopped talking.

Umino Iruka solemnly announced, "Naruto Uzumaki, spiritual root attributes: water, fire, earth, thunder, wind, yin, and yang. Rank, useless spiritual root. Eliminated."