My journey to Konoha

The only way for Wave Country to communicate with the outside world is by ships. In addition, due to internal reasons of Wave Country, there are even fewer ships traveling to and from Wave Country.

After waiting for several hours by the river in the Kingdom of Waves, Chu Yue finally waited for a small boat.

The boatman was a little surprised to see Chu Yue.

"Finally we've got the boat." Chu Yue stepped forward, "Old man, are you going to the Land of Waves?"

"We are going..." The boatman looked at Chu Yue and his group. Except for Bai who was a little older, Chu Yue and Shen Wu were still children. "You... are not from the country of Bo, right? What are you going there for?"

Bai got on board first, followed by Chu Yue, who pulled Shen Wu with him and replied, "Can't you see that we are ninjas, old man?"

Bai and Shenwu were not wearing ninja forehead protectors, and Chu Yue's forehead protector was hung on her waist. The boatman then noticed, "So they are ninjas..."

"Yeah." Chu Yue nodded.

Seeing that the boatman didn't move, Chu Yue asked, "Well, can we set off now? We can pay more money."

"Haha, you worry too much. I don't want money." The boatman laughed, "This is not a passenger boat, it's a cargo ship. I'm just taking you along for the ride, I don't charge you any money."

"Oh, I see. Thank you." Chu Yue said, "The situation in Wave Country doesn't seem to be very good. For so long, there has only been your cargo ship... and..."

The cargo ship was pitifully small, but Chu Yue was too embarrassed to say it.

"Ah, you're right." The boatman sighed, "But, there's nothing we can do... the situation in Wave Country... Oh, forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you."

Chu Yue couldn't remember the specific conditions of the Wave Country, but she knew that it was poor and its connection with the outside world depended entirely on the bridge built by Dazna.

"If we build a bridge with the Kingdom of Waves, wouldn't that solve this problem?" Chu Yue asked the boatman, "Why not build a bridge?"

"It's already under construction." The boatman said, looking at the misty sea, "But... not everyone wants to build a good bridge..."

At this time, a boat larger than Chu Yue was in a mysterious water area. Chu Yue was on a small boat, crossing the lake and exchanging goods with a huge boat. The boatman paid the spirit stone to the people on the big boat, whispered a few words, and the big boat sailed away.

After completing the transaction, the boatman began to steer the raft towards the border of the Wave Country. On the way, Chu Yue talked with the boatman and learned the secrets of the Wave Country. It turned out that the wealthy merchant Kado controlled the waterway of this small country, and transportation was the lifeblood of the Wave Country.

If a boatman does this privately, he will be imprisoned or even killed if he is found out by Cardo. However, Dazna is secretly building a bridge to the sky. Once it is completed, Cardo will no longer be able to dominate the Kingdom of Waves. Therefore, according to legend, Cardo hired the assassin Zabuza to kill Dazna.

After understanding everything, Chu Yue's first thing to do is to visit his good friend Naruto and his group. Although Zabuza had helped her in the Hidden Mist Village, he obviously did not regard her as an important person. At this moment, Chu Yue should go to see Naruto and his group.

But how will Zabuza cope with the loss of his capable assistant Bai?

Arriving at the Land of Waves, Chu Yue asked around and soon found the residence of the bridge builder Dazna. Knocking on Dazna's door, Chu Yue asked, "Is anyone home?"

A young man opened the door and saw Chu Yue, Shen Wu and Bai. He asked curiously, "Who are you?"

"Hello, we are from Konoha Village, and we are ninjas." Chu Yue said to the boy, "We are here to find our colleagues, who are also Konoha ninjas. They should be here to carry out their mission."

The boy's face darkened when he heard this, and he gritted his teeth and tried to close the door.

"Inari, you can't do this." Behind Inari, a young woman grabbed the door, saw Chu Yue and the others' ninja forehead protectors, and asked, "Are you also Kakashi's disciples?"

"Ah?" Chu Yue sweated slightly and responded, "Not a disciple, but a close friend of Kakashi."

"Huh? Not a disciple?" The woman looked at Chu Yue in surprise, "It turns out to be a friend... Please come in." She invited Chu Yue in, but Yinari suddenly turned around and left.

"Is he okay?" Chu Yue asked.

"It's okay..." The woman looked at the direction where Inari left with a complicated expression, then smiled at Chu Yue and the other two, and led the way to Kakashi's resting place. "Hey, Uncle Kakashi." Seeing Kakashi lying on the couch, Chu Yue said, "Why are you still resting? Where are Naruto and the others?"

"So it's Chu Yue and you guys..." Kakashi looked at Chu Yue and Bai and Shenwu behind him, "Why are you here too?"

"I have completed my mission and am about to go back." Chu Yue replied, "I remembered that you were on a mission here, so I came to visit you."

"Really..." Kakashi said, "I was attacked on the way. If it weren't for the Sharingan, I would be in a worse situation now. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, I asked them to go out for training."

"You used the Sharingan, no wonder you need to rest." Chu Yue already knew about Kakashi's Sharingan. "By the way, who did you encounter that required you to use the Sharingan? I remember you took a C-level mission, right?"

"It's a long story." Kakashi sighed and recounted what happened.

"Zabuza?" Chu Yue pretended to be surprised when she heard the name. "He...has not been heard from since he defected from the Hidden Mist Village. I didn't expect to meet him here again."

"If you fight him, what are your chances of winning?" Kakashi asked Chu Yue.

"Just me... 10%." Chu Yue replied.

"You still have Kanna." Kakashi smiled.

"Yes, I have Shenwu." Chu Yue smiled, "With Shenwu, the chance of winning is 80%. And Bai, with Bai, the chance of winning is 100%."

"Luckily you're here," Kakashi said, "otherwise I wouldn't be able to fight Zabuza again if he came again."

"Hehe, have a good rest. I'll take care of Naruto. If Zabuza comes again, leave it to me. You'll have to lie down for a while while you use your Sharingan."

"Well, I'll leave it to you then." Kakashi said.

A clearing in the forest in the Land of Waves.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura were concentrating on practicing tree climbing. Whoosh! Three shurikens flew towards them. Naruto and the other two immediately became alert and blocked them with their shurikens.

"Who is it! Come out!" Naruto shouted in the direction where the shuriken was thrown.

"It seems that you are all here." Zabuza walked out of the forest, "Where is Kakashi?"

"W-what?!" Naruto was stunned.

"How is this possible!" Sasuke looked at Zabuza in disbelief.

"You, you're not the same as Kakashi-sensei..." Sakura said.

"Oh? So Kakashi was also injured." Zabuza said, "And more seriously than me."

"Sakura! What are you talking about!" Naruto immediately retorted, "Humph! Kakashi-sensei is not injured, he will deal with you immediately!"

"Really?" Zabuza grinned, approached Naruto, and put the sword on his neck, "Prepare to die, little brat!"

The blade flashed, but was blocked. Naruto alone could not block Zabuza's sword, but...

Beside Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura also rushed over, each holding a kunai to block Zabuza's sword.

"Hahahahahaha." Zabuza laughed wildly, "Three little brats, you did a good job."

Seeing the nervous expressions of Naruto and the other two, Zabuza put away his sword and waved his hand, saying, "It's me."

After he finished speaking, smoke filled the air and Zabuza transformed into Chu Yue. "Such cooperation, it seems Kakashi taught you well." Chu Yue smiled.

"Chu Yue (Senior)?!" Naruto and the other two were shocked.

"Hello everyone." Chu Yue waved at the three people, noticing that Naruto and Sasuke were covered in mud, and praised, "You've tried your best. Keep it up."

"Come on! Why are you here?" Naruto pointed at Chu Yue and asked loudly, "Aren't you going on a mission?"

"Yes." Chu Yue said, "But I have completed the mission, and I remembered that your mission is in the Land of Waves, which is not far from where I am carrying out the mission, so I came to see you."

"It's all because of that old man!" Sakura complained unhappily, "He misreported the difficulty of the mission!"

"Never mind, never mind. I already knew about your situation before I came to see Kakashi." Chu Yue said, "You guys have been through this kind of situation since you just started your mission. It's really hard for you."

"Senior Chu Yue, will you always encounter this situation when you are on a mission?" Xiaoying asked again.

"Uh... well..." Chu Yue thought about it and found that most of her missions were D-level or C-level, which were indeed not many... After all, the Third Hokage personally arranged them to be more difficult in order to train Chu Yue. Chu Yue rarely participated in missions like this.

"Senior Chu Yue?" Xiaoying saw Chu Yue looking thoughtful... "Oh, forgive my impoliteness." Chu Yue said, "I'm afraid this kind of situation will rarely happen again in the future. After all, the difficulty of the task must be matched by the monks of corresponding cultivation. If a simple task is requested and the monks cannot complete it, the responsibility will be borne by the person who issued the order."

"That does make sense..." Sakura responded, looking back to see that Naruto and Sasuke had resumed their training.

"What you are doing is...oh, practicing regulating your spiritual power." Chu Yue said.

"Senior Chu Yue, what do you think of this kind of training?" Before Chu Yue responded, Xiao Ying asked, "Is it extremely boring? I don't think it's challenging..."

"It's really boring." Chu Yue looked at Naruto and Sasuke with a smile, "I first practiced this method and succeeded in one try."

Sasuke and Naruto shuddered slightly upon hearing this.

"Really?!" Sakura was a little surprised, "Is there any secret method?"

"Indeed there is..." Chu Yue stopped talking here and lowered her head as if thinking.

The forest was silent for a moment as Sakura waited for Chu Yue to continue, and although Sasuke and Naruto seemed not to notice, they also did not move, fearing that they would miss Chu Yue's words.

"I forgot." Chu Yue said with a smile.

Sakura's footsteps faltered... Sasuke and Naruto's foreheads were covered in cold sweat...

"Hmph." Sasuke snorted as if Chu Yue wasted his time, and then rushed towards the tree. After a few steps, he lightly stepped on the trunk, his ankle slipped, and he slid off the trunk.

Sasuke quickly slashed the tree trunk with the dart, using the momentum to flip backwards and fall to the ground.

"Let me try." Seeing Sasuke's appearance, Chu Yue walked towards Yishu.

Climb along the tree trunk until you reach a branch, then hang upside down and walk.

"Yeah, that's the feeling." Chu Yue nodded, jumped down from the tree, flipped in the air, and landed steadily.

"As for the secret manual, you will understand it in your practice." Chu Yueyan said, "It's useless for me to tell you. But I have a suggestion for your reference."

"What suggestions?" Sakura asked.

Naruto, who usually talks a lot, didn't ask Chu Yue much this time because of his competition with Sasuke, but this time Chu Yue turned to the two of them, "Naruto, Sasuke, you guys come too."

Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other, then came to Sakura's side.

"Do you know the purpose of this practice?" Chu Yue asked.

Naruto shook his head.

"It's about precise control of spiritual energy, right?" Sasuke said, "If you extract too much spiritual energy, the branches will be damaged; if you don't extract enough spiritual energy, they won't be able to absorb it."

"That's right. Controlling spiritual power is crucial." Chu Yue said, "Whether performing physical skills or casting spells and illusions, spiritual power is required. In battle, excessive consumption of spiritual power will lead to waste and reduced endurance; conversely, if the spiritual power is insufficient, the moves will lose their power. Therefore, precise control of spiritual power is a compulsory course for every cultivator."

"It turns out that controlling spiritual energy is so important." Naruto said, "It seems that I have to work harder to practice."

"Yes." Chu Yue nodded.

"So, what do you suggest?" Sasuke asked.

"Seal." Chu Yue said with a smile.

"Seal?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes." Chu Yue nodded, "I will teach you a sealing method. You can use it on your own to seal part of your own spiritual power. In this way, it will become more difficult to extract and control spiritual power."

"What? Harder?" Sakura said, "Doesn't this make training more difficult?"

"That's right." Chu Yue said, "It's like tying weights to your legs when running. Putting a seal on yourself will make it more difficult to extract spiritual power and the training will be more difficult to complete, but correspondingly, your progress will be greater by practicing this way. After completing this training, your spiritual power control will be more precise."

"Also, when you remove the seal in the future, you will feel relaxed all over and be able to fight more freely," Sasuke said, "It's just like the feeling of being freed from the restraints when you are tied to something heavy normally."

"That's right." Chu Yue nodded, "Are you willing to learn?"

"Well..." Sakura hesitated, and before she could answer, Naruto raised his hand.

"I want to learn! I want to learn!" Naruto raised his hand and said, "Chu Yue, please teach me the sealing method! I want to become stronger as soon as possible!"

"Oh? Are you sure?" Chu Yue asked.

"Of course!" Naruto laughed proudly, "I want to be the Hokage!"

"I can learn it too." Sasuke said, "I must...get stronger faster, faster..."

"Me too!" Since Sasuke said so, Sakura also raised her hand.

“Okay.” Chu Yue nodded with a smile, and continued, “Listen carefully, this sealing technique is called the ‘Liang Yi Seal’, which combines the spiritual power in the form of Yin and Yang Tai Chi, and seals it in the order of Zi, Xu, Hai, and Chou…”

Chu Yue taught Naruto the method of the three-way yin-yang seal.

The Ryogi Seal is actually a simplified version of the Four Symbols Seal. The Fourth Hokage used the Eight Trigrams Seal to seal Naruto's spiritual power. The Eight Trigrams Seal is composed of two Four Symbols Seals. The power of the Eight Trigrams Seal after the Four Symbols Seal is superimposed is far more than just twice as powerful.

The Fourth Generation taught the Eight Trigrams Seal to Jiraiya and the Third Generation. When the Third Generation taught Chu Yue, he also included this sealing technique.

In fact, the Fourth Hokage learned the sealing technique from his wife Uzumaki Kushina...

After Chu Yue learned the Four Symbols Seal, he simplified it by removing half of the steps, turning it into the Two Symbols Seal, which he also passed on to Jiraiya and the Third Generation.

At first, the third generation praised Chu Yue for her intelligence.

Just like the relationship between the Four Symbols Seal and the Eight Trigrams Seal, the difficulty of the Two Principles Seal is not only half of that of the Four Symbols Seal, and its power is also far inferior. However, the Two Principles Seal is extremely simple.

After being taught the sealing technique, Naruto and the other two immediately used it on themselves.

"Okay, I'll try again." Sakura said.

Because she is a woman with a delicate mind, Sakura is the first to complete her training. However, after using the Ryogi Seal...

Sakura ran towards the tree trunk with the dart.

After only three steps, Sakura screamed and fell down, the dart failing to clear the tree trunk.

"No, that's impossible..." Sakura looked at the place where she fell, which was less than half of her original position...

"No way?" Naruto looked at Sakura's results in surprise and began to mobilize his spiritual power to give it a try.

As a result, Naruto fell headfirst as soon as he stepped on it...

"How can we play this!" Naruto yelled, "This spiritual power, extracting spiritual power is too..."

Even so, Naruto prepared himself a little and rushed again, but he did not release the Liangyi seal...