Chapter 17 Calm

In the end, Ling did not bring out any weird dark dishes to poison his brothers' stomachs. The grilled fish was normal except that it tasted bland and was a little burnt, which made Ban completely relieved.

Seeing Ling's precise movements in helping Izumi pick fish bones, Madara became curious again, "Brother, is this also done by using chakra perception?"

"Yeah," Ling handed the fish with bones removed to Izunai, "After all, I can't see around me, so I can only keep perceiving. This method is quite useful, but it consumes a little chakra.

If you want to learn, I will teach you after I have perfected it. I just don't know if you have the talent to sense ninjas. If not, it will probably be more difficult to learn."

"Perception ninja..." Madara bit the fish, "In that case, wouldn't it be better to let Hong brother learn it as well?"

"Hahaha, even if I didn't mention it, Hong would have come to me to learn from him in the end. He never misses an opportunity to become stronger." Ling laughed, "After all, it's common for that guy to peek at me when I'm practicing."

Hearing this, Madara recalled the rumors that were often spread among the clan, about Hong and others having a small fight every three days and a big fight every five days, and he couldn't help but fall silent again - how did the elder brother convince that lunatic?

[As Uncle Kei said, there are still many things I can learn from my brother...] Madara threw the remaining fish bones and branches used for grilling fish into the fire, [But there doesn't seem to be such a lunatic among my peers - forget it, anyway, they are all too weak to look at, so just ignore them.]

In the following time, Madara asked some more questions about training, then took Izuna to the river to wash his hands and face, and said goodbye and left.

After Madara left, Ling's smile faded and he looked quite depressed. "I thought he would ask me some tips on how to get along with the tribe members, but it turns out Madara is not easy to accept others... It's really annoying."

After worrying about his brother's development, Ling subconsciously reached for the crow egg in the cloth pocket inside his clothes and began his daily chakra channeling without fail.

These days, in addition to being busy with survival issues, Ling's biggest concern is undoubtedly the two crow eggs he got from Uchiha Yugu.

According to Uchiha Yugu, the chakra attributes he possesses - wind, fire, and lightning - are all very aggressive and are not suitable for guiding and cultivating summoned beasts.

It was because Ling was a sensory ninja who could finely control chakra that he was given the crow egg. Otherwise, Uchiha Yugu would rather help Ling find a ready-made ninja cat from the Cat Village - even if he was allergic to cat hair!

You know, if he trains these two eggs, they can become two useful ninja crows. There is no reason to give them to Ling and let him waste them.

After finishing the counseling and confirming that his chakra did not damage the egg's vital signs, Ling finally breathed a sigh of relief and carefully put the egg back into the cloth bag on his chest. "Will this take at least ten days... As expected, the summoning beast is a big trouble——

If I had known that I would be saved in the end, I shouldn’t have been so afraid of being picked up by the Senju clan and having my eyes gouged out and stabbed… Most of my past habits have to be overturned and started over again, even if I like to practice, there is no reason for this…

No, no, cheer up. The current perception method has too many disadvantages. It consumes chakra and requires physical contact with the environment. It still needs to be improved...

At least I can’t consume more than 60% of my chakra just for a normal meal with my brothers... I can’t do it anymore - I’m so tired thinking about this all the time..."

Ling fell on his back on the ground, revealing a decadent aura. "Let's take a break today? At least I don't want to study new techniques today. It's too stressful to rely on thinking and practice without paper and pen, but I can't waste time in vain...

Well, let's do something that doesn't require much brainpower, such as refining chakra or practicing physical skills. After all, I will need both of them in the future - but physical skills still need to be combined with the use of perception... Well, let's refine chakra, right? Let's empty myself a little. "

Having said that, Ling sat up cross-legged again, entered a state of meditation after taking a few deep breaths, and began to refine chakra.

After bringing Izuna home, Madara told his father about his mission and Ling's current condition.

After hearing this, Uchiha Tajima was relieved and worried, but he did not show it. He just gave Madara some pointers on training and told him to rest.

The days that followed were very peaceful. Madara began to go on missions with adults and his peers, while Uchiha Akihiko and others who had recovered from their injuries also began to accept missions again.

However, Ban had seen several times people of Ling's generation, either strange or familiar faces, sneaking to the back mountain and coming back cursing. It was as if they had made an appointment, and everyone would go at different times, yet there were people running to the back mountain every day.

It is worth mentioning that Uchiha Hong, the most troublesome person of Ling's generation, never went to the back mountain once after knowing that Ling started to practice. Instead, he silently went to work in the medical department, which he was most reluctant to go to.

Madara was therefore worried about Ling's situation, but when he accompanied his teammates to the medical department for supplies and happened to hear Uchiha Hong mocking his peers in a sarcastic tone for not knowing how to live or die and fighting with others in physical skills, he felt relieved.

After all, when Uchiha Hong started with a straight-to-the-point attack, and the people being attacked just looked embarrassed and no one refuted, it was obvious that this group of people did not gain any benefit from their brother at all.

Since his brother didn't suffer any loss, Madara temporarily put his mind at ease and began to concentrate on completing the mission. However, there was one thing that made him particularly upset - that was that his teammates of the same generation were lagging behind!

These were obviously very simple mistakes that could be avoided with a little thinking, but the teammates just rushed forward as if their brains were filled with shit.

It doesn't matter if you're bad, after all, different talents are something that can't be forced. But even after the leader has made it clear, you still keep making mistakes. Have your brains been eaten by Thousand Hands?

After being tricked by his teammates' stupid behavior several times in a row, Madara finally learned how to use the cold face without any instruction. The first thing he did on every mission was to intimidate his teammates of the same generation.

After he got permission to act independently, he still patiently continued to complete several missions with his teammates. And when he was still so angry at his teammates' stupid behavior that he wanted to go crazy, he decisively abandoned the team mode.

He swore that he would be a fool if he teamed up with his tribe members again [beep——]——Except for his elder brother and younger brother!

But these are all things that happened later. Right now, Madara is still trying to convince himself to tolerate his teammates and trying his best to save the situation - although he has already cursed his teammates in his heart.

During this period, Uchiha Yugu, who was not good at fighting and had been busy with logistics, also went up the mountain to find Ling. However, he was obviously not like the others who went to spar with Ling - after all, so far no one who wanted to spar with Ling had been able to bring the real person down from the mountain.

Ling, who followed Uchiha Yugu down the mountain, also received full attention from his peers. However, the focus was not on Ling himself, but on the two dark-haired dogs standing on Ling's shoulders.