Chapter 71 Depression

The next day.

Early in the morning.

Qingming and a dozen Genin, escorted by a Jonin team and a Chunin team, set out on the road back to the village.

On the way, people would secretly look at Qingming from time to time.

It was not their fault, but Qingming had his Sharingan on the whole time, so it was hard not to attract attention.

Qingming didn't care about this.

The exposure of the Sharingan made him lose his trump card. In this case, he naturally had to do his best to improve his own strength.

If he didn't take advantage of the time to improve his Sharingan, would it be a waste of time?

As for other people's eyes, what did it have to do with him?

Therefore, Qingming acted very calmly throughout the whole process, but this gave people the illusion that he seemed to be deliberately showing off his Sharingan.

However, everyone came down from the battlefield, so no one bothered him because of this, although he was not afraid.

But Qingming didn't want to spend more time to get along peacefully.

In this way, two days passed quietly.

That night.

Qingming completed the practice of the ‘Genjutsu Sharingan’ as usual, and suddenly a flash of enlightenment flashed through his mind.

Then, he realized that his ‘Genjutsu Sharingan’ had been upgraded.

He opened the panel and took a look. As expected, its level had changed from lv1 (191/200) two days ago to lv2 (1/500) now.

Qingming tried to perform it, and the seal speed was about 20% faster than before, and the effect was slightly stronger.

Although the improvement was not great, it was still a little better.

Qingming calmed down and continued to practice tonight.

In a flash, several hours passed, and time came to late at night. Qingming finally completed today's practice plan and fell asleep.

Of course, he didn't sleep to death.

Now is a war period, who knows whether the enemy ninja will come to intercept them, so Qingming always maintains a little vigilance.

This method will undoubtedly reduce the effect of rest, but he has gotten used to it, and it will not affect the state in a short period of time.

No words all night.

Time came to the early morning of the next day.

After eating a little, the group continued on their journey.

In this way, Qingming traveled during the day and practiced at night.

Five days later, when he returned to Konoha Village, his Sharingan's evolution reached (872/1000), and the proficiency of the 'Magic·Jag-hang Technique' was also raised to level 2 (442/500).

As for the attack he was worried about on the way, it did not happen.

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After bidding farewell to the leader, Qingming returned home.

No one had lived in the house for several months, and it was already covered with dust.

Qingming spent some time to clean the house thoroughly from inside to outside, and then began to rest.

Yes, rest.

Several months of battlefield life made him physically and mentally exhausted.

In that environment, it was impossible to sleep well. Even in the base camp, you had to be careful of the enemy's surprise attack. It was really terrible!

Now that he finally returned to the village, a relatively safe place, Qingming did not plan to start practicing immediately, but planned to have a good sleep first to relieve the fatigue in his heart.

And this sleep lasted for a whole day.

When Qingming woke up, he felt comfortable all over, and the fatigue accumulated for a long time disappeared, and he was much more energetic.

"Ah~, comfortable!"

Qingming stretched and couldn't help saying.

Gu~~~

At this moment, a "gugugu" sound came, Qingming touched his stomach, took the wallet, and walked out of the door.

When he came to the street, Qingming could clearly feel that the village was much more depressed than before, and the faces of pedestrians were also a little more worried.

Thinking back to half a year ago, when the last Chunin Exam took place, there were new stores opening.

Now, there are mostly notices of shops for sale on the street, and some shops that are open are also dead, with few customers.

Come to think of it, in Konoha Village, although ordinary people occupy the vast majority, ninjas are the high-income group.

In the past, they were the ones who drove consumption.

Now that all these people have gone to the battlefield, the shops are naturally deserted.

In addition, the turmoil in the ninja world has greatly increased transportation costs, and prices in Konoha Village have soared. It would be strange if it is not depressed?

Shaking his head secretly, Qingming no longer thought about it, and immediately quickened his pace and ran in one direction.

From a distance, he saw a ramen restaurant that was open for business.

Yes, it was Ichiraku Ramen.

Seeing Qingming coming, Shouda, who was wearing a white chef's robe, greeted him enthusiastically: "What do you want to eat?"

"A bowl of miso barbecued pork noodles."

Qingming didn't waste any words and directly ordered a bowl of the most luxurious ramen.

"Okay, wait a moment!"

Shouda replied, and then started to make ramen.

Soon, a bowl of ramen with good color, fragrance and taste was served.

Gulp~

Qingming, who had been eating dry food and simple meals for several months, swallowed his saliva immediately when he saw this bowl of ramen.

Seeing Qingming's look, Shouda seemed very satisfied and said with a smile: "Enjoy your meal, sir."

At this time, Qingming couldn't help it anymore, so he picked up a pair of chopsticks and started to eat voraciously.

In less than two minutes, he finished a big bowl of ramen.

He touched his stomach and felt that it was not good, so he ordered another bowl.

Soon, another bowl of flavored barbecued pork noodles was served.

Qingming finished the meal in no time, but still felt unsatisfied, so he ordered another bowl.

However, this time he did not order miso char siu noodles, but pork bone ramen.

In this way, Qingming ate ten bowls in a row, and only stopped when a pile of empty bowls piled up on the table.

Huh~

Qingming burped, touched his stomach with satisfaction, and asked, "Boss, how much?"

"Thank you for your care, eight hundred and seventy-five taels." Shouda replied.

Qingming roughly calculated and found that the other party did not raise the price, but did not say much, just took out his wallet, counted out eight hundred and seventy-five taels, and handed it to the other party.

Shouda received the money, and his eyes were almost invisible with laughter.

Finally, with the other party's warm farewell, Qingming left the ramen restaurant.

Instead of returning home immediately, he went to the Hokage Building first.

Because the team leader was killed, he needed to go in person to get the application form for the Chunin Exam.

Without any obstacles, he successfully received the application form, signed his name, and returned it.

Next, he just needs to wait for the exam in ten days.

Qingming doesn't plan to be idle during these ten days.

First of all, his 'Magic·Jail Hang Technique' is about to be promoted, and Qingming plans to upgrade it to level 3 before the exam.

It's not to deal with those candidates, he just simply set a goal for himself so as not to slack off.

In addition, there is 'Uchiha Style Swordsmanship'.

He has been on the road for the past few days and has no time to practice. He can seize the time to practice it in the next few days. Maybe he can upgrade it to level 4 before the exam.

Qingming has a hunch that when he has perfected both 'Konoha Style Swordsmanship' and 'Uchiha Style Swordsmanship', he can combine them to create a more powerful and more suitable swordsmanship for him.

By then, he may also be able to develop several tricks similar to 'Three Days Moon Dance'.

With this idea in mind, Qingming returned home and began his own practice.