Multiverse Skill System

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"Well, I've tried my best, but there's nothing I can do! The reward isn't transparent, so even though I took it very seriously, I still underestimated how valuable it was."

Shaking his head, Yi Shuihan smiled nonchalantly, finally returning to normal.

He didn't plan to use the two lottery draws right now, and since he wasn't going to use them, there was no point in using the second reward.

After being away for so long, he needed to rest for a few days upon returning to Konoha. So, for the next week, Yi Shuihan was in a relaxed mode, spending his days looking at girls, basking in the sun, and having sex with Tsunade when she came. He was living a very easy life.

"Master, when will you start training me?"

"And me too, don't even think about backing out of the three days of guidance you've given me."

Standing in front of Yi Shuihan, Ye Gucheng stared at his master with a dark expression, while Minato Namikaze beside him wore a similar look.

In fact, the day after Yi Shuihan returned, they went to him, wanting him to give them some guidance. However, Yi Shuihan kept delaying them, saying that he had been working too hard outside and needed to rest and recover his energy. Before they knew it, a week had passed.

"Little Yezi, are you the master or am I the master? Is it appropriate for you to rush your master like this? As a disciple, shouldn't you be sharing your master's burdens and solving your problems? When there are difficulties, you should find ways to overcome them, and when there are no difficulties, you should try to make your master happy?"

Little leaf!

Upon hearing this address, Ye Gucheng's lips twitched, and his black lines deepened.

Moreover, Master, your requirements for your disciple are far too high. Are you sure you're not looking for a slave instead of a disciple?

"As for you, Minato Namikaze, are you afraid I'll break my promise? I said I'd instruct you for three days, and I meant three days. But couldn't you wait until the right time to come to me? Look at how tired I am now, I even have dark circles under my eyes. How can you make me even more tired in this state?"

Yi Shuihan pointed to his face and spoke nonsense with a straight face.

Dark circles under the eyes, what do you get?

Even though he knew Yi Shuihan was just making excuses, Minato Namikaze couldn't do anything about it. After all, he was the one asking for a favor. Even if Yi Shuihan reluctantly agreed because of his promise, he would be at a loss if Yi Shuihan gave him some pointers. It was better to wait until Yi Shuihan was in a good mood.

Minato Namikaze and Ye Gucheng turned around in tacit agreement, planning to come back to find Yi Shuihan tomorrow.

"Wait, since you're so eager to get my guidance, let's start today. I've suddenly found some energy."

"really?"

"Great!"

Seeing their excited faces, Yi Shuihan smiled. In fact, he had planned to start training them today from the very beginning; he was just teasing them earlier.

Chapter 362, The Birth of the Protagonist

Yi Shuihan would never skimp on his guidance to his disciple, even if it was just for his own sake, he wanted Ye Gucheng to become a true powerhouse.

Putting everything else aside, one must at least be able to easily defeat a Kage-level opponent before being allowed to show their skills in public. To truly graduate from a master's program, one must reach the level of Madara Uchiha.

Only Yi Shuihan dared to think this way, turning someone who couldn't even cultivate chakra before and was not much stronger than an ordinary person into a top-tier ninja in the ninja world.

Madara Uchiha was a powerful figure even in the later stages of the story. If the protagonist didn't unleash his full potential, he simply couldn't defeat him.

Over the next three days, Yi Shuihan shared his insights on the transformation of internal energy and the embracing of the elixir with Minato Namikaze, and continuously corrected Minato's mistakes during his practice.

Even though he was training Minato Namikaze while also training his own apprentice, Minato Namikaze didn't blame Yi Shuihan at all.

These three days had been an incredible dream for him. Yi Shuihan's level of understanding was far superior to his, and every word of advice he received was of great help.

If Minato Namikaze had to figure it out himself, it would have taken him anywhere from a few days to several months to completely solve a problem. However, when it came to Yi Shuihan, the answer was immediately apparent.

It can be said that Minato Namikaze's gains in 3 days were greater than those he had made in several years of training.

By the end of the three days, Minato Namikaze had not only reached the peak of the late stage of Dark Force in martial arts, but he also had no bottleneck in breaking through to Transformation Force. It is estimated that he will become a Transformation Force master in a few days.

It should be noted that just three days ago, Minato Namikaze had only reached the mid-stage of Dark Force. In just three days, he broke through a minor realm and even overcame the bottleneck of a major realm.

It can be said that Minato Namikaze was able to fight against Kage-level opponents because of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Now, even without the Flying Thunder God Technique, he is not afraid of facing Kage-level opponents. When he reaches the Transformation Realm in a few days, he will probably be able to fight against him at his peak in the original work with the Flying Thunder God Technique. Originally, it would have taken him at least 5 years to reach this level of strength.

Minato Namikaze broke through to the Transformation Realm on the second day after returning home. This news instantly ignited the entire Konoha. No one had paid much attention to Yi Shuihan's three days of guidance.

Even if Yi Shuihan were stronger, he couldn't improve Minato Namikaze's strength much in three days. At most, he could theoretically grow a lot. This was the consensus of everyone.

But reality completely shattered all of this. Minato Namikaze's improvement far exceeded everyone's expectations, and it was no longer just surprising, but downright shocking.

If Minato Namikaze's strength was increased so much so easily, doesn't that mean that if Yi Shuihan were willing, he could create a large number of powerful individuals in a short period of time?

Considering Yi Shuihan's hot springs, let's not say too much. If given a year, Yi Shuihan might be able to create enough powerful individuals to dominate the entire ninja world.

Even knowing all this, they were completely helpless against Yi Shuihan. The strength Yi Shuihan displayed during his battle with the Three Shadows had already demonstrated that unless the entire ninja world's power was gathered to form a united army or something similar to besiege him, defeating Yi Shuihan would be utterly impossible.

Even if the countries did form a united front, there would be absolutely nothing they could do if Yi Shuihan wanted to run away.

Yi Shuihan had no reason to engage in a direct war with them!

The reality is cruel; they could only let Yi Shuihan live freely.

Yi Shuihan stayed in Konoha, remotely controlling the development of martial arts. Although he did not interfere with the ninja world, he still had a certain impact.

The Third World War broke out, but unlike in the original story, martial arts practitioners also appeared on the battlefield and played a significant role.

The status of Chinese martial arts in the hearts of ordinary people is constantly rising, and it is gradually showing a trend of being on par with ninjas. This is due to the fact that the number of lower-level Chinese martial arts practitioners far exceeds that of genin and chunin, and that Chinese martial arts practitioners comparable to Kage level have finally appeared.

Even Yi Shuihan was somewhat surprised when he first heard the news. He had to admit that no matter what era, there will always be a few extraordinary geniuses who defy common sense.

Of course, since Chinese martial arts have a relatively short history of development, their top-level decisive combat power is still inferior to that of ninjas, so ninjas can still suppress Chinese martial arts.

The third war lasted much shorter than normal, and the Land of Fire won much more easily than in the original story.

Kakashi did not lose his eyes during the Third Shinobi World War because his father was alive and he was very strong. Obito Uchiha, on the other hand, disappeared due to an accident. Yi Shuihan guessed that it was Madara Uchiha who did it.

Madara Uchiha, that old codger, didn't take Yi Shuihan seriously enough. As proud as he was, even after hearing some news about Yi Shuihan, he still believed that his plan could succeed. He thought that as long as he was resurrected, Yi Shuihan would be no match for him.

Defeating three Kage-level opponents would have been a piece of cake for him in his prime, and even when he was on the verge of death, he could still take down three Kage-level opponents by paying a small price.

After being resurrected and becoming the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, gaining the power of the Six Paths, he will become even stronger, and it would be no problem for him to be an enemy of an entire world.

The power was enough to hypnotize the entire world, so much so that Madara Uchiha didn't even have the mind to pay much attention to martial arts.

For him, martial arts were ultimately a minor path; the power of ninjas was the true path.

Time flies. Minato Namikaze became the Fourth Hokage as he wished and married Kushina Uzumaki. And today is the day Naruto was born.

At the same time, it was also the day the Nine-Tailed Fox's rampage broke out.

Whether the Nine-Tails can actually cause significant damage to Konoha as planned remains to be seen.

"You keep walking back and forth, making me dizzy. Can't you calm down a bit? So what if you're going to be a father?"

Yi Shuihan said to the anxious Minato Namikaze in an annoyed tone, then simply closed his eyes and rested.

Yi Shuihan's words did have some effect, but it only lasted for a very short time. Listening to Kushina Uzumaki's increasingly loud screams of pain, Minato Namikaze was completely unable to remain calm.

Chapter 363, The Masked Man Appears

"For some reason, I have a bad feeling, Master."

Ye Gucheng has grown from a boy into a handsome young man. At this time, he has already reached the Core Formation stage and can easily defeat ordinary Kage. Even when fighting against Minato Namikaze, he is the one who wins.

Even though Yi Shuihan's original intention was to train a disciple who was proficient in Chinese martial arts, his occasional guidance also enabled Ye Gucheng to make great progress in swordsmanship and ninjutsu outside of Chinese martial arts.

In swordsmanship, Ye Gucheng is now at a level comparable to a sword master, and unleashing sword energy is a piece of cake for him. In ninjutsu, he is also proficient in many ninjutsu, such as shadow clones and Rasengan.

It is precisely for this reason that Ye Gucheng's overall combat strength is above that of Minato Namikaze. It should be noted that at this time, Minato was at the peak of the Transformation Realm in martial arts, and was in a state where he could break through at any time. In the ninja system, he was a Kage under normal circumstances. With the Flying Thunder God Technique, he was definitely an invincible Kage-level.

If we switch to a universal rating, Minato Namikaze now has an 8-star Black Iron rank, which is enough to fight against 9-star Black Iron rank characters.

However, Minato Namikaze lacks wide-range skills. If the Nine-Tails appears, although he is not afraid and the Nine-Tails can only be easily defeated, he cannot stop the Nine-Tails from causing destruction.

The Nine-Tails is tough and resilient; even if Minato Namikaze were to attack it, he couldn't possibly render it incapable of fighting in a short time.

"With me here, do you think there's anything we can't handle?"

Opening his eyes, Yi Shuihan glanced at Ye Gucheng and said calmly.

Ye Gucheng relaxed upon hearing this. He had great confidence in Yi Shuihan. Even now, when he was hundreds of times stronger than before, he still felt that Yi Shuihan was unfathomable. It was as if his improved strength had not narrowed the gap between them at all.

I came here precisely because of this. I'm quite close to Kushina Uzumaki, and I can't just ignore her even though I know she might die!

Minato Namikaze has been completely misled by the Third Hokage, becoming someone who would do anything for Konoha. If the situation from the original story were to actually happen, even if his strength far surpasses that of the original character, he might still make the same choice, dying with his wife.

After some time, at a certain moment, Yi Shuihan sensed fluctuations in the space.

"come yet?"

As they spoke, a vortex began to form beside Kushina Uzumaki, and the space around them was stirred up as if it had turned into a lake.

"who are you?"

Kushina Uzumaki was already exhausted from the excruciating pain of childbirth. Even an ordinary person could easily control her. Faced with the sudden crisis, she struggled to stand up, but it was all in vain.

When the midwife saw the masked man appear, she only had time to scream before he killed her with a single move.

"Kushina!"

Upon hearing the commotion, Minato Namikaze didn't hesitate for a moment and vanished from his spot with a Flying Thunder God Technique.

"I'm going to help too."

Ye Gucheng had a good relationship with Minato and Namikaze, and seeing this, he rushed towards Kushina Uzumaki's location.

"They're all so anxious. Don't they know they need to stay calm, especially in crucial moments?"

Watching Ye Gucheng's retreating figure, Yi Shuihan slowly got up and walked step by step toward the scene of the incident.

The main character always has to appear at the crucial moment, right?

Before the Nine-Tails appeared, Minato and his wife were temporarily out of danger.

Moreover, Yi Shuihan could stop all of this at any time if he wanted to.

The scene shifts to the masked man.

Just as the masked man was about to unleash his seal-breaking technique, Minato Namikaze appeared at the perfect moment and stopped him.

"Those eyes! Are they from the Uchiha clan? Who are you?"

The Sharingan, such an obvious feature, was recognized by Minato Namikaze immediately.

"Are you alright, Kushina?"

Standing in front of Kushina Uzumaki, Minato Namikaze was like an impenetrable wall, giving people an unparalleled sense of security.

"Hmm, be careful... Ah!"

After managing to say a few words, Kushina Uzumaki began screaming in pain again. The pain of childbirth is something that even the strongest person cannot escape.

Faced with Minato Namikaze's question, the masked man did not respond at all, but instead charged straight at him.

"I won't let you harm a single hair on Kushina's head."

Minato Namikaze threw a kunai, which disappeared abruptly as it passed behind the masked man's head, only to reappear right behind him.

Holding a kunai, he stabbed at the masked man in the blink of an eye, giving him no time to react.

Normally, even if they couldn't hurt the masked man, they would definitely have interrupted his actions, but this time was different...

Outside Minato Namikaze's sight, the masked man's exposed eyes had transformed into a kaleidoscope shape.

"What..." The kunai passed right through the masked man's body, and Minato Namikaze's pupils suddenly contracted.

A smile had already appeared on the face hidden behind the mask.

Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God Technique was exactly what he had anticipated, and unfortunately, that's exactly what he was going to take advantage of.

"Successful!"

Under Kushina's horrified gaze, the masked man was about to break her seal, and at that moment her mind went blank.

Minato Namikaze saw all of this out of the corner of his eye, but he was powerless to stop it. Pain and helplessness appeared in his eyes.

"Looks like I arrived just in time!"

With a bang, the masked man's body flew backward and disappeared into the void, then reappeared 10 meters away without warning.

"Thank you so much."

Minato Namikaze looked at Ye Gucheng with gratitude and was overjoyed. Just now, he thought that Kushina Uzumaki's seal would definitely be broken this time, and that Kushina would be severely injured because of the breaking of the Nine-Tails' seal, and might even die along with her unborn child.

The thought of his wife and son almost losing them filled Minato with lingering fear, and after that fear, his eyes were filled with murderous intent as he looked at the masked man.

"Tap Tap"

Footsteps sounded, and only then did Yi Shuihan appear in everyone's sight.

"It's him?"

Obito Uchiha looked at Yi Shuihan with great surprise. He knew a lot about Yi Shuihan, this legendary figure of Konoha, and the more he learned about him, the more wary he became of Yi Shuihan.

"Oh, it seems I don't need to lift a finger."