Woof."
After a bark, Hayate nodded earnestly, then walked off into the distance.
Watching Hayate leave, Bai Xuan also walked towards another direction where the scent of campanula was strong.
It must be said, the talent of smell is truly quite useful.
One plant after another.
In just half an hour, Bai Xuan had collected one hundred campanula plants.
And by the time Bai Xuan finished collecting the campanula, Might Guy's running exercise was also complete.
Quickly arriving in front of Bai Xuan, Might Guy asked with a hint of confusion:
"Bai Xuan, why aren't you exercising today? Instead, you're picking campanula?!"
However, just as he finished asking, Might Guy noticed something was off about Bai Xuan.
His eyes widened slightly, and Might Guy exclaimed with a hint of shock:
"You, Bai Xuan, you extracted Chakra yesterday?!"
"This amount is truly incredible!"
"As expected, Bai Xuan, you are a true genius!"
Listening to Might Guy's praise, Bai Xuan directly packed the wooden box containing the campanula and replied:
"Guy-sensei, persistence and effort always pay off."
"I exercise every day, so my body is naturally much stronger than my peers."
"And the fact that I can persevere also proves that my mental will is not weak."
"Chakra is inherently a combination of physical energy and spiritual energy."
"So,"
"It should be expected that I can extract this amount of Chakra, right?!"
Listening to Bai Xuan's reply and seeing the calmness on his face, Might Guy immediately gave a thumbs-up and continued to praise:
"Bai Xuan is indeed Bai Xuan."
"This is youth!"
"Seeing Bai Xuan work so hard, I must also continue to work hard!"
"Next, I will do five thousand push-ups!"
As soon as these words fell, Might Guy couldn't help but glance at Bai Xuan, and seeing Bai Xuan's expressionless face, Might Guy quickly changed his mind and shouted:
"No!"
"Next, I will do ten thousand push-ups!"
"If I can't do it, I'll do twenty thousand squats!"
"Burn, my youth!!!"
After a loud shout, Might Guy immediately started doing push-ups in front of Bai Xuan.
Watching Might Guy do push-ups like a pile driver, Bai Xuan's expression didn't change much.
(Note: 13) Bai Xuan already knew what kind of person Might Guy was.
And now, Bai Xuan had important matters at hand, so he wouldn't waste any more time.
Immediately, Bai Xuan directly bypassed Might Guy, walking and speaking as he went:
"Guy-sensei, I have things to do today, so I won't disturb your training."
After saying this, Bai Xuan left directly under Might Guy's slightly disappointed gaze.
Even the thick-skinned Might Guy hoped someone could train with him.
However, Might Guy was Might Guy; he wouldn't overthink things. After quickly concentrating, he fully immersed himself in his training.
Chapter 4: Evolution, Wind Release Affinity
Returning home, Bai Xuan held the wooden box and looked at the obedient Hayate, then directly opened the attribute page.
[Summoning Beast: Hayate]
[Species: Ninja Dog]
[Talents: Swiftness, Scent]
[Shared Talent: Intelligence]
[Evolvable]
[Evolution Requirement: Campanula (100 plants)]
[Evolve?]
The four large characters at the bottom of the attribute page truly made Bai Xuan reveal a faint smile.
"Evolve."
After Bai Xuan made his choice, he saw a hazy, chaotic light suddenly emerge from the void, directly enveloping the wooden box containing the campanula.
Then,
In just a breath, Bai Xuan felt the wooden box lighten, and a greenish-blue light suddenly overflowed from the wooden box, then flew directly towards Hayate.
The greenish-blue light flashed past, and in an instant, it directly entered Hayate's body from above his head.
"Woof~"
A bark sounded, and Hayate lifted his head, opened his mouth, and assumed the posture of a celestial dog howling at the moon.
Strands of airflow suddenly overflowed from his mouth, turning into small currents of wind that directly enveloped Hayate's body.
Hundreds of thousands of wind currents circulated continuously around Hayate's body, limbs, tail, head, and neck, causing his fur to constantly flutter, looking very cool.
And as these wind currents entwined him, Hayate's body slowly began to swell.
Muscles exploded, bones thundered.
The crackling sound of thunder and the rustling sound of strong winds rang out incessantly.
In less than a minute, Hayate's form underwent a great change.
Originally, Hayate had the size of a young large dog on Earth, standing fifty centimeters tall when naturally standing.
But now, he had the size of an adult giant dog on Earth, standing nearly one meter tall when naturally standing. This height was not much shorter than four-year-old Bai Xuan.
Therefore, for the current Bai Xuan, Hayate in this form could already be considered a small pony, capable of being used as a mount.
Of course, Hayate's changes were not only in size but also in appearance. He still had pure white fur, but his form was much more refined and looked very spirited.
His pair of dog eyes were bright and full of spirit, with a faint green glow, looking very mystical.
Riding such a Hayate out would surely be very impressive.
As this thought arose, a cold mechanical voice immediately sounded in Bai Xuan's mind.
[Ding!]
[Evolution complete]
[Opening Summoning Beast attribute page]
[Opening...]
[Summoning Beast: Hayate]
[Species: Swift Wind Dog]
[Talents: Swift Wind Speed, Wind Release Affinity, Wind Scent]
[Shared Talent: Intelligence]
[Evolvable]
[Evolution Requirement: wind cutting iron (100 grams)]
Just as the attribute page popped up, the system notification sound immediately followed.
[Ding!]
[Strength, Talent has been shared]
As this mechanical voice fell, a warm energy current directly emerged from the void and rapidly surged into Bai Xuan's body.
Strengthening physical quality, strengthening mental fortitude, strengthening Chakra quality, and at the same time,
Changing the body's nature!
Swift Wind Speed and Wind Scent, these two talents, were merely wind-attribute enhanced versions of Hayate's original Swiftness and Scent talents.
Only the Wind Release Affinity talent was a new talent that appeared after Hayate's species evolved from Ninja Dog to Swift Wind Dog.
This talent,
Allows a living being to be affinity with Wind Release.
Bai Xuan, who had just opened his eyes, couldn't help but extend his right hand. Staring at the air above his palm, Bai Xuan unhurriedly made a grasping motion.
"Whoosh~~"
A gentle breeze blew, and a current of wind directly swept through Bai Xuan's five fingers, then dissipated into nothingness.
"Perhaps, after practice, I can use this Wind Release Affinity talent to cast Wind Release without hand seals."
"So, is this talent a type of Bloodline Limit?!"
"Then, when Hayate evolves again and awakens even stronger talents, what talents will I be able to share?!"
"This is truly,"
"A little exciting..."
Muttering to himself, Bai Xuan looked at the excited Hayate, who was wagging his tail frantically as if trying to please him, and his gaze deepened a few shades.
Bai Xuan, who shared strength and talents with Hayate, naturally knew how powerful Hayate was now.
Currently, Hayate was equivalent to a speed-type Chunin skilled in taijutsu.
And the current Bai Xuan, naturally, was too.
[Evolution Requirement: wind cutting iron (100 grams)]
Looking at this line at the bottom of the attribute page, Bai Xuan couldn't help but ponder.
wind cutting iron is a precious metal unique to this world.
As for how precious it is?!
Just listen to another name for wind cutting iron—Wind Release Chakra Conducting Metal.
One should know that even a second-generation like Asuma Sarutobi, when forging weapons with Chakra conducting metal, only created a pair of knuckle-duster-style Chakra blades.
From this, one can see that this metal is extremely precious.
100 grams of wind cutting iron would probably cost five million ryo.
This amount of money wasn't a big problem for Bai Xuan.
After all, Bai Xuan hadn't done nothing in Konoha.
Bai Xuan's father, Bailuo, had a close friend named Tian Gang.
Tian Gang was the owner of a Ninja Tool shop in Konoha and also an excellent blacksmith.
The Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze's special Flying Thunder God kunai were forged by Tian Gang.
Furthermore, Tian Gang's daughter was named Tenten.
In his previous life, Bai Xuan had, out of boredom, memorized the "Transmigrator's Handbook" and mastered many knowledge and techniques.
Bai Xuan, who had long known the importance of money, after several trials and repeatedly confirming Tian Gang's character, handed over the Sugang method to Tian Gang.
The Sugang method is an optimized steelmaking method, and also a very sophisticated iron smelting method.
Using wrought iron as raw material, place it in the furnace, and put cast iron plates at the furnace opening. When the furnace temperature rises to around 1300℃, and the cast iron plates begin to melt, use tongs to move the cast iron plates left and right, and constantly turn the raw iron material to ensure it is evenly showered with the molten cast iron.