It was not a secret that Hashirama accepted students to teach his wood release. But the specifics of who they were kept a secret even from fellow cn members for security reasons. Therefore, it was a surprise for them that he had learned wood release. "So far, I have not heard of anyone learning wood release yet. Yang is the first." "Not only that, but his wood release is also quite strong as well. The Uchiha's got what they deserved." "Yang is a genius at wood release, one day he might surpass the cn leader himself."

  The group after completing their mission, returned to the cn. The news of his group getting caught in an ambush spread throughout the cn. What was shocking for them, was the revetion of him learning wood release. No one knows how useful and powerful wood release is other than the Senju themselves.

  Chu Yang is the second person who had wood release and was destined to attract the attention of the entire cn. Not after the news spread, he was summoned by Hashirama to his room. He followed the guards to the cn leader's mansion. With a smile on his face, Hashirama brought him to the courtyard, and said, "Use your wood release, let me see how good it is."

  Chu Yang did as he was told and performed several of the basic techniques, all of which were taught by Hashirama before. Seeing Chu Yang proficiently control the trees without any hiccups, impressed him. He could feel the chakra from the wood, which was enough to show Chu Yang's proficiency. Kekkei Genkai is inherently different from normal jutsu, as it often needs the user to combine two or more elements cohesively to form the jutsu.

  If it fails, it might not work. In the worst-case scenario, the user might suffer a huge backsh, mostly from the jutsu exploding on his face. Only people within the same cn are usually trained from a young age to master it. Originally, Hashirama did not have much hope of finding a successor, until Chu Yang. To practice Mokuton, it needs a lot of vitality from the user. Failure to use the technique will often time deplete the life force of the user to varying degrees.

  Even though all are from the same cn, they still suffered from some of the backsh. Most of the kids who trained with him are still in the hospital, nursing their injuries. This shows how precious Chu Yang is. Hashirama had a feeling that there would be no other successor for his wood style. Unlike him, his brother Tobirama was keeping a close eye on Chu Yang.

  He is aware of how difficult it is to successfully train wood release, let alone reach such a mastery of it in a short time as well. He was like a machine, scanning Chu Yang like a hawk. Chu Yang did not like it and stared back at him just as fiercely. Tobirama was stunned. Someone dared to stare back at him, and a kid from the cn to boot."Hahahaha" Hashirama gave a hearty ugh as he watched the interaction between the two. "Tobirama, stop scaring him, he is just a kid." "Ani, he may be a kid, but he is not an ordinary one." Tobirama restrained his gaze as he whispered, "He was able to learn wood release in such a short time and train it to a decent proficiency. He took way less time than even you back then."

  Hashirama nodded. As the first user of Wood Release, he certainly understood what his brother was trying to say. This is an extraordinary talent, who needs to be taught well so he can be given responsibilities in the future. But he was not a qualified teacher. In terms of teaching the younger generation, his brother is better in that regard. This has been proven, after all, Tobirama was the one who built the Shinobi Academy in the original plot after Konoha was founded.

  Hashirama smiled and patted his shoulder, "As a shinobi, just learning wood release is not enough. Follow Tobirama's lead and build a solid foundation as a shinobi." Although Chu Yang was calm on the surface, he was quite excited inside. After all, Tobirama was known for creating numerous forbidden jutsu. Although most of it was to combat against the Uchiha themselves.

  Even Orochimaru's improved Edo Tensei was built upon the foundations of Tobirama's work. The Hiraishin which earned Minato the moniker of the 'Yellow Fsh' was also created by him. "Practice your taijutsu first and then we will talk," said Tobirama. "People often talk about ninjutsu or genjutsu first when thinking of a ninja. But taijutsu is the foundation on which you build everything else." Then he softened a bit, "Originally I wanted to test your taijutsu, but since you have just come from a mission, go get some rest."

  Chu Yang nodded and came back the very next day. He had his breakfast in the cn leader's mansion with Tobirama. Chu Yang just as in the world of One Piece was an orphan here as well. Other than the cn head's mansion, he mostly ate in his house or the roadside stalls. He was quite simir to Naruto in that regard. After breakfast, Tobirama took him to the training ground where he used to train as a kid as well.

  The training ground was not that big, but there were targets and dummies for practice. "Let me see how good you are." Tobirama summoned a shadow clone and used it to test him. Before going to the Pace, his taijutsu was atrocious. The clone approached him but seeing him do nothing Tobirama was about to give a zero.

  But Chu Yang suddenly moved to horse stance with his arms wide open, his hands coiled around his waist like a spring. The moment he punched, even Tobirama who standing in the distance felt the shockwave. Nisenmaigawara Seiken (Two thousand Tile punch). The clone just popped from the pressure before it could even do anything.