Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"Chakra has this kind of problem?" Haruno Sakura's little head popped up with a question mark.

"How should I put it?" Sun Wukong rested his chin in one hand, twirling a small stick in the other, "Chakra isn't a power that originally existed on Earth. To use this power, you need to refine it from within yourself and then release Ninjutsu. You also need hand seals to control this energy."

"Don't you find that strange?"

"Why do you need such complicated hand seals to use a power extracted from within oneself?"

Haruno Sakura was stunned.

In her little head, she couldn't immediately think of an answer to the question.

"The bodily energy belongs to me, and the spiritual energy is also mine, but the Chakra formed by the combination of the two isn't mine?" It took Sakura a while to grasp the key to the problem.

"Yes, this is also why ninja treat Chakra as a tool. Maybe they haven't realized the root of the problem but stumbled upon the right description by mistake," Sun Wukong spoke indifferently, "It has a source, an owner. All Chakra belongs to her, but someone has divided her Chakra among everyone, allowing all to possess Chakra and to connect hearts with hearts."

"However, even though Chakra is divided by nature, in essence, it still traces back to that one person. So, once that person revives, all Chakra will revert to her."

Sakura shivered, starting to worry about the future of the ninja world.

The legend of the Sage of the Six Paths was something she had of course heard about, a mythical story that her mother often told her to put her to sleep when she was three or four years old.

"Is it the Sage of the Six Paths?"

"No, he was an idealist. Although he did not see through human hearts and was very naive, he deserves the respect of your whole world for this world," Sun Wukong felt that the humans of the ninja world could scorn the naivety of the Sage of the Six Paths, but not deny his ideals.

"If not the Sage of the Six Paths, then who?" Sakura asked curiously.

"His mother."

"..."

Suddenly, Haruno Sakura felt that this person existing in her dreams might be kidding.

How could the Sage of the Six Paths possibly have a mother?

Pop!

Sun Wukong snapped his fingers, and a golden seed appeared in front of Haruno Sakura.

"So beautiful!" Haruno Sakura blinked in disbelief, looking at the amber-like seed floating in front of her, her attention completely captivated.

Upon closer inspection, she could see a hazy image of a woman inside the seed, with her eyes closed, sleeping peacefully.

"What is this?"

"The seed of Chakra," Sun Wukong said calmly, "The phantom woman inside is the will of the ancestor of Chakra. Although the Sage of the Six Paths distributed Chakra to the people, the will of Kaguya within couldn't be removed."

"If you want to perfectly control Chakra in the future, then the most important step is to replace its will with your own."

The young Haruno Sakura didn't yet understand the importance, but still asked, "How do I do that?"

"I can help you, consider it as part of the rent," Mr. Wukong said with a slight smile, gently pointing a finger and the will of Kaguya inside the Chakra seed dissipated, replaced with the image of Haruno Sakura.

Suddenly, Haruno Sakura felt an extremely special connection to the Chakra seed in front of her, as if she could control it at will.

The golden seed slowly drifted to the center of Haruno Sakura's forehead and merged with her.

"Alright, it's dawn. You should head out now."

As soon as Sun Wukong's words ended, Haruno Sakura felt a sway, opened her eyes, sat up from bed, first touched her forehead and didn't find any bulge, then touched her stomach and muttered, "Was it a dream?"

"Not at all," Sun Wukong's voice echoed inside her, surprising Haruno Sakura, who then cheered, "It's real."

"Shhh—"

"Don't tell anyone else about Sun's existence."

Haruno Sakura immediately calmed down and promised to Sun Wukong, "I will not tell anyone."

The young Sakura didn't understand the importance of Sun Wukong but instinctively did not want to lose this friend; in fact, she felt it was a secret just between them.

Even her parents couldn't be told.

After tidying up her bedding, washing up, getting dressed, putting on shoes, and eating the breakfast prepared by her mother, Haruno Sakura skipped off, backpack in tow, to the Ninja Academy as if she had already forgotten the unpleasantness of the day before.

On the way, she encountered a blonde girl with bangs at the front of her forehead – Yamanaka Ino.

"Sakura, I heard those girls bullied you again yesterday. Don't worry, with me here, no one will dare to bully you again," Yamanaka Ino said, taking out a red gift box, opening it in front of Sakura to reveal a red ribbon, then tied it into a bow in Sakura's hair.

"Thank you, Ino," Haruno Sakura was moved.

"No need to thank me. You should also be more confident, a broad forehead isn't such a big deal," Ino comforted Sakura.

In fact, the reason Ino helped Sakura was simply because she was born into the Yamanaka Clan and was more mature than other children her age; she simply couldn't stand seeing other girls being bullied.

But today, Sakura's behavior impressed Ino.

If it had been before, it would have taken Sakura at least two or three days to recover from being bullied by those girls, yet now she had recovered her smile overnight.

She might even become an excellent ninja in the future.

Ino, born into a ninja clan, knew much more than Sakura. To a ninja, being able to rally after repeated failures was the true mark of strength.

In her eyes, Sakura already possessed such qualities!

The two girls walked to school together.

On their way, Sakura noticed something different—her physical fitness seemed to have improved from before, and even in her abdomen, a stream of energy continuously wandered throughout her body, nourishing every cell.

She couldn't perform introspection, but that warm sensation was unmistakably real.

Was it thanks to Lord Sun Wukong's help?

"Sun Wukong, did you do this?" Sakura asked inwardly. This content originates from M1VLEMPYR, My Virtual Library Empire.

"Do you remember the seed from last night?" Sun Wukong's voice echoed in her mind.

Chakra!

Sakura immediately thought of this and understood that she could now refine Chakra.

"Your Chakra seed can help you refine Chakra and store it as well."

Hearing this, Haruno Sakura was even more thrilled.

She understood that Chakra, though a miraculous energy, was typically refined and utilized on the spot, unable to be stored within the body for long. Unused refined Chakra would dissipate back into bodily and spiritual energy.

Naturally, whether refining or dispersing, some energy would inevitably be wasted.

A formal ninja could quickly extract Chakra during battle, but once the Chakra was exhausted, they would feel extremely tired and lack spirit.

However, her Chakra seed not only helped her refine Chakra but also allowed for storage and even circulation throughout her body.

She could feel her body growing stronger, with energy from the air entering her body, continually fortifying her physical form.

All of this was the effect of the Chakra seed!

She believed that with such a power, she could definitely become a genius and even catch up with children from the large clans!

Although first graders didn't understand things like lineage, Sakura could distinctly feel that there was a difference between her and children like Ino; after all, just in height alone, Ino was a bit taller than most ordinary children.

It wasn't obvious, but the perceptive Haruno Sakura could feel it, and with control over the Chakra seed, her senses had become even more acute.

Upon arriving at the ninja academy.

The students were gradually entering the campus, with Haruno Sakura and Ino chatting and laughing as they walked into the classroom. Seeing them together, the girls who had bullied Sakura the day before didn't say much.

It wasn't because they realized Ino was from the Yamanaka Clan—children, even if warned by their parents, didn't have such a concept. They were simply afraid Ino might hit them.

After all, being from a ninja clan, she was not a girl to be trifled with compared to ordinary civilian girls.

After entering the classroom, Ino said something to Sakura and then went back to her seat, chatting and laughing with a boy sporting a pineapple hairstyle and a plump, chubby boy.

The Ino-Shika-Cho Trio.

Sakura often heard from her father, Haruno Cho, that these three would always end up in the same classroom in the future—since the establishment of the ninja school, it had been this way.

Back at her seat, Sakura began refining Chakra, truly feeling the warmth of Chakra flowing within her, comforting like the spring sun turned into water, bringing her an unparalleled sense of peace and stability.

"Thank you, Mr. Wukong," Haruno Sakura thanked inwardly.

"No need to thank me, but don't rush when you're refining Chakra, or else you'll get hungry," Sun Wukong warned, "From now on, you should eat a bit more."

"I understand, Mr. Wukong." Haruno Sakura felt warmth in her heart, suddenly feeling that the Sun Wukong inside her was more of a father figure than her own father.

The school bell hadn't rung yet, but the diligent Haruno Sakura had already taken out her textbooks and started to review.

Apart from the mandatory history textbook, there were subjects like mathematics, physics, chemistry, geography, and climate. It could be said that the ninja academy's curriculum was not far behind the modern world in subject content.

However, the pedagogy had a problem, lagging behind by decades.

Because the ninja academy's curriculum included only theory, training, insights, practice, and a final summary.

Mathematics, physics, and chemistry were all bundled into the theory category.

This resulted in most people being unable to absorb the material, and the ninja academy's exams, especially the final graduation assessment, tested whether students could extract Chakra and whether they could perform the Three-body Skill proficiently.

This caused those from big clans to have little interest in studying since they had already learned these skills at home. Whether they were proficient was another matter; they definitely knew the Three-body Skill, and attending the academy was more about socializing with other kids, especially the genius civilian ones.

But for an ordinary citizen ninja like Haruno Sakura, learning this theoretical knowledge was essential!

Only by doing so could she make a name for herself among the vast number of background characters.