Hokage, no one knows better than me how to cultivate talent.

Xiao Li looked hesitant.

This outfit was a gift from Teacher Kai. The teacher said that he should wear it all the time except when eating and sleeping, so that he could feel the warmth of youth at all times.

"Shut up, your voices are disturbing me," Hyuga Neji said calmly, turning his head to the side.

Just as Takeshi Gouda was about to explode—that guy was so bold as to interfere in his affairs—he turned around and saw that it was Neji Hyuga, and instantly became obedient.

If you were to ask who he feared most in the entire school, it would undoubtedly be Hyuga Neji. At the beginning of the school year, he mocked Hyuga Neji for his ugly white eyes, only to be beaten so badly by Neji's combo that he couldn't get out of bed for a week.

Later, he was still not convinced, so he gathered four or five friends to ambush Neji after school. As it turned out, Neji was ridiculously strong, and all four or five of them were beaten so badly that they couldn't come to class for a week.

From then on, he would avoid Neji whenever he saw him.

"Consider yourself lucky," Takeshi Gouda muttered sullenly, then slunk back to his seat, not daring to say another word.

Lee walked up to Neji, bowed deeply, and said sincerely, "Neji, thank you."

"I'm not helping you, it's because he's affecting my studies," Neji said. "Besides, I don't need your thanks. In my opinion, your efforts are useless; they're just a waste of time."

"Neji!" Tenten cried out anxiously, running to Neji's table. "How could you say that to Lee? It's so hurtful!"

"I'm stating the facts." Neji looked up, glancing at Lee's green bodysuit. "Some things are predetermined, and no matter how hard you try, you can't change them. Take him, for example. He trained in this suit for a whole month, working harder than anyone else, but what difference did his exam results make? He was always last place, wasn't he?"

"Um... um..." Tenten was speechless after Neji's retort. She wanted to continue defending Lee, but found that she couldn't find any reason to do so.

Neji's words were hurtful, but they were indeed the truth.

"Neji, I don't agree with what you said," Lee said seriously. "I still believe that one day, I will be able to become an excellent ninja through my own efforts."

Neji Hyuga simply ignored him.

Doesn't he know better than Xiao Li whether hard work is worthwhile?

Qiu Shui listened to the conversation inside from outside, but didn't think about going in to speak up for Xiao Li. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but rather that no matter how much he helped, it would only be a temporary solution. Only if Xiao Li worked hard to gain recognition from others, or became strong enough to defeat his opponent, would people be truly convinced.

Otherwise, other students might feel that Qiu Shui is biased towards Xiao Li and become increasingly dissatisfied with him.

Main Quest: The Path to Cultivating High-Quality Talent Rock Lee

[Task requirement: In the final exam, ensure that Li Locke's overall score ranks among the top 25.]

[Task Rewards: Awarded based on a comprehensive evaluation of task completion]

Looking at the pop-up message, Qiu Shui felt that the mission had come at just the right time. Might Guy had asked him to help train Xiao Li, which would also allow Xiao Li to change people's impressions of him through his strength.

There are only 34 students in Class 1 of the fifth grade. To get into the top 25 is much more difficult than when Naruto was in Class 1 of the fourth grade and there were 25 students in total.

Because Naruto could at least learn to use the Three Body Technique, while Rock Lee had too little chakra and couldn't use the Three Body Technique at all. He got zero points in the Three Body Technique exam and could only rely on his theoretical scores in other subjects to artificially inflate his score.

This was the first time since Qiu Shui obtained the system that he felt it wasn't omnipotent.

When the school bell rang, Qiu Shui walked into the classroom of Class 1, Grade 5.

"It's Teacher Qiushui again, I'm so lucky."

Qiu Shui walked to the podium, listened to the students' words, and said with a smile, "Teacher Da Xiong..."

Before Qiu Shui could even speak, the students below had already learned to rush to answer.

"We know that Mr. Xiong has something to do, so Ms. Qiushui will be teaching this class."

A cheerful atmosphere immediately filled the classroom.

Qiu Shui began to explain to them more practical methods for using the Three Bodies Technique.

[Talent training completed]

Overall Rating: B

[Received Training Reward - Water Release: Water Clone Technique (Beginner)]

Although the ninjutsu that earned her the reward was only a C-rank and her proficiency was only at the beginner level, Shusui was still quite satisfied.

Because the Water Clone Technique is highly practical, if the water clone released by the user is defeated by the enemy at close range, it will not turn into white mist and disappear directly like the Shadow Clone Technique. Instead, it can turn into water and trap the enemy when it is defeated.

After class, Qiu Shui took Xiao Li to the third training field.

"Let me introduce you. This is Li Luoke, a student in Class 1, Grade 5. He's been training with us this month," Qiu Shui said, calling the three people who were training over.

"Those eyebrows are so thick!" Naruto stared at Rock Lee's eyebrows and couldn't help but blurt out.

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata gently tugged at his sleeve, whispering a reminder that it wasn't very polite. Although she also thought that the boy in front of her did have very thick eyebrows and that his green bodysuit was a bit strange, it wouldn't be good to say it so bluntly.

"Could it be another genius?" Sasuke wondered to himself, looking at Rock Lee in front of him. In his opinion, Shusui wouldn't bring someone weak here.

After all, the three of them are the best proof.

"It's alright, I don't mind. You can just call me Xiao Li." Xiao Li waved his hand with a smile. He had long since gotten used to the strange looks people gave him, so these words actually made him feel more at ease.

The first part of the training was still doing a test.

Although Xiao Li didn't quite understand this training method, he still obediently followed the instructions and buried himself in answering the questions after receiving the test paper.

Fifteen minutes later.

"Teacher Qiushui, I'm done." Xiao Li stood up and said earnestly.

"How did he finish so fast?" Naruto stared in disbelief at his test paper, which he hadn't even finished a third of.

Sasuke and Hinata looked up at Lee with surprise. Seeing his serious expression, neither of them had any doubts for a moment. Judging from his speed and confidence, could it be that he did very well in theory?

"6 points." Qiu Shui took the test paper, graded it, and announced the score.

"Hahaha, Lee, you only got 6 points!" Naruto was the first to break down, laughing so hard he almost fell off his chair.

Sasuke's lips twitched slightly. He thought this guy was probably just there to be funny. How could someone who got a 6 on a test be so confident as to be the first to hand in their paper? Where did he get the courage?

Hinata's brain completely shut down. How could someone who did so poorly still stand up and hand in their paper with such confidence?

"Um..." Xiao Li scratched his head, his face full of embarrassment. Getting only three out of fifty questions right was really hard to believe.

"Naruto, how dare you laugh at Lee? Your situation in the first month wasn't much different from his." Qiu Shui glanced at Naruto.

Naruto pretended not to hear and quickly lowered his head to do his homework, muttering things like, "I wasn't that bad back then. Don't slander my innocence out of thin air, Mr. Shusui."

Then, using the same words he had used to comfort Naruto, he gave Lee a bowl of hot chicken soup.

Xiao Li's eyes grew brighter and brighter as he listened, as if he had been given a shot of adrenaline.

"Teacher Qiushui, you're right, I do have a lot of room for improvement." After hearing this, Xiao Li clenched his fist excitedly.

"I got 29 questions wrong on the test today, so I'll reward myself with a thousand push-ups." After saying that, Xiao Li immediately ran to the side and started doing push-ups with great enthusiasm.

Qiu Shui also found that doing test papers was a bit boring lately.

Although Naruto and his friends always try their best to finish the questions, they don't really remember the questions they got wrong. They often forget them as soon as they finish, and when the same type of question appears again a few days later, they still get the same questions wrong.

Seeing Xiao Li punishing himself for each wrong answer, his eyes lit up and a perfect idea instantly popped into his mind.

"Starting today, every time I finish grading a test, the three of you will also do push-ups or other exercises like Lee did, based on your scores and points lost," Shusui said to Hinata and the other two.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata exchanged glances, but none of them had any objections.

A thousand push-ups are not a difficult task for them.

"Naruto, your goal for this month is to achieve an average score of 80." Shusui began to formally announce the rules, "Until you reach the goal, for every test score below 80, you will have to do 1,000 push-ups; for every question you get wrong on the same day, you will have to do 100 push-ups; and if you get a question wrong on the same day wrong again, you will have to do 500 push-ups."

"Sasuke and Hinata, your goal for this month is to achieve an average score of 90. Until you reach that goal, you will each need to do an additional 1,000 push-ups." Qiu Shui turned to them. "Since you two have a good foundation, if you get a question wrong that day wrong again, you will need to do an additional 1,000 push-ups. Of course, you can also use a one-kilometer run or a hundred squats to offset the 100 push-ups."

"Shusui-sensei, I'm fine," Naruto said after thinking for a moment.

Although he was somewhat reluctant to do more problems every day when he got home, he had his shadow clones, so he could just use them to help with the punishments later.

Naruto thought he was a genius; he was able to find such a method so quickly.

Sasuke also felt there was no problem.

Anyway, after training every day, Qiu Shui would use the healing technique he had developed to help them recover their energy, and they would be full of energy again the next day.

However, he didn't like going back to do the questions, so he was carefully checking the test paper in front of him, trying to get as few questions wrong as possible, and ideally, he could get a score of 90.

Hinata is an honest girl; she basically won't object to anything you ask her to do.