The eyes of the skull light up as if they are filed with a pale flame.

“Welcome martial. You passed my first test. This ring contains my inheritance. If you pass my second test you will get everything in it. This is a basic cultivation manual. Master this and you will receive the second test.”

After that a light beam shoots out of the forehead of the skull. With that beam of light the head of Lie Mo is filled with a huge amount of information. But it is also just a small amount of information. Information which is extremely dense.

Disciple of the breathing cultivation foundation arts.

Breathe in and follow the stars.

The breath refines the bodies and creates a new star.

A star that connects the hidden stars.

A star that creates an ocean of live.

This breathing ocean will be the foundation for worlds and heavens.

Disciple of the breathing cultivation foundation arts.

Each of these lines seem more complex than the entire martial arts Lie Mo learned. More complex than his entire life achievement. And probably even more complex than the life achievement that flexible bamboo reached.

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After absorbing the information the sky already turned dark. And Lie Mo just collapses.

Lie Mo wakes up again. He has no clue how much time passed. The only thing he knows is that he is, hungry, thirsty and that it is noon. After filling up his stomach he starts pondering on the cultivation manual.

Everything is unreachable. After pondering on each line for a while he starts noticing the second line.

Breathe in and follow the stars.

This line seems to be the first step.

Breath in.

Breath out.

Breath in.

Breathe out.

Where are the stars? Lie Mo just knows the stars should be in the inside of his body. But he has no clue on how to find them.

He tries different things.

Breathing while sitting.

Breathing while walking.

Breathing while lying.

Breathing while running.

Breathing under a clear night sky.

Breathing in the sun.

Breathing when it’s hot.

Breathing when it’s cold.

Breathing in the wind.

Breathing when it’s calm.

Breathing at a waterfall.

Breathing among animals.

Many days go by. During fights his breath is turbulent. In danger his breathing is tense. When relaxing his breathing calm.

Follow the stars, follow the stars. Turbulent breath can’t follow the stars. Tense breath is hard to steer. And clam breath is too slow. Each breath should be the same. One breath that is strong, constant and intentional.

After many weeks of training Lie Mo’s breath starts to get more stable. His breath is not influenced anymore on the situation. His breath when sleeping is just as strong as it is when fighting. And his breath when fighting is just as intentional as when meditating.

It is strong and powerful. It enables his martial arts to be more effective and to be more efficient. His moves are more stable and more powerful.

But there is still something missing. His breath is strong. And every strong animal and beast notices it’s presence.

Tigers are powerful, intentional and calm. But they also are quiet. A tiger can stand right behind you without you noticing. That is the missing part. His breath is strong like an angry bull. But it is not complete.

It takes Lie Mo a while to fight to figure out how to quiet down his breath.

But on a cold starry night where the whole world is covered in snow he succeeds. Now he has the breath of a tiger. This breath of the tiger is finally ready.