As the sun dipped below the horizon, casting long shadows across the training grounds, Feiyin sat cross-legged on the wooden floor of their home, his breath steady, his heartbeat calm. His body was exhausted from the m’s physical training, but now, as always, the real lesson began.Cai Feng sat across from him, his presenwavering, the flickering oil mp casting shifting patterns of light across his sharp features. Tonight’s lesson was different. Feiyin could feel it in the air—the quiet weight of something important.“You already uand that the Body Tempering Realm is about strengthening the body so that it endure Essence Qi,” his father began, his voice steady and deliberate. “But what you must now realize is that the body does not simply sit idle as it grows stronger. It is stantly geing power—whether you trol it or not.”Feiyin’s eyes flickered with curiosity. “You mean internal strength?”Cai Feng nodded. “Yes. Kiiergy, raw and unrefined, is stantly being produced within you. Every movement, every heartbeat, every breath tributes to it. But without dire, it is nothing more than wasted force.”Feiyin thought back to the times he had felt something shiftih his skin, a faint pulse of energy that seemed to ripple within him. He had always thought it was his breath, or his blood moving. But now…“You’ve already been using internal strength,” his father tinued. “You just didn’t realize it. Every time you perform a breathing exercise, every time you stretuscles or hold a posture, your body gees a natural force. The breathing teiques you’ve been practig are desigo guide that force—to direct it into yans and temper them.”He reached over and tapped Feiyin’s chest lightly. “Every part of your body must be prepared to handle energy. The skin, muscles, bones, marrow, and blood all gee kiiergy to increase strength. But yans must also be tempered—because they trol the very foundation of life.”Feiyin sat still, abs the information.“Each of the five breathing teiques you practice is specifically desigo guide this internal strength into one of your five majans,” Cai Feng expined. “The Tree Breathing Teique guides internal strength into the liver, purifying the body. The Earth Breathing Teique reinforces the spleen, stabilizing the body’s core bahe Metal Breathing Teique nourishes lungs, increasing endurahe Water Breathing Teique enhahe kidneys, improving loy. And the Fire Breathing Teique fuels the heart, refining circution and adaptability.”Feiyin’s mind raced. He had felt it—the way his body responded differently depending on which breathing teique he used. But now, with this knowledge, it made sense.His father’s gaze hardened. “But tempering yans is a delicate process. Too muternal strength flowing into an an damage it instead of strengthening it. That is why I always monitor you—because if you lose trol, it could cause internal injuries.”Feiyin swallowed, suddenly realizing how dangerous evehing could be in cultivation.His father tinued. “For example, if you foruch strength into your heart, your blood will surge too quickly, and you may rupture your own veins. If your lungs receive too much, your breath will bee erratid you may suffocate without even realizing it.”Feiyin exhaled slowly, feeling a newfound respect for the bance of training his father had enforced.For a moment, there was only silehen Feiyiated before speaking. “Dad… in the past few weeks, I’ve noticed something during the breathing exercises.”Cai Feng’s eyes sharpened. “Go on.”Feiyin took a slow breath. “Each breathing teique… vibrates differently. When I practice the Tree Breathing Teique, I feel a pulsing rhythm deep inside my body, stabilizing and stretg outward. When I use the Fire Breathing Teique, the vibration is faster, almost like a steady drum. Each teique produces a utern.”His father remained silent, waiting.Feiyin ched his fists. “And… those vibrations match the osciltions of their respective elements. The Tree Breathing vibrates like the trees in the forest. The Earth Breathing vibrates like the earth. The Metal, Water, and Fire teiques… they all mirror the elements they’re ected to.”A heavy silence filled the room.Cai Feng’s expression did not ge, but Feiyin could see it in his eyes—the flicker of awe, the realization that what he had just said was something far beyond normal prehension.Slowly, Cai Fe out a deep breath. “Feiyin… do you know what you’ve just told me?”Feiyin’s heart pounded. “Is it… something important?”Cai Feng exhaled again, shaking his head in quiet wonder. “More than important. It is profound.”He studied Feiyin carefully, as though reassessing something he had once believed. “Most cultivators only uand the breathing teiques as methods of strengthening the body. But you… you perceive their essence. You see how they i with the world itself.”Feiyin’s mind whirled. He had always seen osciltions, always noticed how things vibrated differently depending on their nature. His father tinued. “This ability of yours… if used wisely, it could ge everything about your cultivation path.”Feiyiated before asking, “Dad… I experiment with it?”Cai Feng’s gaze sharpened. “Expin.”Feiyin licked his lips. “I want to see if I replicate the osciltions of the elements—not just through breathing, but by using internal strength itself. If I match their vibrations… maybe I uand how to harhem better.”For a long moment, his father said nothing. The out a low chuckle. “You truly take after your mother in curiosity.”Feiyin grinned slightly. “Does that mean I try?”Cai Feng’s smirk faded, his expression serious again. “Only under one dition—you do not experiment aloher I or your mother must be nearby at all times. If something goes wrong, we must be there to intervene immediately.”Feiyin nodded eagerly. “I uand.”A flicker of amusement crossed his father’s face. “You don’t ua. But you will.”The versation ehere, but in Feiyin’s mind, a fire had ignited.His perception of osciltions was not just a passive skill—it was something he could actively explore, refine, and perfed now, he had his father’s permission to push the boundaries.As he y down to sleep that night, his mind drifted into a familiar space—the endless void of his dreams, where the Eight figures stood, silent and unmoving.But tonight, something was different.As he focused, he felt it—the faint vibrations of something new. A subtle rhythm, woveween the infinite hum of the world.His heartbeat quied.This was only the beginning.