Beneath the mountain shadow, Luo Meiying keeps one hand at Wújì’s back and the other at his wrist. Her fingers are cool, exact, measuring each tremor in his pulse while he holds the stance she set.
Luo Meiying
Your shoulders are still lifting first. Lower them. Let the breath start in the abdomen, not the chest.
Wújì corrects it. The air around him stirs, then steadies, as his qi follows the new rhythm in a slow, disciplined loop.
Luo Meiying
Better. Your meridians are clear, but the flow is uneven near the ribs and left hip. You favor old injuries even when you think you are not.
She shifts him by a fraction, one palm against a shoulder blade, one tap at the knee. The correction is small, but the strain in his frame changes at once, like a knot loosening under steady pressure.
Luo Meiying
Hold that line. Good. Now move only when I tell you, and tell me if the breath catches in your throat or the dantian feels tight.
Zhāng Wújì
The rhythm is smoother than before.
The forest stays hushed. Luo Meiying watches his face, then his stance, then his pulse again, as if reading a text only bodies can write.
Luo Meiying
After this set, we rest for a cup of water. Then I want to see whether your steps match your breathing as cleanly as your stillness does.
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Complete Luo Meiying's corrective training to improve physical vitality and resilience.
“Wújì continues following Luo Meiying’s corrections exactly, adjusting his breathing, posture, circulation, and movement under her supervision until the remaining strain and weaknesses she identified are fully corrected and his physical condition is stronger, steadier, and healthier than before.”
SUCCESS (Legendary Discipline, rolled -3)
Wújì holds the line Luo Meiying set, and the tightness under his ribs eases as his breath sinks lower. His shoulders stop climbing, his spine settles, and the qi in his meridians begins to travel in a cleaner, quieter loop.
He shifts his weight with her cadence, then again, until the old ache at his left hip no longer jerks the flow aside. The air around him ripples once, then smooths out with a steadier pulse.
Luo Meiying
There, keep that. Your circulation is finally listening instead of arguing.
Wújì completes the sequence without breaking stance. The strain in his frame drops away, replaced by a firmer balance through his legs and lower back, and a thin thread of sweat runs cold at his jaw.
Luo Meiying
Good. That correction is done, but you spent a little too much qi forcing the last turn. Sit when I say sit.
A low rustle answers from the treeline. The refined qi around Wújì carries farther than expected, and something large shifts in the brush beyond the cave mouth, listening.
Luo Meiying
Stay with me, Wújì. Something out there has noticed the mountain breathing.
Quest Complete
Complete Luo Meiying's corrective training to improve physical vitality and resilience.