Fluidity [Bonus chapter]
[Bonus chapter for 250 golden tickets]
Ryu's view of the world expanded and slowed.
Breath of Earth. It was a State of Meditation many individuals felt they could only luck into and not seek. Within such a state, the difficult became simple and the fast became slow. Even though there were nine total States of Meditation, entering the second as Ryu had done was seen as such a lofty goal that others never bothered to aim higher.
However, after the first time he touched upon its barrier, Ryu always felt that he could enter Breath of Earth on a whim. He never really thought about why that was, nor did it particularly matter to him in his first life. Because he was unable to cultivate, sustaining Breath of Earth with his practically non-existent Mental Realm was nigh impossible. And, even if he could enter it, there was little point to do so considering it wasn't as though he had techniques to learn or cultivation stages to master.