Chen Mu devoted all his strength throughout a week to the breath control training. He tried to repress the powerful side effects during the seven-day training process. But because of the continuous vomiting, his physiological functions continued to drop, until he looked entirely emaciated. Although he hadn't ever looked obviously robust, that kind of emaciation gave the sense of being frail. When Mark Victor saw Chen Mu's sickened state he wouldn't continue. After giving him some words of comfort, he took a commission for himself. That would require probably three days before he could return.
During that week, Chen Mu would regularly vomit upwards of seven times each day, sometimes to the point of collapse. Then he would grit his teeth and continue on. Time was too important for him, and the more he dragged things out, the smaller his chances for success became.
