The Martial Unity

Rui stared at her. He knew that she was stubborn enough to refuse to simply let it be. In that case, he wished he had anticipated this and asked Senior Sarak to tell her that the Floating Sect had procured the treatment. That way, everything would be fine.

He enjoyed her company, but he didn't want her along. Although she was probably a bit stronger than him in a general sense due to her many years in the Senior Realm, she too did not have the drive to reach the Master Realm and had not made too much progress since hitting the Senior Realm.

It couldn't be helped, many things could be accomplished since hitting the Senior Realm, and the three Martial Seniors had largely found what they wanted with its power.

Unfortunately for Rui, that meant that she was going to become a liability in the long run. Not only was he not going to stagnate like she did, he was going to maintain his highest efforts to continue pursuing his Martial Path.

Project Water was waiting. Furthermore, even greater power than he already possessed was waiting as well.

She would be left in the dust rather quickly. He especially did not want to involve her in matters where she was likely to be hurt, like in his eventual operations against Chairman Deacon. Thus bringing her along with him was out of the question, he cared too much for her.

Unlike Kane, she did not have an affinity for these kinds of operations indicating that she would excel at them like Kane did with his Void Step.

However, he knew that she wouldn't listen and would follow him no matter what. The only way he could possibly avoid that is by leaving the Floating Sect like a thief when she was asleep without bidding her goodbye or knocking her out if she tried following him.

As painful as it was, he was tempted. The issue was that they led fundamentally different lives, and it made their relationship shaky. What they needed were partners who would not pull them out of their own lifestyles.

He did not want to settle down and live a peaceful monotonous life. She did not want to lead a chaotic and dangerous life like he did, traveling from place to place.

had to be a way for him to satisfy her principled obligation to repay her debt without dragging her into a life she did not wish to

until

do that for me?" Rui asked with a serious

"...This is the

have powerful enemies. It will be better for you

not a child." She sternly retorted. "I understand and accept the tribulations that come with repaying my debt to someone who leads a life like yours. If it is your family, then I will protect them. I swear that I will

her. "...You will have to leave behind the life that you have cultivated in the Floating Sect for quite some

so be

Rui smiled.

moment, he couldn't help but think about

any of my business, but why don't you protect your family

not even a Martial Senior is not enough, not a weak one anyway. I need more power. Furthermore, I need to eliminate the root cause of the threat rather than

see... Is that why

"Among other

She smiled. "How do you want me to protect

as he began describing the situation of the

the Martial