The Martial Unity

"Your problem is actually not uncommon amongst newborn Martial Seniors," Sian remarked once Rui explained his predicament to his liaison in the Beggar's Sect. "Many Martial Seniors have no idea how strong they are until much later in their time in the Senior Realm."

"Well, given how the Beggar's Sect prides itself on information and data analysis, shouldn't you be able to give me an accurate overview of my power relative to my peers?" Rui asked with a resigned expression.

Sian immediately shook her head. "We are not a Martial organization like the Panamic Martial Federation or the Virodhabhasa Faith. While we do have some amount of internal Martial Artists, we rely on the power of the invisible common man, woman, and child. We do not possess the off-hand expertise to give you an accurate gauge of your Martial prowess. In the same way, we do not possess the off-hand expertise to evaluate any and all technological advancements or inventions properly. We largely outsource such matters to trusted allied partners who do possess the relevant expertise."

Rui sighed dejectedly. He had expected such an answer, of course. In the first place, only another Martial Artist or an extensive observation laboratory with relevant Martial scholars and scientists were qualified to evaluate him. The Beggar's Sect did not carry around such resources in the base of operations of their foreign affairs department.

Sian was most certainly not qualified to give him an accurate gauge of his power in the Senior Realm, either. It looked like he would have to figure it out the hard way after all.

"What I can tell you is that because the starting point of Martial Artists in the Senior Realm are completely different and because that consequently results in an extremely wide range of power levels within the Senior Realm, it is actually not easy for even Martial Art organizations to accurately evaluate the power level of an unknown Martial Senior." She replied. "They largely rely on the power that the Martial Senior possessed before breaking through to the Senior Realm to gauge how strong they would be as a Martial Senior. Thus even if you visited a Martial organization, they would find it much more challenging to evaluate you if they do not have access to a thorough record of your history and background."

of course, unacceptable to Rui. Still, he appreciated the free tidbits

Senior Realm is divided into fifteen grades in most Martial Artist evaluation and grading systems, such problems naturally

out in

nodded. "I assumed you were aware

was even wider than the Squire Realm, but only now did he realize that they

help but

of Martial Seniors took several decades at the bare minimum to reach the Master Realm, the path forward

and the Upper Realms," She remarked. "I do not know the details as the few beings that do possess the information are extremely secretive about it, but it is said to be among the hardest of

just that they were far stronger than Martial Seniors, which they also were. However, in addition to that, Rui also

a different cloth from ordinary mortals. Rui got the impression that their vision and understanding of reality were simply higher than his own. Their minds seemed to be able to see things that no

couldn't even imagine what it took to evolve to such a state

shook his head. "I appreciate the information. Now then, coming back to business, I wanted