The Martial Unity

"Well, I can't help it, you know?" The man grumbled. "I'm no scientist. I just feel my way through these things."

"Master Reina had a very broad and thorough framework for her field that distilled her understanding of assassinations," Rui insisted. "Why don't you have one for mental techniques."

"Hah, assassinations are super simple and easy. Don't compare them to the most complex and inscrutable existence in this universe." The man snorted.

"Which is...?"

"The mind, young man, the mind." He got up, tapping the side of his head. "We know very little to nothing about how it works. Most mental masters rely on the fact that they too have minds to get past a lack of theoretical understanding and gain a more instinctual understanding or an understanding through lots of trial and error. But as for the core theory..."

He shrugged. "Perhaps only Martial Sages and Martial Transcendents understand more about it."

despite having a Martial Mind and a Martial

is the physical nature of the mind is something we have absolutely no clue about." The man remarked. "As far as we can tell, it may be some kind of fog of energy in the brain that leaks out

lot farther in decrypting the mind, and while an absolute understanding was still far away, the fundamental nature of the

summation of a massive number of electrical impulses firing between neurons in the brain. Neuron plasticity ensured the development of patterns of electrical impulses across specific pathways that unfolded in

was crucial for gaining a framework of the mind,

child could come up with. There are things of the mind that can be learned just through introspection and observation, and I know Martial Masters are extremely

man remarked, before sighing. "Well. The mind is divided between the conscious and unconscious mind. I think we can all agree on that, right? The senses are sort of connected to the subconscious mind, which in turn processes it and sends the information to the conscious mind where it is evaluated and acted upon. Something like that. So mental techniques can be divided into techniques that affect consciousness and subconsciousness. However, you could also divide techniques by the effect they manifest, such as altering specific emotions or altering specific bodily functions, which are partially conscious and subconscious. After all, breathing is both conscious and subconscious, right? So a technique that affects the mind's control over breathing does not fall into either category cleanly. Then there are non-offensive mental techniques that work on one's self, like getting rid of pain or regulating emotions, these too have the same issue. Also also, there are mental techniques that seem to negatively impact the target, but we have no idea what the actual mechanism is, so those are just flying around. There are also techniques that can affect memory which are

Rui raised his

laughed. "It's hard to create a comprehensive framework around these things, so we just muddle around with

know into

issue is that too many of them cross too many lines or are unknown, so their utility becomes low," He shrugged, sighing. "We're going to have to wait for someone who is both great at mental techniques and also possesses an intimate understanding of the fundamental nature of mind. Perhaps

categorize mental techniques in a broader framework that was consistent, accurate,