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."

understanding the mind despite having a Martial Mind and a Martial Path centered around minds?" Rui

that there are mental techniques that affect the subconscious mind, the senses, and the conscious mind and they can be trained. But the core of it all is a mystery as far as everybody is concerned. What 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

man's words. Science back on Earth had gone a lot farther in decrypting the mind, and while an absolute understanding was still far

was 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 response to other incoming neuron impulses, allowing for information to

the structure and functionality of the brain was crucial for gaining a framework of the mind, which in turn was necessary to develop a

lazy," Rui snorted. "Put some effort, I didn't come all the way here for something that even a 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

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

raised

to create a comprehensive framework

least divide the techniques that you do know into conscious, subconscious, hybrid, or unknown. Also, the effect it

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

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