The Martial Unity

Once Rui explained the basic mechanism and principle of the technique, the main purpose of the lecture had already been fulfilled, as far as he was concerned. Not it was just a matter of appeasing the questions, doubts, and personal concerns of the Martial Artists of various sects.

And also the more technical questions of the scholars that had been brought with them.

"…and that is more or less about the benefits and limitations of ordinary autophagy in normal humans," Rui concluded the first phase of the lecture after going over all the general and broader information about autophagy that he had to offer, just to give everybody a good idea of how the process worked outside of the technique."

He turned to the audience. "Now then. Let us go for a round of questions. Again, I have yet to go into the depth of the details of exactly how the process actually works on a sub-cellular level, thus I ask you to please abstain from asking questions that probe into the depths of the sub-cellular mechanics."

A few hands went down, most of them from scholars who undoubtedly wanted to get into the nitty-gritty of what Rui was saying.

Rui skimmed through the Martial Masters present, finding Ceeran having raised his arm too.

"Master Ceeran, please," He nodded at the man with a smile.

opportunity, Senior Quarrier," Ceeran smiled warmly. "Now then, my question was whether there were any limitations to the distribution of the surplus stamina supplied by the autophagy process of the Hungry Pain technique. Is it easier for certain parts or muscles of the body to access this power better than

nutrition and energy is absorbed while certain other kinds are released

worried that the Hungry Pain technique could rapidly shift the balance of power between certain fields and techniques with how

quelled those concerns to a certain

Master with a raised hand, reading the name tag on the table. "Master

about any potential clashes between the poisons of our sect and this Hungry Pain technique of yours. Is it possible that the field poison itself is not compatible with this technique?"

grow immune to the effects of the poison through repeated exposure and conditioning. Once the user reaches a state where

She replied thoughtfully. "I appreciate your

into how

that the Hungry Pain technique would disproportionately benefit their field of Martial Art, while the Martial Artists of the larger sects were hoping that the status quo would be maintained, at the very least, if not tilted

there was one Martial Sect that benefited the most from the Hungry Pain. The Stamina Sect, also known as the Tree Sect. Why did they call themselves

it was undeniable that if the Hungry Pain technique benefited

stamina is increased thanks to the Hungry Pain technique?" Master Milan of the Tree Sect

a factor of two," Rui replied. "Though there