The Martial Unity

"Why water?" Master Ceeran asked with a curious expression.

Rui smiled. "There was a wise martial artist once upon a time, he once said: 'Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water.'"

Rui smiled wider as he uttered his favorite quote.

"I see…He must have been quite the Martial Artist," Master Ceeran remarked.

"He was the best martial artist of his time," Rui replied with admiration.

"That saying has much in common with your Martial Art," Master Ceeran gained more interest.

"…I probably wouldn't even be a Martial Artist if I never heard those words," Rui replied.

"Interesting," Master Ceeran remarked. "I would love to meet him someday, if possible."

Rui chuckled. "I'm afraid he is not in this world."

"Ah, that's a shame. May he rest in peace," Master Ceeran regrettably mentioned. "Still, it is interesting that the root of your Martial Path is so…humble."

to. I just didn't expect that your extraordinary and unique Martial Path

in origins that are only as extraordinary and unique as the Martial Path itself?" Rui

our mind, body, and self. It is the manifestation of the essence of your being. How can an ordinary person yield an

the more unique and extraordinary the life

Martial Paths come from an extraordinary life,

that's indeed a shame," Rui

the continent learned this the hard way in the earliest centuries of the Age of

felt a chill crawl up his spine as he realized what that

kinds of experiences across long period of time in the hopes of yielding a unique and powerful

Rui's expression grew disgusted.

child in poor conditions, hoping to collect them when they grew up so that they could have a powerful Martial Path," Master Ceeran remarked. "Others put them through some amount of pain and suffering. If it wasn't for

ended, at

yours emerging from a quote from another Martial Artist is somewhat…surprising," He remarked. "I would have expected it to be rooted in something much

to it in a previous life. Spending a long, long time on Project Water and the VOID algorithm. It was at the age of fifty-nine that he died and was reborn in a

lifetime of research into Project Water was a good way to make Project Water his Martial Path. This was normally impossible for people since by that time they would bias their Martial Path in favor of any particular direction through a lifetime of dedication. By the time they were done, they were already quite

was if they got to start over in a