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."

I just didn't expect that your extraordinary and

origins that are only as extraordinary and unique as the

is the manifestation of the essence of your being. How can an ordinary person yield an extraordinary Martial Path? How can ordinary

interest. "So the more unique and extraordinary the life experienced, the more powerful a Martial

Ceeran heaved a sigh. "While all extraordinary Martial Paths come from an extraordinary life, not

that's indeed a shame,"

Community of the continent learned this the hard

spine as he realized what that meant.

put their progeny through all kinds of experiences

Rui's expression grew disgusted.

have a powerful Martial Path," Master Ceeran remarked. "Others put them through some amount of pain and suffering. If it wasn't for the rise of the Panamic Martial Federation, we may very well have ground the Age of Martial Ar to

glad it had ended, at

Martial Path is as extraordinary and unique as yours emerging from a quote from another Martial Artist is somewhat…surprising," He remarked. "I would have expected it

His Martial Path was what it was because he had dedicated his life 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 new

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 old, and becoming a Martial Artist was almost

only way they could succeed was if they got to start over in a new body by the time that