The Martial Unity

He had several things going for him. For instance, he was their blood. Based on everything he heard, he could be certain that the Silas Clan had extremely strong familial bonds and placed a lot of importance on family.

In other words, appealing to this was his greatest out to victory.

However, he could not be obvious with it. The moment they realized he was trying to manipulate them, they would most likely become extremely hostile. He simply needed to act and talk in a manner that evoked a sense of familial kinship naturally and organically within them.

The fact that he was a descendant of Matriarch Nephi was also a great boon in that regard

While relying on familial kinship was undoubtedly an effective strategy, it wasn't the only approach he had at his disposal. He could incentivize them with beneficial offers of great value to them.

His father had taken this approach. He had offered them an artifact of proprietary Kandrian technology that obscured their existence, making it harder to detect and find them. It was deeply valuable to them as they were hunted by the entire world for their prophetic power.

"That isn't the only thing that is valuable to them," Rui smirked.

The Eye of Prophecy was a forbidden technique that consumed lifespan. In other words, it was lifespan that was deeply valuable to them. Far more so than it was to other Martial Artists.

Longevity potions were already deeply valuable to any person. However, it was beyond priceless when it came to people with crippled lifespans. Even a single life-prolonging potion was an extremely powerful bargaining chip when it came to negotiating with the Silas Clan.

This was another card that he had at his disposal. With the sheer amount of political, economic, and Martial capital that he had accrued as the next Emperor of the Kandrian Empire, longevity potions were effortlessly available to him. In fact, he was probably functionally immortal with how many could access if he wanted.

With these two cards to play, it was difficult to conceive that he would fail to gain their approval.

On top of that, he also had his trump card revealing that he, too, had the power of prophecy. Given how important and central was to their identity and Martial Art, there was a good chance he would be able to earn their approval by demonstrating his 'prophetic' power.

Another card he considered playing was the Antithesis Card. If they were prophetants who did not worship the Antithesis, then there was a chance that they wouldn't go crazy at the revelations that he resembles the Antithesis in some ways.

not go down that route," Rui shook his

how they would react to it; it was best to stay within the territory

the Silas Clan. It still wasn't as rigorous as he would have liked to due to a lack of data, but alas, that was all

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to the

arrived, Your Highness," Sage Sayfeel informed him impassively like it

later,

extremely important if I am to

get going," Rui smiled with excitement as he walked out with the

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stood outside in a trance. "That's some

the technique when we depart," Sage Sayfeel

"Then, Your Highness, are

breathed deeply, centering himself.

placed a hand on

when

shook him to his very

things flashed through Rui's field of vision at an unfathomably astronomical velocity. The very world itself was reduced to a myriad of flashing streaks. A mind-boggling amount of distance passed him

they were the ones who were moving,

his mind's capacity to

didn't so much as budge, merely activating a breathing technique, bending heaven and earth to

as he activated Riemannian Echo. 'He's not just warping heaven and

at Sage Sayfeel with a shocked

that he was not