The Martial Unity

The dynamics of the conversation shifted the moment Rui revealed the Silas Clan and the Elder Tree as bargaining chips. Now, it was almost as if the Divine Doctor was more eager to negotiate with Rui than the other way around.

Both of them knew the Divine Doctor would be lying if he said he was an asset that was equal in value to the Silas Clan and the Elder Tree. In fact, Rui knew that he would probably struggle to compete in value against even one of them, but he didn't mention that at the moment.

"Access to prophecy and the Elder Tree is a continuous service," Rui informed him. "If you want continuous access to prophecy, you need to provide continuous services to the Kandrian Empire."

A continuous service was generally more valuable than a one-time service, assuming all other variables were equal.

"…Be that as it may, I cannot search for Gaia's illness if I practice medicine in Kandria," he retorted clinically. "I cannot forsake my mission."

"I'm not asking you to," Rui calmly replied. "You yourself do not need to personally endeavor the world to find the illness. In fact, I cannot understand why you thought it was a good idea to personally travel across the Beast Domain by yourself instead of relying on Martial Masters. Are you simply trying to prove that you are the only human who can do so by relying exclusively on your own skills? It took you more than a decade to travel to the Mellow, while it took Kane and me three months."

"I cannot rely on Martial Artists because no Martial Artists understand the Tree of Life." He shook his head. "It is not enough to travel; one needs to have a deep understanding of the biosphere to be qualifi-"

The man froze mid-sentence as a realization clicked.

He glanced at Rui.

he, too, had had the exact same thought. Their minds had simultaneously

Rui replied, raising his hands. "My Martial Path is Adaptive Evolution. Adaptive Evolution is a reactive phenomenon and cannot occur actively; it can only occur in response to what I expose it to. To be able

You are the only Martial Artist, aside from the unmoving Transcendents, who has the

as Rui's demeanor

not your

Rui's voice was chilling.

as he gazed into

They were pitch black.

their depths stirred an

A void.

idea was too thrilling for him to let it go. The Divine Doctor instinctively knew that Rui was

had perched itself in his Mind Palace. Perhaps it was because he had verified Rui's knowledge

found a solution that could accelerate his diagnosing process by orders of magnitude. A Martial Senior's

wasn't my intention," the Divine Doctor's frozen smile composed itself. "I was merely suggesting that practicing medicine in the Kandrian Empire was a perfectly amenable condition

Martial Artists were accustomed to taking Martial commissions in one form or the other. Thus,