The Martial Unity

Chapter 2010 The Truth

Yet, his proposition was sound despite his insane antics.

Rui closed his eyes as he considered the commission that the Divine Doctor had made of him.

A commission to help the Divine Doctor with the diagnosis of Gaia's alleged illness. As the sole Martial Master in the entire world who had gained the enlightenment of the Tree of Life, Rui was the only Martial Master who could help the

It was an appealing commission.

It was true that Rui needed to expose himself to the world to truly fulfill Project Water in an absolute sense. Thus, he did not need to derail his life in order to fulfill the Divine Doctor's commission.

Furthermore, the Divine Doctor had specified that there were absolutely no limiting conditions on the commission as long as Rui helped him find the diagnosis.

Not even time was a limiting factor since the Divine Doctor had an eternity ahead of him. He had extreme patience, psychologically speaking. This was a man who saw no problem with spending more than a decade traveling through the Beast Domain by foot to reach the Mellow in the south, a journey that had taken Rui and Kane three months.

He wouldn't mind if Rui took more than a century to fulfill this commission.

In other words, it was so loose and relaxed that it could hardly be called a commission.

Additionally, Rui knew that accepting this commission was necessary to get the Divine Doctor to remain in Kandria as a citizen and a practicing doctor in return for both the Silas Clan's services and the Elder Tree communication network.

If the doctor remained, it would benefit all of Kandria. All of the people in his life that he cared about could indirectly benefit significantly. He could make sure the children and people of the orphanage were in optimal health. He could potentially get Julian an apprenticeship with the greatest doctor in all of Panama.

Who knew? The Divine Doctor could potentially help him with integrating Primordial Seed into his body with his extraordinary medical knowledge and capabilities.

"…If you're willing to accept a small favor every now and then, sure," Rui casually replied. "I'll accept your commission."

Kandria was far too much of a safe space.

he had explored a decent amount of the world during his self-imposed exile from the Kandrian Empire for about eight years

decided that the commission didn't take away anything from him and gave him

soul transference ritual work? How does it transfer the soul from one body to another body? What are its requirements and principles? Most importantly, what can it

maniacal grin on the Divine Doctor's

widened, warping his entire face

depths of

A shaky laugh escaped him.

Rui frowned.

into a maniacal laughter as his hands pressed

with tension as the Divine Doctor grew more

degenerated to the verge

eyes twitched as his hands

laughter only grew more

in his life, Rui felt truly fearful of a mere

Divine Doctor's voice quivered. "What do you

lightly. "Like a wispy transparent blob with the appearance of the physical

portrayal of a soul in fiction; it was almost impossible to think

Divine Doctor sneered

sharpened with

is no such thing as a soul," the Divine Doctor grew more excited. "It doesn't exist. There is no blob of energy that contains the sum totality of the information characterizing a person. It does not exist. It cannot exist! The mind cannot exist outside of the body for it is deeply interwoven with the body. The endocrine system controls emotions, the nervous system lies at the root of all experience and agency of the mind, and each of the

eyes widened with fear. "What are you saying? Doesn't that

wider as a glint of madness flashed in the depths of the man's eyes. "The soul transference

cured death. He had tried, but he failed. What he created was not reincarnation or immortality, but merely a means of passing on his

Rui's eyes as realization

idea," the Divine Doctor grew more excited as he revealed the truth to Rui. "To convince others of it; after all, nobody would ever choose to go through the soul transference ritual if they understood what it

as he stared at the

smile widened even deeper as anticipation lit up in