The Martial Unity

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Rui didn't have any dreams.

It appeared that the state of sleep that let his brain rest after the Martial Mind was perhaps even deeper than normal sleep.

Regardless, it passed by in an instant.

Almost as if he had just blinked.

By the time he woke up, he felt quite refreshed, glancing at the Divine Doctor and Kane sitting around a fire.

"…How long was I out?"

"About an hour," the Divine Doctor replied impassively. "More or less the expected amount."

"Huff…" Rui shook his head, heaving a sigh. "…Annoying drawback."

"You can just stop using the Martial Mind if you don't like it." The Divine Doctor lightly remarked with a frozen smile. "The same goes for the Martial Heart. Martial Seniors who don't actively use their Martial Heart will live twice as long as those who regularly use it."

"…Meh, it's worth it," Rui muttered impassively. "Besides, it can overlap with regular sleep, too, I notice. However, it does disrupt your circadian cycle."

"Most Martial Masters rest as soon as possible after the application of the Martial Mind." The Divine Doctor informed Rui. "So long as they get it over with immediately, they can minimize the amount of time gone into resting."

"Hmmm…" Rui grew immersed in thought. "It puts the Martial Mind in a different light than before."

The Divine Doctor's smile widened. "Living beings are not able to maximize every ounce of potential without some price to pay. The Martial Heart and Martial Mind, at their full power, at least, are transient and are elevated states of life. They are not normal, and they demand a price to raise one's self to such a level. These prices take a toll on the body. It's partly why the Panamic Martial Federation prohibits the sale or mass propagation of forbidden techniques."

like a forbidden technique. It's allowed because it's absolutely necessary to reach higher Realms and

for some meetings with them as a Martial Master. Martial Masters were qualified to become members of the Panamic Martial Federation, an organization collectively founded

and laws of the Martial World. Although he wasn't quite familiar with its bureaucratic structure, he knew that he most likely would be invited to its headquarters as soon as his breakthrough to

engagements and commitments he had in the Kandrian Empire. The past five years in the Beast Domain had made him almost

national and even international patrons, donors, and benefactors who had become stakeholders in his campaign

of his intentions becoming known

was a

was a royal prince and

he was now

was not a light consequence. Even for a Martial Master, this was a tremendous amount of pressure as many of his stakeholders had the caliber

could even have them on retainer as bodyguards,

taking their money and making false promises

that Master Reina and the Sloth Sage had kept their word and ensured that it

Kandrian Empire as soon as possible. "I want to get out of the Beast Domain and return to the Human Domain as

the savagery of the Beast Domain.Contents

He yearned for civilization.

soon departed as Rui sped through the

Mind required corresponding rest, then it was best to make sure that he put this time to maximal good use, employing his

exited

years in the Beast Domain,

had grown much older, which explained his desire to conduct

through the Human

Human Domain were also far lower. While Rui and Kane had naturally grown eyes on the back of