The Martial Unity Chapter 1471 Factors

Master Zear's smile curved with amusent. "Haha, you seem rather confused."

"I am," Rui insisted. "How is such a thing possible? Martial Paths are not sothing that can be changed willy-nilly."

"Your understanding of what is or isn't possible is incomplete," Master Zear remarked, amused. "It is not your fault, either, these are high-level concepts that one cos in touch with only in the Upper Realms ordinarily. The factors and variables that are responsible for the Martial Path are more complex than we can comprehend. However, Martial Paths are usually profoundly connected to the experiences, mories, or emotions that most define a person and their life. Those sa experiences, mories, and emotions that define a person are also almost always the foundation of one's Martial drive."

"So you're saying that a person's Martial drive and their Martial Path are connected because they are both impacted by the sa experiences, mories, and emotions defining a person's being?" Rui asked, raising an eyebrow. "Yes, or at least, generally yes. There are exceptions to all rules when it cos to us humans." The man remarked. "However, they are not among the only variables that determine the nature of the Martial Path. A person's affinity for the various Realms is also a large factor in impacting the Martial Path. In this case, the change in that variable is what has allowed for this rapid change in his impacting the Martial Path. In this case, the change in that variable is what has allowed for this rapid change in his Martial Path."

Rui narrowed his eyes, turning back to Ieyasu, deep in thought. "In our fight, he said that the Martial mind, or at least initial prototype attempt at it, was what allowed his Martial Path to evolve. The Martial Mind is the Realm of thought, which ans..."

Rui's eyes widened.

"It seems you've arrived at the answer. Sharp as always," Master Zear chuckled, turning back to the unconscious Ieyasu with a soft expression. "A person's affinity for the various Realms impacts their Martial Path. So people have weak bodies and thus may develop a Martial Path devoid of an affinity for the Squire and Senior Realms. So people might have grown up with a rash and erratic mindset and temperant, causing them to lose an affinity for the Master realm. These things impact the Martial Path... They impact the Martial Path deeper than you can imagine."

He turned towards Rui. "For example, the lack of an affinity for the Master Realm can cause a Martial Path that should have been assimilative evolution to degrade into imitative evolution."

Rui nodded with a knowing expression. "Figured as much. It's unbelievable, but Ieyasu's imitative evolution was antithetical to thought in a way. Because he embodied the cognition and the decision-making that he read in other people's minds, he himself did not develop a habit of cultivating thought. He simply reflected other people's minds rather than cultivating his own. I'm guessing this is the reason that Ieyasu failed to develop an affinity for the Master Realm due to this.

"Indeed," Master Zear remarked. "I foresaw this day would arrive, ever since he developed his Mind Eye technique, at least. He would be forced to cultivate the power of thought when he arrived at the Senior Realm if he wanted to reach the Master Realm. What do you think Ieyasu has been doing for the past four years?"

Master Zear turned towards Rui. "Thinking."

"...Thinking?"

"Yes, amusing, is it not?" Master Zear chortled. "But he has been cultivating the power of thought for the past four years. Day in and day out. He has been thinking about how he can employ the power of thought."

"That's a lot of thinking," Rui muttered.

"Indeed, but it was necessary. That is how starved for it he was. About two years ago, a little before you arrived at Cloudia, he arrived at the answer," Master Zear inford him. "Using the power of thought, he would apply copied Martial Art more powerfully than he ever had, squeezing the absolute best of what he copied. With a new direction, he spent two years trying his damndest to co up with a frawork and system of thought to process data based on a handful of variables and receive an output that would help him fight with his copied Martial Art better."

He turned to Rui with a knowing expression. "Frankly, I was shocked that he ca up with sothing such a sophisticated idea on his first attempt. How did soone go from no thought to such complex thought combat-wise? However, after I t you, I understood where he got it from."

Rui glanced at Master Zear with a wary expression. "Just how much are you able to see with that mind of yours?"

"Hahaha!" Master Zear guffawed heartily. "I'm just an old man with a good eye for the interesting."

He turned back to Ieyasu with an endearing smile. "His Martial Path erges from a desire to grow stronger, as well as so unique life circumstances. The mont he cultivated so affinity for the Master Realm by acclimatizing himself to thought and realizing the power of thought, it opened a new dinsion for his Martial Path that he had previously rejected. Allowing his Martial Path to reach its full potential. Though that too is a bit of an oversimplification." "Seems complicated," Rui sighed. "The Martial Path is," Master Zear agreed. "There are many theories and fraworks that try to build primitive models for the developnt of the Martial Path throughout one's life, however, it is an esoteric field that is the hardest to make progress in."

Rui was curious if his insights into neurology could help, but unfortunately, he was far from an expert in the field, he simply had so tangential knowledge that he had gained in his education and years of research in a distant field. Regardless, it was only a curiosity and not a main interest of his. He didn't care to take away ti from his Martial Art to dedicate to research.

"By the way, are you going to get him treated or what?" Rui turned towards him.