Chapter 3274: Contrasting Treatment
Rui grew intrigued by her perspective.
One of the things that wasn’t entirely clear was the psychological differences between the six pureblood species of the true world and the human species. However, it appeared that the elves were more social with each other than humans were.
Everything that he had seen indicated that they had tighter bonds with each other.
They were also more feminine in their temperament and their physicality.
He wasn’t surprised that he was hearing a rather strange take on Project Water that he had never heard from any Martial Artist in human civilization. Every Martial Artist who was aware of his general ambition merely respected him for it or even celebrated it.
Ambition for Martial prowess alone was hardly uncommon, especially in the Upper Realms that filtered out more materialistic desires such as wealth and prestige that naturally came with being a Martial Sage and Martial Master.
Mother Alicia, however, appeared to find Project Water meaningless because it didn’t involve a connection with people.
"Probably one of the fundamental differences between humans and elves," Rui remarked aloud. "I don’t see the need for Project Water to have an element of human connection. Although..."
His eyes grew hazy as he dug into memories of old.
Memories of another lifetime.
Of another person.
"Project Water did originally start out as a benevolent project," Rui remarked. "I had started the project to create a Martial Art for everybody else. To give them what I wasn’t able to have. But once I gained the ability to have it, then..."