The next day, Rui quickly prepared himself for a long day of laborious work in finding Master Gurren in the Great Jrava Mountain Range in the southwest of the nation. This vast expanse of mountains occupied a small portion of the territory of the Kandrian Empire, covering millions of square kilometers in totality.
Rui would need to scan all that area with his senses, looking for a Martial Master who didn't enjoy interacting with the empire.
However, Rui still maintained some hope for connecting with this Martial Master. The reason for that was that he was a partner of the Martial Union, about the same as Rui. Which effectively meant that they had signed a partnership contract for commissions and remuneration.
The fact that he had that tie to the Martial Union gave Rui hope that he wasn't an absolute isolationist.