Chapter 953: Chapter 17: The Power of the Heart
The Dawn Star has only five official crew mbers, so there isn’t a designated cook onboard. Everyone agreed to take turns cooking during the voyage to ensure fairness. Today’s task of preparing breakfast fell on the shoulders of the Dawn Knight, and their breakfast consisted of two slices of toast, a sausage, buttered scrambled eggs, vegetable salad, and hot coffee.
“Alandia, your cooking skills are pretty good,” Gongsun Ce said. “It’s about the sa as mine usually.”
He had just taken a cold shower and was now dressed in loose-fitting sportswear, sitting at a square table with everyone else for a al. anwhile, Wawu was happily munching on its own kibble on the floor. Qiluo, chewing on her bread, was quite grateful that it wasn’t Shiyu Ling’s day to cook, otherwise, Wawu might have ended up having the best al on the ship.
While spreading butter on her bread, Alandia replied, “It’s hard to ruin a simple Country-style breakfast. I think my culinary skills still have a long way to go to match Knight Orianna’s.”
“Her cooking is fantastic,” Gongsun Ce said nostalgically, putting down his plate and lying on the table. “I really miss her rice pudding and milk butter… She even once made us lightning pudding, and back then, Big Brother finished an entire plate.”
“I fear Mo Yuankai can now only eat her homade vegetable salads and multigrain rice,” Alandia comnted.
Gongsun Ce chuckled rather unkindly. He snapped a photo of the breakfast and sent it to his distant Big Brother, who replied with two middle finger emojis.
The breakfast was quickly devoured by everyone, and they soon proceeded to get on with the day’s serious business. Alandia pushed over a whiteboard and began to write and draw on it.
“Let’s summarize the current situation. During the Xuan Ci State incident, we discovered that the beliefs of the people affected the state of the local totems. We still don’t know if this is an isolated case or sothing more universal; this requires further investigation. Please note, don’t let individual cases lead to preconceived notions…”
“It’s easy to fall into the trap of seeing patterns that interfere with objective judgnt,” Gongsun Ce chid in. “We all understand this concept. My main curiosity now is, how does the Saint manage such… bizarre feats?”
Alandia wrote the word “Heart Intent” at the top of the whiteboard.
“I believe he utilized the people’s heart intent to ntally link them with the totem,” she explained.
Qin Qianbai raised a hand. “Teacher Alandia, what is heart intent?”
“To describe this concept conveniently, we must start with an example. Do you all rember Ce’s experience at the Collective Belief Festival?”
The Collective Belief Festival, where the Hidden Gods of Zero Island fulfilled people’s wishes. Gongsun Ce t a seasoned Hidden God blacksmith there, who later went to the City of the Skies.
“I rember wanting to forge so comfort gear back then,” Gongsun Ce said, touching the fra of his glasses. “Then the old blacksmith explained to that it required materials imbued with specific heart intent to create corresponding Heart Phase Weapons. So creatures are born with specific heart intent, while so are imbued because of what people ‘believe’ is placed into material objects. The comfort in my glasses fra cos from the gratitude and thanks of the Hidden Gods.”
Alandia wrote “Material” to the lower left of “Heart Intent” and used an arrow to link them.
“From this incident, you learned that hearts and thoughts hold power, which is broadly referred to as ‘Heart Intent.’ Impermanence Skill Mages who awaken their Spirit Light gradually master and employ it through practice, but for ordinary people without Spirit Light, how does this power manifest?”
Gongsun Ce pondered, “Without Spirit Light, you can’t control your own heart; it’s as if the power is ‘locked’ inside. However, the existence of special materials has already proved that human thought can impact the objective world. That ans, this power… so-called ‘Heart Intent’… escapes and attaches to other things as they think and act?”
Alandia labeled “Material” under “Heart Intent Material” on the whiteboard.
“That’s correct, Ce. This is the source of most special materials. Creatures born with heart intent typically stem from the giant dragon phenonon; they are derivatives brought by monarchical giant dragons. Late-acquired heart intent materials co from centuries or even millennia of human ‘belief,’ for example, Mithril can dispel magic, Ice Crystal symbolizes purity, and the core of an ancient tree signifies holiness. These beliefs cause irreversible changes to the material, granting them corresponding powers.”
“Creatures born with heart intent are influenced by the giant dragon phenonon, whereas these incredible materials stem from…” Gongsun Ce searched for an appropriate word, “supernatural phenona invoked by humans. Human phenona?”
“A fitting description,” Dawn Knight endorsed, “both Impermanence Skill Enforcers and Heavenly Return Technicians possess the ability to actively wield their own heart intent, positioning them as formidable entities in human phenona. The Qin Secret Skill you replicated with your Superpower before is an excellent example.
In reality, you don’t understand the true essence of these martial arts. You only used your own heart intent combined with the technical prototype to achieve a similar effect. This is because you now possess exceptionally strong Spirit Light; your ntal strength and keen perception are enough to solidify the ethereal heart intent into your techniques.”
Alandia drew the word “Power” down to the right of “Heart Intent,” and connected it to the term “Techniques.”
“However, most of the ti, people’s heart intent is not strong enough or focused enough. Human-generated heart intent tends to be more, broader, and more complex. Just as you are listening to my words right now, your mind is also churning with dozens or even hundreds of ‘thoughts’ simultaneously. You might ponder over the night’s arrangents, think about tomorrow’s breakfast, and consider your distant friends and family in the City of the Skies…
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