Chapter 3176: The First True Meditation

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Of course, even so, it was impossible for Xia Duo to feel at ease attempting to Awakening Psionics through an Artifact Baptism in Zhamu Dasi; after thinking for a moment, he asked Luodasi again:

"Then do you know of any way that allows a person to awaken Psionic on their own?"

"I don't know much about this aspect; after all, I am not a specialized historical researcher."

"Just tell me what you know!"

"What I know? I feel like you might not want to know that!" Luodasi hesitated for a moment, confirming with Xia Duo once more if he really wanted to hear it.

Xia Duo's answer was affirmative; he had not previously retrieved any traditional methods of Awakening Psionics from the consciousness of Luodasi or other Psionic Masters, and even the fact that a large number of self-awakened individuals had existed in Zhamu Dasi in the past was something he was hearing for the first time.

"Then I will say it. As far as I understand, back in that Dark Age, many Psionic Warriors, in order to obtain more subordinates who possessed Psionic, would torture and kill the relatives of the target to be awakened right in front of them, or even make the target torture and kill them personally. It's just that even doing this, there isn't necessarily one in a hundred who can awaken Psionic!"

"So the key to self-awakening is to make the emotions of the person to be awakened reach a certain extreme state, is that it?" Xia Duo was not affected by the cruel case Luodasi described, but instead extracted some key information from it.

"Very much so. In the theories of your school, the reality you can shape and completely control is limited to your own Mental Image World. Outside the Mental Image World, it is jointly shaped and controlled by different minds. The reality world you speak of, in your view, is just a stronger Mental Image World shaped by an even more powerful mind."

And if it were the case that reaching the limit of Perception could awaken Psionic, then that would be relatively universal; theoretically, even an Arcane Mage could possibly awaken Psionic.

I also know that the rules of the reality world are Stabilization, but as long as a Psionic Mage is willing, our Mental Image World can also have Stabilization of rules.

Kalishi was indeed from the Anti School, but Kalishi would not chat with me about these things, and I would not chat with the other party about these things either.

"Perception that transcends the limit?"

So I had no way to refute the other party's discourse on the essence of the world being the mind, and it was almost impossible to prove or falsify it.

If Psionic is the result of emotions reaching an extreme, then this power system might really not be suitable for an Arcane Mage, because the training of an Arcane Mage is mostly about focus or calmness, rather than intense emotions.

Xia Shao had never had such an in-depth exchange with a Psionic Mage before, and there wasn't even one from the Anti School. The two Psionic Masters I "devoured" before both came from the Zeqi School.

Regarding this, Luodasi also gave an affirmative response, "The theories of the past were indeed like that, but now we generally believe that it is Perception that transcends the limit that creates Psionic, not emotions."

Isn't that just Perception that transcends the limit? Transcending the physical body, reaching straight to the inner heart?

Seeing that Xia Shao seemed very interested in Psionic, a thought uncontrollably arose in Luodasi's mind: if he could let Xia Shao awaken Psionic, wouldn't both sides then be in the same camp?

Xia Shao thought of the process of Mohawi Awakening Psionics he had experienced in depth before; in fact, it was not magnifying Perception, but weakening Perception, weakening or even completely depriving all perception.

That feeling was like a consciousness drifting aimlessly in the endless void without knowing or feeling, and then Psionic just suddenly appeared, a bit like meaning suddenly being born out of meaninglessness.

Forcibly training two diametrically opposed states might lead to mental breakdown.

Xia Shao was of course able to detect the change in Luodasi's attitude, but he just hadn't expected that the other party had already prepared to convert him into a Psionic Mage and then surrender.

Perhaps this is the true reason why Psionic can exist!

To use words from Earth, this is actually the difference between objective idealism and subjective idealism!

"Then how do you explain idealism?" Xia Shao continued to ask.

"This is actually the biggest divergence between us and the Zeqi School. Regarding the First Mentor's understanding of the mind dominating everything, our understanding of 'dominating everything' is dominating everything within ourselves, which can usually be understood as controlling the Mental Image World; but the 'dominating everything' understood by the Zeqi School is to dominate all things outside of oneself when dominating oneself."

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Although Xia Shao had promised before that as long as he cooperated, he would find a way to let him return to reality, but putting himself in the other's shoes, Luodasi did not believe the promise spoken from the mouth of an enemy like Xia Shao, and was only cooperating because of the existence of other duplicate consciousnesses.

If both sides became "one of our own," then at the very least, his survival would be guaranteed.

I understood Xia Shao's explanation that the essence of the world is the mind, and I also understood where the most fundamental divergence between the Anti School and the Zeqi School lay.

I was still continuing to inquire, and I caught a loophole in Luodasi's words: "You say the essence of the world is the evolution of the mind, so why does your Anti School still seek the rules of reality? Isn't it better to dominate everything with the mind like the Zeqi School?"

At this moment, Luodasi instantly realized where his path to survival lay, and became even more diligent in introducing Psionic.

This made Luodasi, a Psionic Master from the Anti School, appear even more precious!

Thus, he began to introduce the many details of Psionic without sparing any effort; if he could really let the other party awaken Psionic, even if he couldn't win the other party over to the Anti School, at the very least he could join under the other party's command.

Otherwise, if he, a Psionic Master, were to surrender to an Arcane Mage, he really couldn't save face; if the other party were also a Psionic Mage, and one who awakened under his guidance, then his joining under the other party's command could be said to be a matter of course, which is better than becoming a prisoner.

I certainly know that the reality world is material, elemental, and objectively existing, but Luodasi did not deny this point either; in fact, the Mental Image World of a Psionic Mage can also be material, elemental, and objectively existing.

And the Zeqi School's "mind dominates everything" focuses more on dominating everything of "oneself"; seeking the supplement of reality rules is nothing more than learning from the more powerful "mind" that shapes reality.

"It's very simple. When your Perception transcends the physical body and transcends matter, you will discover that the essence of this world is nothing more than the evolution of the mind; everything in the world will change according to your will. This is idealism."

Luodasi belongs to the objective idealism school, while the Zeqi School belongs to the subjective idealism school, which is why they believe their own mind can dominate everything, with the emphasis on "oneself."

To be honest, regarding Luodasi's explanation, Xia Shao really couldn't think of anything to refute for the moment!

"So that's how it is!"

"You still haven't answered my question? If the essence of the world is nothing more than the evolution of the mind, why do you still seek the rules of reality? Wouldn't it be fine to rely entirely on the evolution of the mind? Or is it not possible to find it within the inner heart?"