According to Theresa's arrangement, personal training rooms and ID cards for accessing the Virtual Combat Room would be distributed to everyone at 9:00 AM. Before this time, Evan contacted Fu Hua, intending to talk to her about Kiana.
Yesterday, Kiana had slept on Evan's thigh until midnight before waking up. Seeing Evan sitting there for hours just to let her sleep, the girl had run away in embarrassment.
Relying on his physical constitution far superior to ordinary people, Evan didn't feel any discomfort from his thigh being pressured by external force for a long time, nor did he feel sleepy. He arrived at Fu Hua's training room early.
This time, Theresa was distributing resources appropriate for Valkyries to Kiana and the others, which naturally had nothing to do with Fu Hua, who was already an A-rank Valkyrie. The diligent Class Monitor was already exercising in the training room.
Evan silently watched Fu Hua finish a set of punches with fluid movements before speaking.
"I hope that for the next week, you can conduct intensive training on Kiana's willpower. As for the reward, if you have any requests, you can tell me."
"Helping classmates is only natural and doesn't require a reward. Besides, it's gratifying if Kiana has developed ambition. But why specifically train her willpower?"
With a few drops of sweat on her forehead, Fu Hua, radiating vitality and vigorous life force, showed a bit of confusion at this moment.
Confusion that made Evan raise an eyebrow.
"It seems you really don't know much about the plan the Overseer of Schicksal is implementing on Kiana."
"I'd like to hear the details."
"I discovered that the will of the 2nd Herrscher, Sirin, exists in Kiana's body. Once awakened, it will seize control of Kiana's body."
Evan's words were brief, but they were enough.
What exactly does Overseer Otto want to do? He said he wanted to realize the plan of "mastering the power of a Herrscher in a human body," but is the first step to resurrect the 2nd Herrscher, Sirin?
The 2nd Eruption caused so many casualties, yet Otto still targets Sirin. So far, Fu Hua hadn't seen Otto arrange many backup plans. With Rita's departure, she was the only participant in the plan left in St. Freya Academy.
Is it because the Far East is not under Schicksal's direct jurisdiction, so Otto doesn't care about the safety of the people living in this land? Or is it something more terrible—that whether it's the Far East or anywhere else, Otto never planned to include the lives of ordinary people in his considerations?
Fu Hua clenched her fists because of this.
"Is there anything else I can help with? Is merely strengthening Kiana's will enough? It's impossible to make Kiana's heart and mind reach a state of flawlessness without weakness in a short time. I seemed to have reached that level once, but now I've fallen from it, so..."
"No need to reach that level. It's enough as long as Kiana can fight back against Sirin's will when the time comes. If we keep the gems originally belonging to the 2nd Herrscher safe, Sirin won't be able to truly reach her former height, and we can limit everything to a controllable range."
Pausing slightly, Evan looked into Fu Hua's eyes.
"So, do you still remember the [Edge of Taixuan] (Taixuan Sword Qi)?"
This term made Fu Hua's heart palpitate for a moment.
Fu Hua remembered the Edge of Taixuan. She even knew clearly that if she disregarded everything and activated the 1st Rated Power of the Key of Consciousness [Fenghuang Down], burning everything to regain the flawless Sword Heart, she might be able to manifest three parts of the power of the Edge of Taixuan's ultimate technique—the Blade of the Supreme (Taixuan Sword God)—into the world again.
What made her heart palpitate wasn't this, but the things attached to the Edge of Taixuan.
If not for Evan's miraculous means earlier, the current her would probably be tortured by headaches again.
In her memory, there was indeed the Edge of Taixuan. But other things related to it—those people and things that seemed equally important or even more important—were all forgotten.
"I... remember. I only remember this."
"Then, to strengthen Kiana's will, and also to protect innocent people from the Honkai, I'm counting on you."
The Edge of Taixuan was a means of modifying the human body from the Previous Era. It could subtly train the human body into a container and channel for Honkai energy step by step, improving ordinary people's capacity to contain and use Honkai energy while avoiding corresponding risks. It had five principles: Heart, Form, Mind, Soul, and Spirit.
The Heart Principle (Sword Heart) was the introductory principle. "To make the heart like a lake, stop the water; to make the lake freeze, free it from dust; to make the ice transparent, clear the mirror; to make the qi formless, reach the Supreme (Taixuan)."
The so-called Sword Heart, in layman's terms, was a method to let the body enter a competitive state. Before a match, one would empty one's thoughts, relax one's body, and sense every subtle change in the body, ultimately knowing and feeling nothing but the power flowing within.
However, even if the Sword Heart was achieved, it needed lifelong tempering. If it wavered even slightly, the Sword Heart would break.
If Kiana could reach the level of achieving the Sword Heart, it shouldn't be difficult to obtain a crushing victory in the battle against Sirin's will.
Honestly, Evan didn't think Kiana could achieve great success in something that required such high mental nature and perseverance. He only hoped she could get started; that would be enough.
Evan himself was actually quite interested in the Edge of Taixuan. However, knowing some of its limitations roughly, he didn't say anything at this moment.
The stigmata from the Supply System were increasing Evan's control over Honkai energy step by step. If he reached a certain level, Evan felt he might be able to ignore those many restrictions and reach the sky in a single bound, directly reaching into the Spirit Principle domain.
But not now.
So when Fu Hua nodded in agreement, Evan didn't say much more about the Edge of Taixuan. Instead, changing his previous serious demeanor, he revealed a faint smile.
"Have you had breakfast? Fu Hua. If you're still hungry, I can treat you."
"I've already eaten. To train in a better state, one naturally has to replenish physical strength and calm the body's demands."
"Is that so? I originally thought about using breakfast to express my gratitude slightly. As expected of you, Fu Hua; you don't need others to take care of you at all in the small matters of life. In that case, I don't know how to thank you instead."
Thank me?
"The one who should say thank you is me. Thank you for being willing to trust me and for curing my headache. Merely teaching the Heart Principle of the Edge of Taixuan to Kiana isn't enough to express my gratitude. If there's any place I can help in the future, please don't hesitate to tell me."
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