Chapter 54 Beliefs and Intentions
Vic and Rebecca talked about the trip to the Elite Camp in the afternoon. Rebecca was also curious about how strong the students in the Elite Camp were, so Vic gave her a brief explanation.
"Rebecca, you will be sixteen years old after the boot camp." Vic said with some emotion.
"The training in the recruit camp lasts for half a year. At that time, I was not even sixteen years old yet, so I was almost there. What's the matter? Why are you talking about this suddenly?" Rebecca thought for a moment and asked curiously.
"That's about it. Here's what I think. You're still young and your body isn't used to the high-intensity training yet, so I won't teach you the Six Styles for now. I've already learned the secrets of practicing the Six Styles of the Navy at the Elite Camp today."
"First, you will learn a vocational skill that can help you make a living on a warship. Then, you should focus on physical training and gradually improve your physical fitness. By the time you are done with the boot camp training, your body will be nearly ready to learn the Six Forms."
After thinking for a while, Vic told Rebecca about his next idea, which was the main task he planned for Rebecca.
"Then, use your free time to awaken your Observation Haki. This depends on your talent. I will help you train. You can come to the beach to train in the future. When you are tired, you can go directly to the sea to hunt sea kings to replenish your physical strength. We can find time to build a wooden house here, which can also serve as a temporary residence."
Vic threw out another training plan. At this stage, Vic felt it was important to let Rebecca master the Observation Haki first.
"How do I practice Observation Haki? I have no idea at all." Rebecca was also troubled by Observation Haki, but she was envious when she saw Vic using Observation Haki to dodge attacks.
"I've talked to you about belief and intention before. These are two abstract concepts that you can't see or touch. But once they act on the human body, they can unify the body and release powerful forces."
After Vic finished speaking, he looked at Rebecca. Rebecca showed a puzzled look. Vic was helpless and could only explain further.
"That is to say, our beliefs are powerful. When beliefs are strong enough, they can give birth to the power to realize beliefs."
"When you focus your faith on the sword in your hand, and believe that the sword in your hand can cut through steel, when this faith is strong enough, the power of faith will integrate all the strength in your body, concentrate it on one point and explode, and it will be able to cut through steel. This is the state of cutting through steel that I told you about before. The premise is that all your strength added together can really cut through steel, so you can't stop exercising your body, because the body is the foundation of everything."
Vic prepared to explain this conceptual issue separately.
"I understood some of it. Is it a dream come true?" Rebecca asked tentatively.
"It's a bit similar, but not comprehensive. Belief is not something you have an idea about today or tomorrow. Belief must be long-term and without any doubt. Even the subconscious mind cannot doubt it."
"Only in this way can we achieve the integration of the whole body, and use all our strength to realize this belief, or break through the obstacles in front of the belief. For us swordsmen, belief is to cut through all obstacles in front of us. This is the ultimate goal, and it can also be said to be the greatest belief."
"This general belief can also have many small stages, such as cutting iron, blocking rivers, breaking mountains, and opening the sea. These are related to the strongest swordsman cutting through all obstacles, and they do not conflict with each other."
Vic further explained that this explanation was an explanation of belief, and had not yet been specific to the practice of a swordsman. Vic wanted Rebecca to first understand what belief was, and then transition to the practice of a swordsman.
"Vic, I understand what faith is. I want to be a powerful swordsman and uphold justice with the sword in my hand. This is my faith." Rebecca thought for a while and said with determination.
"Yes, this is the greatest belief. As long as you can recognize this, the rest will be easy."
Vic was very happy that Rebecca understood. In fact, his explanation of these abstract concepts was also combined with some statements from his previous life. He himself had a breakthrough in a life-and-death battle. He knew that feeling, but it was difficult to explain it, so he could only convert it.
"Then how do we swordsmen use the power of faith? When we swordsmen use swords, a lot of sword energy will overflow and cannot be concentrated on our sword blades, causing some of the power of our sword moves to dissipate."
"Also, most of the power is retained by the body. We cannot use this power, but when our faith is strong enough, we can use the power of faith."
"We can use the power of faith to focus the sword energy that emanates from the blade onto the blade, or we can mobilize the power trapped in the body onto the blade, and the strongest sword will appear."
"This sword can completely cut through obstacles that are usually insurmountable. This is the basic application of faith for us swordsmen."
Vic said a lot this time. After he learned how to cut iron, the driving force of sword energy by faith was just such a process.
Rebecca fell into deep thought. This time she really understood. Vic had explained it very clearly, and Faith had also explained clearly how to use the power of faith to control the sword. Now it was up to her to master it.
Seeing that Rebecca was in deep thought, Vic did not disturb her. He stood up, turned the barbecue, sprinkled some seasoning on it, and continued to grill it. When he was done, Rebecca had come back to her senses. Vic sat down next to Rebecca again, and brewed a speech of Observation Haki.
"Now that you know the concept of belief, you should have a better understanding of what I mean by intention. An intention is a thought or idea that we have every moment."
"For example, now, we are going to drink at night. What dishes should we cook? Should we stir-fry, stew, fry, deep-fry, braise, etc.? Each one of them is a thought, and these can be called ideas. Of course, these ideas don't have much meaning." Vic briefly explained the surface meaning of ideas.
"After knowing what the mind is, we should apply it to the body. It's easier to explain on a macro level. For example, if I want to eat the meat of a sea king, I will control my body to walk over, pick up the roasted meat, walk back and sit down, then put the meat into my mouth to eat. If I feel that the meat is a little hot, I will control my mouth to blow air to cool it down before eating. This is very simple for us humans, but it is not easy to do it further down."
"Can you control your heartbeat with your mind? What about your stomach's digestion? The movement of your intestines, etc.?"
"This isn't the hardest part. You can go further and control your blood flow? The circulation of fluids in your body? The contraction of blood vessels? The growth of hair, etc.?"
"This is not the most difficult part. We can go a step further. Metabolism within body cells? Movement of various substances within cells? Fluctuations released by cells, etc.? This is the most difficult part."
Vic explained what the average person's mind can and cannot do. This is a process from macro to micro, and the operation becomes more and more sophisticated. To control it requires stronger and stronger mind.
"The power of ordinary people's thoughts is too weak, so they can only do some manual labor. If you go one step further, it will be like the Six Styles' Secret Life Return. You can control the body's gain or loss of weight, the growth of hair, and you can also control dancing at will. Food can be digested instantly, blood flow can be accelerated, and so on."
"If your will becomes stronger, you can mobilize the power of domineering in your body. This is what I have told you so much because I want you to understand it!"
After Vic said this, he waited for a moment to let Rebecca digest it.
"Armament Haki exists in all the cells in our body. I just learned this today. If you want to awaken Armament Haki, you need to have a strong enough willpower to mobilize the Haki in the cells and gather them together to resist attacks or attack others."
"Observation Haki requires the use of the power of the mind to control one's own fluctuations, to contact the waves released by external creatures or objects, and to analyze the external situation from the fluctuations. The stronger the power of the mind, the wider the area that can be explored, and the faster the feedback will be."
"This is the method of using the mind to control the two kinds of domineering. You must feel this power well, and I will help you master it." Vic told Rebecca his understanding of the two kinds of domineering. This is more thorough and easier to understand than the world's understanding of domineering.