Child of Destiny

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Shin and the others stayed at the resort that the Flying Dragon Corporation owned in the Corner Stone City. They were to remain in that place until their villas were rebuilt.

Shin did not know whether it was a good thing or not since the re-designing of the villa that they had planned before was now moved forward. They were planning to do it when the school semester of the Magic Ace Academy started. They planned to stay at the dorms for a couple of days to a month until the redesigning was done.

Given the current technology and the strength of the people of this time, constructing a house would only take a couple of days to a few weeks depending on how complicated its design was.

But since the final attempt of Mad Dog to escape resulted in their villas being destroyed during the process, they had no choice but to move their plans forward and waited for the new villas to finish.

Shin found a secluded place on the beach as he trained his Mentalism. And after his regular exercises and deep meditation, he finally had the time to investigate the current powers that he had.

His Mental Energy had become stronger and reached the Divinity Grade that he could only hear from David and Grandmaster Benn. He was still not sure how he was able to wield such a powerful mental energy despite his attainment in Mentalism was still at the lower end.

He heard from his senior brother and mentalism teacher that it was only possible through special means or when he reached the Ruler's Realm.

Even David, who was more powerful than Shin, could only suppress the power of the Divinity Grade Mental Energy through Meridian Blocking. And was also occasionally releasing it through Limit Break when the situation called for it.

Even with that, David could only hold its powers for a limited period of time, or else, he would suffer some severe drawbacks after using that kind of power in his current mentalism attainment.

Another thing was the superpowers that were clearly from that mercenary that he fought last night. He was confident that he acquired that power after defeating that opponent. But the question was 'How?'

The Fire Element Superpower even fused with the Celestial Vermillion Bird Method of his Four Symbol Scripture, which completely confused him.

Shin played with the mental energy flame with his hands while contemplating. He skillfully controlled the flame and continuously changed its form in the air.

It was at that moment when he heard a voice coming from behind. "It is really a Divinity Grade Mental Energy. It even fused with the Fire Element Superpowers. It is indeed amazing."

Shin did not have to turn his head to know who it was. He continued what he was doing while asking. "What do you think, Senior Brother? What let me wield such an advanced power despite having pitifully weak mentalism attainment compared to its requirements."

David hopped on the nearby rock boulder and sat on it before answering. "That case is completely rare and unheard of, but it did not mean that no people achieved it."

"But!" he paused for a moment to emphasize the word before continuing. "Such cases are only recorded and no one was able to prove it."

"Though, I am clearly seeing it right now," he added before turning to Shin and asking. "Can you tell me everything that you've experienced last night? It will be helpful if you don't miss any detail, no manner how same they are."

"That is not going to be a problem?" Shin nodded his head before narrating everything that happened last night in a very detailed manner.

"I see," David fell into deep thought after listening to everything. He also had a pretty serious look on his face as he tried to analyze all of the information that he received.historical

A few moments later, he started explaining everything to Shin. "It is not that complicated. But not that simple either."

"Where should I start? Hmm?" he paused for a moment, thinking, before continuing. "Ah! That is right, let's start with the mysterious phenomenon that you have experienced."

"In our circle, the Mentalism Circle, it is called the Mentalism Reset or Mentalism Reconstruction. It is a mysterious phenomenon where a mentalist suddenly awakens their hidden potential which leads to a couple of mutations of their mental energy and also results in some changes on their mentalism attainments."

"It is quite uncommon but not completely rare. In fact, there are a couple of situations where a mentalist can awaken their hidden potential with a hundred percent success rate."

He paused for a moment and looked at Shin before continuing. "And that is on the verge of death."

"Because of your near-death experience, you have awakened your hidden potential which leads to the Mentalism Reconstruction. And because the one that you have awakened is your Divinity Grade Mental Energy, the phenomenon became more distinct and special."

"The decomposition of your Niwan Palace and its reconstruction is a special process to match the great power of the Divinity Grade Mental Energy. It is like having a more powerful and much sturdier container to store such a powerful mental energy."

David took another pause, thinking deeply before continuing. "As for why you are able to wield the Divinity Grade Mental Energy-… I think it is because of three combined factors."

"First is because of your Special Body Constitution, the Spiritual Embryo. It is said to be the perfect vessel mentalism and even make anyone the perfect Kaleidoscope Mentalist."

Hearing this, Shin could not help but frown deeply before asking. "But you also have the Spiritual Embryo, Senior Brother. Why can you do the same."

The corner of David's mouth could not help but twitch when Shin pointed it out. This junior brother of his sure hit a sour mark. He glared at Shin and snarled. "Hey! Let me finish first before saying anything!"

"I said there are three factors! Three! What I just said is one! You understand!? Huh?!?" he glared at Shin sharply before quickly continuing. "The second factor is most likely your special 'Niwan Palace', the 'Spirit Pagoda'."

"Such a Niwan Palace is very special which somewhat deviates from the current mentalism paths known to everyone. I can even say that it is unique and no one else has it aside from Grandmaster Benn."

He paused, then nodded his head, and continued. "That is right. Grandmaster Benn poured all of his knowledge about Mentalism to create such a complicated yet powerful Niwan Palace with a solid foundation."

"Because of its special structure, it was able to hold the power of Divinity Grade Mental Energy despite being in the lower realm."

"I can even say that my master's Niwan Palace is not as complicated as yours even in her current realm. After all, she is following traditional Mentalism which is why she only has a normal Niwan Palace just like any other mentalist. Though, hers is much sturdier and more solid than everyone else," he added with pursed lips.

"We can ask Grandmaster Benn about it later to have a deeper understanding of it. After all, he is the one who invented the 'Four Symbol Scripture' that you are practicing, which gives you the ability to construct such a complicated Niwan Palace."

Shin slightly nodded his head, understanding the concept. He then suddenly asked. "Then what is the third factor?"

David glared at Shin sharply, reminding the latter to wait for him to finish. Regardless, he still continued. "That is because your body is much tougher than every mentalist on the same level. This excluded the fact that you possessed a special constitution."

He trailed his words for a moment before continuing. "Because you are unaware of the fact that you possessed the Spiritual Embryo, you trained your body through advanced martial arts and intense Internal Qi practice."

"Due to it, your constitution slightly adjusted itself to match your progress in martial arts while maintaining the Spiritual Embryo. You even engraved your bones with the permanent Qi Reinforcement Skill – not just once, but twice. One is to complement your Sacred Qi while the other is for matching the Demonic Qi that you innately possessed."

"You may not be able to use their real powers right now since your Martial Arts are currently sealed, but the physical boost and enhancements they gave your body would always be engraved on it."

David sighed a little before saying. "I must admit that I am quite jealous of you. If I also undergo special training in martial arts without touching the mentalism that much when I am young, then I will most likely be able to wield Divinity Grade Mental Energy too."

"I will not worry about the drawbacks and backslash that I may suffer after using them for an extended period of time. Though, I am sure that this also concerns a few more circumstances that I am unaware of."

"But that is most likely what it is. By combining these three cases and a few more hidden factors, if there are any, you are able to wield the power of a Divnity Grade Mental Energy."

He took another pause before adding. "But don't rejoice just yet. What your current Mental Energy has is not its full potential yet. Let's say that you only manage to awake a quarter of its powers while the rest remain sealed within your body."

"But there is nothing to worry about it too. Now that you awaken its initial powers, unsealing the remaining power it has will be much easier to achieve. All you have to do is to continue practicing and reach the higher realm of Mentalism, and the rest will naturally follow."

In the end, Shin still had to train himself diligently to gain more power. He would only become stronger if he continued training and paving his path to reach the peak of Mentalism.

"I understand, Senior Brother," said Shin fully understanding what David was trying to convey.

David nodded his head in satisfaction before continuing. "I will teach you how to wield the power of Divinity Grade Mental Energy later. But first, let's talk about the topic that piques my interest more."

"Let's take about the superpowers that you said you have absorbed," he added with a mystifying tone.

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