Arcane Lord

Xia Duo can think of two more feasible directions——

One is to deeply simulate the birth process of new natural holy power, allowing the people to have a high degree of identification with this order while participating in a certain order cycle, and thereby perceive the holy power corresponding to this order.

But one thing Xia Duo is sure of is that holy power is related to the power of faith.

Can the power of faith generated solely for a certain order reach the threshold for the birth of holy power? This is a question that is difficult to get around and almost impossible to answer.

Perhaps in the future, when the number of citizens increases and the number of people participating in a certain order cycle increases, it will be self-evident, but now, it is still a little short of the point.

As for the other direction, it does not take into account the power of faith or even the thoughts of the people themselves, and purely guides the embodied power of order from the cycle of order.

Chateau is more inclined in this direction.

After all, the emergence of Holy Power means the emergence of a new conceptual entity. Perhaps it is just a Holy Power transformation mechanism, not a self-aware existence like God.

But in any case, Xia Duo doesn't quite understand the principle of this, and he is still quite afraid of this.

There is also another problem, that is, these order cycles are completely under his control, and whether new conceptual entities can be born is still a question.

Will he be put on a pedestal? Or is it making these order cycles go out of control?

The risk is not small. When there are other options, Sha Duo will not give priority to the option of converting holy power.

…

In the sculptures of the Codex, Chateau constantly perceives the focus and dispersion of the order network, and in the process, constantly tries to influence reality.

But what depressed him was that no matter what he did, even if he deliberately broke the cycle of a certain power of order, it would not have any impact on the real world.

It's as if this real and real power is completely a virtual existence!

After repeated attempts to no avail, Xia Duo couldn't help but feel discouraged, "Is the power of order really just some kind of virtual conceptual power?"

But even the virtual existence in the projection plane can be realized as a real existence, so what is needed to realize the power of order?

"Is it possible that after going around and around, we have to go back to the power of faith? Or is it missing the force?"

Xia Duo closed his eyes slightly and fell into deep thinking. In his consciousness, countless sparks of inspiration kept flashing and extinguishing. It took him a long time to open his eyes.

But there is still a trace of confusion in his eyes, "If the power of order is a virtual power, then the god-ascension ceremony and the god need to be reconsidered."

From this, Xia Duo thought of the saying in the ancient books of his hometown that "refining falsehood to become true", perhaps the power of faith is the key to refining falsehood to become true in this world!

Thinking about it this way, even the birth process of conceptual entities like the new natural concept seems to have an explanation.

But this possibility seems particularly terrifying to Xia Duo. It means that as long as people's hearts are manipulated, everything is possible. This almost denies objective reality and the significance of practice!

It also almost negates all of Xia Duo’s ideals!

Because, if the power of faith can really turn falsehood into truth, then the boundary between reality and virtuality will not be so clear, and the reality in the eyes of believers is the real reality!

All of Chateau's ideals are based on objective reality and practice. If objective reality is easily changeable, can it still be called "objective"?

In a world where subjective will dominates, what is the point of practice and hard work?

Just keep fantasizing!

It is absolutely difficult for Xia Duo to accept such a world!

…

For a moment, Xia Duo was also frightened by his own speculation, but it involved the power of faith. For quite some time, he could not prove whether this speculation was correct or not.

It was like a thorn stuck in his heart, making him very unhappy.

"Forget it, let's wait until all the power of order has completed its cycle and try again. The power of order is not necessarily virtual power!"

No matter what the nature of this world is, since Sha Duo is already in it, the only thing he can do is to make himself work hard to adapt to this world, and then talk about further understanding and transforming the world.

"There is only one kind of heroism in the world, which is to still love life after recognizing the truth of life!"

Shado does not consider himself a hero, but he definitely does not lack the courage to continue living and hope for the future.

If this world is a subjective and idealistic world, then he can at least stick to his bottom line of "I think, therefore I am."

Of course, Chateau hopes that this world is an objective world that can be understood.

…

After leaving Codex Square, Shado did not continue to patrol the territory. Instead, he returned to Niya's study on the top floor of the Tower of Time and observed the territory with the help of the projection window.

Although this method lacks many details that can only be observed through real contact, it can be used as a supplementary method for patrolling the territory in a short period of time.

Niya was not there, and Sha Duo sat alone in front of the projection window. Although he was observing the territory, various speculations about the power of faith and the nature of the world still appeared in his mind from time to time.

This state lasted until near noon, when a summons from Lord Collins was received.

Maybe I just have free time and have something to do, so I don’t think about it anymore.

…

Saville Territory, town hall.

Here, Shado personally entertained Lord Collins, who came from afar. In addition to the standard hometown delicacies, he was also accompanied by the Oripus patriarch of the Silverleaf family.

During the dinner, Collins asked about the Toph investigator. Shado asked Oripus to answer this question——

"The Moon Crown Family is one of the top high-ranking families in Cormanthor. In the past ten thousand years, the family's lineage of high-level mage has never been cut off. In other words, the current Moon Crown Family has at least one high-level mage.

"As for that Investigator Toph—"

At this point, Oripus glanced at Xia Duo and saw that Xia Duo had no reaction before continuing: "According to my friends in Cormanso, the heir of the Moon Crown Family is not Toph, but that Toph But it’s definitely not simple. According to what Lord Xia Duo said, that person will most likely be another high mage in the future.”

Collins nodded. Although he had long had the idea of ​​opening up the elven market, he did not know much about elven society, especially Cormanthor, who had a subtle relationship with Netheril and was closer to hostility.

After hearing Oripus' introduction at this moment, Collins actually didn't have much confidence in his heart, but as a lord and a senior arcanist, he naturally had his own set of logic:

"Do you think that Toph is trustworthy? I want to hear your opinions."

"The status of my friends in Cormanthor is too low. It is almost impossible to get in touch with members of the Mooncrown family and verify Toph's identity. However, in Cormanthor, there are still very few elves who dare to pretend to be high-ranking families, especially with their identities. The higher you are, the more proud you will be of your own family and the less likely you are to pretend to be from another family. I personally think Toph’s identity is relatively credible, but her purpose is hard to say.”

"Lord Shado, what do you think?"