All of them gathered around Clarence who himself had opened his eyes and was looking at the whirlpool formed around him in wonder. He hadn't felt any indications of him breaking through to the second stage of meditation scripture just now.
With a guess in his mind, he quickly entered his mindspace and lo and behold, the golden blue energy was really just retreating back into its orb. He could see a few of its smoky vestiges lingering around the surface of his mana core before fusing into the engravings on it.
As soon as he laid his sight on his mindspace he was mind blown. He didn't even remember engraving the surface of his mana core, even if he assumed it to be the golden blue energy's work, a glaring suspicion surfaced in his mind.