"Is this..." Long Dangdang looked at the paladin in front of him, asking hesitantly.
"A spirit furnace, have you heard of it?" The paladin asked.
"Mm-hm." Long Dangdang nodded.
The paladin then described the origin of the spirit furnace, which was essentially the same as the previous explanation given by the Magic Temple.
"This is the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace, a gift prepared for you by the Knights Temple. There are many types of spirit furnaces, each with its own characteristics, and the spirit furnaces themselves are also ranked. But the stronger the spirit furnace, the greater the cost required to use it. This Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace is ranked about thirty-sixth out of the known eighty-seven spirit furnaces. However, its rarity is comparable to the top ten spirit furnaces. Moreover, because once a mighty powerhouse's first spirit furnace was it, its ranking was significantly increased, initially, it should be ranked beyond the sixtieth place."
"The Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace itself does not have any attack or defense abilities, nor can it significantly increase your inner spiritual power. However, it has at least three stages of evolution, which is comparable to the top twenty spirit furnaces. And for us knights, it plays a significant role. When using the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace, it allows you to attract the attention of the enemy, causing the enemy to only attack you and not your companions. Unless they kill you or you voluntarily interrupt the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace, they can only target you."
"Perhaps you may not understand its intricacies now. But in the future, you will definitely understand how significant its function is. At the same time, the greatest advantage of the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace is that it is the rarest attribute-less spirit furnace. It not only will not impose a burden on your body during the usage but also consumes relatively less spiritual power. It will not affect your future absorption of other spirit furnaces. Therefore, the Temple has chosen it as your first spirit furnace in hopes that you will like this gift. As for what other abilities it can evolve into in the future, that depends on you to explore."
"Also, you must remember that not all spirit furnaces are omnipotent. A stronger spirit furnace is not necessarily more suitable for you. The top ten spirit furnaces all require a huge price to utilize. Some prices are even unbearable for us. The number of spirit furnaces is not the more, the better. You must make a detailed judgement before deciding whether to merge with a new spirit furnace."
Long Dangdang asked, "Lord Paladin, how many different spirit furnaces can a person merge with?"
"Unknown. In theory, there is no quantity limit. However, conflicts are easily generated between spirit furnaces. Once such situation occurs, it's life and death for the merged party. The most known merged spirit furnaces are five. But it doesn't mean the more spirit furnaces you merge, the better. The spirit furnace requires constant effort to evolve. The power of a spirit furnace evolved several times, even surpasses the total of several unevolved spirit furnaces."
Long Dangdang continued, "You just mentioned that this Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace is an attribute-less spirit furnace, so that means, if I already have a spirit furnace, I can still merge it regardless of what furnace it is, right?"
The paladin was startled by his question, "Do you already have a spirit furnace? Where did it come from?"
Long Dangdang was a bit shy, "The Magic Temple gave it to me yesterday."
"The Magic Temple gave you a spirit furnace?" The paladin's voice suddenly rose several decibels.
Shyly, Long Dangdang said, "Yes, the Magic Temple came to bring my brother a subsidy and brought two spirit furnaces for my brother to choose from. My brother chose the Divine Lotus Spirit Furnace, and they let me try the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace, saying it might help me raise my innate spiritual force to over ninety. So, I absorbed it."
"The Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace?" The paladin's voice rose even higher, "You absorbed it successfully?"
Long Dangdang nodded, "I did it right away. Will it affect the absorption of our Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace?"
The paladin was silent, his eyes flickering uncertainly.
"What's your brother's talent?" He suddenly asked.
Long Dangdang said, "A bit less than mine, innate magic spiritual power is eighty-four."
The paladin was surprised, Wei Huo by his side said, "They are indeed the double dragon of their family. They are definitely the geniuses of our Institute."
"What is the Magic Temple trying to do?" The paladin muttered a bit irritably.
Long Dangdang asked cautiously, "Lord Paladin, can I still absorb this Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace?"
The paladin had now recovered, "Of course, you can. This is how it is, you first absorb the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace. This weekend, bring your brother to the Soaring Dragon City's Knights Temple Branch."
There were three days to the weekend, Long Kongkong calculated in his mind.
The paladin said, "Keep calm and focus. Now I will help you merge the spirit furnace. Each spirit furnace has a different merging method. Initially, the most basic prerequisite for merging a spirit furnace was you needed to be a 3rd Rank professionist, in other words, when spiritual power reached over two hundred. But after ceaseless attempts by the Temple over the years, each spirit furnace now has detailed corresponding spiritual powers. The requirement for the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace is around one hundred, your combined inner and outer spiritual power is enough."
As he spoke, his left hand gestured, and he tapped Long Dangdang's chest four times, four spots of white light appeared there. Long Dangdang felt as if his body had been pierced, his inner spiritual power was triggered instantly, the paladin held up his right hand, a small golden light carefully cut his fingertip and squeezed out a drop of fresh blood. Under the bearing of the paladin's spiritual power, the bright red blood floated up in the air, lightly falling into the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace.