Suddenly, the originally soft glowing white furnace erupted with dazzling brilliance. A white light quickly released from it and landed on Long Dangdang's chest.
A warm feeling stimulated all the pores on his body to open in an instant. The inner spiritual power that was swirling within his body also began to spread around in that instant, as if an invader was entering his body.
The white light flickered, and the small white furnace slowly flew to Long Dangdang's chest under the traction of the light, slowly seeping into him.
The initial warmth instantly became burning hot, as if a branding iron had been pressed onto his chest. Long Dangdang gritted his teeth and didn't utter a sound. The Divine Lotus Spirit Furnace within his body was stimulated, even having the urge to erupt, but he forcefully suppressed it with his willpower.
Fortunately, this burning sensation did not last for long. After a few breaths, the small white spirit furnace had already disappeared into his body.
A faint white light rippled inside Long Dangdang, gradually causing a shiny luster to appear on the surface of his skin.
Long Dangdang felt countless blazing energies spreading from his chest, reaching out to every corner of his body, including his brain. Countless profound truths also flowed into his mind with these blazing energies. In his chest area, as the light flickered, markings of small spiritual furnaces would appear.
This was the process of the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace fusing with Long Dangdang. Using blood as a medium and spiritual power as a catalyst, the spirit furnace, condensed from the essence of heaven and earth, was becoming a part of his body.
The paladin had a satisfied expression on his face, "The fusion was very smooth. Very good. However, the fusion with the Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace will consume a large amount of your innate spiritual power. Your overall spiritual power will decrease for a period of time and you will have to rely on your own cultivation to restore it."
Long Dangdang asked, "Does the fusion with every spirit furnace cause a decrease in spiritual power?"
The paladin shook his head, "That's not necessarily the case. Every spirit furnace is naturally nurtured and has its own unique characteristics. Now, don't miss your class. And remember to bring your little brother to the Diversion Temple this weekend."
"Yes."
After the paladin left, Wei Huo took Long Dangdang to have breakfast directly and then returned to the class to study.
Meanwhile, the head teacher of First Grade Class One of the Magic Academy was standing in front of Long Dangdang's dormitory.
Because today, Long Dangdang, or rather, his substitute, Long Kongkong, had not attended class.
Standing outside the dormitory door, Si Yu was about to knock when she seemed to feel something and furrowed her eyebrows. Being a 5th rank mage, her spiritual power was quite strong. She could clearly feel an odd absorption force emanating from the dormitory, not targeting physical objects, but the elemental energy in the air. A Spirit Gathering Array? No, that's not right. An array couldn't have such a great effect that she could feel it from outside the dormitory.
However, she was certain that her student was definitely in the midst of cultivation. Could it be that he had already reached a state of deep absorption as a beginner? At such times, disturbance was definitely not advisable.
Thinking this, Si Yu did not knock on the door. To ensure the safety of her genius student's cultivation, she even stayed, standing guard at the door.
This wait lasted the entire morning.
It was not until the sun was almost overhead that the suction feeling within the room gradually subsided. Shortly thereafter, the door opened. Dressed in Magic Academy uniform, Long Kongkong walked out.
"Huh, beautiful teacher?" Upon stepping out, Long Kongkong saw Si Yu. "Are you here to take me to class? Does the Magic Academy treat its students so well?"
Si Yu looked at him and her eyes brightened. Long Kongkong's eyes were exceptionally bright, with a strong and energetic aura, and even a hint of refined energy. This was clearly the result of an extremely fulfilling and effective meditation. She was impressed, it was no doubt he was a genius! While other students were still exploring the feeling of meditation, he had already accomplished deep meditation.
"Do you see what time it is?" Si Yu said.
"Uh!" Looking up at the sky, Long Kongkong couldn't help scratching his head. He was just about to say something when he remembered Long Dangdang's warning and said: "Teacher, let's hurry up then."
"It's nap time now, so there's no class to attend. I'll take you to the cafeteria to have a meal first." Si Yu said.
"Great! I'm really hungry."
Each sub-college within the Temple Academy has its own exclusive cafeteria. Si Yu brought Long Kongkong to the cafeteria when the first-year freshman class of Magic Academy students were eating lunch together.
The tuition fees for Temple Academy are steep, but the meals are quite good. They have to stay in school for five days a week, and they can go home for two days on weekends, and then come back to school, so it rotates.
Si Yu and Long Kongkong got their curries and joined their classmates for lunch.
Long Kongkong's eyes lit up instantly, looking at the obvious situation of weak men and strong women, he almost laughed out loud. It was wonderful!
This was what school life should look like, much better than the unpredictable weather and constant changes at Knights Academy.
"Hello, Teacher," the classmates hurriedly greeted Si Yu when she arrived.
"Don't get up, continue eating. Hmm, this morning, Long Dangdang didn't come to class because he was in deep meditation. Everything will be the same this afternoon."
"Wow, you can enter a meditative state already?!" Just as Long Kongkong sat down, a pretty female student next to him looked at him with sparkling eyes. "How did you do it? I tried for a long time yesterday and it still didn't work."
Long Kongkong proudly said, "It's pretty much like sleeping, just follow the teacher's instructions, then it feels like falling asleep. It's super comfy, I feel even better waking up than after a good sleep."
"Can you teach me?" The girl asked.
"Sure! No problem." Long Kongkong, always carefree, readily agreed.
"Yeah! Teach us too!" A male student sitting across them promptly said.
Long Kongkong rolled his eyes, about to refuse, but then remembered Long Dangdang's earnest advice from yesterday, coughed, and said, "Just do as the teacher said."
Si Yu said, "The feeling of initial meditation is different for everyone, but the ultimate goal is the same: to enter a meditative state. Long Dangdang, share your feelings while you were meditating yesterday with the class this afternoon, maybe it'll inspire them."
Feeling the gaze of his classmates, especially the girls', Long Kongkong was on cloud nine, "No problem, let me lead you."
That afternoon's class was arguably the most serious Long Kongkong had ever taken.
After he shared his meditation journey with his classmates, their unanimous reaction was, "We don't understand a genius's world."
After dinner, Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong gathered in the dorm of the Magic Academy.
Long Dangdang gave Long Kongkong everything the Knights Temple had given him today, including the storage ring.
"Bro, can I swap with you for good and stay here at the Magic Academy? I feel that my learning enthusiasm has greatly increased today. You don't know how it feels when the girls look at me with admiring eyes, it's really..."
Long Dangdang frowned, "What happened to keeping a low-profile like we agreed yesterday?"
"Err... I want to keep a low-profile! But my abilities don't allow me to. Oh, and here are your notes." As he spoke, Long Kongkong took out six notebooks that looked different but were obviously all delicately made.
"Why are there so many?" Long Dangdang was surprised.
Long Kongkong said proudly, "When I told the girls I wanted to copy their notes, everyone was willing to lend them to me. I picked the six prettiest ones, including a girl named Ai Xia who sits next to me. I've decided that when I go to class tomorrow, I'm going to rank them according to looks, voice, and other factors. Oh my, it's too wonderful."
"Long Kongkong, get out of my face!"