With a thought, a white halo spurted from his chest in an instant. In front of Long Dangdang's chest, the white light spread like a blooming white lotus. The white light converged around him and transformed into a protective shield, with a diameter of three meters. It appeared somewhat translucent, but when Long Kongkong tried punching it, he felt an extreme resilience. It even had a rebounding force that knocked him flat on his butt.
This was the effect of Spiritual Protection inherent to the Divine Lotus Spirit Furnace.
Before leaving, the two mages from Magic Temple told Long Dangdang that utillization of the spirit furnace was different for each mage and everyone had their own way of using it. How specifically was up to him to figure out through explorations and constant attempts. The Spirit Furnace, a heaven and earth marvel, contained immeasurable mysteries, which humans had not fully deciphered. He had to rely on himself to understand them further.
"This looks pretty cool! Girls would definitely like it. Shall we swap?" Long Kongkong gazed at the blooming white lotus, his eyes gleaming.
Long Dangdang unhappily said, "Scram!"
"You should be the one to scram. You're going to attend classes at the Knights Academy tomorrow. Goodbye and I'm not seeing you off. Now you're Long Kongkong, and I'm already Long Dangdang," Long Kongkong said with a smug look on his face.
Long Dangdang furrowed his brows, "Is there anything I need to bear in mind on your side?"
"Not really. The class teacher is Wei Huo, the really strong type. My desk mate is Xi Feng, the young strong type. I don't know anyone else, and I've been pretty bummed about everything. What about your side?" Long Kongkong asked.
Long Dangdang replied, "You've met the class teacher, Teacher Si Yu. My desk mate is Ai Xia. A swap is fine, but you better not ruin my reputation. You must act like me."
"I know. You mean the shy but cunning type of character, right? I can do that." As he spoke, he gathered his unrestrained expressions, his eyes instantly turning clear and calm, and a hint of shyness appearing on his face.
If there were outsiders present at that moment, they would surely feel that these two brothers looked like a reflection of each other in the mirror.
"I'm a bit nervous," Long Kongkong playfully said.
"Scram!"
"I told you that you're the one who should scram. Don't ruin my cover! I promised to be the man who leads the whole class after all."
"Remember to take notes for me on the Magic School's stuff tomorrow. I'll need to review them."
"Hurry up and go. Stop yapping."
Long Dangdang left for the dormitory at the Knights Academy.
Sitting on the bed, Long Kongkong was somewhat curious, touching his chest. It was only then, that the golden light on him completely vanished. He even took off his clothes to look in the mirror, but found nothing different about his body. Only some lingering warmth continued to exist within. The surrounding air seemed to have become warmer, the region around his chest and abdomen felt comfortably warm.
He also learned about meditation in his class today. To cultivate spiritual power, be it magic spiritual power or inner spiritual power, one needed meditation. However, the ways to apply spiritual power were different. In essence, spiritual power was similar; one was to connect with the universe, the other with oneself. As your cultivation level deepened, their differences would become more pronounced. At the beginning, magic spiritual power and inner spiritual power were almost the same.
Given his lazy personality, he wasn't going to cultivate at all; he probably would have fallen asleep directly. However, because he was curious about the newly acquired Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace, he decided to try meditation, following the method Wei Huo taught today.
At first, he didn't feel too much. Gradually, however, Long Kongkong's impatient nature began to stir. What is this about facing upward with the heart aligning with the heavens, visualizing oneself, and feeling oneself redirecting the elemental energy in the surroundings? What was he supposed to feel?
Just as he was preparing to end the meditation and find something to eat, all of a sudden, the warm sensation in his chest and abdomen seemed to ripple slightly, like ripples on a warm lake. In a fraction of a second, the ripples spread all over his body. The sudden sensation of comfort made Long Kongkong even moan out loud.
At that instant, it felt as if all the pores on his body had opened. The comfort was so intense, even his hunger subsided.
Was this the effect of meditation?
Not much later, just about a minute or so, another wave of warmth radiated from his chest and abdomen, quickly spreading through his whole body once again, bringing another dose of comfort.
Long Kongkong naturally started to relax, due to the exceptional comfort, and he quickly immersed himself into it. The constant warmth seemed to linger in his body, and the previously vanished golden light faintly reappeared around his chest.
In fact, even if there were figures from the Magic Temple here, they wouldn't comprehend what was happening to Long Kongkong.
Although Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace was somewhat of a bust in a way, its production was minimal. Another thing was that this furnace could not be inherited; it would disappear with the death of its host, thus making its proliferation all the more rare. The spirit furnace that Long Kongkong absorbed today was indeed the last of its kind in this era.
But, even the poorest-ranked spirit furnace would not normally be distributed to someone whose innate inner spiritual power and innate magic spiritual force were only ten and nine, by any of the 6 Great Sacred Temples! This person was essentially ordinary, definitely not qualified to be a cultivator. Even if he barely met the standards, it wouldn't yield any results.