"I slide, I slide, I slide-slide-slide. Old man... oh, no, teacher, don't you think my Slide Step is getting better? Doesn't it have a kind of natural flow to it?"
Na Ye replied nonchalantly, "You've just started. The Slide Step requires not only skill but precision as well. When facing an enemy, you need to know exactly where you should slide to. Otherwise, what's the point if you can only slide fast but can't utilize it effectively?"
"Alright, I got it. It's only the first day, isn't it?" Long Kongkong said casually.
Back in the dorm, Long Kongkong continued to do his Slide Steps until Na Ye dragged him to sit down, "Sit down and meditate."
"Oh." Long Kongkong landed on the bed with his butt. As Na Ye was about to sit down behind him, Long Kongkong suddenly said, "Teacher, can't you go take a bath first? How long has it been since you last had a bath? I guess you could even fry food with the oil from your hair."
Na Ye's mouth twitched slightly, picturing what he had just heard and made a disgusted sound.
Watching Na Ye actually run off to the bathroom to bathe, Long Kongkong blinked his eyes. The familiarity brought by the contract, coupled with the sense of achievement he got from his Slide Steps today, led him to have some warm feelings for this budget-conscious teacher. Now that he was settled down, he was indeed starting to feel a bit tired. So he leaned against the head of the bed and closed his eyes, planning to meditate when the old guy came back.
However, when Na Ye came back from the bath, he saw the boy lying on the bed, snoring - he almost slapped him.
He shook his head helplessly, truly a carefree age!
Should he let him skip meditation today? Let him sleep.
Just as he was pondering this, suddenly, Na Ye noticed a change. He looked at Long Kongkong's chest subconsciously. A faint golden halo began to emanate from his chest, and the evident pull of attraction started to appear. The elemental energy in the air began to converge towards him.
Na Ye's heart shivered, the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace!
It could operate even when he was asleep? Even without special meditation? As he had felt that day, the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace on Long Kongkong had thoroughly overturned his previous understanding of this spirit furnace.
After a brief moment of contemplation, Na Ye quietly released his spiritual power, causing the concentration of light elements in the air to dramatically increase.
Accompanied by his release of the light elements, the absorption effect of the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace on Long Kongkong's chest noticeably improved. Even Long Kongkong's expression became more relaxed. The faint golden halo was continually absorbed into his body.
Na Ye placed his hand on his abdomen, silently feeling the physical changes.
The natural spiritual energy absorbed into Long Kongkong's body was rapidly transforming. A considerable part of it was injected into Long Kongkong's body, exceptionally. This spiritual energy didn't possess any elemental attributes. Even if it absorbed the light elements, once it was incorporated, it would be filtered and transformed into a non-attributive spiritual power that nourished his body.
A thought crossed Na Ye's mind. He still remembered that Long Kongkong had previously mentioned that when testing magic spiritual power, not a single elemental fairy statue lit up for him. It's important to note that this is an incredibly rare occurrence. Even if a person's talent is lacking, they would usually have some corresponding body attributes - just of a lower brightness. Complete lack of element recognition, as in his case, is extraordinarily rare. This indicates one of two situations: either no element recognized him, or the Magic Temple did not hold the element that recognized him. The latter is of course less likely. If it's the former, does it mean that he has no elemental attributes?
Thinking of this, Na Ye suddenly realized something. The reason why the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace works so well on Long Kongkong may not solely be due to his low innate spiritual force, but it could also be because he doesn't have any attributes? After all, the elemental energy transformed by the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace present before his eyes is non-attributive!
This non-attributive energy was quietly improving Kongkong's physique. The energy inhaled into his body was almost completely integrated into his body, nourishing it. Na Ye, at the threshold of becoming a 9th Rank divine knight, had a spiritual power total of 100,000. His perceptions of spiritual power were extremely keen. Even without using a testing stone, he could sense that Long Kongkong's innate inner spiritual power was strengthening. In other words, the improvement brought about by the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace to his innate properties was not periodic, but consistently present. Although the speed of improvement might not be fast, as long as it persists, wouldn't his talent be extraordinary?
Is non-attributive a good thing or not? Ask any professional in a lower cultivation level, and they will undoubtedly say it's not good. Because non-attributive means there are no attribute bonuses. For a knight, missing the luminous attribute might cause many skills to be unusable.
But for Na Ye, non-attributive may not necessarily be bad. Non-attributive means that there is no attribute barrier, so any attribute equipment can be used. His body lacks attributes, but his equipment had them. So, when he used it, whatever attribute the equipment had, he would be able to release that same attribute once he injected his spiritual power into it. Even when using elements crystals, there would be no attribute restrictions. Besides, not all knight skills rely on light elements. Lacking light elements would only mean the effects are a bit less effective. However, becoming a mage is out of the question for him. He would probably never be able to condense even the slightest bit of element. Plus, non-attributive can't counter any other attribute, but at the same time, no attribute could counter the non-attributive.
So, if the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace is combined with his body, that lacks attributes and has a low innate spiritual power, and it manages to help him boost his innate spiritual power significantly, wouldn't it be another form of extraordinary talent?
He had lied before. The Archangel's Embrace does indeed have a muscle-easing and marrow-cleansing effect on Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong's bodies. However, it refers to the nourishment of the body, which mostly affects the outer spiritual power. If you could truly use the Archangel's Embrace to improve innate inner spiritual power, the Six Great Sacred Temples would be overflowing with geniuses already. Therefore, the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace's absorption and transformation, rather than the direct effect produced by the Archangel's Embrace, might have helped Long Kongkong's innate spiritual power back then.
So, Long Kongkong genuinely improved his talent by five points through the spirit furnace. That's why Na Ye accepted him as his student.
Now his thoughts were clear, so naturally, he knew what he should do next. The concentration of light elements in the dorm suddenly increased, giving full play to the effects of the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace on Long Kongkong's chest.
This method of absorption is much more efficient than absorbing natural spiritual energy. Na Ye seemed like a giant element crystal, directly providing Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace with absorption and devouring.
While releasing the light elements, he continued to feel the state of the Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace and Long Kongkong's body, ensuring a maximum degree of absorption without overdoing it. Na Ye's only concern was that the talent improvement effect of Elemental Vortex Spirit Furnace was limited and couldn't truly enhance him to a high enough degree. But that was something to take one step at a time. For now, the effect seemed quite excellent.
Early the next morning, while Long Kongkong was still sleeping soundly, Na Ye stuffed the testing stone in his hand.
Innate inner spiritual power, sixteen! It increased again slightly in two days.