Chapter 128: Chapter 63: Long Dangdang, you’re such a scumbag!_2 Chapter 128: Chapter 63: Long Dangdang, you’re such a scumbag!_2 “Long Kongkong!” Long Dangdang looked towards Long Kongkong with gritted teeth.

“Uh… I was just saying, yes, just saying. Um, it seems like Teacher Yan is looking for me, I’ll leave first!” After finishing, Long Kongkong immediately made his escape.

Long Dangdang attempted to justify why Zisang Liuying was looking for him. However, the power of the phrase “sleazy man” from his cousin was too great, and he couldn’t quite explain the matters of the demon hunting team, making it impossible to convince the gossip-hungry young knights. Tired of finding explanations, he quickly finished breakfast and headed off to class.

What frustrated him even more was the fact that not only Knights Class One were peeping, but others from different classes as well. Hence, his title of “sleazy man” spread throughout the entire freshman class in just one morning and even showed signs of spreading to the upper grades.

Yan Yao walked into Knights Class One in a graceful manner. As soon as she stood in front of the lectern, her gaze immediately landed on Long Dangdang, a playful twinkle in her eyes.

Long Dangdang’s scalp tingled under her gaze.

“The spirit furnace providential selection ritual has finished. After a week’s rest, we will get back on track with our studies. Considering the excellent performance in our last assessment, the academy has decided to provide everyone with enhanced practical training and assessments,” Yan Yao said.

“Moreover, the academy requires us to reemphasize, everyone is not allowed to inquire about each other’s spirit furnaces. I also hope that students who have obtained spirit furnaces will become more familiar with them, and make good use of them. Today, I will teach you about spirit furnaces. Everyone should pay close attention, whether you possess a spirit furnace or not. Even if you don’t have one now, you can get one in the future by accumulating merits through completing the tasks set by the academy and the Temple. The significance of a spirit furnace to us professionists shouldn’t need further emphasis from me, right?”

As Yan Yao mentioned spirit furnaces, the expressions of the young knights instantly turned serious.

Yan Yao explained, “The history of spirit furnaces is even older than humanity. Our continent is dense with elemental energy in heaven and earth, also known as nature’s spiritual energy. In different places, due to geographical and environmental reasons, the density of the elemental energy varies. In places where the energy is particularly dense, over many years, nature gives birth to entities like spirit furnaces. Therefore, we can say that spirit furnaces are gems born and nurtured by nature.”

“A very small number of spirit furnaces, after thousands or even tens of thousands of years, will evolve to develop consciousness, becoming intelligent, hence, the ‘Wisdom Spirit Furnace’. However, the conditions for the birth of Wisdom Spirit Furnaces are extremely strict. It’s difficult for such evolution to occur naturally, as spirit furnaces won’t proactively absorb spiritual energy before gaining intelligence and can only be self-created. It is during such times that humans and spirit furnaces form a bond.”

“Spirit furnaces themselves do not control their evolution, but we humans can constantly nourish them through our cultivation and usage of the spirit furnaces, thereby facilitating the spirit furnaces’ evolution. Even if the spirit furnace cannot eventually evolve to gain intelligence, when the human host dies and the spirit furnace returns to nature, its evolution speed is much faster than that of a natural spirit furnace. This is the fundamental reason why Wisdom Spirit Furnaces allow us to form a bond with them.”

“Spirit furnaces are born under different conditions which lead to unique features. There are hundreds of known types of spirit furnaces, and not all of them are capable of bonding with humans. Some special spirit furnaces are either too powerful for us to bear, or too fragile to form a contract with us.”

“After years of research, we have broadly categorized spirit furnaces into four major types. These include Attack, Defense, Support, and Control types. Generally, Attack-type spirit furnaces have the largest side effects. A more representative example would be some spirit furnaces suitable for assassins. These Attack-type spirit furnaces, while delivering massive attack power, also put huge burden on the body, potentially causing untimely death for the hosts. Other types of spirit furnaces also come with a variety of side effects. Among them, Support-type spirit furnaces have the smallest side effects and are the easiest to merge with. Therefore, Support-type spirit furnaces are very popular and adaptable. The Holy Diversion Spirit Furnace, which is best suited for our protection knights, is a representative example.”

“Different spirit furnaces have different degrees of evolutionary capabilities. The more potential it has to evolve, the higher the grade of the spirit furnace. The known spirit furnaces that can evolve up to five times can almost develop their consciousness to become Wisdom Spirit Furnaces. There are even legends regarding spirit furnaces with many more evolutionary stages. The way for us to facilitate the evolution of spirit furnaces is simple, and that is to use the abilities of the spirit furnaces. Each time we use a spirit furnace it requires our Spiritual Energy to drive it. This process itself nourishes the spirit furnace. Therefore, you want to accelerate the evolution of your spirit furnaces, use them more often. Of course, the premise is that you can withstand the side effects. You must be careful when using Attack-type spirit furnaces, do not harm your own foundation.”

“This morning, I will primarily teach you about the known Attack-type spirit furnaces suitable for knights, including their abilities, side effects and precautions.”

Everyone listened very attentively in this class, after all, it was after the spirit furnace providential selection ritual.

“This afternoon, you should practice on your own. It is estimated that from next week, we will conduct combat practice based on grades, similar to the last assessment. You might form a group with students from other classes in advance. Class dismissed!”

The moment class was dismissed, the atmosphere in the classroom became lively. Those who had obtained a spirit furnace couldn’t wait to get some hands-on experience with it.

Just as Long Dangdang and Long Kongkong were preparing to go for lunch, they were stopped by Yan Yao.

Yan Yao looked at Long Dangdang, speaking earnestly, “A man needs to be devoted! He should always be careful in what he does. Even if he plans to cast a wide net, he shouldn’t let himself be caught red-handed.”

“Ah?” Just when Long Dangdang wanted to explain, Yan Yao had already patted his shoulder and left in a carefree manner.

Bad news does spread faster than good ones, Long Dangdang took a deep breath, suppressing his emotions. At this point, Long Kongkong had already made a run for it.

Long Kongkong left the classroom and ran quickly towards the cafeteria. He didn’t want to end up being his brother’s venting tool. His big cousin was truly amazing. It only took her a few days to give his big brother a new nickname.

“Hey, wait a minute.” As Long Kongkong was running forward, he was suddenly stopped by a figure.

It was a pretty girl with sparkling big eyes, looking him up and down, “Are you the scumbag from Knights Class One?”

Long Kongkong smirked, “No, you got the wrong person.”

The girl giggled, “So you really are the scumbag, daring to do it but not daring to admit it. I just wanted to ask, why are Menglu, Zisang and I considered equal, yet you only screwed over the two of them but not me? Do you look down on me?”

Long Kongkong was taken aback, who would even make such a request? Thinking quickly, for his brother’s sake, he decided to take the blame.

“If you’re willing, I don’t object, is my big brother, Long Dangdang, afraid of having too many girls? We’re young, casting a wide net and nurturing each one. Who knows who you will end up with in the future? Alright, I’m going to eat now, don’t block the way.” With that, he performed a Slide Step, bypassed the girl, and quickly ran towards the cafeteria.

Cai Caijuan stood there, her face full of surprise, “Wow, this guy isn’t ashamed but is proud! Casting a wide net and nurturing each…What kind of playboy philosophy is this? Why are Menglu and Zisang fighting over a guy like this?”