When Wu Ting lay down, he was prepared to grit his teeth and endure the pain.
Seeing Tang Cheng lying on the bed, looking pained and distressed, his heart was also filled with unease.
But in order to embark on the path to transcendence, this pain doesn't seem so unbearable.
After waiting a short while, the Wu Ting renovation began.
The specific modifications were largely the same. Both were ordinary people with no Big Hair, so the modification of giving others the Qi Refining Method was completed smoothly.
After the transformation was completed, Li Xingkong told them to sit on the kang (a heated brick bed) and rest for a while, while he continued to control his Spiritual Qi to observe whether their bodies had any abnormal reactions.
Abnormal reactions in the human body often do not occur immediately. For example, after a car accident, a person may be able to jump out of the car and feel perfectly fine after touching their body.
Some people are careless and don't even go to the hospital for a check-up, resulting in them dying that very night from internal bleeding.
The human body is truly amazing, so even though the modification was already complete, follow-up observation and tracking were still essential.
Of course, Li Xingkong was confident in his hands-on abilities. He wasn't worried about any life-threatening incidents, but he was afraid that the modification might trigger some other strange characteristics.
For example, some people can only see half of anything.
After all, the human body is the most sophisticated instrument in the world today, and even a slight mistake in its modification could lead to accidents.
The three of them sat at home for another half hour. After repeatedly observing and confirming that there were no problems, Li Xingkong finally signaled that the two of them could come out.
Having sat in the cave for so long, the two were getting a bit restless. Hearing Li Xingkong say that they could move around, they immediately jumped out.
While they were inside the house, they didn't feel anything. It was as if they had only been stabbed a few times by Li Xingkong, and it hurt a little. Neither of them felt that anything had changed about them.
But when the two of them stepped out of the room and into the sunlight, they both stopped in their tracks.
Because they lack Spiritual Qi, they cannot directly introspect and cannot see what is happening inside their bodies. However, they can clearly feel their skin absorbing something into their bodies.
Wu Ting stretched out his hands, feeling something drilling into his body through his palms.
"This is?"
The absorptive force became even more pronounced when he raised his hand towards the sun.
"Is this Spiritual Qi, or Magic Power?"
Tang Cheng followed suit, raising his hands towards the sun. He then felt something flowing from his palms into his body, eventually reaching his abdomen, making him feel warm all over.
"You can consider this Magic Power. As for Spiritual Qi, Earth Star's Spiritual Qi is currently limited, and we don't have any extra to give you. We can only let you experience the uses of Magic Power first."
The two people, with their hands raised, felt the warm, soothing energy flowing through their bodies, and their eyes narrowed.
So comfortable, so incredibly comfortable.
"So, can we be like you too?"
Tang Cheng imitated the movements of Sanda (Chinese kickboxing) and threw a punch in a very professional manner, but felt that nothing changed.
"Simply put, the recent 'infusion' or 'modification' simply enabled you to perform photosynthesis as well."
Li Xingkong used a term they could understand to explain it.
"Although you can't completely abstain from grains yet, you can already restore your strength and energy by sunbathing. If you don't move around too much, you won't starve even if you just lie down and don't move."
Upon hearing Li Xingkong's words, the two men's eyes lit up; this ability was clearly even more miraculous.
"If you want to cast spells, you have very few spells to choose from. On the one hand, without the aid of Spiritual Qi, many spells cannot be used. On the other hand, the spells I know are also limited, and I can only inscribe a few Spell Seed for you."
Li Xingkong thought about his spells. First, they couldn't use spells that required Spiritual Qi throughout, such as the Restoration Technique. Second, spells that could cause widespread damage within the country weren't very useful, and teaching them a Shotgun Spell wouldn't be very helpful.
After thinking for a while, Li Xingkong realized that it seemed that only the Rejuvenation Technique and the Explosive Reactive Armor were things they could use.
The Wind Riding Spell is too dangerous. With their delicate skin, a fall would probably kill them.
"I can currently inscribe two types of spells for you: one is the healing spell Rejuvenation Technique, specifically used to treat external injuries, and the other is the defensive spell Explosive Counter Spell, used for protection."
The main reason is that he is familiar with these two spells. Given his familiarity with them, installing them on the two of them like software shouldn't be a problem.
Judging from the level of Qi Refining that Li Xingkong set up for them, even if they had their spells built in, they could only release them once or twice a day, since their total amount of Magic Power and recovery speed were limited.
Can I learn both?
Wu Ting asked, "Only children make choices; adults usually want both."
"I can equip you with all of them, but given your current situation, you can basically only use them once a day, even if you have several more spells."
"Learn it, I'll learn it too."
Upon hearing that they could learn both, the two stopped hesitating. One was for saving their lives, and the other was for saving themselves, so naturally it was better to learn both. Everyone faces unforeseen circumstances, and being prepared is obviously better than being unprepared.
"Okay, then I'll get them for all of you."
Li Xingkong naturally agreed to cast protective spells on them all; the more the merrier.
He had the two sit down on the spot, and Li Xingkong immediately began to inscribe Spell Seed on them with both hands.
This Spell Seed is different from the spell he uses. The spell he uses can be changed at any time in terms of how to release it and how to adjust the Magic Power structure when releasing it. That's why Li Xingkong can play a spell so skillfully.
But the Spell Seed inscribed on people are different. This thing is more like a skill in a game. How much mana it costs, how much damage it deals, and how big its range are are all fixed. Its only advantage is that it is easy to cast.
Using spells yourself is like shooting a gun with your own hands; you have to reload, aim, and pull the trigger. But Mana Seed is like playing CrossFire; you just need to click the mouse, and the bullet is fired.
You don't need to worry about anything else.
This method has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you don't need to learn it, but the disadvantage is also that you don't need to learn it. The power you have when you learn it is the same as the power you have later on, and there is no room for growth.
As Li Xingkong was inscribing Mana Seed onto the two of them, he couldn't help but think of a story he had learned called "The Daoist of Mount Lao."
When the protagonist went to Mount Lao to learn magic, the Daoist priests of Mount Lao initially treated him as a core disciple and started with theoretical learning. Unfortunately, the protagonist found it too boring and only wanted to learn some quick techniques first.
In the end, the Mount Lao had no choice but to teach him Wall-Passing Technique.
The description of the Wall-Passing Technique in the text is strikingly similar to what I'm doing right now.
There really is nothing new in the world. What you think is something new can quickly turn up similar things in the books of your ancestors.