Only after silently reciting it once did he slowly open the cover again.
A passage of scripture appeared before him:
"Lord Lao said: The Great Dao is formless, yet gives birth to and nurtures Heaven and Earth; the Great Dao is emotionless, yet sets the sun and moon in motion; the Great Dao is nameless, yet nurtures all things. I do not know its name, so I force a name upon it and call it the Dao.
..."
Before long, Ling Qing was immersed in the scripture, reading on and on as he pondered the truths hidden within it.
The cool sensation in his mind grew stronger and stronger, keeping him in a state of clear heart and righteous thought.
And a sense of purity and stillness continued to build within him.
On the other side, Tian Ying had also noticed the effect early on. She did not rush to copy the text, but instead instinctively recited the Mysterious Essence Incantation silently before reading the scripture.
When she had studied the Eight Divine Incantations under Daoist Wenxi, the first one Tian Ying comprehended had been the Mysterious Essence Incantation. She had also been the first to master it.
Her understanding of this incantation was the deepest among them all, and Daoist Wenxi had praised her highly for it at the time.
It was unclear whether she had been born with a talent for divine incantations, or whether it was because she was still a student.
But it was probably due to talent. After all, Li Jun, who was also a student, understood the Mysterious Essence Incantation about as well as Ling Qing and the others.
Aside from those two, everyone else had reacted to the scripture much as Ling Qing had at first.
They had all eagerly opened the cover,