Sure enough, after reciting the scriptures once, insights deeper than yesterday's welled up in his mind.
At the same time, profound principles and wondrous meanings faintly lingered in his heart.
But with his current abilities and foundation, he naturally couldn't gain an understanding of the Daoist arts, Senjutsu, or anything else hidden in the scriptures simply by reciting them.
Still, he hadn't come away empty-handed. At the very least, he'd gained some insight into the principles contained in the text.
At the same time, reciting and upholding scriptures was itself a form of cultivation for Daoists. Although he didn't have a cultivation method and couldn't practice,
he could still gain a few protective supernatural abilities while reciting.
These weren't the sort of abilities that could overturn rivers and seas or make one as mighty as heaven and earth.
Rather, like the Eight Divine Incantations he had learned, they were more like a beneficial status effect.
This blessing was simply very weak. Its effects were so obvious only because the Scripture Depository Hall was a special area.
It wasn't because he himself possessed such abilities.
But that didn't matter. He could first use this beneficial effect to accelerate his learning and mastery of the state, quickly improving his ability.
As he copied, just as he had while chopping and carrying firewood, he continued to distill and summarize the method of copying that produced this special effect.
With the support of Natural Force, Ling Qing could constantly perceive its subtleties.
The copying method in the scriptures produced an effect that let people understand the meaning simply by looking at the text. It wasn't all that miraculous.
Some calligraphers with great strength of mind could sink their writing deep into the wood; in the same way, people could perceive the spirit contained in