"But what kind of soybeans did you need? Did they have to be a special variety?"
"These are the soybeans we prepared. They're genetically modified..."
"All right, then. What I mean is, did Tang Changsheng process these soybeans after he got them? Did he add some kind of solution or change their elemental composition?"
"..."
"You'd probably have to ask Tang Changsheng that!"
"Nonsense, you fools. This is Mental Manifestation—giving form to something through the mind. The soybeans are merely a medium. They don't matter. In fact, flour or rice would work just as well.
"What matters is the mental power attached to that medium. That's the key to manifesting the food. This technique is simply marvelous..."
The Sages' Society was full of talented people, after all. Someone with a keen eye had quickly recognized what was happening and explained it to the others.
A chorus of astonished voices rose. "Mental power can be used like that?"
"Yes. We use mental power to move elemental matter and ultimately cast all kinds of Demon magic, such as Fireball and Lightning."
"But they act directly upon the Hun with mental power, producing all sorts of effects. It's a different way of thinking..."
"That's why our Alchemy gave rise to physics, chemistry, and even mathematics... while theirs has remained Occultism!"
The speaker added that last remark with a touch of sour grapes.
"Exactly. According to our calculations, the Spiritual Power Tide has already passed its lowest ebb. Spiritual power will gradually recover, and I believe the outside world will regain most of it within a hundred years. Then it'll prove that our path was never wrong!"
While the Arcanists of the Sages' Society were still puzzling over this, hundreds of Battle Souls charged at the Vicious Ghost Alina.
Bullets, shells, Short Spears, and