It wasn't that Daoist scripture and Daoist scriptures were evil books that would corrupt people. Rather, the Daoist scripture Wu Qing'e had read were not orthodox Daoist texts at all.
Though they were called Daoist scripture, they were really more like fanciful stories someone had made up and dressed in a Daoist outer shell.
And because Wu Qing'e had still been too young at the time, without a complete and independent worldview of her own—indeed, with her values still entirely immature—rashly coming into contact with such things had easily led her astray.
It was like becoming addicted to something. Especially when encountering something for the first time, many people found it hard to resist, and Wu Qing'e had become addicted to the things described in the Daoist scripture she read.
She longed to become an Immortal Master like those recorded in the books and often lost herself in fantasies. She possessed an almost obsessive fascination with the Daoist magic described within.
When she truly came into contact with techniques that were largely no different from the Daoist magic in those books, she became like an addict, unable to control her own state of mind.
However... she also understood that such a state was wrong. Fortunately, because of the Sword Heart Art, whenever she became deeply immersed in it, she would hurriedly recite the Sword Heart Art to calm herself down.
And the Sword Heart Art truly possessed a powerful tempering effect on the mind. As long as she kept reciting it, even if she was on the verge of losing control... she could slowly be pulled back to normal.
But even so, she still couldn't help researching spells.
"Up so late again? What did you promise me yesterday?" Looking at the faint dark circles beneath the girl's eyes, Fu