The Problem of Spells

Chapter 86

The God Feeding Method, with the help of the cultivation method, was to please the Dao Lord and offer oneself to the deity.

It recorded all the first-grade spells of the Dao of Flesh and Blood, but the second-grade spell, the Mysterious Change Spirit Technique of Incense, was not included in it.

When the cultivation method was revealed, all the believers of the Ancient Immortal Sect eagerly looked in the direction of the stone-carved cultivation method.

"From today on, we shall be the shepherds of the Dao Lord!" Li Changmeng shouted. The stone-carved cultivation method crashed to the ground. It was three meters high and one meter wide, standing like a stone tablet in the center of the underground cave.

The old Sect Master looked at this stone tablet of the cultivation method with tears in his eyes. If... if it was really as the Saintess said, then the Ancient Immortal Sect would never be persecuted by those cultivators again and could spread the radiance of the Dao Lord to all the places visible to the eye!

The stone-carved characters glowed brightly under the influence of spiritual power. Even though the cave was dim, they could be seen clearly.

All eyes were focused on the cultivation method, trying to memorize it.

"Everyone line up. I will guide you onto the path of the Dao," Li Changmeng said as he descended from the sky. With the appearance of Wen Xinyun, he was wearing a wide white robe, looking holy and solemn.

All the believers began to line up spontaneously and came to Li Changmeng devoutly, waiting to be guided.

"Here, eat this," Li Changmeng said, holding a dark red flesh pellet that shrank and expanded in his hand.

The believer looked at the flesh pellet without the slightest hesitation, took it, and swallowed it in one gulp.

The flesh pellet traveled down the throat and reached the dantian, where it extended fleshy tentacles and took root.

"Alright, go and memorize the cultivation method, and then go back and try to cultivate," Li Changmeng said gently to the believer with a kind expression.

In front of the believers, he was the Saintess who brought hope and power.

One believer after another swallowed the flesh pellet and then began to look at the stone-carved cultivation method.

The cultivation method was not difficult. The cultivation part was only to receive the power of Dao Lord Mi Mengwangqing and convert it into spiritual power.

In the cultivation method, Li Changmeng defined absorbing the power of incense wishes as receiving the power of the Dao Lord. This could not only strengthen the faith but also, in essence, was indeed the case.

Having obtained the cultivation method and been guided onto the path of the Dao by the Saintess, some relatively intelligent people soon began to try to cultivate.

Thousands of believers lived here day and night, and the diffused power of incense wishes was temporarily sufficient for ordinary people to carry out initial cultivation.

"I've succeeded! Is this spiritual power? It's amazing," a sudden voice sounded from the crowd. It was a man in his twenties, and there was a slight glow at his fingertips at the moment.

Even just the glow at the fingertips, which he didn't know the reason for, also caused a stir.

If he could do it, then naturally, I can too.

Such a thought flashed through the minds of all the believers.

So, everyone began to cultivate even more diligently. One, two, three...

Before long, dozens of believers had reached the first level of Qi Refining, even if they only had a wisp of spiritual power.

Since they had obtained the cultivation talent through the flesh pellet and their physical bodies couldn't be in harmony with the energy of heaven and earth, they could directly skip the process of tempering the body with spiritual qi, directly activate the spiritual light, and enter the Qi Refining stage.

Seeing that everything was going smoothly, Li Changmeng withdrew and returned to his cave to start cultivating.

Time passed quietly. Half a month later.

"Saintess, is it convenient for you to come out?" The voice of the Sect Master came from outside, interrupting Li Changmeng's cultivation.

"Sect Master, is there something wrong? Come in," Li Changmeng said.

If there wasn't something urgent, no one would come to disturb his cultivation.

The old Sect Master came in with a furrowed face, sat on the stone chair, and seemed to want to speak but had some difficulty in expressing it.

"Sect Master, just say what's on your mind. Is there something wrong with the cultivation of the believers?"

Li Changmeng had been cultivating in the cave these days, so he hadn't paid attention to the believers' affairs. Since the cultivation method had been given out, they could just cultivate step by step, and there was no need to worry.

"Sigh, there's nothing wrong with the cultivation, but no one can use the spells... Should we not have this power?" The old Sect Master felt sad in his heart. He was worried that it was because the Saintess had distributed the power bestowed by the Dao Lord to the believers, which had displeased the Dao Lord.

"What? Can't use the spells?" Li Changmeng exclaimed in surprise and then went out to investigate the situation.

He swept his spiritual consciousness across the areas where the believers were. There were more than a hundred people at the first level of Qi Refining.

The diffused power of incense wishes in this cave could only support the cultivation of so many cultivators.

Coincidentally, a believer was trying to use a spell. Li Changmeng looked over and saw the believer first take a deep breath, then recite the incantation, and activate the spiritual power.

He used the Growth Spell on the glowing moss in front of him.

However, after consuming the spiritual power, there was no effect at all...

"Sigh, I failed again." The believers watching around all sighed and looked dejected. Not only could they not use the spells, but their cultivation speed was also getting slower and slower, and it took several days for a wisp of spiritual power to recover.

Could it be that the Dao Lord didn't want to give them the power?

Li Changmeng, who had secretly observed everything, already understood the reason for this.

Even though they had obtained spiritual power and a cultivation realm with the help of the flesh pellet, they didn't have the cultivation talent.

But when they used the spells, they simply couldn't mobilize the Dao represented by the spells.

That is to say, even if every step was correct, they couldn't stir up the power of the Dao.

It was like a person doing a math problem. They wrote down all the steps, but when copying the answer at the end, the ink ran out. Even if the steps were complete, without the answer, there was no result.

Understanding the reason for this, Li Changmeng silently returned to the cave. The old Sect Master was still waiting.

"Sect Master, I already understand. Go and soothe the believers. The inability to use the spells is not because the Dao Lord doesn't give it to us but for other reasons. I will solve it in a few days."

As believers, what they were most worried about was going against the will of the god they believed in. This was something that the old Sect Master especially needed to soothe.

"Alright, Saintess. As long as it's not the punishment from the Dao Lord. I'll go and soothe everyone right away."

Since it wasn't the worst result, the old Sect Master left happily.

Li Changmeng was left alone. Regarding the believers' inability to use the spells, he thought the reason still lay in the talent.

Talent might not only determine whether one could cultivate but also whether one could stir up the power of the Dao.

"Spells..." Li Changmeng activated a spell and began to feel the process of casting the spell, from activating the spiritual power, to forming a specific frequency, and finally to attracting the power of the Dao.

Li Changmeng had gone through the process of casting spells countless times, especially the process of creating spells, which involved countless experiments.

So, casting a spell had almost become an instinctive action.

And precisely because it had almost become an instinct, Li Changmeng had neglected to pay attention to some aspects. It was only now that he noticed.

When a spell was cast, a specific frequency and circuit were formed in the body, and at the same time, the physical body and the spiritual soul were also involved, helping to form a connection between the spell and the Dao.

This was why those ordinary believers couldn't use the spells. They not only lacked the cultivation talent but also the talent for spells.

They were born as the most ordinary people, and fundamentally, they were restricted from the possibility of obtaining power.

Having understood the root of the problem, Li Changmeng shifted his thoughts to the flesh pellet.

Talent was determined by birth, but the flesh pellet could enable them to cultivate later.

So, was there a way to also allow them to use the spells?