There is a folk saying: If merit is insufficient, virtue will make up for it; if virtue is not enough, relatives will make up for it. This is the folk view on the issue of spell compensation
If you use a powerful spell due to lack of skill, what should you use to compensate? Just use the character you have accumulated, that is, your blessings. If it is not enough, what should you do? Just use the blessings of your family. There is a problem here, that is, if all your blessings are compensated, your own blessings will be reduced. Your own fortune will be low, and various declining conditions will follow.
Learning magic, Qimen, the greater the cause and effect, the greater the cost.
When your merits and blessings are not enough to bear, you will exchange your life or life for it. Therefore, it is important to continuously cultivate yourself. This is also the reason why some folk Onmyoji and Feng Shui masters did not die well in the end. They only know how to blindly ask for, squander and consume, but do not know how to accumulate. When the blessings of the ancestors are used up, consume your own blessings.
And the Taoist priests of the orthodox Taoist temple. There are merits in offering incense, kowtowing and sweeping the floor every day. The blessings of the divine eagle will slowly come back through practice. This is an important reason why Taoists must go through a long assessment after becoming a master. The master will only teach you spells after he feels that your character and moral character are qualified.