Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 178: Dao Cultivation

"Master, thank you for your teachings!" Ye Long bowed repeatedly.

Although his master hadn’t taught him the secret technique yet, he explained the general idea several times.

Now he had changed it but his path is still descendent!

"Your path, it’s proper, it’s good!

It’s just..." Fu Xian looked at it then shook his head.

His own path focused on Paper, Ink and Brush, the last being something he had comprehended but hadn’t yet implemented. There was no ’Vision’, at least not yet.

In the path he envisioned there would be Paper, Ink, Brush, Vision, Language and Thought.

Paper was something he implemented in the first stage, Ink in the second, Brush would be for the third. The other three, he didn’t even know whether that path was proper.

And now his disciple had actually skipped Paper and instead proved his path with Ink in the first stage and Vision for the second!

His path in the second stage would be open!

But at the same time, Fu Xian’s path started from the paper.

Because of the talisman inspiration, the inspiration could stand in for paper for now.

Without paper, there would be no foundation for the talisman!

This foundation seemed extremely strong, but there was a lack in foundation that had to be filled.

Seeing his worried look, Ye Long was confused.

Even Gui Zen and Mingling were confused when they saw it.

Such a path was great, this disciple’s comprehension was extremely high, no less than theirs!

In addition, he even had a master who arranged everything for him.

How could they not feel envious?

Now seeing this look, they were confused.

"Three inspirations, this path is true. The further paths allow you to use three inspirations uniquely, which means you can use one inspiration for one stage.

Your first stage was proven with Ink, which is the Spiritual Vein Guide inspiration.

The second stage is proven by Vision, which is the Fengshui Inspiration.

Then, what is Talisman?"

Hearing this, Ye Long’s confusion found an escape, flooding a gate of thoughts.

He questioned himself, looking into it.

Currently, this talisman... was paper.

But talismans couldn’t be paper, for paper was all around.

The art of talismans was to...

"Brush?" Ye Long asked, his eyes regaining their confusion.

Fu Xian exhaled, "You realised it on your own, which means you have comprehended my path properly and only accidentally taken a wrong path.

When we say Talisman, my path means ’the Art of Talismans’, which is naturally an art of drawing talismans. Ink and paper are part of talismans, but they’re carriers of the talisman.

The brush allows us to draw the talisman we envision in our mind.

Your path has no foundation of paper..."

He shook his head, then smiled, "No worries, your path is long and your choice wasn’t wrong – Veins as ink and Fengshui as Vision is indeed a correct path. The issue is that you started at the second stage and created the fourth, skipping the first and third.

The order of the first three is extremely important, the following isn’t as important.

But this can be solved.

The first stage is Paper, then Ink and finally Brush.

Spiritual Veins have been used as Ink and you know that Talisman is supposed to be the path for Brush. Then you will have to find a way to comprehend Fengshui as Paper.

This is rather difficult, but no worries, as long as you comprehend it, you can swap your current situation.

Afterward, you will have to comprehend the ’Brush’ you use for the third stage.

And since you already comprehended the fourth stage, you will have it easy to advance to the next stage."

Fu Xian nodded, knowing this wasn’t a huge mistake.

He himself had comprehended paper and ink at the same time, and then separated it into first and second.

As for brush, he had comprehended it at the second stage.

He already planned to focus on that once he completed drawing the ten talismans.

Gui Zen and Mingling on the side were still confused, not understanding anything.

But this was normal, after all, this was a different path.

Every path of cultivation had three layers –

Spiritual, which represents their cultivation art, their spiritual power and the progress of their dantians.

Dao, which represents their comprehensive path, such as their inspirations, their creation or battle arts, other paths that form their own dao.

And the third...

Well, none of the three present knew what the third was. It’s said this is something only those of the higher stages, or even those in the immortal realm, knew.

After all, the lower worlds also only really knew about ’Spiritual’, but ’Dao’ was illusory.

Because technically, the Dao is only something that matters starting from the fifth stage upwards.

With high talent and some opportunities, reaching the third stage or fourth stage with simple cultivation is indeed possible.

Mingling was even more envious than Gui Zen, because he hadn’t even comprehended his own path to the third stage. He was thinking of various things, but it was difficult.

Meanwhile, Ye Long’s comprehension directly reached the fourth stage, even if it was technically skipping some steps.

Mistakes can be solved, but if you’re not even ahead, then you don’t have the ability to make mistakes.

Or rather, he doesn’t know whether he made any mistakes, since he doesn’t have a master.

Fu Xian naturally also knows that technically, allowing Ye Long to take the path with the mistakes was possible.

But in that case, it would be a lot more difficult and he might spend 300 years in just to reach the third stage like him.

While these 300 years were indeed useful, allowing him to build a framework for his path... it also wasted a lot of time.

Now in just a few months, he advanced so fast in the third stage.

Based on his guess, in two hundred years at most, he would be able to advance to the fourth stage.

Comparing it – his advancement speed is more than three times faster than his speed in the second stage!

Rather than allowing him to waste many years just to solve a complicated issue, it’s better to directly give him the proper framework and let him take his path in this framework.

This is the job of an Ancestral Lineage – it’s not about creating a strict path, but about creating a framework to allow easier comprehension and progression. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

Fu Xian also knew that without such a framework, whether Ye Long can even comprehend his own path in 300 years is questionable.

After all, Fu Xian was reborn and had countless inspirations from his past life.

Even if they didn’t fit with the current setting, he still had a deep background.

Born in an age where information was free, you could go on the internet and act philosophical, contending with the greatest thinkers of the ancient times...

Here, without great opportunities, it’s difficult to see the various paths and gain inspiration for your own path.