Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#798 - Reviewing the past to learn new things

"This is, the Dao of Talismans?"

"Truly, it is vast and profound! As boundless as the sea!"

"It feels so complicated ~"

"Of course, it's complicated. It's like another cultivation system altogether. It's inherently complex, almost touching upon every aspect of our cultivation."

"Indeed, though this disciple's cultivation is not high, I am particularly fond of refining artifacts. Now, after studying Master's research on the Dao of Talismans, I feel enlightened. This art of talismans will surely be of great use to my artifact refining!"

"If I could use this Dao of Talismans to cooperate and assist, the fist techniques, swordplay, footwork, internal energy, and even visualization methods that I have learned in the first half of my life will all benefit immensely!"

"More than that, Master's secluded creation of this method has simplified the past talismans and Daoist symbols of our sect, discarding the false and preserving the true. The breadth of its benefit is akin to opening another branch within our Heavenly Sect!

Making the Heavenly Sect's inheritance even more vast and boundless, truly a great achievement that benefits countless generations!"

"However, I just feel like something is missing from what's recorded in this book of talismans ~"

"Missing a main cultivation technique?"

"Hmm... it doesn't seem quite right either."

"In this disciple's opinion, the main cultivation technique of this Dao of Talismans should be based on visualization."

"Senior Brother means that we should choose a path of Dao script to visualize and enter into the divine at the beginning of our studies, and then continuously refine it as a foundation, using the mysteries of talismans to comprehend the Dao of Nature?"

"I think it's not necessarily to specialize in one talisman or one system of techniques. Didn't Master write it very clearly in this book? Many phenomena in this world are presented in composite forms.

Combining several runes and merging them together also conforms to the Dao of Nature!"

"Indeed, but we still need to proceed step by step, slowly. Enlightenment cannot be rushed."

"I think that when necessary, we can borrow methods from the path of artifact refining. First, we can inscribe the power of talismans onto magical artifacts and treasures, interconnecting and intertwining them to condense corresponding magical powers.

Then, after storing this treasure in the body, while adding a lot of power, we can also use it to comprehend the wonders of different talismans!"

"This method ~ is theoretically feasible, but it has already exceeded the scope of visualization. Among us, only Junior Brother is proficient in the Dao of Artifact Refining, so it seems that the responsibility of verification will fall on Junior Brother."

"Easy to say, I will naturally ~"

......

Three days passed quickly. After carefully reading the initial version of the Dao of Talismans that Liang Yue had customized, for a time, everyone's thoughts flowed like a spring, and inspiration burst forth, and various ideas sprang up one after another.

Unable to hold back, they began to speak freely and exchange ideas enthusiastically.

From noon to moonrise, they barely managed to express all the thoughts in their hearts.

Seeing this, Liang Yue on the opposite side then spoke.

"You have all seen the content in this book. This Dao of Talismans is vast and profound. Judging from the current research results, its advantages and disadvantages are very obvious."

"The entry threshold is relatively low, and the cultivation path of visualization can also free people from many unnecessary restrictions. Even Little Diamond, as well as the pandas and flood dragons in the mountain gate, can use it to cultivate.

In addition, cultivating the Dao of Talismans can also allow you to observe and understand all things in the world from another different perspective while cultivating yourselves, bringing more possibilities to our cultivation."

"The disadvantage is probably that it is too complex. It is easy to lose track when cultivating, and it is also easy to have too many things to worry about. Moreover, judging from the current research, this Dao of Talismans.

For the time being, they are all taking the path of visualization and magic cultivation, lacking corresponding body refining methods."

"You, most of you already have some foundation in cultivation, so this situation is not obvious, but for those new disciples, if they decide to specialize in this path, this path will inevitably seem a little weak."

Even Little Diamond, who was originally squatting on Teacher Jingxiang's shoulder, and the Void Piercing Spirit Butterfly, who was parked on the treetop, stopped their respective small movements, widened their eyes, and waited quietly for his explanation.

"I myself have only just researched the Dao of Talismans for a hundred years or so. For an entire cultivation system, this amount of deduction time is only just getting started.

It is inevitable that there will be omissions, so when you are learning my research results, you must look at it critically ~"

"The selection of basic talismans has been carefully compared and operated by me from the various Daoist classics, and extracted from them. Over the past hundred years, a total of three hundred and seventy-six have been sorted out.

All have been carefully verified, and it is expected that there should not be much discrepancy, but in addition to this, there should still be some undiscovered basic talismans. If there is an opportunity, you can also explore them yourself."

"Okay, now I will ~"

......

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye ~ another five years have passed.

During this period, Liang Yue can be said to have taught the women and his direct disciples everything he knew, without any reservations. All the results he had researched that could be taught had already been handed over.

However, how much they can learn depends on their own understanding and ability.

After all, the Dao of Talismans is not something without roots. The depth of research on this cultivation path still depends more on the cultivator's own understanding of all things in the world.

Some of them involve various experiences, cognitions, and abstract concepts. Even if Liang Yue has explained them many times, the women and disciples still only have a half-baked understanding.

But there is no way. The realm is not enough, the difference in cultivation direction, or some differences in personal experience and accumulation, will all cause differences in the understanding of heaven and earth.

This situation is inevitable ~

Fortunately, they all learned well in the teaching of basic talismans.

After five years of research and worldly experience, everyone has embarked on the right track.

Moreover, under the guidance of Liang Yue, each of them has independently completed the Dao script tracing of some complex natural phenomena at least three times!

And those relatively pure natural attribute energies such as ice, fire, wind, and thunder have all been mastered and completed.

After reaching this point, a group of young ladies and disciples have probably graduated, and it is naturally time for them to take the stage.

The heavy responsibility of teaching the younger generation of disciples will ultimately fall on them ...

Although Liang Yue also understands very well that at this time, they probably all want to take advantage of this momentum of learning to directly enter seclusion for decades to calm down and comprehend.

But teaching the disciples is a task that Liang Yue had arranged in advance, and they could not refuse.

Fortunately, everyone understands the principle of reviewing the old and knowing the new. The process of teaching new disciples is actually a process of consolidating and comprehending the law.

As a brand-new field, through relearning existing knowledge and colliding with different perspectives between disciples, it is actually easier to catalyze new brilliance.

Even Liang Yue himself has benefited a lot from the teaching in these five years.

Watching the women and disciples around him grow up, he himself has gained a lot from it and found some new ideas that he had never thought of before!

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