Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 134: General Tushan

Just as Fu Xian was chatting with Teihun, he saw everyone around become quiet.

Following that, he looked over to the entrance.

Several armoured men and women had entered at one point, forming a line.

Just then, one of them stepped forward and announced, "All rise to greet the mighty General Tushan!"

Everyone cupped their hands to the entrance as a person came in.

Clang

Clang

Clang

Fu Xian heard the sound of metal hitting the ground.

It was a tall man wearing battle armour – the armour was red with an earthy-yellow bear symbol on the chest. It was generally light and only covered vital points. Besides these, Fu Xian also saw claw-like weapons on the side of the armour.

"Greetings to General Tushan!" everyone greeted when the senior entered the hall.

"Haha, greetings to all fellow daoists! Please sit and enjoy the banquet!" Di Tushan said as he waved his hand.

He directly moved to the head of the hall and sat on the right seat. The middle and left ones were empty.

The Human Dao generally had the tradition of honouring those above them even if they weren’t there. The middle seat was for the Di Ancestor and the left one was for the Di Grand Elder, while he took the seat of the host. His real position would actually be several seats lower.

Because of this tradition, in the corner of the room to the left behind the seat, there was another table with the royal symbol of the Nanhu Empire, the Crimson Tiger.

Fu Xian looked over to Huoling, who invited him to sit next to her. Her seat was the first on the right!

Once everyone was seated, the general raised his cup, "Today we are here to welcome a new Guest Elder into our Di Family – everyone please greet Elder Huoling!"

"Greetings to Elder Huoling!"

Cultivators generally had the freedom of choosing their name. Most non-family cultivators actually left behind their surname or even changed their name later on. Higher cultivators would have a Dao Name, but that was far away from Fu Xian’s position.

Everyone raised their cup to Huoling and drank a sip before they turned to talk with those around them.

Such banquets were 10% for the person and 90% a social gathering.

Once a person talked with Huoling about weapon refining matters, they would return to other cultivators and talk with them about various things. By now, most had already talked with Huoling and told her that they would order a weapon one day.

She seemed exhausted.

"A Guest Elder of a sixth-stage family, sister Huoling is indeed very talented!" Fu Xian smiled as he said this.

"The Di Family just wanted to announce this so that I wouldn’t be poached by another family, but in fact, my privileges don’t reach that rank. After all, most Guest Elders were of the fifth stage and a few of the fourth stage, there’s not a single one at the third stage!"

"Haha, this matter is great as is. Sister doesn’t need to belittle herself!"

She shook her head then asked, "What did fellow daoist Teihun want?"

"He’s a scholar so he wanted to talk about Confucian Seals. Seals are derived from Talismans. Although they are their own art, they are still based on Talismans. Just like how Wine Brewing is based on Water Alchemy and requires a certain understanding of Water Alchemy to advance, the same happens to Confucian Seals and Talismans.

It’s just that compared to alchemy, the art of talismans is rather closed off. The Taoist Temples restrict the spread of Talisman Inheritances. Even if you have an inheritance, learning this art is very difficult.

While the difficulty of other arts is gradual, the difficulty in talismans is explosive. That’s why many have the idea that this creation art is simple and easy."

"Is that so?" She nodded. As a weapon refiner, she knew best that the difficulty of all creation arts were basically of the same stage. It’s just that at some stages, some arts are more difficult than others. Alchemy and weapon refining are difficult early on.

Alchemy and weapon refining both have a gradual rise in difficulty. Because of this, persistence and hard work pay off a lot in these two arts.

Talismans... have an explosive difficulty. Every two stages, it’s like going from low to high, extremely difficult. But at the same time, the difficulty of going from the third to fourth stage is rather low, and once you’re able to draw a top-quality talisman, drawing a top-grade talisman, which is a talisman of the peak stage of every stage, is pretty easy compared to how difficult it is in alchemy and weapon refining.

As for Formations... the difficulty of formations is extremely explosive at the start. It requires extremely high talent to even enter.

But once you’re able to enter, the subsequent stages become rather easy.

Because of this difficulty, there are quite a few related creation arts. Simply by taking one aspect of formations, one is able to reduce the difficulty while also having a unique creation art. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

"By the way," Fu Xian asked when he saw Huoling was free right now, "who is that Di Teihun? Is he related to the Di Family?"

Just as she was about to ask, a strong voice came from the side – "That boy Teihun is my son!"

Fu Xian and Huoling looked over at the same time –

The person that answered was none other than General Tushan!

Fu Xian cupped his hands again. Seeing that the general was casual about it, he asked, "Your son? General, Elder Di, isn’t fellow daoist Teihun a scholar?"

"Haha, yes! Many people were surprised when he chose to become a scholar instead of a soldier like me!

In the Human Dao, there are two main paths that each have different professions: Literature with Scholar and Official, Martial Arts with Martial Artist and Soldier.

"But since his youth, Teihun has always liked books more than fighting! In the end, I decided to send him away to our vassal kingdom, the Tingle Kingdom, to become a scholar. As our vassal, the Tingle Kingdom follows the path of Literati more than martial arts. Many Literati of the Tingle Kingdom become officials in the empire. Because of this, in the empire, the rank of a Tingle Literati isn’t lower than the rank of a Nanhu Literati."

When he heard this, Fu Xian nearly laughed out loud.

For the Tingle Kingdom this was a reason to brag, but for the Nanhu Empire, this was an embarrassment. A sixth-stage Kingdom had the same depth of a path as a ninth-stage transcendent Empire!

Not commenting on it, he instead praised, "I knew when I saw him that fellow daoist Teihun had great talent!"