Talisman Reincarnation - All My Clones Are Dao Ancestors-Chapter 174: Dao Heart Enlightenment

"In the future..." Fu Xian was about to say, then shook his head.

Second-stage talismans, in the end, were only transitional.

Once he drew his ten third-stage talismans, he would start drawing more common talismans without caring about their quality.

By then, a dozen third-stage talismans could safe him, without any need for secret techniques or anything else.

In the end, secret techniques are the battle techniques of talisman masters, but if you meet weaker enemies, then such techniques were obsolete. Simply throwing talismans at them would be enough.

And among strong people, there is one rule –

If you don’t harm me, I won’t harm you.

A fourth-stage spirit beast would simply force Fu Xian to leave before turning around and inspecting their territory for the opportunity Fu Xian found.

Only a wild beast with low intelligence would rather pursue him.

"At least this way I know that even after returning, the beast won’t find my secret.

Today you are forcing me out, so you should also force others out."

Fu Xian fully defined the wild beasts’ life purpose to protect his opportunity.

Naturally he wasn’t arrogant and just thought about things – his feet were moving extremely fast, his hands waving and using various spells to escape.

While moving, he felt a slight regret for a moment.

What if he brought Senior Gui? Wouldn’t everything have become easier?

Then he shook his head.

No, as a turtle cultivator, Senior Gui might have some techniques to hide his breath in the human area, but beasts would definitely sense his aura.

Especially beasts of the same stage.

At that time, the person he’d have encountered wouldn’t have been that kind and naïve young eel, but a strong cultivator who would’ve stopped him or even followed him to the opportunity, taking a large share and then taking possession of it.

"In the world of cultivation, opportunities and dangers coexist.

This means that even if you are fortunate to gain something, you will still experience the danger.

Today the danger is this beast, if I brought Senior Gui, the danger would be something else.

The only way to avoid danger is to not take opportunities.

But among the requirements of seeking immortality, opportunities is one of them, sometimes even said to be the most important."

Fu Xian knew this deeply – why was opportunity part of the four requirements of seeking immortality, while talent was not?

This is easy to understand: talent can only help you at the start.

From then on, you have to do things yourself.

Even the highest talent can only ensure you reach the third stage.

Divine Roots, the best roots, can only guarantee the third stage. 𝒻𝘳ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝒷𝘯ℴ𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝑐ℴ𝑚

High talent in Creation Arts can only guarantee the third stage.

High talent in soul or body arts can only guarantee the third stage.

Unique talents, such as shadow or dream talent can only guarantee the third stage.

From that point on, you take control of your own destiny, cultivate diligently, gain resources and seek opportunities.

The normal speed of cultivation in the third stage, even with a transcendental art, isn’t enough to allow you to reach the next stage.

Resources can be acquired, but only creation arts can safely gain resources, while battle arts will have to take risks and work hard to gain them.

Opportunities can be sought after, but only battle arts can secure them, creation arts will have to take risks and work hard to gain them.

As for those below? Neither creation nor battle arts cultivators, only relying on their talent to cultivate and then settle down, swaying in the world... they’re too incompetent to safely gain resources and unqualified to seek opportunities.

Fu Xians thoughts dwindled and swept back and forth, gaining a slight enlightenment.

He finally understood the saying that opportunities are for battle masters.

This opportunity, no matter what, was difficult for him to secure.

Even if he wasted all his savings or had third-stage talismans, it would still be difficult for him to properly take this opportunity.

If it was a third-stage talented battle master, either a concealment master or a defense master, then they could walk in leisurely, take the opportunity and then leave, without expending resources or getting injured.

Understanding yourself allows you to plan ahead –

Fu Xian realised the importance of Battle Masters for Creation Masters.

The real path of creation masters is to use resources to make battle masters work for them, and the path of battle masters is to seek opportunities and scam creation masters.

A slight enlightenment opens up the path to the world – he felt that while his cultivation didn’t increase, his dao heart had gained something.

Only a strong dao heart can survive the tribulations of the fifth stage!

Without a strong dao heart, reaching the fourth stage is the limit.

There is no guarantee for the fourth stage, but small opportunities can allow you to reach it.

Steadying your dao heart is a large opportunity.

Fu Xian looked at his fortune and saw that it had instantly depleted by another 30%

"So, this is the function of fortune?

Only such dangerous situations allow you to realise things, and without fortune, encountering these and surviving them will be extremely difficult, maybe even resulting in an injury that destroys your path.

And it’s only because of my fortune that I can be distracted to concentrate on comprehending and analysing my situation, without the fortune, my mind would instinctively stop myself from distractions in this situation.

Fortune... is so wonderous."

For the first time, he understood that fortune was like an all-rounder cultivation assistance.

It’s not the superficial ’finding an opportunity’.

The real function of fortune was to help you in every way – your cultivation is smooth, enlightenment comes easy and every obstruction will be delayed until you are ready to face them.

But at the same time, it’s a double edged sword.

Once you gain fortune, you will develop a habit of using it.

In the whole world, Fu Xian only learned of two paths that can see fortune:

Of the Immortal Dao, there is the mysterious Divination or Heavenly Secrets path.

In the Human Dao, there is the Royal Path.

Divination had a higher control over external fortune, Royalty had a higher control over internal fortune.

Besides them, he had heard of none!