True Venerable Wen Xian usually addressed Qu Jianlei as "Little Qu." His age and cultivation entitled him to that much.
This time, he had actually called him Ridge Lord Qu, a rare occurrence. Clearly, he wanted something.
Qu Jianlei had heard of innate Dao talismans before. They were talismans that formed naturally!
There had been discussions in the Cultivation World about the origins of talisman arts.
How had perfectly ordinary spells suddenly come to be drawn on talisman paper? How had anyone taken that first step and created something from nothing?
One prevailing theory was that people had drawn inspiration from naturally formed talismans, then gradually developed a system.
Naturally formed talismans were not necessarily all that miraculous. They could simply be patterns or terrain that nature had created.
Once these patterns formed, they possessed unusual effects, such as warding off lightning or repelling mosquitoes and other insects.
Others might attract wandering souls... In short, their effects came in all varieties, and their wonders were not easily explained.
Through observation and imitation, their predecessors had gradually developed talismans, refining them as the art evolved.
Naturally formed talismans had appeared in plenty of places, but innate Dao talismans were another matter entirely.
No matter what sort of treasure it was, anything associated with the word "Dao" was bound to contain profound mysteries.
"Innate Dao talisman" was only a general term, with no restrictions on grade. Some at the Nascent Soul Realm level, or even the Golden Core Realm level... could still be called Dao talismans!
As long as it displayed sufficiently wondrous properties for its level, it deserved the word "Dao."
After all, was it really so unreasonable for Qi Refining Realm cultivators to address one another as fellow Daoists?
But that was about the extent of Qu Jianlei's knowledge of