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"": "Xu Lu was frantic and moved fast, but before he could even touch Xu Shanding's clothes, five finger marks appeared on his left cheek. His flesh caved in, and his entire body flew to the right before crashing down!
"Grand Master, not the face!"
"And be reasonable! I'm helping you! You can't do whatever you please! The Venue Master's opinion counts too. You're a consecrator, but the Talisman Arts Lineage isn't your personal dictatorship!"
Xu Lu had only been slapped and suffered no other injuries. He pushed himself up from the ground, his expression growing more anxious.
"What kind of arts are Talisman Arts?" Xu Shanding's expression remained slightly cold, as though he had abruptly changed the subject.
Xu Lu stiffened slightly.
Xu Shanding spoke again, his voice deeper. "They combine Heaven Origin's human, hexagram, and talisman formations, with Earth Aspect's mountains and rivers as their framework-the most refined product of Yin-Yang Arts and Feng Shui Arts."
"To master Talisman Arts, you must devote yourself to them. You must remain true to that one path. The blood of our lineage exists to suppress mountains, waters, and venues. Our fate is to serve as consecrators. You've spent over a decade away. No wonder you still can't draw the Five Elements Soul Suppression Hundred Aspects Unification Talisman. You've lost your focus. Those haphazard Spirit Medium Arts, those scriptures of stray Buddhas-and earlier, you even wanted to leave the Talisman Arts Lineage to become some Deputy Grounds Master of Primordial Calculation? If that woman asked you to learn Taoist Arts, would you chant a few Taoist formulas and pretend to be a Taoist too?"
"You must forget those unclean things."
"Only when you truly achieve Emergence from Darkness years from now and can shoulder a consecrator's duties will