Traveling back to ancient times from the Western Han Dynasty

"Little Taoist friend, you follow the path of painting, right?"

After a brief silence, Mu Lao took the initiative to speak again, looking at the scroll behind Yan Fang with interest.

The scroll had a strong aura of heaven and earth, which was different from the scroll he saw last time when he picked up Yan Fang, which only had some special power.

"I'm not really into painting, I just happened to get a fragment of a scroll a few years ago and luckily entered the world of practice."

Yan Fang did not say that his goal was not to paint the Tao, he only talked about the process of his acquisition of the Tao.

For him, the practice of painting is too slow, and the pursuit of spiritual growth is too ethereal; it is just a step to advancement.

However, he didn't dare to say the truth. If he said it, it would be too arrogant at a time when the human race was struggling to find a way to practice cultivation.

The prehistoric world has its advantages, and the Western Han Dynasty has its advantages. In the prehistoric world, he was a rootless duckweed, a stowaway, without many connections. Although the environment was good and the resources were abundant, it was difficult to find a way to practice cultivation. The rules and order of the world were not complete, and there were many powerful people watching around.

During the Western Han Dynasty, although he was also a time traveler, he had a foundation of more than ten years, and every step of his growth left traces. Although there were few resources, there was no shortage of methods for cultivation. He was also more familiar with the rules there, and it was also safer there.

"This is no fluke, you are extremely talented.

Mu Lao shook his head. Seeing Yan Fang's puzzled expression, he borrowed a painting from Yan Fang to look at. Looking at the bear scene in the painting, he was amazed and nostalgic:

"What you said is incredible. There is not a trace of karmic fire or filth in it."

"I once heard this: A painter observes the world with his heart. If the world is desolate, then the inner demons will grow. If one practices, there is a danger of going crazy."

"But there is no trace of it here."

Mu Lao looked at the painting and commented based on his century-long experience, "What else could it be but a gifted genius?"

"Madness? This... I can sense it recently."

After hearing this, Yan Fang suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Ting Qing and the others said there were so few painters. It turned out that the changes in the world were also to blame.

However, he was aware of his own situation. When he first came, it might be because the world was surprising, or it might be because his realm was not high enough. Besides feeling that there were evil spirits in the world, he was easily sad and tormented.

When he was in the Cloud Step state, his perspective was elevated. He no longer cared about those evil karmas, and those things did not affect him.

It was not until recently that he noticed something was wrong.

"Your painting has reshaped and elevated this small world of Youxiong. The entire Youxiong and this area owe you a debt of gratitude."

"To be able to teach someone like you, the inheritance must be extraordinary."

When Mu Lao looked at the Youxiong City in the painting, he couldn't help but reveal a nostalgic look. Unexpectedly, his words startled Yan Fang.

"Cause and effect of heaven and earth, how could it be possible?"

Yan Fang tried his best to suppress his excitement and asked curiously.

He couldn't help but get excited. Ever since he traveled through time, he had been pondering the rules of Yunbu and knew that he had to repay the cause and effect before he could return.

The cause and effect between people is easy to calculate, but how to calculate the cause and effect between people and heaven and earth? You should know that even the ability to breathe is the result of the cause and effect of heaven and earth.

How to repay this kind of cause and effect has always been Yan Fang's biggest concern. This kind of cause and effect means that the longer he stays, the harder it will be to go back.

Yan Fang's original idea was to persuade Xuan, the destined protagonist, to do something beneficial to the world and put some of the things he learned in later life to use. If he could really use the methods of painting and cloud steps to repay the cause and effect of the world, it would be very simple.

"You didn't realize it yourself?"

Mu Lao was slightly surprised, but he remembered that Yan Fang had said before that he had only picked up a fragmentary inheritance, so it was not surprising that he didn't know much.

I thought to myself, this Yan Fang must be the reincarnation of a great being, otherwise how could he complete such a painting without being clear about the whole story.

"The world in your painting is perfect, with an overarching will and everything is harmonious. But the real world is not like that. It has many scars and flaws.

Once your painting is completed, the world will have a direction for self-improvement, and will move closer to the world in the painting, gradually becoming complete."

Mu Lao pointed at a few points in the painting and then at a few places in the outside world.

They were on a high cliff or mountain, so they could naturally see farther and even see the border with bears. The places that Mu Lao pointed out were the differences between the painting and reality.

“The exotic trees here are dead. I can see that their metal attribute doesn’t match the surroundings and hinders the circulation of vital energy.

The swamp here will gradually change and become a spring..."

Mu Lao mentioned several places he could see, all of which were areas that would transform this world for the better after changes were made according to the Tao paintings.

"Painting can actually have this kind of effect. This is the first time I, a painter, understand this."

As Yan Fang listened to what Mu Lao said, a look of daze appeared on his face.

When he was painting, he was in the state of "cloud walking" to record the scenery, and then he described it from memory. It was not a true realistic painting.

Even if it is a real-time painting, it is difficult to draw the entire scene in an instant. There must be differences, as it is not a camera.

In the process of recollection, it is natural to beautify it according to the overall layout. Moreover, the scene he painted is very large, and many details are not clear, but only have a rough shape.

"This means that my painting has caused changes in this small world, making the bear area more harmonious and the circulation of vital energy more gentle? So the world owes me karma?"

Yan Fang could understand what Mu Lao said, but he found it a little absurd.

Since the war between the wizards and the liches, Buzhou fell, and the heaven and earth became turbid. Not only was the prehistoric world divided into many provinces based on the terrain of the continent, but each region was also split into relatively independent small worlds due to environmental differences and some deadly moves.

"It's hard to believe? But it's true. The Dao of Painting is one of the oldest Daos. The Daos of Talismans, Feng Shui, etc. all originated from it."

"In some areas, I have heard people say that their patron gods created the world with a painting. Some even said that someone once drew the world, causing it to become one and regulating its vital energy."

Mu Lao then went on to give a few more examples, all of which he had heard while traveling. Some of them were just jokes, the words of evil gods misleading humans, while some had a hint of ancient times.

The art of painting and the art of feng shui are indeed very convenient in regulating the vital energy of heaven and earth.

"If you can take this painting one step further, perhaps you can elevate the entire area here, and even the people with bears can transform from acquired to innate."

The more Mu Lao looked at "Bear Painting", the more he liked it, and he was actually thinking about some beautiful things.

The word "xiantian" has multiple meanings. One refers to being born before the primitive universe and it is only used to distinguish the uses of some powerful beings.

Some refer to the time when the fetus has not yet been born and is not contaminated by the worldly world. In terms of state of mind, the innate state refers to this state. When one is free from worldly disturbances and except for external changes, there is energy in the dantian and one does not have to worry about food, and there is hope for longevity.

What Mu Lao is talking about is the second type.

For practitioners, the innate is just an initial state, and for the innate spirit, it is not something that they are born with.

But for human body builders, this is the state they dream of. This is the state of their ancestors. Many people pursue this throughout their lives, but no one has achieved it.

For someone like Mu Lao who focuses on the group rather than the individual, Yan Fang's potential is what he has always dreamed of.