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Zhang Shan watched as the two scholars returned to the opposite room, then stood in the corridor as he extended a hand forward to catch a small handful of rain. After inspecting the rain for a while, he let it fall onto the ground before returning to the room and closing the door.
He then pulled out an ordinary yellow paper talisman with his dry hand as he said, "There really is something not right about this place. The rainwater is particularly heavy and cold, which indicates that it's very likely to be harboring sinister energies. This talisman of mine is called an evil-incinerating talisman. It's very ordinary, but extremely prevalently used as it can detect the presence of sinister energies."
Zhang Shan held the talisman between two of his fingers as he silently recited an incantation, then abruptly stuck it to the remaining moisture in the palm of his other hand, and the talisman instantly ignited upon contact, then quickly burned to ashes. A grim look appeared on Zhang Shan's face upon seeing this, and he scraped the ashes into the brazier.
"How much did that talisman cost?" Chen Ping'an asked.
Zhang Shan wasn't surprised by this question at all, and he replied with a serious expression, "These types of spirit talismans are considered to be illegitimate, much like informal officials in the imperial court. Hence, they're very cheap.
“All they cost to make is a sheet of yellow paper and the time and ink required for a Qi refiner of the Lower Five Tiers to inscribe the talisman. A single snowflake coin can purchase over 30 of these evil incinerating talismans, so it only works out to be around three taels of silver per talisman."
Chen Ping'an nodded in response.
When it came to talismans, he had once witnessed the effects of the barrier-shattering talisman. At the time, everyone had been fooled by the female ghost in the red wedding dress, and they were being led down to the Underworld, thereby placing them in a very perilous situation. Thankfully, Lin Shouyi had been able to guide everyone to safety using a barrier-shattering talisman that fell into the category of mountain and water talismans.
After that, in the bamboo building on Downtrodden Mountain, Li Xisheng had made some inscription talismans on the walls of the building. This was only something that could be accomplished by a cultivator of a lofty cultivation base and advanced talismanic mastery.
In the end, he had bestowed upon Chen Ping'an an elementary book about Daoist talismans, as well as a large stack of talisman papers of different materials. Of course, there was also that Wind and Snow Awl that would allow Chen Ping'an to draw talismans even without the need for red ink.
After carefully reading through the Authentic Death-Avoiding Book several times,...
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