The Nightmare Wood Talisman that Chen Shi left on the fortune-teller would erupt in three hours if left untouched.
Should anyone try to untie this talisman without knowing the proper method, it would trigger instantly.
That Banshan Sect talisman master from just now was named Huo Shanting, a widely renowned talisman master even within the Banshan Sect. Whenever the Banshan Sect engaged in grave-robbing and encountered mausoleums guarded by talisman formations or zombie traps and other tomb-securing methods, they always requested his assistance to crack them.
In his early years he was also a scholar who passed the provincial imperial examination, yet after waiting five or six years, the imperial court never granted him even a minor official post, leaving him idle at home.
Since one had to make a living, he delved into talismans and became a talisman master, traveling far and wide while his own talisman attainments grew increasingly profound.
However, being a talisman master earned very little silver, and through a chance encounter he made contact with the Banshan Sect. After the gentlemen of the Banshan Sect invited him to act a few times and Huo Shanting saw that this earned silver quickly, he joined the Banshan Sect.
He had dabbled in talismans from both the southern and northern schools, having already delved into the fourth grade of the Southern School Talismans and attained some understanding of the third grade as well.
Although he was not deeply versed in the Nightmare Wood Talisman, he reckoned that all talismans under heaven shared the same ancestral origin through myriad changes. Besides, the person who placed the talisman and cast the spell was a child of twelve or thirteen—even if he had practiced talismans from his mother's womb, how deep could his attainments possibly be?
Unexpectedly, the moment he set