After years of diligent cultivation and hard practice, the iron pestle had finally been ground into a needle. Hard work never betrayed those who put their hearts into it—today, he had finally taken another step forward.
This was an Intermediate Illness Dispelling Talisman.
The Illness Dispelling Talisman had been Jiang Hao's introductory talisman. It was safe to say that it was the type he had practiced and drawn the most, and the one he was best at. Back then, to cure his father's illness, Jiang Hao had painstakingly practiced for a long time.
Many Beginner Talismans and Intermediate Talismans overlapped, such as Illness Dispelling Talismans, Plague Dispelling Talismans, Exorcism Talismans, Evil-Breaking Talismans, and so on. They were graded because of the different levels of power they could unleash.
A Beginner Illness Dispelling Talisman could dispel sickness and pain, but when faced with serious illnesses, some required many talismans to treat. Some diseases could not be cured by Beginner Talismans at all, such as cancer. No matter how many Beginner Talismans were used, they could not cure it.
It was like the relationship between water and fire. When water was abundant, fire was extinguished; when fire was strong, water evaporated. Not every quantitative change could bring about a qualitative change.
Now that he could draw Intermediate Talismans, illnesses like cancer could not be cured with a single talisman, but he at least had the ability to treat them.
Compared to Beginner Talismans, Intermediate Talismans represented a qualitative leap. If Jiang Hao suffered a bone fracture before, a Beginner Bone-Setting Talisman would take three days to heal him. With an Intermediate Bone-Setting Talisman, he could recover in half a day at most.
Take Exorcism Talismans, for example. A Beginner Exorcism Talisman might only injure ghosts, while an Intermediate Exorcism Talisman could kill