No wonder I had never heard of this kind of talisman before.
With Master's level of cultivation, using just one of these talismans left him half-dead from exhaustion.
With my current abilities, I was probably completely incapable of using one.
Naturally, this was the kind of talisman beyond my reach for now...
I quickly went up to the second floor and found the last half-jar of medicinal wine.
I had drunk far too much of it over the past week.
Holding the half-jar, I went downstairs.
"Master, the wine!"
Master took it and began gulping it down as if he were drinking water.
Aunt Tang stood beside him, lightly sniffed twice, then revealed a shocked expression.
"This wine... this wine was steeped with Yin Spirit Grass?"
Yin Spirit Grass? What Yin Spirit Grass?
I immediately shook my head.
"I don't know. My grandfather made this wine. Its medicinal effects are very potent."
After I said that, Master took several more swigs. Then he let out a satisfied sound.
"This wine is anything but ordinary. We need to find an opportunity to properly visit Xiao Jiang's grandfather."
With that, Master set the wine jar aside.
Curiously, I asked, "Aunt Tang, what kind of herb is Yin Spirit Grass?"
Aunt Tang answered with a serious expression, "This herb is incredibly rare and special. It grows only in places where sinister Yin energy gathers, places that never see daylight.
And it has to be somewhere that energy has accumulated year-round.
The grass must grow for at least fifteen years before it can be harvested.
In other words, a place where such sinister Yin energy gathers must have existed for at least fifteen years, or even longer, before this grass can grow there.
Such places, where evil energy gathers, are bound to be lands