When Chen Miao went to Wind Gate Village, he had prepared thoroughly because he knew how dangerous it would be.
He had stockpiled over thirty talismans alone, including a full fifteen ordinary Spirit-Sealing Talismans!
Yet by the time he returned, he had used up every ordinary Spirit-Sealing Talisman, along with three Premium Spirit-Sealing Talismans.
That did not even include the Corpse-Control Talismans, Heart-Linked Talismans, Evil-Breaking Talismans, Yang-Suppressing Talismans, and Premium Bloodlight Talismans he had used.
A quick count showed that he had expended over twenty talismans on this trip alone!
He checked his talisman box. There were still a dozen or so talismans inside. Yin-Dispelling Talismans and Bloodlight Talismans made up the largest share, with six in total. Most of the other types had only one left.
As for fine talismans, only three Premium Spirit-Sealing Talismans and one Premium Yin-Dispelling Talisman remained.
Then there was his yin virtue. Before leaving, Chen Miao had one tael and three mace left.
At the time, he had thought that would be enough. In the end, he had exhausted it all and still failed to kill that unfinished Flying Jiangshi outright!
Of those one tael and three mace, three mace of yin virtue had gone into materials.
Chicken blood, cinnabar, and talisman paper had each cost him one mace of yin virtue. His black dog blood was also unusable now because of the Corpse-Substitution Technique.
The remaining tael had all gone into incense sticks.
He had previously said that having the Seven-Star Peach Wood Sword would reduce his dependence on incense sticks and save him some yin virtue.
Instead, this trip had consumed an entire tael of yin virtue in incense sticks!
Chen Miao felt rather helpless.
But there was no way he could have made it through this incident without using incense sticks.